Updates of blog.

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diff --git a/missing-socialism.rst b/missing-socialism.rst
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--- a/missing-socialism.rst
+++ b/missing-socialism.rst
@@ -1,22 +1,42 @@
 Missing socialism
 #################
 
-:date: 2016-09-29T02:05:34
-:status: draft
+:date: 2016-11-09T09:00:00
 :category: faith
 :tags: politics, socialism, trump
 
-While listening to the Decline of the West episode_ I was told about
-this quotation:
+While listening to the Decline of the West episode_ I was told
+about this quotation when John Steinbeck was supposed to describe
+the political landscape of the US 1930s’:
 
     I guess the trouble was that we didn’t have any self-admitted
-    proletarians. Everyone was a temporarily embarrassed capitalist.
+    proletarians. Everyone was a temporarily embarrassed
+    capitalist.
 
     -- John Steinbeck: America & Americans, 1966
 
 It is strange and I feel strange, but I have been thinking about
-socialist politics a lot lately. Not that I have been switching my
-thinking, but
+working class politics a lot lately. It is not about socialism v.
+capitalism (even less), but about elites v. non-elites. We,
+elites, whatever are our political opinions, have made system
+worked well for ourselves, discarding any avenue those others
+could influence the power, as long as the only avenue left to
+them were great influential elections, like Brexit or the
+Presidential election in US.
+
+We, conservatives, were talking a lot about how the genuine
+associations are the most important part of the community, but we
+haven’t walked the way much. Perhaps, we should listen to our own
+words more. There is now high probability that Michigan will go
+for the Republican, and it seems like I am hearing professor
+Barry Bluestone talking with admiration about the labor unions,
+which are now dead and burried. I wouldn’t be that sorry for
+them, except there working poor lost yet another opportunity to
+speak to the public affairs in a civilized voice. The only way
+how can they speak now is to give us, elites, a middle finger.
+
+(*It is emotional time right now, so it is highly possible that
+I will update this blogpost more than once.*)
 
 .. _episode:
     https://www.podcastchart.com/podcasts/the-decline-of-the-west/episodes/1-trump-and-caesarism/pop
diff --git a/on-personal-truth.rst b/on-personal-truth.rst
index 46fa5fc..8eb3544 100644
--- a/on-personal-truth.rst
+++ b/on-personal-truth.rst
@@ -1,85 +1,91 @@
 On Personal Truth
 #################
 
-:date: 2016-10-02T18:57:39
-:status: draft
+:date: 2016-10-31T22:48:00
 :category: faith
-:tags: postmodern
+:tags: postmodern, conscience
 
-Our pastor was talking today about the distance between head and heart,
-and that it is absolutely crucial to transform truths which we have only
-in our head to those which are in our heart, and which are the only ones
-which actually drive our behavior. He suggested the Lord’s Supper as one
-God-given tool for surmounting. I completely agree with. The Lord’s
-Supper is one mighty tool we were given for this purpose.
+Our Senior Pastor John Mullen talked one Sunday during communion
+about the distance between head and heart and that it is
+absolutely crucial to transform the truths which we have only in
+our head to those which are in our heart, and which are the only
+ones which actually drive our behavior. He suggested the Lord’s
+Supper as one God-given tool for surmounting them. I completely
+agree with him. The Lord’s Supper is one mighty tool we were
+given for this purpose.
 
-However, I don’t think it is the only tool. Yes, knowledge limited to
-our head will not save us, unless it gets down to our hearts and thus
-truly to our lives. However, it often feels from many evangelical
-teachings that the solution for the lack of heart-knowledge is to
-increase our head-study. I don’t think it makes much sense. I think we
-need to get down to find out more what prevents the content of our head
-to get down to our heart.
+However, I don’t think it is the only tool. Yes, knowledge
+limited to our head will not save us, unless it gets down to our
+hearts and thus truly to our lives. However, it often feels from
+many evangelical teachings that the solution for the lack of
+heart-knowledge is to increase our head-knowledge. I think it
+often goes much deeper than that. I think we need to get down to
+find out more what prevents the content of our head to get down
+to our heart.
 
-    […] and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
+    [...] and you will know the truth,
+    and the truth will set you free.
+    -- John 8:32 (NET)
 
-    -- John 8:32 NET
+It may be a presumption, but I would add here to the Biblical
+text “and ONLY the truth shall make you free.”
 
-It may be a presumption, but I would add here to the Biblical text “and
-ONLY the truth shall make you free”.
+Postmodern philosophy is often accused (a bit unfairly I would
+think, but that’s another topic) that its basic tenet is that
+everybody had their own truth. It is certainly nonsense, if it
+means that there is no single objective truth and what matters
+are only diverging opinions. However, despite disagreeing with
+this, I don’t think we should throw away this statement as such.
+In fact, I believe we all have own personal “truths,” set of
+things we truly deeply believe in, they are just so. This set is
+product of our upbringing, education, experiences, etc.  These
+are truths for which we are truly willing to put down (to use the
+Czech medieval phrase) our throat, honor, and estate, or at least
+we know we should (if we were not such cowards).
 
-Postmodern philosophy is often accused (a bit unfairly I would think,
-but that’s another topic) that its basic tenet is that everybody had
-their own truth. It is certainly nonsense, if it means that there is no
-single objective truth and what matters are only diverging opinions.
-However, despite disagreeing with this, I don’t think we should throw
-away this statement as such. In fact, I believe we all have own personal
-Truths, set of things we truly deeply believe in, they are just so. This
-set is product of our upbringing, education, experiences, etc. These are
-truths for which we are truly willing to put down (to use the Czech
-medieval phrase) our throat, honor, and estate, or at least we know we
-should (if we were not such cowards).
+    The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches
+    sinners the right way to live. [...] The Lord always proves
+    faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his
+    covenant. [...] The Lord shows his faithful followers the way
+    they should live. [...] The Lord’s loyal followers receive
+    his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.
 
-    The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the
-    right way to live. […] The Lord always proves faithful and reliable
-    to those who follow the demands of his covenant. […] The Lord shows
-    his faithful followers the way they should live. […] The Lord’s
-    loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal
-    demands to them. 
+    -- Psalm 25:8-14 (NET)
 
-    -- Psalm 25:8-14 NET
+Yes, plenty of the truths we believe in are wrong. After all each
+of us, who did not grow up in the faith, had once as one of those
+heart truths a belief that God does not exist. Of course, I do
+believe that the best (if not only) measure of our faith and life
+is the revelation of God. Plenty of these truths we got wrong, we
+misunderstood what God meant to tell us, we are influenced by our
+surroundings, wounds, our pride and sin. So, we have to continue
+to educate ourselves, to eliminate error from our thinking, look
+for new revelation, to be humble concerning our understanding of
+the world. Yet, I still believe He reveals to each of us all we
+need to follow Him and do His will.
 
-And yes, plenty of these truths we believe in are wrong. After all each
-of us, who did not grow up in faith, had once as one of those heart
-truths a belief that God does not exist. Of course, I do believe that
-the best (if not only) measure of our faith and life is the Revelation
-of God. Plenty of these truth we got wrong, we misunderstood what God
-meant to tell us, we are influenced by our surroundings, wounds, our
-pride and sin. So, we have to continue to educate ourselves, to
-eliminate error from our thinking, look for new revelation, to be humble
-over our understanding of the world. Yet, I still believe He reveals to
-each of us all we need to follow him and do his will.
+These are truths for which we are responsible, and these
+(personal, heart) truths are the ones by which we will be judged.
+We are not responsible for understanding everything, but for what
+has been already revealed to us. We are responsible for bringing
+these truths to action, we are responsible for preserving them,
+we are responsible for sharing with our neighbors, and defending
+them against their opponents even upon that “throat, honor and
+estate.
 
-These are truths for which we are responsible, and these (personal,
-heart) truths are the ones by which we will be judged. We are not
-responsible for understanding everything, but for what has been already
-revealed to us. We are responsible for bringing these truths to action,
-we are responsible for preserving them, we are responsible for sharing
-with our neighbors, and defending them against their opponents even upon
-that throat, honor and estate.
-
-However, there is also other side of this, and here we get to that
-distance between our head and heart. I believe we are also responsible
-for **not** confessing truths which have not been revealed to us. Did we
-ever confessed anything just because it was the easy way out of the
-situation, because we wanted to be accepted, because we were afraid? If
-we did, I believe we were blunting our judgement to discern the truth,
-we were actually lying. We live in the middle of the secular world, and
-even in the Church we live amongst sinners. When was the last time we
-stood up and said that what is commonly believed or what we are pushed
-to confess is not true or we just don’t believe it? When was the last
-time when hearing a sermon you said to yourself (you don’t have to
-create a protest movement) “this is not the Father I know”, or “I don’t
-think I believe this”? If we accept any junk which the world throws at
-us, we cease to be able to recognize the truths we actually should hold
-as our own.
+However, there is also other side of this, and here we get to
+that distance between our head and heart. I believe we are also
+responsible for **not** confessing truths which have not been
+revealed to us. Did we ever confess anything just because it was
+the easy way out of the situation, because we wanted to be
+accepted, because we were afraid? If we did, I believe we were
+blunting our judgement to discern the truth, we were actually
+lying.  We live in the middle of the secular world, and even in
+the Church we live amongst sinners. When was the last time we
+stood up and said that what is commonly believed or what we are
+pushed to confess is not true or we just don’t believe it?  When
+was the last time when hearing a sermon you said to yourself (you
+don’t have to create a protest movement) “this is not the Father
+I know”, or “I don’t think I believe this”? If we accept any junk
+which the world throws at us, we cease to be able to recognize
+the truths we actually should hold as our own.
diff --git a/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen.rst b/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen.rst
index 1a288f4..4a8b64d 100644
--- a/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen.rst
+++ b/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen.rst
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ comical figure in the movie, and he seemed to me really
 preferring the movie be kind of remake of “Four Weddings and
 a Funeral”. Yes, it is a satire, but I don’t think it was meant
 to be any more funny than “Graduate” (the book) for example (or
-Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver's Travels”).  Fuel for the book seems
+Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver's Travels”). Fuel for the book seems
 to me more passionate dislike for the likes of Alastair Campbell,
 rather than effort to make readers laugh. Also, Peter Maxwell in
 the book is a way less funny than Ms. Thomas in the movie, he is
diff --git a/stop-startssl.rst b/stop-startssl.rst
index 2240e7f..4e82d47 100644
--- a/stop-startssl.rst
+++ b/stop-startssl.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,34 @@ track record.
 
 It is time to move.
 
+Update on 2016-11-10
+--------------------
+
+So, I have finally found time to replace all my certificates with
+the ones from `Let’s Encrypt`_ [#]_ and it was the time to severe
+all my ties with StartSSL. Unfortunately, I have discovered that
+it is `the Hotel California`_ (“We are programmed to receive
+/ You can check out any time you like / But you can never
+leave!”). OK, so my account won’t be ever deleted and my personal
+data will be for seven years stored with 沃通, but at least I can
+revoke all my certificates, so that nobody would be mistaken
+I support their operations, right?. Wrong, this is what I see
+when I try to do revoke one of my certificate, I found that
+StartSSL requires payment when you try to abandon them!
+
+.. image:: {filename}/images/startssl-joke.png
+    :scale: 66%
+    :align: center
+    :alt: StartSSL requires payment when you try to leave
+
+
+
+.. [#] Using their certs on webserver-less XMPP-only server was
+    a bit challenge, but it is possible_, it is just necessary to
+    open ports 80 and 443 even without web server running behind
+    them, certbot will just fire up and then kill its own small
+    server.
+
 .. _`Security Now`:
     https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/576
 .. _`email from Mozilla`:
@@ -47,3 +75,9 @@ It is time to move.
     https://letsphish.org/?part=about
 .. _cached:
     http://archive.is/2016.08.26-085336/https://www.letsphish.org/?part=2
+.. _`Let’s Encrypt`:
+    https://letsencrypt.org/
+.. _possible:
+    https://certbot.eff.org/#centosrhel7-other
+.. _`the Hotel California`:
+    https://danconnor.com/posts/50f65364a0fd5fd1f7000001/avoid_startcom_startssl_like_the_plague_
diff --git a/vim-acme-design.rst b/vim-acme-design.rst
index aedf34e..ac77914 100644
--- a/vim-acme-design.rst
+++ b/vim-acme-design.rst
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ pointless, because vim already contains functionality provided by them
 (``g`` command) or there are other means of achieving the functionality. 
 There is an interesting question of the internal term. I guess there are 
 
+.. I don't understand what the mentioned ``g`` is supposed to
+    mean. There is no isolated just ``g`` command, AFAIK. There
+    is ``gf`` and similar.
+
 
 .. [#] Befing a leftie, I don’t like to assume that the left button is
     a primary button, so instead of left, middle, and right labels I use