On 3/30/2019 at 9:24 PM, AdamSmith said:

 

Repost.

The politics of Easter is powerful. Let's not forget it

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/20/politics-of-easter-jesus-william-barber

Render onto Caesar.................

Best regards,

RA1

 

https://nationaltoday.com/earth-day/

Earth Day – April 22, 2019

 

Edited April 22, 20197 yr by MsAnn

On 1/31/2019 at 8:10 PM, AdamSmith said:

 

 

Beyond hilarious that the very self-aware chosen intro music for this clip is the ‘Entrance into Egypt of the Queen of Sheba.’ (Handel IIRC)

'It's already begun': Feedback loops will make climate change even worse, scientists say

https://www.yahoo.com/news/its-already-begun-feedback-loops-will-make-climate-change-even-worse-scientists-say-090000011.html

 

Just great! 

 

 

 

I just received a rather unpleasant email from one of my far-right "friends" praising the accomplishments of the Trump Administration and surmising that quite possibly he would go down in history as the most accomplished President in the history of our country.  I simply sent him this. He has yet to respond.

Edited April 26, 20197 yr by MsAnn

 

Franklin’s inerrantly correct insight into everything, yet again.

 

Franklin very lightly editing Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence.

And keeping Adams in check against his  own too-high idealism.

Thank god we had such an array of geniuses when we needed them most.

On 4/22/2019 at 9:45 PM, AdamSmith said:

Beyond hilarious that the very self-aware chosen intro music for this clip is the ‘Entrance into Egypt of the Queen of Sheba.’ (Handel IIRC)

 

 

4 minutes ago, AdamSmith said:

 

Yer AS is of curse yer reincarnation of Himself. 

On 3/16/2019 at 10:08 PM, AdamSmith said:

My non-theory-supported at all idea to write a senior thesis comparing the poetry of John Ashbery with the paintings of Jasper Johns he thought was the greatest thing! So with his encouragement, I went off and spent a dedicated double-credit semester doing the impossible.

It was like formulating relativity or quantum dynamics. Nobody else having done it before, I could make up ze rules as I went along.

On 4/26/2019 at 8:06 AM, AdamSmith said:

 

Actually a very good instruction in how to perform literary criticism.

pop/mass culture is so great!

André Rieu gives his audience exactly what they want: entertainment

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/andre-rieu-gives-his-audience-exactly-what-they-want-entertainment-107694

On 8/4/2017 at 8:56 PM, AdamSmith said:

 

Repost, just rediscovered here. Beyond fascinating.