Because that might be what we are witnessing right now as he bankrupts this country in various ways like the stupid war with Iran when there didn't need to be one at all. the present Iran war reminds me a lot of the Viet Nam War only without the Draft killing my high school friends then in Viet Nam.
I think starting here is a good point.
This tends to develop compassion for all human beings and all life on earth. So, instead of separating yourself from all other people you tend to see all people as suffering like yourself.
So, in thinking of everyone as your family you treat both them and yourselves much better.
Understanding how difficult life is for anyone is helpful in being more realistic about your own life.
The kindness you show yourself echoes in the kindness you show others along the way.
If you hate yourself you will tend to hate others too and this becomes a never ending cycle winding up with your death or the deaths of others.
So, from self hate comes murder often around the world.
So, learning to love yourself and all others keeps you and them alive.
Understanding this is everything.
The problem with suicide is this is a potentially Suicidal-homicidal state.
It is said that all murderers are suicidal and each murder is to kill a part of themselves and that they hate themselves therefor they kill others.
If you understand this then you can free yourself from this suicidal homicidal state in your life because they both go together always. Suicide is also potential homicide as well. this is a psychological fact of life around the world.
So, by showing yourself kindness you also are showing kindness to all the life around you too.
So, the compassion of civilization not only saves you it also saves all others from you as well.
So, Compassion is not only the key to enlightenment it is also the key to all successful civilization on earth as well.
By God's Grace
KYIV, Ukraine — In early March, an American-made reconnaissance aircraft glided above Ukraine's choppy Black Sea waters, scanning for Russian targets below. As it approached a gas field just off Ukraine's southern coast, operators monitoring the feed saw what appeared to be Russian soldiers and military equipment on top of an oil rig.
Calling in a fleet of sea drones, Ukraine's navy began firing on the rig. When a nearby Russian Ka-27 helicopter landed to evacuate personnel and equipment, a Ukrainian aerial drone swooped down, exploding on contact with the aircraft.
The engagement cost Russia over $1.5 million in military equipment, and according to Ukraine's navy, destroyed a key Russian platform for strikes into neighboring Ukrainian regions. It was one early example of a more aggressive Ukrainian strategy to use longer-range strike drones to deplete Russia's resources.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has since declared a 40-day "influence operation" that expires in early August to coerce Russia into ending its war.
The reconnaissance aircraft that spotted the oil rig — a long-range surveillance drone known as the "V-BAT," manufactured by the American defense firm Shield AI — has played an increasingly important role in this campaign.
"We focus on targets that are expensive, strategically valuable, or difficult to replace," a Ukrainian naval V-BAT operator, who goes by the call sign "Negative," said.
The drones' reconnaissance flights deep inside Russia have allowed Kyiv to expand its strikes targeting military, energy and logistics infrastructure.
"One of its biggest advantages is its range," the drone operator said. "Because the V-BAT can observe from long range, we're able to confirm what's there, collect detailed imagery, and provide intelligence without getting too close to the target."
In June, Ukraine nearly doubled its strikes more than 30 miles beyond Russia's front lines, according to Ukrainian Minister of Defense Mikhailo Fedorov.
The strike campaign in and around the Black Sea has been especially effective. On Tuesday night, Ukraine's military struck nine oil tankers in the Black Sea, operating as part of Russia's shadow fleet. Last month, Russian officials suspended gas sales to civilians in Crimea, the southern Ukrainian peninsula occupied by Russia since 2014.
Fedorov said his drones will soon turn Crimea "into an island," isolating it from Russia's mainland.
The strategy's success might have seemed unthinkable a year ago. In March 2025, the U.S. stopped providing certain forms of intelligence for Ukraine to strike inside Russia, forcing Kyiv to turn to other partners.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in January that two-thirds of the intelligence Ukraine receives now comes from France.
"With the United States stepping back, we have obviously started to try to engage European countries more," Taras Chmut, a defense expert with Ukraine's Come Back Alive Foundation, said in an interview earlier this year. "They may be somewhat more technologically limited, but they are faster in making decisions than the Americans."
Reconnaissance drones have also helped fill the void. Ukrainian manufacturers have increased the range of their own surveillance aircraft by equipping them with Starlink terminals. But operators say the V-BAT offers unique capabilities.
"We use a few other systems, but none of them offer the same range as the V-BAT. They can't compete with it in terms of endurance or communications," Negative, the drone operator, said.
The intelligence the aircraft provides is crucial not only for selecting targets but also for identifying Russian air defenses that stand in the way, experts say. According to Fabian Hoffman, a Ukrainian defense expert, one of the key reasons for Ukraine's recent successes striking deep into Russia is a yearslong "shaping campaign" that has taken out Russian air defense assets.
Ukrainian officials say the V-BAT has helped identify the location of Russia's more expensive air defenses, such as its S-400 systems. The aircraft also has AI software on board that programs its routes based on the locations of known Russian air defenses.
Shield AI employees in Ukraine say the data and feedback they receive for the drones' missions is crucial to their aircraft and software, which require constant improvements. According to a Reuters investigation earlier this year, the V-BAT has crashed more than 50 times over the past 18 months in flights across the world.
Operators in Ukraine say the wartime environment is the only place where necessary changes can be made.
"For example, if Russian electronic warfare begins operating on a particular frequency, our operators report that information. When those frequencies change, we receive new reports and adjust," Alex, a Ukrainian veteran and Shield AI field operator, said. "That information is important because it allows us to understand how we need to update the aircraft."
Ukrainian soldiers, who are adapting technology at a pace few peacetime militaries can match, said they hope more American companies will develop technologies alongside them.
"We are working all the time as a team. We go into the field and get the important information we need for us and they are receiving information that they need to update the aircraft itself," Negative, the drone operator, said. "So it improves both them and us."
This also means extremely high rates of homelessness of people living in their cars or in tents or motor homes too because the price of houses and homelessness are inextricable. For example, if you live in California and both you and your spouse are gainfully employed full time and you are in your 30s you usually cannot afford to buy a home at this point. So, more and more children grow up without their parents EVER owning a home from Cradle to the Grave every day (at least here in California). So, at least in California this increases homelessness even of the gainfully employed every day of the year.
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Bonnie Tyler, the singer known for hits including "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero," died on Wednesday, according to a statement attributed to her family and team. She was 75.
The Welsh singer died in a hospital in Portugal, where she was being treated for an illness, according to the statement, which was posted on the singer's official social media channel.
"We will issue a further statement shortly but for now ask for privacy to deal with this tragedy," the statement said.
Born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1951, in Wales, Tyler's distinctive husky voice helped her climb the charts. She landed her first big hit in 1977 with the track "It's a Heartache," which peaked at No. 3 in the U.S. and No. 4 in the U.K.
But it was the 1983 hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart" that launched Tyler to superstardom. The track, written and produced by Jim Steinman, known for his hits with Meat Loaf, spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also topped the charts in the U.K. and several other countries.
The song's video has been watched over one billion times on YouTube, while the tune has been streamed over one billion times on Spotify.
"Total Eclipse of the Heart," which appeared on Tyler's fifth studio album, "Faster than the Speed of Night," earned her a Grammy nomination for best female pop vocal performance. It went on to sell over six million copies and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Tyler's other big U.S. hit was "Holding Out for a Hero," also written by Steinman, which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1984 film "Footloose"; it later appeared on Tyler's sixth studio album, "Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire."
While the song was only a top-40 hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 34, it grew in popularity over the years thanks to its use in a variety of commercials and movie trailers, including the trailer for "Guardians of the Galaxy" and the 2026 film "Masters of the Universe."
While her biggest successes came in the '80s, Tyler continued to make music, releasing 18 albums over the course of her career. Her last album was 2021's "The Best Is Yet to Come."
Among Tyler's accolades, she was nominated for three Grammy awards and three Brit Awards. In 2022 she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
In her personal life, Tyler married Robert Sullivan in July 1973.
Tyler's family shared a statement in May saying that she was in "seriously ill but stable" condition after being placed in a medically induced coma as she recovered from emergency intestinal surgery.
A month later, her family shared another statement, saying Tyler was still recovering and that she "remains very unwell and in intensive care" in a hospital in Portugal.
The best way I have found to find peace in life is to leave the big city for a country life somewhere you want to be. I have watched too many people lose it or die trying to survive in big cities with careers.
I don't find peace myself in big cities. However, that might be just me. I can be in bigger cities for a short time and be okay but after growing up in the Los Angeles Area and the traffic and all I find I long for either the ocean or the mountains (like in Mt. Shasta) a lot.
Of course, everyone is different in what they need according to what their experiences in life might be. But, for myself, hope came when I retreated to places like Mt. Shasta or Maui to live more than anything else.
It's true people can live anywhere on earth that they want to. But, if you have a choice of where you live often you want to live in someplace beautiful where you feel safe and can worship God as you please where your soul can roam free with God!
