Tress is away for a few days this week. She went down to Melbourne yesterday for work, and will be there till Thursday. So the little fellow and I rule the roost and although he looks around every now and then and wears that “where has she gone?” look, he’s ok and I have been pleasantly surprised that he has gone for our usual morning walks these 2 past mornings, with only very small hitches.
The other event worth writing about is of course, Trump’s triumph in sealing the deal to end the war in Gaza. It looks like a raw deal for Israel, having to release close to 2,000 prisoners, most of whom would probably create a future terror risk for Israel. I guess the release of Israeli hostages was paramount. There have been back stories that probably added pressure for Hamas to come to the table and agree on the deal but for Trump to round it all up is surely an achievement that even his most vile detractors must recognise. Alas, probably not.
I have known Trump haters who recoil even at the mention of his name. These are the same people who uttered the word “conservative” like a swear word in the sense that it made them uncomfortable to even have that word come out of their mouths. Folks who by most accounts are decent, hardworking, smart, likeable and even appear to be godly in so many ways but are so hackneyed in the liberals/progressives take on conservatives, they simply cannot see or accept that conservatives can have any good in them. Yes, these are people I knew, socialised with, shared meals with and hold high office in the church/para church communities that I belonged to.
From The Australian newspaper today:
Well, Trump fans notwithstanding, Israel and the middle east can celebrate, at least for now, the triumph of peace and the end of horrible suffering.
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