An old man life story, part one.

Dear readers, in this blog, we have written about D.I.Y. building works. We have written and are writing posts about social issues that can affect all of us. Today I am deciding how to continue, so, from now on, I am going to publish my own diary of what I see happening in the world, and when I do not have much to say, I am writing some article from my life story. 

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In the old times our grandma used to tell us children stories, they did not read the story from a book as it is done these days; but they new by heart a few stories that were very handy to tell the children to keep them interested and quiet.

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Welcome you to my article,  An old man life story.  

Dear readers, now let me explain the change of direction of this blog. You see, we have written about D.I.Y. building works, and we have written about Australian social issues, we will continue to do that, but today to keep this blog going, I am going to publish some articles from my life story, at the same time I am going to continue to write my own diary of things that are happening in the world. So, let me start with part one of my article, an old man life story. 

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This old man in the photo could have been me, because I have done paving work and other building works during my life. Anyhow, today I am writing this blog and I have reached a stage, where I have to decide, what else I want to write in my blog, as I am going to explain hereunder.  

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Anyhow, this original article in Hub Pages reads like this: This article could have been two articles, because this is: An old man life story; but it also includes the duty of any man. Now let me tell you, An old man life story.

So, let me tell you a story and transport you to another place and to another time, at the time when I was a young kid and my mother or my grandma, in the evening would tell me a story just to keep me happy and go to bed and sleep.

Oh my god! What did I say? Tell you fairy tales that the elders of my time were telling me when I was a young kid; no, sorry my dear readers I have made a mistake and I apologize, because you see today I don’t remember much about those stories that the elders of my time were telling me, even though those stories were interesting to us kids then; here I need to tell you that in those times mothers and grandmothers had always a story to tell the kids, it was the only way to keep us kids quiet, because there was no TV and most time not even a radio for miles, the only news in those times were in the newspapers, if one could borrow it from somebody that could afford to buy it, the rest of the news were the local news that the people of the town would tell each other, so that they would know what was happening around them, so, people would pass them around by word of mouth.

Anyhow, the stories that these old ladies were telling us, were as good as any other story, and if the famous Brothers Grimm had known them they would have written them in their stories book. The Annotated Brothers Grimm : Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm‎

Here I want to point out that a lot of things have changed since I was a kid, but I still remember things that I would like to tell you, so, let me go on. Now that I happen to be talking about the mothers and grandmothers of those times, I want to add that they worked hard to keep kids quiet in those times, it was the only way, it was a fact of life. Here I want to add something else that today does not happen anymore in the western world, I am saying the western world because what these old ladies were doing then might still be done in backward countries today one can never know; I can imagine that there might still be a few places where progress as not taken place, and therefore, people are still using those skills that their forbears have used for centuries or even thousands of years.

Anyhow, let me describe to you what these old ladies did to put a child to sleep, they would take the child in their arms sit on a sturdy chair and sing a lullaby while they were rocking the chair until the child would go to sleep, or do the same thing by putting the child in a rocking cradle and rock the cradle and sing a lullaby, those times were a lot harder than today for young mothers as you can see for yourself, not only they had to look after the child, but they had also wash everything by hand as there were no washing machine, or any throw away paper devises that would keep the child clean, so, they had to rely or their skills that they had picked up from their elders and work hard to keep things going properly.

Today is a lot easier for young mothers, because of the washing machine and other things that make life less stressful, even singing lullaby is gone out of fashion, perhaps it is because there is so much music, songs and everything else around us, so, singing lullaby is out of fashion; for this reason you cannot hear any mother singing their lullaby to their children, I guess it is the sign of the time, people are not born singers, those young mothers were singing then because they had to, it was their job to keep their children quiet even if their singing was out of tune as long as their child was satisfied. You see, children are attention seeker, and they were happy, if they knew that there was somebody looking after them, and to hear their mother singing to them and rocking them would satisfy them and fall asleep. Anyhow, this is how it was done in the old days. 

In the old times our grandma used to tell us children stories, they did not read the story from a book as it is done these days; but they new by heart a few stories that were very handy to tell the children to keep them interested and quiet.

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 Beginning of my life stories

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Anyhow, I was saying that the old ladies were telling us stories when we were kids; I apologize for not being able to tell you any of those stories that my mother and my grandmother were telling me, they were good stories for us kids, since we kids would hear them many times and still we were interested in them, perhaps we were waiting for the heroes of the stories to do what they had to do to have their ways; but today I have forgotten most of these stories, therefore, I cannot tell you any of them. Anyhow, this is not the reason why I am writing this article; because what I want to tell you here, is the story of my life. I know that now you are thinking, what is wrong with this guy, why he wants to tell us the story of his life? Well it is because I cannot tell you a fairy tale anymore, since today people don’t believe anymore in fairies or fairy tales, and really, I don’t remember most of the tales that I have been told when I was young; therefore, I am going to tell you the story of my life, because that is the only story that I know better than anybody else.

Now that I have decided to tell you my whole life story, I am going to tell you the story of to my life, in order to compare the ways of living between these days and the old time ways; since I believe that to tell a story and make sense to the listener or readers, there must be a purpose for it, so, if we try to compare this old man life story to today ways of living, then my story becomes more interesting for everybody.

Having said that, now I wonder what it would be like, if one could go back in time like in time travel fictions, how nowadays ways of living would have affected the older generations. You see, in the old days, time seemed to stand still and very little changes would happen, and if anything did happen it would happen slowly, except when there were wars or other violent happenings, like earthquake or diseases that could kill lots of people around; whereas today everything changes very fast even when there are no wars, earthquake or disease; therefore, what is new today, in a few days may be said to be old. I hope you see what I mean.

Secondly, I am going to tell you, why I feel that I must write this story, and why I believe I must write it. You see, I feel that every human being has a story to tell, and anyone of us can tell our own story, if we attach enough importance to the story that we want to tell. So, I feel that, if I tell you my life story, not only I become satisfied that I have written my own life story, but I would also feel that I am doing humanity a good service, because something can be learned from my life story. I believe that it is the life duty of any man to try to improve anything if one can, so, let me explain the way I feel about what could or would be the duty of any man. 

Anyhow, I believe that this blog will become too long, so, I will write the duty of any human being, in my next blog. To see more click on this link, An old man life story 

See you soon. 

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World News and My Views, May 2021.

Dear readers, in this blog, we have written about D.I.Y. building works. We are writing posts about social issues that can affect all of us. We will start with Australian social issues; then we will follow with what is happening these days, and link everything together. So, in this blog let us talk about, World news and my views, May 2021.  

Anyhow, you can also find this article at, http://oldman-lifeworks.blogspot.com, 

My other sites; http://frankmenchise.com,http://diybrickwork.com,http://manneedsgod.co.uk  

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To see more visit links, World News and My Views, May 2021. 

In this article we are talking about the year 2021 Australian budget, Oprah Winfrey interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, pope Francis visit to Iraq, the new Italian government, compare the corona virus progress and other things. 

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Welcome to our article, World News and My Views, May 2021.

Dear readers, we are continuing to write our diary, I know that it would be better if I write one each month, so that I can have a continuous record, but sometimes is not possible, so, there are things that will be left unsaid, because if I do not write them, I may not remember them.

Anyhow, this is the month of May 2021, and in Australia is when the federal budget is published, so, everybody is waiting to see, what is in for me, but there is not much to say. 

The Australian budget

Tuesday the 11^th of May 2021 was Australia budget day, the budget this year is a spending budget for the government, so, they are spending a lot of money otherwise the economy will run down. I believe that is good news, at least it seems to be good, even if the budget has a big deficit.

Anyhow, there was nothing new, things are just the same as before, perhaps that is the only way possible this year. So, we must wait for next year or the year after that for real new policies in favor or against, our own personal expectations. 

This is how it was reported on the Internet, (and I quote)

The Australian taxpayer (eventually) The 2021 Budget delivered extremely positive news – Australia escaped the brunt of COVID far better than the economists predicted – but we are still in debt. In 2021-22, the underlying cash balance is expected to be a deficit of $106.6 billion. (End of quote)

Anyhow, I have waited a couple of weeks to see if anybody had things to say about the budget, but people keep quiet and do not say much, this is unusual because people always say things about the budget. I believe it is the sign of the times, unusual times unusual reaction of the people. 

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Now, let us compare what we wrote in our last article. 

-One: We talked about the interview of Oprah Winfrey, with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry that is upsetting the royal family in England. At the beginning it was upsetting, and a lot of people thought that something could happen, however it has calmed down a fair bit, so, as time goes by it soon will be just something that happened.

-Two: The good news in the month of March 2021 is pope Francis visit to Iraq, now, we can say that this is good news, since the pope visit can bring good result in the future; you see, when the religious leaders of different religions get together, it has the potential to change the views of their followers. Will the pope succeed in what he wants to do? We just must wait and see, if what he is doing will continue and one day religions can amalgamate. 

 -Three: after a while, the Italian have another government, and the prime minister is Mario Draghi, there will be other changes, with Mario Draghi as prime minister, they can look at how to finance whatever needs to be financed in Italy, to get Italy working again, and to control the corona virus.

Today apart what we have said above, the world problems continue to be mostly as they were two months ago, the corona virus pandemic continues with variant.  

Now, let us see, what is changed about the corona virus pandemic.

Anyhow, what we can tell you today 29^th of May 2021 is that the COVID19 continues;

In the world there are and have been, over 169,000,000 confirmed case positive, and 3,513,000 deaths.

In the USA has gone up to 33,400,000 positive and 599,000 deaths.

Brazil 16,000,000 positive and 450,000 deaths.

India 27,000,000 positive 332,000 deaths.

UK 4,440,000 positive 127,000 deaths.

Italy 4,200,000 positive, 125,000 deaths.

Again, here looks like that Italy has been hit hard from this virus, and every time I look at the Italian news there are more people sick. I hope that it will improve soon, since they have started vaccinating everywhere.

This pandemic has created many problems, and even though the vaccine has been made and is being used, it will take a long time for things to go back to normal; it also seems that there might be a problem with the vaccine, so, some people may refuse to be vaccinated.

Now, let us talk about the Australian budget, the world political scene and America withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the war in Israel.  

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Looking at the world political scene.  

Italy has a new government, and Mario Draghi is the prime minister. Things have not changed much in Italy with this new prime minister, since he does the same things that Giuseppe Conte did, but people do not say much, because they want to wait and see first. The only thing I can say is that they are more organized with the vaccine injections. 

What America, President Joe Biden is doing okay. He said that he would vaccinate a lot of people quickly, and he got more people vaccinated than he promised in his first 100 days in office; however, he seems a bit slower than President Trump on other things. Today he wants to withdraw all American soldiers from Afghanistan, which sounds great, but there seems to be a problem in doing that, because he has no policy how to withdraw his solders and still protect those people that helped the American when they were there. This can be mostly interpreters and their families, that will be left in danger of being killed from the Taliban’s. I believe that before the solders leave, it would be good if they can take with them to America those people that have helped them. Anyhow, the Americans will withdraw by September 11^th, so, there is still time to organize that. Anyhow I hope they do.  

Australia seems to have upset the Chinese government, and there is some tension, about dealing with them, they may not want to buy Australian product or supply of minerals and other stuff.   

Myanmar problems, there has been a lot of tension about this country, but nobody seems able to do anything to help the elected government, so, they are by themselves, and we must wait and see. Anyhow, the Military government has issued this statement. 

 Aung San Suu Kyi will appear in court within days, military says.

The deposed leader is healthy at home and will appear in court soon, Myanmar’s military leader General Min Aung Hlaing says.

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There is a war again in Palestine.

It seems to me that the Israelite Jews and the Palestinian Arabs have been at war on and off since the beginning of human history. They are virtually two races that have lived in Palestine on and off since written history has begun.

In the Bible it starts with Abraham leaving his native land to go where Yahweh said to him to go, after that there are many wars, in one of these wars Abraham wins and gives a part of his gains to the high priest of God most high. During Abraham life, at one stage he goes to Egypt with his wife Sara, here Yahweh helps him again and he returns home a rich man.

Anyhow, the Jews at one stage again went to Egypt, they became slave of the Pharaoh of Egypt, later they freed themselves with the help of their God Yahweh and Moses, and they returned to the promised land. To regain possession of the promised land they fought many wars and killed many people. There are many other wars and other things that has forced the Israelite to come and go to their native land, or promised land, if you want to call it so.

Now, what we want to point out here is that both these people are native of this land, so, they must learn one day to live together, after all the entire world is going global, and we all are going to learn to accept other people of different race and creed.

My personal view here, is that the Arab must accept the Israelite because that is their native land, even is now and then they have left it and gone somewhere else. Today they will not do that because of what has happened to them in the past, so, they will stay there and fight, because that is the only way for their race to survive. If the Arab understand that, then it could be a lot easier for them to accept.

Now, is seems to me, the Israelite need to have this land for their country, this is the only land that they can call home. For the Arab is not easy to accept that, but it is the only way available. Anyhow, today the Gaza Strip is a small country and not well organized as Israel is, so, why make war if they cannot win, it would be better for them to come to some agreement and stop fighting. But this remains to be seen.

Anyhow, after 11 days of fighting and 239 deaths on Gaza strip, and 12 deaths on Israel side they have agreed to stop fighting, and we must wait and see what happens next.

Anyhow, some people think that Israel this time might have gone too far, so they want to investigate what has happened.

Anyhow this article is becoming too long, to see things in more details click on this link, World News and My Views, May 2021. See you in our next article that we are going to write during June.  

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MY MICROSOFT COMPUTER PROBLEMS.

Dear readers, in this blog, we have written several posts about D.I.Y. articles about building works. We are writing posts about social issues that can affect all of us. We will start with Australian social issues that we have already written in the past, when these things happened; then we will follow with what is happening these days, and link everything together. So, in this blog let us talk about, Microsoft computer problems.  

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Today we may say that the computer can help a lot, but at the same time it has its own problems. So, I am writing this article to see if I can solve them. 

Welcome to our article, Microsoft Computer Problems. 

Today I am having problems with my laptop computer, so, I am asking myself, if this problem is happening only to me, or there are other people that are in the same position; so, let me explain my position, because I am thinking, what is wrong with my laptop computer system, when I am using it, and it does not work, like it did before.  

You see, I am having problems saving my work on my computer hard drive. So, I am writing this complain on the internet, because it is the easiest way to let the people that use the computer and those that run the computer know the problems that I have, because I am upset to say the least. Let me explain the way I see it. I pay for my internet connection and I pay for Microsoft Office software. But lately I cannot use them on my laptop because it says that it is illegal. How can it be illegal if I have paid for them?

I believe that this problem arises, because they have changed the programs and I am forced to save everything to One drive, so, I cannot save anything to my laptop computer. But not only that, I also cannot edit anything in One drive because for them it is illegal.  

But who is the illegal party here? I have paid my share, so, what else they want? If they want more money, then it would be illegal the way the computer system is run. Anyhow, I am saying this because I am upset and not able to sort my computer problems. I know that I do not know much about how to sort this problem. So, I hope there is an easy way, and somebody tells me how to do it, or fix it for me.

Anyhow, let me say what I believe can work. Since in the past I could open, write, and save my documents on this laptop PC hard drive that I was working with; then if I wanted them to be on One drive, I could save a copy to One drive and it worked well. So, I do not understand why they had to change that and drive me crazy.     

I hope I have explained my problem, and there is somebody there that can fix it. I will continue to write other articles on the internet, until I find a solution.

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Anyhow, this is how I would like to see my computer work.  

I know that everybody has a different way to use their computer. But what I have found today for me is very upsetting because I would like to use my computer the same way I have always used and I cannot, because everything is saved to the cloud or to give it another name One Drive.

Now, I believe that it is easier to start a new page in words or excel, save it to your computer, and then, if you want to save it for good copy it to One cloud. By doing it my way, if it happens that there is no internet available, you can still do what you must do, and when the internet comes back, if you want you can save your work to One drive.

I am also worried that if for some reason there is no internet for several days, there will be a lot of people that will be completely lost, so, what I am suggesting here could be what needs to be done. But that is up to Microsoft to work it out, which is the best way to go about. You see what I am saying here is only the best way for me.  

Anyhow, I have looked on the internet how to save your work to your PC, and it says that it can be done. But I tried several times to reset my laptop to save on this PC, and it did not work; so, I must think about another way how to do it, and this is very upsetting.    

What else I have done since then.

Anyhow, since I am paying the internet connection and Microsoft Office program, I have decided to call them for help, and I did. The outcome was partly successful, since I can at least edit when I use One drive, but still, I cannot save directly to my computer.

Sometimes I wonder why, as soon as you have learned how to use a program, they will change it, so, you must learn again what to do to keep doing what you need to do, it is a bit annoying to say the least. It is the same old story again and again; we have to learn how to use these new programs. I remember that when window 10 came out, we were lost for a while, but later when we learned how to use it, it was alright, I hope that the same thing happens now.  

Anyhow, I believe that I must have another chat to Microsoft, in the hope that they can set my computer to save my own files on my laptop.

Anyhow I am still wondering if this is happening only to me, or there are other people that are having the same problem, and if they are, what are they doing to fix it.

This is all what I need to say now. I will come back to it if I need to add something else. To see more click on this link, Microsoft Computer Problems. 

See you soon, when I go back to write my May diary.    

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WORLD NEWS AND MY VIEWS, MARCH 2021.

 Dear readers, in this blog, we have written several posts about D.I.Y. articles that dealt with building works. Having done that, now we are writing posts about social issues. We have started with this post, Farming today is still a risky business, we want to talk about social issues that can affect all of us. We will continue with Australian social issues that we have already written in the past, when these things happened; then we will follow with what is happening these days. 

We believe that to continue and make sense, we should post what has happened since, and then link everything together. So, in this blog let us talk about, World news and my views, March 2021.  

Anyhow, you can also find this article at, http://oldman-lifeworks.blogspot.com, 

My other sites; http://frankmenchise.com,http://diybrickwork.com,http://manneedsgod.co.uk  

You can see more at this addresses, DIY brickwork  and,  http://diybrickwork.com,  

To see more visit links, World News and My Views, March 2021. 

These three people above, like to be on the news as much as they can, because what they have done is not going to help anyone, and it might even make things worse. So, I wonder why they wanted to have this interview published. But let us see what went on. Then we will talk about other things as well. 

WORLD NEWS AND MY VIEWS, MARCH 2021.   

Welcome to our article, World News and My Views, March 2021. 

Dear readers, we are continuing to keep our diary, so that we can compare what is happening today to one day in the future. Anyhow, during the month of March 2021, there are a couple of extra things on the news: one is the interview of Oprah Winfrey, with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry that is upsetting the royal family in England; this is not good news, but it gets a lot of people interested, I believe that is why Oprah Winfrey made the interview, this issue is going to be in the news for a while, but for me it is not a great deal, because it only affects the people involves and not the general public. I know that things may change, and it can affect the monarchy and the commonwealth, but that is unlikely, the most likely scene is that people can get upset and hurt, if they take part in these conversations. Looks like that Oprah Winfrey has opened a modern Pandora box, and a lot of arguments can come from this. I believe that this would have been better for everybody, if these matters were resolved privately, but now it is too late; so, we must wait and see what happens.

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The other news that we want to talk about, this month of March 2021 is pope Francis visit to Iraq, now, we can say that this is good news, since the pope visit can bring good result in the future; you see, when the religious leaders of different religions get together, it has the potential to change the views of their followers, since they can become friendly with people of other religions and end isolation, and above all it may end extremism, since they now don’t see that people of different religions are their enemies. 

Today Pope Francis is again doing his best. I am saying this because this photo does not belong to the same event we are talking here, but it belongs to an earlier event, I believe in Egypt. Anyhow, today the pope visit in Iraq means two things, one the pope wants to talk to the Catholic community and tell them that they have not been forgotten, so, he is there to look after their problems. Then he wants to meet the other religious leaders, to show the world that we all believe in the same God. 

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Looking at what the pope is doing, it seems almost crazy, he goes in a nation where most people hate Christianity, he puts himself in a dangerous position, in the hope that he can change for the better those people beliefs, he wants them to see us Christian as their friends and not their enemies. Will the pope succeed in what he wants to do? We just must wait and see, if what he is doing will continue and one day religions can amalgamate. Now let us go back to talk about what is happening in the world.

WHEN SHOCKING NEWS HITS YOU.

When you think what else can go wrong in the world today? Suddenly something else hits, and you know that there are many more problems in the world.

Today the 23^rd of February 2021, I was watching the Italian news hoping that they had progressed politically to a better stage, since, they have a new government with Mario Draghi as prime minister. So, they could look at how to finance whatever needs to be financed in Italy, to get Italy working again, and to control the corona virus. Instead, what hit me is this shocking news about the Italian ambassador and one Italian carabiniere killed in the republic of Congo. Today is seems to me that there is always bad news around the corner, and while you hope for the best, something else hits you hard.

 

WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. 

Today apart what we have said above, the world problems continue to be mostly as they were two months ago, the corona virus pandemic continues with variant, the world of politics continues blaming each other: in Australia they are talking about sexual harassment happening in Canberra parliament building; in Italy they are having all sorts of problems, forming a new government guided by new designated premier Mario Draghi, while it seems that they have the numbers, somebody resigns and they have to start all over again; in America President Joe Biden thinks that he is doing okay, but there are signs that not everything is well, some people say that sometimes he forgets names of people, and this is not a good sign. They are worried that he may not be well enough and strong enough to be the leader of the USA, one of the strongest nations on earth.

Now, let us compare, what we said in our last article.

We wrote about the COVID19, so, we want to check out its progress; we wrote about the American presidents and their arguments, and we wrote about that the Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte that has resigned and they are now trying to form another government. 

Anyhow, what we can tell you today 17^th of March 2021 is that the COVID19 continues, in the USA last fortnight has gone up considerable; from 26,300,000 positive and 445,000 deaths to 30,000,000 and 541,000 deaths; Brazil has 280,000 deaths. Anyhow, it goes up and down in different places, but the other countries that need mentioning here is the U K with 125,000 deaths and Italy with over 103,000 deaths. Again, here looks like that Italy has been hit hard from this virus, and every time I look at the Italian news there are more people sick. I hope that it will improve soon, since they have started vaccinating everywhere.

But wait a minute, there seems to be a problem with the vaccine supply, Italy is stopping of 250,000 doses to Australia, because they have not received enough themselves, and this is how it was reported in the news, and I quote;  

London: Italy has vowed to reject more vaccine exports and France has threatened to join the blockade, as European officials scramble to justify the decision to ban a shipment of 250,000 doses to Australia.

Trade Minister Dan Tehan discussed the standoff with his Brussels counterpart Valdis Dombrovskis on Friday night, but the European Commission has no plans to step back from its dispute with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

The decision was the first-time special powers have been used to stop coronavirus vaccines manufactured in Europe from being sent abroad. The shipment was banned because the drug giant has not provided the bloc with as many vials as expected. End of quote.

This pandemic has created many problems, and even though the vaccine has been made and is being used, it will take a long time for things to go back to normal; it also seems that there might be a problem with the vaccine.

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NOW LET US LOOK AT THE POLITICAL SCENE. 

First let us talk about America, since it is the most important nation in the western world. Anyhow, in January as expected the new American president took over. So, they have changed President in the middle of so much fuss. And just as I was saying, the democratic wanted President Donald Trump impeached, but they have failed, so, Trump is no longer being impeached, and other things are slowly going down. Anyhow, let us hope that Joe Biden has enough energy to run America the right way, since this influences the rest of the world. Now, let us look at the Italian government crisis, since I follow it closely.  

They are forming a new government in Italy.

When I started writing this article, it was the 16^th of February 2021. At that stage they had failed to form a new government for a second time under Giuseppe Conte as prime minister. So, the Italian president Sergio Mattarella, appointed Mario Draghi as a possible new prime minister. So, Mario Draghi has consulted with the other political leaders, and has been able to find enough followers to form a new Government; so, a new government is being sworn in soon.  

Anyhow, I have noted that in politics everything can change quickly. But who is going to be this this new prime minister Mario Draghi? From what they say, he seems to be a well-known person throughout the world, so, there are high expectations. 

For what I know, Mario Draghi is a top economist, and perhaps this is what Italy needs. But is that enough to solve most of the problems that they are facing in Italy today, this nobody knows.

Anyhow, the new government has been sworn in, now they are voting to check if there is enough support for this new government, then they can start debating what needs to be done.

The new prime minister Mario Draghi has pointed out what he wants to do, so, new laws need to be discussed and approved, but that is happening in the future. Meanwhile we must wait and see. So, we start thinking that this Italian problem is solved, but it is not, suddenly the PD leader Zingaretti resigns, and after a while, Enrico Letta a former prime minister has been elected as leader. Let us hope they can make it work this time.     

Anyhow, now we must wait and see what really happened over there. This is all what I know today, see you next time. To see more, click on this link, World News and My Views, March 2021.  

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World News and my Views, January 2021.

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THE PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN

The world of politics goes up and down, today is Joe Biden turn to go up, and become the President of the USA for four years. We wish him good luck, he needs it because times are not stable, people most time take to the streets and demonstrate, let us hope that he can find a way how to keep them calm. Then there is also the corona virus to think about. 

THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

The outgoing President Donald Trump is a strong man, he has got his own ways how he sees and says things, most times he is right; the only mistakes I have seen him make, was that he ignored the corona virus pandemic. I believe that people would have been happier, if he had given more attention to the medical side of this disease, and how to control it, instead of ignoring it. 

World News and my Views, January 2021

Welcome to our article, World News and my Views, January 2021. 

Dear readers, I am writing this article sooner than I thought, because many things have happened, so, I would like to write them in my diary to keep my own record. There are 2 important things that continue to be on the news all the time, one is the COVID19, the other one is the political scene in America and Italy. But fist let us compare the COVID19.:

Anyhow, today is the 31^st of January 2021. About the corona virus, I believe that Australia is doing better than the rest of the world. In fact, not much has happened since last time, but let us note the difference.

Today the 31^st of January 2021, Australia has had, 28,806 cases positive and 909 deaths so far. If we compare this with last time it is only 500 more cases positive and one death.

Anyhow, yesterday there was this Australia day celebration, and a lot of people came together, let us hope that this event does not spread the COVID9 pandemic. Now, at this Australia day celebration, not everybody was celebrating, because the native aborigines were protesting, letting us know that this for them is invasion day, and they are not happy about it. So, this is another problem that the Australian people and the politicians need to solve. But let us go back to talk about the COVID19 in the world.    

It seems to me that the rest of the world, is still having trouble containing the COVID19 virus, as you can see from the following list.

The entire world has over, 102,500,000 confirmed positive, that is more than 20,000,000 people in a month, the death toll stands at 2,214,000 and growing. Now let us break it down a bit.

USA; 26,300,00 case positive and 445,000 deaths, compared to last month list of, 19,300,000 positive cases, is has increased by 7,000,000 case positive and 108,000 deaths compared to last time 337,000 deaths.

India; 10,790,000 positive and 154,000 deaths. But I must assume that there is something wrong here, because for the last few days their toll does not change. So, they may have stopped counting. 

Brazil; 9,100,000 positive cases and 224,000 deaths, compared with 7,500,000 positive cases and 191,000 deaths.

Mexico 1,840,000 positive cases and 156,000 deaths, compared with 1,377,000 positive cases and 122,000 deaths, a month ago. 

These are the 4 countries with most deaths.

Followed by the United Kingdom With 3,800,000 positive cases and over 106,000 deaths and growing fast.

And then Italy with, 2,500,000 positive cases and 88,500 deaths, and growing about 500 deaths every day. 

Anyhow, the vaccines have been made, and they have started vaccinating people. We all hope for a good outcome, because there seems to be a few problems there, there are a few reactions from the vaccine, and it is going to take a long time to vaccinate the entire world population. So, we must wait and see what will happen. Meanwhile let us look at political world news. Like what has been happening in USA, and then, what is happening in Italy today. 

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TALKING ABOUT THE USA PRESIDENTS.  

The world of politics is strange to say the least. Last time, when I wrote my diary here, we were worried that the outgoing President Donald Trump, was going to make troubles, before he would leave the White House, anyhow, he made it hard to a certain point, but then he left peacefully, even if his actions were strange, because he just left the White House before the new president was sworn in, he went anyhow. Now, we are all waiting what will be his next move, or what the democrats will do to impeach him, most likely nothing will happen.

But what is the difference between Joe Biden and Donald Trump political beliefs, and if their policies are good or bad for America and the entire world, because whatever America does, affects the entire world, at least the western world. So, let us look at what I believe their policies are, or in the case of Donald Trump were.

Now what I am saying here is my personal view, so, I might be wrong, but anyhow let me tell you, How I see this situation.

Four year ago, when Donald Trump became the president, I believe that America needed a president like him. You see, he wanted to make America great again, he wanted to stop the refugees come to America by thousands, and that is what America needed then. So, Donald Trump was the right man for the Job. Anyhow he did most of what he wanted to do, but that was not enough to convince the people to let him have another go. In a way I like Donald Trump and his earlier policies, what I did not like is when he tried to ignore the corona virus pandemic, and I believe that this is the reason why he lost, and he deserved to lose for that reason.

Anyhow, today things are changing, and again it seems to me that America has chosen the right man for the present time but will President Joe Biden rum himself in trouble later we do not know, we must wait and see. This is how I see the American situation today. Anyhow, we may say that the right man comes on the scene at the right time, and when that time is gone, they disappear.

The world of politics is strange, it goes up and down, sometimes for the right reasons, at other times it just happens. Today I am wondering how far Joe Biden is going to move away from Trump politics. I believe that every president has his good and bad sides, so, if Joe Biden thinks that everything President Trump has done is wrong, he is making a great mistake, because the reason Trump won last time was that the previous government was making mistakes too.

It would be wise to be more moderate and try to balance everything the best way you can. The weakest point of the democratic party is that they want to set everybody free, and they hope that everybody does the right thing by themselves. But most people need leadership, because without leadership the poor and less educated people become selfish, when they do, they want to rob the richer people that through their hard work have got something. So, a set of rules need to exist, and a set of law keeper need to be well organized, something that the democrats hate to do. Anyhow, that is just a way that I see them failing.

Now, let me talk about the Italian politics. 

     

The unsolvable Italian political scene. 

In Italy suddenly, the prime minister Giuseppe Conte resigned, because he did not have enough support to pass laws that were needed, to keep the country going. So, today they are trying to form a new government, ether with Giuseppe Conte again as prime minister or somebody else. In Italy there are many political parties and so many leaders, and when there is a large enough party, a group in this party is not satisfied with the rest of the party and they split. When one of these groups splits, if they were forming part of the government, the government may become a minority government and is unstable to govern, just like what has happened now.

You see, a former prime minister, Matteo Renzi has split from the DP and formed his own party, then he has withdrawn his support to the present government, so, the government cannot continue, they need to pass new laws and it cannot be done.

Anyhow, today the 30^th of January 2021, the Italian President Mattarella has said to the leader of the parliament Roberto Fico to call the party leaders and see if they can come up with an agreement how to form a new majority government. Which will be most likely with Giuseppe Conte as prime minister. So, we are all waiting what will happen.

So, I have been waiting for a better result, and that everything would be resolved, with Giuseppe Conte as prime minister again. But looks like that Matteo Renzi, did not like it and has made it hard for everybody, so, after consultations President Mattarella has called on Mario Draghi to see if he can find enough support if a different government can be formed, which form of government they can form I do not know, but they are trying. If they cannot form government soon, they have to go back to vote an early election.

Anyhow, I believe that this is going to take a while, and this article is already long enough, so, I am going to publish it the way it is. we will write something else when they have sorted these political problems.

See you soon.  

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