Month: August 2024

Excluding the singular phenomenon that all reflected objects and persons are seen in reverse, the mirror is the most reliably accurate representation of objective reality at the moment of its employment. People dress, men shave and women apply cosmetics, with the visual utility of a mirror. The exact reflections do not comply with personal subjectivity, and, for better or worse, inform the viewer of an unbiased view of himself. For our present theme, we have chosen to use the subject of the mirror as a utilitarian image of the Nation’s changing states of political sentiment. We would thematically observe that, to the extent the physical properties of the mirror reflect a reverse image, so do the positional dynamics of our analogous theme viz., the temporal condition of the Nation is not, as may be thought, determined by its changing presidency, but rather by its voters.

Contextually, the popular election of the Chief Executive in a democratic election may be permissably accorded the analogous functional dynamics of a mirror, reflective of the temporally perceived needs and values of its extant voting public, rather than the independent policies of its elected leader. The election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt was conceivably caused by the popular need for a paternal leader who was publicly perceived as capable of confidently rescuing the nation from the “Great Depression.” His success and visibly valiant persona saw his multiple re-elections as a reflection of a continuing public’s perception of the need for a strong paternal overseer of America’s great challenges in the Second World War, and assurance of steadfast resolve and optimistic morale, As we see it, the election of the mainstream, bland persona of Jimmy Carter. was a telling reflection of an exhausted Nation’s desire to return to normalcy, following the bizarre intrigues of the Nixon Presidency, In addition, the successful candidacy of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy empirically can be seen as a reflection of the Nation’s desire for a charismatic, attractive leader, capable of dealing with the aggressive policies of Russia, and as a contrasting personality following the unexciting, bland, but acceptable, performance of President Jimmy Carter,

Nevertheless, we are somewhat less confident of our contextual understanding of the “surprise” election of real estate grifter and tasteless game show host, Donald Trump, It would appear to us that many mainstream voters stayed home and did not vote for his opponent, Hilary Clinton and that the loosely conglomerated, disgruntled inventory of populist underbelly, deigned to vote and did so for that aberrant and non-conventional candidate. The damaging results to society and the government are only too well known. The thematic, mirror at the time, reflected an arithmetic electoral college advantage granted to the Nation’s sizeable inventory of grievance-saturated populists over the better-informed mainstream American voter. Two Congressional impeachments and a full “cornucopia” of felonious indictments resulted from Trump’s aberrative conduct of National affairs. The mirror consequently began to reflect an alarming and visually sharp cleavage between the democracy-loving, traditional citizenry and a large, toxic, metastasizing cult of authoritarian Trump sycophants. It became clear in its reflection to the American spectator of an existential threat to the continued existence of the Democratic Republic and its way of life.

A recent, cursory gaze into the National Mirror is sufficient to reliably reflect the Nation’s approval of the reconfigured Democratic Presidential ticket (of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz), embodying a clear reflection of mainstream citizens who desire, in the interest of the Nation and the continued existence of our Democratic Republic, to cast their determined votes for such ticket. Any current view of another Trump Presidency would reflect a preponderance of experienced repugnance for the Otrange, would-be-Autocrat, and a fatigued but implacable desire for customary normalcy and right principle.

Our thematic National Mirror has the potential to disappoint at times — but never lies.

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We have often commented on the singularly unmatched American genius for mass marketing. In many cases, its creation of a perceived need for, or of the utility of the item of the mass marketing has resulted in successful sales and millions of dollars for the commercial advertisers and the television medium itself. We have also, out of felt responsibility, castigated the practice where inappropriate or dangerous, as in the case of the indiscriminate and improper mass merchandising of medicine to the general public; the latter concern based upon the empirical possibility of nuanced results in the case of unknown and untested users.

We are presently concerned with the significance and the impact of the reported expenditure of untold millions of dollars on the mass merchandising of political candidates for elective office notably, the Presidency, in the context of its felt impact upon the dynamics of democracy, itself and the nature of its implicit perception of the voting public.

In a polity such as ours, in which the official governing theme is “by and for the People,” the implied dynamic corollary is the principle that government policy and action are to be guided and expressed by the determinate, wishes of the voters,’ themselves, and not by the effect of persuasive influence of others; often, efforts of wealthy special interests. In our view, it would appear antithetical to the institution of the individual voting franchise, to tactically induce the voter to cast his ballot otherwise than consistent with his personalized perceptions and beliefs. Fortunately, the Presidential voter is limited to only two choices, nevertheless, the practice of massive, well-paid, persuasive sales programs seems inconsistent with free-will democracy.

This, of course, is to be distinguished from the debates and public appearances of the competing candidates and their partisan supporters., desirous of acquainting the prospective voter with t their posture on issues in the elective competition. By contrast, programs of mass media merchandising candidates by definitional and dynamic contrast. is one-sided and mono-focused upon the undertaken and well-paid mission to obtain votes for their sponsor. We see such media-sales companies that are evaluated by the total number of persuaded voters and irrespective of the substantive results of the election, as an interference with, or an intentional distortion of democracy.

It is also possible to see the mass sales promotion of candidates as a demonstrated and principled expression of disrespect for the determinative capability or the lack of established principle on the part of the citizen television viewer. The colossal presumption that the traditional voter is shallow enough to be persuaded by fancy light shows, paid “celebrities” and entertaining lights and music, is derogative and “in-your-face insulting.

Notably, the mass merchandising of our Presidential elections has been empirically shown to be, disappointingly, effective and deserving of no special tribute to the disappointing limitations of our populist-entertainment-seeking society.

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We have realized that the Bible, when read as symbolic literary history is a poetic and symbolic chronicle composed over time to analogically describe the world as seen and recorded by its numerous authors. To do otherwise, i.e., to perceive it literally, is arrive at bizarre and useless declarations. For example, the declaration in Genesis that the world was created in six days, after which God rested on the seventh day is no less than theologically and logically bizarre. A God who is described as “omnipotent” does not tire easily, and further, experts have determined that our Planet is no less than four billion, three hundred million years old. Reading the declaration as literature, viz., as symbolic of its author’s meaning we might rationally read the symbolic declaration to signify that the World was created in stages.

The ubiquitous application of this more useful and credible rendition, would clarify the apocryphal history of Adam and Eve (mankind). The universally accepted version is that Eve tempted Adam to eat of the serpent occupied, forbidden “Tree of Knowledge” causing the two (mankind) to be forever banished from the Garden of Eden. Religion had thus indicted all future mankind with this “Original Sin,” so that from innocent birth to the end of life, man is a sinner and is eternally obliged to pursue redemption.

The Serpent, as Biblically depicted, induced Eve to enticingly tempt Adam (“Adam in Hebrew, means “earth”) to eat an apple from the forbidden “Tree of Knowledge” can more usefully be read in symbolically rational terms. The “serpent” residing in the Tree has grossly and unfairly been adjudged to be an evil entity. Yet readings of the World’s prominent scholars of ancient myth, such as Joseph Campbell and Edith Hamilton, reveal that the snake was the symbol of fertility, It is but a small skip and a jump to assume that the snake, viz., the symbol of fertility, lodged in the Tree of Knowledge, can be perceived as the symbol of mental (humanistic) fertility. In our view, Eve being induced by the snake to tempt Adam (“Man”) to partake of the Tree of Knowledge represents a salubrious invitation to conscious reality, i.e. “reason. “

The plinyblog take on Genesis is that it was the female of the species, properly, to be credited as the deliverer of human consciousness and rational thought to mankind; a laudable accomplishment, far from the popular religious perception of an evil temptress to sin. The Biblical myth concludes with the “banishment” of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, which can be symbolically and rationally understood to proclaim Man’s evolutionary exit from the state of base and instinctively motivated Earthly fauna to a sentient being, It is difficult to comprehend the image of Eve as a temptress whose eternal indictment for the commission of an evil felony was, in reality, that of bringing human enlightenment to the World; like the Greek God Prometheus who mythologically is painfully punished for life for introducing “fire” (knowledge) to Mankind.

It would be appropriate in this context to generally accord historical value to the entire “Good Book,” but not necessarily to its harsh, stereotypical promotion by implacable evangelical literalists.

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If a more rational and just perception and symbolic interpretation were applied to the event, not only would the development of Homo sapiens be usefully described but chubby little newborns would not begin life with a criminal rap sheet.

It would be unlikely to find a mainstream American citizen who did not experience feelings of relief and euphoric happiness at viewing the television extravaganza of the National Convention of the Democratic Party Convention. In addition to the official nomination and acceptance of the party’s selection for President and Vice-president of the exciting and attractive Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the Mardi Gras celebration, celebratorily and colorfully concluding with a monsoon of red, white, and blue balloons, may have been the most stimulating and exciting televised event of the year, including the super bowl.

Previous feelings of worry and despair relative to the unspeakable, but, nevertheless, imminent threat of a second Trump term of Presidency., were dispelled by the huge celebrant crowd of jubilant attendees, vocally expressing joy and optimism for the success of the newly configured ticket. The celebrants reveled in the supportive remarks of identified speakers, including some patriotic Republicans who demonstrated the priority of their patriotic concerns for the Democratic Republic exceeding their political partisanship.

The occasion was uplifting and implicitly prescient that next November will witness the defeat of the morally repugnant, would-be autocrat, Donald Trump, and his sizeable, lemming-like cult of MAGA acolytes. The feeling of renewed security and confidence in the endurance of our historically democratic way of life was palpable and was thunderously expressed.

We, too, share such renewed feelings of optimism and regenerated hope in the empirical prevalence of our traditional way of life over the advent of despotic authoritarianism but, nevertheless, maintain a perseverant, subtle fear of political catastrophe, the eternal chronic potential of which is wisely to be eternally, considered.

Our fear is not neurotic, but, rather, wide-eyed and empirical, It is founded upon our inability to comprehend the nature of the mindset attributable to such a sizeable population of Trump supporters. No breach of ethics, familial or official, no act of impropriety or incapability, and no acts of venal turpitude, including behavior ranging from blatant tax fraud, bribery, and public deception to treason against the Nation and commerce with its historical enemies, would appear to be sufficient to diminish their avid support. They have shown themselves to be enigmatic and impossible to comprehend. The fateful election to the Presidency by Donald Trump was declared to be a “surprise;” surprises, we learned can be precarious; the latter, forever confirmed by the unexpected, and fateful elevation of Donald Trump to the Nation’s Oval Office.

Should, as now appears to be eminently possible, Donald Trump be defeated in the coming Presidential election, we would be sophomorically irresponsible and empirically, foolhardy to assume that “Trumpism” and Christian White Nationalism, as metastatic, cancers to democracy will abate. Such pathology will, unfortunately, toxically persist as an existential threat to our Democratic Republic and must be eternally, pragmatically considered.

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The analogical reference to human physiology, often used by political scientists, “The Body Politic,” is useful to the theme and context of the present, writing. We have chosen that expression to refer to two, inarguably, useless but common reactions to presenting problems, of despair and avoidance, in time succeeded by a subsequent brief, but alarming episode making mandatory a startling recognition of the presenting anatomical problem. This analogically relevant phenomenon is often seen in incidents of mild heart discomfiture or the alarming occurrence of a minor stroke.

Until this decisive moment, mainstream American citizens were in a general mood of concerned resignation or, alternatively, an emotionally protective state of avoidance of recognition of the highly vulnerable state of our Nation’s venerated democracy brought about by the prodigious number of MAGA Trump cultists, evident in mainstream America where like reactions of hapless despair or emotionally protective avoidance were notable.

It appeared to be the public revelation of the blatantly fascistic content of the MAGA agenda for 2025, combined with Trump’s declarations of intention to rule as a dictator and his threats of “retribution” against his detractors, significantly aggravated by his selection of the apparent avatar of atavistic and dark ages mentality, T.J. Vance, that sounded the publically broadcasted “Code Blue” alarm that blared in our consciousness and that of a newly awakened and vitally and concerned unified mainstream America.

The patriotic and selfless withdrawal of candidacy for President by the patriotic President Joseph Biden set the stage for the candidacy of the younger and more youthfully energetic Vice-President, Kamala Harris who, in turn, wisely selected the publicly appealing Tim Walz as her running mate. The National reaction of the mainstream citizenry, as shown by the atmosphere of the thousands of participants of the Democratic National Convention, which had previously varied from hapless despair to emotionally protective avoidance, had visibly metamorphosed into a public sense of relief and newly awakened optimism,

. The recent Democratic National Convention was seen by the wide television audience to evince a remarkable show of universal relief, joy, and optimism, regarding the continued endurance of our invaluable and unique democracy and the continuance of its aspirational progress towards universal and inclusive equality.

The predictable cure and full recovery to optimum health of our Democratic Republic (“body politic”) will take place next November, and be effectively administered by a full dose of responsible and informed vote of its right-thinking citizenry

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American history has recorded many institutional wives of our presidents who captured the Nation’s attention with their emulatable character, notable wisdom, grace, and attractive personalities. Most literate Americans know the names and respective persona of “First Ladies” like Dolly Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jackie Kennedy. These admirable women, in addition to occupying their official roles as First Lady were seen as venerable in their own light by the American public.

It is truly remarkable that in the case of former President Donald J. Trump, the singular time that his First Lady, Melania, was publically seen was at the sophomoric “Dog and Pony Show” theatrically staged to impress the television viewers of Donald Trump and his ethereally beautiful spouse by dramatically and triumphally ascending the escalator in the lobby of Trump Tower. It has relevantly i been reported that members of the apparently adoring crowd of onlookers, were paid for their public presence. Strangely, since such a singular event, Melania Trump, herself, has bizarrely, appeared to be AWOL or perhaps, MIA, from all media or public appearances.

Televised views of Joseph Biden often include his wife, First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden; televised views of Vice-President Kamala Harris are often in the presence of her husband, Doug Emhoff, the newly selected Vice-Presidential candidate, Tim Walz often observed by the television viewer in the company of his wife, Gwen, In contrast, sights of Donald Trump, during and after his Presidential term, consistently fail to include the rarely seen, mannequin-like frozen smile of Melania, As an interesting aside, it is notable that, Melania, consistent with Trump’s previous (divorced) spouses, is an immigrant; a status, perniciously defamed and violently castigated by Trump as “Caravans of criminals, drug dealers, and rapists.”

Melania has never attended Trump’s numerous campaign appearances, and political rallies, nor, significantly at many eventful Court days of Trump’s criminal and civil trials for bribes and tax fraud involved in his “hush money” payments to silence prostitutes with which he has done brisk business, nor at the sexual abuse and rape trial on behalf of E. Jean Caroll, at which he was found to be guilty.

Trump’s anti-immigration declarations of the “Caravans” of rapists and criminals admitted by America’s traditional empathic admission of threatened and beleaguered immigrants is an obvious projection onto others, of his own anti-social and felonious inclinations. Trump demonstrably lives in an impenetrable self-delusional bubble and is neurotically unable to curb his own delusional failings, both characterological and moral, from his delusionally projected ones, It might be fatigue and ultimate disappointment with her husband’s systemic ego-centricity and self-absorption in his ruminative fantasies of being a “winner” and of universally being recognized as a beloved and proclaimed “star,” that constitutes the basis for her withdrawal and non-participation. However, our surmise is somewhat otherwise.

We can conceive of a highly probable scenario, in which a completely self-absorbed person, like our dyed orange-colored hair protagonist, incapable of emotion which requires mutual surrender of self, marries (“acquires”) Melania as a trophy-like acquisition for her inarguable beauty and youthful appearance. On Melania’s side of things, we can postulate a desire for international fame and the lifestyle of the rich and famous ( viz., the President of the United States) as an irresistible impulse. On the extremely rare times that the television media has transmitted pictures of the Trump First Lady, she was attired in designer dresses, no doubt of high-priced value. As we subjectively perceive it, Melania has willingly;y accepted the role of mannequin for the rewarding franchise of costly designer clothes and accessories, in place of a loving and devoted marriage. She gets her unlimited wardrobe (and money), and he gets a public show of faux masculine desirability and ownership.

Why then should the First Lady sensibly choose to wrinkle her designer dress, scuff herb Italian imported shoes, or smear her makeup by boring attendance in Court or in the political arena? She has quite enough stress and excitement with the choices of designer clothes, hairstyles, and cosmetics

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It would logically be the case, that if one were systemically inclined to accept the meme that the contents of the “Good Book” (the New Testament) are irrefutable, that he is no doubt, a subscriber to its “irrefutable” determinations, such as: “Man, is the center of the universe, consequently, the moon travels around the Earth, that the “omnipotent” Deity created the Earth and its inhabitants, fauna, and flora in six days and despite His Omnipotency” needed to rest on the seventh, the Sabbath, which is to be observed by Man in pious rest from labor, each Sunday. Notably, experts in the field have conclusively determined that the Planet’s history extends to upwards of four billion, three hundred million years. If so, one is predictably prepared to follow the harsh Biblical declaration that “unrepentant” homosexuals are an “abomination” and “destined to go to Hell.”

What in reality, is empirically irrefutable, is that hormones and chromosomes, in various numbers and arrangements, are chemically and biologically responsible for the determination of biological sex and irrefutably not, moral choice. Moreover, scientific research has demonstrated that the classic concept of bifurcation of sex and gender has been reliably disproven; notwithstanding the Bible’s harsh admonitions regarding homosexuality and gender inconsistency. It might, instructively be recalled that ardent followers of the New Testament universally and eternally, have declared the scientific and anthropological theory of Natural evolution irrefutably, erroneous.

The eternal endurance of such atavistic bigotry, notwithstanding its disapproval, on an objective and scientific basis, has resulted in untold tragedy, unnecessary divisiveness, war and conflict, human misery, and societal dislocation. What is, in fact, irrefutable, is that the vilification of a natural result of involuntary and determinative birth, systemically brought about by the nuanced assortment of hormones and chromosomes, as a human abomination is reprehensible, bigoted, indefensible, and eventuates in unnecessary misery and suffering.

Christianity has extended “religious irrefutability” to the modern conception that abortion is a carnal sin, notably, despite its complete absence of mention in the Bible. The self-righteous anti-abortion screed has been falsely, and impactfully awarded the status of Biblical admonition, despite the plain fact that knowledge of fertilization, sperm, and the egg was unknown until recent times. To create humanism into this manufactured admonition, its proponents have tactically bestowed upon the inanimate zygote and blastoid the irrefutable status of humans. They piously and morally proclaim, that “life” irrefutably begins at the initial biological, yet temporally uneventful, contact with the egg. “Personhood” and human rights have been, bizarrely, but tactically, attributed to a mere contact and conglomeration of human chemicals, that may, or may not, successfully morph into a living being and only after many hoped-for successful months of successful development.

The outrageous and tactical granting of the fetus’s personhood, to buttress the irrefutable desire on the part of religious zealots to, shamefully and atavistically, transmogrify a rationally enlightened Republican Democracy into a “Dark Ages” theocracy, might, conceivably be further advanced if the zygote, blastoid, or “fetus” were legally accorded the constitutional right to vote (of course, based upon the presentation of valid proof of citizenship). Such a concocted legal franchise, if legally challenged, would irrefutably be approved at SCOTUS by Justice Samuel Alito.

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We have often written on the universally important subject of the contemplative individual’s lifelong intimate conversation with his inner self. Over time, his empirically developing perception acquires a resonance with the subjective, but utilitarian, understanding of himself. The acquired persona functions to audit his thoughts and actions as perceived through the dynamics of his nuanced lens.

In his brilliant, but radically composed novel, “Ulysses,” James Joyce employs the then radical style and dynamics of “stream of consciousness.” In his unique form of literature, in contrast with the orthodox third-party recitation by the author, himself, or through his designated protagonist, employs the narration of the observing mind of the protagonist. Joyce’s revolutionary styler of authorship, analytically denominated as “stream of consciousness,” is descriptive of the relation of the protagonist’s inner intimate thought, akin to our relevant designation, the “private conversation with oneself.” As evinced by the novel, the process is revealed as an extensive, active process; the large-size, complex novel relates the protagonist’s actions and thoughts for merely one day.

It is relative to this natural inner dynamic relating to the blockage of the natural flow, or stream, of thought by the emotional impediment of uncontrolled and useless” perseveration.” The thematic term may be permissibly described as a persistent, repetitive concern, lacking a contemporaneous stimulus or presenting situation.

Common examples of the thematic temporal dynamic may be experienced in varying periods of uncontrollable thoughts or concerns, such as health and bodily function, finances, relationships, perceived capability, felt injustice, misunderstandings, or any personally nuanced form of perceived stress or challenge. Extreme and chronic presentation of this proclivity may appropriately reside in the jurisdiction of the appropriate need for professional assistance; as opposed to the contextual scope of the more moderate universal inclination to such intensively repetitious, phenomenon.

Preserverative thought is a cognitive process that involves the difficulty of disengaging from negative thoughts. It is an interruption in the natural flow of thought and action, notwithstanding the involuntary appearance of which requires cognitive curtailment, so that the affected individual may functionally return to his normal stream of unhampered consciousness. The onset and nuanced duration of the uncomfortable and repetitive dilemma, is involuntary and difficult, if not, temporarily impossible, to control.

The stream (of consciousness) needs to be diverted for the purposes of the continuance of its natural flow. We find it effective to make the necessary effort, as required  to divert the flow to a different and attractive route of a personally desirable visual subject, such as one’s child or pet, to a recollected enjoyable past experience, or, perhaps, a desirable experience, In the absence of a suitable personal example, we would suggest the attractive image of being served a large slice of; the blueberry Italian Cheesecake; the applicable choice is completely optional

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After much agonizing contemplation, we have, recently, arrived at a feasible solution to the dilemma concerning the vast contrast between those who maintain an empirical and realistic perception of the World, and the contrasting MAGA ” Mad Hatter,” off-center, pseudo-reality, mindset. The fundamental, irreconcilable differences, eternally presented would otherwise appear rationally incomprehensible. It is deeply concerning that such misperceptions of factual reality have toxically metastasized to infect portions of the judiciary, legislators, and officeholders; in addition to the Nation’s inventory of eternally disgruntled, inadequately educated, and poorly informed populists.

Mainstream American citizens are puzzled and amazed, as well as fundamentally troubled by the publicized adherence of so many MAGA adherents to bizarre conspiracy ideations, such as the belief that the government secretes mini-computers in vaccines for the purposes of intelligence, that rockets are launched from outer space by Isreal, that 9/11 was a CIA false flag operation, that there exists a secret cabal by World Jews to control the World, to the “rigging” of the past presidential election, ultimately leading to a Trump- sponsored insurrection against Washington,

Such paranoid ideation, if confined to a singular cadre of diagnostically delusional citizens, would be relegated to the category of mental pathology, making relevant an appropriate course of care and cure. By compelling contrast. the horrifyingly large, bizarre prevalence of such toxicity poses a major hazard to democracy and to the endurance of our Democratic Republic.

The exclusive patent to the (tautologically impossible) and societal challenging schizophrenic concept of “alternate facts” (his term) is irrefutably attributable to its aberrant creator, Donald J. Trump. To any, albeit, minimally thoughtful individual, the words “alternate” and “facts” are themselves, logically and empirically exclusive and oxymoronic. Notwithstanding the most liberal interpretation of the aberrant concept, any rational existence and utility of such contrasting, self-serving, appellation, appears to the mainstream American citizen as lost in the heavy, indiscernible mist of ideational irrationality. It would seem, nonetheless, that the numerous Trump cultist-sycophantic horde of Trumpist lemmings recognize the tactical utility of the bizarre concept. The Nation is beset by a “Tale of Two (acrimonious) Cities,” residing side-by-side, living in parallel, diverse universes. .

It would seem that the plethora of copious efforts expended to restore a healthy and realistic perception of this aberrant off-shoot of natural evolution’s generous gift of rationality in the emergence of “Homo Sapiens” for some, is fruitless and pragmatically unattainable. We have after much painful experience, resolved, at least for the (MAGA) present that we are currently, living in the empirically untenable challenge of “Two Worlds,”* not entirely dissimilar to the scenario presented in H.G. Wells’ science fiction novel, “War of The Worlds,”
In the Wells novel, the destructively hostile alien invaders are ultimately defeated by their systemic lack of immunity to our Planet’s bacterial organisms. In non-fictional reality, we have confidence that the lethally effective impact of responsible American voters will predictably overcome and defeat our thematic, presenting danger.

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Voyages to the Isle of REM,
Are all unplanned, yet memorably brief.
No call for an umbrella, ticket, or map,
Save a cool pillow in the dark of the night.

The setting there is bright but vague,
An impenetrable mist of reprised life,
An exotic fog of personal past, dressed,
In a chaotic scenario of myopic recall.

As we age, so does the vexing problem
Of life’s presenting doubts,
As to life indeed recalled,
Or what was voyaged in the night.

Leonard N. Shapiro NYC, 8/23/24