Humans

 British judges wear white " wigs " (masks)  to give the impression of advanced age and wisdom. German judges dress up in violently scarlet garb to induce fear. It is the same as ancient warriors, such as Hercules, who wore lion skins and faces. The suggestion works on the wearer and the observer; it definitely works as the habit has survived for so long. No other animal is known to follow this habit. People can believe that they are animals or different persons. Isn't that bizarre?

Water Accounting

 

Canada will not sell water to the USA. It prefers to let it flow into the Pacific. Mexico is receiving its quota in Baja California and is misusing it to flood and wash salty soils. 

A commenter explains: The 1944 treaty requires the US to allow 1.5 million acre-ft of water to flow into Mexico from the Colorado river and requires Mexico to allow 350,000 acre-ft from the Rio Grande into Texas.

Mexico hasn't lived up to their responsibility while the US has been. Mexico often requests more water and it had been granted every time despite them not living up to their mandated amount.

I think that President Trump is touching on a very sensitive issue and creating border conflicts. Water may not be worth it. 

Egyptian traditions

"A moment that changed me: I brought a baby gorilla home – and learned so much about being a parent" (from The Guardian). "The seven months I spent hand-rearing Afia fast-tracked me through every stage of parenting: love, laughs, and pride, followed by inevitable separation and loss."

Aelian (Claudius Aelianus) was a Roman author who wrote in Greek. In his work "Historical Miscellany" (Varia Historia), he recounts an anecdote about foreigners arriving at a port in Egypt.

"When certain foreigners disembarked at a port in Egypt and saw Egyptian women cradling monkeys and baboons in their arms instead of children, they remarked: 'Are there no children born in this country, that the women nurse and cherish monkeys?'"

Krach!

President Trump is a businessman and understands that China and the rest of the world have been "dumping" their goods on the USA and ruining American industry. Nixon was too generous opening America to China's exports. He caused chaos and fear at the starting point of the coming commercial negotiation. 

Jewish Kids according to UNICEF

 

The end of Globalism

Globalism was a liberal dream that made everybody richer. Nationalism replaced it. Trump today has semi-closed America to rebuild its industry because it cannot compete against China and Germany. It may be necessary, but NASDAQ will be hurt.

Chinese Agriculture

 China imports 150 million tons of grains per year. It consumes some 700 million tons.  Chinese agriculture's problems are profound, but they are progressing.