{"id":175280,"date":"2022-03-13T20:47:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T20:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=175280"},"modified":"2022-03-13T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T20:47:17","slug":"can-everyone-hear-me-at-the-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/03\/13\/can-everyone-hear-me-at-the-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Everyone Hear Me At The Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">Well the news is not getting any better is it? Ukraine&#8217;s destruction&nbsp; haunts me, and I have been reading up on Vlad to get an idea if what is going through his mind and what it is he truly desires.&nbsp; It seems he is religious and&nbsp; has support from other faith community&#8217;s that one would not expect in Russia.&nbsp; If he continues on his present course I cannot see that it will end well for him or anyone else. It seems to me that it&#8217;s a lose, lose scenario regardless of the military&nbsp; outcome on either side.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175283\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"175283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/03\/13\/can-everyone-hear-me-at-the-back\/you-checked-out-before-me\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?fit=2560%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"You checked out before me.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;You checked out before me.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;You checked out before me.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?fit=604%2C604&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-175283\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?resize=604%2C604\" alt=\"You checked out before me.\" width=\"604\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?w=1208 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/You-checked-out-before-me..jpg?w=1812 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You checked out before me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/645332697&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;inverse=false&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_user=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\">\n<p class=\"mod-reset\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7<\/p>\n<p class=\"mod-reset\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"You Checked Out Before Me\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/you-checked-out-before-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You Checked Out Before Me<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well the news is not getting any better is it? Ukraine&#8217;s destruction&nbsp; haunts me, and I have been reading up on Vlad to get an idea if what is going through his mind and what it is he truly desires.&nbsp; It seems he is religious and&nbsp; has support from other faith community&#8217;s that one would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/03\/13\/can-everyone-hear-me-at-the-back\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can Everyone Hear Me At The Back<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,10,60,7,3,17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delta-ladies","category-diana_stones_songs","category-glass-cage","category-history","category-musings","category-other","category-whatever"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-JB6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137093,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/02\/22\/if-you-are-at-a-lose-end-tonight-pop-down-to-walthamstow-ye-olde-rose-and-crown\/","url_meta":{"origin":175280,"position":0},"title":"If you are at a lose end tonight. Pop down to Walthamstow Ye Olde Rose and Crown","author":"diana Stone","date":"February 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5813,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2014\/12\/20\/taking-the-first-step-phase-one-of-plan-b\/","url_meta":{"origin":175280,"position":1},"title":"Taking the first step phase one of plan B","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I did make the journey down to Kent to see a friend I had lost contact with and have not seen for 8 years. I must admit to feeling awkward before I arrived and not entirely sure how it would go. But actually it was fun and I have renewed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":180013,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/04\/13\/that-certain-age\/","url_meta":{"origin":175280,"position":2},"title":"That Certain Age.","author":"diana Stone","date":"April 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Life plays us in a sense, we push too hard one way and it resists us and forces us off course far to often. \"There is a tide in the affairs of men,Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;Omitted, all the voyage of their lifeIs bound in shallows\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/deltacrown.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/deltacrown.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/deltacrown.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/deltacrown.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/deltacrown.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20739,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/09\/28\/trident-is-useless-thats-why-we-must-debate-its-renewal\/","url_meta":{"origin":175280,"position":3},"title":"Trident is useless. That\u2019s why we must debate its renewal","author":"diana Stone","date":"September 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"With experts agreeing that renewing Trident makes little sense, Labour\u2019s decision to bottle out of a vote is a missed opportunity","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powered by Guardian.co.uk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4205,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2014\/06\/16\/winners-and-losers-dice-and-logic-and-dont-forget\/","url_meta":{"origin":175280,"position":4},"title":"Winners and Losers, dice and logic and don&#8217;t forget &#8230;.","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Define success, what is it really? Much of what we desire materially we don't really need though it might well make us feel better, though often not for very long and then we \"need\" some new thing.\u00a0 I expect that most of us by the time we reach middle age,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137687,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/03\/05\/fortune\/","url_meta":{"origin":175280,"position":5},"title":"Fortune","author":"diana Stone","date":"March 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175280"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175285,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175280\/revisions\/175285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}