Inferior complected people are dangerous because their lust for the power to compensate for their feelings of being less lead them to be totally irresponsible. Power, to be felt, has to hurt. Now, after four decades of inflicting moderate hurt on too many people, Republicans, rightly, perceive that they are done for. So, like a wounded animal, they turn vicious.
The thing to remember about the instinct-driven is that words are just weapons. They hurl them regardless of meaning to see what causes damage. It is really not possible to argue with people who do not use language to communicate. The message is not in the medium, but in the tone.
Worse and worse… VERMONT 6 AUG 2021 25,320-25,219 = 101 new cases (The math says 101; the official count is 88) 778 active cases 12 (+1) hospitalised, 8(+2) in ICU 😳 786 Tested 12 more Recovered Positivity rate up to 2.7%
2 Monarch Butterflies hatched today. The first emerged this morning and has already fledged. The second emerged midday and is soon to be escorted to the great outdoors. Wonderful little miracles.
Received and installed the new battery for my old Kindle--it's alive! It also remembers! The old battery was bulging a little bit. Now I have to refresh my memory about how to operate it.
I have to investigate the WiFi connectivity, and also the firmware version. It would be convenient if I could still download books directly from gutenberg.org.
It all works as it did; firmware automatically updated, can download books from Gutenberg.org. Slowish, but it works. Haven't checked the browser for news sites, but don't expect great things--it is minimal.
Tucker Carlson went on Fox News to rant about how Democrats are trying to “make life difficult” for unvaccinated people. Catching the virus, on the other hand, that will be like a vacation...
We were somewhat in the orange here today (123)! It's so strange to randomly have a day that's hazy from smoke in the air, but the related fires are thousands of miles away. Small world.
Doc visit yesterday. New doc. Finally got someone interested in my swollen legs (four months now). We're taking me off the Gabapentin. Also added into the side effects are that I'm losing my hair. I saved what I brushed out the night before, and both the NP and the nurse were shocked. As was I. With good luck it'll be done in two weeks, and I'll manage to remain pain free. And hopefully, the legs will go down, and the hair will re-grow.
A lot of people are put on gabapentin as a long shot to relieve pain that appears to originate in nerves because it is pretty harmless compared to most of the pharmaceutical alternatives. Good luck, puddle.
There are strange side effects of various medicines; Miyoko can't tolerate ibuprofen [Advil, Motrin, etc.]; it causes agitation so severe as to remind one of methamphetamine abuse. It's a known adverse effect, but unusual. And it was just as useless for her as gabapentin.
I'm going to have to re-read it. It seems to make sense not only of Trump but of Metropolis, which seems rather strange to us because we are unfamiliar with Weimar society.
The advantage of living with a narcissist who repeats the same (false) story over and over is that, as on matures and the lies are proved, the purpose of the self-deception becomes clearer. The authoritarian take-over of Germany grew out of a culture of obedience and a compensatory sense of superiority to various extraneous population. In other words, in exchange for unquestioning obedience, Germans got to feel superior even as their material existence became degraded. We have seem the same pattern in the U.S. for the last forty years. My mother, who emigrated to the U.S. after the war for no good reason other than that some of her relatives had gone before, became a staunch Republican. The implied superiority appealed to a person who transfered her disdain for "people from the east" to hispanics without a second thought. The recitation of the narrative only stopped when she realized it would not serve to promote her well-being. That is the bottom line--self-preservation. That is the meaning of "there, but for the grace of God, go I." "I am so lucky I am Christian and not a Jew or a Pole or a Gypsy or a Check." Not being targeted for exclusion or removal was considered a boon. Talk about social manipulation on the cheap. Do you remember when Trump had people dragged out of his rallies? That was for the "benefit" of the audience--to make them feel favored. Teachers do it when they "make an example" of a student by picking on him or her. The purpose of the scape goat is to make the witness feel important. Been that way at least since Abraham took Isaac up on the mountain.
A Pandemic Fueled by Republican Ambition [Click]
ReplyDeleteInferior complected people are dangerous because their lust for the power to compensate for their feelings of being less lead them to be totally irresponsible. Power, to be felt, has to hurt. Now, after four decades of inflicting moderate hurt on too many people, Republicans, rightly, perceive that they are done for. So, like a wounded animal, they turn vicious.
DeleteWhen the going gets tough, the GOP turns to the border [Click] I wouldn’t mind seeing the Dems deploy that phrase. . .
ReplyDeleteHow Right-Wingers Used A Single Whataburger Meal To Blame Immigrants For COVID [Click]
DeleteThe thing to remember about the instinct-driven is that words are just weapons. They hurl them regardless of meaning to see what causes damage. It is really not possible to argue with people who do not use language to communicate. The message is not in the medium, but in the tone.
DeletePressure Mounting To Launch ‘McMafia Law’ Probe Into Trump’s Scottish Golf Courses [Click] Sounds like an “unexplained wealth order” might be forthcoming. Lacking an adequate response to such an order, the assets in question are seized by the government.
ReplyDelete‘It could feed the world’: amaranth, a health trend 8,000 years old that survived colonization [Click]
ReplyDeleteRoot*Center*Son would agree!
DeleteAdded bonus: If you plant it intermingled with Tomatoes, they both do better.
Biggest ever rocket is assembled briefly in Texas [Click] I hadn’t been paying attention—but GEE!
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Boeing delays rerun of Starliner space capsule test [Click]
Fine, as long as they do not leave any of their junk anywhere.
DeleteWorse and worse…
ReplyDeleteVERMONT 6 AUG 2021
25,320-25,219 = 101 new cases
(The math says 101; the official count is 88)
778 active cases
12 (+1) hospitalised, 8(+2) in ICU 😳
786 Tested
12 more Recovered
Positivity rate up to 2.7%
2 Monarch Butterflies hatched today. The first emerged this morning and has already fledged. The second emerged midday and is soon to be escorted to the great outdoors. Wonderful little miracles.
ReplyDeleteReceived and installed the new battery for my old Kindle--it's alive! It also remembers! The old battery was bulging a little bit. Now I have to refresh my memory about how to operate it.
ReplyDeleteI have to investigate the WiFi connectivity, and also the firmware version. It would be convenient if I could still download books directly from gutenberg.org.
DeleteIt all works as it did; firmware automatically updated, can download books from Gutenberg.org. Slowish, but it works. Haven't checked the browser for news sites, but don't expect great things--it is minimal.
DeleteHuzzah that it works!!
DeleteFrom an e-mail from Vote Vets:
ReplyDeleteTucker Carlson went on Fox News to rant about how Democrats are trying to “make life difficult” for unvaccinated people. Catching the virus, on the other hand, that will be like a vacation...
I simply cannot grasp such idiocy.
Definitely getting smokey here.
ReplyDeleteThe winds seem to be blowing the smoke high into the air, so the air at ground level is OK.
DeleteWe were somewhat in the orange here today (123)! It's so strange to randomly have a day that's hazy from smoke in the air, but the related fires are thousands of miles away. Small world.
DeleteDoc visit yesterday. New doc. Finally got someone interested in my swollen legs (four months now). We're taking me off the Gabapentin. Also added into the side effects are that I'm losing my hair. I saved what I brushed out the night before, and both the NP and the nurse were shocked. As was I. With good luck it'll be done in two weeks, and I'll manage to remain pain free. And hopefully, the legs will go down, and the hair will re-grow.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people are put on gabapentin as a long shot to relieve pain that appears to originate in nerves because it is pretty harmless compared to most of the pharmaceutical alternatives. Good luck, puddle.
DeleteDid the hair loss start after being put on gabapentin?
DeleteWonderful!! 👍👍 May it be so! 🌈💛
DeleteYes. I have a LOT if hair, so it took a while to notice, but yes.
DeleteHope it helps!
DeleteThere are strange side effects of various medicines; Miyoko can't tolerate ibuprofen [Advil, Motrin, etc.]; it causes agitation so severe as to remind one of methamphetamine abuse. It's a known adverse effect, but unusual. And it was just as useless for her as gabapentin.
DeleteGabapentin wasn't useless: it DID get the periformis muscle into very good shape but what cost.
DeleteSmall choice among rotten apples!
DeleteWatching Metropolis In The Time Of Trump [Click] Wow! One of the best analyses of Trump and his followers that I have found. Long—it is in three parts. And read up on the Völkisch movement [Click] either before or during Part II.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to re-read it. It seems to make sense not only of Trump but of Metropolis, which seems rather strange to us because we are unfamiliar with Weimar society.
DeleteThe advantage of living with a narcissist who repeats the same (false) story over and over is that, as on matures and the lies are proved, the purpose of the self-deception becomes clearer. The authoritarian take-over of Germany grew out of a culture of obedience and a compensatory sense of superiority to various extraneous population. In other words, in exchange for unquestioning obedience, Germans got to feel superior even as their material existence became degraded.
ReplyDeleteWe have seem the same pattern in the U.S. for the last forty years. My mother, who emigrated to the U.S. after the war for no good reason other than that some of her relatives had gone before, became a staunch Republican. The implied superiority appealed to a person who transfered her disdain for "people from the east" to hispanics without a second thought. The recitation of the narrative only stopped when she realized it would not serve to promote her well-being.
That is the bottom line--self-preservation. That is the meaning of "there, but for the grace of God, go I." "I am so lucky I am Christian and not a Jew or a Pole or a Gypsy or a Check." Not being targeted for exclusion or removal was considered a boon. Talk about social manipulation on the cheap. Do you remember when Trump had people dragged out of his rallies? That was for the "benefit" of the audience--to make them feel favored. Teachers do it when they "make an example" of a student by picking on him or her.
The purpose of the scape goat is to make the witness feel important. Been that way at least since Abraham took Isaac up on the mountain.