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In US, at least one politician with the ability for compassion comes to my mind: Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce. That's a start! :-) He lost to Harry S. Truman with unfortunate results.

Ah, yes...Saint Harry Truman. All heart. was he? Ask the incinerated of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
How's things with you?

Thank you for asking, Dodo. I've read part of the Bernays' Propaganda by now; I hope your crumminess is not because of slipping up to read him again! He surely should be awarded a trophy for his misanthropy. Such a jolly good fellow!

Dear one. My crumminess is caused by ME, osteo-arthritis and that general decrepitude inherent in extreme old age. :-)
Right now I've switched from Bernays to Vance Packard The Hidden Persuaders, which I always meant to read but never got around doing it. Ah, the bliss of free PDFs out there!...
As for young Edward, he was his uncle's nephew, innit? Saint Sigmund didn't much like people either. It's funny (NOT "funny-ha-ha") that the mental and spiritual health of the human race has ended up largely in the hands of people like Siggy and his ilk. No wonder we're so fucked up... :-(
PS. Re Propaganda. Didn't you love, though, the Terrapin Derby? I was in stitches!!!

Oh, I am sorry to hear that, Dodo. Please, please keep up a good fight for behalf of us all. :-)

I haven't got to the Terrapin Derby yet, but I've visited Terrapin Station meanwhile. I first thought it was a coincident, but now I'm inclined to think it was Pastafarian guidance. :-D

I can no longer bear the suspense... Please send link to PastaLand, or whatever these Pastafarian chappies inhabit. I need constant doses of extreme sillyness to keep the decrepitude at bay.
And thanks for the kind thoughts. As soon as I can find it, I'll send you a lovely quotation from Iain Banks on the subject of kindness.

Just like anything of importance, you can find them here.

Banks, Jesh! His amazingly weird novel Wasp Factory is one of my all-time favourites!

Do you know his Sci-Fi, written as Iain M Banks? Unsurpassingly groovy!

And thanks for the Pastafarian info!!?

The title of Ian M's first one, Consider Phlebas sounds so familiar that I've probably read it, but I did so much scifi in those days that they are all happily mixed up in my head by now. :-)

Blimey, what a reaction. Feeling too crummy today/now to reply to each individually and properly. See you all later/tomorrow/soon.
Meanwhile, have a few links to keep the hilarity levels up.
1. For Yasser. As I promised ;-):
consortiumnews.com/2014/11/12/when-henry-kissinger-makes-sense
2. On Putin paranoia:
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article41039.htm
3. On permanent victimhood, or the new "Je suis Chalie!": (a real hoot!):
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article41019.htm