Politicians and USA's President elect Donald Trump

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Following election of Donald Trump to USA Presidency Belgrade's newspaper "Danas" (Today) published a cartoon above. It depicts leading Serbian politicians.

Some of Belgrade's cafes and restaurants offered free drinks to those who knew the passwords regarding the future president of USA.

There are people who are very hopeful that finally, somebody who is a USA president would recognise what really happened in former Yugoslavia that led to civil war and much suffering. Many hope that Kosovo would not be seen as independent state but as part of Serbia it has been for many centuries.

Mr Trump is not shy to recognise jihad. Serbs do know about jihad and the horrid consequences for them. We do not know if Mr trump was informed about the pacts made between Catholic Church and Islamic leaders decades before and some since civil war in Yugoslavia on mutual cooperation. Before the pacts were signed emissaries established common ground:

a) their position regarding women (yes, the troublesome majority of people)

b) homosexuality

c) contraception.

No wonder Catholic church is sceptical of Donald Trump. He wants to make things better but as one Catholic bishop said poverty and misery is good for church. Lots of children means poverty and all sorts of problems for the states with large young populations. But young are brave and make the type of soldiers that adults do not. Some acquire wealth through wars but not necessarily children who fight in them.

Sasa Aleksic creates cakes honouring great artists

Wow! Serbian baker makes spectacular cakes. See photo above.

Judges as FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE?

Judges are there to interpret the law in the cases before them. This does mean that there are almost always people who are losers and how they cope with that differs. Some get angry (while denying fear of their perceived inferiority). There are those who want instant gratification, like psychopaths who may be attracted to positions of power such as in Parliament, doctors' surgery, business firms or law firms. Reading the judgement takes time and it delays instant gratification. Thinking also takes time. Considering other people also requires various brain centres to be functioning such as those psychopaths have in smaller sizes. 

Liberal elite is the term given in frustration of not being of the thinking kind. It is accepted that some people are slower than others and need more time to think things through. And where can one find such people? And is it not true that British people have been lied to and they still failed to remove from power those who lied to them? The judgement is not for or against BREXIT but about due process.

Governments do break laws as do their institutions. This happens for a variety of reasons, sometimes it is due to the desire to be popular. Newspapers need to be popular so people would buy them. One can whip up hatred against the vulnerable (such as foreigners or minority) and use vulnerable people (not so smart ones) to be the agents of the hate. BREXIT is something that psychonalysts would have no trouble dissecting. What is interesting is how one deals with terrified people. That to some extent depends on how much they would agree to the necessary measures. But a member of public is not in a therapeutic relationship and neither are most politicians. Most people in UK are blessed with free libraries and Internet but that requires recognition of fear in the first place before one can act on it i.e. be responsible and search for the clever ways of dealing with one's anxiety.

STEP 1: Oh,I recognize that feeling: I am afraid. I do not like it

STEP 2: I am not rubbish. I can cope. I shall face up to it

STEP 3: How could I break it into smaller manageable steps

The path to responsibility i.e. the ability to respond does involve recognition of one's feelings and needs. The process of victimisation, as here of the judges, is classic in that both feelings and needs are disregarded by the perpetrators. If one realised one is afraid it is not something that cannot be dealt with, but some people are too ashamed to admit it to themselves and instead react with hostility. If one has poor self-esteem one is less likely to have the strength to admit they made a mistake. Needs relevant here are so many:

need for self-respect

need for good reputation

need of economic nature

need for fairness and justice as in society in which we live. There has to be perception of this as well.

BREXIT judgement - Conscientious Citizen Gina Miller wins

Photo: BBC

Well reasoned judgement which stops government from doing much damage to the country:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-legal-challenge-statement-full-read-judgement-summary-high-court-theresa-may-article-50-a7395071.html

UK, even with laws prohibiting various crimes (such as racially motivated ones), managed to get away many times due to European institution's(s) laxity i.e. being partial to UK administration.

Following BREXIT referendum where majority of those who voted were against staying in European Union, vulnerable (Europeans) people suffered even more discrimination. Some people were simply killed. Many harassed and damaged in various ways. Europeans of all colours did notice the change in the air. And, yes, there are always some who are in denial.

EU laws provided tiny breaks on nasty people and going forward with Brexit without reference to Parliament would mean laws based on EU laws would be eliminated. Just like that. No discussion of the implications. It took many, many years before British thought about making anti-corruption laws. Yes, government signs a declaration but then leaves it at that.

Human rights as natural instinct of British? Is there any such evidence in people after years of  being subjected to education (for example, religious indoctrination in schools and outside) that eliminates normal sense of justice, accountability and equality as well as being subjected to the agents of the state who fail to enforce the law as they should. See, for example, just what courts did to whistleblowers in UK if you are interested in freedom of speech.

Well, today, there is some hope that at least a number of people are healthy enough in body and mind to fight back nastiness. It is not just one party that changes the law, it is Parliament.

And can one have free market to oneself without others agreeing? No.