EPISODE 542 SALESMAN IN PRAGUE IN 1989 — MESSAGE FOR US ALL IN 2022

EPISODE 542    SALESMAN IN PRAGUE IN 1989 — MESSAGE FOR US ALL IN 2022


alan skeoch
March 4, 2022

Young man’s sale booth on a main street in Prague, new Czech Republic. 1989.  Sobering picture
when his goods are examined closely.  How the mighty have fallen.!


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There is a  larger meaning here.  In 1989, with the speed of summer lightning, all the uniforms of 
the Red Army were suddenly of  no value…just tokens for sale on a side street.  It was this
collapse that drove Vladimir Putin into the madness we see today, March 4, 2022, in my humble opinion.


I do not mean these folderol dolls.  They were always for sale in street markets.  The sudden appearance of other
marketable goods is clear below.  I REPEAT.  How the mighty have fallen.



Suddenly all the insignia of the Soviet Union was up for sale.  Just scrap.
Message:  Upheavals are not slow…sometimes they come with  suddenness that
races ahead of complete understanding.  And thousands, millions of people get hurt as we are witnessing today. Lives are changed forever.  This has happened often in world history.
AND TODAY OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE FLED UKRAINE….ABANDONING ALL THEY OWNED.  WILL ANY EVER RETURN?  WHAT WILL BE LEFT TO RETURN TO?
ALAN




EPISODE 536 “HORSES ON THE ORIGINAL BUFFALO GRASS PRAIRIE”….I THOUGHT I WAS BEING SPLIT IN HALF…foothills of the rockie mountains


EPISODE 536   “HORSES ON THE ORIGINAL BUFFALO GRASS PRAIRIE”….I THOUGHT I WAS BEING SPLIT IN HALF


alan skeoch
Feb. 26, 2022

Location :  Foothiils of Alberta near southern border with USA>

The horse Wrangler was amused….Marjorie as well.  Me? Absolute pain…especially when the horse decided to speed up.  ohhh!

My horse.  Look at his eye.  He is thinking about abusing me for 3 hours.  Bouncing. Think about it.

RIDING CAREFREE ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE

dateline…40 years ago

“Alan, we can join some horseman on a patch of original buffalo grass prairie.”
“How do you mean join?
“We can rent horses.”
“Not sure…don’t trust horses”
“WHY?”
“Smarter than me…wilL try to knock me off using overhanging branches”
“Silly…just guide the horse “
“the big reason is the discomfort…bouncing up and down…trying to split
me in half.”
“Here take this horse…old and quiet they say.”
“How do I get on?”
“step stool over here.”

What I should have asked was how to get off the horse.  The whole adventure was
a pain in the butt and pain elsewhere that I would rather not mention.  When we returned
to the corral a few hours later I couldn’t get off the horse…my legs were locked.  I had
to be helped while everyone laughed.  Humiliating.

BUT the place was stunning.  And I had the presence of mind to take my camera.

alan



EPISODE 539 A PLEA FIR UKRAINE AND ITS PEOPLE

EPISODE 539   A PLEA FOR UKRAINE AND ITS PEOPLE


alan skeoch
march 2, 2022

War crimes!   A man gone mad!  A nation helpless! 

Sandra and Christine in Ukrainian folk dress…with faces smiling…kidding around … getting ready to dance.

FEELING HELPLESS, MARCH 2, 2022

At my school, Parkdale Collegiate Institute, West Toronto, we always seemed to have a bunch of joyful Ukrainians.  Canadians!
Very proud their mother country while at the same time sinking deep roots into Canada

When they were not in national dress it was impossible to tell the Ukrainian Canadians from the rest of us.  In national dress
they exuded pride in their background.  Happy kids   Would that they could remain so as adults in these perilous times.  They cannot..

Sandra Hryhor snd Christine Chepanoya represent the joy of our students in better times.  

But here we are in the midst of a war whose horror is unimaginable.  Yesterday we had a meeting at our High Park Curling club.  Our league
executive of seven of which two are Canadian Ukrainians.   Loren and Zenon.   The shock of our times rendered them speechless.  They just could not
believe what was happening in Ukraine.   Deep in their eyes I felt I saw the sad knowledge that Ukraine was about to be wasted
by orders from one man.  One Man!   Vladimir Putin.  How could this happen.?  How could one man have the power of life and death
over a nation and its people?  For what?  

When dealing with this madness the nations of the world are quite helpless.  To intervene would trigger a much larger war. That 
 threat made by Putin.  Made to intimidate.  Beyond belief. Beyond reason.  But possible.  I cannot
 believe we could be on the threshold of World War Three.   But could be.  Thankfully, President Joe Biden is being careful.   Insanity does
not lend itself to reason.

What can we do?  How is it possible for the fate of our world to rest on the shoulders of a lunatic?  I feel so helpless.

alan



The odds are that many of these Parkdale students are Ukrainian Canadians.  Can you find them?  No!  Not possible. The face
in the bottom picture is Terry Wickstrom, a teacher of Swedish heritage.  Would the world be a better place if all the peoples of
the world had representatives in this Parkdale Colleigiate crowd?  I think so.

Fwd: EPISODE 538 PUTIN…NO VICTORY FOR ANYONE IN SIGHT…MADNESS IS ON THE MARCH


Note: I do not know what is truth and what is manipulated fiction concerning Putin’s state of mind.

I do know, however, that many experts are concerned.


EPISODE 538    PUTIN…NO VICTORY FOR ANYONE IN SIGHT…MADNESS IS ON THE MARCH


Alan Skeoch
Feb. 28, 2022

Has Putin gone mad?  I am not the only person who detected madness when his lips curled
in a snarl as Putin threatened to unleash his nuclear arsenal.  No sanity there, only anger and 
more anger.  Anger built up in Putin since 1990 when he returned to Moscow as s former Lt. Col of
the Soviet secret police, the KGB.  That was 1990 and the Berlin wall was coming down along
with Soviet dreams of world domination.  Vladimir Putin was 33 years old in 1990 and had to consider
his future.  He considered being a taxi driver as everything he held dear in the Soviet Union
was crumbling around his feet.  Then he got a new job …and became President of the Russian Federation.

Putin did not see himself as a true believer in the socialist dream.  He was an opportunist rather than
a true believer. He longed for a return to the greatness of Russia and has spent
the last three decades managing a rebirth of that greatness.  He has done well.  

But he is now 69 years old. Is he sick?  I mean really sick.  Not just a figure of speech sickness
but really sick.  Other minds far greater than mine are suggesting Putin’s brain has
been cooked by the Covid 19 virus he contracted in October.  The virus is capable of doing that by
reinforcing ‘hubris’…making victims come to believe their world view is the only world view.
Making people like Putin believe that they are right and everyone else is wrong.  Confusing
personal interpretation of events become the only interpretation of events.  In Putin’s case
making him believe the return of Russian greatness can and must be achieve. Even isdone  looking down
the barrel of gun.

Some Other observers think Putin is very sick with spinal cancer and/or Parkinson’s disease.
His health is broken and he is under constant medical care by a doctor he has relied 
upon since his days with the KGB in East Germany.  In short, he is dying.  That is
the profesional opinion of some medical authorities.  True or untrue?  His legacy
of a Great Russia must be done now.  He has so little time remaining.,

One very interesting assessment of Putin infers he has gone mad.  Putin’s scowl in
recent news conferences is a departure from the cool impassive efficiency of his 
past conferences.

WHAT IS ‘HUBRIS?’

WHAT words are a clue that a person is losing grip on reality?  Answer: Hubris is commonly associated 
with a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one’s own competence, accomplishments or capabilities. 
 Sometimes people in power display exaggerated self-confidence to the point of being reckless.  Contempt for other
people is a good clue.  As are the over use of simple words like ‘I”. “Me”. “God” and “history”,  

SAMPLES
“Remember this…I am in control…just who do you think you are!…
‘Make sure you show me everything…I will be the judge.”
“God is on my side.
“The historical record is clear…I am fully justified to…”

 If a friend in a position of power begins using these words often…personal
words that show excessive self-confidence (hubris) coupled with an inability to listen to others that is red flag.  Power does strange things to some people that can cause
a personality change where they “become obsessed with their self-image, excessively confident in their own judgement and dismissive of others, often leading to rash, ill thought-out decisions.”


Remember the comment that ALL POWER CORRUPTS AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY That seems to

be what Has happened to Putin when he uttered the threat about his nuclear arsenal.  He has lost touch with reality.  


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Finally one observer thinks Putin is fine.  He is manipulating world opinion.
The nuclear button comment was made to throw us all off balance.  He likes
taking risks.  There is no better time than right now for Russia to be enlarged.
The United States is weak and out of balance caused by internal disputes.
,
alan