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I will probably watch the debate between the two politicians tonight, although I expect no surprises. Neither will speak of anything new. No matter what questions are asked of them, each will merely repeat the same ol', same ol' metaphorical trash that has been oozing from their lying lips since... well... since always.
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For those who have never visited my personal website (not this blog) here is the LINK -- The opening page has a menu of links on the right side which will take you to additional pages, such as a short biography with some pictures from the past.
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I just viewed a ten minute video featuring a serious talk about Malala Yousuf Zai, the young girl who was shot in the head and neck by a radical 'Moslem'.
LINK
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Delancey Place has an interesting piece on the habit of defaulting by several U.S. States' debts back around 1839.
Excerpt:
By 1839, nine [state and territory] governments [including Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, Indiana, Maryland, Arkansas, and the territory of Florida], responsible for two-thirds of all the American government debt in private hands, were routinely missing interest payments, attempting to sidestep creditors, or flatly repudiating their obligations. Across the Atlantic, investors were outraged.
Yankee Doodle borrows cash,
Yankee Doodle spends it,
And then he snaps his fingers at
The jolly flat who lends it.
Ask him when he means to pay,
He shews no hesitation,
But says he'll take the shortest way,
And that's repudiation!
--Literary Gazette, London, January 1845
LINK
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Any updates that occur to me throughout the day will go here...
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WORD FOR TODAY
macabre [muh-kah-bruh, or muh-kahb]
adjective
1.
gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
2.
of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death.
3.
of or suggestive of the allegorical dance of death.
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I am a man of few words, but many riddles.
--Frank Gorshin
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