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[gallery] rare-posters:
Les Beatles. 1962. Paul Colin.
Maquette for a potential French release of an early Beatles record.11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in./30 x 30 cm
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It’s hard to ignore the hideous character failings at the core of the man, and for this purpose maybe especially his fundamental infidelity toward all who rely on his word, which makes it hard to take seriously any assurances. He has sometimes shown himself capable of sticking to script or obeying the teleprompter, and when he does that he raises the possibility that he may be containable. But when Trump is given a chance to reveal something of himself, he without fail reveals a terrifying emptiness. The idea that such a man would be improved by being handed immense power simply refuses to be believed. Even wishful thinking supercharged by a justified dread of what a Hillary Clinton administration could do to the American republic can only go so far—certainly far enough not to vote for her, but for this voter not nearly far enough to vote for him. Neither major-party option in this election is worthy of affirmation, and no amount of wishing it were otherwise is likely to change that. All we can do, it seems to me, is hope and work for a Congress able and inclined to counterbalance a dangerous executive.
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The Flight 93 Election
I do not understand why this essay is getting the play it’s getting. It simply recycles every cliché of the Trumpite right.
- Acknowledging that Trump is “imperfect” and then declining to discuss the magnitude of his flaws? Check.
- Insisting that Trump has “great strengths” without defining any of them? Check.
- Affirming that Trump holds “the right stances on the right issues — immigration, trade, and war” without acknowledging that his “stances” on all those issues change more-or-less daily? Check.
- Claiming that conservatives who oppose Trump just want to keep their inside-the-Beltway Georgetown-cocktail-party status (defined here as taking a paycheck to play for the Washington Generals against the Democratic Globetrotters)?
- Equating success with wisdom — for now, anyway, until Trump loses? Check.
- Ranting a lot about death (“death is certain,” “a civilization that wants to die”) and howling that Trump Is Life, without ever explaining or even hinting at what these metaphors mean? Check and double-check.
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[gallery] “And then, when we least expected it, the ghost of Steve Jobs made its fateful entry….”
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[gallery] fragmentosnomadas:
La imaginación y el sueño son fuerzas de cambio y vida.Josep Maria Esquirol. La resistencia íntima. Ensayo de una filosofía de la proximidad
Foto: George S. Zimbel. Fiction Department in 1960′s