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Monday, January 7, 2019

Action . . .

(from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/trump-impeachment.html)
". . . Consider the following descriptions of Trump: “terribly unfit;” “erratic;” “reckless;” “impetuous;” “unstable;” “a pathological liar;” “dangerous to a democracy;” a concern to “anyone who cares about our nation.” Every one of these descriptions comes from a Republican member of Congress or of Trump’s own administration. . . They know. They know he is unfit for office. They do not need to be persuaded of the truth. They need to be persuaded to act on it. . ."

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Saturday, February 17, 2018

Do . . .

(from The Power Of Music by Elena Mannes)
". . . music is so powerful is that sound actually penetrates our bodies: "You know when someone says that a piece of music 'touched me' or 'moved me,' it's very literal. The sound of my voice enters your ear canal and it's moving your eardrum. That's a very intimate act. I am very literally touching you, and when you speak to me, you are literally touching me. . ."

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Saturday, January 27, 2018

Flames . . .

(http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/08/opinions/michael-wolff-donald-trump-roundup-opinion/index.html)

[David Love] ". . . Wolff's book resonates because it reinforces if not confirms what many have believed since the 2016 campaign, but more importantly reflects what other journalists have reported and reiterated -- the recklessness, the shady dealings in Trump Tower and the White House, the alleged Russia connection, and a chief executive who not only lacks intellectual curiosity and mental stability, but has lost his senses. . . "Fire and Fury" is no surprise, yet is different. While many reporters informed the public of a fire in the house once Donald Trump became the Republican nominee and then the President, some of them during the campaign chose to take a seat in the burning building and invite us to roast marshmallows. Michael Wolff's book is a call to action. With a loud yell, he warns us of the still-burning conflagration, points to the arsonists, and tells us that if we fail to act, our democratic institutions will go up in flames. . . "

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

The Book . . .

. . . is better. . .

(http://theweek.com/speedreads/746587/stephen-colbert-some-ideas-saving-world-from-trumps-buttonsize-fixation - Stephen Colbert)
". . . Trump . . . reportedly did not really want himself to win the election . . . neither did his wife. "Really, Melania cried on Election Night? That is the first thing we have in common," he (Colbert) said. . ."This proves once again that when it comes to Donald Trump, everything is exactly what you thought it was," Colbert said after running down some other snippets. "His entire schtick is just trying to convince you you're crazy for seeing what's obvious — which makes sense, I mean that's basically how you sell luxury real estate." But according to Stephen Bannon, the Russia collusion is what you thought it was, too, Colbert said. "So he thinks [Paul] Manafort, Don Jr., and [Jared] Kushner did something treasonous, unpatriotic, and bad s--t. Coincidentally, those are also their Secret Service code names.". . . "

(http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-threat-lawsuit-against-bannon-stupid-and-could-hurt-president-says-770251)
". . . Threats of “imminent” legal action against former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon from President Donald Trump’s lawyers could have unintended consequences that would hurt the Trump administration, says a national security lawyer. . .The letter to Bannon followed the release on Wednesday of new excerpts from an upcoming book about the Trump presidency by author Martin Wolff. Among other things, Bannon is quoted in the book calling Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower in June 2016 “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” Trump Jr. met with the lawyer after being promised dirt on his father's presidential rival, Hillary Clinton. . . In a statement late Wednesday, Trump’s lawyer Charles J. Harder, of the firm Harder Mirell & Abrams, said a legal notice has been sent to Bannon accusing him of “defamation by libel and slander, and breach of his written confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement.”. . ."

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Interference . . .

. . . ah Vlad. Why'dya have to do it?

"I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected."

-Vladimir Putin

". . . But other countries' elections are free game. . . "

-Ray Jozwiak

in·ter·fer·ence

ˌin(t)ərˈfirəns/

noun

1.
the action of interfering or the process of being interfered with.

"he denied that there had been any interference in the country's internal affairs"

synonyms: intrusion, intervention, intercession, involvement, trespass, meddling, prying;

informalbutting in

"they resent state interference"
2.
PHYSICS

the combination of two or more electromagnetic waveforms to form a resultant wave in which the displacement is either reinforced or canceled.

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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Civility . . .

So Petrov says he has nothing against gay people. Two cabinet ministers and his very own cousin are actually gay. But he will not abolish the anti-gay law because of the people and their religious beliefs. Is this REALLY why he will not abolish the anti-gay law?

So while Clare is resting in Michael's cell, she has had an arduous day, she falls asleep. As Michael wrestles with all the facets of his actions and the repercussions upon his loved ones he obviously finds them too much with which to cope. He takes Clare's scarf and hangs himself from the prison bars in the window of the cell.

As the somber U.S. and Russian Presidents gather to announce their progress in peace talks, and sadly too, Michael's death, they allow Clare (who made the trip as representative of the United Nations) to make the announcement of the latter. After the 'proper' announcement, Clare takes a pregnant pause and lets Petrov have it challenging him to abolish this 'stupid law' to the astonishment of everyone.

Petrov, of course, denounces the peace plan.

Was Clare correct in speaking her mind to the press and the public about what she felt was an injustice resulting from ignorance or narrow-mindedness, or should she have simply SHUT her mouth?

(based on House of Cards, season #3)

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Friday, November 7, 2014

Threat? . . .

(from NBCNews.com)
". . . House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday warned that the president will "poison the well" for the new Congress if he takes executive action to address the deportation of undocumented immigrants."I've made clear to the president that if he acts unilaterally on his own outside of his authority, he will poison the well and there will be no chance for immigration reform moving in this Congress," Boehner told reporters at his first news conference after big GOP gains in Tuesday's midterm elections. "When you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself. And he's going to burn himself if he continues to go down this path," he said. Boehner also pledged that the House will vote to repeal the president's signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, despite the fact that repeal legislation would be headed to a certain veto and perhaps failure in the upper chamber. "Now whether it'll pass the Senate, I don't know," he added. "But I know in the House, it will pass." Boehner Warns Obama: Don’t 'Play With Matches' and Get Burned on Immigration. Boehner said that, although he has "a nice relationship" with President Barack Obama, "my job is not to get along with the president just to get along with him." "My job is to listen to my members and listen to the American people to make their priorities our priorities," he added. Other issues Boehner said he wants to address in the new Congress included energy policy, education reform and changes to the nation's tax and legal systems. Republicans gained at least seven seats in the Senate and at least 14 seats in the United States House. . ."

Isn’t there a law against threatening a U.S. President?

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Leveling . . .

Michael Bloomberg will use his personal fortune to fight, or at least counter, the efforts of the National Rifle Association. $50 million will be dedicated to his new group Everytown for Gun Safety, an umbrella for his two other gun control groups: Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

The new organization will battle the NRA on its own turf and with its very own tactics. Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Actions says Women, and more particularly mothers, will be the key demographic in the outreach to curb gun violence. "Moms are afraid that our children will be taken away. In the end, that's the emotion that's going to win."

Influencing those in charge of writing gun policy though, will be the ultimate goal beginning with creating a political action committee to elect gun safety candidates to office and a 501(c)(4), an IRS classification used to raise unlimited amounts of money to influence voters. It aims to motivate a million pro-gun safety voters to go to the polls in November. The group will also submit a gun safety questionnaire to candidates and keep a score card of how elected officials vote on gun-related issues, another NRA tactic.

By matching the NRA's financial heft, Bloomberg makes the challenge to the NRA a little less daunting. The NRA has spent more than $30 million lobbying elected officials since 1998. Its efforts have been very successful in Congress over the past decade, defeating attempts to ban assault weapons and expand background checks.
(Thanks to http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/15/us/bloomberg-gun-safety-initiative/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)

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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Imitation. . .

. . . is the sincerest form of flattery. . .

Quotes from Charles Caleb Colton
"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never."

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost."

"Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another."

"Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions."

"Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away."

"Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes."

"Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase."

"Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."

"Imitation is the sincerest of flattery."

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