Wayne

                                                           Back "In the Day" Joey Heatherton toured with Bob Hope for the USO [United Services Organizations] .   They went to various Locations to EASE the Pain of War, and to give "a taste of Home" for battered and beleaguered MEN .  Here it is where SEX and COMEDY was employed to Ease the Pain {subdue Suffering}, and supply some Comfort {that IT will end} to OUR Soldiers .   Indeed, after Bob,  told a few jokes he would introduce Joey to be received with TREMENDOUS CHEERS .   One time Bob waited for the OUTBURTS to subside and he rued, "Wow, all you guys need is to SEE her, you sure don't need jokes."   2 words :   TRUTH .

                          I contest that there is an INTIMATE Relationship between Sex and Jokes but that Topic is reserved for another day .   I contend, with Zen Master Rivers, that Humor and Laughter is indeed "The Best Medicine" as the famous "Readers Digest has rendered .   

                         Make note that trump is DEVOID of  Humor, that "He can't take a joke" ESPECIALLY when HE is the "Butt" of those Jokes .   Being unable to take one's self humorously indicates a STUNNTED Mind and an UNDEVELOPED Ego .   

                         My HERO Music Maestro and Saxophone-ist Wayne Shorter once taught :"Music is SERIOUS Business, but there IS such a thing as Serious Humor too",  {we need BOTH} .

                          I will leave this here for today ,  I thank my Gentle Readers for their Attention .

                          

                          "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith" .

Up & In

                                                            Trump has trapped himself in a "Dire Strait" and all he can do is put US in "Dire Straits" .   The up-coming elections ARE these Straits .    I know I KNOW, we were in "Dire Straits"  BEFORE the War for Hormuz, BUT ,  this THIS is so MIGHTILY TERRIFIC  that I MUST focus our Attention on trump as comedian in order to relieve some Pressure .    I mean "IT" this way :  so much Pressure has been egregiously Built, that "SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE" .   The ATTENTION here MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE WORD ---> GIVE .    Trump wants Iran to GIVE  >UP<  while Iran wants trump to GIVE   >IN<  .   Now there ain't much difference between Giving UP and Giving IN but THERE IS A DIFFERENCE , I  just  don't  know  what and how much,  {{{I told youse guys, somedays "IT" 's there, some days NOT}}} .   No matter .    

                             

Joan

                                                           [It's as if] "He's got the head of a Social Worker and the body of a crab ."  That line is from one of Woody Allen's Productions -- I have no idea which one, no matter --- it's base for , "He's got the head of a parasite and the body of a tick"  {{{Somebody shoot me PLEASE }}}.   I know what you're thinking, "This ain't no time to be so gross, so CALLUS, so DYS-Respectful during these Times of ACUTE Suffering ."   I wholeheartedly agree,  Sober SERIOUSNESS should be the "Order of the Day" EVERYDAY during the War but I gotta tell ya I can't do it .  I REVEL in the FACT that I can't do it .  "IT" 's  a Blessing not a Curse, even tho* "IT" 's  hard to justify .   No one gets away with telling jokes at a Funeral, telling jokes would be deemed savagely gross and grotesquely |-CALLUS-|  so call me Gross, tag me CALLUS .  {{{I just HATE myself soooooo much .}}} 

                          You give trump's address to a Comedian and all of a sudden every line is a joke, every sentence a gag and the entirety a "Routine" .   Trump as "Stand-up" Comedian .  Fitting I say, and MASSIVELY inappropriate, One word :  DON'T CARE .   The Late/Great Zen Master Joan Rivers once scolded an audience member when he ragged on her for being "Inappropriate" --- she Enlightened,  "Humor is how we DEAL" [with Life's TORTURES].  

                         That's me.

                          I'm that .

After-night Delight

                                                           Like youse-guys* I had to engage a search engine to learn about >Cyclospora< .  I found myself 'delighting' in its definition-as-description = a ***PARASITE*** that must (get this)  ---> sporulate <--- in order to infect an innocent population .   Ya know kids, I try my best to stay focused on the Concern-at-hand and do so in a Traditional Manner, meaning adhering to Academic Protocol when writing blogs & bloids* , thing with THAT is :  I get "out of control" especially when I hand-over my 'pen' to the myriad 7th Grade Stephens that populate a care-worn Psyche .   I mean, 'expLOSIVE diarRHEA',  HOW GREAT IS >>>THAT<<< ?   Honestly, I can't help myself, worse I DON'T WANT TO HELP MYSELF because the Alternatives are savagely and RUTLESSLY  >>>DELIGHTFUL<<<  .

                       Is not trump a PARASITE , does he not cause VIOLENT Emotions discharged expLOSIVELY ????  Indeed he does .  Some of my other 7th Graders insist trump is a TICK, attaching himself to the American Body Politic and sucking out its Wealth-as-Blood with NO 'End in sight'.   

                     Some days I hate myself for not being clever enough to devise appropriate similes and metaphors to advance Understanding,   but then I get days like today, where 7th Grade Measures are WILDLY exciting and SOOOOOOO stupit they are INSANELY  >>> appropriate<<<  .  {{{I just love myself SOOOOOO much.}}} 

Full of Shit

                                                           I was in no condition to watch or even observe trump's address last night .  9 o'clock is one hour from sleep-time---plus, "IT" had been a grueling week and I was weak from both physical and mental exhaustion ;  still, I summoned what I could, mostly driven by a sideways but heartfelt Wish that somehow trump would 'stroke-out' under heavy lights and camara focus .  Obviously, no such luck .

                         Even the 'Honored' among the Media Class have cautioned :  "If his lips are moving, he's lying" .  So it was last night .   Every word he spoke had been spoken in the 'Before Times' .   Those of us who monitor the News had heard every word, every sentence, what was NU were the declarations surrounding Chinese Influence, trump openly declaring THIS time that China was ANTI-TRUMP to the extent that Chinese Energies were committed to trump's Failure .   He cited some instances of analysis that he and his considered HUGELY Important to the acceptance of HIS Truth(s) ; specifically, if China hadn't been a "Playah":  he would have won .   It's horseshit of course.  MULTIPLE Agencies investigated the initial claims and found NO EVIDENCE that China had /Results changing\  Effect .   Trump was "full of shit", as always .   

                      I love "full of shit" because it is so timely, what with the Diarrhea Pandemic at large and infecting the Peoples of over 35 States .    Trump's 'delivery' was Diarrheal ,  he was so full of shit it "came out" with nauseating stench you could smell through the TV screen,  {{{"Smell-o-vision"}}} .

                       

T'ai = Peace

                                                                          11.  T'ai  /   Peace 

                                        "Everything on earth is subject to change .  Prosperity is followed by decline :  that is the eternal law on earth .   Evil can indeed be held in check but not permanently abolished .  It always returns .   This conviction might induce melancholy, but it should not ;  it ought only to keep us from falling into illusion when good fortune comes to us .  If we continue to be mindful of the danger, we remain persevering and make no mistakes .  As long as man's inner nature remains stronger and richer than anything offered by external fortune, as long as he remains inwardly superior to fate, fortune will not desert him."  

                             The above must be tempered by the following :

                                                                          10 .  Lu  / Treading

                                       " The work has ended .  If we want to know whether good fortune will follow, we must look back upon our conduct and its consequences .  If the effect are good, then good fortune is certain .   No one knows himself .  It is only by consequences of his actions, by the fruit of his labors, that a man can judge what he is to expect ." 

Pax Americana

                                                           I have some shit I gotta do, like rite now .  

                            We KNOW that Civilization is capable of World Peace, the ANCIENT  Pax Romana is PROOF .   The First Thing that has ALWAYS-BEEN "The First Thing" is an IMMEDIATE Cessation of  Fire .   The smoke needs to clear, the dust settle , the wounded must be removed from the Battlefields, troops must be fed .   Once Silence has been restored, Clarity and Reason can "approach" .

                            We can do This .  We've done it before .

                             Tare forward .