[FRIAM] Hope or Despair

[Merle Lefkoff]

It starts at home, Owen, but if it only stays at home it isn't enough.

On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:

> I realized too late that my reference to the number of Damns one has may
> not have been clear.  From an earlier post:
>
> BTW: I realize I've posted this in the past, and my version of it uses s/
> fuck/damn/. But I've only got a limited number of Damn's to give, and the
> fewer, the stronger.
>     https://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck
>
> So I just don't give a Damn about the president, no matter who. I have
> too few to give. My first Damn is for Love & Compassion, kinda weak I
> realize but then I think I can stop war by being peaceful myself. It all
> starts at home.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Clearly you need to attend to Kissinger and Bremmer.
>>
>> In terms of Russia, Kissinger's analysis of the Nation State suggests we
>> have been far too shallow. There are very good reasons for the Russian
>> people to feel exposed by the west's encroachment, and why they approve of
>> Putin to the degree they do.
>>
>> Trump is no threat. I personally have not given up even one of my 25
>> Damns over him. Any threatened Rape and Pillage will likely just cause
>> another economic implosion which we survived pretty well.
>>
>> I am curious, however, which of Bremmers 3 Americas Trump tends to, or
>> what blend of the three. And what Trump thinks of Kissinger's recent
>> defense of the nation state .. I know Kissinger is meeting with Trump.
>>
>> Presidential politics are unique. Presidential historians agree that,
>> whatever a president has promised, he/she is always formed by unexpected,
>> exogenous events. At a guess, they will be foreign affairs in Trump's case.
>> I hope he takes the MoneyBall stance.
>>
>>    -- Owen
>>
>
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Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
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