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What goes around...
"GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are ‘void’ in final report" - CNN
And what happens when the current madness subsides? Will all those J6 and other criminals be un-pardoned?
"GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are ‘void’ in final report" - CNN
And what happens when the current madness subsides? Will all those J6 and other criminals be un-pardoned?
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What goes around...
"GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are ‘void’ in final report" - CNN
And what happens when the current madness subsides? Will all those J6 and other criminals be un-pardoned?
"GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are ‘void’ in final report" - CNN
And what happens when the current madness subsides? Will all those J6 and other criminals be un-pardoned?
Alternate-reality TV series: TEW?
The West Wing was a wonderful fantasy about how honest, effective and responsible senior officials and staff could be. Smart, honorable, passionate about service. And many of the best good guys were Republicans who restrained their own team's bad guys.
The West Wing was a wonderful fantasy about how honest, effective and responsible senior officials and staff could be. Smart, honorable, passionate about service. And many of the best good guys were Republicans who restrained their own team's bad guys.
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Alternate-reality TV series: TEW?
The West Wing was a wonderful fantasy about how honest, effective and responsible senior officials and staff could be. Smart, honorable, passionate about service. And many of the best good guys were Republicans who restrained their own team's bad guys.
The West Wing was a wonderful fantasy about how honest, effective and responsible senior officials and staff could be. Smart, honorable, passionate about service. And many of the best good guys were Republicans who restrained their own team's bad guys.
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Democracy: scrambled or re-hatched?
We can do this thing
Indeed we can
We've done it before
And we'll do it again!
Fragile lies the head that wears a crown
(Henry IV, Part 2)
We can do this thing
Indeed we can
We've done it before
And we'll do it again!
Fragile lies the head that wears a crown
(Henry IV, Part 2)
October 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Democracy: scrambled or re-hatched?
We can do this thing
Indeed we can
We've done it before
And we'll do it again!
Fragile lies the head that wears a crown
(Henry IV, Part 2)
We can do this thing
Indeed we can
We've done it before
And we'll do it again!
Fragile lies the head that wears a crown
(Henry IV, Part 2)
www.etymonline.com/search?q=exorcism
…"a calling up or driving out of evil spirits," from … ex "out of" + horkizein "cause to swear…
Perhaps some who have been sworn in (perhaps under false pretenses, to serve masters other than We The People) ought to be sworn back out?
Charles Burns:
…"a calling up or driving out of evil spirits," from … ex "out of" + horkizein "cause to swear…
Perhaps some who have been sworn in (perhaps under false pretenses, to serve masters other than We The People) ought to be sworn back out?
Charles Burns:
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
www.etymonline.com/search?q=exorcism
…"a calling up or driving out of evil spirits," from … ex "out of" + horkizein "cause to swear…
Perhaps some who have been sworn in (perhaps under false pretenses, to serve masters other than We The People) ought to be sworn back out?
Charles Burns:
…"a calling up or driving out of evil spirits," from … ex "out of" + horkizein "cause to swear…
Perhaps some who have been sworn in (perhaps under false pretenses, to serve masters other than We The People) ought to be sworn back out?
Charles Burns:
1/ In this, if little else, he speaks truth. And the warning, though unintentional (and perhaps unnecessary), is apt.
It is interesting to note how often t describes his cabinet and agency picks, foreign oligarchs and kleptocrats, generally anyone of whom he approves, as "incredible."
It is interesting to note how often t describes his cabinet and agency picks, foreign oligarchs and kleptocrats, generally anyone of whom he approves, as "incredible."
September 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
1/ In this, if little else, he speaks truth. And the warning, though unintentional (and perhaps unnecessary), is apt.
It is interesting to note how often t describes his cabinet and agency picks, foreign oligarchs and kleptocrats, generally anyone of whom he approves, as "incredible."
It is interesting to note how often t describes his cabinet and agency picks, foreign oligarchs and kleptocrats, generally anyone of whom he approves, as "incredible."
2/ www.etymonline.com/search?q=incredible:
... "unbelievable, surpassing belief as to what is possible," from Latin incredibilis "not to be believed, extraordinary," from in- "not" + credibilis "worthy of belief" ...
... "unbelievable, surpassing belief as to what is possible," from Latin incredibilis "not to be believed, extraordinary," from in- "not" + credibilis "worthy of belief" ...
September 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
2/ www.etymonline.com/search?q=incredible:
... "unbelievable, surpassing belief as to what is possible," from Latin incredibilis "not to be believed, extraordinary," from in- "not" + credibilis "worthy of belief" ...
... "unbelievable, surpassing belief as to what is possible," from Latin incredibilis "not to be believed, extraordinary," from in- "not" + credibilis "worthy of belief" ...
1/ News from another reality...
Sure, I want to make a profit. You can't exist without one. But [] is all profit. Now if we give him license to absorb [], and he has his eye on a few others after us, in order to reach the world you will have to go through [].
Sure, I want to make a profit. You can't exist without one. But [] is all profit. Now if we give him license to absorb [], and he has his eye on a few others after us, in order to reach the world you will have to go through [].
August 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
1/ News from another reality...
Sure, I want to make a profit. You can't exist without one. But [] is all profit. Now if we give him license to absorb [], and he has his eye on a few others after us, in order to reach the world you will have to go through [].
Sure, I want to make a profit. You can't exist without one. But [] is all profit. Now if we give him license to absorb [], and he has his eye on a few others after us, in order to reach the world you will have to go through [].
2/ And not only will you have to pay him to do this, far more important, you'll have to agree with him.
Reporting the news is a privilege and a responsibility, and it is not exploitable. [] has earned this privilege. [] wants to buy it. ... I urge you to agree this company is not for sale.
Reporting the news is a privilege and a responsibility, and it is not exploitable. [] has earned this privilege. [] wants to buy it. ... I urge you to agree this company is not for sale.
American Rhetoric: Movie Speech from Meet Joe Black - William Parrish Addresses the Board of Parrish Commuincations
Full text and video of movie Meet Joe Black - William Parrish Addresses the Board of Parrish Communications
www.americanrhetoric.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
2/ And not only will you have to pay him to do this, far more important, you'll have to agree with him.
Reporting the news is a privilege and a responsibility, and it is not exploitable. [] has earned this privilege. [] wants to buy it. ... I urge you to agree this company is not for sale.
Reporting the news is a privilege and a responsibility, and it is not exploitable. [] has earned this privilege. [] wants to buy it. ... I urge you to agree this company is not for sale.
Time is now to spread your voice
Times to come there'll be no choice
Why do you feel small?
It happens to us all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVAJYaFj_0E
Times to come there'll be no choice
Why do you feel small?
It happens to us all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVAJYaFj_0E
Don't You Feel Small
YouTube video by The Moody Blues - Topic
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Time is now to spread your voice
Times to come there'll be no choice
Why do you feel small?
It happens to us all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVAJYaFj_0E
Times to come there'll be no choice
Why do you feel small?
It happens to us all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVAJYaFj_0E
1/ www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_oldissue.htm
All we have of freedom, all we use or know—
This our fathers bought for us long and long ago. …
Till our fathers ’stablished, after bloody years,
How our King is one with us, first among his peers.
So they bought us freedom—not at little cost
All we have of freedom, all we use or know—
This our fathers bought for us long and long ago. …
Till our fathers ’stablished, after bloody years,
How our King is one with us, first among his peers.
So they bought us freedom—not at little cost
June 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
1/ www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_oldissue.htm
All we have of freedom, all we use or know—
This our fathers bought for us long and long ago. …
Till our fathers ’stablished, after bloody years,
How our King is one with us, first among his peers.
So they bought us freedom—not at little cost
All we have of freedom, all we use or know—
This our fathers bought for us long and long ago. …
Till our fathers ’stablished, after bloody years,
How our King is one with us, first among his peers.
So they bought us freedom—not at little cost
2/ Wherefore must we watch the King, lest our gain be lost
Over all things certain, this is sure indeed,
Suffer not the old King: for we know the breed.
Give no ear to bondsmen bidding us endure.
Whining “He is weak and far”; crying “Time shall cure.”
Over all things certain, this is sure indeed,
Suffer not the old King: for we know the breed.
Give no ear to bondsmen bidding us endure.
Whining “He is weak and far”; crying “Time shall cure.”
June 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
2/ Wherefore must we watch the King, lest our gain be lost
Over all things certain, this is sure indeed,
Suffer not the old King: for we know the breed.
Give no ear to bondsmen bidding us endure.
Whining “He is weak and far”; crying “Time shall cure.”
Over all things certain, this is sure indeed,
Suffer not the old King: for we know the breed.
Give no ear to bondsmen bidding us endure.
Whining “He is weak and far”; crying “Time shall cure.”
3/ Time himself is witness, till the battle joins,
Deeper strikes the rottenness in the people’s loins.
Here is naught unproven—here is naught to learn
It is written what shall fall if the King return.
He shall mark our goings, question whence we came,
Set his guards about us, as in Freedom’s name.
Deeper strikes the rottenness in the people’s loins.
Here is naught unproven—here is naught to learn
It is written what shall fall if the King return.
He shall mark our goings, question whence we came,
Set his guards about us, as in Freedom’s name.
June 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
3/ Time himself is witness, till the battle joins,
Deeper strikes the rottenness in the people’s loins.
Here is naught unproven—here is naught to learn
It is written what shall fall if the King return.
He shall mark our goings, question whence we came,
Set his guards about us, as in Freedom’s name.
Deeper strikes the rottenness in the people’s loins.
Here is naught unproven—here is naught to learn
It is written what shall fall if the King return.
He shall mark our goings, question whence we came,
Set his guards about us, as in Freedom’s name.
4/ He shall break his judges if they cross his word;
He shall rule above the Law calling on the Lord.
He shall peep and mutter; and the night shall bring
Watchers ’neath our window, lest we mock the King
Hate and all division; hosts of hurrying spies;
Money poured in secret, carrion breeding flies.
He shall rule above the Law calling on the Lord.
He shall peep and mutter; and the night shall bring
Watchers ’neath our window, lest we mock the King
Hate and all division; hosts of hurrying spies;
Money poured in secret, carrion breeding flies.
June 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
4/ He shall break his judges if they cross his word;
He shall rule above the Law calling on the Lord.
He shall peep and mutter; and the night shall bring
Watchers ’neath our window, lest we mock the King
Hate and all division; hosts of hurrying spies;
Money poured in secret, carrion breeding flies.
He shall rule above the Law calling on the Lord.
He shall peep and mutter; and the night shall bring
Watchers ’neath our window, lest we mock the King
Hate and all division; hosts of hurrying spies;
Money poured in secret, carrion breeding flies.
5/ Strangers of his counsel, hirelings of his pay,
These shall deal our Justice: sell—deny—delay.
Suffer not the old Kings: for we know the breed—
All the right they promise—all the wrong they bring.
Stewards of the Judgment, suffer not this King!
These shall deal our Justice: sell—deny—delay.
Suffer not the old Kings: for we know the breed—
All the right they promise—all the wrong they bring.
Stewards of the Judgment, suffer not this King!
June 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
5/ Strangers of his counsel, hirelings of his pay,
These shall deal our Justice: sell—deny—delay.
Suffer not the old Kings: for we know the breed—
All the right they promise—all the wrong they bring.
Stewards of the Judgment, suffer not this King!
These shall deal our Justice: sell—deny—delay.
Suffer not the old Kings: for we know the breed—
All the right they promise—all the wrong they bring.
Stewards of the Judgment, suffer not this King!
1/ People will think they're electing him to create more economic security. Then watch the Terror! God knows there's been enough indication that we can have tyranny in America … A real Fascist dictatorship!
April 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
1/ People will think they're electing him to create more economic security. Then watch the Terror! God knows there's been enough indication that we can have tyranny in America … A real Fascist dictatorship!
2/ Nonsense! …That couldn’t happen here in America, not possibly! We’re a country of freemen.
The answer to that … is 'the hell it can't!' Why, there's no country in the world that can get more hysterical—yes, or more obsequious!—than America.
The answer to that … is 'the hell it can't!' Why, there's no country in the world that can get more hysterical—yes, or more obsequious!—than America.
April 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
2/ Nonsense! …That couldn’t happen here in America, not possibly! We’re a country of freemen.
The answer to that … is 'the hell it can't!' Why, there's no country in the world that can get more hysterical—yes, or more obsequious!—than America.
The answer to that … is 'the hell it can't!' Why, there's no country in the world that can get more hysterical—yes, or more obsequious!—than America.
3/ Congress shall, immediately upon our inauguration, initiate amendments to the Constitution providing that the President shall have the authority to institute and execute all necessary measures for the conduct of the government during this critical epoch;
April 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
3/ Congress shall, immediately upon our inauguration, initiate amendments to the Constitution providing that the President shall have the authority to institute and execute all necessary measures for the conduct of the government during this critical epoch;
4/ that Congress shall serve only in an advisory capacity, calling to the attention of the President and his aides and Cabinet any needed legislation, but not acting upon same until authorized by the President so to act; and
April 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
4/ that Congress shall serve only in an advisory capacity, calling to the attention of the President and his aides and Cabinet any needed legislation, but not acting upon same until authorized by the President so to act; and
5/ that the Supreme Court shall immediately have removed from its jurisdiction the power to negate, by ruling them to be unconstitutional or by any other judicial action, any or all acts of the President, his duly appointed aides, or Congress.
- Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
- Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
April 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
5/ that the Supreme Court shall immediately have removed from its jurisdiction the power to negate, by ruling them to be unconstitutional or by any other judicial action, any or all acts of the President, his duly appointed aides, or Congress.
- Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
- Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
1/ Physics is to be regarded not so much as the study of something a priori given, but rather as the development of methods of ordering and surveying human experience.
April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
1/ Physics is to be regarded not so much as the study of something a priori given, but rather as the development of methods of ordering and surveying human experience.
2/ In this respect our task must be to account for such experience in a manner independent of individual subjective judgement and therefore objective in the sense that it can be unambiguously communicated in ordinary human language.
- Niels Bohr
- Niels Bohr
April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
2/ In this respect our task must be to account for such experience in a manner independent of individual subjective judgement and therefore objective in the sense that it can be unambiguously communicated in ordinary human language.
- Niels Bohr
- Niels Bohr
1/ The least scary future I can think of is one where we have at least democratized AI because if one company or small group of people manages to develop godlike digital superintelligence, they could take over the world.
April 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
1/ The least scary future I can think of is one where we have at least democratized AI because if one company or small group of people manages to develop godlike digital superintelligence, they could take over the world.