"To embrace justice by a multiplicity of laws, or to hazard it by confidence in judges, are the opposite rocks on which all civil institutions have been wrecked, and between which legislative wisdom has never found an open passage." Samuel Johnson
"Little things console us..."
loggerhead? shrike which always sits on this nearby branch (I think it has broken off recently) not a chicken hawk!
so I see on the BBC news this early morning there is more aftermath being revealed about the "Epstein files"...yeah right...I will now reveal the worst kept secret about human behavior...men like young puss...wow what a revelation...I imagine that for every female who considers herself "maltreated" by the high profile jet setting sexual opportunists who managed to discombobulate the lives of a whole lot of male associates there are thousands more females who would jump at the chance to offer up their feminine charms (and bodies) to a wealthy male person...according to O. Taraban all relationships are negotiations and all sexual relationships are a form of bartering...the question I have, have had, and will have is quite simply; were these "exploited" females promised compensation for their lovely company and did they receive said compensation? "Little things console us, because little things afflict us."B. Pascal
spotted some feathers floating groundward and looked up to see this hawk plucking a pigeon..."The falcon cannot hear the falconer..." from "The second coming" by W.B. Yeats...and sure enough the center will not hold...some of the better YouTube presentations I have seen in recent times are as follows..."Crime pays but botany doesn't" is a site from an interesting well educated (way much latin) thick accented (east coast urban? mucho tattooed fellow who delights in plants and finding them in their habitat...desert mostly..."little Chinese everywhere" are taking their reward for the intrepid journeys under harsh conditions and were comped with $500 dollar a day luxury train travel in china...much food but not much adventure...they deserve a good rest...I heard that a famous female vocalist has the top mucsial offering which she recorded some time ago namely "Last Christmas" but I would like to recommend the same song by none other than "Miss Bellamy Clark (miss "B")..she sounds a lot like miss T. Swift!..."How this guy folds and flies world record paper airplanes" is a good presentation from Wired and may allow you to construct some of his amazing single paper aircraft..."The Genius and Mysterious life of Augustus Pablo" from "Reggae appreciation society...I recently bought a "melodica" from the thrift store because I was inspired by this guy...he was always infirm in health and died pretty young but not before he inspired the world with his "mystical" introverted influence on Dub and reggae music...good stuff...of Course Dr. Andrew Huberman has had some good health advice in his interviews with experts such as "Build a healthy gut microbiome" with dr Justin sonnenburg...I heard and interview with a hip-hop performer named jeezy on Sunday morning NPR and this fellow mentioned that he was in the record books for having the largest symphony in any hip hop recording...I miss the importance of this...but he did say it was the first symphony he had ever seen or heard...holly moly!...talk about learn as you go!...I looked up his work online and came up with "Money real long"...I don't listen to much hip hop but it sounds like it has not changed much in the last couple of decades...more Mystic less plastic please..."philosophize this" has two Shakespeare inspired presentations and I must say these are some of the most erudite reviews of Shakespeare I have ever heard...Mr. West is to be commended for his studious but lucid evaluation of these works...bravo!...I picked up a DVD of "Stagecoach" with John Wayne directed by John Ford...good movie...however the interview with mr ford by a couple of British guys was very interesting...eventually they asked him whether he had racist views...he denied having any...he said his favorite movie was "The sun shines bright"( one hour thirty minutes-1953) which has a lot of stereotypes of blacks (and also southerners I might add) I heard mr Tarantino say he also thought Ford was a racist...it might be helpful to keep the actions in the historical contexts in which they were made...a very good and emotional charged musical presentation I came across is "NINA SIMONE on david bowie and janis Joplin"...neither of these artist are in this conversation...her vulnerable presentation is worth the ten minutes...also there is a "Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway" presentation of "White Rabbit"complete with costumes which is fun...and last but not least is a Ralph Nader radio hour presentation (#609) called "The AI prompt that could end the world"...of course you should listen to this to learn what this prompt is...sometimes I think alarmism sells too danmed well!...if as a species we cannot protect ourselves from our creations we deserve to be extinct!...



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