- Some asshole just triggered a Superchunk cascade, so out of shit, diamonds.
- Beast mode and that Nazi situation.
- Of course I think the fucks bearing tiki torches malevolent shits. Do I think they have the legal right to assemble, armed, in a child's uniform, playing at patriot, yes. Do I think others have the legal right to confront them for their confrontation, sure. Who does this serve?
- Why the Center is OK w Nazis but hates the Left: So the center, including the center left, is essentially ok with Nazis. If they have to choose between Nazis and the sort of scum who want everyone to have healthcare at the cost of corporate profits; or to reduce profits on prisoners; well, they side with their self interest.
- This is how less-shittism works - the shitty gets worse. The center moves right.
- No one is happier this morning at Charlottesville violence than motherfucking professional Democrats.
- Well, them and the entire ruling class.
- Prisoners of a bloated clown.
- Villager Court Jester says BernieBros = Alt-Right.
- Democrats are looking in the mirror?
- Mirror/Mirror.
- Hidden mythology.
- Maggie's weekly links.
- { feuilleton }'s weekly links.
- An Explanation of America: A Love of Death.
CRUMPLED-UP NOTE BLOWING AWAY
Franz Wright
Were no one
here to witness it,
could the sun be
said to shine? Clearly,
you pedantic fool.
But I’ve said all that
I had to say.
In writing.
I signed my name.
It’s death’s move.
It can have mine, too.
It’s a perfect June morning,
and I just turned eighteen;
I can’t even believe
what I feel like today.
Here am I, Lord,
sitting on a suitcase,
waiting for my train.
The sun is shining.
I’m never coming back.
1)in Explanation of America: A Love of Death pinsky asks us to imagine an event taking place on the prairie 80 years ago, or more - since the book was published in 1979, this means pre-1900
ReplyDeleteblood and soil enter into the incident pinsky imagines, but not in the way meant by those who practice identity politics of the right-wing persuasion
i think of the wild grasses and the buffalo, native american species, flourishing under one sociopolitical ecology and material culture, displaced by migrants from other continents as new waves of human energy and technological organization manifested themselves
stuff happens - live it, live with it, or get out of the way, one way or another
2)i've started reading robert wright's new book why buddhism is true - i regret that a previous engagement means i cannot attend his talk at politics and prose, the dc bookstore, tomorrow evening - august 15
with regard to politics and prose, and robert wright's appearance at the bookstore of the same name in d.c. tonight, which i unfortunately cannot attend due to a previous engagement, possibly the discussion may turn to the topic of the following:
DeleteThe author of Why Buddhism Is True thinks mindfulness can be a weapon against Trumpism.
http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/i_have_to_ask/2017/08/robert_wright_on_fighting_trump_with_buddhist_teachings.html
the line from franz wright's poem which titles this post reminds me of the song "high flying bird" - judy henske (who is 80 but still alive, our friends at wikipedia inform me) performed this song on the tv show hootenanny in 1963, which may have been my first exposure to it
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxC4HZNxjYU