One thing we know. Trump would burn the whole Universe down, rather than admit he was at fault about anything, ever. (Nixon wasnt even this averse to admitting fault) He has basically, essentially, written as much in his books. He’s always emphasized “if someone attacks you, attack them with twice as much force.” He lives by that. Its his nature. Its in his bizness books, its in his Pro-Wrestling ‘persona’ etc.

Makes for good tv, in a corporate-capitalist-state, with hundreds of millions of corporate-capitalist-zombies watchin.

His words about treasonous traitors are in keeping with his lifelong internal defense/attack mechanisms.

Ah well.

I dont remember ever talkin about Obama the Man, this much. Democrats are boring, corporate, biosphere-destroyers. Trump is a CRAZY-MAN, super-charged-corporate-biosphere-destroyer.

I get tired of talkin about Trump and thinkin about Trump — but its impossible NOT to talk/think about him. He’s in my brain now, forever, in a way that Obama never was.

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I’ve only seen the Highlights at NFL.com. Were they flat ? Looked like there were a lot of missed tackles. Thats usually the biggest sign of a flat team, in my view.

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Zooey wrote:

There’s a strong pull on my imagination to believe that what comes next is Mad Max.

But I also think that visions of the apocalypse have always seeded the imaginations of humans, and humans have had a tendency to believe throughout history that the apocalypse is just over the horizon. I dunno. Maybe humans just lurch along as always, finding ways to adapt, finding ways to eliminate other humans from competition for food and water, and doing without polar ice and commercial salad dressing.

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All true.

But I dont ‘think’ i have a ‘strong pull on my imagination’ about the mad-max future. I might, but I dont think thats it. For me its just looking at the science. The trajectories of environmental science. Thats prettymuch all I’m basing my dark-view on. The Air, the Water, the Ground, the Food, the Population, the Extinctions, the Climate, Modern Weoponry, Etc.
Coupled with Corporate-Personhood. And Human-Fear-Ignorance.

Its not a ‘romantic vision’ for me. I dont ‘think’ so, anyway.

And again, the past is of no help. Because nothing like these conditions have ever existed before. This is something new.

What the hell do i know though. I’m just looking at a bright pebble or two on the vast shore.

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“I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.” ― Plato

Disagreement on FOX

The Judge “is a fool”

Billy_T wrote:

Thanks, WV.

Jane Goodall is a treasure. She’s like Chomsky for animals and the environment.

Much appreciated.

If you get the chance, would like to hear your own take on capitalism and the environment. Do you think it’s compatible with saving the planet?

Hope all is well —

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Capitalism. Its such a big giant huge subject. If I were to write an epic fantasy novel with seven kingdoms, and I had to do some new ‘world-building,’ I suppose I could envision a society somewhere in Westeros, where Capitalism might work. I can envision it. It would require an educational system that emphasized critical-thinking. And compassion. Without that, it couldnt work.
On top of the Education System, it would require some way to protect politics from Money. Thats possible to envision. Just put it in the constitution.
It would require Nationalizing Energy, Education, Health Care, etc. The Big stuff.
Cant have too much inequality so we’d have to regulate that somehow. Thats do-able.
A capitalism of many many small businesses, and the big stuff nationalized.

So, yeah, i can envision a kinder gentler form of Capitalism. In the abstract. In a fantasy book. Where i get to start everything from scratch, without history getting in the way 🙂

Dunno what the coat of arms would look like.

But can Capitalism work in the real world? Signs point to No.

But it aint going anywhere, BT. So even though my heart is deeply anti-capitalist and wants revolution, my head whispers just settle for do-able-reforms. Like Bernie’s policies. Just some tinkering with the beast. Better than nuthin.

At any rate, Whats coming to replace Capitalism will probly be worse.

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Zooey wrote:

I would take that logo. They may have “leaked” it to test the waters. Or it could be somebody trying to promote something, or start an internet rumor, or a host of other motives.

But I like it, actually. It does combine the two, and I never loved either one of them: the skull, or the newer one. This is a living Ram resembling the old logo. I like it, fwiw.

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Yeah, I like the new-fake-one better too.

Not that I care about ‘logos’ much. Its the helmets that matter. Its all about the helmets.

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Hollywood ending.

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Fwiw,
41 percent of Independents support Impeachment.
38 percent of Independents oppose impeachment.
21 percent are Unsure.
According to Harris poll.