Agents for change (in politics) have emerged worldwide.
(Set aside momentarily their obvious defects of character and/or presentation)
There is a visceral hunger for CHANGE (if not revolution) which has placed
these people in power.
Voters want the dishes shattered by the bulls.
Revolutionary instinct is :BREAK THINGS.
The question in my mind is how long and how deep?
IF Trump is re-elected (don't think it will happen) the next notch is ratcheted up.
Enough angry people must hit the point of no return for actual Revolution.
It all starts with angry people who won't take "it" anymore.
Democrats in the U.S. have been completely ineffectual in the Never-Trump movement because the core impulse is NOT CENTERED ON POLICY.
It is merely anger.
The population is not helped existentially.
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19"I'm As Mad as Hell - and I'm not going to take it anymore" (First Principles)
by Terry intwo things we all need to know; may already know; have known for a long long time - but nothing at all has changed .... first principles.
these are assumptions that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.. .
(what the hell does that mean?).
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"I'm As Mad as Hell - and I'm not going to take it anymore" (First Principles)
by Terry intwo things we all need to know; may already know; have known for a long long time - but nothing at all has changed .... first principles.
these are assumptions that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.. .
(what the hell does that mean?).
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Two things we all need to know; may already know; have known for a long long time - but nothing at all has changed ...
First Principles____________These are assumptions that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.(What the hell does THAT mean?)(Example)Before a functioning airplane was designed and built successfully, centuries of failures, accidents, deaths, and mistakes occurred.Brilliant inventors failed - and did so horribly.WHY?They "assumed" using birds as the perfect analogy for flight.Birds flap wings seemed an inescapable Truth.Result?Thousands of false starts and injuries.Flapping was impractical. Human bodies aren't analogous to birds.
FIRST PRINCIPLES1. Start from scratch by NOT thinking analogously.2. Originality isNOT an echo of an already existing thing.3. The Past and the Future don't have to beconnected.(Example: Automobiles)Historically, horses are a fast and reliable method of travel.Historically, machines are ponderous, clunky, slow, and costly.You can't replace the horse (as transportation) with a machine.(Cars would require flat highways and streets, right?There were none. Forget about it.)So-calledPRACTICAL wisdomis deeply rooted in THE PAST. "We've always done it this way." But stop and think:All innovation would cease using the practical PAST as a model.Living things survive and progress by ADAPTATION to change.99.99% of everything which is now extinct DID NOT ADAPT because history lies about the future. (What is the lie? THIS WORKS, HAS WORKED, and WILL WORK AGAIN AND AGAIN.)4. ARISTOTLE influenced great thinkers for thousands of years.He described FIRST PRINCIPLE thinking right down to fundamental essence for innovation. (What a thing is - it's essence - is what you are left with when everything else is removed.)5. Healthy SKEPTICISM challenges authority, history, conventional thinking about WHY we must accept the way it is what it is.Everything in our world today is a TENSION between the way things ought to be and the way powerful interestsdemand we accept what they are doing "for our own good."____ REVOLUTION?Revolution comes when enough people suddenly see what a huge difference exists inside that tension just mentioned above.We need to ask questions. Such as?LEADERS - aren't they really chosen by us as a result of the false principle of "choose the lesser of two evils?" We are told we MUST accept this as inescapable!This FALSE CHOICE is a delusional construct forced upon us by so-called INFLUENCERS bought and paid for by the super-wealthy. (Manufacturing our consent).Do we need toTRUST our institutions?OLIGARCHS are super-wealthy business leaders who seek political influence (and positions of political power).Are we so accustomed to their lying and misrepresentation through Media and Politics we cannot detect these Oligarch's pulling of strings?What is the alternative? Or - is there one?DESTROY the false narratives.REPLACE the corruption and the system in which it thrives.DEFY propaganda reassurances.AVOID partisan ideology and BLACK and WHITE thinking.EMBRACE First Principles by the revolution...and beginning with yourself.The most powerful word in the history of mankind is the word "NO"!NO.NO.NO."I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore."THIS SPEECH was depicted in the movie NETWORK 45 YEARS AGO!It is still true - and nothing has changed. -
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IMPERFECTION (Lesson learned)
by Terry inimperfection______________my favorite teacher (grade 9);mr. mcgilvray.he had a way.
charm, humor, intelligence, and irreverence.i loved the man.he'd teach a quick lesson that would linger in the mind for a long, long time.
even as long as...well....now.. allow me to tell you about it...______.
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My 8th grade teacher, Mrs. Green, took a special interest in me.
A white-haired lady with spectacles, she praised what appeared to her to be an excellent memory.
This inspired me.
On 'Recitation Day" (students could earn extra grade points by tackling The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) I recited the entire poem.
All 625 lines.
The bell rang before I was finished but everybody remained at their desk.
I finished to uproarious applause and a mad dash to next class.614He prayeth best, who loveth best615All things both great and small;616For the dear God who loveth us,617He made and loveth all.618The Mariner, whose eye is bright,619Whose beard with age is hoar,620Is gone: and now the Wedding-Guest621Turned from the bridegroom's door.622He went like one that hath been stunned,623And is of sense forlorn:624A sadder and a wiser man,625He rose the morrow morn. -
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IMPERFECTION (Lesson learned)
by Terry inimperfection______________my favorite teacher (grade 9);mr. mcgilvray.he had a way.
charm, humor, intelligence, and irreverence.i loved the man.he'd teach a quick lesson that would linger in the mind for a long, long time.
even as long as...well....now.. allow me to tell you about it...______.
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Acerbitous
Can you imagine trying that today?
A friend and I were planning to hook up smoke-bombs to the electric circuits of the school bells on the last day of school. It never happened.
But the very idea I would get myself into that sort of conspiracy appalls me now.
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We had a coach in Jr. High School who was a real piece of work. A bully who liked to walk around naked inside the dressing room with his horse dick lolling about.
He used a cricket bat to discipline me when I simply forgot to bring my gym shorts.
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IMPERFECTION (Lesson learned)
by Terry inimperfection______________my favorite teacher (grade 9);mr. mcgilvray.he had a way.
charm, humor, intelligence, and irreverence.i loved the man.he'd teach a quick lesson that would linger in the mind for a long, long time.
even as long as...well....now.. allow me to tell you about it...______.
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IMPERFECTION
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My favorite teacher (Grade 9);
Mr. McGilvray.
He had a way. Charm, humor, intelligence, and irreverence.
I loved the man.
He'd teach a quick lesson that would linger in the mind for a long, long time.
Even as long as...well....now.Allow me to tell you about it...
______Microscope on tabletop. Very sharp kitchen knife.
"This blade is sharp and perfect for slicing. Even a mushy tomato.
A thin page of newsprint - sliced clean through."
(We watched.)"Did you hear me say something about the blade being 'perfect'?"
(Heads nod.)"Okay, let me project the magnified blade onto this screen for a very close-up look."
(Clicks the switch. Image projected.)"Just look how jagged the metal edge really is -- up close. Are you surprised?"
(See photo below)
"This is reality. It is ugly, isn't it? Looks like a mountain range instead of something that slices through paper. What's going on here?"
(We all sat dumb. My hand usually went up first. Not this time.)
Silence for a full minute."Think about it."
And that was all to the lesson that day!He turned off the projector and removed the microscope from the table and reached for a paperback book.
He began reading to us (as he always loved to do).
The book was hilarious.
(Barefoot Boy With Cheek (Max Shulman)
_______I was 15 years old.
20 years later, I ran into my old Science teacher quite unexpectedly.
"I know you!" He declared quickly.
That warmed my heart.
I was older and wore a beard!We exchanged casual conversation for a minute.
I told the man what he meant to me. I poured it out. I simply had to do so.
He listened and thanked me.Then, he closed his eyes gently and reopened them - like someone waking from a dream. He turned toward me and spoke.
"You probably understood the lesson about imperfection. Remember?"
I did remember."Well, I think so."
He lifted his eyebrows. He was inviting comment.
"Imperfection is finding a way to complain about what is perfect."
(Big grin)
Lesson learned.
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Corona-virus facts
by Terry incorona-virus facts.
in china, people generally do not wash their hands.
there is no soap in restrooms or even in hospitals.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBxZ1XIYmGc&t=1814s
"Official numbers are deliberately low. About a factor 50 times lower."
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Corona-virus facts
by Terry incorona-virus facts.
in china, people generally do not wash their hands.
there is no soap in restrooms or even in hospitals.
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Corona-virus facts
by Terry incorona-virus facts.
in china, people generally do not wash their hands.
there is no soap in restrooms or even in hospitals.
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Corona-virus facts
by Terry incorona-virus facts.
in china, people generally do not wash their hands.
there is no soap in restrooms or even in hospitals.
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DO YOU KNOW THIS?
Where is ground zero for the Corona-virus?
The city of Wuhan.
Did you know what else is in Wuhan?The Wuhan virology institute is under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. ... In 1993, China declared a second facility, the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, as one of eight biological warfare research facilities covered by the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) which China joined in 1985.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/24/virus-hit-wuhan-has-two-laboratories-linked-chines/ -
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by Terry incorona-virus facts.
in china, people generally do not wash their hands.
there is no soap in restrooms or even in hospitals.
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Remember: do NOT believe Chinese statistics.
These authorities are pathological liars.
