Virtual Vanaprastha
@virtualvanaprastha
Poet, essayist, amateur scholar of cultural anthropology and literary history who loves the small details. A throwback Progressive dedicated to the canon, rigorous rational analysis and ballasting the present with a strong knowledge of the past. No DMs.
There's still time left for emergency sessions of state legislatures. Just a thought. You know: Outside the box.
How does one give huge tax cuts to the Ultra-Wealthy and infuse $100s of billions into the stock market without a treasury bond market collapse? By buying back huge amounts of your own bonds far beyond anything ever seen in history. But then why are 10 and 30 year yields still at near-crisis levels?
In order to reverse a stock market plummeting yet again, Trump announces yet another time that Iran is about to accept a deal. He is immediately outmaneuvered by Iran which announces that details of the purported MOU consists of a total Iranian wish-list. What new fairy tale will he make up now?
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 17. Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers. Even the President is not permitted to sue in his own name to the benefit of a third party or third parties unless he falls under one of the following categories.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 17. Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers. Even the President is not permitted to sue in his own name to the benefit of a third party or third parties unless he falls under one of the following categories.
This as every Mother's Day, remembering the best mom a guy could ever have. She is so greatly missed.
A raging narcissist for a president. Too, too sad. Who could have imagined, watching *All in the Family*, all those years ago, that Rob Reiner would have accomplished all he did? And that his life would end in such a tragic way?
Several hours ago, Novo Nordisk exec Gordon Findlay lost consciousness, during a press conference, and collapsed in the Oval Office. Donald Trump stood waiting for the event to resume.
It seems that the new trendy phrase, "6-7," is setting the world at sixes and sevens. Perhaps the most impressive proof ever that styles always come back around again. Shakespeare would be amused.
The season progresses in spite of a drizzly day. Halloween approacheth.
"[A]dvisory committees are populated by activists from organizations openly hostile to conservative principles who use the committees to impede conservative policy. [S]uch committees should be reviewed regarding whether they are required by statute and abolished if they are not." Project 2025 @ 666.
My favorite time of year. The weather has been so warm these days that the leaves are just now starting to change. Take comfort from the fact that there still is a lot of beauty in our crumbling world.
"the Gestapo reported to Police Headquarters but practically speaking it was under Goering's control.... It had full powers of arrest and interrogation and was formally removed from Germany's legal system. It's budget accounted for nearly one-sixth of Prussia's entire budget for police affairs."
Can anybody remind me where the story came from? You'd do me a favor if you would let me know.
"An incident several days earlier had given the Nazi authorities an excuse to instigate the violence. On November 7th, a 17-year-old Polish Jewish student named Hershel Grynszpan had shot Ernst vom Rath, the Third Secretary of the German Embassy in Paris." www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
"My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity, and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it,..." Note the demagogic vagueness. It can apply to anyone who opposes him. presswatchers.org/2025/09/top-...
“I'm going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk.” Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.)
Actually, that's because before the Great Depression it was his political allies who honored him "as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power" to Make the Ultra-Wealthy Ever Wealthier through abandoning the common citizen to his/her fate.
If you look out the back window, perhaps you can see the $550 billion personal investment account Trump receives from the "Japan Deal". No wonder he considers it the "Greatest Trade Deal Ever!"
*The Visible World in Pictures*, published in Czech and #Latin in 1658. The 17th century version of our present day *Latin Made Simple* and *Latin through Pictures* books. This, the first page, is taken from a 1728 English-Latin edition.
"I thank Him, just because he gave me the opportunity to continue to bear those concerns, to continue with my work" Hitler announces over the radio that surviving an assassination attempt, #otd July 20, 1944, is a special sign from God that He is intervening in support of his actions.
In 1850, Victor Hugo escaped arrest as an opposition member of the Legislative Assembly under then President Louis-Napoleon III. L-N intended reelection although the office was limited to one term. H. nicknamed him "Napoleon the Little" in an 1852 book of that name, written in exile, quoted here:
Klemens von Metternich, the man that some have claimed "defeated Napoleon," was born #otd in 1773. He equally known for establishing the system of international conferences still used today. He held it absolutely necessary that Germany not unify declaring that it would result in devastating wars.