Laughter -- the BEST Weapon

                                                           There ain't no Humor in stating, "This War is-gonna last FOREVER",,,  mercifully we KNOW that "Forever"   DOES have an "Expiration Date" .   Technically, the only thing that DOES "last Forever" is ---> Nothing .   That's funny .  Look at it once more >>  "Nothing, lasts Forever ."   I am 2 Qute .

                              Nobody in their "Right Mind" is gonna Believe or even THINK that there is Humor, IN ANY FORM, in Iran .   BUT ,  there IS .  

                             What does that MEAN ???  It means that where there is Humor THERE IS HUMANITY .   This is Vital and CRUCIAL  in that "IT" affords us at least a MOTE of Relief, Iranians are NOT >>>>SAVAGES<<<< to be reviled and FEARED by us "everyday" Ordinaries .   No---the are HUMAN BEINGS with the SAME 'wants' and 'desires' of EVERY NORMAL EARTHLING .  

                           Iranian Peoples are NOT the DEMENTED regime that governs them .

                           They want Peace as much as We do .

GTO'S in Iran

                                                          Americans, and dare I say the WORLD,,, is  ASTOUNDED by the technical sophistication of Iran's Internet Propaganda `System` (s) , which "looks" less like REAL {Rhetorical} Propaganda and more like "7th Grade "BALL BUSTING".   Iran is a SUPER-TERRIFC "Ball Buster" as trump and his malignant minions have experienced .    They do NOT understand not only the "why" but the "how" of Iran's Assaults into the CARTOON Psyche of Modern America .   Some of Us can recall The Readers Digest and its "Laughter Is The Best Medicine" department but here it is where Iranians have WEAPONIZED Humor to WHIP and THRASH trump's 3rd grade Ego .   Ya GOTTA chuckle .   Anyone see THAT coming ???   I sure didn't .

                           Nicole Wallace and hers were bemused by Iranian Cartoon-ship but expressed DEEP RESPECT that Iran "knew so much about American Pop-Culture" to the extent that they could EASILY Mock trump and HIS america with AI Cartoons .   She asks, "HOW THE FUCK DID THAT HAPPEN?"

                           When I was in high school, I saw a documentary on Iran's "coming of age" generation .  A few teenage Iranians were in a parking lot with their AMERICAN MUSCLE CARS and they were PROUD to have such DISTINCTLY AMERICAN Manufacture at their COMMAND .  One Iranian "Gearhead" confessed :   "I love America" .   I will NEVER forget it .

                          You can see it rite ?   They had "IT" in them .

"Questions 67 & 68"

                                                          We learned "early on" (in our 'Developmental Stages') that a wounded animal is ETREMELY DANGEROUS and later on, we were taught that if you "back" someone into a  corner they well respond with SUPER-HUMAN  Ferocity .   We have both Wounded Iran AND "backed it into a corner" .   

                              Elsewhere I have written that the Instinct of Self-Preservation GUARANTEES that an ENTITY WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES to ensure its "Continuation" .   I argue that the Great Mother can be fucking CRUELLY RUTHLESS when it comes to "taking care of her own", we call that, " Nature's Way" and LIVE with IT as a Cosmic ABSOLUTE .   

                              "IT" gets Worse .   BOTH trump and netanyahu have been confronted by "Extinction Forces", those of Crimes against Humanity which  manifest as "War Crimes" and those Political Forces that seek an inglorious END to their Empiric Hegemony .   BOTH are "Wounded" and BOTH have been "backed into a corner" ,   Here it is where we must apply the Instinct of Self-Preservation .   Netanyahu and trump WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STAY IN POWER , even if it means 

                                        P-----R----O----L----O----N----G----I----N----G the War .

                            We KNOW that it is INSANE for trump to continue on this Path, We also KNOW that "You can't fix STUPID" and I hazard that "You can't REASON with Insanity" .

                             2 questions :   Where does that leave us ???????

Israel

                                                           I am convinced that a 'Psychotic Radicalism' has Corrupted the Religion of Islam and as such is terrorizingly* Pervasive in Northern Africa, the Sinai Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula of course .    I MUST include the EXTREME Radicalism found in Israel, the SUPER-Far-Right of Jewish Conservatives who seek nothing less that the EXTERMINATION of Palestine and Palestinians .   This "Far-Right" Conservatism finds parallel in America where we recognize it as trumpism and are HORRORFIED by trump's THREATS to "ANNIHILATE AN ENTIRE CIVILIZATION" .    The only "Other" who attempted to "Extinct" an entire Race was hitler .  

                          How insensibly HORRIFIC is Israel's wanton desire to GENOCIDE a Peoples, after "all they've been through", you'd think they would seek other 'avenues' of Direction .  Sadly, no .

                         Iran bound itself to Hamas, like a Father to Son --- it is Hideous but Understandable, in a GROTESQUE sort of Way .   

                         Iran demands an IMMEDIATE  "Cease Fire" FOR Lebanon ---thing is, will netanyahu accede ?   Doubtful ... .

Hamas

                                                           In order  to help our Understanding of trump's War against Iran we must recall October 7, 2023 when Palestinian Militants INVADED Israel in a fucking "Sneak Attack" that killed upwards of  TWELVE HUNDRED Innocents .   I will claim that this "Sneak Attack" should be registered alongside "Pearl Harbor" AND America's "9-1-1" .   Horrified and Sickened Jews blamed netanyahu and his for GROSS NEGLIGENCE  and netanyahu sought Relief in the forms of both Vengeance and Retribution .  Netanyahu had NO CHOICE save to commit the IDF to WAR against Hamas and in so doing "take Aim" at Iran,,, ONE of those that funded Hamas .   Here now Netanyahu's Effort to draaaaaaag America into ITS "War" and in this netanyahu plied trump with lethal Persuasion .  Pundits have claimed that trump had NO "Reasons" for "Opening Fire" upon Iran --- I argue that netanyahu CONVINCED trump to "take on" the Enemies of Israel and in so doing bring Iran "to heel" .

                              There are, of course, other Factors, but I MUST remind my Gentle Readers that, although things DO occur "out of nothing", trump's War is NOT "one of those things" .

JFK

                                                           I had no 'plan' for this morning's Efforts--- I was NOT able to 'get' a topic for today, partly because I thought I needed a 'day off' to "blunt the sharpness", "untangle the knots" and "soften the glare" .   2 words =  GUILT !   I don't-wanna live with ANY "guilt" which, on its face, is COM PLETELY Delusional but it exists OBVIOUSY where it shouldn't .   I'm "NO MATCH" for my self .

                           I chuckle when I write, Let's look at Vietnam, it appears that IT did "OK" >>>>>AFTER<<<<< america was DEFEATED by what were considered INFERIOR FORCES .   We can conject that based on the Results of the Vietnamese Victory, Iran is well on its way to be a THRIVING HUB OF MERCANTILE SUPREMACY !!  I mean, ya-gotta LAUGH -- ya jus' GOTTA .

                          The CATHOLIC POTUS led a Capitalism Holy War on Vietnam and its Communist Dictators .  We KNOW how that "worked out" [as noted above] .  Kennedy had GOOD INTENTIONS, at least, that's what we want to believe---and now trump, who was persuaded by netanyahu, has instigated a JUDAIC HOLY WAR not only on Gazan and West Bankers but on Iran as well .   It's 'Good Intentions' versus HORRIFIC Intentions .   We have observed =  THERE WAS NO DIFFERENC IN THE RESULTS .   The Results were the Same because WAR >>>>>>> NEVER CHANGES .

                          It ISN'T about "War Crimes" because 

                              

                                                              WAR    IS     THE     CRIME  .

Endless Jihad

                                                           I've been in "Mull Mode" since I settled into "Chairy-Chair" at 5 a.m.   I'm all the worse for "wear and tear [tare]" .   The Strait of Hormuz remains under Iranian Control DESPITE trump's War ships ~~~~~~~~~~~ and trump's relentless discharge of CRIMINAL fabrications . 

                             At some point I figured I'd have-to confront trump's War with a Vietnam Understanding, meaning, AMERICA HAS LOST YET ANOTHER WAR .     Elsewhere I described the Peoples of Vietnam as "ants", "Ants that survived the DAILY BOMBINGS of incessant american WAR CRIMINALITY , HUMAN BEINGS WHO STOOD UP TO AMERICAN HEGEMONY and EMPIRIC AMBITIONS, WITH >INFINITE< RESOLVE .   Now, after Vietnam, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, and Libya  we are back doing what we do best, FUCKING UP THE ENTIRE PLANET BECAUSE OF THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THAT K NOWS NO LIMITS .   

                         We MUST CONCLUDE that Americanism  DID NOT STOP COMMUNISM , and in the EXACT SAME WAY it "Ain't gonna" Stop the TERROR-BENT Quasi-Religious "leaders" of Islam in Iran  .    Iran has PROVEN that America is "NO MATCH" for a regime that has dedicated more than FIFTY YEARS to withstand ANY "Onslaught" that america or any other nation can ILLEGALLY generate .   I WISH I could quote from an "Old Testament" Quran, I cannot, but it IS "safe to say" that Allah of Present Day Iran is GROSSLY SIMILAR to that of the Christian Bible, the God of WRATH, FIRE AND BRIMSTONE , the Allah that seeks, "DEATH TO ALL INFIDELS", a God that seeks "Dominion" over the those that are  NOT Muslim --- the God of "Endless Jihad" .

Meteoric CHANGE

                                                           I consider the Comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, to be a Zen Master in his own Right .   He does a gag where he gives a potential 'mate' a "pick-up" 'line' as part of an eventual Seduction :   "Do you like peanut butter ?   Cuz if you do, WE CAN BE BEST FRIENDS " .   I LOVED this instantly and figured I could add my own "take" :  "Do you like ELECTRICITY ?  Cuz if you do we can be BEST FRIENDS ."   Adorable rite ???  Fuck Yeah ... .

                          Now to this I offer , Do you like EVOLUTION (??) as well as, Do you like GRAVITY (?)  It seems IMPOSSIBLE to say >No< .  I mean, who DOESN'T like Gravity ???   Evolution, on the other hand.......................... .

                        To my credit {{{I THINK}}} I've read, Origin of Species, by Somebody What's-his-name, (Charles Darwin) .    It was a TRUDGE but I was relentless .   Darwin is considered a "Slow but Sure" Evolutionist, meaning, it was Time as DURATION that provided Change to various species and ALWAYS for the Better .   There is, however, another 'School of Thought' that provides a something FAR MORE IMPACTFUL THAN TIME , it is the School of CATACLYSM .   Here it is where scientist assert that Species Change because of CATACLYSMS , and NOT 'just' through "Survival of the Fittest" .   I abide in this School .   I am a Cataclysmasist , qool rite ?   Yup .

                       Here it is where WAR was 'sent' to the Planet in the exact same way that the famous Meteorite was 'Sent' to Earth to extinct the Dinosaurs .   I know it's "Far Fetched" ,,,, I LIKE it nonetheless .

"War IS Peace"

                                                           Please DON'T correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it was the GREAT Indian Buddhist, Nagarjuna, who prompted, "We CAN 'know a thing' by its OPPOSITE" .   Of all Buddhist Dogma I especially dis-like this .  I don't WANT to Believe, but do I TRUST its "Truth" ?   Put it this way, "I have Faith" that it is True, even though that Faith is NOT as Strong as, perhaps, it should be .

                               Zen Mistress Joni Mitchell confronts us : "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" .   "...tear down a park, put up a parking lot" ---   We are People who ROUTINELY "Take things for granted", shit, isn't that >>>Human Nature<<< ?   Of course it is, but are there adverse ramifications from such a 'common place' Attitude ?   I argue YES !!!

                              This >It<  gets Ugly :    Is Peace merely "the absence of War" ?   Wow .   I don't like that --------------not one bit .

                              MUST  we "know" Peace by experiencing WAR ?   How much does THAT fucking suck ???????????

War -ning

                                                           Are putin and trump's WARS "Wake uP" Calls to the Planet ??   Are they similar to the >Thunder< & >Lightning< that signals the Beginning of the Growing Season ?   Could it be that Thunder & Lightning are a "Vehicles" of the "Growing Spirits", i.e., do the Growing Spirits "piggy-back" on the Sounds of Thunder and the Arcs of Lightning (?) , or do they simply "Open the door" for the Growing Spirits to "enter" the Soils, and Lands ?   Is that >It< the same as War (?) , is it WAR which Evolution "uses" to redirect a wayward Trajectory ????? 

                        Is War >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Natural ???????????????????? Is War SEASONAL ?   Is War part of the "Divine Plan" ?????????????????????   Even that Question hurts .

"Asleep at the Wheel"

                                                           At some point I MUST introduce the Ancient Chinese 'practice' of "Putting things up against a COSMIC Background" .   Things are placed up against a Cosmic Background in order to reveal 'Positioning', meaning, to help and aid in an Understanding that is dependent upon "Pattern Recognition" which just happens to be one of Arnold Toynbee's "Super-Powers" .   For my purposes this Cosmic Background is World Socio-Political Evolution .   Specifically, I have wondered whether or  not Hitler and Hitlerism, was 'inserted' (tough one) into Civilization in order to 'Transform" the World by 'Uniting Countries and Nations' to not only Oppose Fascism but to "Stop" it 'in its tracks' .   

                               Now trump has been Inserted, but there has been NO such Unification by countries nor nations, No REAL Effort save to Condemn trump and his ruthless War Machine .   It is as if this FAILURE simply 'follows' the Trajectory laid bare by putin and HIS War on Ukraine .   It is as if BECAUSE there was no Great Unification to STOP putin, that the Universe ADDED trump and HIS War Machine as a BIGGER --->  WAKE-UP Call .   Have we --->   "Awakened" ?   

The "Fat Lady"

                                                           We had a cloud-burst yesterday afternoon, that was BIBLICAL in Scope and Measure ~~~ with that,, THUNDER and Lightning .   The Ancient Chinese believed that Spring did NOT 'arrive' until the first thunder & lightning storm .   Here it is that the so-called "Growing Spirits" entered the Ground, signaling the Beginning of the Growing Season .   I LOVE that .

                             I've been sitting in "Chairy-chair" for almost two hours, waiting for this morning's topic to 'arrive'--it hasn't , and worse, I am eager to get outdoors and continue the Growing Season preparations, moving soil, transplanting and the sometimes arduous, "Spring Cleaning" .   

                            I haven't checked to see if the Strait of Hormuz has remained open----Iran has claimed it IS but merchants have remained reluctant to venture out, rightly so, because in REALITY, there ISN'T Anyone to be Trusted .   We must consider that SOMETHING--->BIG 'happened' that convinced Iran that it was WORTH-IT to allow vessel movement .   I'm figurin' that trump "CAVED" and Caved "BIGLY" --- but THAT is mere conjecture .   IF Israel has committed to a Cease Fire with Lebanon THAT is nothing short of another MIRACLE and we should celebrate the Cease Fire as such, but remain reserved nonetheless .   Zen Master Yogi Barra's Words "Ring True" :   "It ain't over 'til it's over" , and, "It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings" .   

                             None of Us have heard even ONE note from the "Fat Lady" .

Miss Givings

                                                           Elsewhere I have described the Primary Principle of Ancient Kung Fu as the Protection of Truth .  But know that Kung Fu Masters of Ancient Times sought to guard the "Lesser-thans" from the Cruel Inflictions of those of 'more-than-modest-means' who unlawfully imposed the severest inequities upon them .   More often than not, these Kung Fu Masters "supplied" the Lesser Ones with Wisdom(s) that could neutralize the Effect of these Inequities, thereby providing a form of Peace to them .   This THIS is what TRUE Men DO .   

                              I insist :  Pope Leo is  TRUE >>>MAN<<<  and although his Responsibility is that of a "Messenger of God", the appellation also given to  Mohammed, it is his HUMANITY that is able to CRUSH trump, to symbolically, "Smote him where he stands" .   

                              It's VASTLY UNLIKELY that Pope Lion is ever going to exhort the Masses with, "God is on OUR Side" because, to Pope Leo, a statement of that Nature is mildly BLASPHEMIC .   No, Pope Leo KNOWS  it was MAN who got Us into this RAGING CESSPOOL OF SIN, DOUBTS and MISGIVINGS,,,  and it is WE who must extricate ourselves .   Is this not the Ultimate Common Sense ?

                             Indeed, it is .

The Tale of the Rape

                                                           Please DON'T correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Before Pope Leo work in Peru ?   We have learned that he worked shoulder-to-shoulder with good folks who were "Dirt Poor" but Spiritually WEALTHY .   He taught them the Farming Sciences along with the Gospels of Jesus the Living Christ .   Not only did he live among them, he was ONE of them .   Trump, "ain't nevah" worked PERIOD, let alone work in the soils getin' his hand dirty and ACTUALLY engaging in "Manual Labor" .   Shit, I doubt he's even "made his bed" -- like---EVA .   

                             Should they "go" "Mano-a-Mano" we gotta look at "The Tale of the Tape" which for trump is "The Tale of the RAPE" .    Because of The Lion's Background we MUST consider him "A Man of the Land" in this he is ACUTELY AWARE of "As ye sow, so shall ye reap" whereas trump is the quintessential "City Slicker", who, like the infamous George Castanza, worked TIRELESSLY to AVOID ANY Physical Activity and who's profile includes the Famous Signature Line from "Alfred E. Newman", "What, ME worry? " .   What can we extrapolate from the above, one thing most definitely,  Pope Leo has "COMMON SENSE" , as do 99% of all Farmers .   Trump, on the other hand, {  ...   }  .

                           Where Pope Leo is the LION KING, we have trump, the LYIN' king .

...man of PIECE-of shit ...

                                                            Pope Lion has been regaled as a Spiritual "Delicacy" but he is so much MORE than just Eye and Heart "Candy" .   He is "A MAN OF THE PEOPLE" .    When he became Pope he refused to have the Papal Palace as his Residence, choosing in its stead, the "workers" housing .   During the "Celebration of the Passion" HE was the One who "carried the Cross" during this most INTENSE Ritual .  His Folks were APOPLEXICALLY ECSTATIC because HE WAS ONE OF THEM !!!   Does trump register as "A man of the people" ?   Who in their RIGHT Mind is-gonna argue "Oh yeah" ?

                             Where Pope Leo IS " a Man of Peace", trump, on the other hand, is a man of 

                                                                     PIECE-OF-SHIT !   

                            

                          

In the sacristy we heard him singing, "I'm a Soul Man"

                                                           Parlor  pundits have expressed the "Debate" between trump and the Lion as America versus The Holy Roman EMPIRE --  I mean, yeah, I suppose .   Thing is Pope Lion has SAINT AUGUSTINE within him, meaning, Saint Augustine's THINKING is Inmost Core Element of Pope Lion's Heart, Psyche and SOUL .   Pope Lion has ALL Saint Augustine's Rhetoric and Polemics within him and they are IMMEDIATELY Available to him AT ALL TIMES .   Trump can't POSSIBLY 'compete' with SAINT  Pope Leo because, "right out of the gate" TRUMP "ain't got no SOUL"  whereas Pope Leo is an ALMIGHTY  --->   "SOUL MAN" .   {{{ Just so you know, "Soul Man" is from the R&B Artists "Sam and Dave" in 1967}}} .

                           We have agreed that trump is "Heartless"  and I insist he has NO Soul .   But what does that even mean ?    Elsewhere I have contended that the Soul is an Energy Force that is DIRECTLY CONNECTED to Universal Energy which is manifested as "Spirit" .   We speak of "The Spirit of Life" and Native Americans refer to this Spirit as "THE GREAT SPIRIT"  ---   Technically , OUR Souls are the same as that of the Universal Infinite .   Trump has no such "Bond" with the Infinite .   He IS Human but I argue ---> BARELY .

                          

                           

                        

Saint Augustine

                                                           I was SENSATIONALY DELIGHTED when I learned that Pope Lion was an "Augustine" .   On "war footing" I am a DEVOUT Jesuit, on societal footing I am a DEVOUT Franciscan, but on hedonist footing I am a DEVOUT Augustine .    

                            Before Saint Augustine became a Saint he lived among US as a quasi-hedonist and an Intellectual who was interested in ALL  the GREAT QUESTIONS of his Time .   He sought ANSWERS by confronting the Great Teachers  and was considered to be EARNEST in his Cravings .   But then there were all the Temptations that Life presented, the Booze, Broads and skank-ass REVELRY that indicated pure Hedonism .  Safe to say he was a devotee .  

                            Augustine was SOOO "out of whack" his Mom REFUSED to Baptize him UNTIL HE WAS IN HIS 20'S (30's ?) .   She wanted his Soul to be Pure  BEFORE he got Baptized   >THAT< was never gonna happen so she had to relent .   Of course he was Baptized and we know what happened after THAT .

                            I encountered St. Augustine in  Dr. Langer's "Western Civ." Class wherein The Confessions was recommended  Reading .   Once I began reading it I couldn't put it down .  It wasn't as if he devoted himself to "eroticising the landscape" but I could smell the fumes of stale wine when he described his drinking episodes --- he was THAT 'good' .   

                          Augustine AGONIZED over the "Great Questions" --- he committed to finding the ANSWERS with his Mind, Body Heart and Soul and in this he was RELENTLESS .   But here's his present-day Relevance :   SAINT Augustine wrote :  The City of God .   St. Augustine wrestled with GOVERNMENT ,  St. Augustine dealt in POLITICS .  How fucking GREAT is THAT ????? !!!!!

Enmity

                                                           There's been evidence-laden conjecture that the Reason why trump is OBSESSED with Pope Leo "The Lion" is because of (get this)  JEALOUSY .  Some are arguing that trump CAN'T BEAR to be the SECOND Most Powerful American on the Planet and therefore he CAN'T LIVE because he NEEDS TO BE >THE< MOST POWERFUL American on the Globe at this point in Time .   I will concede a >>>>MAYBE<<<< and that's it .   

                               I risk being >Romantic< when I argue that >PERHAPS< there's another Reason for trump's Pope Derangement Syndrome  .   I am  HUGE Fan of Miracles and because of THAT I want to view the Pope's entry onto the World Stage as a RESULT of the Prayers, Supplications and Beseechments* offered to the Divine Infinite in the Hope (I hate Hope) that these Prayers, Supplications and Beseechments be Answered by God in such a manner that STOPS trump "in his tracks" .   HAVE millions upon millions Prayed, Supplicated and Beseeched The Almighty to rain down Grace, in the Forms of Love, Compassion and, [this is BLASPHEMOUS] ENMITY ???????   

                                                        (Get this)  HELL YEAH !!!!

                             

The Serenity Supplication

                                                           We sometimes hear of an Individual who attempted to "Drown his Sorrows  by swilling booze",,,,,, as a DRUNK I URGE my Gentle Readers DON'T DO THAT .   Booze AIN'T-GONNA reach your SOUL, only correct  Mind Energy CAN .   

                              It is far better to fully ACKNOWLEDGE one's Sorrow not just as an "Ocean of Suffering" but as a Change Agent I have described above .   Here it is where we can make the Vows and Promises TO OURSELVES which will then be added to our Psyche as PERMANET Fortifications .   

                              There is a "First Step" that MAY be applied as a Management Qualifier and it has been used by AA since before the World was even Created ...  it is considered by AA members as a Prayer .   It is this supplication :

                                                    "God grant me the Serenity to Accept the things I cannot Change,

                                                       The Courage to Change the things I can

                                                       And the Wisdom to know the difference. "

                                This is Truth.

                                 This is me .

Mindfulness

                                                           We find "Medicine" in Huey Lewis and The News.   They song, "...making each day better than the day before", and for sure, this THIS is the "Ideal" .   I KNOW I can make this day better than yesterday if I confess that the 9th SUPER-Power of a Bodhisattva =  "Making People turn toward the Buddha's Teaching and then Guiding them to Perfection [Enlightenment]" actually helps to DEFINE my Existence and offering the 8-Fold  Nobel Path is my OBLIGATION an DUTY as a Zen Sword'sMan .    It  is IMPERATIVE that my Gentle Readers be made aware that during Zen Master Seung Sahn's "Ministry" he was asked to give a "Dharma Talk" by American Priests, Bishops and even Cardinals, who wanted to be "Closer to Jesus and His Teachings .   I say, God Bless Them, their Heart and SOULS were in "The Right Place" .   In the same way that [the Study and Practice of]  Martial Arts benefits ALL Sports, so it is that Zen and Buddhism CAN Benefit ALL Religions .  

                      OBVIOUSLY< you do NOT hafta-BE a Buddhist or Zen Buddhist to properly manage Suffering and Sorrow, you jus'-gotta be Mindful of the Source of this 'management', because when you do that, you access A THOUSAND YEARS of POSITIVE  >>> MIND ENERGY that is itself PROVEN, that has withstood the RAVAGES of Time and it SAVAGE-NESS .   

" The Three ---> Bears"

                                                           Once we have [correctly] identified Sorrow as a manifestation of Suffering we can re-position Sorrow to its place within the Realm of the 4 Noble Truths ;  All Existence entails Suffering {Sorrow}. :    Suffering is caused by Craving ;  There is and end to Suffering ;  and the most important to this morning's Effort,  The 8-fold Nobel Path MANAGES Suffering .   In the same way that Suffering can be Managed so it is with Sorrow .   Bear in Mind that Sorrow is a FORCE that strikes us, and that this Force is, in part, a "Change Agent" --- it need NOT "drag us down" because of its WEIGHT ,,, as noted above, The Force of Sorrow CAN-BE utilized, I dare say it MUST-BE utilized, {harnessed} , to facilitate not only 'Protective' 'measures', but to advance "Change for the Better" .   

                             The question then arises, "What is the Nature of this "Better" ?

Sadness versus Sorrow

                                                           Sadness runs a spectrum from =  "I'm so sad this great day has to end" all the way to "I am sad and "Heart-broken" .    We feel sad when our Heart "breaks" but Sadness allows for "Consolation", we can be "consoled" .   I don't believe that Sorrow allows Consolation--- .    We say ,  "We are "Sorrow STRICKEN",  Literally, We are STRUCK by Sorrow, and I contend that it is not just our Heart that Feels its Effects, but it is, rather, our SOUL .   

                            In the same way that Sadness is the Cause of a "Heavy Heart", so it is that Sorrow somehow "deadens" our Soul, and perhaps here "Leaden" is a better choice,  Sorrow LEADENS our Soul and somehow becomes a part of our Being,  unlike Sadness, which can be   --->    dispelled .

                             To be stricken by Sorrow means to be transformed --- we say, "I will never be the same" .    Indeed, once stricken by Sorrow we DO "Change", most often this Change is for the Better , we make vows that protect us from the Pain of Suffering, we say, "Well I'll never do THAT again."  And for the most part, these vows DO INDEED Protect us .   The Vows AFFIRM and STRENGTHEN our Inner Resolve to AVOID SUFFERING or at the very least to NEUTRALIZE the Effects of Sorrow in such a way that allows us to LESSEN its weight, {Sorrow as BURDEN} .   

Fear and Sorrow

                                                           Each night around 8 o'clock, I get on my bed and begin stretching movements .    I ingest a bit of THC, micro-dose,  and allow my Imagination to 'run free' .   I listen to Music because of its 'medicinal effects' and because it sometimes reveals Secrets .   Now HOW these 'conditions' lead to the Secrets is a discussion for another day .   Suffice it to say that when the Mind is 'relaxed' it becomes supple and pliant, meaning, it becomes 'Receptive' ,,, indeed, it's a something that, we tune our radios so that we can "receive" the radio waves that are the Communication.  You could say, I was "tuned in" for Cosmic ~~~waves~~~ and 'vibrations' .

                            Two 'items' arrived .   The first is a parallel to "More Covid cannot 'fix' Covid" and it is "Adversity cannot be 'fixed' by even more Adversity" .   The second caused me instant Pain, it is :   "You know we are in a Cesspool of Suffering when the only "Shared Commonalities" of the Planet's Peoples are >Fear<    and    >Sorrow< .     It Hurt me last night, it Hurts me now .

                            Who knows more about "Fear" and "Sorrow" than the Gazans and the West Bankers and those of Lebanon ???   I will insist that Americans do as well, having been witness to the "Street Executions" of    TWO AMERICAN CITIZENS .    Can and SHOULD I compare the THOUSANDS "EXECUTED" in Iran with the Two Citizens and the 13 Soldiers who were KIA ?   Yes, Polemics allow me such latitude and I WILL advantage it .  

                           You'd wanna * believe that "shared commonalities" are the Essentials of Life, the Need for Food, Water, Shelter and Electricity and there can be NO argument for THAT .  But how is it that "Fear" and "Sorrow" are added to these "Essentials" ?   I wondered............ .  then it 'arrived' ,  >>>Horror<<< = Fear and Sorrow have become 'part' of our Daily Consciousness,  We live with them, they DEFINE our Existence ....................................... .

Eye of the Lion

                                                           I must leave 'this' here with a Confession :  I haven't had this much FUN since I received "oral gratification" from the "Queen-Goddess of the Universe", which is "saying something" .   Of course I must include the GUILT of Expression, bad mouthing the Church for its CRIMINAL PERVERSIONS  should  NOT be a Sin, but I was raised CATHOLIC so, I mean, there's THAT .  

                           In another Universe trump would have beseeched the Pope to be an ALLY that he could rely on to approach the Ayatollah with Peace Offerings .   THIS Universe is REALITY .   To >unwittingly< Incite the IRE of ONE POINT THREE BILLIONS is the Action from a Mind that is HELL-BENT on Determining GLOBAL CATASTROPHE, indeed, the Suffering trump and his have already generated is, literally, INHUMAN , but does it register as DEMONIC ????   I leave that question to hang ........ .

                          Mathew quotes Jesus :   "I did NOT come to bring Peace, I came to bring SWORD ".  As such, Jesus wields , "The Sword of NO Sword", made FAMOUS by the Great Swordsman, Zen Master and Warrior, >Tesshu< .  

                           I see myself as a Manifestation of Zen and Sword-Master Tesshu, and I am DEVOTED to Jesus AS A NO-SWORD SWORDSMAN .   Here it is that Pope Leo THE LION is "in" my Mind, Heart, Body and Soul as a WARRIOR of Christ .   

"Ignorance is Bliss"

                                                          You'd think that trump and his were gonna "take on" the Pope, that he and they would CONDEMN the Pope and His Church for the CRIMINAL ABOMINATIONS Inflicted on INNOCENTS ,  I mean, YOU'D THINK , but no and FUCK NO, instead trump focused on the Pope's "Call" for WORLD-W--I--D--E Peace and the resulting CONDEMNATION not just of trump's War but WAR AS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL PEACE .   Here it is where Pope Leo adheres to the Teaching of the Risen Christ and specifically , the New Testament, and precisely, the "Beatitudes" .   

                              We do NOT need any  more criminal specifics to Declare and Proclaim trump a HUMAN ABOMINATION, remember, TRUMP DID THAT TO HIMSELF .   But what his speech reveals is a heinous Mindset, thoroughly dependent upon the GROSSEST >>>>IGNORANCE<<<< that can be observed by ANY and ALL  .    If "Ignorance is Bliss" then trump is TRULY Blissful .

                              

Awetism*

                                                           The Pope can LITERALLY crank ;  "FUCK OFF  CLOWN" , since within His Command are (get this)   ONE POINT THREE >>>>BILLION<<<< Catholics on the Globe currently and converts are 'arriving' every day .   

                            I have had to devise the word "awe-tistic" to represent a feeling of inspirational appreciation, indeed inspirational appreciation IS the definition of >awetism< , and I confess, I used >Autism< as its derivation .   I consider myself Autistic to a HEALTHY degree, in that I have Problems with regard to the "General Public" who, sometimes, are UNAVAILABLE for Logistical Expressions .   

                         I absolutely DELIGHT in my Awetism, as it relates to the Pope in His present Form as COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of the Holy Roman Empire and ALL Its Forces .    His Ability to Concentrate Meaning ONTO stock Ideals such as Peace, Prosperity, Health and Happiness, in such a way that He WEAPONIZES them, causes me as much EXALTATION as it causes trump the severest Hate-laden Dys-quiet* .   Trump SUFFERS, and he Suffers GREATLY .   Here it is where I LOVE >>>Suffering .

From AA : "Let go --- Let God"

                                                          Trump "takin' on" the Holy Roman EMPIRE is like Custer asking for MORE "Injuns' .   Ya jus'-gotta "shake your head" in abject BEWLIDERMENT .   Trumplicans EVERYWHERE are doing just that, shaking their heads in abject Bewilderment because, "Hasn't he got enough fucking shit 'on his plate' ALREADY ?"  Trump's a fucking MENTAL CASE, we KNOW that, but THIS ???????  

                             It's been reported that even Catholic Conservatives have denounced trump and renounced his War.   That they voted for trump, in the first place, questions their Conscience :  it is EXTREMELY difficult to believe they had SACRED Jesus Values as their Spiritual Foundation ~~~ could they not SEE, could they not HEAR ?   Ya-gotta figure it was MONEY, it always is, rich assholes looking for a Tax Break, AT THE EXPENSE OF US  JUS' REG'LAR FOLKS .   Here it is where even THIS must be "let go" in order to Serve the Greater Populace of the Faithful .   I don't like it .... I hazard that no one should .

DO NOT "Consider the Source"

                                                           The Holy See suffers from CHRONIC Corruption to this day, and it is rampant even in tiny hamlets, small villages and towns and, of course, cities .   Churches routinely accept MAFIA MONIES to fund their charitable work and sustain themselves on a yearly basis .   The Horror is Machiavellian, I will phrase it this way :   Is it OK to use MAFIA MONEY to "Help the Poor" and Heal the Sick" ?    The Church has NO PROBLEM with that :   and here it MAY be that "The Lord Works In Mysterious Ways" .   Feed the hungry with Mafia Money or let them Suffer ?   It ain't even fucking CLOSE .   I'm GONNA  Feed the Poor, Heal the Sick and House the Homeless, it MAY BE a SIN ---I'm jus'-gonna let it go for now, Suffer the Consequences tomorrow .  

                 

                             The Buddha taught this :   "If a man is sick and needs medicine, he SHOULD NOT ASK THE SOURCE of the medicine, he should just be thankful it has been made available to him. "

                             I'm "Going" with this ,  I stand and kneel with the Monsignors whose desire is for the Poor, Sick and Homeless be "Cared-for" .

                            

The "Holy See" is Sore

                                                          I suffer from my very own "Derangement Syndrome" which I tag as "SDS", meaning, Steve's Derangement Syndrome ~~~ hence the title above .   In these Times of MADNESS, DEATH, DESTRUCTION and ABSURDITY, I somehow still manage to be the BIGGEST ASSHOLE I can possibly be .   I apologize, and BEG Forgiveness .

                          I grew-uP Catholic, PORTUGUESE Catholic to be specific, and I even attended a "Parochial" school from kindergarten to second grade --- I mean, there's THAT .    Children to not "get to" 'challenge' Church Dogma, the Growth Tendency is ALWAYS toward submission and obedience, as it should be .   It wasn't until I took Dr. Langer's "Western Civ." Course that I encountered the "Holy See" and the Crusades, and the Inquisition and all the Religious Polemics who doubled as Christian Philosophers and Scholars .   I wasn't just "comfortable" with these Studies, it was as if I had `found my Home` .   Later on, Senior Year, I took Dr. What's-his-name's History of the Middle East where I was introduced to the Quran and Islamic Studies, where, oddly, I was just as "comfortable" .   

                         During the course of the dark Middle Ages we learned of Papal Corruption, that depended on the "largess" of Rulers, Kings and the "Piety" of the peasants who were told they could garner "Favor with God" should they donate SIGNIFICANT  amounts of Food, and whatever monies they derived from their labors .   Here it is where abject POVERTY was the Foundation for Spiritual Attainment ,  Here it is where, initially, one COULD "Petition the Lord" and be "cleared" for DIRECT ACCESS to the "Heavenly Realm" .   Here it is where the Church "favored" the Peasants, and sought to BILK the so-called "FUCK" out of them, until they turned to Stone, at which point the king and rulers sought "BLOOD" .  

Logic RULES

                                                           Here's some Logic :

                      NOBODY in their RIGHT MIND is-gonna pick a fight with the fucking POPE .

                      Trump picked a fight with the Pope .

                      Therefore ;

                       Trump does  NOT have a "Right  Mind".

                      The Logic is flawless and therefore indisputable .

Goulash

                                                           Yesterday  we saw trump as he  WANTS  us to believe, that he is GOD .   We saw and heard him DENY that he depicted himself AS JESUS THE CHRIST , resorting to a BOLDFACE LIE that he SOUGHT to depict himself as a >>>>DOCTOR<<<<< .    2 words :   UN BELIEVABLE .   

                           The twenty dollar word for this is "APOTHEOSIS" = "elevation of someone to divine status" --- and we can also use self->>>deification<<<.    Does trump have a "God Complex" ?   Tough to deny .   

                            Trump thinks he's JESUS CHRIST .  Oh my fucking GAUD .   This from "Old School" =  "Is he SERIOUS or DELIRIOUS ?"   

                            KNOW THIS, however, the State Propaganda Machine in Hungary , 

                                                                       F-A-I-L-E-D !!!   

Americans must TAKE HEART and VALUE the Lesson from Hungary .   It's NOT "to early" to FULLY Appreciate the abject FAILURE of Hungarian STATE  rotten-GOULASH .   Propaganda as mental GARBAGE .   Hungarians, somehow, made themselves IMMUNE from Propaganda Disease .  

                           Hungarians did IT, so can We .

"The Patient Conquer"

                                                          'Left Wing' Media Pundits are already attempting to draw conclusions from the election in Hungary ;  among those conclusions is that Hungarians were STEADFAST in their RESOLVE and >>>>>>PATIENT<<<<<<<< .   They "stuck to their guns" which is Ancient Speak for Unremitting Exertion , which just happens to be the 6th SUPER-Power of a Bodhisattva .   They did NOT allow their hatred of orban BLIND them from seeing their GOAL , re-establishing  a   Pure Democracy FREE from the shit, piss and CORRUPTION with which orban and his ruled.   Hungarians PERSEVERED .    They endured orban's Corruption with HISTORIC Brilliance and now I can't help myself, I must write as Richard Langland,  "THE PATIENT CONQUER" .   

The WHO

                                                           I never , in a million years, figured orban would lose .  THAT'S "on me".   I never even thought to follow the Election in Hungary, figuring it was a "done deal", that Magyar had NO CHANCE .   To date, Hungary had been labeled an "illiberal democracy" , a Nation that held elections but that these elections were fraught with corruption in an effort to subvert them .   

                              I am NOT gonna "dance in the street", or even allow myself ANY >celebration< .  We don't know Magyar except that he is a CONSERVATIVE opposed to ANY and ALL Corruption .    

                              The Who express my fear,   "Meet the new boss SAME AS THE OLD BOSS" .

                              This from the "Old School",   "Out of the frying pan and into the fire."

                              BELIEVE me when I say WE MUST BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS, it's "Wait and see" until it isn't .   Many of Most of Us, WANT Hungary to return to "liberality", a TRUE Democracy, but just because our WANT is STRONG, that doesn't mean it WILL .

the SP LIT

                                                           Elsewhere I have proffered that -you can't fix Covid with even MORE Covid, and in the same way, you can't fix Democracy with even MORE Democracy .    I now depict Democracy as a Hammer whose handle has [ sp lit ] .   I mean, it's your favorite Hammer and you WANT that once PERFECT handle to just BE THERE because of its TOTAL PERFECTION, its "HEFT" .    What you do IFF you wanna keep it , is get some electrical tape and wind it around it as you would the knob of a hockey stick , but unlike a hockey stick knob, this tape is like putting "a Band-aid on a bleeding artery" ---  the Haft will NEVER BE THE SAME , and it WILL WORK  so long as you UNDERUSE it, treat it with "kid gloves" and otherwise temper your resolution to "baby" a something that was once considered INDESRUCTABLE .   

                           One of my "pet phrases" is =  "You can't make steak from hamburger " ---- I hazard =  You can't make Democracy from Fascism ---- that America is >>> SP  LIT <<< at its Core, the Core being the American Electorate  AND  that Democracy has been SP  LIT from its CONSTITUTIIONAL Essence .    Even IF you wrap tape around America's Handle, it AIN'T-GONNA "be the Same" and "By Definition" IT CAN'T EVER BE THE SAME AS IT ONCE WAS .   We broke it, and  now we must OWN IT .

Orwell, the Prophet of Profit

                                                          How's this for a gag ?    =    "The Ancients should have read George Orwell" .   I know rite? ... something trump would say if he wasn't himself .

                            Orwell `billboarded`  "War is Peace" .    Here it is where War itself is "The ULTIMATE Reality" meaning, its Presence IS THE CONTINUUM , that is, War is THE "Status Quo" and because it is, IT gives SANCTION to the the Oppression of the Peoples it RULES .   

                            We now Regard Orwell as this [somewhat] semi-divine Nostradamus-like Prognosticator, a Human Being who could SEE >A< Future and sought to WARN US OF IMPENDING DOOM should Humankind continue on its Trajectory toward Political Oblivion .   

"The Birth Of A Nation"

                                                          I mean ya-jus'-gotta appreciate the fucking ENORMITY of the Situation We are in, meaning, the Founding Fathers, better idealized as what I label, "The Ancients" ,  NEVER IN A MILLION FUCKING YEARS would have conceived of THEIR Democracy providing both Womb and BIRTH of a Miss America that herself WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO A KING .   It was BEYOND THEIR IMAGINATION .   Yet here She is, 250 years old, and TOTALLY "Beyond Recognition", and trump, Her "whelp" TERRORIZING the Planet , like a STARVING WOLF .   

                                    2 words =   wow .

Mockaracy*

                                                           "Brainiacs" have contended that "Democracy is an EXPERIMENT" .   If this is the case than what are we to conclude from its Results ?    After living the Results we MUST Conclude that Democracy has, and here I quote myself, {how GREAT AM I} that Democracy has GENETIC FLAWS .   Here it is where Democracy got trump ELECTED, where Democracy has allowed and tolerated EXTREME-ISM to such an extent that even Christianity has been corrupted to a degree that Racism is now part of evangelical DOGMA, that Democracy SANCTIONED the street EXECUTION of AMERICAN CITIZENS, that Democracy ENDED "USAID" and therefore is STARVING INNOCENTS AROUND THE GLOBE ....  that DEMOCRACY is the SOURCE of trump's GLOBAL Extreme-Ism .   You can see it rite ?  How the fuck can you miss it ?????

Solutionary* Thinking or The Game of Strife

                                                           Assigning "blame" is the conduct of "know-it-all" nit-wits who fail to grasp the SIZE and SCOPE of Global Geo-Politics, and I confess I am one of those " Nit-wits" .  Assigning >blame< is [somehow] soothing but it does  NOT address relevant `conditions` that TRULY account for Problematical Circumstances ,  nor can >blame< be any sort of Solutionary* Thinking or Action .   Assigning >blame< is most like playing "Tag" and saying, "You're IT" ----fun at the time until it is YOU who gets "tagged" .   

                           Elsewhere I have argued that the Failure to Acknowledge the "Lessons of History" has accounted for UNTOLD SUFFERING as does the FAILURE to "realize" {Real Eyes} REALITY .   The ONLY way we can 'understand' the EU is to accept the FACT that they WILLINGLY "turned a blind eye" to putin and his dictatorial FASCISM in order for it to receive the Oil they so desperately NEED .   The REALITY is that the EU NEEDS OIL, further, it CHOSE to get it from Russia first and putin second .   Here it is where "No Oil No Life" DOMINATES  the EU Collective Psyche and we can safely conclude that SAME for the rest of the Planet's Industrial Machines .   

                         Now look at this :   We NEED Oil ---Does that make Iran and the Arabian Peninsula Indispensable ?    Hello Islam ,   got an Oil ????????

Enemy Dearest

                                                           It's difficult for me to understand what "One Fifth" of the Oil the World NEEDS, "looks like" in the most `abstract` sense .   EIGHTY PER CENT of  what the World needs is still available and I've wondered WHY the remainder of Oil Producers can't "cover" the 20% Loss .   I was under the 'impression' that China bought RUSSIAN Oil, as did SOME of the Far East .    What happened to Russian Oil ?  

                            We know of the HUGE Pipe-lands* that extend from Russia to Europe, that Europe is DEPENDENT on Russian Fuels, and this Dependency actually THWARTS any and all attempts to "Sanction Russia" .    To do so is "To bite that hand that feeds you", a COSMIC "NO-NO" we learn at an early age , {along with, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth"}  {{correctly stated, Don't examine the   mouth and teeth of a gift horse . }}  

                             We must consider that THERE WAS  NO FORE-THOUGHT OF MAKING ONE'S SWORN ENEMY A SUPLLIER OF LIFE ESSENTIALS .   How fucked-up is it that Europe has an ENEMY to supply it with the Fuels it needs FOR LIFE ???    

                             There's more Frustration with this : "Give a little to get a little" and the famous, "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" .   Hello Iran .   The WORLD has KNOWINGLY supplicated itself to both Russia and Iran for Oil , at the HIDEOUS Loss of   "Independence" .   Who do we blame FOR THAT ????? 

The 'Crime' of Crimea

                                                           It's frustrating that one can 'know' the causes and consequences of another's actions and still be unable to instigate change when certain actions are negative .   I want to "blame" putin for the invasion and conquest of Crimea, and with him, 'blame' Obama as well, since Obama AND THE WORLD DID NOTHING to STOP PUTIN and his attempts at RECONSTRUCTING the SOVIET EMPIRE .   Putin wanted Crimea and just "took it" --- all he and his had to "endure" was NOTHING except VERBAL Condemnation, a SMALL if not tiny "Price to Pay" .   The WORLD effectively signaled NOTHING WOULD BE DONE IF PUTIN COTINUED and guess what ?    Don't hafta* guess,,,   WE KNOW ---->   Ukraine .    

                            We bemoan the FACT that trump and his had  NO FORETHOUGHT before he and they 'Opened Fire' on Iran ,  and even before that, when trump and his started exploding drug boats in the Caribbean .    The WORLD offered more TALK and NO ACTION, I mean, how far does, "What you're doing is BAD" really GO ?    It's as if the World, "offered its 'two cents' and after that, just COULD NOT BE BOTHERED since exploding boats on the High Seas did NOT REALLY 'Effect' the rest of the World .

                            Should we conclude, then, that Crimea and exploding Caribbean Drug Boats is rather a mere > inconvenience ?    A "No Harm [to me] no Foul" "state of play" ?   Why shouldn't we ?

"Apocalypse NOW"

                                                           I must leave this here for now, save to say that there will NEVER be "Peace in the Middle East" until Islam undergoes a "Vital Transformation", a REFORMATION that includes an "UNCONDITIONAL RETREAT" from "Israel must be ANNIHILATED" as well as "Death to America" .    Here it  is where Religious FANATACISM must be NEUTRALIZED so that the MAJORITY of Muslims can find Worship contained OUTSIDE the Government and Peoples that House it, in other words, it is BEST that Religion and Government are TOTALLY Separate.   THAT'S the "Ideal" .

                        "IT"  BARELY "gets better" ---  recall the Protestant Reformation --- Did IT Solve all of Christianity's Problems ?    No, of course not, did it HELP ?  Yes of course .   But then remember what occurred in Ireland >>>  The WAR between Protestants and Catholics --- the one in which both women and CHILDREN were SACRIFICED in the Name of THE SAME FUCKING GOD .  

                                                                  "The Horror..... the Horror..."

Lebanon

                                                           You can see it rite ?    Iran's "Demand for Reparations" "is like" Ukraine's IDENTICAL "Demand" for Reparations from putin -----think THAT "will happen" ?   

                              What, EXACTLY, is being "Negotiated" ?   We are being led to Believe that the Negotiations are "All About" the Strait and the NATURAL Flow of Oil from the Arabian Peninsula to the thirsty Countries of the Planet ,  I mean that IS a "Consideration" but it's not the ONLY Factor .    Iran seeks to END the Judaic War Machine INVASION of Lebanon, Iran has insisted that Israel HALT its bombardments IMMEDIATELY if Negotiations are to begin "In Good Faith" .  Netanyahu IS trump, and as such CANNOT BE TRUSTED .   In the EACT SAME WAY hitler sought the EXTINCTION OF JEWS so it is with netanyahu who Demands THE EXTINCTION OF IRANIANS .

                           You can't make this fucking shit UP , for is not God KIND ?    Is not God MERCIFUL ?

Yemen

                                                            There are going to be 'some words' that America is "gonna-hafta" "EAT".   Among them "IN AMERICA ANY-ONE can become President" and  more to the point ;  "WE DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS"  OMG how fucking GREAT is THAT ??? !!!!!    

                           Among the Iranian Demands is one that harkens back to WWII, Iran is Demanding "Reparations" for the Damage and DESTRUCTION delivered by American "Interests" .   I didn't have to try very hard to BELIEVE that Iranian Historians are well versed in WWII History, they KNEW of America's "Marshall Plan" and that the Whole of Europe was Re-Built largely with American TAXPAYER Monies .   "You break it you own it" is altered to "You bombed it you own it" .   Does Iran "have a point" ?

                          Ya jus'-gotta APPRECIATE that as a Result of trump,  IRAN IS NOW STRONGER THAN EVER  DESPITE BEING BOMBED INTO THE "Stone Age" .   Here it is were Yemen is not just a "Key" Factor but  CRITICAL Factor as well .   The Houthi have MODERN Weapons that can and have been directed at American and Foreign "Interests" and these Soldiers of Allah have  NO Qualms about inflicting  Abuse, Cruelty and even TORTURE .   They have NOTHING to "Lose" and EVERYTHING to Gain .   They can Control the Strait of Hormuz and therefore CAN CONTROL THE WORLD.

                         America  FAILED  to Neutralize the missile launch systems that the Houthis have hidden .   Houthi Soldiers DO NOT FEAR DEATH---THEY WELCOME IT, for surely they will be Venerated as MARTYRS should they be killed in the Service of the Almighty Allah, for is not Allah KIND, is not Allah MERCIFUL ?   

                         Uuuuh  Islamabad ?    We  have a Problem .

Terrorism ? America be thy Name

                                                            Trump's THREAT to "ANNIHILATE' the Iranian Civilization as been viewed by the Global Multitude as "TERRORIST" in Form and Structure, and it is now AMERICA that is "the LARGEST TERRORIST STATE ON THE PLANET" .   

                             Trump LITERALLY "took food out of the mouths of BABES" when he Ended USAID, and  now his WAR OF CHOICE is STARVING >>>MILLIONS<<<  of Oil, and has INFLICTED so much Suffering that entire Populations are "Taking It to the Streets" to Protest    AMERICAN TERRORISM .  

                             

"It's All About The Benjamins"

                                                           It's being reported that trump's most valuable allies are in complete Revolt; funny because they find him "revolting" .   Fissures, cracks, breaks and fractures are being viewed as "End Times" for trump and trumpism,  it's TEMPTING to agree, even Seductive, but I'm "holding off" thinking in those terms .   Those of Joe Rogan's ilk APPEAR to be "at odds" with trump and so have voiced their own particular dis-approval {"That's NOT why we voted for him"}, but it "ain't enough" .   SUPER-Brains have qualified these broadcasts stating trump's "Familiars" have NOT "changed their Minds" and remain UNCONDITIONALLY LOYAL to trump but are Voicing the Dis-approval OF THEIR LISTENERS ; which brings to bear the FACT that if trump's Propagandists 'lose' their Audience THEY LOSE MONEY .   The figure displays the ugly Truth, EVERYTHING  is "ABOUT MONEY" .   We WANT there to be a CATACLYSM that DESTROYS trump and trumpism but just because we WANT it doesn't mean we're gonna GET it .   It APPEARS that staunch trump Loyalists like Rogan et al, are just as "self-serving" and "transactional" as trump himself .  "Birds of a feather, flock together" .  "Ain't no news here" .

                              Now if congressional trumpists were to OPENLY REVOLT  by ACTUALLY Regaining the Power they transferred to trump,,, THAT'S Something  to CELEBRATE .  

                               

Barron

                                           I find it necessary to examine the NAME of Melania's child --->Barron .

                   We 'read' >Barron< but we can 'hear' , barren, and baron .   It's EXTREEMLY doubtful that she realized ANY of what I am about to expound simply because my own parents did NOT "see" what my initials spell S-tephen A-rthur D-eSilva = my parents made me SAD and I suffer from SAD "S-easonal A-ffective D-isorder .   So, I mean, there's THAT .

                 When Barron is heard we have >barren< and we can proffer that both she and trump were BARREN of Love, as well as  Morals, any Sense of ANY kind of Morality and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah .   Then we hear >baron , which TO THE WORLD, needs the prefix >>>ROBBER, as in, "Robber Baron" .   Fitting ??????   Ya-gotta* lean toward YES .   

                 "What's in a name ?"   Shit by ANY NAME still smells like SHIT .   

...from Loathe to Love...

                                                           I wondered if she "had it in her" .  She "aint-no" "militant feminist", as far as I can tell, maybe as far as ANYONE can tell ; but she DID broadcast her "Divorce" from Epstein and the Files and did so ON THE HUGEST STAGE EVA* .    NO ONE is-gonna* deny THAT .   Thing is can we BELIEVE  her  ?   I think so ,  trust me, "I WANT TO BELIEVE" .    I want to view her Divorce as a dirk through trump's chest where  {if he HAD a HEART } it would effectuate LETHAL Results .   To be Honest, I'd settle for SIGNIFICANT Results =  his OWN WIFE refusing to be "one of his" .  

                           From Loathe to Love ,   go figure ... .

Double-down Divorce

                                                           As I sat viewing Nicole's Program this "arrived" :

                                                                             Lysistrata .

                           Lysistrata is pronounced Liss-iss-trah-tuh, and she is the protagonist of Aristophanes' Comedy of the same name .   Briefly, Athens is at War for the upteenth MILLIONTH time and the Women of Athens are LOATHE to allow their Husbands, Sons and Lovers to go to War .  Lysistrata wants to End the War(s) and devises a devious Strategy and presents it to her fellow Women, who accept it with GLORIOUS ENTHUSIASM .    Lysistrata simply tells her Men, "YOU AIN'T GONNA GET LAID IF YOU GO TO WAR " .   Lysistrata and her cohorts bolt-on their Mental Chastity Belts and, at first, the Men are amused .   Day and weeks pass, and the Lysistrata's Strategy works so well that the Athenian Men are walking about with "hard-on's" the length of 4 foot poles, their togas like TENTS .   The Men "cave" and remain in Athens .  Lysistrata's Sex Withholding Strategy achieves VICTORY --- Athens is Saved .

                         Talk about "loathe" ?  I am loath to give melania ANY "bene fides" WHATSOEVER , however, these Times, OUR TIMES somehow allow me a Conceit that can Imagine melania as being SO DYSTRAUGHT* that she is the wife of the most GROTESQUE HUMAN ABOMINATION THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN SINCE ADOLPH HITLER, that she "wants" to REMOVE herself from her own husband, in the exact same way she wants to Remove herself from Epstein and the Files .

                        2 words :   DIVORCE !!!!!!!!!!

Melania Melanoma

                                                           Yesterday, `out of nowhere` trump's wife 'took to the stage' to publicly state that she had no "relationship" with Epstein, and further, she called on the American congress to open-up Public Judicial Proceedings that the Victims be given Voice, and as a result, expose the Guilty .   Her full-Press-Corp Statements caught EVERYONE "by Surprise" .  Her theatrics occurred a little before Nicole Wallace's Broadcast and Nicole opened her program with it .   2 words :  BEWILDERMENT !!!   Why on Earth would she go "out of her way" and the Ways of everyone else, to issue a quiet condemnation of Epstein, since her husband is damn near rabidly apoplectic when Epstein and the Files are even whispered ?   

                             I sat STUNNED-----if anything requires a WHAT-THE-FUCK it was her and her Statements .   I mean, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST HATED WAR EVER NON-DECLARED  BY AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT, and she took THIS TIME to try and extricate herself from the choking clutches of Epstein and the GLOBAL COVER-UP ?????!!!!!    Wow .

                             Nicole left it "up in the air"  at least for that "Now" .   I, on the other hand, couldn't let >it< go .

The Farmers in the Hell

                                                          When I finished last night's "R+R" I was content with writing about the "Plight" of American Farmers who voted for trump and now must "SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES" .   They "made their bed" and now they must "lie in it" .   I have no Sympathy .  You want to Believe that after the first trump term, where his policies TERMINATED China as GLOBAL Customer, that these Farmers would have learned and as a result DENIED trump their votes .    We know, THEY DID NOT LEARN and instead DOUBLED their support for him .   

                            Many of the hardest hit Farmers grew soy to sell to China .   These Farmers SPECIALIZED in ONE crop , and have MILLIONS invested in farm machinery that can be used only for this one crop .   They did NOT seek to DE-Specialize , I mean, realistically how could they ?   But , TECHNICALLY, their >rigidity of thinking< prevented them from de-centralizing, from planting different crops to neutralize the effects of trump's brainless Tariff-ism* .   Where the Oedipal Complex NEEDED to be considered, = to KILL one's father, they chose to ACCEPT trump as a father that "could do no wrong" .

                            I shouldn't be gloating, for gloating is DYS-Honorable .   Still ... .   Things are what they are, and these Farmers are what THEY "are" .   

G.O.A.T. GLOAT

                                                          When the "WALL"  "issue" surfaced in American Politics and trump wanted to "Build the Wall" to prevent an EVOLUTIONARY BASED MIGRATION, I SOOOOOO wanted to conflate the Wall with that of Ancient China but if I did that I'd haf-ta* recognize trump as some great fucking Emperor, a man of Vision, who sought only to protect his Peoples from barbarian aggressors--- no fucking was was I-gonna do THAT .  

                         I cite this remembrance because yesterday China broadcasted its "inner exaltation" manifested as AI Cartoons which used Birds-as-Humans to depict trump as a {i love this} "bird-brained" BUFFOON  whose dynamic energies were REPULSED by Adversaries who "saw through" his deceptions and neutralized his agency with SUPERIOR {Intellect} Forces .

                        I mean, what the fuck, the Chinese are fucking GLOATING, but I gotta confess ;  I take SATISFACTION with China's GLOAT , I KNOW I SHOULDN'T but there "it" "is"  anyway .

                        {{{ I'm NOT  a "Good Person" . }}}

The S-t--r---e----t-----c------h

                                                           The other day I wrote about Japan and its >Acceptance of Defeat< manifested as its unconditional Surrender --- that because it Accepted its Defeat, unconditionally, it was able to HEAL itself by CHANGING, and that the its new-found Health helped Create   Godzilla, which was manifestation of Health and particularly the Nation's Psyche .  Here it is that Godzilla is a "coping mechanism" .   Here it is that MONSTROUS EVIL [the American War Machine] was ACCEPTED as Part of Existence ---> that, Godzilla was an Immortal, that Monstrous Evil will exist FOREVER and when He surfaces to inflict UTTER DEVISTATION, the Japanese will CONFRONT him in such a way that will "MAKE'  him return to "from whence he came" =  the Dark Depths of Human Unconscious which we know has Instinctual Animalism at its Core .  

                           I WANTED to claim that it was ZEN BUDDHISM that "Saved" Japan , that Buddhism and Shintoism was the Source of Japanese VOLITION , where Volition is COSMIC Will-Power .   But I recognized that something was "Off" .   I recalled that GERMANY also Accepted its Defeat and did so WITHOUT Zen or Buddhism as its Spiritual Foundation .   

                           Iran has NOT "Accepted" its "Defeat", nor has trump .   

                           The Disease runs rampant as does Godzilla .

Iranica

                                                           Interviews of Iranians of Note, have revealed that [David] Iran  BELIEVES it has achieved Victory over [Goliath] America .   {Somewhat} Clearly they have been "Beaten" and just as Clearly they have  NOT been Beaten "to Death" .  It is the IRG who claims this Victory but their definition of 'Victory' is Different from Public and Global Consensus .   The one and ONLY Consideration for the IRG is that IT has SURVIVED the Beating and REMAINS >>THE<< Authority not only of its PEOPLES but the Strait of Hormuz as well .   

                                 Elsewhere, I have stubbornly insisted that Iran IS America, and I cited the Powerlessness of its Peoples and the identical Powerlessness of Americans to STOP the Rule of the Government .   I now claim that the IRG is NO DIFFERENT from trump and trumpism in that both  DO NOT CARE ABOUT ITS PEOPLES ,  that THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY MATTERS IS POWER OVER THEIR POPULATIONS .   

                                 It is "Polemics" that allows me to write such hyperbolic metaphors and perhaps my desire to make my Readers "Aware" somehow taints my script with problematical bias .   I mean, shit, why should we Care that Iranians "are the same as" Americans and Americans are the same as Iranians ?

                                 The Late Zen Master Seung Sahn taught this :   "We are all cookies from the same bakery"   which means the ingredients used to make the cookies are the SAME .   Human Nature is Human Nature ,  ALL of Us are Humans and AS A SPEICIES we need the SAME THINGS .  When these "same fucking things" are DENIED Us we Suffer, and for the most part,,  WE SUFFER GREATLY .   I now argue that this Suffering is UNIVERSAL , that the First Nobel Truth =  "All Existence entails Suffering" is CONFIRMED .

"... a man of the DOUBLE-CROSS"

                                                           There was that "scene" where trump was standing in front of a CHURCH holding a Bible UPSIDE DOWN, which, to Many, was his Intent to 'show' that he was "A man of the Cross" .   What we learned was that he is a man of the DOUBLE-CROSS, meaning EVERYTHING he Promised his electorate was ravagingly* SUPPLANTED by HIS own Whims and Fancies, the ANTI-DEMOCRACY Formulations of  a   CRIMINALY INSANE and DIABOLICAL PSYCHOPATH .   

                           

"Insult to Injury"

                                                           We must join the ranks of "Captain Obvious" and conclude that the congress folks aren't working BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT  TO WORK .   This is no mere common-point of Obligational MALFEASANCE ---  it is the most EGREGIOUS >>>>INSULT<<<< to the very Folks that elected them and to American Democracy as well .   

                              For Those of US who are monitoring the Decline and Downfall of the American Empire, the UNWILLINGNESS to ACTIVELY ENGAGE the piteous Dynamics of trump and trumpism, their DEFIANCE is akin to a brand of lower-case t  >>>treason<<< otherwise tagged as "The Violation of Public Trust", an offense punishable by LAW !!!!!!!!!!!

                              Demands for trump's Resignation should be paralleled with the Demand for the REMOVAL of all Those who have KNOWINGLY Dys-Regarded* their Oath of Office, and their PROMISE to "Serve the Public" .   The democrats have been Corrupted and so must SUFFER the Consequence if Democracy is to be purged of CRIMINAL IMPURITY .  

                             2 words, IF YOU DON'T WANNA WORK >>>>GO THE FUCK HOME<<<< !

Fear Sphere

                                                           Ya jus'-gotta* ask, WHERE THE FUCK IS THE AMERICAN CONGRESS ???????????  

                               They are "On VACATION"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!   Now you'd think and even wanna* Believe that BECAUSE THE NATION IS AT WAR, they would 'Stand by their posts' in the event they would be needed . Nope, not a one .   

                                We've learned that the Speaker of the House of Representatives HAS LOCKED OUT THE FLOOR, thereby PREVENTING  democrats from "Assembling" and potentially DISRUPTING trump and his Command 'Flow' .  It's FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE that in this Hour of HORROR and TERROR that the trumpians would WILLINGLY adhere to a Loyalty that is in DIRECT CONTRADICTION to their Oath of Office .   Sorrowfully, there is precedent, they have done this before, generating the same abject BEWILDERMENT of other congress folks and the American Public 'writ large' .    These gutless fucking COWARDS live, eat, and SHIT >>> FEAR .  But are the democrats free from this same FEAR ?    Hardly, Fear is a Contagion,  ------- no one escapes .

                              The Question arises, What is to be done with this Fear ?   Can Fear be EXPLOITED in a POSITIVE Manner ?    I say >>>>>>  FUCK YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I'm BAAAAAAAACK"

                                                           I got it into my head that trump was-gonna* use a dirty nuclear device with "Low Yield" capability ---  I am fucking GREAT at SCARING myself ---  I had to take a Breath and CALM the fuck d

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                                                         n .     But what followed that 'event' was the rank Suspicion, that the Mil WOULD OBEY trump's OBVIOUSLY Illegal {Ill Eagle} Order to DESTROY the Infrastructure of Iran thereby STARVING Its Peoples of Electricity, Food and Water .    It would be an EXCRUCIATION on the scale of Nazi War Criminality which sought the EXTINCTION of Jews .   I TOLD you Guys, trump is the Modern Day Hitler and his Staff could RIVAL that of Adolph's .   

"Doomsday"

                                                           When I was a young child I saw the then 'president' of the Soviet Union, take off his shoe and pound it on his desk and bellow "WE WILL BURY YOU"!!!!!   This occurred at the United Nations to the SCHOCK and HORROR of all those in attendance .   It remains so VIVID to me now, that my stomach still churns at the recollection .   I tell you this, trump's threat to EXTINCT Iran and its Civilization produce the same mind-bending stomach turning SICKNESS that I experienced with Nakita Krushchev's Declaration .   It didn't end there .  Soon Krushchev would convince Cuba to allow Russian ICBM's to be staged, thereby threatening America with TOTAL and COMPLETE EXTINCTION .   History records this as "The Cuban Missile Crisis" .

                              Now it's trump, and his Declaration to "Extinct" Iran .   I resort to this most BITTER cliche :  "The more things change, the more they stay the same."  Horror upon Horror, that somehow stymies Time itself --- ... .    You'd think that Civilization "Learns from its mistakes", that History is the ULTIMATE >>>Teacher ,   sadly no IT IS NOT .   The Great Teacher , "Some One", embittered, "Those who do not Read and Respect History are DOOMED to Repeat It".   Joe Rogan chimed, "Repetition generates POWER."   Here we are, "BACK to the Future" .

Martyr-DUMB

                                                          I NEVER want to 'live through' what trump did to Us yesterday .    I can't imagine what the Iranians must have Suffered --- we saw video of Women and Children standing on bridges with Iranian Flags, defying American Transgression with only the Flag and Martyrdom as 'Protection' .   They were Ready, Able and WILLING to DIE for their >>>>RELIGION<<<< and secondarily their >>>Country<<< .   Their Conduct MAY be deemed, "Fanatical" but their BELIEF 'drove' them to this Form of QUESTIONALBE Agency .   I'm not a fan of this Effort to achieve Martyrdom ,   I ADAMANTLY REFUSE to accept Allah as RIGHTEOUS if He makes His own Peoples Sacrifice their Lives to maintain  a Theocracy that slaughters INNOCENTS .   This AIN'T the 'doings' of Allah , no and FUCK NO... this is the Agency of HUMANS, whose Zealotry CHAINS them to the most VILE Bloodlust that can be Conceived, KILLING in the Name of GOD .