The Terrorist Attack in Paris.. on Charlie Hebdo…

Re today’s terrorist attack in Paris at the satirical journal’s Charlie Hebdo headquarters, 12 innocent people where assasinated. Stéphane Charbonnier… or “Charb”, one of the journalists who was killed, once courageously remarked…

“Je préfère mourir debout que vivre à genoux.”
– Charb

I prefer to die standing… than living on my knees.

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Martin Luther King… “I Have a Dream”…

President… Obama…

Commemorated today… in his speech…

“Keeping the dream alive”…

The 50th Anniversary of…

Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech… “I have a dream”…

Having studied the legendary Martin Luther King’s speech at university… I was left speechless… with the speech that left an indelible impression on me…

I dream… with fascination…

I weep… with inspiration…

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Damian Aspinall.. A Passionate Conservationist…

Damian… Aspinall’s…

Plea… from the heart…

“Look into the eyes…

of a caped tiger…”

Had a… huge impact…

On… me…

I empathise… sympathize…

Totally… completely…

With his crusade to free animals… cooped up in beastly zoos…

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Angela Merkel… Europe’s “Uncrowned Queen”…??

Is…

Angela… Merkel…

Europe’s…

“Uncrowned… queen”?

Or… “Kaiser”?

Watching this unprepossessing woman regularly on one of the many French international channels… the short pleasantly plump woman… cuts an ordinary figure… more like a German “hausfrau”… than a powerful European leader…

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