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I keep thinking about Yeats' poem, The Second Coming. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #1
Russia is manipulating things all over the world. They want chaos. SharonAnn Nov 2017 #14
+1 orangecrush Nov 2017 #15
Russia hell, we have a petty vindictive divisive PINO onit2day Nov 2017 #56
thrown overboard orangecrush Nov 2017 #74
it is the people with money... Russia has people with money scarytomcat Nov 2017 #44
We don't need Russia's help. We're doing a pretty good job ourselves. Lochloosa Nov 2017 #63
wait till humans discover that the secret of authoritarian power is certainot Nov 2017 #75
That about sums it up! burrowowl Nov 2017 #35
Yes. Sadly apropo. maddiemom Nov 2017 #45
One of my all-time favorites and, yes, particularly appropriate today. Also, Frost's Stonepounder Nov 2017 #54
Not familiar with that one. Thanks for posting. Nt raccoon Nov 2017 #61
I am not familiar either. Beautiful and chilling. bronxiteforever Nov 2017 #67
woa. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2017 #71
Add me to the list of not having known this one. susanna Nov 2017 #83
That is so appropriate for our times. nt zanana1 Nov 2017 #65
I have read this poem more this past year... susanna Nov 2017 #84
K&R. You may want to correct to "own shadows" before this gets to the Greatest Page. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2017 #2
Thanks! MrScorpio Nov 2017 #4
Just in time too. rzemanfl Nov 2017 #6
How can it spiral out of control if it is flat? Not Ruth Nov 2017 #3
Thought experiment, pizza box thrown like a Frisbee. rzemanfl Nov 2017 #5
Please don't throw yourself over the edge, I always enjoy your comments. fierywoman Nov 2017 #11
Don't worry, every time I try I end up going around in circles. rzemanfl Nov 2017 #12
If the earth were really flat, cats would have knocked everything off it by now. nt tblue37 Nov 2017 #9
nt fantase56 Nov 2017 #26
This MFM008 Nov 2017 #53
... orangecrush Nov 2017 #16
"Confusion, indecision, fear; these are my weapons." -- Adolf Hitler /nt radius777 Nov 2017 #7
I had never heard this Hitler quote so I went to do google-fu steve2470 Nov 2017 #31
Here are a couple of interesting Hitler quotes that could have come from 2016 DFW Nov 2017 #64
In so many ways we are eating our seed corn. I normally use that line tblue37 Nov 2017 #8
here's my fear steve2470 Nov 2017 #10
What you described happened after Nixon and Watergate BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #20
yes steve2470 Nov 2017 #23
We were able to turn the tide in 2006 BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #29
Yes. It is so clear now in hindsight KPN Nov 2017 #69
I think BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #80
That's my fear as well. smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #47
I have a feeling a lot of this is because of who the man in the Kremlin is. Initech Nov 2017 #13
I have been a nervous wreck every day get the red out Nov 2017 #17
Agree with you. zentrum Nov 2017 #18
Why are the Rich turning into Nazis? GeorgeGist Nov 2017 #19
Fascism is the close alignment (sometimes forcibly) of corporations and state. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #28
It is intentional, deliberate, and for the sake of those in power. CousinIT Nov 2017 #21
I have a friend that says people won't understand until it's like 1930 again rurallib Nov 2017 #22
I halfway agree with your friend steve2470 Nov 2017 #24
It happens fairly regularly throughout history Kentonio Nov 2017 #25
Anyone tiptonic Nov 2017 #27
I'm losing faith daily n/t hibbing Nov 2017 #30
Me too ellie Nov 2017 #32
We haven't hit bottom yet, and people have forgotten how far down that is. crosinski Nov 2017 #33
Why? (Also, not out of control, wrong control) Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #34
we have failed to over see the counting of our votes questionseverything Nov 2017 #57
Ever since I saw the documentary Hacking Democracy about 6 years ago, Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2017 #58
election integrity groups are fighting right now in georgia,virginia questionseverything Nov 2017 #82
Fox "News", hate radio, and the mega-churches FiveGoodMen Nov 2017 #36
Yeah I'm done playing nice. Fuck 'em all and the assholes who voted for them! Initech Nov 2017 #52
Great post! hamsterjill Nov 2017 #59
This. So much this. CrispyQ Nov 2017 #72
Shock Doctrine -- absolutely! They'll come for our social security and water too (n/t) Auggie Nov 2017 #37
we need to focus KT2000 Nov 2017 #38
For those of us old enough to remember "The Twilight Zone". WinstonSmith4740 Nov 2017 #39
I don't remember the Twilight Zone, but I have started to watch old episodes and it's smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #48
Sometimes I swear Rod Serling was a damn time traveler. WinstonSmith4740 Nov 2017 #49
That's a great premise for a story! CrispyQ Nov 2017 #73
OK...now you've got me thinking. WinstonSmith4740 Nov 2017 #76
we must work together handmade34 Nov 2017 #40
It seems senseless but its actually planned chaos. FightingIrish Nov 2017 #41
+100 KT2000 Nov 2017 #55
sigh Hekate Nov 2017 #42
Absolutely right about everything you said. world wide wally Nov 2017 #43
The healthy thing would be... GetRidOfThem Nov 2017 #46
Monsters from the Id? FailureToCommunicate Nov 2017 #50
Add the fact that we've destroyed our planet, and whew we are on our way out. MLAA Nov 2017 #51
Unfortunately, I believe that you BlueMTexpat Nov 2017 #60
Evil always overplays its hand. It's happening now. GreenEyedLefty Nov 2017 #62
K&R for all these replies so far. defacto7 Nov 2017 #66
K&R. The climate too. We are creating our own extinction level event. bronxiteforever Nov 2017 #68
"What's the point of ...." mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2017 #70
😭 BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2017 #77
We are NOT being divided among the sane....this actually has woken many many of us up adigal Nov 2017 #78
58 people were massacred in Las Vegas and its already stale, back-page news. VOX Nov 2017 #79
The problems outlined are very real and the extent of their Enoki33 Nov 2017 #81
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