11-01-2017, 08:47 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:It is laughable the news that 'Russia has assembled compromising information on Trumpf'....as compromising information on the man is widely and publicly available for anyone who cares to look. While it is likely yet another attempt to weaken Trumpf's hand from day one, I'm sure most every nation has or is assembling a dossier of compromising/embarrassing information on Trumpf and his cabinet, so they can have some leverage. This idea behind the report that Russia is or should be our natural enemy is insane. I know most Americans meet few Russians. Where I live, I meet several each and every day and I have also traveled there. I can assure those in the US and elsewhere that Russians, generally, are very nice and normal people [and all dog and Nature lovers] who do not want war nor to be aggressive. The Russian government now or in the past is no worse nor better than most governments, and has its good and bad points and figures.
Quote:{Unnamed} Senior U.S. intelligence officials presented classified documents to President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump alleging that Russia holds compromising personal and financial information on Trump, CNN and Buzzfeed reported Tuesday.
This is becoming more and more laughable. No one should believe what US intelligence says as a matter of principle. No one should believe what the WaPo and NYT says either. All are well beyond the pale of belief now. I can't actually remember anything like this poisoning of the waters before in my entire life.
Meanwhile, I also have interacted with several Russians and agree with you entirely and the wife of a very good friend of mine is Russian. I've found them to be smart and have a wonderfully developed sense of humour too. This Russian witch hunting drives me potty because it is obvious, to me, that the whole thing is founded on keeping Europe inside the American political and economic orbit and doing everything necessary to stop any sort of alignment between Germany and Russia.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14