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10 Oct, 6 tweets, 2 min read
'OK but time to move on.' Democracy doesn't die in the darkness. It expires in the trash can.
The news cycle in the short term memory of politics. History is the medium term equivalent. The incalculable current of causality is the longest term and remembers everything.
"Clinton actually did what she accused Trump of doing: She colluded with Russians ... in order to damage Trump’s campaign and cinch the election for herself."
Andy and the others eventually got to the bottom of things. But by the time they find the body the onlookers have moved on to the latest media extravaganza.
"In theatrical magic, misdirection is a form of deception in which the performer draws audience attention to one thing to distract it from another. Managing audience attention is the aim of all theater, and the foremost requirement of all magic acts."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misdirect…
"Misdirection is the cornerstone of nearly all successful magic; without it, even the most skilled Sleight of Hand or mechanical device is unlikely to create an illusion of real magic."

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9 Oct
Unable to think for themselves.
The fact these friends, neighbors and relatives is a mystery to him, explicable only by invoking mass hypnosis. The svengali alternative media has these poor souls in their thrall.
How the alternative media can outpersuade the prestigious, slick and powerful flagships of American journalism is never explained. It's as if the SS Minnow sank the Yamato.
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5 Oct
The reason things seem surreal and crazy in Washington is the variance between expectations and outcomes. If we await what actually happens things will be clearer and less crazy.
One of the hallmarks of a complexity crisis is that formerly predictable systems become unpredictable and respond in nonlinear ways. This is true not only of Trump but a host of other events in 2020.
What we call the 2020 phenomenon is the result of the intertwining of everything plus rapid technological change. Nothing acts like it used to. A single man, event or bat can have an unfathomable impact.
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5 Oct
The drive around makes it seem like Whack-a-Mole.
If anything it is the solemnity and self importance of Washington that is on life support.
The Donald won't play the game.
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4 Oct
If DJT recovers it will have proved as much about his political virtue as if he had succumbed.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_…
"For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust."
What it shows is the probabilities apply to everyone including presidents. Millions are becoming positive but a smaller percentage die.
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2 Oct
The reason 2020 seems so jinxed is that global civilization relies on natural and human networks of such complexity that their interactions generate unpredictable events with increasing frequency. It started as far back as Brexit in 2016 and has been accelerating ever since.
The understandable hope that 2021 will bring new "luck" may be cruelly dashed. The danger is that 2021 will be even stranger than 2020.
The cherished establishment goal of a "return to normalcy" may be a mirage. The old world may be gone forever and the new one disconcertingly strange.
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28 Sep
Our caveman ancestors must have had PTSD because their lives were uniformly nasty, brutish and short. Makes you wonder how humanity made it through the ice age.

upi.com/Health_News/20…
I think humanity partly leaned on hope and faith, the greatest survival mechanisms in history.
pjmedia.com/richardfernand…
We've replaced hope with nostalgia. Vote for this or that candidate and return to the lost certainties of 2016! But that age is probably gone for keeps. Can we nerve ourselves to meet what comes with all its opportunities and dangers?
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