I’ve been accused of being overly pessimistic, a Chicken Little-ish blogger in search of a sky-falling-proof shelter. Perhaps. But, holy crap, where’s the upside, the half or even quarter-full glass? It’s been so long since I’ve been able to take a full breath of fresh air without sucking in the pervasive residue…
If you have one, and you live in Alabama, or Mississippi, or Missouri, or Arkansas, or Utah, or Ohio…you’re fucked…and not in that potentially pleasurable, oooooh-ahhhhhhh kind of way.
Backlash my ass! We have a President who openly commits high crimes and misdemeanors on a daily basis. He makes no excuses for his vile personal behavior or his willy-nilly, brainless dismantling of the precepts and promises of America’s standing as the beacon of freedom, fairness and decency to the rest…
Magicians, fakirs, shamans have been using it for centuries, baffling perception and challenging the cognitive balance of seekers of wonderment, wisdom, spiritual enlightenment or healing. It is the life-blood of practiced prestidigitation, making what we believe we see unreliable. As entertainment it is arguably benign, often delightful. However, its manipulative…