Day 595
Dangers of moral equivalency
I’m not convinced it’s a great idea, at least PR-wise, to conflate the two bloody disasters. That said, we can all agree evil is bad and hate hypocrisy and lying at the same time.
We shall have to fight and die and pay and suffer with the grim knowledge that we are sacrificing ourselves in an insane cause, and that only by putting up a particularly good fight can we bring ourselves out of it with credit. […] For the present time there is only one thing to be done besides fighting … and that one thing is to set to work immediately to draft the inevitable Treaty of Peace which we must all sign when we have had our bellyful of murder and destruction. (Bernard Shaw, Michael Holroyd, 448).
Elon the X shitpost king is in trouble, again, this time with the EU.
On the Ukraine jacket, Yuriy has analyzed the successes and failures of our 4-month campaign to liberate Russia-occupied areas of the country.
A year ago, same, stuck in Phase 3.
Phillips Payson O’Brien @theatlantic points out some of Team USA’s fuck ups during what will certainly be at least a two-year effort to resist fascistic Russia’s genocidal campaign.
Ahh! your niece Verite! Bravo---so cool and so talented! During covid a doctor friend in manhattan brought over his LA friend who is leader/vocalist and creative energy of September Mourning--metal band--both wanted me to teach them how to trade sotcks and bonds. Meanwhile, I secretly wanted them to teach me how to be a rock star and a doctor! Anyhow--Emily Lazar--has created a whole character, nfts and graphic comics around her music. ..self made and creative like your niece.
Never understood the GS controversy as I always thought of him as the superstar trader and personal freedom champion---but I guess money is fungible and when you give a shitload of it away to multiple causes not all can turn out well. Typical of all desired corrections- in this case justice reform- the pendulum always seems to swing too far in the other direction. Hence, the shopping sprees in the inner cities where the refrain is "I got to eat" while stuffing a couple of IPHONES in one's bag is the latest hobby. Hopefully, the next correction won't go too far in the opposite direction although I bet it will.
As always, I pray that you and your daughter remain safe and thank you for your daily blog that reminds me it is important to Know the Darkness in order to really appreciate the Light in this world.