Like many others, some of our K-Landnews folks have been waiting for the sky to fall after Mr. Snowden gave away some documents about rampant, uncontrolled, secret surveillance.
The authorities and their press people (their own as well as pundits) warned us about the impending doom of civilization and terror everywhere.
It has not happened, and it won't happen. Just read our posts of the past six weeks, we do not want to repeat too much of what we splattered over the internet.
Some new fault lines of thought continue to emerge, most of them unremarkable, some uplifting like President Carter's statement about "not a functioning democracy", others pathetically dumb like Mr. Rhodes guest column about Snowden in the German online Zeit.
From way over the pond, we do want to highlight one positive aspect about the US laws that continue to be abused, namely that many have an expiration date.
The Germans, specifically, could use this technique, but, of course, they won't. Like the expiration date on holding an office (term limits), expiration dates for laws run against the interests of the less visible but nonetheless hardcore German establishment.
Now, on to something more productive.
Since the sky has not fallen, we will exploit the opportunity to go and pick raspberries behind the house.
After this activity, we will indulge in the only violent act we condone: whipping some helpless cream.
Have a wonderful summer Sunday.
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