
Saturn as an allusion to 4D ruler?

A new seringue for the Earth?

Europe Down?

China down?

The buildings refer to the big real estate problem China have I guess.
$ up?

Jane Austen?


China down?
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The buildings refer to the big real estate problem China have I guess.
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Von der Leyen’s re-election consolidates Europe’s shift to the right
The German technocrat’s second term at the helm of the European Commission will focus on business, conservative values and external security threats.
After an intense round of negotiations with parliamentary groups across the political spectrum, German conservative politician Ursula von der Leyen secured a second term as president of the European Commission.
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Von der Leyen’s re-election consolidates Europe’s shift to the right
The German technocrat’s second term will focus on business, conservative values and security threats.www.aljazeera.com
Q: (Julian) Will elements of the Ukraine military attempt to oust Zelensky?
A: Zelensky is more likely to be subject of a permanent hit.
We must remember that in the shadow of the French Revolution, the Regency era was a rather repressive era politically and that writers were often scrutinized for adhering to appropriate ideas. Expressing radical ideas was a problem in those times. There is a very interesting book called Jane Austen the Secret Radical, by Helen Kelly that takes a revisionist view of Austen (at least revisionist in the era of Butler). While I find some of her positions hard to swallow, she makes a good case that Jane was very political and that there are numerous clues in all of the books. Of course, that raises the question of what is political? Clearly Jane Austen had issues with a lot of the status quo of Regency society - primogeniture, entails, male domination; her heroines are intelligent, capable women of character. She mocks and chastises British nobility, the class system, and even the Church of England. But she does so in a deeply personal way as each of those impact the story she is telling.
Interesting that Putin doesn't figure anywhere in the image, or even a recognizable reference to Russia. Wonder what that's about? Unless the message is that it is subordinate to China. and doesn't merit a nod.
It's hideous, very crude, not refined at all, the images are ugly, the colors are dull. What a horror
Yes, 2024’s cover had an hourglass prominently shown nearly expired. The 2024 cover was black and white, blue and red. So 2025’s cover perhaps depicts the start of a new Republican era, hence the dominance of red.What caught my attention the most was the hourglass with time starting to run, while in previous years the hourglasses they put up had almost run out of time.
That's what I found most curious.
Rather than delving too deeply into the psyche of her characters, Austen enjoys them and imbues them with humor, according to critic John Bayley. He believes that the well-spring of her wit and irony is her own attitude that comedy "is the saving grace of life".
Part of Austen's fame rests on the historical and literary significance that she was the first woman to write great comic novels. Samuel Johnson's influence is evident, in that she follows his advice to write "a representation of life as may excite mirth”.
But the gossip says of Jane Austen that she was perpendicular, precise, and taciturn — "a poker of whom everybody is afraid". Of this too there are traces; she could be merciless enough; she is one of the most consistent satirists in the whole of literature.
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.
The Age of Revolution:
Jane Austen's life coincided with one of the most transformative eras in global history, marked by numerous Revolutions which immeasurably changed the political and social landscape of the world. Born in 1771, Austen lived through the American Revolution (1775-83), the French Revolution (1789-99), the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15).
Despite living against the backdrop of political unrest, Jane Austen never directly refers to any revolutions in her writing. The critic Raymond Williams wrote in 1975: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Jane Austen chose to ignore the decisive historical events of her time.
Thus, even though her novels do not directly write about revolutions or wars, Austen was clearly aware of the impact they had on everyday Georgian society.
Did Jane Austen write about any revolutions?
The Georgian era was a period in British history from 1714 to c. 1830–1837. The transition to the Victorian era was characterized in religion, social values, and the arts by a shift in tone away from rationalism and toward romanticism and mysticism. Wikipedia
Romanticism...The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjectivity, imagination, and appreciation of nature in society and culture in response to the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. Wikipedia
Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. Wikipedia