In My Opinion

 

I have always attempted to be a pragmatist, a realist, if you will. The advantage of being such a realist is that one is rarely truly shocked or surprised by the events of life as they unfold. The highs of life are not really that high and the lows are not really that low. It becomes a matter of perspective, of patience, and above all, a matter of faith. It is the high expectations that we harbor for our children, our finances, our social acceptance and success that lead to our deepest disappointments. The secret of successful psychological therapists is that they respond only to the realities of their patients and not to their fantasies or psychotic ramblings and conversations. …

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Cruel résumé RT @plantu: RECONNAISSANCE DE LA PALESTINE. Le dessin du Monde daté vendredi 28 novembre.

Wrote a piece on Rage in Jerusalem in the new issue of the @LRB. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n23/nathan-thrall/rage-in-jerusalem … via @LRB

“@Slate @KresySiberia RT. Why Vladimir Putin has cozied up to an Orthodox Jewish sect: http://slate.me/1vylxzi  ”

A Jordanian Spins Comic Book Tales to Counter Terrorist Ideologies http://nyti.ms/1rAGqM0

Egyptian Judges Removes All Charges Left Against Mubarak http://nyti.ms/1FFxmGi

What time is the #Jan25 funeral and where is the burial taking place? #Mubaraktrial #Egypt @MFFahmy11

@mehdirhasan & @anasaltikriti give former nat security adv to Maliki, Mowaffak Al-Rubae a grilling on @AJHeadtoHead.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nlgxUoDYjY#t=1174 …

Egypt turns back the clock of democracy to military rule http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/cairo-court-drops-case-against-former-egyptian-president-hosni-mubarak-for-protester-deaths/2014/11/29/4a1102c2-8d69-4766-a8d2-b75283e22fea_story.html?wprss=rss_middle-east …

Phew! Tense match #Arsenal

Too many states still have laws against blasphemy, speaking against God & apostasy http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/politics/140603/these-maps-show-where-you-can-still-go-to-jail-apostasy-or-blasphemy … #FreeSpeech

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THIS DAY AT LAW: UN divided Palestine between Arabs and Jews http://bit.ly/12eQ6zf

All nations as well as Islamic scholar should ask their govts to pursue issue of #Palestine & #AlAqsa in a serious way. #PalestineSolidarity