Entremet Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh "“Like most people in the US, I grew up knowing the words to this carol and even (shudder) singing them occasionally (singing is not a strong point of mine), but never really thought about what they meant, how the carol originated, or what birds were involved”, says Dr Rasmussen in email. So she decided to figure it out. Dr Rasmussen, who’s tied for third for the most bird discoveries in the world, is probably also the world’s foremost avian sleuth, due to her meticulous detective work a few years ago that uncovered the many ornithological thefts and records frauds in museums that were committed by eminent British ornithologist, Richard Meinertzhagen. But who would ever have thought that an old Christmas carol might also hold an avian mystery? “After all, it’s just a Christmas carol!” Dr Rasmussen points out." https://medium.com/@GrrlScientist/meet-the-real-birds-of-the-twelve-days-of-christmas-fame-grrlscientist-5a8bc09350c9
I fear "Trump takes the strongest corporate titans, governors, and generals invincible on the battlefield, turns them into bootlickers, then kicks them out like an evil stepfather" totally reverses the power dynamic at work here. A group of evil, greedy, corrupt corporate titans et cetera recognize that Trump is an ignorant, incurious narcissist and say "This is great, we'll kiss up to this guy, praise him to the skies, and he'll be putty in our hands! We'll get our toxic agenda done and make ourselves rich while we're at it!" Instead, the man-baby turns out to be even more incompetent and incapable of following their directions than they ever bargained for, they humiliate themselves in public with nothing to show for it and flee while man-baby throws his toys around the crib in another tantrum.
ReplyDeleteWell, that, and he got elected by accident. I don't think he expected to win, nor did the various machines and operatives. Just like the Iraq War, there really wasn't a plan for What Happens After.
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