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A Circus of Epic Proportions (by Tanja)

  Life is so desperately serious most of the time, but one has to see the humorous side of life and sometimes have a good laugh too. I mean, there is so much going on in the world today that it’s very difficult to keep track and have a knowledge of everything. Some issues are very serious and worth knowing about, but some are simply ridiculous. And please do not forget the conspiracy theorists. Some of their theories are very interesting and some are the truth, but many are to be taken with a pinch of salt. Now, if there are two topics of discussion that one tries to avoid at any gathering, it’s politics and religion, unless everyone is one the same page. Yeah, right.   Both religion and politics have one common goal: that is to acquire power over the people and use it to fulfil their aims. However, to achieve this objective, their methods are different. Religion mobilizes religious sensibilities of people in order to get their support; while politics uses intrigue, diplom...