automobile cigarette lighter out of its socket
One of the most remarkable trips I ever took was to Spain, a week in Cordoba and visits to Seville, Madrid, etc. Moors, Spanish, beautiful communities, families, court yards, coffee, and majesty of the culture.
Tomatoes crafted for resale will never match the flavor of those heirlooms and "big boys" of old.
He's in desperate times existentially. Do or Prison. And he's lost so much capacity emotionally, cognitively, and still only has one resource: hate. Don't expect NOT weirder.
We need the conservatives, but not the ones we got.
I'd already pegged George C. Marshall as my top citizen in the 20th Century and damned if I forgot Jimmy Carter's many, many contributions. Thanks, and Now I'm adding Carter to my clearly the best list. No LBJ isn't on it, but I loved him as is humanly possible as a politician, real and flawed.
Yep, I'm adding this summary to my other summary (James Fallows) as my top two Summaries in my confession that I refused to watch the debate due to permanence of vote intention for Harris/Walz. Both summaries rock!
Privilege of "It's all about Me" is a belief system locked in an Egocentric development stage, certainly useful if your life depends on it (available if you need it); if not controllable by the me-self can lead to circumstances, require others to contain it's wrath. (Laws, Enforcement, Protection).
Not unlike guns, it's the cars the problem. Parking becomes some urban mantra ... and until there is transportation alternatives convenient and fast, urban areas sacrifice even good affordable housing to park that Suburban at the local theater on Saturday night.