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Political Moments is a collection of quotes taken from the novel 'A Dangerous God, bastards of angels' and other works. It covers areas such as war, politics, evolution, free will, religion, humanism, tyranny, liberty, economics. 2. Aggression is logic. It is Order, not Chaos. 3. Free Will as Equality enables evolution since it allows the creative to excel or decay by its own failures and successes 9. Equality is not found between power and powerlessness. It is found between suffering and empathy. FW27. Self-will expresses itself in only two ways....as Free Will ...and as Brutality.There is only power over oneself or power against others. The supposed Self Will or Free Will of Power is simply a will re-entering the herd with a larger stick.It means nothing. R62. Do not curse the Little Devil so much..for it is not the God which creates the best Christian but, rather, the Lion.... R125. The mental diseases of chemical imbalances..thus wanders Evolution.

This is the second picture book about Rubear, a little almost-real cub bear who, after being rescued in Algonquin park by the author, has more adventures. In the first book, Rubear was found abandoned and without rear legs. The author made new ones for him out of wood and with these Rubear went on to do great things In this book Rubear earns some Ranger badges while having fun and learning about camping in Algonquin. Algonquin Park is a beautifull wilderness area in Ontario, Canada. The book also has a Rubear game which young and old can play to race around by canoe and portage. There is as well some coloring pages of Rubear and his new friend Star. Believe or not the little cub also built a full-size ( for him that is) three foot canoe. So the book includes full instructions with pictures on how to build a canoe from cardboard or birchbark.

A little cub bear is found hurt and alone while the author was canoeing on Opeongo Lake. This is the story of how Rubear the cub bear not only recovers from injury but learns to do much more than he ever tried before.Rubear not only just overcomes his handicap but his courage takes him to great adventures