My Book “will finally end...this presidency” once and for all!

Boy cries wolf. Here's the scoop.

I'm sorry, have we discussed this book yet here?  I know it's hard to do that without actually buying the screed and thus lining the pockets of yet another charlatan. So let's talk about the book second hand. That's good enough for me. I'm glad that the author finally came out of the closet and told us his real intent. Did you expect anything less?

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This post was inspired by Dust Bunny Queen, who elsewhere expressed an interest in the mobile life style. So I was going to post the original song, but realized that I'd already done that back here. Listening again, I wished to more clearly hear bassist John Entwhistle. I found this brilliant version with the vocals and guitars factored out. It's just Moon and Entwhistle -- the two on the right in the photo.

Years ago, I remarked that The Who and The Beatles were missing complimentary pieces, meaning that Moon and Entwhistle were sort of like the remaining two Beatles, Paul and Ringo. Ron, the commenter, suggested that the remaining 4 should get together and call themselves The Whotles: Paul, Ringo, Pete, and Roger.

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Overheard at Lem's:

Dust Bunny Queen said... 

If we are going to make up stupid scenarios, then go full tilt boogie!!! 

I have a vivid imagination :-D 

February 10, 2017 at 10:34 AM

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The song, recorded by the Full Tilt Boogie Band, has a spooky vibe -- sort of a like a Doors song without Jim Morrison.

"Absence is the highest form of presence"

~James Joyce

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Overheard at Lem's:

Dust Bunny Queen said....

Listen to this while contemplating.....Gloria en Excelsis Deo or a clunky rendition of Michael Row the Boat Ashore.
December 20, 2016 at 10:48 AM

The phrase Gloria in Excelsis Deo (glory to God in the highest) appears in a familiar traditional Christmas carol...the one with the long, melismatic vowel movement inside "gloria." You will recognize it:

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I put up the French/English video to recognize the original French carol -- no matter how Latin the refrain.

I also put up Van Morrison's "Gloria" to see if he had used a bit of melisma in his 1964 hit:

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I think he did. What do you think?

More Virtue Signalling For Bags*

Overheard at Lem's:

Dust Bunny Queen wrote:

Utah is a caucus state. Interesting how Cruz seems to take the caucus states compared to those where the people actually vote.

In a caucus you have no privacy of your vote and are actively met by others who want to persuade you to vote or not vote. It is the most patently UNdemocratic system ever invented. I might have been workable in the 1880's but today, it is ridiculous. link back to original

The theory is that Trump does better in primary states where voters have secret ballots. In caucus states, prying eyes of wives (or other women) see the Trump votes cast. I would like to see hard evidence that Trump does better under secret ballot voting. But is there any hard evidence that women are out to shame or punish husbands or boyfriends for voting Trump?

The nascent 'Vote Trump, Get Dumped' Campaign asks women to stage a sex strike against Trump voters. The political "lysistrategy" is not a new one and was the subject of an ancient Greek tragedy comedy: Lysistrata by Aristophanes.
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*My title refers back to this post. 

Overheard At Lem's

I thought this was quite astute and worth frontpaging:

Dust Bunny Queen wrote:

Cross posting from an older thread where I am trying to explain to R & B why this Trump is Hilter meme is going to totally backfire. Why Trump is doing what he is doing, with this optical event of hands raised and how it helps him to have the media etc attacking him on this.

Sorry for the spamming of the threads....here below.

"Psychology matters"
@ R&B

Of course it does. I see the techniques that Trump is using as opposed to the manufactured robots that the parties (Dem and Rep) churn out. Having been in sales most of my life and having had extensive training in how to "sell" to people, I am familiar with Trump's techniques and have used those myself, often, and as such...they don't work on me or anyone who is aware. There isn't necessarily anything evil or Hilterish in it as far as I can see with Trump. This isn't to say that those techniques are not subject to being perverted to evil control. I just don't see that as yet happening and to have the media and others JUMP to that conclusion is just as bad as if it really were happening.

The main difference that I observe in Trump's campaign speeches as compared to the others is that Trump encourages audience participation. Asking questions directly of the audience. Getting them to respond both verbally and physically by raising their hands or clapping. He gets them to feel a part of the process. They get to feel that they are in control and not just passive receptacles. This is opposed to Cruz's technique which has been noted to be preachy, lecturing. Cruz's groups are supposed to listen and receive the wisdom from on high. Passive and receiving.

This photo op, where his audience has raised their hands is another way for him to get his audience to "bond" or feel commonality with him. When the media and the pearl clutching commentators immediately spring to the meme Hands raised = Hilter = Nazi supporters, the audience now feels personally attacked....yet again. The media already calls them rubes, rednecks, ignorant, racist and all sorts of other things. SO....to be attacked now as Nazis because of a photo taken where they were merely raising their hands is only going to cement their feelings.

Their take on it is I am NOT a Nazi or a racist and the more you tell me things about myself that are NOT true (in their opinion) the more I will hate you and cling to my own beliefs and my candidate. In other words, attacking the audience (unfairly to their minds) is a counter productive technique and will boomerang on the GOPe, the media and THIS is what is dangerous.

The GOPe has dissed and kicked these people to the curb and here it is again...or so they feel. The GOPe has turned its own base into powerless outsiders. Trump makes them feel like insiders and like they have some control.

Crowd control, speaking to large groups to persuade....all things that I am quite familiar with and have been trained to do as has Trump. Not that I am comparing myself to Trump, but rather to the training and techniques it takes to be successful in selling.

I'm not disagreeing with you (Ritmo) but rather trying to explain why it works and why it doesn't work to attack either the messenger or his audience.

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Overheard at Lem's:

Dust Bunny Queen said...
OMG Chick. I love that song and downloaded it into my ITunes. My husband just /facepalms whenever it comes up on the random song list. Enormous Penis, by Da Vici's Notebook is another one of my absolute politically incorrect but fun songs to listen to. I do have that one on a different play list so it won't come up in polite company. (Give it a listen...you all will laugh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE
December 5, 2015 at 10:46 AM

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