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| Courage, Anxiety and Despair - Watching the Battle (ca 1850)
aka "Le Courage, l’Anxiété et le Désespoir observent la bataille" by James Sant (1820 - 1916) |
Today's literary connection:
"The Senator was vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his "ideas" almost idiotic, while his celebrated piety was that of a traveling salesman for church furniture, and his yet more celebrated humor the sly cynicism of a country store. Certainly there was nothing exhilarating in the actual words of his speeches, nor anything convincing in his philosophy. His political platforms were only wings of a windmill.”
by Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951)
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American writers continue to express concern
that our current president is living with dementia:
News anchor Lawrence O'Donnell: “If we grow weary of making the point of how singularly stupid and possibly clinically demented Donald Trump’s statements are, then we will become part of the normalization process of those statements, which most of the American news media has unwittingly participated in and 14 year olds in this country will think it’s perfectly normal for a president to say those things.” (MSNBC ~ 18 June)
Historian Heather Cox Richardson: "It seems to me long past time to question the 79-year-old president’s mental health."
Columnist Rex Huppke: "Is Trump in mental decline? He sounds far worse than Biden ever did. . . . If Biden's 'mental decline' was concerning, Trump's should be alarming."
So here is Batch Four of my awareness - raising
"living with dementia" reminders
[Also posted on The Quotidian Kit]
These perception - checkers may be non - ceremonious, non - likeable, non - literary, devoid of charm -- but not without irony. I have tried to pick examples that emphasize the irony of the pot calling the kettle black -- or the old calling the old old. How ironic that one candidate living with dementia was eliminated, only to be replaced by another candidate living with dementia. We need upward age limits for President, Senate, Congress, and Supreme Court. It is not only embarrassing but also dangerous and wrong to see the world being so badly run by elders way past their prime.
Q: Have you called the governor yet or been able to speak to any of them?
A: Um, I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I'm not calling him. Why would I call him? I could call him. Say, "Hi, how you doing?" Uh the guy doesn't have a clue so, he's a mess. So you know, I could be nice and call him but, why waste time?
"The UK is very well protected.
You know why, because I like them, that's why.
That's their ultimate protection."
3.
"It's a shame, this guy -- I have a guy -- do you ever have a guy that's not a smart person and you're dealing with him and he's not a smart guy."
He is frighteningly unfit to lead the U.S.A.
But there he is, up on Mount Stupid.
4.
"I like to make the final decision
one second before it’s due . . .
5.
" . . . a very bloody war.
They're all bloody,
but this was a really bloody one."
6.
between the Revolutionary War & the Civil War:
"A lot of wars there was no reason for. You look right up there. I don't know. See the Declaration of Independence. And I say I wonder if you, you know the Civil War always seemed to me maybe that could have been solved without losing 600,000 plus people."
at the bottom of the logical reasoning pyramid:
"Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
one of the ‘dumbest’ people in Congress"
8.
inappropriately on people's appearance:
"I actually had breakfast today with a king and a queen
who were beautiful, beautiful people,
central casting I must say, very nice."
9.
"I will never say good looking waitress because looks don't matter anymore. You know, in our modern society. She happened to be beautiful, but I won't say that. I won't mention that, but nevertheless a waitress came over. . . . So I want to thank that young, beautiful waitress."
Click here for FIRST batch:
"I Didn't Even Know Anything"
QK & FN
SECOND batch:
"A Very Much Different Country"
QK & FN
THIRD batch:
No Kings Day
QK & FN
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