Savvier Crowd Deconstructs Circus: Bannon Cannonball Fizzles

I never did like the old time circus's of my youth, though some elements were definitely amazing, like the trapeze artists. Cirque du Soleil is, I think, more fascinating and artful, and interestingly astounding.

So here comes Garrison Keillor with a welcome and rather fitting contemporary analogy. Do check out the link for GK's Denver Post article. He nails it in the final paragraph:

"Maybe he could open an envelope at the podium and announce the total repeal of Obamacare...  and then a guy in a tux rushes in - wrong envelope! - and the real winner is.... Front page news on Wednesday..."

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/27/trumpology-is-your-old-uncle-with-better-lighting/

YES! Wrong envelope! We should be so lucky, eh?

BTW, even with better lighting, Trumpology is an insult to even the most despicable or demented of anyone's old uncles, especially mine.

Context Counteracts Chaos (Hopefully)

Restarting my dormant blog will take some time, but here goes. This draft will doubtless need and get editing, and perhaps a few readers. And I have to review the settings to get the "look" I want, and which is important to me.  However, at present, I mostly want to be on the record with some thoughts of my own, and ones borrowed or re-posted from others . Today I merely hope to re-post an excellent piece, one worth reading and heeding.  And keeping. 
So today I post the link, at the end, which seems the best I can do for now to keep and share this.

Also, I do want to note that  I really am not into any big discussion or debates. But if anyone out there does read this, I hope you will indicate that. The world is large, and even our local community is global. What about our brains? There is the brain that can be gifted to the Boston Brain Bank, and then there is the mind that cannot be packed into a container and shelved like a book. It not only creates mosaics, frescos and photographs, it IS all of those. And that is part of the logic of this blog.  

http://international.sueddeutsche.de/post/157058066625/we-have-at-most-a-year-to-defend-american

He Takes Religion Seriously? (Seriously)

Sebastian Gorka. He now "wanders the halls of the West Wing." If only T actually brought on the best and brightest! Appallingly, he does no such thing.  We get ample proof each new day. Investigative journalism turns over the rocks, exposes the bits and pieces, the clay feet, the stony hearts, the twisted minds, the sad, murky and ambitious energy.

I always take exception to those who claim some religious prerogative motivates or validates their agenda. It is not that hard to pass a religious test muster even when an alpha male makes the claim. Skeptics, Aetheists. Secular Humanists, along with Jews, Christians, Muslims, Baha'i, Hindus, Sikhs and others hear hollow claims for what they are. Hollow. Claims.

The Washington Post article sheds some light. Believe what you will, there is nothing to this thing about Gorka taking religion seriously. To say so may serve his purpose. But who else's?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/for-a-trump-adviser-an-odyssey-from-the-fringes-of-washington-to-the-center-of-power/2017/02/20/0a326260-f2cb-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?utm_term=.3320b5c0b81d

So What About Those Tax Returns?

Of course there is a way to get them, and somewhat obvious reasons Congressional Invertebrates feign disinterest. However, all things considered, the main thing about taxes seems to be that they inevitably show and tell a lot. So what about that? And what about avoiding even the suggestion of corruption, deception, and conflicts of interests? Elected persons claim care and concern about public service but some easily do NOT align their words and deeds, NOR put their money where their mouth is. Alas. And until this occurs, our democracy is doomed.

Thankfully, people pay attention sooner or later, and especially when the sh*t hits the fan or the  overwhelming stench is inescapable. So getting informed is a prerequisite for human thinkers. After all, historically, legitimate Resistance had a solid basis. The French Resistance sprang from a survival instinct and a refusal to let German Occupation obliterate Liberte, Equalite, Fraternite.

So here's a useful link, which I will save and eagerly finish reading pronto!

http://forbesreprints.magreprints.com/

Oops... Will try again to post the specific article link asap.