(from The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir by John Bolton)
". . . Trump also said Kim Jong Un "has a vicious streak in him," and that he could be "mercurial," remembering an irritated look Kim John Un shot at one of his officials during the talks . . . "
Enough has been written about 45 for any sane person to realize that HE HAS NO IDEA of the existence of a word such as 'mercurial.' (Either Bolton has a very bad memory, or 45 is actually a true (and excellent) actor.)
(from https://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/donald-trump-consulted-a-rod-j-lo-coronavirus-alex-rodriguez/543967)
". . . ABC’s Katherine Faulders and John Santucci reported on Friday night that the president sought advice from Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez regarding the coronavirus. . . That seems like a bizarre place for the president to go in his conversations, but he’s a sports fan and also said he had spoken with Tom Brady recently. . . What do you think Rodriguez and Lopez told him? Maybe they advised him on virus-spreading models, the potential GDP impact, and the best use of congressional stimulus funds. . ."
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(from http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/stupidity)
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, Bacchae
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
― Søren Kierkegaard
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
― George Carlin
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
― Harlan Ellison
“I'll take crazy over stupid any day.”
― Joss Whedon
“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”
― Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle
“Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, The Laughing Corpse
“If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards!”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic
“Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.”
― Jim Butcher, Vignette
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. . . from the past (circa 1997 and featuring Spencer Jozwiak, formerly of Angel Fallen and Left Stronger)
Taking in my daily sustenance
Down at my local Scottish restaurant
When I
noticed that my entree was
More than I bargained for
Look what I got
The manager said there was compensation
Coming my way
But not today
Don't call us
Don't call us
Don't call us
We'll call you
Auntie
Lynn said it would be a sin
To waste my precious vocal expertise
So I
took me to audition down
At the prestigious theater called the Ritz
Producer man was nice as he could be
He said I was fine
But not this
time
Don't call us
Don't call us
Don't call us
We'll call you
Seems
I've been hearing
The same thing since
I don't know when
Some with a
little less
Confidence might just give in
I'm no one's fool
Unless I
want to be
Life can be cruel
Won't someone please
Just call me
At
the end of what had seemed to be
A perfect evening
Just what did I do
Could it be something I said
Or didn't follow-through
I wish I
knew
We danced and dined
I even kissed your hand
Under a twinkling
sky
I said goodbye
When you cried
Don't call us
Don't call us
Don't call us
We'll call you
. . . from Bertrand Russell confronted me today. . .
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always
so certain of themselves, but wiser men so full of doubts.”
. . . which really struck me. In the past twenty-some years that I have been writing and attempting to market (in some form or fashion) original material, it occurred to me that this is exactly what stopped me from starting this process much, much earlier. So after reading this Russell gem, I believe that it was actually not insecurity that prevented me from jumping head first into a musical pursuit, it was actually wisdom.
But to take this another step, I always felt that wisdom comes with age, simply because the longer one lives, the more experience he attains by virtue of mere longevity. But if what Russell says is true, my late-found self-confident could be nothing more than foolishness.
. . . or could there be a happy middle-ground in there somewhere?
What
do YOU think?
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