Mister E.

                                                          I must save the discussion of "Mysticism" for a later date .   There's the term "Mystical Experience" which can be ANYTHING from a "sex act" to moving a 2 ton boulder a quarter of an inch .   Personally I find the Practice of Zen a ~Mystical Experience~ ... how is it that "Dried Shit on a Shovel" can BE a manifestation of Mysticism is a question for QUANTUM Zen where Quantum Zen is the Quantum Mechanical Aspect of the Physics of Buddhism, a book still in the Planning Stages .   

                         At some point I MUST include >Truth< in the Global Code .   To date I have been somewhat satisfied with referring to Ancient Kung Fu Masters as "Defenders of the Truth" , but that is problematical in that Truth, like Beauty, is "in the eye of the beholder", and besides THAT, Truth, itself, is RELATIVE .   

                        I've gone to the Extreme :   Where most folks want to   "Live the Truth" I want to BE the Truth .   You can see the Problem ... .  

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"

                                                           I wondered if I should include 

                                                > Endeavor to recognize and identify the Difference between

                                                       Instinctual and Civilizational Behavior .< 

                         'Recognize'  looks like this :    "Something is up" or, "Something doesn't look or FEEL Right" .    This This is vital to our GENERAL Development since Social Interaction appears as INSTINCTUAL NECESSITY  --- we have been taught that Humankind is a "Herd"--- that we have what is known as a "Herd Mentality", in other words, we do WELL in groups,  it is NATURAL to seek out Others either formally or informally .   It's INSTINCTUAL  to "Live together" .   Indeed, "Together Action" DEFINES Civilization .   It may be said that Evolution DEMANDS >Co-Operation< in order for Civilization to "Advance" {toward Perfection} .  

                      Here it is where 'Instinctual Behavior' carries with it "The Law(s) of the Jungle" --  to adhere to these Laws is to define one's self as Barbaric, i.e., Crude, Lewd and Rude .   To be "Civilized" is to have "Refinement" and "Sophistication" in both physical conduct and mental faculty .   It's difficult to tag one as "ugly" and the other as 'beautiful' , BUT ..........  .

Miss Bea Gotten

                                                          What does it mean to "Live the Miracle" ?    Good one .

                         We speak of "The MIRACLE of Birth" but rarely is that followed by >The MIRACLE of Life< .   To Live the Miracle of Life is to be ever-Mindful that Life has been "Given" to us and that this Life is SACRED and by being SACRED the UTMOST Respect for Life and for those Others that Live among Us is absolutely ESSENTIAL for one's Spiritual Development .   Remember, the Evolutionary Trajectory of EVERY HUMAN BEING is ALWAYS toward "Perfection" .  Here it is where Buddhists and Zen Buddhists alike identify 'Perfection' as Enlightenment .   Does this THIS mean I WANT the entire Planet to be Buddhist ????   Another "Good one" .   2 words :  Unrealistic .

                         I have queried my Gentle Readers, Would you rather Live in Beauty or reside in Ugliness [?] .    It looks like a "no brainer" but I KNOW good folk struggle with this because who's to say what is Beautiful and what is Ugly ???    We are handcuffed and shackled by "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and that is adequate to establish Reality as far as it goes .    I will contend that the Miracle itself IS >Ultimate Beauty< .   Keep in Mind that, Beauty in Humans is reflective of HEALTH .    A beautiful woman and a beautiful man are perceived as INTENSELY  Healthy and as such, are GREATLY DESIRABLE, indeed, we sometimes find ourselves WORSHIPPING those who are BEAUTIFUL, to a FAULT, I must add .   

Equals

                                                           It's IMPERATIVE to 'see' that the Precepts are NOT

                                                               >>>IRON CLAD LAW<<<

                          which, when broken,  results in some form of punitive consequence .   Zen Masters INSIST that the Precepts are "GUIDELINES" --- suggestions almost --- to be utilized when Correct Conduct comes into question inside a circumstance or event .   

                             "All Life Is Sacred" is a BELIEF that I WANT to register as

                              HUMAN >>>>>>>DEVOTION<<<<<<<<< to Planetary Well Being .    

                         The Nature of this Devotion must be given Attention .  This Devotion is NOT to a Belief, but rather to the Beings and Entities that inhabit the Earth .   The Miracle of Life for THEM is the same as the Miracle of Life for US --- in this,,, WE ARE EQUALS.  

Miss Conduct

                                                           An example of a "Code of Conduct" comes from the First Five Precepts that Buddhists and Zen Buddhists employ to aid in navigating Public and PRIVATE exposure to the General Public and one's own Mind .  Here they are :

                              

                                                                         DO NOT KILL

                                                                         DO NOT STEAL

                                                                         DO NOT ENGAGE IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

                                                                         DO NOT LIE

                                                                         DO NOT TAKE INTOXICANTS 

                           Look familiar ?    Ya-gotta admit, "They sure do" .    

                           There is a Ceremony for those that wish to Accept these Precepts as Core Components of an Individual's Spiritual Refinement .    Chants are recited followed by the Zen Master's 'burning' of a small point on the Student's forearm, this is done by touching a lit incense stick to the area, which produces a noticeable scar/dot, identifying the Student as a "Devout" .  

                           Kwik* aside :    If you want to declare yourself a Buddhist you simply recite, "I take Refuge in the Buddha, I take Refuge in the Dharma, I take Refuge in the Sangha" ...  this is repeated 3 times and VOILA !!!  You are now a Buddhist .  I cant help but chuckle at this (I'm NOT a well man) .

The Global Code

                                                           Last night I had a something 'arrive' that caught my attention :    it was this ;  ---> Global Code<---  .    It's 'arrival' was mildly THRILLING since, for some time, I've been wondering what, exactly, the 'Global Citizen' should have as a Core of Beliefs, meaning, what would the be the "Guidelines" that would Aid the Citizen in navigating the Ocean of Suffering that is the Planet's Karma .   Throughout the Ages Humankind has Valued various 'Codes' --- from The Code of Hammurabi, to The Ten Commandments,  Codes that Define Civilization and its resultant Societies and Cultures .

                           Generally, it is safe to say that 'Code' is part of    >Code of Conduct<   where 'Conduct' is the Way we "act" around Others, specifically PUBLIC Others, Humans whose names we do NOT know but who share our "Space and Time" .   I should have used General Public , that's makes it clearer .   

                           The First Global Code maxim is this Beauty 

                                                                    ALL LIFE IS SACRED .

                           The Second is this exhortation

                                                                    LIVE THE MIRACLE .

                           I questioned whether or not to change Miracle to Mystical ,  but the employment of Mystical is my own bias .  I mean, straight out, I Believe Zen is Mystical in Outer Form and Invisible Substance .   Shit we can't see  nor explain, that enters our Domain of Reality , has been characterized by the Ancient Chinese as originating in the "Invisible Realm" .   I LOVE that .   

                          

"The Break-up"

                                                           As far as "Break-ups" 'go' there was that time when we, us guys, who worked at R.I. Import, were gathered at a local 'watering hole' and Steve Jezerney  arrived with with his girl, a fucking Cosmic "NO-NO" .   We stood AGHAST as she was introduced to all of us .   She had coal-black hair, cut short, but not a "bob" and she was ENDOWED, meaning, she was as VOLUPTUOUS as any "Earth Mother" figurine ever hand-crafted by a DEVOUT .   "IT" didn't stop there, during the evening she USED OUR NAMES as though she had already memorized them ---AND SHE BOUGHT US A COUPLE OF PITCHERS OF BEER .  I mean, HOLY FUCKING GAWD .  ALL of us were IN LOVE .

                         Next time we saw Steve we asked about Kate, he looked away and saddened, "I broke up with her" .    WE BEGAN TO WAIL NO NO  NO NO SHE IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE LOVE HER .  It was to no avail, their relationship had been dissolved and with it our Hearts.  

                         In those days Relationships were Extravaganzas of Lust, and Sex --- we were ever mindful of ,   "There are PLENTY of other fish in the sea", so, I mean, there's THAT .   Did THAT justify the Divorce ?????????    Uhhhhhh ... .

                          

"ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH"

                                                          Last night as I was rifling through my CD's a wave of >Ache< swept over me .   I sat back to catch my breath and to FEEL its MAGNITUDE .    I recovered to wonder its MEANING .   My Mind went blank {which is a GOOD thing} .   After a few moments Zen Master Seung Sahn came to Mind with this :   "Perceive World Sound" which I saw and felt as Perceive World ACHE.

THAT'S the Essence of King Charles's ................Plea .   It was the Delivery of Heart-ACHE, the Sadness that approaches SORROW .   2 words.....fuck .

                       Back in Ancient Times there was a Film titled "Once Is Not Enough" starring Kirk Douglas and Alexis Smith .  It's mostly a romantic Tragedy, of the Shakespearean Mold ,   but the title is Significant for us .   There is no Plot to "thicken", it is rather straight forward =   Guy breaks up with girl for questionable reasons and the girl is beyond Distraught so much so that she confronts Kirk "as a woman scorned" .   Kirk tries to defend his decision by saying, "I loved you once" to which she fires back "ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH ".   "We seen this flick, it don't end well" is enough for a summary .

                    That 's how I view Great Britain and America and I presume "it's" the same for GB .   You can see it rite ?

Reciprocity

                                                           King Charles delivered a beautiful speech that, at times, waxed poetic about the Relationship of Great Britain [to] and America .   He spoke with the Calm that TRUE POWER >has< in certain Sensitive {tender} Moments where abject INTENSITY is manifested as Whisper ,  as though one is close enough to one's "Significant Other" and "I Love YOU" is at the edge of hearing, so close that warm breath can be felt on one's ear .   It was like that ~~~~~~~~sorta .

                           King Charles spoke of "Shared Commonalities"-- something of which my Gentle Readers are well aware -- that these Shared Commonalities include remembrances of Times-Long-Passed which serve as Reminder of   L-----o-----n-----g Standing Commitments and DEVOTIONS to Higher Order Ideals ,  and Human NOBILITY,  that of Kindness, Compassion, Caring, and, of course, DEMOCRACY , which at one Time characterized the "Greater Whole" .   He cautioned about "Nostalgia", that it causes a certain paralysis, a paralysis which prevents True recognition of REALITY --- a paralysis that stymies Positive Movement toward first, Repair, and second Regeneration .   He gently chided that we cannot "Live in the past", that it is Necessary to constantly monitor the Prevailing Conditions with an Eye toward HEALTHY Maintenance ,  and the Muscle to execute those changes that are of the UTMOST Benefit .

                           King Charles was unafraid to intimate that the Relationship was of a "Love" Order, meaning, that of Two who have been Lovers in the Past, where Marriage was totally and completely NATURAL .   In this, he thanked America for "Rescuing" Britain in WWI and WWII -------BUT, "Times have Changed" and the World has Evolved AND SO SHOULD THE RELATIONSHIP EVOLVE AS WELL .

                           The King reinforced Britain's Commitment to America by saying "We have your Back" and "WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK" ,   all Britain 'wanted in return' was Reciprocity >>>LOVING<<< Reciprocity .  

                           As I wrote above, "IT" was Beautiful .

"Nag Hammadi"

                                                          In one of the "Addams Family" films "Wednesday" portrayed by Christina Ricci, issues this ominous Warning, "Be afraid, be VERY Afraid" .   I say, and here I quote myself, "Be aware, be VERY Aware" .   Trump and his have backed themselves "into a corner" and because they have SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT , are now wounded and FEROCIUS which causes them to "FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES" .   They will DO and SAY  >>>ANYTHING<<< to maintain their brand of "Order" REGARDELESS OF THE COST .   

                                 I must leave this here .   Below are only a few of the texts that I have read for my Studies .

           The Nag Hammadi Library ---  The  Dead Sea Scrolls --- Mary Magdalene --- The Gospel of Thomas ---  The Lost Years of Jesus --- Forbidden Faith --- The Woman with the Alabaster Jar --- The Gospel of Mary Magdalene --- The Lost Gospel --- Beloved Disciple --- The Jesus Mystery --- Beyond Belief --- The Gnostic Paul --- The Gospel of Jesus --- Lost Scriptures --- Lost Christianities ---Misquoting Jesus --- From Jesus to Christianity --- Jesus and the Lost Gospels --- .

         There are Important Others that I have refrained from listing .  No matter .   Try one, and if you don't like it TRY ANOTHER !!!

NICEA

                                                           You 'get' the Council of Nicea convened in 325 A.D. and from those "make-believe" celibates a Proclamation that Mary Magdalene was a "Prostitute" .   Bull and fucking HORSESHIT of course, but you don't KNOW the Truth and even WANT-TO-KNOW because (here it comes) "The Bible IS THE BIBLE" .   Presently we have the Council of Injustice Proclaiming the "Assassination Attempt" was NOT >>>>>>>>STAGED<<<<<<<<<< when, for the WHOLE WORLD,, it looked like NOTHING LESS .    Now These Two are UNRELATED EXCEPT FOR THE AGENCY UTILIZED ===   White Men LYING in order to maintain POWER .   

                            

The Rule of the Pharoah

                                                           There's a Street and Gutter phrase of which I am quite partial, it is this :   "They don't know no better" .   It's NOT a 'Great Defense' but it IS serviceable because it allows for an insertion of Innocence which CAN neutralize 'They are too STUPID to know any better' a grating  harshness that begets a raw Cynicism of Human Nature .   

                           Do I now claim that the American Public is "TOO STUPID TO KNOW BETTER"  ??   Tough one .... .  They are BARELY 'Informed' and when they ARE 'Informed' at least SOME of that Information is Propaganda the Government presents as Truth .    The Governmental Sanhedrin expects to be Believed because, after all, IT IS THE GOVERNMENT .   This same Dynamic is expressed by the Bible, after all, isn't the WORD of the Bible THE WORD OF GOD ?   

                          For almost twenty plus YEARS I have had Ancient Esoteric Christian Writings as a "Hobby", ten of those years I devoted to Christology and Gnosticism, and within the remaining ten, a fervent Study of the Bible and ITS >>>>>>>>>CORRUPTION<<<<<<<<<< .    

                          In the Same Way that 'everything' begins with the Dead Sea Scrolls , everything 'begins' with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution .   Here it is where `Things` begin with abject Sincerity and CLARITY but have been edited and redacted to ENSURE Male DOMINATED Continuity .

                         This from The Culture of Ancient Egypt by What's-his-name Wilson =  "Order" then, was a created and inherited rightness, which tradition built up into a concept of ordered stability, in order to confirm and consolidate the status quo, particularly the Rule of the Pharoah " .   

"SFW"

                                                          Yesterday between my 'Morning Session' and the Afternoon Session, I had brunch while monitoring the events of the day on the "Idiot Box" as is my custom .   For whatever reason I scrolled to find a documentary on the History Channel that featured Saint Mary Magdalene .  I stopped in my tracks---was the Universe sending me a >>>Message<<< ?   I am WARY of writing about one of my most Intense Passions ,   Religion and its Manifestations are Difficult for ANY Readers and I hazard that my Gentle Readers are no different .   

                             Yesterday I expressed SIGNIFICANT Suspicion, over the Incident that transpired during the White House Correspondents' Gala, I smelled COVER-UP and said so .   There was a White House "Presser" which was nothing sort of AGONY followed by a Justice Department Same ,   still MORE shit to eat -------- .     I listened as the words from the Injustice Department were caught in their throats like vomit .   Did they REALLY Expect the Viewing Audience to ACCEPT their words of shit and vomit ???   OF COURSE THEY DID !   Their confidence was the result of previous Violations of the Public Trust that had been completely successful ---there was no reason to doubt that this "Cover-up" would be received any less enthusiastically .   

                           It's ASTONISHING what the People will Believe and THAT has Foundation in "Folks Believe what they WANT to Believe" and most folks do NOT have the Skill to detect BULLSHIT much less sophisticated Propaganda .    

                           So it is with the Bible, which has been edited and redacted into Blasphemeic* Infinity, all to serve the Purposes of the Ruling Elite,  the Sanhedrin of MEN whose Sole not Soul Function is the Continued EXPLOITATION of the Devout .   

                           MEN will do WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STAY IN POWER and if THAT means to Degrade and Oppress Women, SO FUCKING WHAT .   

Trump's a "WALK OFF"

                                                           One of my favorite scenes OF ALL TIME was a cowboy/gunfighter flick whose title  is mercifully unrememberable .   The scene is of two persons with Strong Wills, one of whom refuses to acknowledge some Truth .   After a "discussion" that is about to led to a kwik-draw gun duel, the Defender of Truth chimes : "What we got here is a "Walk Off" ... when it came time to get in line to get  Intelligence,  THIS cowboy dun "WALKED-OFF" .   The scene concludes with the inevitable Duel, the Defender , of course, prevailing .   "It don't get no better" .

                              Trump is a "WALK OFF" plain and simple .

Miss Guided

                                                           I BELIEVE that Childhood Influences GOVERN our adult "day-to-day", meaning, the Teachings, now either buried or hidden, MANIFEST as part of our adult Consciousness .   Rather, it is OPTIMAL when these Positive Influences direct us on a Trajectory of {Mental} Health .   When they do NOT, as demonstrated by trump and his feral Others, the "ADULT CHILD" succumbs to the Ravages of INSTINCTUAL ANIMALITY, meaning, Positive Socialization is MUTED in favor of the STRONGEST UNCONSCIOUS >  'Promptings' = those of the PRE-Consciousness , otherwise regarded as 'Cave-Man'    'Tendencies' .   We sometimes refer to those of this "bent" as "Knuckle Draggers" ,  which MAY impugn Neandertals .  

                                  It is imperative to remember that ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE MORALS .   I KNOW that even "Captain OBVIOUS" would fucking CRINGE at that statement but I state the OBVIOUS because it contextualizes whatever narrative is being examined --- and thus it is an Aid in Understanding .

                                 Just as an animal has no Heart and has no Soul so it is with trump as well --- in THIS he is CLEARLY >>>Inhuman .

THE EMPEROR JUST SHIT HIS PANTS !!!!

                                                          Perhaps the MOST IMPORTANT >Children's Teaching< is this one :   "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me ."    Of all the Children's Teachings, THIS, characterizes trump because we, as in ALL OF US, have seen him MELT-DOWN over the WORDS of Others .   He never "LEARNED" that "Words" can't EVER  hurt him .   One can point DIRECTLY to his Retribution Tour and qualify each of his signature injustices as a DIRECT RESULT of his childhood and "Early Development"{or LACK thereof} >>>DOTARD-ATION .   Trump is DOTARDED .   I must point out that I used Dotarded and NOT >Retarded< because there is Societal >>dismay<< over the use of an OBVIOUS Dys-Justice* .   I've had  to e-x--p---a----n-----d the Definition of 'dotard' to encompass EARLY AGE,  please allow me this Latitude .

                            The Ancient American Indigenous considered the "Mentally Challenged" as TRUTH SPEAKERS, and that they were SACRED because they were so "CLOSE" to the Great Spirit .   How GREAT would it be if -when trump next time "shits his pants" -  a Truth Speaker yells out :  IT SMELLS LIKE SHIT ~~~SOMEONE SHIT HIS PANTS !   I mean how much BETTER than "The Emperor has no clothes" ???   

                 Holy fuck ............ where was I ???????????

"Monkey see" Monkey don't .

                                                           I am SUPPOSE-TO have 'standards' when I write and IN my writing, but those standards are dependent upon WHICH "Steve DeSilva" has the keyboard at his fingertips .   I DO strive to achieve and MAINTAIN a "World Class" Mind ,  I mean 'it's' clearly Ambition, and I am SUPPOSE-TO be without Ambition but it is 'there' nonetheless and DESPITE "knowing better" .   

                            In exploring 'Media Content' and exacting Analysis upon it I have to fend-off the Desire to utilize Cultural and POP Cultural axioms, euphemisms, idioms, colloquialisms, sayings, expressions , platitudes, and even corollaries because they seem so trite and cliche-ic --plus, they are "Simplistic" in both Form and Measure which MAY indicate a "Simple Mind"---not that THAT is a "bad" thing .   Thing is, a "simpleton" ain't a "good" thing when your Desire is to be "World Class" .   

                          When we were learning to be Umpires, we were told, "Don't have 'rabbit ears' and - Don't be 'thin skinned' " .   I guffawed when I heard that, shit, didn't we learn that at as KIDS ?   Well, MY GENERATION sure DID,  but when you witness trump and conduct and behavior, you GOTTA Believe that none of those Teachings "got in" .   CLEARLY those Teaching Wisdoms had NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER on trump   You can see "IT" rite ???

R & R

                                                           Yesterday morning I shoveled a path in the garden to separate the Potato bed with the rest of the area.   I managed to strain several muscles and tear up my ribs (serratus and intercostals) so I'm feeling pretty good about NOT doing ANYTHING this morning except attend Fareed Zacaria's Class at 10 O'clock .   After that I'm gonna audit a couple of other "classes" as I am "WANT" to do .   Plus, It's RAINING so this reticent sloth is PERFECTION-on-STEROIDS .   I LOVE to be "Guilt Free" .   

                             It ain't like EVERYDAY is a "TV Day" but SUNDAY sure "Fits the Bill" and does so SWIMMINGLY .   

                             Get some Rest,  Eat as much as you want and definitely OVER -INDULGE .   Nobody Fights 24-7 .  No one CAN .

"STAYIN' ALIVE"

                                                           I listened to trump's micro and MACRO mumblings waiting to see if he had the fucking GALL to ACTUALLY [even] MENTION his new ballroom and what do you thing he did ????????   YUP  he calmly Suggested that if they were inside HIS ballroom "None of this would have happened".   WHERE HAVE WE HEARED >>>THAT<<< BEFORE ????

                            There are NO Words for his type of Callousness, Insensitivity, Crudeness and Vile --- he "calls it like he sees it" and if he DOESN'T See It, HE MAKES IT UP" .   

                           After being HIT by that BOMB-O-SHIT , I  HAD-TA figure "SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN DENMARK" .   I HAD-TA ask, >>>>  Was this Incident PLANNED ???????????

                           2 words :  Epstein File Cover-Up, Greenland, Venezuela, and Iran .   

                           There is NOTHING HE WON'T DO to stay in Power and GET WHAT HE WANTS .

The "Breast Plate Special"

                                                           I was "flat on my back" in the recliner, as I continued to monitor the events, I recovered slightly, stood up, and before it was too long, I was "flat on my back" once again .   I know rite ????

                             Only one Question was ricocheting like a pinball in a Williams "Pleasure Machine" .   It was : "HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING >>>>HERE<<<<< ?   This specific 'Hilton' had been a Time-Honored  "Safe House" , a Location FULLY ARMORED to Protect whichever POTUS was in attendance .   They echoed-oed-oed-oed the CONCRETE ,  there were layers upon LAYERS of Security Measures that were suppose to GUARANTEE Environmental SAFETY .    How was it, EXACTLY, that ONE man penetrated the Security and did so ARMED ??????????????????????  

                           It was reported that an Officer operating a metal detector, was SHOT IN THE CHEST --- but his KEVLAR Vest did its Job .   Praise Allah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

The Proverbial "Yin Yang"

                                                          A few minutes after half-passed "What-The-Fuck" Steph informed us that trump was-gonna* deliver what the news folks 'call'  a   "Presser", which is short for 'press conference' although 'conference' is way too "bigly" a description .   I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT  ------- WHAT THE FUCK WAS RWONG* WITH THIS ASSHOLE ????????????????

                              I was in the midst of decompressing after that ADRENALIN RUSH and my eyes were burning because I had exceeded my personal 'Design Parameters' by staying awake after my bedtime,  but  no matter---THIS WAS WORLD NEWS IN THE MAKING and I DIDN'T WANNA MISS EVEN ONE WORD !!!   Steph informed us that it would take only half an hour for trump and his to ready a speech ---FIVE YEARS LATER he took to the podium .

                              Trump looked NONPLUSSED--- he was neither >rattled< nor >shaken< and his voice was even and modulated ---- noteworthy because he seemed indifferent and unphased DESPITE WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED .    IT'S AS IF HE KNEW >>>>>>>>>>BEFORE-HAND<<<<<<<<  !!!!!

                              You want SUSPICION ?    Well I  got Suspicion UP THE YIN YANG !!!!!!!!!!!

                             

Smell-O-Vision

                                                          As I just wrote "Back-up" arrived on the floor of the ballroom but I did NOT hear. "EVERYONE TAKE COVER" --- at the first sign of Trouble , folks had already huddled beneath their tables.........   The 'back-up' agents did NOT call out, "CLEAR --  CLEAR" and a few folks raised their Heads to get a 'peek' .   Slowly everyone moved to their chairs and a few even stood up .   There was ABJECT BEWILDERMENT registered on EVERYONE'S face = = =   WHAT THE FUCK HAD JUST HAPPENED ?????

                            MS NOW Broad-caster and resident Redhead BRAINIAC, Stephanie Ruhle, assumed 'anchor' role mainly, (I think) because she was ON THE SPOT, and was Inside, when the commotion began .   She was shaken {not stirred} as were her fellow news hounds .   She reported that trump was OK and that he wanted the show TO CONTINUE !!!!!!!!!   AREYOUFUCKING KIDDING ME ?????  It was OUTRAGEOULSY BIZARRE !!!!!!!!!!!  Half a fucking ARMY was inside and outside the ballroom in order to "Secure the Premisis" , and trump wanted to IGNORE the INCIDENT >>>ENTIRELY ????

                          Something wasn't right .   IT looked BAD and smelled fucking ROTTEN ?   { I have "Smell-O-Vision"} .

"Snow Job"

                                                           Let's get right to my conspiracy theory :  Last night at the Correspondents (get this) Gala there were "SHOTS FIRED" !!!  I / We watched, in "Real Time", the Secret Service surround trump and ferret him to a safe(r) place .    It WASN'T like we have seen in  movies, more like we've seen in those ANCIENT "Keystone cops" cartoons .   I write this because it ---> trump's rescue <---  was just flat-out CLUMSEY --- plus, there were so FEW SS agents to execute trump's removal .   There was some time elapsed before the "back-up" arrived on the floor of the ballroom and they were  no better [looking] .    Still, I sat AHGAST .  

                           My first reaction is that an 'assassination' had been attempted and my Pop-Culture Mind went straight to that Tom Cruise film, "Valkyrie", the one where Upper Echelon German Officers conspired to assassinate  hitler --- to smote him where he sat .   Once I took a few breaths, that scenario did  NOT seem likely .   Still ------------I wondered .

                          Were there REAL American Patriots who KNEW that ONE of "The Only Way Out(s)" was trump's >>>>>>>>>>>Elimination ?    Sketchy if not flat-out LOSE .   But when you factor in trump's War and we have already considered his WAR as a DEFLECTION-AWAY-FROM-THE-EPSTEIN-FILES ya-gotta jus' shake your head, and admit :  THAT THE NIGHT'S DRAMA WAS A HOLLYWOOD >>>>>>>>>>>STUNT<<<<<<<<<<< performed by trump and his, to leverage the building of what is to be considered a HIDEOUS MONSTROSITY---his ball room .   One need  not ask, "Does he even have the BALLS for such a GROTESQUE Abomination ?"   Trump IS The ABOMINABLE 'Snow' man, where 'snow' is short for "Snow Job" .   I mean, there's THAT .

"Hard Drivin' Man"

                                                           Previously, I have utilized this line :

                                                                " Have in your Hold the Great Image " .

                             I want to thicken the understanding of "Hold" .   

                             Our Society and Culture employs "Hold" in various uses, "Hold on, I'm coming" is the one that surfaces as most common, but Buddhism and Zen utilize "Hold" as a Mental Construct, meaning, 'Hold' 'means', to 'carry about' and never let go .   This 'Hold' is VITAL to Spiritual >Progress< although it is hidden somewhat because Spirituality isn't exactly OBVIOUS to us reg'lar Folk .   Holding manifests as a Default Setting, meaning,  whenever there is a mental lapse in attention continuity, whatever is being 'Held' surfaces for Consciousness Re-focus . 

                             I argue that We must 'Hold' that >>>TRUMP MUST BE STOPPED<<< .   "Holding" here functions as a REMINDER that We are AT WAR --- and Our Attention SHOULD NOT be Deflected by outside stimulations that seek to KEEP Us from Revolutionary Thinking and  Reformative ACTIONS .  Questions arrive :  Must we 'Hold' that 'Mind' 24-7 ?   Or can we "Put it all down" and seek "R & R" at the end of Our day ?   2 words :   BOTH .

                            I won't put 'IT" down, I blog "for a living" and the Question of HOW ---BY WHAT MEANS can trump be stopped is EVER-PRESENT in my 24-7 Mind, plus, I KNOW the INESTIMABLE VALUE of "Holding" because I have been a Zen Student for what seems like a KAZILLION Lifetimes...but hey....that's just me .

                           

                             

Weaponized Sacrifice

                                                          What can be done PHYSICALLY to help dampen the Effects of FASCIST Economics ?   On a personal level we can employ SACRIFICE as a Weapon to inflict >Pain< on those business and corporations that are nothing short of trumpian SYMPATHIZERS, those that have knelt to trump, kissed his ass ring and otherwise accorded him the most HEINOUS gratuities .   We can BOYCOTT specific items that DEFINTITELY Effect "the bottom line" .   I have noted elsewhere that "Boycott" has NOT "been deployed" as a PERSONAL and PUBLIC  >>>WEAPON<<< because Personal and Public SACRIFICE has NOT reached the Awareness of "Jus' Reg'lar" Folk .  I find that "IT" DEPLORABLE .   But here now the far-reaching "tentacle" of 'self-indulgence' and the INABILITY of americans to "Go Without" DESPITE the DEMANDS of 'War-time Footing' .   There are ANCINET CRIES of "What can just ONE person DO?" and  "My actions DON'T MATTER" .   2 words :                                                                          

                                                                      BULLSHIT !

                               

"Militant Idealism"

                                                           The quasi-Hippie Warrior-of-the-People, Nicole Wallace, has repeatedly asked her guests to supply ACTIONS that us "Common Folk" can do in order to help Neutralize the daily and heavy bombardment of PROPAGANDA .    Her guests have offered Little save Charity-minded Actions that DO NOT help Neutralize Propaganda .  Volunteering in soup kitchens and the like  ARE >>>>commendable<<<   but I am hard-pressed to believe that such Efforts can advance the "Site-Specific" Tactics that can CONFRONT ongoing Iniquities that Assault not only Our Intelligence but Our Hearts and Souls as well .   

                             I have warned my Gentle Readers that I am an avowed "Militant Idealist" and this Militarism is NOT averse to Individual Resistance in the Forms of PERSONAL SACRIFICE and Public Constraint .   My Argument is based on the term "War Footing", meaning, the REALITY  that We, AS A NATION, ---> MUST<--- execute those Tactics that Effect, even tangentially, the CORE of trumpist (terminal) Capitalism, which now has been rightfully identified as "Crony Capitalism" and stronger still, "Kleptocracy" .   Can we-IN FACT- "Hit them WHERE IT HURTS" ???   Two words :   YES !!!

                           

"GET SMART"

                                                           There's a scene in the ancient TV series "Get Smart" : a situation develops between "KAOS" agents and those of "CONROL" who have positioned themselves to form a 'Mexican Stand-off' and Agent Maxwell Smart is convinced that  NOTHING will happen------ as he tries to step away he hears a shot fired, than another and another and another until ALL the agents lie on the ground either dead or wounded .   Agent Smart snides*  "...of course all it take is ONE wise  guy" .   I LOVED "Get Smart" and NOT just because of  "Agent 99" [Barbara Feldon] .   "Those were the days" .

                             I watch and listen to the Admirals and Generals invited as guests to both MSNOW an CNN ,    and as a group they register GREAT Concern regarding the Mexican Stand-off existing presently .    They are concerned that there IS "just one guy" who can brainlessly fire a 'round' that results in CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ---> the destruction of MULTIPLE oil refineries, tank reservoirs, and coastal pumping facilities that would then cause Immense if not MASSIVE Damage to oil and petroleum transport ABOVE and BEYOND the Destruction that has already occurred .

                             

"Mexican Stand-off"

                                                           We're gonna be "here", awhile, 'here' being a state of "stalemate" and "Mexican Stand-off" .   I had to resort to getting a decent description (definition) of 'Mexican Standoff' from Wikipedia .    Here it is .  

                                                  " 'Mexican Stand-off' is a confrontation where no strategy exists that allows any party to achieve victory .  Anyone initiating aggression might trigger their own demise .   At the same time, the parties are unable to extract themselves from the situation ... "  

                               "When you steal, steal from the best."   The above may NOT "be the best" but the above is clear and understandable and that's all we need for today's consideration .

                              To >>>>ME<<<<<  the "Situation" in the Strait of Hormuz is OBVIOUS as a 'Mexican Stand-off' and I wonder WHY 'Mexican Stand-off' was NOT   IMMEDIATELY 'given' to the public as a way to Understand the present "stalemate" a term that hasn't been applied either .   I'm OLD, and me and Mine learned about Mexican Stand-off (s) at an early age through contact with films and movies and even Early TV .   I have NO 'love' for present day journalists who IGNORE Pop-Culture references, and cinematic tropes .   I mean there's that brutal scene in Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" where members of a gang are standing with their weapons pointed at each other, and where just one shot will be the extinction of all .  "Killer" scene pun intended .

                             

"The Great Society"

                                                           Back in "The Day"---MY Day, the early 70's, which seems like 27 "FOREVERS" and 15 HUNDRED Lifetimes, there were 'slogans' that were utilized as Inspirations as well as communications among those of Us who Protested the War in Vietnam and the Government that waged it .   Further, there were Protests over Civil Rights Inequities that UNIFIED an entire Generation .  We had "Skin In the Game", meaning, OUR classmates, team-mates, friends and cronies were being shipped off to Vietnam AGAINST OUR WILLS to wage a War NO ONE WANTED --->   EXCEPT THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX .   We weren't just getting 'Fucked' we were getting RAPED and we Protested to Express Our AGONY !!!!!!!!!    

                            EVERY DAY PROTESTS Registered as UNIVERSAL MALCONTENT, and it FORCED    LBJ and his    to End the Carnage in Vietnam .   America SURRENDED and was a BETTER Nation for it .   You can see "IT" rite ????

Groucho Marx delivers ...

                                                           I utilize Quotations because, at their optimal, they  >>Inspire<< .   A look at 'Inspire' offers this :  within Inspiration is s-p-i-r  short form of Spirit, and Spirit is the Life Energy not only of the Universe but ALL its Inhabitants .   Thus, the employment of Quotations is the employment of Spirit, where employment connotes >>>Infusion<<< .   If we are "Dis-Spirited", lacking in Spirit, Quotations afford an Infusion of Spirit, thereby imbuing us with the so-called Energy of Life .   'IT' helps us passed our "limitations" and can even Guide us toward a HEALTHIER Direction .   

                                The second "Fail Safe" Mechanism in which I rarely indulge is, personal depictions, meaning 'stories' of my Life .   I must note that these stories are Extreeeemly subjective, and that the only Reason I would employ them is to make my Gentle Readers Aware of mistakes, sins, and Cosmic  >transgressions< that have led me to misfortune, Misery and Suffering ALL OF WHICH SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS.    My Duty to my Gentle Readers is to AID them in their own Life Journeys .    Here it is where my own FAILURES must be BILLBOARDED so that My Gentle Readers get a "Heads uP" to the disasters and calamities that ABOUND in Existence as TRAPS and PITFALLS .

                                 The Goal of Pure Authorship is to ADVANCE CIVILIZATION --- to Contribute SOUND  Advice and  offer WISDOM as an Agent of  Change and Transformation .   This THIS is what I learned from Hermann Hesse and SUPERIOR Others .   

                                   My Mentor the Great and Wise Groucho Marx delivers this :

                                          

                                  "Is that 3 quotes ?   Well put in another and make it a gallon."

... a morning of Mourning ...

                                                           I got settled into "Chairy-Chair" at 5:30 a.m. and have been "the Thinker" for over three hours with 'nothing' to "show" for it .   I'm writing now because of a "Fail Safe" Mechanism I employ to relieve my own chagrin (mortification) at my lack of a topic and "First Sentence" .   When a "First Sentence does not 'arrive' after a couple of hours, and I feel I MUST put-uP SOMETHING on the screen I most often resort to simply transcribing relevant quotes that I think would benefit my Gentle Readers .   I am reticent to write about myself, who the fuck wants to read about an old man's ----------> struggles ?    

                         This morning is "One of  >THOSE<  Mornings" , a morning of Mourning  at the Global Loss of   >>>HUMAN<<<  "Goodness" and Humankind's UNWILLINGNESS to Effect Repairs and Re-align CORRECT   >>HUMAN<<  Values with Evolution's Trajectory .   It would behoove us to remember Darwin's Declaration, that Species Evolve ALWAYS toward a SUPERIOR Existence---Inferior 'characteristics' are ALWAYS abandoned in favor of the SUPERIOR .   So it is and so it MUST be with regard to Human Governments .   Evolution DEMANDS >>>>FAVORABLE<<<< Change and Transformations, those that can ENSURE  Continuity of the Species .   We do NOT have to "look far" to see that, presently, Humankind is being FORCED to endure the Superiority of INFERIORITY -- the Wars in Ukraine , Gaza, Lebanon and Iran .   All of which were MAN MADE .

Successful Raunch

                                                           Trump could order an immediate Retreat and END the War IN SECONDS .    We know full well >>  THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN !   Even if there was  a miracle and trump DID order such a retreat what is he leaving behind ?   He leaves behind an EMPOWERED and FANATICAL Muslim Regime that now has a STRANGLE-HOLD on the Strait of Hormus which can be exercised to COMMAND >>>>GLOBAL TRIBUTE<<<< and NOT just a Toll for tanker and vessel movement .   

                           The entire PLANET would be subject to IRANIAN RULES --- at that Point what can the EU Do ???  What can ANYONE Do ???

                            It's a fucking LEAP to even SUGGEST that Iran is a VICTIM here, but Polemics allows me that Leap .   Iran was INVADED same as Ukraine, in this, trump IS NO DIFFERENT FROM PUTIN, but we already know that .   Look at what the WORLD did when putin invaded Ukraine, did NATO "Step up"(?) which certainly WOULD HAVE STOPPED PUTIN IN HIS TRACKS --- but DID they ?    No,,, they did not .    It was left to the EU, who was already handcuffed and shackled by putin's oil supply, to send AMERICAN WEAPONRY to Ukraine to aid in its Defense but it was like applying a Band-Aid to a bleeding artery .    In Ukraine its ALMOST a Stalemate , but not quite .  

                           There ain't-gonna be no World War against Iran, but can there be WORLD PROTEST OF TRUMP ????   

                            I have a "War Cry"   DOWN WITH THE UGLY AMERICANS .   

                            American should be ASHAMED of their PATHETIC Protests but sadly, they are NOT .

"Pressure Sensitive"

                                                           In the same way that joe "ain't-gonna" beat any Sense into trump, so it is with the presidents and prime ministers of the E.U.   They have claimed, "This ain't our War" and DEFINTIELY >that< is TRUTH .   It must be noted that PUTIN is the Source of EU Oil  and that HE supplies the EU with MOST of the petroleum that flows from RUSSIA  THROUGH UKRAINE -----and to Anger putin is to THREATEN their (get this) "Daily Bread" .   NO ONE has "beaten" any Sense into putin and it is unlikely that ANY ONE will even ATTEMPT to "beat some Sense" into trump .   It is as if "Beating" has been beaten  .

                           Despite the  North Vietnamese POUNDING Iran has endured, like  North Vietnam, Iran has Persevered and now "holds" what appears to be a "Winning Hand" .   Trump on the OTHER Hand holds "Aces and Eights" .

                           It's a "STALEMATE", Chess parlance for, "If any one moves, they will be defeated".  

                           The Question then becomes = Who can "hold-out" the longest?" .

                           The Peoples of Iran are being held hostage by their own Government which will KILL any and all Protesters .    What about the Peoples of America ?

                           Mass Protests have signaled that SOME Americans are WILLING to "Fight" but the MAJORITY of Americans prefer to whine and cry rather than "take it to the streets",,, most notably COLLEGE STUDENTS .   I viciously DEPLORE their self-indulgent  Inaction --- I find them NO DIFFERENT from the once-republicans in congress who EXCELL at Cowardly Conduct .

                          Can SENSE be 'beaten' into THEM ???    

                          How can we get them to "Come to their Senses" ?   Is it even Possible ?????

Not "Truth be told" but Truth be SOLD

                                                          Yesterday we were informed that >Pod-caster< Joe Rogan made a call to trump to support the use of LSD and other hallucinogens in Medical Research and Practice .  It took BARELY one day for trump to acknowledge joe's request and sign an EO to establish such Research and Practice .    Many of us were fucking DUMBSTRUCK, {struck by DUMB} and this "incident" begs for this syllogism :   "If joe can ask to legalize LSD, then why can't he ask trump to RESIGN ?" .   Even on its FACE the syllogism appears ABSURD if not flat-out PREPOSTEROUS .   Joe has been shocked by trump's FAILURE to "Keep his word" on Domestic Problem Solving and Foreign Policy, but that Shock has NOT been transferred to Contempt nor a halcyon CALL for trump's Removal .   Is joe a "BAD Person" for NOT "stating the Truth, the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth" ?   I wanna say YES, but....... .    Joe is only NORMAL, he's HUMAN just as all of us, and its HUMAN NATURE to "look out for" one's OWN .   Joe doesn't want to lose ANYTING because he "HAS IT SO GOOD",  he "WANTS FOR NOTHING" ,  and so all he must do is "tow his own line", meaning, keep his people happy by telling them WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR .  Here it is where >TRUTH< DOES NOT 'PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE' " .   

                            Joe is representative of those once republican congress folks whose main, and perhaps ONLY Objective, is to stay "in POWER" BY ANY AND ALL MEANS POSSIBLE .   Same with trump .   Truth is useless .

Know Return

                                                           I know that using 'hysteria' is, perhaps, too 'strong' and that it may even be inappropriate or worse, incorrect .   Thing is, Hysteria dissipates, meaning, Hysteria "runs its course" and, inevitably, it results in Exhaustion .   

                            There's a fabulous scene on one of the "Airplane" comedies that gets me to where I want to be .   A passenger gets "Hysterical" and is confronted by a "Do Gooder" who SLAPS him, presumably to "Beat some SENSE into him" .   Fellow passengers get in line to participate, among them a NUN !!!  It's TOOOO FUNNY and I hazard, "Hysterical".   Moderate Hysteria can be neutralized by this "Beat down", a beatdown whose objective is to RETURN the Hysterical to a SENSIBLE Reality .   I argue that trump and his CANNOT be 'returned' to a Sensible Reality because --->   "You can't make steak from hamburger"  meaning, they have "gone past the point of Return" .   

                          

Hysteria

                                                           Reports of trump's "meltdowns" have hit the broadcast airwaves and I could NOT help but detect a hint of "glee" in the voices of said broadcasters .   Trump's rampages are the Result of his FAILED Efforts to end HIS War on HIS Terms .   Trump has been FORCED to "look at himself in the Mirror of the World"  and the Image reflected is one of abject and destructional* FAILURE .    He LITERALLY is forced to see himself, as he REALLY is, which causes him such TREMENDOUS Bitterness and with that, RAGE and FURY .   We could use the term, "Acting Out" to describe trump, and it would be CLOSE to the Truth, but clearly, that "IT"  "ain't enough" .    No, trump is MENTALLY ILL . Now THAT, gets us to "There" .   The FACT that trump is Mentally Ill has done NOTHING to prevent him from embroiling the WORLD in a form of (dare I say) Hysteria .   Those "on the inside" have claimed trump has gotten HYSTERICAL  because of all his CATACLYSMAL Machinations .   I insist that Hysteria is CONTAGIOUS and that the World has been Afflicted .    Hysteria somehow MEANS the loss of Reasoning and Logic, and it induces a sort of "Catatonia" that results in MASSIVE  >Inaction< .  

                             

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---they 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 ????? !!!!!