It does it does. it's (literally) how you say it: ok follow me (either read that and this with the voice of the MST3K/Rifftrax people, and or Grouch marx voice) becethis is kind of "bigbrain", and if my brain is big? this is a problem: *clears throught( Make America? great? pause (sarcastic dread filled tone):again? now this, just one of many, possible actual, thought up (just now) explanations by me because then its actually meant be be Lake (dread filled sound): America? ugh. Again? (sigh intone-ashun)(and no: have no idea how it's spelled): see that way: the intent is actually performance theater to (I am hoping)(and this definitely about shall I say hip deep) in the copium. point out the complete and utter train wreck of this country: The enormous amount of copium is only because otherwise: I will have demented eldrich filled nightmare about just what. the. er um on earth is going on with this time line for ever thing to be just. yeah just bad. god awful even, dread fill nightmare fuel. etc.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Recently a snarky podcaster was noting re: Caroline Leavitt leaving her > post abruptly that somehow folks in those roles, of that ilk almost > constitutionally cannot tell the truth, that somehow doing so, even on the > smallest issue, would throw them off their game of "clever lies". > > Reminds me of the correspondent's dinner comic (2017ish?) slam against > HuckaSans about using the smoke from all her burning lies as mascara or eye > shadow.. > > An SF author once pointed out that in Fantasy, everything you know to be > true is up for grabs and in SF, only one thing (e.g. time travel, FTL ...) > is presumed to be overturned and the story/work emerges from that > difference? > > > On 9/9/26 10:42 am, Roger Frye wrote: > > Vice versa > > On Sep 9, 2026, at 9:17 AM, cody dooderson <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steve; > > The wikipedia article about Pravda has a nice quote > > As the names of the main communist newspaper and the main Soviet >> newspaper, *Pravda* and *Izvestia*, meant "the truth" and "the news" >> respectively, a popular saying was "there's no news in Pravda and no truth >> in Izvestia". > > > Which I think leads to the inevitable modern US version : "There is no > truth on Truth Social and no news on Fox News". > > > _ Cody Smith _ > [email protected] > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> CodyS - >> > Oh sorry. I should have referenced that. >> >> In an attempt at irony, I ironically exposed my weakness at irony! >> >> I have managed to not read any TruthSocial nor X posts direct from >> source and virtually no FaceBookery either... but screenshots of such >> still pop up too often. Good call not providing links to such trash... >> >> Do we remember when the Secret Service took Obama's Blackberry away from >> him when he took office? I suspect his communications staff were behind >> that more than literal "security" >> >> Re New 'Murrica - I grew up with my eastern relatives actually >> believing that we didn't speak English and that they needed a passport >> to visit. A few years ago I understand one of the bigger sellers at >> Doodlets downtown was a New Mexico Passport... >> >> Kudos to EricS as usual for noting that Trump is a Troll first and >> foremost. >> >> - SieveS >> >> >> >> >> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / >> ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > > > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / ... > --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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