Saturday mornings I get up early to let the dog out, measure my fasting sugar, dump some special (expensive) medicinal chow in the dog’s bowl, plant a row of treats back to the dog’s bed, and crawl back under the covers to adjust my eye-shade and my bi-pap mask hoping to drift back into the previous juicy confusion of a semi-erotic and occasionally frightening dream state.
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Pass the Silver Bullets
Ted Cruz was the second-slimiest weasel in Washington D. C., and he was actually, before DJT, was the slimiest — and then, when they elected DJT, Cruz became known as the second-slimiest. And now that DJT is a loser, Ted Cruz is again the slimiest weasel in Washington D. C. (or Texas or even Cancun).
The American Abyss
I’ve kept this quotation in front of me for many days and consider it worthy of sharing. It comes from the New York Times.
Continue reading “The American Abyss”Post-truth is pre-fascism, and Trump has been our post-truth president. When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place. Without agreement about some basic facts, citizens cannot form the civil society that would allow them to defend themselves. If we lose the institutions that produce facts that are pertinent to us, then we tend to wallow in attractive abstractions and fictions. Truth defends itself particularly poorly when there is not very much of it around, and the era of Trump like the era of Vladimir Putin in Russia is one of the decline of local news. Social media is no substitute: It supercharges the mental habits by which we seek emotional stimulation and comfort, which means losing the distinction between what feels true and what actually is true.
