Thomas_More
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As a native asked the Trump during his first term when he said immigrants must go:
“So when are you leaving?”
All sadly true.
Trump’s policies, though, will openly accelerate this destruction. But yes, it is capitalism itself, and capitalism cannot resolve any of it, not even those politicians who like to appear to care, let alone those who openly don’t give a toss.Except the Law of the Jungle, in Kipling, is one of mutual assistance and cohesion, as are all nonhuman animal societies – the very opposite of capitalism!
” Now this is the Law of the Jungle — as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back —
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.”A friend’s explanation.
” … It [handwriting] is an art cultivated throughout the whole body, expressed through the finely tuned fingers; keyboarding is a skill, utilitarian but not aiming for beauty. It is probably more useful than penmanship for taking notes because it is speedier but it lacks specificity and individual expressiveness. All pages typed on the same keyboard will look the same, with varying serifs, perhaps.
I remember how proud I was at 4 when I learned to read, and a few months later, when I started printing my own words and stories. Cursive came later and I was prouder yet. Even though my writing has rambled far from the ideals of the Palmer method which I was taught, every deviation has been meaningfully designed, every curlicue and flourish. It belongs to me, not to a piece of storebought hardware. It is easily identifiable when an card from me arrives in the mail. Keyboarding is a lesser achievement.”In spite of Trump, and before any deal can be agreed, the UK and EU appear to be pressing ahead with their Russophobia.
I get the UK’s stubbornness, but I still don’t understand the EU’s, given that it, and Germany especially, was three years ago hesitant to go along with US (Biden) policy (scrapping Nordstream and buying US gas).
Why is the EU so gung-ho now?
This is the third time I’ve asked this here.
My last word:
“Books offer a tactile experience that screens simply cannot replicate.”
If you have never had a life with books as I have and only want text, then you might as well just print text from your computer and staple it.
Fair enough – for you.
Well, except for two, there are no more bookshops in the combined towns where I live, and the one near me has to mostly stock plushes, novelties and jigsaw puzzles in order to survive.
As for buying books online, one has to check and check again to ensure one is getting a real book, and not a print on demand non-book consisting of photocopied pages glued together.
So all this is serious, then? The US will take Greenland and wants Canada?
It isn’t just a bad joke?
