Hormuzinam

                                                           Let's get "500 Miles High" so we can get a better View of {Earthly} Conditions .    We must keep in Mind what is the Status Quo, specifically, the Relationship of putinstan* to the E.U.   Putinstan CONTROLS the Flow of fuels from putinstan to the E.U. via the Pipelines in Southeast Ukraine, which putin seeks to ANNEX .   In all ways the Pipeline is equivalent to Hormuz : presently putin CONTROLS the Pipeline in the exact same way that Iran now Controls Hormuz .  The E.U. DEPENDS ON ITS ENEMY FOR ITS FUELS .   E.U. PAYS THE PRICE for this most NECESSARY Predicament .   I argue that the WORLD must now "Pay the Price" for ITS Fuel Requirements in the exact same way as the E.U.   The WORLD must "Make A Deal" with Iran in order to secure ITS Fuel Requirements, the only Other Choice is "ALL-OUT WAR" .   At worst, SAVAGELY  BARBARIC, at best Uncivilized .

                           The childish notion that "You broke it YOU must fix it" must be summarily REJECTED "out of hand" .    At this Point the Damage has been done, and pointing fingers of blame serve no true Purpose save to Delay the Inevitable, which is that the WORLD is gonna Pay Iran and Pay Iran ALL It Wants .    

                           We CANNOT  Afford the Cost of War but we MUST Afford the Cost of Peace .

                            "Tare Forward"  and   "Keep the Faith" 

Ann Xing

                                                           We NEED Iran to STOP trump .   {GAWD how I LOVE Polemics] .   I guarantee NO ONE 'saw THAT coming' .   I sure didn't .  But here we are .

                            Ya-gotta figure that ONE "man" has begun WW III and that ONE lone soldier along the Hormuz can 'keep it going' .   America cannot STOP trump NOW , and most certainly what the World NEEDS >NOW< is to STOP trump and his almost Napoleonic MADNESS .   

                             I view Iran as ANNEXING the entire Strait, making "IT" Iranian Territory .  In this, Iran is no different from Putinstan*, and ITS [his]  Annexation of Crimea .    The WORLD made NO  Effort to reclaim Crimea thereby STOPPING putin and the WAR in Ukraine was the Consequence .   Now THIS, "Here we go again."

                             In no way is the Annexation of Hormuz the RETURN to the Persian Empire and ITS Resolve to Conquer the World and in so doing S----P----R----E----A----D Islam BUT  now the Window of Opportunity has Opened and Mohammedanism is sticking ITS head out .   

                            

Miss Tickle

                                                           In a way, Iran is SAVING THE WORLD from trump .   Trump figured to annex, Greenland, submit Cuba, PLUNDER Venezuela, and ELIMINATE Iran --- not to mention the HEINOUS Full Bodied DESTRUCTION of what was once American Democracy .    His Political Cruelty knows no bounds .   Americans KNOW that trump and his MUST BE STOPPED but they are relying on FAR AWAY Elections to act as BRAKES .   Trump is doing EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER to Rig the Elections so that there can be only ONE outcome, HIS re-election .   Americans are slowly becoming Aware of his Intent, but "IT" ain't enough .   Have Americans "Takin' It to the Street",  yup, but where is the REVOLT ----> NOW ?????????   Two words =   NON-EXISTENT .   According to the "polls"  only 60% of Americans think and feel that trump's administration is untoward, I mean shit, JUST 60 PER CENT ??????   Brutal -----------fucking BRUTAL .

                            Technically, Iran is the ONLY Nation that's in the Process of STOPPING TRUMP .  

                             Bewildering gets us to There .

Seize Fire

                                                           I allowed >Despair< to reach the screen, soooooo not Kool* .  Despair carries with it >Helplessness<, rather, the feeling of Helplessness which causes a Catatonia that manifests as a form of Paralysis, that is, Helplessness IS the Feeling that NOTHING can be done to alleviate the Sensory Bombardment that is inflicted upon us every minute of every day .   Helplessness identifies Powerless-ness .   We feel as if we can do nothing so Nothing is done .   "IT" 's  tough .

                           The WORLD needs Hormuz to be open .   America can't do it, rather it CAN do it but not without "Troops on the ground", recognition that a 'Full Scale INVASION is the only way to get the Strait open .   To date, trump and his have been unwilling to deploy such Force, and have resorted to the most BLATANT imbecility instead, the Imbecility that Bombing alone, will subdue Iran, and FORCE a return to the Negotiating Table .   Remember Vietnam and the DAILY bombardment of B-52's, Bombardment that had little or NO Effect on the VC, except to HARDEN their Inmost Resolve .   Generals and Admirals agree, "You ain't gonna bomb your way out of this War" .   And yet, THAT is the IMBECILIC Alternative trump and his have chosen .   

                           Also, We've learned that China has sent several vessels loaded with munitions and weaponry, specifically, RPG(s) [rocket propelled grenades] that can and probably will be used to attack tanker targets in the Strait .   Here it is where ONE fanatic ASSHOLE can reek SEVERE Damage both physically and MENTALLY upon NATIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~  unbelievable gets us There .   

                           Russia has sent Satellite Data to Iran to help them access and Identify U.S. Targets among Others .   Now China has felt IT must aid Iran, and has done so because CHINA DEPENDS ON IRANIAN OIL .   The WORLD depends on Chinese Productions ---Logic dictates "The WORLD depends on Iranian Oil {Productions} .   

Apollo G

                                                            I had a rough day yesterday, start to finish .    I knew I was inside self-created Misery, I had recourse to several avenues of escape, but I chose to stay on the Path of Perdition, only without the finality of Death .   Here it is where I failed the advice of one of my Heroes, Robert Pirsig, who championed the Necessity to Keep Shit to yourself and NOT spread it to innocent bystanders and passers-by .   I am truly sorry, I know better, but I was weak, and I felt sorry for myself .  "IT" happens, and here it is where "IT" is code for Shit .

                           I know exactly what precipitated yesterday's Malaise, except without the "difficult to identify" component .   2 days {daze} ago the RE-Realization that trump has Ignited the THIRD WORLD WAR arrived with BRUTAL Impact .   It's weird because I have been proclaiming the advent of the the Third World War since trump bombed Iran .   Intellectually, I understood the Situation and sought to declare URGENCY to All Those That Would Listen .   Apparently, the depth of Profundity drowned my Appreciation for such a bone-chilling Atrocity .   Yesterday's Effort was a result .  

                          There's a saying, "Misery loves company" .... of this I am GUILTY .

Cynical Faith

                                                          I just remembered I must prepare some cucumber kim chee .   "It" is a sure-fire recipe to help my dour evap------or--------ate .   sometimes just the "small things" may be enough to alter a dour disposition .   

                          A new oxymoron =  Cynical Faith .

Miss Construed

                                                            When the now infamous Steve Bannon informed us that his Intention was to DESTROY DEMOCRACY one beam, one board, one screw and one nail at a time, my reflex was to dismiss him with both SCORN and CONTEMPT.   I mean NO FUCKING WAY !!!   Look how RWONG I was, how wrong WE were .   Bannon took his Intentions to trump and was received with VIOLENT Enthusiasm, now we are living Bannon's Destruction via trump and trumpism .   When "Project 2026" arrived "IT" was the same, I mean HOW could "IT" NOT be recognized for anything BUT a "Communist Manifesto" 'look alike' ?   Still, democrats largely IGNORED the "Project's" Forecasts, very little was done to warn Good, Honest, and Decent Folks that THE GATES OF HELL WOULD BE OPENED .    

                             "Project 2025 (6)" only served to deepen my Cynicism .   If there was ANY >Anti-Project 2026< backlash it was scant and paltry just "Ho-Hum" from Status Quo loving democrats who figured as I did, that  NO FUCKING WAY WAS THIS GONNA-BE INSTITUTED .    

                             We've been taught that it is better to be Positive than be Negative.   Being Positive is dependent upon having SOMETHING about which TO BE Positive, and as far as scant and paltry go, we are, ALL OF US, hard-pressed to locate ANYTHING that can be construed as >>>Positive .   We are taught to "Look for 'Silver Linings' " amidst the THUNDERCLOUDS almost dead BLACK from the DEPTH of their structure and composition .   Not "Silver Linings" but DE-SILVA linings, linings that carry taint and noxious-ivity* that can be FELT as Shadow .  

Dour Power

                                                           I am hard-pressed NOT to add 'mean spirited' to the definition of dour, it may be `off ` in that being dour MAY lead to being 'mean spirited' which is just a short step to being Cruel .    To claim that trump is being "Mean Spirited" is to recognize that HITLER was also "Mean Spirited", an observation both HEINOUS and GROTESQUE .  Yet I FEEL that my own Spirit IS AFFECTED by being Dour, that my Spirit DOES indeed become Mean, a Mean-ness I inflict on my Self because of my own inability to INSTANTANEOUSLY  remove the Condition of Dour from my Presence here at this desk, before my screen.    This question just arrived, How can I USE my Dour ?

                                 Is to be dour to be Cynical ?   Definition of Cynic =  "a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons."   Further :  "a member of a School of Ancient Greek Philosophers, founded by Antisthenes,  marked by an ostentatious contempt for ease and pleasure" .   My Membership is MORE than Valid .

                                

"The beam in thy own eye"

                                                           ALL of Us would argue that a "Clear Mind" is absolutely NECESSARY to possess if  Observation  is to result in  Valid Conclusions   and a "proper" depiction of Reality .   Attaining a Clear Mind is surely a "proper" topic if the definition of "Global Citizen" is to be achieved which would then lead to Understanding --->  Influence resulting .   Obviously, I am at odds with my Self, being dour clouds one's Vision, dampens Creativity and hampers Imagination .    Being dour impedes one's "Flow" ,  meaning, just trying to get something on the screen becomes irritating, words don't arrive because Thinking is "jammed up";  blocked so to speak, although "CHOKED-UP" is far mor accurate .   I'm like the Strait of Hormuz, I'm choaked-up .

                           I try not to carry the previous day's alarms into a new morning, most often I am NOT successful .  The fact is, I NEED those 'alarms' because they provide the Topics I must consider for that day's blogs .    Each day is NOT "Fresh and New", quite the opposite .  As the WAR draaaaaaaags on, so too my most bitter Frustration and Anger and when THEY become "out of control" RAGE enters further depleting what little Resolve I SHOULD have .   

                          I am Angry at my own Country-Folks and Anger is code for FUCKING FURIOUS .

Dour Straits

                                                           I overslept a whole hour and got out of bed at 5'oclock.   I stood up--something wasn't "rite"*.  I took a few steps toward the toilet room, nothing bad there .  I settled into "Chairy-Chair" and did my Recitations, they were cloudy with emotions I couldn't ' put my finger on' .....  Moments of blankness* and then "Dour" arrived .  That was it --->  I was dour ~~~ and then this gag arrived mini-seconds later =  I was in (get this)  DOUR Straits .   I gotta tell ya, I LOVE and HATE myself at the exact same time .  

                          I had a 'sense' about the meaning of dour, but I had to resort to a dictionary =   "relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance"---good but not enough to satisfy my interest .   Origin of dour =  from the Middle English probably Scottish Gaelic = "dull, obstinate, STUPID" .   THAT made me feel better .  {{{I LOVE Etymology}}} .

                         This morning's Consideration was suppose-to-be >Communism< , and the use of the Word Communism as a Weapon to "beat on" Liberals, Progressives, Dumbocrats {{{ I devised that word months ago}}} who have insisted that what the Country needs is Socialist Democracy [Democratic Socialism] .

                         I wuz-gonna* rely on what was in my Head, rather than provide some sort of Academic Critical Evaluation, which would have been a s---t---r---e---t---c---h, in that the only Communism I studied was tangential to my Western Civ. Studies .   I knew my knowledge was scant and I was uncomfortable to deliver information based only on "vapors" and "whisps" ~~~   Which then begged the Question --->  Why was I so fucking DOUR ???

FORWARD into the Past

                                                           I have been more than reluctant to deliver "Shih" to my Gentle Readers around the World mainly because of just one line =  "It requires a strong man who captures the hearts of the people and awakens their enthusiasm."   Present 'Times' has yet to `provide` such a Man or Woman for reasons that appear as either Invisible of Impossible .   I think its TOOO >Romantic< to use "Build it, and they will come."  =   Build the Army and He of She will come .   "Wishful Thinking" get us close .   

                            Of vital Import to me is the line, "WHEN DANGER THREATENS, EVERY PEASANT BECOMES A SOLDIER" .   I insist "We" as in Global Citizens, are indeed at War and further, that this War is, in SELF-EVIDENT FACT,  THE THIRD WORLD WAR .   Please recall that this War EFFECTS each and every Planetarian , no one can escape and worse, "No One Here, Gets Out Alive".   "IT" may be violently PREPOSTEROUS to issue the "Butterfly Effect" as a defense for my Position, I do so anyway {{{one of the sublime rewards for being a raging Polemicist}}} .   We are in "THIS" together, like it or not, ready or not .   I WILL use cliches :   "There is STRENGTH in Numbers" and "United We Stand [but] Divided We Fall".   It may very well be that NO ONE shows up to become OUR General, but this is MODERN WARFARE and We must NOT be CHAINED by Status Quo History even though it is HISTORY that must be relied upon, in that IT offers examples and paradigms that can and MUST be Utilized if we to TRANSFORM the World and make it THE WAY WE  WANT IT .   

                            HISTORY IS the Future .    Go figure... .

7. Shih / The Army (continued)

                                                                   7.   Shih  /  The Army

                                    "Ground water is invisibly present in the earth .  In the same way the military power of a people is invisibly present in the masses .   WHEN DANGER THREATENS, EVERY PEASANT MUST BECOME A SOLDIER; when the war ends, he [returns] to his plow .   He who is generous toward the people wins their love, and a people living under a mild rule becomes strong and powerful .   Only a people  economically strong can be important in military power .   Such power must therefore be cultivated by improving the economic condition of the people and by humane government .   Only when there is this invisible bond between government and people, so that the people are sheltered by their government as ground water is sheltered by the earth, is it possible to wage a victorious war . "

                                  Purport* follows .

7. Shih / The Army

                                                                               7.  Shih  /  The Army

                                      "An Army is a mass that needs organization in order to become a fighting force .   Without strict discipline nothing can be accomplished, but this discipline must not be achieved by force .   It requires a strong man who captures the hearts of the people and awakens their enthusiasm .   In order that he may develop his abilities he needs the complete confidence of his ruler, who must entrust him with full responsibility as long as the war lasts .  But war is always a dangerous thing and brings with it destruction and devastation .   Therefore it should not be resorted to rashly, but, like a poisonous drug, should be used as last recourse ."

                                        "THE JUSTIFYING CAUSE OF WAR, AND CLEAR INTELLIGIBLE WAR AIMS, OUGHT TO BE EXPLAINED TO THE PEOPLE BY AN EXPERIENCED LEADER .   Unless there is a quite definitive war aim to which the people can consciously pledge themselves, the unity and strength of conviction that lead to victory will not be forth-coming .   But the leader must also look to it that the passion of war and the delirium of victory do not give rise to unjust acts that will not meet with general approval .  If justice and perseverance are the basis of action, all goes well ."

           

                             {{BOLDFACE AND ITALICS are mine.}}

                              "But wait, there's more..."

Miss "Chokes-on-dick"

                                                            From what transpired at the WHCD, we gotta figure that there is no end to what the Elites will DEVOUR in the most heinous and self-indulgent manner .   We have just seen that they will eat shit, TONS OF SHIT, as long as they get what they  want, which apparently was Exposure and Self-gradulations* .   

                      Recall  Federico Fellini's  MASTERPIECE  "The Satyricon"  in which Elites who wanted a piece of a dead relative's FORTUNE had to EAT a bit of his ROTTING CORPSE in order to secure their allotment .   THEY DID IT !!!!!!!!   THAT'S what Money does ESPECIALLY to Elites .   You wanna believe that 'self indulgence' has boundaries ------->   IT DOES NOT  and the correspondents are living Proof .

                      I must confess, I, too, am a SHIT EATER .   If I must EAT SHIT to SURVIVE I will do it.  "Aye, THERE'S THE RUB!!!!!"

"Shit-faced"

                                                           Trump serves up his shit and tells everyone it's ice cream .   There was an old Expression used in the late 60's and early 70's,  "The rich think they shit ice cream" which was an offshoot of, "[The rich] think their shit don't smell".   "Earthy" rite* ?? 

                          In Common Use is :   "He's full of shit" , and less common, "He's so full of shit, his eyes are brown."   Both refer to a person who LIES, who uses Lies to establish and/or enhance a position of authority and dominance .   Of course when we hear the literal >unbelievable< we reject those words as false, as SHIT .   I would LOVE to connect "Shit-Head" with "being full of shit", I cannot .   A Shit-head is a dolt, or cur, maybe even dunce but it is self-evident that a "Shit Head" is "Full of Shit" .   Trump's a Shit-head, but "it" sounds play-full .   I don't like it .

                          But I digress .

                          They sat there in Obedient Subservience eating and swallowing all the shit trump put in front of them .   They didn't object, they didn't complain, they didn't stand up and BOO, not one "walked out" .   Sheep ............{          } .

                           Recall what transpired or DIDN'T Transpire, when hegseth summoned the Mil and THEY JUST SAT THERE IN SUBMISSIVE OBEDIENCE .   They HAD A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING AND THEY DID NOT !!!!!   Hegseth imposed HIS >Will<  on them and they accepted IT .   Look where the Mil is NOW .   Trump LITERALLY  has his own ARMY at his "Disposal" .  Shit Eaters All and to the last .

Miss Hap

                                                           I'm no fan of 'self-promotion', and I viewed the White House Correspondents Dinner as an "over-the-top" extravaganza of "LOOK AT US WE ARE BEAUTIFUL AND SMART AND JUST SO GLORIOUS "  .   2 words : SICKENING = on the Street >Pathetic< .

                          Trump tried to "Put them in their Place" by calling them "Fake News" .   He harassed individual Journalist, which was more clearly ABUSE but >Abuse< didn't cover the extent of trump's bitterness and resentment .   

                           I decided that what I would use this morning was "Eat Shit".  THAT'S what trump did to those Journalists, he forced them to >Eat Shit<  HIS Shit and boy did they just sit there and gobble it up .  I mean, seriously, how much fucking shit can you eat before you expLODE ?    Well, we learned that those Journalist could [and DID] eat TONS of trump's shit .   Even when he told them he wuz-gonna run for president in 28, THEY APPLAUDED .   UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE !!!!!!!!!  

The so-called "Fourth Estate"

                                                           By now many of us here in America have seen clips of the White House Correspondents Dinner/ Gala as well as posts from concerned Citizens on 'face-book' and more broadly various platforms of the Internet .   That was last Friday Night .   I waited until Monday because I wanted to hear from Nicole Wallace and get her assessment before I wrote anything .   She did NOT Disappoint, and she did, in fact, devote a substantial part of her first hour in Discussion of trump's "remarks" and "jokes" .   Still........... I had to "sleep on it", which I did, and when I got downstairs and entered my 'Cave' I was certain I had something of value to write ~~~~~~~~~~ but I got stalled {         }.  

                         Wallace asked the most poignant Question, "Why don't the reporters and correspondents defend one another when trump attacks them so viciously ?"  On the Street :  Why don't they 'stand-up' for each other ???   But it was her guest Mark Elias who asked the BURNING Question, "Why have the event AT ALL ?????

                         You'd think that under the present circumstances {and here >circumstances< is being blindly GENEROUS} that the Journalism sub-culture would CANCEL their Celebration of the First Amendment because trump,  a KILLER of "Free Speech" and PROPONENT of "Book Banning" managed to  INVITE HIMSELF  to the Event, a something you'd figure to be  UNACCEPTABLE  to that sub-culture .   But no, you'd have to think again .

The so-called "Evil Axis"

                                                           Clearly the World has NOT United to STOP putin, nor trump, nor netanyahu .    North Korea is sending ITS soldiers to die on Ukrainian Soil, and Iran has sent its drone expertise to putin as well ---  "Fucked-up" gets us there.   As Fareed Zakaria has noted, Iran has, on its borders, Turkmenistan,  Afghanistan,  Pakistan,  Azerbaijan, Trukiye, Iraq and almost Kuwait .   These Countries are suppling Iran with with Basics via a profoundly rigorous "Black Market", no one in the IRGC is "going without" .   Yes the Iranian Population IS >Suffering< but they are considered even less than 'expendable', indeed, they are being treated as if they are ANIMALS .   Bordering Countries are benefitting from the War making their Oppositional Involvement scant if it exists at all .

                             Putin must be STOPPED .   Trump must be STOPPED .   Netanyahu must be STOPPED IFF {If and only If} the ENTIRE World Unites in such a way that RECOGNIZES the HITLERIAN Advancements of what I have tagged, "The Evil Axis" .   

                           The ultimate Question remains ---->   How ?

Dire Straits

                                                           I BELIEVE that Evolution "sent" hitler to the world so that the World could experience >Unification< , a Unification which would establish and maintain HUMANE Conditions throughout the Planet, thereby advancing Civilization, and promoting GLOBAL Well-Being .    Remember, the Trajectory of Evolution is ALWAYS toward Perfection, every-time there is an "adjustment", it is always toward a Perfection that somehow Directs Human Consciousness to achieve the Goal of GLOBAL Peace and Universal Prosperity .   

                          Evolution carries the "weight" of "Karma", meaning, in the same way that Karma keeps on coming until it is addressed and addressed PROPERLY, so it is with Evolution, IT will keep-on coming until what needs to be "adjusted" [changed] IS, in fact, adjusted [changed] to comport with Evolution's Trajectory .

                         So it is that the "Pattern" is OBVIOUS, WW I  ---> WW II and now WW III.    The >ENTIRE< World is now being >Strangled< by trump, Iran and now Yemen .   The World has yet to FULLY >>>Unify<<< despite the OBVIOUS .   Putin, trump and netanyahu have yet to be STOPPED -----  Evolution is PISSED .

NATO-riety

                                                           When putin invaded and then SEIZED Crimea THAT was the Time for the WORLD to STOP putin right then and THERE ----but the WORLD did NOT >>>Unify<<< and putin was left unchecked which incREASED his resolve to Conquer OTHER Territories and most surely Ukraine was-gonna-be  next .    This THIS was NOT >>>>JUST<<<<<   American FAILURE via Obama's Inaction, no and FUCK NO , the WORLD had FAILED to Recognize and Identify putin as a Modern HILTER , although I admit, putin was a "watered-down" [diluted] version [iteration] .   It is IMPERATIVE to note that the U. N. a glorified version [iteration] of the League of Nations also DID NOTHING -----Crimea was annexed almost PAINLESSLY---- the "Seeds" for Tyrannical Injustice were planted .

                          Then Ukraine -----> Happened , and with that Happening trump appeared with HITLERIAN Agency , but the WORLD steadfastly REFUSED to acknowledge those >Tendencies< that marked trump with Cain's >>>>> Brand .    What the World Ignored was simple, CHILDFULLY Simple :  "If it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, if it LOOKS like a duck IT'S A FUCKING DUCK " !!!  The World did NOT >>>>>>Unify --quite the opposite .   The E.U., at first, relied on American Power to supply Ukraine, and it took trump's ABANDONMENT of Ukraine to ignite the E.U. Energies .

                         You-wanna Believe that surely the World WOULD Unite to STOP putin, and Sanctions WERE set in place as a strangle hold on putin .   This >Strangle-Hold< was anything BUT Effective and putin's WAR      RAGED .    Concern had reached the World but still there was no REAL >>>Unity<<< to STOP putin by allowing Ukraine to become a Member of NATO, a Something that can't EVER be "Forgiven" .

STOP Signs

                                                           I may be unable to keep my Anger and Bitterness form soiling these pages {screens}, I apologize but I Feel and Feel DEEPLY about where the Planet is and where it was only a couple of Generations ago, and the Anger and Frustration that I allow myself to Feel, is the result of Universal FAILURE to Recognize >Patterns< whereby such Recognition would lead to preemptive Control, a Control that is Preventative, a Control that would utilize Diplomacy rather than the Mechanics of Combat and War  to confront and 'deal' with those >Leaders< whose singular ambition is nothing short of World Dominance .  Please forgive an old man .

                          When hitler began his version of World Conquest the WORLD >>>UNITED<<< in the Effort of STOP him from INHUMAN Actions, the GENOCIDE of Jews, and Political Others deemed a Threat to both Germany and hitler himself .   I argue that the World after WWI DID respond to Tyranny and Fascism, the World DID >UNITE< to vanquish Germany and also to establish the "League of Nations" wherein Global Conflicts could be adjudicated in Solemn SOBER Civilizational DIGNITY .  "IT" Failed, when hitler surfaced the World did NOT Recognize his "Pattern of Behavior" and so did NOT Unify at least not before hitler began the INHUMAN Effort to Extinct all Jews .   We recall American Sentiment "Not our War" {{{...and on the Street :   Not my job . }}}   

WW I WW II WW III

                                                            I find it necessary to return to terrain that we have already traversed, the examination of putin's invasion of Crimea and the subsequent War on Ukraine as its relation to trump's War on Iran, and netanyahu's War on what should be Palestine and his invasion of Lebanon .

                           I need to present these Wars and the tyrants who manufactured them, as >Evolutionary< in Form and Structure, meaning, it is my contention that We, as in the Global Citizenry, must view these International Transgressions as part of the Planet's Civilizational Evolution .    Further,   I argue that it is Evolution who "sent" hitler, and then putin, and then trump and then netanyahu to the World so that the World would "wake up" and redirect the Planet's  Political Trajectory  toward Universal Welfare, Well-Fare .    Also I contend that the Trajectory of Evolution itself, is ALWAYS towards Perfection, in the Political Sense, Utopia, where Altruism is the default Philosophy for all Global Citizens and all Global Governments .   

Miss Takes

                                          I just lost the 'full screen' capability and only now have I gotten it to return .   I'm in my 75th Orbit and it was fucking ex--cru--ci--a--ting--ly GRUELING .   I don't know what I did to lose the full screen to begin  with I can barely remember what I did to return it .  Old age SUCKS .  Somehow I made a mistake and it was costly because now I'm so frustrated I am quite blind AND I can't think straight .  I mean, what the fuck just happened ???????  

"Failure and Disgrace"

                                                           It's Sunday but I'm not thinking Sunday thoughts .   "IT" is as if the entire WORLD is on fire, set ablaze by the Earth Mother and her Twin  Mother Nature because boy are they fucking PISSED OFF .    Humankind's abject Refusal to address Global Climate Change has so infuriated the Twins that They have no other recourse save to vent Their Exasperation by manifesting Their Rage and Fury through Wildfires .   While the Twins wage Fire-War,  Humans are waging Political War .   Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Ukraine, Russia and of course the U.S. ---all sites of Human Frailty, Weakness and broad Mental Defects that are being WEAPONIZED and then elevated by a Global Insanity recognized as "Not-my-Problem" .    These truly are the "End Times" .

                             "IT" 's as if folks can smell smoke but NOT smell BULLSHIT , how can that be ?  Elsewhere I have earnestly sought entreaty that the WORLD be "Involved" in the cessation of Hostilities between America and Iran, but that is the desire of yet another Altruistic Lunatic --- I mean shit, the E.U. as NATO could have defended Ukraine and PREVENTED putin from trying to reclaim and RE-Build the Soviet Union, but THEY DID NOTHING .   You'd want to Believe that the E.U. DID "come to its Senses", which resulted in arms and munitions being sent to Ukraine, but I argue "too little" and MAYBE "too late" .    NATO could have stopped putin "DEAD IN HIS TRACKS"  but I suspect COWARDICE was the Mental Foundation for NATO'S "Dereliction of Duty"---that FEAR   >>>>DOMINATED the Collective Psyche of the NATO Nations and Others .   Here it is where I Believe that Civilization itself has FAILED .

Thrilliance*

                                                           "IT" 's  not the Why nor the What but the HOW of Ukrainian Force that is Universally HEARTENING .   The Ukrainians have developed Drone Warfare that can reach into the Depths and Distances of putin's empire to cause unmitigateable* Disaster(s) -- Crimea is best example .    Rather than depend on Troops to advance on russian WWI trenches, Ukraine has utilized its BRILLIANT  Minds and their Imaginations to not only stymie russian Efforts but to NEUTRALIZE them as well .  Russian has, to date,  NO 'Counter' to Ukrainian Drone Tactics .   Drones have attacked Crimea because Crimea is a re-supply conduit for those forces in southeast Ukraine and, in some instances, even further .

                           Every time a russian oil tanker is im-mobilized or sunk is a HUGE>>> VICTORY<<< for Ukrainians AND Democracies around the WORLD .   These seemingly narrow Victories MUST-BE Celebrated as such, meaning, we can find Relief in-that GOOD FOLKS are WINNING .  WE NEED THIS !!!!!!!!!

                            

Bottomless Pit-iful

                                                           Presently, Americans are beset and beleaguered by trump's Campaign to Destroy American Democracy--- everyday trump unleashes attack dogs that threaten individual existence, meaning, his attacks have a Psychological FEROCITY that is both Cruel and Inhuman.   There seems to be NO END to trump's utter CONTEMPT for American Humans,  His Contempt KNOWS NO BOUNDS, same as his GREED and CORRUPTION .    Thing is, the WEIGHT of this WAR is, at time, UNBEARABLE, and even the Strongest among us feel as if we are being CRUSHED .   I mean, WE ARE .   Here it is where we must find SOMETHING to lessen our Suffering, something we can find that will help us Persevere despite our abject Misery .   I turn to Ukraine for such Cosmic Relief .

Mos-cowed

                                                           I've been unable to write for a couple of days .   I've been working on a way to advance the Psychological Strategy to "fight on two Fronts", that is, to 'hold' the Mind that splits itself to apply Pressure to those who are PHYSICALLY Fighting, in Real Time .    We say, "You are in my Prayers" to give those in Combat a feeling that Others are by their Sides, shoulder to shoulder .   The Pressure is Mind Energy and is manifested as a Conscious WILL to Aid .   This Pressure is the exact opposite of Abandonment .  

                         The trumpWAR is at a standstill as far as Diplomacy and Negotiations (is) concerned .   Stalemate begets the FEELING of Helplessness--- that there is NOTHING  that can be done to bring this WAR to Conclusion ESPECIALLY a POSITIVE Conclusion, and worse, a Conclusion that is acceptable to both waring factions .   During this time I have returned my Attention to Ukraine, I 'picked-up' news feeds directly from Ukraine News Agencies and Individual Ukrainian Journalists whose dogged Reporting has lifted my Spirit considerably .   In brief, UKRAINE IS WINNING, putin's empire is feeling the Effects of incessant Ukrainian Drone Forces that have reached DEEP into Russia and even Moscow, so much so that putin as directed anti-missile systems from the northern-most territories to Moscow in order to strengthen its defensive capability .   I LOVE  this .

                        

...a MUST READ...

                                                           I must suspend this exploration for now, I'm famished and my ribs are beginning to ache .   Everything begins FIRST with Parental Influence, we LEARN how to exist via our Parents, second is Education, from  Kiddie-Garden   to  Secondary Schoolage* and for some us Beyond that .   OVIOUSLY "IT" helps if one or both of your parents were "College Educated" as they say, but MY Mom barely got out of sixth grade and my Dad didn't complete High School ---  my Dad DID, however, receive Military Training and 'fought' in WW II .   He taught me EVERYTHING , while my Mother tortured me with, "NO "C's"  I don't want ONE "C" on your Report Card.... my Mother could barely fucking READ so, I mean, there's THAT .

                          EVERYTHING is contained within the pages of The Odyssey, War, Sex, Orgies, Magic, Wisdom, Fate and even Karma .   Females can escape its Reading, but for TRUE Males it is a "MUST READ".  

                            "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith" 

The Story of the Quick-witted Smart-Mouth

                                                           Some would simply consider Odysseus a quick witted (positive) "smart-mouth" (negative) with a spear .   Thing is Odysseus's entire crew was (get this) at stake .   He and they needed Polyphemus's food for their intended destination :  HOME .   Keep in Mind that Polyphemus was NOT considered a  MONSTER, but instead a HUMAN {but Freakish} GIANT .   Still, it was BRAVERY that Odysseus summoned to confront Polyphemus .   

                             What is the BASIS of this 'Bravery' ?     

                             There is Confidence in one's Abilities, but that is somehow awkward and unwieldy .   Even "Belief in one's Self" is clumsy despite its Truth .   I prefer Experience since "IT" consolidates both Physicality and Mentality while including Spirituality as "X-Factor" .    Odysseus had 'experienced' combat against HUGE Forces that he had Survived .  He TRUSTED himself to succeed because he had done so in the Past .   Experience breeds Power .   {{{I argue that FAILURE does as much but FAILURE is NOT Glamorous nor Romantic}}} .   

                             We are wishing to get a job.  We are denied because "You have no Experience" to which is retorted, "HOW THE FUCK DO I GET if you don't give me this job ?"    Good question .

Nobody CARES

                                                           I KNOW my Gentle Readers are wondering, "WHY is Odysseus considered Heroic for using  "Nobody" as a name ??? what the fuck is HEROIC about THAT ?????   Good Question .

                             I too use Nobody .   When asked "Who are you" which is code for "What is your name?"  I respond with "I am Nobody" which sounds like abject Humility and is "pleasing to the ear" , but in REALITY there is resourceful ARROGANCE at "IT" 's  base .   No one wants to hear , "I'm fucking ODYSSEUS --- first off, not many have read The Odyssey, only a relative few would recognize 'Polyphemus' as aka  Cyclopes .   Thing is, Nobody has TERRIFIC applications like when you hear a strange noise coming from the front door --- when asked about it you can gag, "It's NOBODY" .  "NOBODY IS AT THE FRONT DOOR"  and further, "Should I let him in ?" Terrif ---I mean REALLY Terrif .   

                            Check this out :   NOBODY wrote this blog .    TOOOOOOO Good .

"Nobody did this to me"

                                                           I can't resist, I'm like trump on the stage of the World Cup .   I MUST recount  my favorite Exploit of Odysseus, because, generally, most folks have already been introduced to it .

                              Polyphemus (pronounced  po-LEE-fih-muss) was furious that Odysseus and his crew had tried to steal his foodstuffs and was set to DEVOUR Odysseus and his entire crew .   Odysseus ignited the tip of his spear and threw it at Polyphemus'  good and ONLY eye .   He SCREAMED in PAIN and demanded Odysseus's name .   Odysseus didn't miss a beat and called out I am "NOBODY" .

                            Odysseus returned to his ship and Polyphemus went to his father Poseidon, and BEGGED him for redress .   Poseidon aske "Who did this to you ?"   Polyphemus was HONEST and returned >NOBODY, did this to me"   Poseidon was skeptical, "NOBODY" did this ?  Polyphemus was sent away in disgrace and humiliation, UNBELIEVED by his own Dad .  

                           Odysseus   =    the DEFINITION of "Being able to think on your feet" .

                           How GREAT is Odysseus ???? 

War Stories

                                                           I am not prepared to review the entire Odyssey but I find it necessary to inform my Gentle Readers that when "The West" introduced Homer's Iliad and Odyssey to the Nations of Islam and Arabic speaking countries as well, Homer's Works were NOT received with ANY enthusiasm, indeed, some Scholars argue  that they were, in fact, REJECTED .    Now you wanna figure that because the Arabic Speakers used the 'Language' of POETRY to record History, they would be ELATED by Homer's Works ---  no such luck .   Why does their rejection of Homer matter ?

                             "... for Better AND for Worse",  I'm-gonna equate  The Art of War with The Iliad .   Both can be viewed as "Manuals of Instruction", in that, men learn the nature of Warfare by Reading and then assimilating the Concepts and Ideology of great Men and HOW  THEY conducted themselves On and OFF the Fields of Battle .   Muslims and Arabic Speakers didn't give a shit .   Here it is where Western Ideation was NOT assimilated into the Muslim and Arabic Speakers Psyche ,   they were Different and they STAYED  Different .    Hello recent "talks" to begin the Cessation of Conflict, and their abject FAILURE.

                            I must leave this consideration here, and return to this morning's topic ;  Odysseus as Hero .

Odysseus

                                                           The American Film Industry has brought Homer's Odyssey to the "BIG Screen" .   Now I don't remember turning into  a Butterfly to "cause" This, but that doesn't mean I haven't or hadn't .   Dare I take credit for this Film ?  I mean SERIOUSLY ????   Yup--- I'm gonna .   If trump can flap his wings to generate a War, why can't I flap mine and generate the Odyssey ?   

                           I know what You are Thinking---if I can flap my wings to produce a Film why can't I flap my wings to produce Peace in the Middle East ?    Good question .

                           We live in a Time devoid of RECOGNIZABLE Heroes .  There is no one to "look up to", to emulate, to cherish as Paradigm .   "Mainstays" like Jesus have been ruthlessly abducted, and perhaps PERVERTED is far more precise .   It isn't as if Jesus Failed, so much as WE Failed Jesus .   Either Way, Jesus as Paradigm cannot be Trusted in the Sense that HIS Message has been delivered using abject Cruelty as a Mechanism,  Agency or Vehicle .    According to the Right, Jesus HATES .   "IT" 's   Sickening .

                          It ain't like I ever had the Thought, "What would Odysseus do?"  but there IS an Essence of Odyssian* Sensibility that DOES, indeed, dominate my >every day< existence .   I have attached a Mystical >>Pragmatism<< to Odysseus, a Pragmatism that finds Compliment to Zen and ITS Practical Application(s) .   Odysseus as Zen Master ???           Yup   I can live with that .

The Butterfly Effect

                                                           Sometimes you can be "minding your own business" when a 'something' >arrives< that 'throws you off your game' .   Well, yesterday, {or it could have been two years ago} I heard the term "butterfly effect" during a movie or TV broadcast .   It sent me into a "tailspin" = a term in aviation to describe an airplane's loss of control and forward flight, and then its subsequent sometimes violent decent into the Earth .  A good pilot CAN recover from such a spin, so, I mean,,, there's THAT .

                             My favorite example of the "Butterfly Effect" is fairly common, in an esoteric sense,  it is =  a butterfly flapping its wings in Taiwan can produce a Tsunami in Japan .   First read brings >inscrutable< to the fore, although for some of Us, that "IT" rings as Truth, and besides That, "IT" seems and FEELS Logical DESPITE the HEAVY Inclination to summarily discard it as RUBBISH .    Not-gonna do that .

                             You modify the Condition even >somewhat< and you can arrive at trump 'flapping his wings' to produce the Effect of INSANE WAR .   The DIFFERENCE is odiously OBVIOUS , but I, {personally} cannot escape the lure of Cosmic Mysticism that is attached to that one butterfly .

                             Recall one of the most Famous Lines of ALL Time delivered by Chuang Tsu 

                                                "Is it I, a man, dreaming I was a Butterfly,

                                                  or is it a Butterfly dreaming it is a  Man ?"  

                             I LOVE shit like this, deeply and truely .

"Keep the Faith'

                                                          What follows can be found in William James'  THE WILL TO BELIEVE :

                                       "No philosophy will be permanently deemed rational by all men which (in addition to meeting logical demands) does not to some degree pretend to determine expectancy, and in still greater degree makes a direct appeal to all powers of our nature which we hold in highest esteem .    Faith, being one of those powers, will always remain a factor not to be banished from philosophic constructions, the more so since in many ways it brings forth its own verification."

                                       

                                        Consider ... .

                                                            "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith"

"There ain't no E-Z way out..."

                                                          "IT" 's when your 2 year old grand-daughter is in a place where she shouldn't be, doing shit she shouldn't be doing and she knocks over an antique soup bowl and it s--h---a-t--t--e--r---s all over the kitchen floor, and then she starts BAWLING her eyes out {of her head} .   What the fuck are you gonna  DO ???  THERE'S NOTHIN' TO DO , except try and console her and then clean-up her mess .   Same with trump and his WAR ,  He's broken every fucking thing and, like a 2 year old, is chronically INCAPABLE of cleaning up his MESS .    

                               I can hear all of you screaming TRUMP AIN'T NO FUCKING TWO YEAR OLD ---True,,, but his actions ARE those of a 2 year old, it SUCKS AND BLOWS but what are we to do ???   The Allman Brothers moan, "There ain't no E-Z way out" truly a dead Certainty ~~~ but what the fuck ???   

                               

"...beset by enmity..."

                                                           War IS ---> Suffering, and I am loathe to admit that writing about War is also Suffering .   Writing as the EXPRESSION of Suffering, I mean UN-Holy Shit---anyone see THAT coming ?   I don't like it, not one bit .

                          My Hero and Lifetime Paradigm is Hermann Hesse who wrote If the War goes On... between 1914 and 1917 . What follows is his opening statement in the Foreword to the 1946 Edition =

                 

                                         "Compiling THIS BOOK has not been a happy task for the author .  It has not awakened pleasant memories or recalled welcome images .  On the contrary, every single article reminded me painfully of times of suffering, struggle and loneliness, times in which I was beset by enmity and incomprehension and bitterly cut off from pleasurable ideals and pleasant habits ."

                          "...beset by enmity"   that's me, I am THAT .

...when the dog jumps over the Moon...

                                                           It's my Job to try and "make Sense" of the incessant sensory bombardment that is inflicted upon us by trump's Propaganda Forces as well as Global News, specifically, PUTIN'S WAR ON UKRAINE, NETANYAHU'S WAR ON LEBANON  {{{and what should be Palestine}}} and of course TRUMP'S WAR ON IRAN .   Some morning's I can't remember my own fucking NAME let alone mine for Insights in the Thought Landfill that is the size of Oklahoma .   What galls me most about my own Inabilities and Shortcoming is that yesterday I was SUPPOSE-TO get my Mind Empty so that new info could be processed, assimilated and prepared for this morning's Output .   I hade a HUGELY Successful Rock Moving Effort yesterday--- I managed to move and position a rock of between 5 and eight hundred pounds to a position of containment alongside the other boulders I also positioned to make this unusual "Raised Bed" .   In total I invested almost  NINE HOURS moving this mini-boulder about ten feet .  Yup --you read that right ----> 10 <----  feet .   I allowed myself Satisfaction but had to fend off 'exaltation' .   

                           I had given NO Thought to trump's WAR during this activity but while watching the Hearing I figured, "No Prob" for today's Topic .   It doesn't help that I am both Angry and BITTER, those Emotions cloud my Judgement and obscure Reasoning and deter me from Writing mainly because when I get "like this" my Writing takes the form of Mad-man Lunacy {{{a dog barking at the Moon}}} .

"Pistol Pete"

                                                           I awoke at 3:38 and got into the cave at near 4 o'clock ~~~2 and a half hours later, still no "first sentence" .   Then this arrived =  I like to invest in my own Suffering because there is a great 'return' .   "Invest in Suffering" =  where the fuck did that come from ?

                                 I have no 'first sentence' because I couldn't decide upon what this morning's Topic should be .   Yesterday I managed to watch most of hegseth's "Hot Seat"  `burns` but I became an 'mental case' because of the ridiculous questions asked by ridiculous senators .   It wasn't until the very, end where REAL Questions concerning the Strategy [or lack thereof] of trump and his administration were delivered --- it made the opening hours look stupid mainly because THEY WERE .   Of particular note was the inclusion of the Agriculture Secretary .    One of the pundits made certain to stress that her inclusion was a way to DILUTE the Questioning of hegseth and general Boot Licker, What's-his-name .   Genius.  Fucking GENIUS .    The democrats are no match for the republicans Superiority of Cunning .

                                The 'grilling' was itself Sickening, how much fucking BULLSHIT can you eat before expLOSIVE Vomiting results ???  One word ;  Not Much .   We're PAYING these asshole to run the Country ??   OUR Country ????   

Miss Took

                                                           I began a rock-moving project late yesterday afternoon, and now its completion awaits .   I am too restless, {{excited}} to stay here and write but the circumstances surrounding the move are an example of a guy "stepping over a dollar to pick up a dime" .   I had a problem with containment that has been bugging the shit out of me since I solved the problem half=assidly when I moved the other boulders into position .   The Solution was directly in front of me each and every day for moths .  I'm cautioning my Gentle Readers --- DON'T GET OLD !

                              'Stepping over a dollar to pick up a dime' means that you   DON'T , WON'T or CAN'T see what is front of you so you pick-up something that may or may not "do" at and for the time being .  

                              "IT" gets deeper because it is the underlying recognition mechanisms tht ultimate are responsible for CORRECT 'Recognition' but this topic I must reserve for a later time .

                                K ------------  I'm out .

"Fate cannot be duped"

                                                          3.  Chun  /  Difficulty at the Beginning

                                 "If a man tries to hunt in a strange forest and has no guide, he loses his way .  When he finds himself in difficulties he must not try to steal out of them unthinkingly and without guidance .  Fate cannot be duped ;  premature effort, without the necessary guidance, end in failure and disgrace .  therefore the superior man, discerning the seeds of coming events, prefers to renounce a wish rather than provoke failure and humiliation by trying to force its fulfillment."  

                                 I wish that trump will stroke out -----not a wish from a Zen Master to be sure--- mercifully,,,,,  I am not a Zen Master .

Vainglory

                                                          I thought I could take the day off from Writing since I figured everyone was having a World Cup "hang-over" .   I still had to read the War Reports from Ukraine and I've done that but 'facebook' was riddled with posts showing trump with the victorious Spaniards celebrating at controlled Fever pitch .   Clearly trump wanted "IN" .   "Detestable" gets us close .

                        I was set to leave the desk and this screen when a word "arrived", it was "Vainglory" ||||| I suspected its meaning but had to consult my Webster's New World College Dictionary for confirmation .  Here's its def =  "1 extreme self-pride and boastfulness;  excessive and ostentatious vanity   2 vain show or empty pomp " .

                        I LOVE = "excessive and ostentatious vanity"  words that clothe Understanding with both pattern and texture, making "IT" (get this) suitable .   

                        One of the comments below one of the posts was this :  "He can't help himself" .   No one can deny that trump is "a driven man", but the question must be asked, What drives this asshole ?    2 words may suffice :  VANITY .

                        Thing is, we KNOW what drives trump and Vanity is too romantic a word to be all-inclusive but in the World Cup "photo-bomb" Vainglory "fits rite in" .   ...trump is --->vainglorious which carries the stench of Ego-maniacal with verve and gusto {{ poor choice but I like the way they read and sound   verve and gusto that is}} .   trump MUST BE the Center of Attention whether of not that Attention is Negative .  He's sick, REALLY fucking SICK .

Mrs. Burns

                                                           Sophomore Year I took an English course given by Mrs. Burns, a Grad Student working on her Ph.D .   Her first assignment was for us to write a brief bio so that she could "get a handle" on our Minds ---blah-blah-blah.  I gave NO thought to the assignment because I Thought it to be ridiculously E-Z .  About  week later she told us that she was exceedingly disappointed in our Efforts save for one .   She held up MY submission and then proceeded to read it to the class .   I was instantly SICKENED .   I still remember the First Line :  it was , "This is not my time", and from there I described my interest in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome where the Soldiers wielded Swords, and Scholars were REVERED .    I'm CERTAIN she had fallen in Love with me and that was corroborated when she interviewed us (me) , again, in order to know us better .   She told me that she had perceived an "Independence based on Confidence" that I was comfortable "Standing alone" .   2 words :   THAT was news to me !

                             NOW , I know that I have had MANY Lifetimes in Ancient Greece and the Far East, so I am almost grotesquely Familiar with the Ancients and turn to them to provide a Universal Perspective that has clearly withstood "The Test Of Time" .   These Ancients ARE MY FOUNDATION, they Define my Academic Ventures, my Writing and Studies .   Indeed, They Define my Existence .

                              

Legge-Wilhelm-Baynes

                                                           I have been accused of "Ancestor Worship" because of my  use of Ancient Texts and quotes from Ancient Masters and Venerable Sages .   "Worship" is such a STRONG word, and I reject its use to describe me and my Sentiments {to be  Senti-MENTAL} .   I was introduced to the I Ching via Herr Hermann Hesse and his Magister Ludi, a text that won him the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature .   Reading and then Studying the I Ching transFORMED me .    I GUARANTEE that if my Gentle Readers read the I Ching, they, too, will be transformed .  

                           There are problems, of course, but there are ALWAYS Problems and these must be addressed if Understanding is to be planted and its fruits harvested .   I have two Translations of the I Ching, one by James Legge and the other by the German Scholar Richard Wilhelm and the PHENOMENAL American Translator, Cary F. Baynes .   Of these Two the translation by Wilhelm/Baynes is TRUEST to the Ancient Chinese [the I Ching was written and compiled between the 10th and 9th centuries BCE] .   Legge's Version is INTENSE as it provides DYNAMIC Scholarship that is sometimes {most times} esoteric and therefore requires an EXTENSIVE amount of Background Familiarity .   However, make no mistake, the Wilhelm/Baynes Translation is CLASSIC Chinese oriented, the use of Images and (get this) POETRY can be deemed inscrutable, and it IS --> Inscrutable until you commit to its Understanding by TAKING TIME to let the texts "Sink In" to your Sub-conscious and then your UN-Conscious where it will find AFFINITY as a Manifestation of the "Collective Unconscious" .  

Unremitting Vigilance

                                                        57.  Sun  /  The Gentle  (The Penetrating,  Wind)

                              "At times one has to deal with hidden enemies, intangible influences that slink into dark corners and from this hiding affect people by suggestion .   In instances like this, it is  necessary to trace these things back to their most secret recesses, in order to determine the nature of the influences to be dealt with .   This is the task of the priests; removing the influences is the task of the magicians .   The very anonymity of such plotting requires an especially vigorous and indefatigable effort, but this is well worth while .   For when such elusive influences are brought into the light and branded, they lose power over people ."

                  

                        Propaganda is hardly "hidden", however the EFFECTS of propaganda are 'felt' by one's Psyche =  the Unconscious, and ITS response has GREAT POWER although the POWER may have a NEGATIVE Aspect .   This Negative Power MUST BE addressed if one is to guarantee The TRUTH of Reality .   

                      It is written, "When there is lack of Faith, there is lack of GOOD Faith"  and so it is with Trust .   When there is lack of Trust, there is lack of GOOD Trust .  We must not Trust propaganda, and further, those that generate propaganda .  

                      How many times have we been defeated when we "Let our guard down" ?   Here it is where Unremitting Vigilance is necessary for our COMPLETE Defense .  

Miss Handled

                                                           I must connect one more dot .   Here it is where Frog equals Toad and a Plague of Frogs equals a Plague of Toads, or Toadies, fitting, because trump's "toadies" ARE a Plague upon America .   

                           I know that the trope I have used is incomplete, I must account for Hail, Locusts, true Darkness and the "Death of the first born" ---- please forgive an old man .  Oh yeah, BOILS  --- .

                           I will leave this here, I've been up since 3:00, my ribs are beginning to ache and I am famished .

                           Dr. Moynihan wrote me that the Job of a Modern Writer is to review the Past and Modernize what has been written before and deemed unquestionably Valuable, ESPECIALLY those Myths, Stories, Fables and Tales that have resonated as TRUTH throughout the History(ies) of Civilization .   GEESUS FUCKING KRISS DOC,  ANYHING ELSE ???  

                          2 words  WOW .

                    

                          "Tare Forward" and  "Keep the Faith"       

The End is FEAR

                                                           It is imperative to note that all the Plagues have yet to manifest, that the List is partial, but it still represents the Condition of being under Divine Affliction .   Still more important is the necessity to acknowledge Pharoah's parochial stubborn-ness, meaning, after every Affliction Pharoah had the Chance to Release the Israelis---to give the Freedom and Self-Sovereignty but he declined to do so until the very END when his first born was slain by God ........only THEN did he submit to the Will of The Divine Almighty :   BUT  even THEN he continued to chase-down HIS Slaves and had his entire army PERISH on the floor of the Red Sea, we MUST view trump as if HE is Pharoah ; a Stubborn-ness built on CRIMINAL ARROGANCE and a complete dys-regard* for Israeli Life , that is HUMAN  LIFE .   

                           Pharoah was NOT given the option to RESIGN, to "step down" and away from his Reign of Cruelty .   We've yet to see ANY Request / Demand for trump to Resign, to step down and walk away .   I insist that it is NECESSARY to give trump the Option to Resign and do so IMMEDIATELY .   The democrats have all but ASSURED trump that he will be Tried and Convicted, resulting in his Imprison- ment .   I ASSUME that his entire Wealth will be confiscated and the Monies returned to the Treasury, leaving him and his OTHERS also POVERTY STRICKEN .  

                          

No Place Like Dome

                                                           I mean SO WHAT if what is transpiring in America is Biblical ????   the Wild Fires are CANADIAN ---|--- are we to Believe that CANADA is responsible for the "PALL" over America, are we to Believe that God has INFLICTED >HELL FIRES< upon Canada, I mean, what the fuck have THEY done to receive such AFFLICTION ?   Don't THEY live in a version of contemporary modern Utopia ????    What the fuck have THEY >>>>Done<<< to be mercilessly set ablaze ???   

                            It ain't "what they've done"  it's all about what they HAVEN'T done .   Some time ago I suggested the the vaunted Canadian Mounted Police should fly into D.C. and ARREST trump--- that They should "Maduro" that sonofabitch bring him to Canada and Charge his with CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY .   Not only would they be DOING AMERICA  A FAVOR They would be giving the  WORLD an Act of Political CHARITY, by Removing him for the World Stage .   That didn't happen and OF COURSE it didn't happen, HOW could it ???

                            Then there's the "Heat Dome" over Europe, in order to maintain trope I argue that the Heat Dome is Heaven Sent, meaning, Canada was afflicted by Hell Fires, and that Europe is similarly afflicted with >>>>>>>>>>>HELL HEAT<<<<<<<<<< .    I must contend that the Hell Heat ACTS like DARKNESS in that ALL THINGS AND ALL PEOPLES are effected by the Darkness that IS trump and trumpism .   Further, I contend that the World and specifically Europe has NOT "Done Enough" to oppose trump even tho* Europe is opposing putin albeit in a modified way, even THERE Ukraine is also in "Dire Straits due to a lack of missile defenses which puts Its Citizenry at Risk .  

Hail the President

                                                           What follows is the list of the "10 Plagues" inflicted upon Pharoah during Moses' Time :   "1.  Water turned to blood ,   2.  Frogs   3.  Gnats   4.  Flies   5.  Livestock disease   6.  Boils   7. Hail   8.  Locusts   9. Darkness   10.  Death of the 1st born ".     First Glance hardly considers that what is "happening in America" to be Biblical, I object to Mr. First Glance ~~~ .

                            The list of  "BAD THINGS HAPPENING IN AMERICA" is sizeable, but NOT Biblical, I mean for the most part , but I suggest NO the shit happening IS >>>BIBLICAL<<<  and we , as in I, should examine and scrutinize {if we must} these "happenings" so that we can properly address the Diseases being inflicted upon us by GOD, as HIS 'Response" to trump the Pharoah .   Polemics allows me this ~~~~~~~~~~~> latitude so, I mean, there's THAT .

                           There is "blood in the water" in Texas, folks have died IN the flood waters that were the result of BIBLICAL INUNDATION ---  the Livestock Disease is the "Screw-worm Plague, the Frogs, Gnats and Flies are represented by PARASITES >> the Clyclospora Outbreak<<, and Ebola has reared its ugly head in Africa.   The entirety of the List above has not been actualized but it must be noted that this THIS is the BEGINNING ,  I venture MORE will follow , based on Biblical Precedence .

Miss Spell and Sir Real

                                                           I think not one but TWO "Forevers" had {have} passed before I was able to receive the arrival of what appears to be an answer to the question, "What the fuck is going on with those Canadian Wild Fires and the SMOKE they are generating ?"   The smoke had reached the east coast shores of New England, my Rhode Island County as well .   The Smoke made the sky look Apocalyptic, surreal, definitely "End of the World" concerning .    There HAD-TO-BE a "Synchronicity" Factor involved, but all I could describe "IT" as that of a " 'pall' over the Land" .   I mean, "IT" 'fit' but "IT" seemed to be not enough, "IT" lacked >depth<, "IT" was too superficial .  

                         I gotta confess, shit like this bugs the living and dead "FUCK" out of me, and "IT" makes me question my Abilities and Talents scant that they me be in the first fucking place .   This morning I awoke at three and got outdoors around 3:30~~~ when I looked toward Heaven I could see Stars for the first time in weeks,  one hour later the sky was overcast, thick and heavy, but smoke free, I mean, for the most part .   I still hadn't determined the Sychronistic Factor of (for) the Smoke ... .

                       While I was mulling over my coffee several topics arrived none that I was particularly enthusiastic about exploring .  I knew that the Smoke was a "PALL", as in the Kiddie Lit fav :  "There was a >pall< over the Land" but it was insufficient for my description and "IT" would "end up" as only a minor statement that Captain Obvious would spout .   I settled deeper into Chairy-Chair ... then a something arrived that I could use for today's Consideration .

                      2 words :   I had to go (get this)  BIBLICAL .

Wayne

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

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

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

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

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

                          

                          "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith" .

Up & In

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

                             

Joan

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

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

                         That's me.

                          I'm that .

After-night Delight

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

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

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

Full of Shit

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

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

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

                       

T'ai = Peace

                                                                          11.  T'ai  /   Peace 

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

                             The above must be tempered by the following :

                                                                          10 .  Lu  / Treading

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