June is counting down towards the month I reach my 80th

Looking it too…..

Sad footnote to yesterday’s post

Australia Post left a parcel notification at my late neighbour’s door. I had not known his surname before so I checked the usual to see if he had a social media presence. Appears not.

Roman the Russian aces responses to the Russia confusion

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Vlad Vexler and Konstantin try to make sense of it all

Vlad Vexler is a philosopher working in morals and musicology. He resides in London and creates great content on YouTube addressing different niches such as culture, art, and politics¹. He is also a philosopher in ethics, politics, and music³. He has ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)¹.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 28/06/2023
(1) The Moral Philosopher Vlad Vexler Illness And Health Update – Celeb Doko. https://celebdoko.com/vlad-vexler-illness-and-health-update-wikipedia/.
(2) Vlad Vexler (@VladVexler) / Twitter. https://twitter.com/VladVexler/.
(3) Vlad Vexler – YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/c/VladVexler.
(4) Can I trust Russian expert, Vlad Vexler? : r/DecodingTheGurus – Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/DecodingTheGurus/comments/u5pggf/can_i_trust_russian_expert_vlad_vexler/.

An AI generated answer — accurate too!

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Konstantin is a doyen among Russian vloggers. He currently lives in Uzbekistan as the first video from a month back shows. He live streams most days.

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Konstantin’s latest live stream — one hour and 25 minutes long.

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Meanwhile in America

Donald T — who surely must be a work of dystopian fiction playing on some fantasy network out there — continues to provide LOLs or tears of frustration….

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Sure is!

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Serious questions, beautiful songs. and just miscellaneous…

Yes the announcement of the AUKUS arrangements projecting forward to beyond 2050 has raised all manner of serious questions, not least about war. One of the most beautiful of antiwar songs — about World War One but really about the year the song surfaced, 1971 — is Eric Bogle’s “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda” which I here share in a 2021 version I had never seen before.

I used to think that Scotland-born Eric Bogle made a mistake with his reference to Suvla Bay, as the 25th April 1915 Gallipoli landing was at Anzac Cove, not Suvla. Suvla was more a British thing. But I see there was a landing at Suvla Bay by Australians in August 1915. Even so I suspect Bogle is referring to Anzac Cove in the song — but that does not detract from its beauty, pathos and power.

A delightful young man in Maryland, Joel, has been making reaction vlog posts for some time, lately Australian material included as he plans to visit Australia at some time. He is a college student now, and a serious long-distance runner. He shows rare sensitivity and intelligence in some of his reactions. Keep in mind he has not long ago turned 20, and that the premise of a reaction vlog is that this is the first time the vlogger has watched the target video. I was a while ago struck by his reaction to “I am Australian.”

Before that he listened to “I Was Only 19!”

And most recently he heard “The Band Played Waltzing Matilda”. The reaction is beautiful. The world needs all the Joels it can get!

Personal and very miscellaneous

A couple of posts back I mentioned the mural photo in the City Diggers Club in Wollongong. On Thursday I was at the club posting my footy tips so decided to share the mural on Facebook.

Of course the real business was this:

And lunch of course. Being a very hot day something light was in order.

The Florida Loon strikes again — aka the Orange Zombie craves more brains….

NO!

You’ve got that, people?

Unless you are such masochists as to want a rerun of this:

Make Trump History!

Postscript

Interesting American reaction to Trump’s speech.

Afterthought 17th November

But then that might be what Trump hopes rather than what will be… Here is another view on the event as damp squib….

Donald Trump held a humiliating event at Mar-A-Lago to announce he is running for President in 2024. The event was so weird and bad that people in the audience tried to escape but were blocked by security. MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports.

One side matter that has Aussies scratching their heads is the presence of Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, who is a sad groupie from way back. Did she try too escape, I wonder?

Full marks also to 15-year-old Melbourne news anchor (Channel 6 — which possibly comes from his bedroom) Leo Puglisi, the first I know of to spot her in the “crowd”. Well done, Leo. And the guy with the mo behind Gina is the quite definitely bonkers Pillow Guy, Mike Lindell — one of the greatest laughing stocks in the MAGA Menagerie!