THE WORLD ACCORDING TO WARP
Now that we have witnessed (thanks to the January 6 Committee) what the world according to warped American minds looks like, the rest of us Americans can only hope that some semblance of sanity, integrity and justice will prevail. Are our principles mere pieties, or (for example) is no one really above the law? In upcoming elections, who will win the lion’s share of offices: the lyin’ crazies, or men and women of character?
The answer, my friend, is….
selizabryangmailcom, and 14 others are discussing. 
The Observation Post 
equipsblog 12:15 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
Some people blow it from a lower orifice.
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mistermuse 12:29 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
Hence the term WINDBAGS!
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Geoff Stamper 12:34 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
Right now I’m even willing to take any one of the three choices of sanity, integrity, or justice.
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mistermuse 12:50 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
I hear ya, Geoff….though I don’t know how there can be justice without integrity. That leaves SANITY if there is to be only one, which at least would (presumably) stave off lunatics running the asylum.
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magickmermaid 12:55 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
The song is as relevant today as it was when Dylan wrote it in 1962. Will humanity ever learn from there mistakes?
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mistermuse 4:05 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
I think of mistakes as being mostly unintended blunders or errors, mm….so even if humanity did learn from them, much of our misery stems from deliberate wrongdoing, which ain’t going away anytime soon (as in NEVER). 😉
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magickmermaid 5:09 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink
I have to agree!
That should be “their” not “there”. Silly auto-correct and I didn’t notice until now! Definitely a mistake! 😉
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mistermuse 5:22 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink
You’re forgiven, m.mermaid — I’m sure it ain’t easy typing underwater! 😀
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Ashley 1:50 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
I grew up listening to Alistair Cooke’s “Letter from America” so you can understand my puzzled look! 🤔🥴 What happened?
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mistermuse 4:09 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
In a word: TRUMPism.
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Rosaliene Bacchus 3:23 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
Perfect song choice.
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mistermuse 4:11 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
Thanks, Rosaliene. It popped into my mind almost as soon as I began writing this post.
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Lynette d'Arty-Cross 3:36 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
What is it about this tangerine-tinted knobhead that appeals to so many? I guess the bigger question is what’s so terribly wrong that such numbers would believe that he can provide the solutions? We have one of these orange types running for leadership of one of our federal parties. He’s younger and smarter, and just as big an ultra-conservative egocentric liar. Up here the natural position is to tilt left (by American standards), but I find this guy’s latent popularity quite worrisome.
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Don Ostertag 4:30 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
Where is our Dylan of today?
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mistermuse 5:01 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
I read that he just sold a newly recorded version of BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND a few weeks ago, so he’s still around. Unfortunately, so is Trump (speaking of blowin’ in the wind).
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Rivergirl 5:31 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
No one should be above the law.
Sad that we live in a country where that’s not always true.
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mistermuse 5:50 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
I’ve become a bit more optimistic that Trump will pay (more or less) for his crimes, as I don’t see how the DOJ cannot prosecute him, given the overwhelming evidence against him.
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Rivergirl 5:59 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink
I hope they hurry.
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obbverse 6:42 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
Trump is the perfect example of bullying, entitlement and self-importance. And lying. And petulance. And self-indulgence. And lying. And deception. And lying. And nepotism. And lying. And-
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mistermuse 11:11 pm on July 22, 2022 Permalink |
….not to mention the perfect role model for intellectually indifferent young people susceptible to becoming intellectually and morally indifferent adults.
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jilldennison 4:11 am on July 23, 2022 Permalink |
That, my friend, is just about as perfect as it gets for this time, this day! Thank you!!!
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mistermuse 8:17 am on July 23, 2022 Permalink |
Thank YOU, my friend. I believe this is the shortest post I’ve published in a long time. Need I say more?
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jilldennison 6:02 pm on July 23, 2022 Permalink
It’s really funny, because I did the same with my a.m. post this morning … almost no words, just that Gilligan’s Island parody. I find I’m too … what? Depressed? Angry? Anyway, the words just aren’t flowing like they usually do. I thought it was funny that we both did similarly brief, yet meaningful posts.
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jilldennison 4:00 pm on July 23, 2022 Permalink |
Reblogged this on Filosofa's Word and commented:
Our friend MisterMuse is in the same mood, of the same mind as I am today, likely as many of you are. I think this sums it up perfectly … thank you, MM!
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mistermuse 5:28 pm on July 23, 2022 Permalink |
Thanks, Jill. If Merrick Garland and we voters do our duty, Trump will be prosecuted, and most of the rascals seeking office will not get in. The last election was the most important of our lives until the next one, and the next one will be the most important until the one after that, and so on until Trumpism (not just Trump) is no longer a threat to democracy.
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jilldennison 12:26 am on July 24, 2022 Permalink
I can see no reason for Garland not to prosecute Trump … to me, the evidence that he a) incited the attempted coup, and b) failed to put the security of the nation ahead of his own personal interests, is overwhelming, clear, and indisputable. I think that if he isn’t held accountable, there are going to be some angry … nay, furious … people in this country and I am one of them. You’re right … it will take time for Trumpism to die, but die it must, for the alternative is a dictatorship. Period. Sigh.
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Professor Taboo 4:21 pm on July 23, 2022 Permalink |
Mr. Muse, couldn’t agree more with you. And as you and many others know, I am DEEP in the swampy quagmire of warpedness down here in Texas, supposedly the “Friendship State.” Pffft. 🙄 Not even close; hasn’t been since 1995 when Gov. Ann Richards left office.
You may already know about this re-airing on CNN Special Reports tomorrow evening at 7pm CST: Deep In the Pockets of Texas. A must see for anyone not in Texas and if you’re a sane, moderate or progressive American. Yes, as Ed Lavandera reveals, these Texas oil tycoons and their GOP puppets indeed plan to move THEIR ideology outside of Texas and across the entire United States. WARNING! This is very real. Fyi.
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mistermuse 5:39 pm on July 23, 2022 Permalink |
Thanks. I’ve seen the plugs on CNN for DEEP IN THE POCKETS OF TEXAS and plan to watch it. I expect it will paint a slightly less rosy picture of the state than this old song:
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Professor Taboo 6:17 pm on July 23, 2022 Permalink
Oh my, Gene Autry comes from my grandparent’s generation and THAT was a completely different Texas back then, not even close to what the state is now! Night & day is a gross understatement.
But in fact, people like Gene Autry and his kind, are what I and most all of my 8th and 9th generation Texan family-members REMEMBER about most all (white, kind, peaceful, moderate, reasonably sane…) Texans back then. The state no longer represents ANYTHING resembling a Tioga, TX, World War 2 veteran eager to SERVE his country! That bygone era no longer exists in Texas’ 21st-century. Period.
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mistermuse 7:05 pm on July 23, 2022 Permalink
I was last in Texas almost five decades ago, which was closer to Gene Autry’s time than to the current time, so I guess I should thank my lone-ly star for that. 😉
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rawgod 3:31 am on July 24, 2022 Permalink |
Unfortunately, we don’t get CNN where I live.
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Professor Taboo 12:03 pm on July 24, 2022 Permalink
I’m sure CNN’s Creative Dept/Division(?) will at least soon release the transcript of the show on their website. I saw many/most transcripts of most all their previous “Special Report” airings there. Fyi.
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rawgod 1:30 pm on July 24, 2022 Permalink
Thanks. I have never been to CNN’s website. I hope you aren’t creating a new monster in my life.
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Professor Taboo 5:03 pm on July 24, 2022 Permalink
😄🤷♂️
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Professor Taboo 8:04 pm on July 23, 2022 Permalink |
HAH! Yes you SHOULD Mr. Muse! 👍🏻
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OIKOS™- Art, Books & more 11:05 am on July 24, 2022 Permalink |
Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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mistermuse 11:51 am on July 24, 2022 Permalink |
Dankeschôn!
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Elizabeth 11:44 am on July 25, 2022 Permalink |
And to think we believed that things would get better when we first heard that song.
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mistermuse 12:17 pm on July 25, 2022 Permalink |
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selizabryangmailcom 4:43 pm on July 26, 2022 Permalink |
But will it matter who gets what? Even if the “sane” people win… the others won’t believe it and will try to fight it.I think that’s where we are now. 😦
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mistermuse 6:41 pm on July 26, 2022 Permalink |
Trimpism will go on even if Trump ends up behind bars, but there is still such a thing as justice, which cries out for Trump to pay for his criminality no matter what “others won’t believe.” Otherwise, “where we are now” is a walk in the park compared to where we’re headed (IMHO, of course).
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selizabryangmailcom 7:19 pm on July 26, 2022 Permalink |
God, I know. I don’t even want to think about it. I hope you’re right and justice will prevail; it hasn’t always, so maybe this time is “big” enough and far-reaching enough to get the gears in motion. I still have hope.
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da-AL 9:05 pm on August 7, 2022 Permalink |
well done — we can’t let ourselves get jaded & apathetic…
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mistermuse 10:45 pm on August 7, 2022 Permalink |
If we apathetically let MAGA Republicns take power by default, democracy is doomed to be replaced by autocracy. This means VOTE despite voting having been made more difficult and onerous in some GOP-controlled states.
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da-AL 6:17 pm on August 8, 2022 Permalink
amen!
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