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(from The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by H.L. Mencken)
". . . The awakening came to him when he made his first venture away from the maternal apron-string and fireside: when, as a boy of ten, he leaned that there were many, many men in the world and that these men were of many minds. With the clash of authority came the end of authority. If A. was right, B. was wrong-and B. had a disquieting habit of standing for one's mother, one's grandmother or the holy prophets. Here was the beginning of intelligence in the boy-the beginning of that weighing and choosing faculty which seems to give man at once his sense of mastery and his feeling of helplessness. . . "
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Entertainment comes
In many forms
From the avante-edgy
To the tragically-norm
Nobody's actually right
And nobody's really wrong
To take one over the other
Simply choose to which camp you'll belong
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(from The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by H.L. Mencken)
". . . Here was the beginning of intelligence in the boy - the beginning of that weighing and choosing faculty which seems to give man at once his sense of mastery and his feeling of helplessness. The old notion that doubt was a crime crept away. There remained in its place the new notion that the only real crime in the world - the only unmanly, unspeakable and unforgivable offense against the race - was unreasoning belief. Thus the orthodoxy of the Nietzsche home turned upon and devoured itself . . . "
Nothing good just magically occurs
Or is built instantaneously
For a thing to have beauty
And substance and strength
It must be undertaken with appropiate gravity
For some this is baffling
And produces great vex
Desiring immediate gratification
Can prevent the careful taking of steps
Nunes didn’t blush his moral compass
Doesn’t function in reality very much
Moving like a tag team in the final
Seconds he and co-conspirators made their rush
It’s just a game
When you’re preoccupied
And the flame
Of burning fear’s inside you
When you think you’ve won consider damage
That’s been done to things much bigger than you
And how it hurt everyone
Winning is your singular preoccupation coloring
Each thing that you do and you say
This to the extent that jettisoned is all you learned
Back in your grammar school and from your mother
It’s just a game
One you learned from
Those with no shame
Or principles to which you’re
Blinded by the cloud that has developed
Over you and me and thickening now and soon may end what was
So long ago hard fought and died for
Carefully considered by some brave and valiant ones
Disregarding factuality while
Fabricating spouting fallacies at our expense
Is it sheer ambition are you threatened
Do you think this is the right thing to do
And can you live with yourself
When it’s through
Natches didn’t blush his moral compass
Doesn’t function in reality very much
Moving like a tag team in the final
Seconds he and co-conspirators made their rush
It’s just a game
When you’re preoccupied
And the flame
Of burning fear’s inside you
When you think you’ve won consider damage
That’s been done to things much bigger than you
And how it hurt everyone
Winning is your singular preoccupation coloring
Each thing that you do and you say
This to the extent that jettisoned is all you learned
Back in your grammar school and from your mother
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(from https://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/)
". . . It’s a country where many who felt powerless have a new champion, where much frustration has given way to excitement and where politics has become the greatest show on earth. Here men in combat helmets and military assault rifles now patrol the streets outside a golden residential tower in midtown Manhattan. And almost every day at about the same time they let pass a street performer who wears no pants, tight white underwear and cowboy boots, so he can sing a song in the lobby for the television cameras with Trump’s name written in red and blue on his butt. It’s an America of renewed hope and paralyzing fear, a country few expected less than a year ago. Because of Donald John Trump, whatever happens next, it will never be like it was before. . . "
(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-mocks-greta-thunberg-after-she-wins-time-person-year-n1100531)
". . . President Donald Trump mocked teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter Thursday after she was named Time magazine's Person of the Year, calling her win "ridiculous" and suggesting she take anger management classes. . ."So ridiculous," Trump tweeted. "Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!". . ."
[Senate Majority leader Mitch] McConnell declared: "Everything I do during this, I'm coordinating with the White House counsel. There will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this to the extent that we can." . . . In an impeachment trial, the Senate essentially acts as the jury, while the chief justice of the United States is the presiding judge. So McConnell's comments are essentially the equivalent of having a courtroom trial at which the defendant is coordinating with the jury before the proceeding even begins.. . . According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, more than 7 in 10 Americans think top Trump administration officials, such as acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton, should be allowed to testify before Congress. That includes 64 percent of Republicans and 72 percent of independents. . . A bipartisan consensus like that is extremely rare. . ."
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Two hands wrapped tightly
Round a perspiring glass
I see a little tear
That I hope won't last
I’m wishing that what appears
Will disappear fast
I should have stopped myself
From speaking my mind
But just like a children's toy
I had to unwind
Now look at the consequence
It wasn't the time
Hindsight's gold
So I'm told
But could not admit
Hindsight's gold
Truth as old
As the pyramids
Always the last to know
And always behind
Shoot from the hip react
Behavior all mine
I was raised to know better
But still I decline
The last thing I want to see
Is that tear on your face
The last thing I want to be
Is the villain whose case
I’ve assumed by default it seems
And lives in disgrace
Can an old dog learn
How to do something new
Many times been burned
Understand it but
Just can't follow throught
Some kind of malady
Or some kind of curse
Whichever's afflicting me
It can't get much worse
I can't be concerned much more
And I'm not the first
I’m sorry for what I've done
And what might still come
I’d like to just disappear
But where would I run
There's nothing to show for this
My lesson is done
. . . of suggested gravity on which to concentrate instead of bullying children (who, coincidentally, are much more intelligent that you) in public, online forums . . .
". . . "Look beyond the daily headlines about the stock market and the unemployment rate, you’ll see a grim, long-term picture of our economy," Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in an economic speech (recently). . .
"Trump said he's going to take care of the forgotten man. He got elected and forgot them," former Vice President Joe Biden said . . . last week. . .
"(Trump) is saying, 'the economy is doing great, just look at the stock market.' And a lot of folks around the country and around here in South Bend say, 'What about me?'" Mayor Pete Buttigieg told NBC . . .
In 2017 he traveled to Youngstown, Ohio, to assure voters he would revive the struggling manufacturing sector and keep open a nearby G.M. plant the automaker was threatening to close.
"Those jobs have left Ohio — they're all coming back. They’re all coming back,” Trump told a cheering crowd. "Don't move. Don't sell your house." . . . G.M. shuttered the plant this year. . ."
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