Fellow (mostly) Liberalish, professionaI-class Elite(sh) FriAMfriends- Ioffer this with a grain of capsaicin-salt to rub in the wound of our modern existential dilemma: meaning that what with Chris Hedges' familiar depressing snark, not everyone might be able to afford to read the following... Reader Beware:
the Collective Suicide of the Liberal Class <https://scheerpost.com/2020/12/07/chris-hedges-the-collective-suicide-of-the-liberal-class/?fbclid=IwAR12FQKEpjB6dCKg63qREV4TQcwFw03zQWE_XZLXm4wA5B3ZLSD4lAjjpsw> I find it rather sobering and something worth studying as the raging voice of the Whitelash Evangelical Right returns to an angry grumble... "we the woke/enlightened/etc" need to police our own bought-out corruption in the same way many of us stood back and marveled that nobody curbed the worst excesses of (for example) Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld and then more transparently Trump et-al. I don't subscribe to the full snark of Hedges, but that doesn't mean he is wrong (just snarky?). I'd be just as happy to let those who eagerly invited Biden/Harris into the White House revel in the pushing back of the Authoritarian Right before I started trying to kick the feet out from under the (comparatively benign?) newcomers, but then I'm not Chris Hedges. RE: SpaceX... I don't think there will be room on any of Musk's rocket ships for anyone (except him or other bazillionaires) over 40... - Steve > It’s enough to make one get up and leave! (Launch in 7 minutes?) > > > > https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/index.html > <https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/index.html> > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *David Eric Smith > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 8, 2020 3:54 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Arriving in the US from Australia during > Covid was like walking through the looking glass > > > > One of the commentators spun quite a good turn of phrase. I think I > want to write it here so I have a record and can go back and find it > when I want it: > > > > The pandemic is like a mirror held up to society showing the ugliness > of the powerful, the beauty of those trying to fight it, the naivety > of many believing dogma and rumour ahead of science but most clearly > reflected, is the pain and hopelessness of the poor > > > > EricS > > > > > > On Dec 7, 2020, at 6:16 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Oh, how I wish Americans weren't so stupid. > > > > ============================================ > Tom Johnson - [email protected] > > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cloudhq-mkt9.net%2fmail_track%2flink%2f4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799%3fuid%3d226430%26url%3dmailto%253Atom%2540jtjohnson.com&c=E,1,m9v0ZL68z_i5skktpm90KVRXh5bqNCQ0voaRZcMqOTh3kIp3VxRm97CvhOHWLOMvVjT9RAuxR9q-wuAWFpinrR74HbGVyUdq1q-thoIs5kZ4LBfTtz0,&typo=1> > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > *NM Foundation for Open Government* > > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cloudhq-mkt9.net%2fmail_track%2flink%2f4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799%3fuid%3d226430%26url%3dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnmfog.org&c=E,1,7QTyOekLqOuxSXD8DevR4w2P4M-FH0ZVcETExW0rAlErrdZyctIYggSfiYnjOEMunL-sW5E12DPDTEiXwYAx_yhMhz9jy52c8yk9TgRrwDKEMQ,,&typo=1> > *Check out It's The People's Data > > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cloudhq-mkt9.net%2fmail_track%2flink%2f4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799%3fuid%3d226430%26url%3dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.facebook.com%252Fpages%252FIts-The-Peoples-Data%252F1599854626919671&c=E,1,P6oa27LcOYwOIx4aUdlxdklcmODiI5A_sv_J2wWeeK9jNipPZdZlnvf18twy1KMbRWKLskeWh5LqTECs1EFAn2HOkFbkIxjfg86R9-HqQ3B5kiFrNM2QkrHD&typo=1>* > > > > ============================================ > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Dorothy Bracey* <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 3:15 PM > Subject: Fwd: Arriving in the US from Australia during Covid was > like walking through the looking glass > To: Tom Johnson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > depressing > > ============================== > > Dorothy H. Bracey -- Santa Fe, NM US > > [email protected] > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cloudhq-mkt9.net%2fmail_track%2flink%2f4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799%3fuid%3d226430%26url%3dmailto%253Adorothy%2540dorothybracey.com&c=E,1,ysGKZ6YOsoi1n2u9VKAHv2_S6lc-eqM7ZMyT2aF4BLfbWjIjPn6d5O9DY2xvop6z2YtcRpdBr01wnzU576BEK49n7783sE_a9osCVJltg3gKr7THicM,&typo=1> > > > ============================== > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: Sylvia Tiersten <[email protected] > > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cloudhq-mkt9.net%2fmail_track%2flink%2f4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799%3fuid%3d226430%26url%3dmailto%253Adedlinesyl%2540gmail.com&c=E,1,psNv6MCYDZaEC5T23BUksprHsh9ENfzveAOjtutVD0ca_ogQA50qb7V-VdXWqPXOx67tkWy4opTuU6WSXxiVGlQHF54j83JM0GD2F5IZxK-BgarPsaUK1ULtfg,,&typo=1>> > > > To: > > Date: 12/07/2020 3:19 AM > > Subject: Arriving in the US from Australia during Covid was > like walking through the looking glass > > > > > > Read the comments too. It’s all pretty chilling. One of them > that really got to me is: > > “I can’t begin to imagine what it’s like to be Canadian and > have the US as a neighbor.” > > > > Sylvia > > > Arriving in the US from Australia during Covid was like > walking through the looking glass > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/07/arriving-in-the-us-from-australia-during-covid-was-like-walking-through-the-looking-glass?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other > > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cloudhq-mkt9.net%2fmail_track%2flink%2f4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799%3fuid%3d226430%26url%3dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.theguardian.com%252Fcommentisfree%252F2020%252Fdec%252F07%252Farriving-in-the-us-from-australia-during-covid-was-like-walking-through-the-looking-glass%253FCMP%253DShare_iOSApp_Other&c=E,1,3YyR0qXM_zd6Ft1BU3IzHoGgxDqVJuoAqqESk28quDNewY7dBMS78xDY30BH_dIUujVFgShwEIWvFfJkRROvMOVZUMiaJKsyDl8H8nKjeBIBJ8c6huA3&typo=1> > > > > Sylvia Tiersten > [email protected] > > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cloudhq-mkt9.net%2fmail_track%2flink%2f4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799%3fuid%3d226430%26url%3dmailto%253ADedlinesyl%2540gmail.com&c=E,1,mVRwyHBhH1ggyKotPxMuCmYagodwVvghs_dLVDJJFCf_3gsIDoR7M2SPk-39Nqk26sUFXlD1C7Sp0pYX-H-PM-FhowXfFWKDyve4oTjw19o,&typo=1> > > 619-871-9291 (mobile) > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > <http://bit.ly/virtualfriam> > un/subscribe > > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fredfish.com%2fmailman%2flistinfo%2ffriam_redfish.com&c=E,1,Bbo9l82hE-Qzt7v_fp-FHLul2mTldLJ08K7UHGBdockt-Hp0Bi6FwuE5rCj2cohbzfJW874RDquM-ZD5XLNJnbRXWl3t-vQFuDn2f_YlUHDz3A,,&typo=1 > > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fredfish.com%2fmailman%2flistinfo%2ffriam_redfish.com&c=E,1,Bbo9l82hE-Qzt7v_fp-FHLul2mTldLJ08K7UHGBdockt-Hp0Bi6FwuE5rCj2cohbzfJW874RDquM-ZD5XLNJnbRXWl3t-vQFuDn2f_YlUHDz3A,,&typo=1> > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> > FRIAM-COMIC > > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffriam-comic.blogspot.com%2f&c=E,1,gRtR0L8ymmRzQF--k0isKE-IvjEsSxDNctce-k9UL2o7Y1s6TNRhOEcXZEQEdHxUldaBLD79tVs_tKIGB-1Tr1wfmvYRrnAS3LZ20cVlJNNXrj-Q_DElIDvQd0Y,&typo=1 > > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffriam-comic.blogspot.com%2f&c=E,1,gRtR0L8ymmRzQF--k0isKE-IvjEsSxDNctce-k9UL2o7Y1s6TNRhOEcXZEQEdHxUldaBLD79tVs_tKIGB-1Tr1wfmvYRrnAS3LZ20cVlJNNXrj-Q_DElIDvQd0Y,&typo=1> > > > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
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