tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post8584118739469286838..comments2024-03-27T21:12:31.654-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Words Mean Little AnymoreLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-38790154063907313552018-07-15T08:34:19.729-04:002018-07-15T08:34:19.729-04:00It is astonishing, Sal, and serves as an ample ind...It is astonishing, Sal, and serves as an ample indictment of the Trudeau government's neoliberal ineptitude in purchasing the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Taxpayers will be paying a long, long time for such stranded assets.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-22250429632601364322018-07-15T04:25:08.443-04:002018-07-15T04:25:08.443-04:00somewhat specifically off topic.. but related to p...somewhat specifically off topic.. but related to political deceit<br />I already posted this to Mound this AM<br />but wanted to land it in your hands directly<br />I posted it last week on Twitter<br />Its an astonishing 'must read'<br /><br />https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/03/07/opinion/fatal-flaw-albertas-oil-expansionthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-27487028264169985792018-07-14T18:51:45.351-04:002018-07-14T18:51:45.351-04:00I agree, Sal. But elevating the absurd to the prop...I agree, Sal. But elevating the absurd to the proportions that Trump has, his unhinged supporters gain energy and increased zeal, while many others disengage in disgust. Methinks there is much mischief afoot, and much method in his madness.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-8278682659339251652018-07-14T18:16:23.702-04:002018-07-14T18:16:23.702-04:00.. this is the era of political deceit, serial lyi..... this is the era of political deceit, serial lying daily.<br />Stephen Harper understood.. 365 consecutive days of lying<br />was impossible to track for media or audience<br />Four years.. ? Oh.. no wonder people don't vote<br />Eyes glaze over.. it all gets tuned out in short order<br />maybe the average citizenry will look in.. <br />just for a peek in a month or two.. or maybe not..<br />Despite a Daniel Dale.. or whomever<br /><br />It may be the most effective vote suppression<br />in the history of North America<br /><br />Trump et al just take it to extremes we have never seen<br />and pile abuse, insult and denial atop the whole steaming <br />pile of horse pucky.. or just blame the other side<br />or the previous administration..<br />To say the lines of truth are blurred is laughable<br />There are lines no longer..<br />Instead there is the dark abyss<br />the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-91470636858743593452018-07-14T17:04:16.233-04:002018-07-14T17:04:16.233-04:00Perhaps our fatal flaw as a species is that we ar...Perhaps our fatal flaw as a species is that we are very, very slow learners, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-73395953297661670592018-07-14T16:12:07.448-04:002018-07-14T16:12:07.448-04:00That is what is so disturbing about this moment, L...That is what is so disturbing about this moment, Lorne. We have been here before. But we appear to have no memory of it.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-36847208343658535292018-07-14T12:42:25.470-04:002018-07-14T12:42:25.470-04:00Thanks for the book reference, Mound. I checked at...Thanks for the book reference, Mound. I checked at my library website, and it is on order. I have placed a hold on it.<br /><br />Arendt clearly knew of what she spoke. And we have garnered no wisdom from history's lessons.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-36000220920136064932018-07-14T12:35:11.228-04:002018-07-14T12:35:11.228-04:00I came across a review of a book by Michiko Nakuta...I came across a review of a book by Michiko Nakutani, "The Death of Truth" that discusses how, for a significant segment of the population, truth is now grounded in belief, liberated from the earlier restraints of facts, knowledge and evidence. They're calling it "Truth Decay."<br /><br />The article begins with this passage from Hanna Arendt's "The Origins of Totalitarianism:<br /><br />“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (ie the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (ie the standards of thought) no longer exist.”The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com