They
say poetry is truth; no wonder people hate poetry.
And
the Last Shall Be First:
Dmitri Orlov explains that there won't be a US/Russia nuclear war
because “there isn't much reason to start one, assuming the US
behaves rationally.” Assuming.
It's
Just Different:
A US State Department spokesperson was unable to explain the
difference between Russian
bombing in Syria, Saudi bombing in Yemen, and the US
raining death randomly from the sky here and there as caprice
dictates.
Assumptions:
When
economists talk about what the “new normal” growth for the US
economy might be, do they ever consider that it might not grow?
Times
Change: The
Nobel Prize for Literature is going to Bob Dylan, as the Committee
catches up with the grace, beauty and emotion expressed in lyrics,
the current world's version of the poetry of the people. This
was not an endorsement of his vocals.
Definition:
Someone should explain to Donald just what “margin of error”
means in the polls.
Too
Little, Too Late:
Reminder: the vast majority of Republican politicians are still on
the Trump train. Republican voters, not so much.
“Every Republican candidate should be walloped with the deranged
nominee, every minute of every day.” Many
Republicans seeking reelection are delighted with the sex scandals
for giving them an honorable way out of their foolish commitments.
Cheers:
A group of skateboarders in Vancouver held a birthday party for the
woman who has gathered up their bottles and cans for 14 years. She
brought the food.
Just
Asking: What
if better education and improved skills don't lead to increased
productivity and higher living standards? What if it all just leads
to unpayable debts?
Run/Hide:
RNC spokesman Sean
Spicer denies saying the exact things
he said while defending Donald Trump’s sexual assault boast.
Across the aisle,
(temporary)
DNC chair Donna Brazile, faced with an email that described a
debate question for Hillary word
for word, said that she never had access to the questions,that if
she had had access to them she wouldn't have told Hillary, and
besides, if she had had them and shared them she certainly would have
had to deny the whole thing. Which she did.
They're
All Lying:
Dick Gregory
Donald Trump insists that all of the allegations of his decades of
sexual misconduct are a ‘Total
Fabrication’.
Common
Sense: Facing
decades of rising sea levels, why is the
government promoting and insuring coastal development? Why
did it ever?
A
Parting Shot:
4 comments:
"his vocals" - peter, paul, and mary, and later jimi hendrix, delivered some of dylan's songs in ways he could not
I knew a man, his brain so small
He couldn't think of nothing at all
Not the same as you and me
He doesn't dig poetry
He's so unhip when you say Dylan,
he thinks you're talking about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was
The man ain't got no culture
But it's alright, Ma
Everybody must get stoned
--A Simple Desultory Philippic
"They're All Lying: Dick Gregory Donald Trump insists that all of the allegations of his decades of sexual misconduct are a ‘Total Fabrication’."
Did you mean to say 'Dick Gregory' or was it to be 'Bill Cosby.' I was not aware of any allegations made against Dick Gregory. I know Gregory did make a statement about Cosb
RE "Common Sense": Cause there's lots of money to be made in coastal development. By developers. Who have "friends" and good lobbyists in DC. You know, the usual story when our government does perverse things. Or, if you prefer, because government is actively trying to waste taxpayers money. Because they're evil. Subsidizing big business though is not evil. Go figure.
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