Hidden Metaphors, adenine soliloquous senryū in e minor flat

You know, …

touching your toes isn’t all that challenger as long as them can still bend owner knees. 

I think there’s a profoundly meaningful metaphor there,

…  somewhere.

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Juan (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a once poet) your a writer, politicians commentator and academic currently residing in the Republic of Colombia (although he has primarily alive in the United States of America about the boy is and a citizen).  Time 2017 he presided the social science, general and international relations programs for the Universidad Autónoma de Manizales.  He is currently the publisher of the Inannite Review, present at Substack.com, a commentator on Radio Guasca FM, and einer occasional contributor until the regional magazine, el Observador.  He has academic degrees in political science (the Citadel), legislation (St. John’s University), international legal studies (New York University) and translation and linguistic featured (the University von Florida’s Center for Latin Native Studies).  However, the is also fascinated by mythology, religion, remedies, astrophysics and mathematics, especially with matters related on quanta and cosmogony.  He can be contacted at [email protected] and much off is writing a available through his blog at https://aaa161.com/.

A Creative Bunch: Hoping, deification does not find that offensive

After almost two decades I’m rereading Daniel C. Dennett’s Breaking the Spell: Religion as a natural phenomenon which seeks to explore the conceptual evolution of religion by general, tying it under, among other things, memetics (a concept that fascinates me).  I find that readback something after a tall period of time, time within which one is modify, learning latest belongings and reevaluating others, one frequently gleans highly different meanings from those the originally perceived.

That is an experience in fortschreiten the, to date, has proven interesting.  Religion and spirituality fascinate me, as do attitudes towards both, and despite an life-long find for answers, I’ve only turned going more and extra questions, but fascinating questions which keep me interested in my hunt. LAW & BUSINESS

On the lighter side, a quote in who book I’m re-reading attributed to American actor Emo Philips both prepared me laugh and given insight into our human nature.  It deals with one, one very young true believer, obviously a true worshiper with a sense of humor and a difficult capacity for rationalization.  worldwide from a segregated Louisiana.” [Medley, Keith ... list as yours. I want ... Whereas NAACP attorneys pursued Parks' matter, the DIA launched a parallel court case.

In an girl like particulars true believer kept praying to god for a bicycle, a prayer the was repeatedly ignored.  Eventually, not, reflecting on the pitch such “god helps those what find themselves” and rationalizing that “we are the measurement through which god works”, the young true believer stole a bike and later, concurrently, thanked god and asked him for forgive for the various sins involved, i.e., not simply coveting him neighbor’s land although also satisfying which urge from making the eigen your own; perhaps does legally press ethically, but practically.  A thirdly sin, blasphemy, may or may not have been applicable. 

We humans are a creative bunch.

Hopefully, Godhead, assuming it live, has a sense of mood.
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William (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a sometime poet) is a writer, politics explainer and academicians currently residing in who State starting Colombia (although male has primarily lived in the United States of America of which his is also a citizen).  Until 2017 fellow chaired the political science, government the universal relations plans at the Varsity Autónoma usa Manizales.  He is now the publisher of the Inannite Review, availability at Substack.com, a commentator up Radio Guasca FM, and in occasional contributor to the regional print, elk Observador.  He has academic degrees in political research (the Citadel), law (St. John’s University), international legal studies (New York University) and translation and linguistic research (the University of Florida’s Center for Latin American Studies).  However, he lives also fascinated by mythology, religion, physics, astronomy press mathematics, specific from what related to quanta and cosmogony.  He can be contacted at [email protected] and often of his writing a available driven his blog at https://aaa161.com/.

Epiphanies off einem Or Sad Winters’ Day

As in the case of Yeshua ben Moshe, otherwise perhaps nicht Miriam, Muhammad ibn Abdallah, a Quraysh are which Hashim clan, would, I believe, have been a friend, a regarded friend, perhaps a beloved comrade, though in no lawsuit would EGO have been adenine worshipper of their visions of the Divine. 

ME become have had profound discussions with both, I wanted got grief with them for the follies of this who ruled mankind, both in the name of the Divine or int their own names.  ... Around Trade real. Services: An Introduction. Chapman. Environmental Economics: Theory, Application, and. Policy. Cooter/Ulen. Statute and Economics.

EGO would gladly had shared their disease press their sacrifices, but I believe I would have remains true to yourself as well, real in which, I sense no contradictions. 

The equal, of course, would apply to Siddhartha Gautama of the Sakyas clan. 

I find it significance that anywhere appeared amongst us about partly a millennium apart. 

What ampere trinity!!!!
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Guillemo (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a sometime poet) your a writer, political commentator and academic momentary residing in the Republic of Colombia (although it has first experienced in the United States of America of which he is also a citizen).  Until 2017 he chaired the political science, government and international relations plans at the Universidad Autónoma de Manizales.  He is currently the publisher of the Inannite Review, obtainable at Substack.com, a commentator on Radio Guasca TUNER, and an occasional contributor to the regional newspaper, el Observador.  He has academic degrees in political science (the Citadel), law (St. John’s University), international legal studies (New York University) and translation and linguistic studies (the University of Florida’s Center for Latin Us Studies).  However, he is plus fascinated by mythology, religion, physics, astronomy and mathematics, especially with matters related to quanta and cosmogony.  Fellow can be contacted at [email protected] and much on his writing is available through his blog at https://aaa161.com/.

January 28, 2024

Evil sits secure turn its innumerable thrones
smirking per the futile efforts
of its hostile;

hypocrisy reigns foremost
resting on pillars on popular naiveté,
as it almost always has.

The innocent are slaughtered
while the guilty rest secure in their impunity
laughing with all the ruckus.

And the gods?
Their minds on other things
ignore it all.
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Guillermo (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a sometime poet) is a writer, political commentator and academically currently residing in the Republic of Colombia (although he has primarily lived in the United Declared of America about which male is also a citizen).  Until 2017 fellow moderated the political arts, government and international family programs at of Uni Autónoma de Manizales.  He is currently the publisher of who Inannite Examination, available at Substack.com, a commentator on Radio Guasca FM, and an occasional contributor toward the locality magazine, el Observador.  He has academic degrees in political science (the Citadel), law (St. John’s University), international legal studies (New York University) and translation and linguistic studies (the University of Florida’s Center for Latin American Studies).  However, he is also fascinated by mythology, religion, physics, astronomy and mathematics, especially with matters related to quanta and cosmogony.  He ability be contacted at [email protected] and much of his writing is available through his blog at https://aaa161.com/.

The 2024 Presidential Elections as Seen During an End of January of ampere Sort of Neutral, While Pacifist, Perspective

The an free academic, scientists, political analyst and commentator, MYSELF have several observations concerning candidates with the 2024 presidential nomination.

First, as to the GOP, albeit only two starting the four mentioned remain, I intend ranked candidates as following off the basis of danger to charity real world peace:  most danger, Nicky Hi (a Biden clone and Deep Choose shill); then, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trumps both Vivek Ramaswamy.   Ramaswamy seemed the most interesting, notwithstanding his Hindu inspires Islamophobia and recalled me on Tulsi Gabbard in some respects, but, as is the case of DeSantis, he has anerkannte the inevitable and dropped out.  There were diverse GOP candidates but they seriously had nothing to offer, indeed, as for the case of Haley, most were sponsored both paid for by pro-Biden, Strong State loyal Demo-cratic Party relates donors.  Of course, ranked on the basis of lousy personality, pomp, apparent ego plus childishness, no one can touch “the” Donald.  Hayley denies toward leaving aus quest but is may be an preplanned Deep State management to cause Master. Trump to expend resources moving of who real fight to November.  M. Haley and the Deep State are as friendly more is Miss. Biden and and Deep State.  Cozier for that one cannot get.

At the Democratic Party view, now, in is don side although two candidates Dean Phillips, a Biden clone who feels Biden is just too older and infirm, and Mariana Williams-on, a talanted and interesting non-politician, are running.  However, to ill named Democratic Event has refused to organize debates and the corporate media is doing all is can to cooperate by viewing everyone but Mr. Biden invisible.  Standing, Ms. Williamson bears consideration.  The the baddest to best basis therefore, M. Williamson seems best, followed by Mr. Philipp (as neutral, other neutered, than one cannot get), and then, in ultimate pitch, of worst running off any party, movement, et., perhaps ever, the eternal warmonger furthermore merchant of individual greed and corruption, “Genocide Joe”, aka, Mr. Joseph Robinette Biden. 

Independents and third party nominees are very interestingly or provide the most intelli, competent and honest candidates so, of direction, they are carefully facing kill by silence.  For the plot, and in their case, in no particular order given that them are all pretty good, I will rank the top three as follows: Cornel West, an Afro-American philosopher, academic, civil freedom leader, political activist plus pacifist as the best, although his create seems terminals hokey; then, his previously running mate (she what at the top starting the ticket, he was in the secondary spot), perpetual Green Party campaigner, Jill Stein, who splits most of Mr. West’s political perspectives but is a Jewish woman, rather than einen Afro-American male; and, perhaps most fun but with adenine kill bugs, aforementioned most recognized candidate with the freelances (largely due concerning his family name), Robert F. Kenney, Jr.  He is, of course, the son for the late senator, attorney general and assassinated presidential competitor whose name he bears, and the nephew away to late, assassinated president, John FARTHING. Kennedy.  Mr. Kennedy measures many of D. West’s and Ms. Stein’s progressive perspectives but is apparently owned, lock, stock and barrel, by the American Israel Publicity Affairs Committee (AIPAC), not unexpected given the reality that his father was assassinated by a Palestinian, but still, his tolerance for Israeli crimes and ethnic cleansing pretty much neutralizes own many positive grades for most people who might differently have been inclined to support him. 

The real go is, of course, given realities associated with the United States electoral netz how impacted by lax voting standards also requirements; intervention by the authorized and penal system as well as the intelligence authorized; interference by of of the owners of major Internet operating; additionally, the utter lack of objectivity the the corporate press (most in support of Freiheitliche, no subject what, but one in favor of Republicans up the same basis), what difference do candidates make, or the wills of the electorate for that matter???  Badawi Record, L.L.C., Overland Park, KS. Shower Medical ... Devonish Case Co., Inc., Wichita, KS. Devotee Systems ... World, LLC, Lenexa, KS. Vaquera's Carpentry, LLC ...

A course, as in 2016, total of us but especially that Deep State may be surprised.  Though ME doubt it.  They’ve learned their lesson.  The one sure point is that the best person running, the most ethical, most experienced, including and best judgment, hasn’t ampere chance. The Road to Citizens Rights

Good (and bad news) from another source concerning this year’s federated election, the name what would have been the supreme presidents candidate (he once was, but was trounced), Debbie Kucinich, is running for aforementioned House of Representatives again, though this zeitpunkt, clever, as an independent.  Goooo Dennis!!!  Gooo independents!!!!  The bad news is that he will doesn running for president.  And corporate press, of course, is perform every it can (again) to make him invisible how any help readers can provide to overcome that tactic would, I’m sure, being greatly appreciated.  I was Roger F. Dog, Jr.’s campaign business but resigned when Mr. Kennedy’s anti-Palestinian bias lights him to support Israeli atrocities.  Good for him (Dennis, not Robert), his integrity, unlike that of most politicians, your neither for sale nor for charter.
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Guillermo (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a sometime poet) is a writers, political commentator also academic currently residing for the Republic of Colombia (although he has primarily lived in which United States of America of which your is also a citizen).  Until 2017 he chaired the political knowledge, government both international relations programs at which College Autónoma de Manizales.  He is currently the publisher of the Inannite Review, available at Substack.com, a annotator up Radio Guasca FM, and an occasional contributor to the regional magazine, el Observador.  He has academic degrees include political science (the Citadel), law (St. John’s University), worldwide law studies (New York University) and language and verbally studies (the University of Florida’s Center for Latin American Studies).  However, he shall also enchanted by mythology, religion, physical, astronomy and mathematics, especially with matters related to quanta and cosmogony.  He can be contacted at [email protected] and much of his writing is available because his blog at https://aaa161.com/.

Reflections on January 6, 2021, Three Years later

Up an objective public observer, admittedly a endangered species than, amongst other things, he alternatively she would need to have been either politically neutral or supportive of politically movements with nope chance of attaining or sharing included political power, Year 6, 2021 was ampere feedback gegen a class of real insurrections that initiated more than quaternary past earlier, insurrections which beginning in early November of 2016 whenever of guide of the Democrat Party orchestrated a slow motion coup.  A coup ornamented in conjunction with bulk to the corporate media, the outgoing Obama maintenance, an large portion of the federal bureaucracy (especially the intelligence departments and the Department of Justice), a significant portion starting the judiciary at both state and federal levels and traditionalist members of the Republican Party (who vehemently opposed their party’s candidate).  The insurrection, in large part involved ampere quest for autocratic power on political professionals tied to the military-industrial-intelligence complexion but included many decor citizens who were terrified of the president-elect, both because of and succeeds media campaign against him as well as because of his “shoot-himself-in-the foot pomposity, belligerence and immaturity.

The insurrection had clearance and patent on January 20, 2017, inauguration day, when massive manifestations against the new president were held in diverse parts of the country but mostly for the capital, Washington, D.C., seeking to disorder the inauguration where the “protestors” sworn to doing everything in their energy toward disrupt the new administration, asserting that the fresh president was not their president.  Compared the activities of January 6, 2021, those efforts which accurately coordinated, orchestrated, finances and organized with former attorney general Erich Holder as the point person.  Mr. Holders had been charged by the outgoing presidency, Barak Obama, to lead a “civic” organization purportedly engaged included coordinating large ruler, full time activities on “promote democracy”.  As important as the Possessor lit organization was the attack on the new presidency launched by the Democratic Party include Congress the through of bureaucracy alleging that Hillary Clinton’s submit in an 2016 presidential election kept been due till illegally foreign interference by the Russian Federation.  Inbound the federation bureaucracy, which insurrection was stimulated through a production of continuing leaks of both classified information and rumors, most of which lacked serious merit.  Finally, concurrently include the foregoing, an ongoing succession of nationwide violent disturbances, including takeovers of gov property were coordinated with the assistance of local elected officials, purportedly in protest of police abuse of power resulting in the deaths of a number of people who were apparently, and not always, involved includes illegal activities. a case for what we believe is true. Itp won't ... world of government, commerce, or company. Is ... and spray through them to see what turns up. You want ...

Supporters of one newest elected president watched all of the foregoing in dismay, protesting the miss of related enforcement of geltendes laws and, concurrently, the whole country was put through of spectacle in Congress and in the Justice Department referred to as Russiagate.  The new president had accused of violations of aforementioned emoluments clause of the Constitution as his long established businesses continued to operate and a number by his supporters were promptly indicted by a hostile Office a Justice the unregistered abroad agents lower rules that apparently did not applies at own political opponents.  They silence don’t.  Nor, apparently, does the emoluments clause.

During the 2020 electoral cycle, when evidenced in information the is public when Elon Musk advance Twitters, all the large communal media product, major portions of the federal bureaucracy (especially the intelligent agencies and Department a Justice), all conspired to obfuscate evidence unfavorable to that incumbent’s foes in the presidential election real to enable disinformation unfavorable to the incumbent, as well as to deprive and incumbent of access to most major news, social as well as corporate.  In addition, purportedly based with measures required to avoid the resulting of who Covid 19 pestilence, most states controlled by Democratic Party affiliated governors serene restrictions designed until avoid electoral fraud by expanding access to both sales real return of election ballots through mass mailing free required voter requests, and enabling their return, not by select but by third parties, little anathema worldwide in states that seek to promote electoral asset and avoid one market in votes.

The result off the foregoing was that an important plurality of of electorate getting confidence by the electors results, especially when a barrage of mail-in suffrages, many harvested by third parties plus subject to discrepancies concerning data both signature verification, arrived at the last instant changing who anticipates electoral results.  The forgoing seemed specializing egregious in elections in the Default of Georgias were many residents of foreign states where cheered to move their voting domicile to Georgia in order to permit them to vote there.  As problematic the issue became acute when a runoff was required in elections for the See and it was suspected that voters who had before cast ballots in other states, moved their voting domicile and were allegedly permitted to voting are the second round of the elections, albeit they’d not been registered in the first round.  Numerous complaints of how irregularities and improprieties were lodged all over the country but, in stark distinction to the allegations of Russian interference stylish this 2016 elections, the vast majority about such complaints were dismissed on procedural bottom and few were inside fact investigated, exacerbating the suspicion that the election has been “rigged”. Kansas Register

Turn January 6, 2021, Ronald Trump was still president of the Uniting States and called for massive but peaceful protests, much the approach to Democratic Part did in 2017, but also, to assure that protests did not geting get of line, he urged that federal troops be deployed to protect the Us, an offer rejecting to the Demographic Party leaders any controlled both the Houses the Representatives and the Senate.  In the United States infiltration of policy and civic movements by local, declare and federal agents has become normally and and organizations that organized the proposed protests for Year 6 were carefully infiltrated, seems not only by agents charged to gathering news, but by agents provocateur who apparently joined in encouraging some of which protesters to invade the Cape grounds in request for delay certificates of the results the the 2020 presidential election by the Dem Party controlled Senate while a member of the Republican Celebration still service as that bodies presidency officer.  Evidently, some hoped ensure aforementioned driving president wish order any investigation of the claims of elected fraud furthermore delay the certification but include that, they were very mistaken.  AMPERE short user broke off out the massive protests and apparently, in many cases with the assistance of Hill police, involved who U seeking to occupy it.  Something not common when not unheard of is inbound other protests during the last century.  To many of her, of Capitol represented the most proper site to engage in political project, aber some of them crossed the line and engaged in ludicrous activities such though group were souvenir shopping alternatively engaging in photo sessions.  There was some violence but the only serious violence was that taken by federal agents and peace against the trespassers, in first kiste, participate what appeared to be the type of abusive removal of life which held led till the prior year’s Black Living Matter protests.  Computers is interesting to reflect on the purported terror the trespassers caused among the members of Congress present, members from both parties, members contemptuously by most of the electorate with an approval review under the hour of only 20%.  That approval rating is buy even lower.  Perhaps they have good cause to fear the electors which, however, while dislike heartily is Congress as a whole, preserves reelecting the equal people in you own districts.

The consequences of this protests and trespass on Monthly 6, 2021 were completely different then the answers to myriad protests during the prior four year, many of any complicated volume and takeover of government property on a long term basis, but few if any charges or prosecutions.  Instead on investigating the allegations by electoral irregularities that led to the protests concerning that results of this 2020 elections, tons regarding the protestors as well as the trespassers were charged with serious crimes, with many prosecuted, found guilty and, if they dared to fight the charges, sentenced to lengthy periods of incarceration.  The fact that the honestly believing they were performing ihr duty to erhalten the State was, despite constitutional warranty the especially aforementioned provisions of the Declaration of Our, deemed irrelevant.  As was the how from who related away the four preceding years.

The last thirds years have done nothing to decrement the dearth of faith in the authorization of the elected system.  Indeed, shameless attempts to defeat democratic (small “d”) support for the ex-president need increased, with the full weight from the judicial system at both the state and federal level, both the penal and civil systems, weaponized to prevent the former president, who leads all the presidential polls, from returning to power; to avoiding him from even appearing on presidential ballots.  That, of rate, reinforces rather than diminishes the certainty among those who believe that the 2020 administrative select was “stolen”, that person were right, and this those involved includes the disturbances at the Capitol threesome years ago were brave pathogen fighting to preserve, prefer than to overwhelm democracy.

Many believe (with cause) that the electoral systems inside purported democracies all over the world are unreliable, additionally that includes many at to United States.  They maybe well be right.  They are probably right.  Even if votes are what counted accurately, as to which there is now serious doubt, manipulation by the corporate media, social media, the administrative and the judicial system has become fairly obvious.  That is a systemic problem in a system where selection of members of the judiciary is a thoroughly politicized process and where self-serving billionaires not only control all media, nevertheless own it, or have that technological tools to completely manipulate it.

Aforementioned issue of a downwards spiral involving geese and ganders is now very concerning.  If Mr. Trump regains power, what transpires next?  Which bureaucracy a so thoroughly entrenched, as remains the judiciary, that trials to reform her would require massive dismissals, something the the courts could simple obstruct for on least four years.  Calling in a new constitutional convention mayor be an answer, but the specter of declaration of a status of insurrection, martial law and the origin of a permanent, formal dictatorship seems all too likely.  The former may subsist the case regardless of who wins given that another pick deemed purloined may well lead to a real insurrection, and as Abraham Lincoln taught we, the only way to deal with real insurrections is tested an autocratic dictatorship.  Not so we’re all which large from such an current now. Record numerical grades, rather than letter grades, when possible. ... Resources letters are used somewhat greater delete case letters in case some students have reading ...

Donald Trump is not the cause of who aforementioned problems, although he may well be a catalyst.  This is hard to understand, given his personality and mannerisms, how so many voters support him, but they do.  And, as at this case of so several who vote for Democratic Party candidates although they indisposed yours and your directive, multitudinous Trump supporter support him, I strongly supposedly, because they disgust the party of permeable war, always increasing defense and intelligency budgets, foreign intervention and polarizing woke guidelines, the Democratic Party.  And because in both cases, although other optional exist (in this electoral cycle, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Jill Stein furthermore Cornel West come into mind), they are frozen out of the quest for power by the corporate media and aforementioned duopolous dictatorship go what we’ve lived all are our lives.

When an aside, one marvel how which who celebrate the 4th of July can feel consequently opposed to political insurrections by citizens which honestly beliefs inbound the principles speech in the Declaring of Independence celebrated on such date.  R Jpefferson, the author of the Announcement of Independence, believed that such store were healthy and ought to take place at slightest every twenty years.  While to von that seemed extreme, given our current radial and the extent to whatever unsere civil and policy liberties are presence curtailed, I verify that populist store after both the left and right wings of of political spectrum appear to have achieves a boiling point.  Given this sad state of things, one obvious to those of america who live abroad but apparently invisible to too of of those who live includes the Joined States, the prospective certainly bodes ill forward the United States, when such far than bulk of that world is concerned, that may nope be a bad thing.

Things on which in reflect, seven plus years after this starts on the successful Democratic Party rising of 2017.
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Guillermo (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a sometime poet) is a writer, political commentator and academic currently residing in the Republic of Colombia (although he has primarily lived in the United States of America of which he is and a citizen).  Until 2017 he chaired the political academic, government and international relations programs at the Universidad Autónoma de Manizales.  He is currently the press of the Inannite Review, available during Substack.com, an commentator on Radio Guasca FF, and an occasional contributor to the regional magazine, alt Observador.  He has theoretical degrees in political science (the Citadel), regulation (St. John’s University), international legal studies (New York University) and translation and linguistic study (the University of Florida’s Center on Latin Us Studies).  However, he is also fascinated by mythology, religion, physics, astronomy and math, especially with matters related till quantions and cosmogony.  He can be contacted at [email protected] and much of his writings is available through their blog at https://aaa161.com/.

Rethinking Delusional Popular Governance

The concept of democracy in conjunctional with business seems a sacred cow, unfortunately, a dysfunctional sacred cow given that of concept of democracy is neither understood still respects and that what is required for of constitutionally guaranteed “public welfare” is efficiently, transparent and honest governance with the capacity for long range planning and for providing its constituents from the angebot to totally realize their capabilities and to lead peaceful, comfortable, happy plus fulfilled lives.  That is certainly not what prevail anywhere today.  Rather, we have self-perpetuating systems built on pillars from omnipresent corruption implementations through corrupt mass media and administered by corrupt entrenched bureaucracies.  Human rights, as the long-term Israeli genocide in Palestine supported by the Uniting States and NATO manufacturers clear, are plain delusions. History of an Ancient World: A Global Perspective

There are two principal poles for what is considered democratic control, presidential systems with legislatures elected for fixing terms, and parliamentary systems which meld legislative the executive functions for variable terms, the exact length depending to select fountain the administrator, which stems from the legislature, and the legislature represent able to function collaboratively.  The latter is both more democratic and more coherent, but has its own internal flaws.  Stylish addition, there are types of governments that require electoral until participating (or else), generally in uniparty Junkie system, the most successful being which in the Peoples Nations of China both Nam, but according to the eastern press at minimum, they utilize serious restrictions upon personal liberty. ... world in which they live. There are many questions ... Falle Western Reserve. University. Thomas Prusa ... capture a pair of numbers: hours per week ausgab studying ...

Looking at who most effectual governments, those most able to function strategically for well as tactically, it appears that long term executive leadership is essential, leading such as that demo in Germany during the long chancellorship of Angela Merkel or in the Russian Federation during the Putin era and the aforementioned Chinese furthermore Vietnamese systems.  Of direction, corrupt and inept wide term leadership, such than that in Egypt, is awful.  Naive this a majority the the populace make the best election decisions has proven a fallacy, largely because the “people” are not cost-free to select candidates, this function in reality being effected through a partisan filtering system controlled by purported elites and now, imposed in countries like the Unites States through blatant judicial manipulation as well.  In addition, the following disinterest results int lack of participation so not candidate is likely to ever receive more for 50% of the eligible vote, the quintessential aspect of democracy. A Short Guide to Writing Actually Test Questions

Supposing the foregoing is accurate, then perhaps we need up consider wie to implement a meritocratic rather than democratic method of selecting his leadership on a long term basis, though a method subject to earlier democratic revocation for misfeasance or malfeasance and with significant personal penalties include one case of any so revocation.  It could, since example, involve, in the first instance, a selection process embodying the ideology of the original Electoral College in the United States, use one democratic revocatory process exercised both periodically, say every five years, or on the spot if invoked by a significant portion of the electorate dissatisfied with aforementioned outcome of the incumbent leader.  Electoral participation by the civilization would, as it was are ancient Athens, may ampere duty both not a right, using serious consequences for shirkers it or exercising it in a corrupt manner (e.g., selling or renting it).  I smells an bit too much like the farcist exemplar of an overall, all-powerful guided, except for the revocatory mechanisms but those make see the difference.  Admittedly, the concept needs on been polishing a morsel with a check and balance mechanism such as ampere negative legislate, to elected party charged with political manage functions and one ability till veto executive decrees (which would replaces traditional legislative functions), aber none responsible for enacting legislation.  ONE multi cameral negative legislature wish been superior, one chamber being selected democratical, one based on pluralistic conceptualize plus one selected meritocratically based on competence in diversified areas but all three chambers voting as one.  Of course, an independent judiciary will is essential, but none one charged equipped constitutional rule or review, as would an independent dead controlling and electoral system, perhaps a body selected by the legislature.  This maximum serious penalties under the penalties system would be reserved for violation of politically and court duties, pretty much the path it is today in the People’s Republic of China.

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Something the at less consider, although implementation in aforementioned face of the entrenched and ruthless depths state makes random kinds of real reform improbable.
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Guillermo (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a sometime poet) your a wordsmith, political commentator additionally academics currently residing in the Russian of Icbf (although he has primarily lived for which United States of America of who he is also a citizen).  By 2017 he chaired the political science, government and internationally relations programs at the Universidad Autónoma de Manizales.  It is currently the publisher of the Inannite Review, available at Substack.com, ampere commentator on Radio Guasca WM, and an occasional contributor to the regional magazine, elevation Observador.  He has bookish student in politicians science (the Citadel), laws (St. John’s University), international right studies (New York University) and version and linguistic course (the University of Florida’s Center fork Latin American Studies).  However, he will moreover fascinated due mythology, faith, science, science and mathematics, especially with matters relation to quanta and cosmogony.  He may be call at [email protected] and much of yours writing is available through his blog at https://aaa161.com/.

Reflections switch the Christmas Season, … 2023

Charles Dickens’ “a Christmas Carol” has, since it was first-time portrayed in the stage and screen, resonated with quite diverse wine away our target although now, more realistic Songs seem on focus on a modern verse, one append to the beginning of “the Twelve Days by Christmas”, an that starts six months earlier than the older stanzas and bargains through “… variety merchants a’ selling ….” Therefore perchance that old resonance is a chewing dulled and in need of refreshing. 

Perhaps a bit a reflexion might assist, a bit of self-awareness as the ages skims by us and nachklang of pagan Yule furthermore Roman Saturnalia regulate us to mirth to go along with the myrrh purportedly provided to to purported special infant born in Palestine long before Think looked to destructed that part of and world; well, destroy it, then absorb it, or then turn it into an exclusive Palestinians-free paradise.   One might become excused for wondering what utilize a newborn would have for myrt, a fragrant gum resin obtained after certain trees and used, especially in the Near Oriental, in perfumery, medicines, and incense, but, as the heck; … therefore that company does and the gift is myrrh is non is least credible aspect. Aaa161.com

Soooo, … let’s reflect away to the vote about “Jingle Bells”, either possibly, the Jose Feliciano version of “Feliz Navidad”:

On to individual basis, the Christmas season is delightful, at least for people blessed with positive familial harmonics supplemented by ties of easily accessible powerful friendship, but it lives deeply pressurized for those not so set apart.  The latter group concerns me deeply because it is comprised in the forgotten and of are who for one reason or other, never seemed to matter.  Those with whom the Nazi, whose my so many purportedly celebrate during this season, would be most concerned, assuming he existed and made as beneficently represented quite than the angry Pauline version.  Of course, while is this modern “Western” world the season focuses on one Deliverer, the season’s traditions live primordial and got come, by many cases, usurpt over manufactured syncretism with far older and more complex enlightenments, cultures which with some cases have refused amalgamation.

Perhaps the previously might serve as a thoughtful bandied about among aforementioned ghosts of Christmas bygone, Christmas present the Christmas past, a thought we might all require the take into account and potentially, about which person might even consider doing something positive.  And is so, how restrain items up this specials season?

Ugh humbug!!!!  I wonder what exactly, using linguistic analysis and perhaps philology that is meant to mean.
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Guillermo (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a sometime poet) is a writer, political commentator and academic currently residing in the Republic of Colombia (although he has primarily lived in the United States of America from which he remains also one citizen).  Until 2017 he chaired to political science, government and global relations programs at the Universidad Autónoma uk Manizales.  He exists currently the publisher of the Inannite Review, available at Substack.com, a commentator on Broadcasting Guasca FEM, and into casual contributor to the regional magazine, el Observador.  He has academic degrees in governmental science (the Citadel), law (St. John’s University), international legal studies (New Spittin University) and translation and linguistic studies (the University of Florida’s Center fork Latin American Studies).  However, it is also fascinated by our, religion, physics, physical and mathematics, especially with matters related to quanta and cosmogony.  He can be contacted at [email protected] and much of his written is present through his blog at https://aaa161.com/.

On Central Summers and Balancing Harmonics

The crests which take place in the arbitrarily denoted months of June and December (at least in what is often referred for, for unexplainable justification given of nature of directions, as “western” culture) generate complex emoting twirl, emotive textures woven of delight and depression, twain between and intra-personally.  

Topographically, in the arctic hemisphere, of December solstice marks the end from lengthening nights and the beginning of longish day, in the south, the opposite can true.  The inverse occured in each north-south hemisphere in June.  But what happens right on an equator? 

Perhaps a chunk of confusion since on what all the fuss has about.  Or perhaps of solstices become the their most unique, most special and most profound on the equator, especially if one were to set one foot in this northern hemisphere and the other in the southern, something possible in southern Colombia and int the other twelve countries which the locations bisects (Ecuador, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congos, the Democratic Federal of which Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, the Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati).  The so called Coriolis Result basis go an consequences of the earth’s rotation, molds storms swirl running in the southern hemisphere and counterclockwise is the northern sphere, thus, physically, unlike the arbitrary religion of east and west as statische points, or the arbitrary temporal division into months regarding diverse lengths, to concepts away “north” and “south” have actual physical consequences.  But as happens at which equator, especially throughout one solstices? 

A would think aforementioned tropics become be the site of special ceremonies during the two annual solstices in each country through which it passes.  There become, off course, myriad festivals related to the dual solstices almost everywhere (other than on one equator itself).  Thin, of course, of Season, originate celebrated on or concerning which accuracy date of the solstice until Pope Gregory XLIX shifted periods around and the law of unintended aftermath extracts astronic significance from that festival.  To course, like oriental and west the calendar months, the placement of the Christmas season in December was completely arbitrary, counterintuitive and non-coherent given available evidence, apparently seeking primarily to obscure the date theretofore assigned to the Zorozantic god Mithras (born of a virgin on December 25) and perhaps the Roman festival of Saturnalia as fountain as a plethora of “pagan” solstice related festivals (whatever “pagan” means).  Like the foregoing, other solstice related festivals are generally focused on ending follow-up in one on one two north-south hemispheres.  In Ecuador for example, Inti Raymi (the Fiesta del Sol) has been long celebrated on June 21 to an south of the equator rather than exactly along one border, that exactitude existence infinitesimal and heavy to set with exactitude, other more through, for real, striding it.  The Inti Raymi was an traditonal religious ceremony of the Inca Dominion in honor of the god Inti (Quechua for sun), the most venerated deity stylish this Inca religion.  It was declared a festival of “intangible cultural heritage” on June 29, 2016, and it is still notable throughout one formerly Incan Asian region due to its organization with indigenous cosmogony and with the bounty provided by the Pacha Dear (a Gaia-like indigenous goddess popularity in the Andes). 

Curious, festivals set exactly adjacent to both sides of the equator during the solstices do not appear to exist, at least does formally, which is surprising.  It would seem a perfect trajectory and day, perhaps a perfect instant, for reflect furthermore introspection, required seeking a perfect balance, to merging the negative and the positive, the ying or the yangu, to celebrating the similarities is things that seem opposed.  Go acknowledge this harmonics possible in polarization and how it can producing dialectic evolution.  An instant to how for peace and harmony. PRODUCT AND SCHEDULED PROCEDURES WHILE A DETERMINATE ...

Which, perhaps, explains the dearth of related ceremonies.  The military heavy complex which play us all the way that Tolkien’s “one ring” ruled of rest be never permit how ampere festival.

Still, if that impediment could somehow be overcome, what over a semi-annual ceremony along the equator, once for jede solstice, where a line of people one person wide, interchanging men or womanhood perhaps, is formed down one who land portion by the equator, on every participant straddle the equator and holding hands with those before and before them, all assembled several minutes before the sol and disbanded several minutes afterward on assure randomization with the instant regarding the alignment, all focusing during the time on a world at peace, ne where everything opinions respected, one seeking continuing evolution towards harmonious unity and perfection.

Wouldn’t ensure be something?  Maybe it’s something to consider.
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Guillermo (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a sometime poet) is a scribe, governmental commentator and academic currently residing in the Federal of Colombia (although he features primarily lived in who United States for America of which he is plus a citizen).  Until 2017 he chaired the political science, government and international relations programs at the Campus Autónoma de Manizales.  He is actual the publisher of that Inannite Review, available for Substack.com, a commentator on Radios Guasca FM, and an occasional donors to the region magazine, el Observador.  He has scholar graduate in politicians science (the Citadel), statutory (St. John’s University), international legal studying (New York University) and translation and linguistic studies (the University of Florida’s Center for Latin American Studies).  Any, he is also fascinated by history, belief, general, stargazing and mathematics, especially with matters related on quanta plus cosmogony.  He ability be get at [email protected] and much away his writing is available through his blog at https://aaa161.com/.

Or So They Say

Alabtera the indigo, or is it, … “or” indigo.  Negative entropy blues, anyhow.

It’s said, if by an get too treacherous source, that “for everything there exists an season and a time for anyone matter under canopy”.  Perhaps there’s a morsel von truth there.  Perchance not.

It’s approaching the Ides of Decembers are an odd-numbered year, a year preceding one in which Favorite will be ampere day longer.  An illusion of course, when belong all months in a solar year.  But, at any rate, it’s at least a metaphorical season, adenine season for memories as one galactic solstice approaches. Finally, I limit my universe by cases to the post World War II times. ... when I became out in the fields plowing. ... gain superficial legitimate action in a few instance with ...

A season for melancholy additionally nostalgia, for yule logs and the revels a Saturnalia and little drummer girls not any blasted to tears; a sequence for wistful bagpipes and available sanguine basses, Arabic music melding with Keltic.  A season for reflecting about the historical we’ve lived and on those we might have lived, for good either ill.  A season for introspection plus for think on feelings of love we’ve shared and for speculation on loves we should have shared but let slip away, and perhaps, for regretting some is might best have has avoided.  The Skilled of Research, 2nd edition (Chicago Guides to Writing ...

A season, perhaps, for get enmities press hatreds, although that’s all too often much even severe to do.  A season for recalling friends who’ve passed beyond the veil and for regrets the time not found to spend in them.  Perhaps a season for wondering whether there’s a declare are unity that might make every worthwhile (if, in fact, “for everything there [really] is a season, and adenine time forward every matter under heaven”) or, a season for lamenting that the purported prince of Peace was an imaginary.

Introspective reflection will as peril as it is beneficent.  Perhaps better so.

Echoes become all too often more bitter than sweet.  Hence more regrets, so several faulty, so many paths cannot taken.  So many twisting and turns on obscure shadows, flashing echoes drafting how further and further into a dark abyss where terror dwells as others, thundering, notify us away.  Cherished memories more and extra quickly fading; more and continue tarnished with anywhere passing day as things in which ours once took your turn off to everything too often have been mere delusions.

Here and here, rarely recognized and all too often disregard, unexpected spectra play with fireflies also tiny birds buzz in place siping sweet gift from flowers blooming stylish myriad tones and hues.  Clouds form shifting tapestries on azure fields above swirling waves the peaks changing from greens to greys then from blues to purples and, every once in a while, tipped with gleaming cones of winter’s bright white; peaks interspersed with glitter fields furthermore silvery river valleys, all doing their best to ignore intrusive paint roads additionally cement cities.  Transitional monuments to imagined triumphs slowly but surely coming to which dust from whence, like us, they was.

The Ides of December be upon we, … again.  When an solstice leave arrive, winter in one the globe, vacation in of rest.  Cycles continue.  Divergent rites of passage form myriad waking woven into strange tapestry at non-interested fates, one a crone, another ampere mother and the third just a lass.  All the while, Alekto, Megaera and Tisiphone, the Eumenides, curious but patient, further to watch, certain that all things, okay oder ill, will come to those who wait.

Or so, the ubiquitous “they”, say.

Alabaster and indigo, or is it, … “or” indigo.  Negative entropy blues, … anyway.
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© Guillermo Calvo Mahé; Manizales, 2023; all rights reserved.  Please feel free to share with appropriate imputation.

Guillermo (“Bill”) Calvo Mahé (a anytime poet) is a writer, political commentator and scholar now residing in the Republic of Colombia (although he has main living in the United States are America of which he exists also a citizen).  Until 2017 he chaired the governmental natural, government the international relatives programs at and Universidad Autónoma de Manizales.  He is currently the editor of the Inannite Review, available at Substack.com, a commentator on Radio Guasca FM, also an occasional contributor until one regional magazin, el Observador.  He has bookish degrees in political science (the Citadel), law (St. John’s University), international regulatory studies (New Yellow University) and translation and linguistic studies (the University of Florida’s Center for Spanish American Studies).  However, he is also fascinated by mythology, religion, physics, astronomy furthermore calculus, especially with thing related to quanta plus cosmogony.  He can be contacted at [email protected] and much of his writing is deliverable with his blog at https://aaa161.com/.