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passport lost no longer

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2020.09.14

My passport went missing for a week during the move, which was a problem because I'd have to register my new address with the government. Happily, Mari found it Saturday morning, in the outside zippered pocket of one of the MEC bags. I must have put it in there at the last minute before heading off on my bike the previous Saturday.

Today she's going to the ward office to get our address registered. You know, in her free time.

rand()m quote

Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

—Hermann Goering