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Author Archives: JRL
Manifestering
We always say we the people are going to see it done, right? That’s because it’s so almost deliberately vague. Every raging fire needs a single spark, any reader of Canetti’s #CrowdsAndPower could tell you that. So who exactly is … Continue reading
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Once Upon a Time
That once upon a time that never comes: a world still yet to come that stays unborn, its waking breath caught up in too young lungs, not more than just a sigh of sad could be’s. What would you have … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, iambic pentameter, illusion, jingoism, perception, self-delusion, truth, words
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A direction of sense
Let’s not forget the west is not the south, any more than the north is the east. They’re all geographic conveniences, mere topographic contrivances. So they really are all the same. They don’t define anything except temporarily useful illusions. Whatever … Continue reading
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Can You Put a Label On It? Then We Can Use It
In real life, there’s no #ThirdWall. That’s how you can tell it’s not television. But maybe that’s the ONLY way. YMMV. Depending on much you trust #ArtificalIntelligence to be smarter than you are. Or if not #AI, then #HigherPower, because … Continue reading
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What is Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation?
What is Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation? That was in the text but not the title of some [there’s a whole lot of mandatory refresher and update style review, testing, demonstrating, and proving] of this year’s annual employee training. [Be warned: … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, exploitation, humor, life, living, neglect, philosophy, politics
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The Doesn’t Matter
It doesn’t matter what you know. Ideas tend to come and go like water, winding to and fro until it’s got no place left to go. Everything dries up and fertilizes something. Or it doesn’t matter much, does it? And … Continue reading
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The pyramid scam
It’s a pyramid all right. The 1% at the top over the other 99. Might say they’re supporting the peak. Reality is the pyramid is upside down & underground. Most important & most plentiful, the bottom, supported by ever smaller … Continue reading
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