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Oud-minister Frits Korthals Altes is overleden. De scherpzinnig oud-advocaat en VVD'er ontging als politicus niets. Het maakte hem ook buiten zijn partij populair. https://buff.ly/4i4s68K

Oud-minister en voormalig VVD-voorzitter Frits Korthals Altes (93) overleden #politiek

Puyi the last emperor of China, crowned at age two, saw his rule end at six. He later served as a puppet under nationalists and Japanese occupiers, faced the Tokyo war tribunal, was imprisoned by Mao, and lived his final years in a small Beijing apartment. His life was marked by continuous upheavals

We zitten onszelf soms in de weg ... #MtFuji

Two brothers, two stories in 1933. One joined the army, earned a medal for bravery, and went missing in action during the battle with the Japanese. The other brother, living as if still in the empire, vanished in a landslide caused by an earthquake that destroyed the entire city of Diexi.

Shinto = een traditionele culturele praktijk van Japan: een verzameling ‘heilige ruimten’ (jinja) die verbonden zijn met ‘krachten die respect verdienen’ (kami) en die dat respect krijgen via rituelen, ceremonieën en festivals (matsuri). Shinto kent geen stichter en geen heilige boeken.

Windstil. Geen branding. Noordzee.

Religie als privé project ...

‘One of the biggest challenges we have to our democracy is the degree to which we don’t share a common baseline of facts.’ (Barack Obama 2018)