...a more accurate term would be "crony socialism"...
Yes. I cringe every time I hear the term "crony capitalism." Such an oxymoronic phrasing.
Also, "the broken window fallacy" usually reminds me of the scene in Fifth Element where the bad guy tries to tell the priest how chaos creates jobs by breaking an ashtray, then ends up choking on a cherry. 
Connections...
Clive Crook, Bloomberg View *
http://bv.ms/1QX9KC0
[quote]
…I'm a British immigrant, and grew up in a northern English working-class town. Taking my regional accent to Oxford University and then the British civil service, I learned a certain amount about my own class consciousness and other people's snobbery. But in London or Oxford from the 1970s onwards I never witnessed the naked disdain for the working class that much of America's metropolitan elite finds permissible in 2016.
…When my wife and I bought some land in West Virginia and built a house there, many friends in Washington asked why we would ever do that. Jokes about guns, banjo music, in-breeding, people without teeth and so forth often followed.…
[endquote]
Washington Irving's Sketch Book, "The Country Church"
[quote]
…There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity, that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble. … I was pleased to see the manner in which they would converse with the peasantry about those rural concerns … In these conversations there was neither haughtiness on the one part, nor servility on the other; and you were only reminded of the difference of rank by the habitual respect of the peasant.
In contrast to these was a family of a wealthy citizen, who had amassed a vast fortune. …They cast an excursive glance around, that passed coldly over the burly faces of the peasantry.…
[endquote]
The difference between class distinction and classlessness of the would-be classy. Never changes. 'Twas the same in Jesus' day.
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*Thanks and/or h/t's, for pointing me to and/or helping me re-locate the Clive Crook article, to:
-BlazingCatFur
http://www.blazingcatfur.ca/2016/03/03/139984/
-Rush Limbaugh
http://bit.ly/1R1a2yb
-OldDominionMom in AoS comments
http://bit.ly/1X4oK5V
Seamus: ...Will try to catch up with the Anzio diary a couple days at a time until we are back to concurrent dates.
YYaaaayy! Thanks! I was getting concerned about you, 'til I saw you on yesterday. Was going to ask about the diary, but.. didn't get to it.
Vic: ...bandwitch is so low it even freezes up on u-tube.
I don't have that problem, but I rarely stream from YouTube - usually use YouTube Downloader to grab vids and watch offline. Maybe that would work for you?
More control over viewing that way. Don't have more bandwidth usage if I back up to review a part, or just watch more than once. Also, if I archive it, that keeps the vid around in case TPTB decide to delete it online.
Vic: Former Russian citizen schools Sanders supporters on the evils of socialism....
Alas that such lectures from experience always seem to fall on deaf ears, because the latest crowd of dupes think (if they think at all) that, as Pete Seeger said, Real Communism has never been tried! Uh-huh.
I could sort-of credit that thinking - that every time it's tried, it gets taken over and doesn't stick to "real communism" - because that's how it seems in America with freedom - the so-called conservatives who take over government and botch things up, making liberty look bad.
Except, we know, whenever liberty and true-blue conservatism is given a chance, even partially as under Reagan, we see that it really works. There aren't ever any examples like that of the Reds, it always ends in blood and tyranny.
...but, Vic, I was glad to see your repost of the definition of conservative!
Vic: More evidence that CPAC has been taken over by the RNCe and is no longer a real conservative organization.
Read the WaEx article and didn't get that.
"CPAC Focuses On Defeating Trump Instead Of Hillary" as the Weasel Zippers headline goes is the thrust of the article, but....
To start with, Trump is not a conservative, anyway...
The article starts with quoting a "first time voter," then some other random "attendee," but then goes on to admit Cruz and others did focus on Hillary.
I don't really know nothin' 'bout CPAC 'cept what I read on AoSHQ, which is often like you say "it's no good" and "it's taken over by the RNCe!!11!!" Okay...
I do see lots of videos that are good (like Levin's) from there.
Mostly, the WaEx article seems awfully fluffy and weak in substantiating its premise.
Uncle Palpatine and Tim in Illinois - quite a contrast in those two dreams!
Off to dreamland myself.
Good night, L, Elle, Uncle P, Slap, logprof if you're still lurking, the trolls, Bert, Sugar Plum Fairy who needs a good man, Arson, IC, cthulhu, Nied, Tim, Tilikum, publius, chimp, chicken, and anyone I missed.
♥
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; what is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him? For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor.
Speaking of dreams, here's an illustrated treatise on "Spirit Contact and Dreams" I did back in 1992. Probably not something you'd want to plow through tonight - bookmark it for daytime perusal.
http://bit.ly/spirit-and-dreams
...Perhaps it can be psychotherapeutic
sometimes to recall or even to analyze a dream,
but then again sometimes it may be best
to just let such mental regurgitations
of our daily thoughts and experiences pass unheeded
like so much psychic psewage...
Spoiler: Not much to spirit contact and dreams, really, but I had fun doing the pictures.
...There's a mass hysteria that something unspeakable is going on. Some horrible evil that must be rooted out. And the populace just goes crazy...
But enough about the Republican Presidential race...
RWC: We're being nice and cordial....now fuck off.
Ah, business as usual, then. 
Did I see some... odd comments above? Trollish, even? Not reading too closely..
Saw something about sleep. And dreams. Reminded me..
Two nights ago, I had a dream which then continued the next night. Can't recall at the moment what it was about, but it's just weird to have dream continuity!
Also had dreams that I know I had, basically the same, years and years before. Also weird.
I read the content and the top 20 comments.
#6 Trump for Sale is classic!
Howdy, nightcrawlers!
Checking in for a little bit. Don't get too excited. Can't stay long. Just give me the highlights of 450+ comments. Or the last 25, at least? Or random thoughts?
Charlie's Tail (and Max's)
I've mentioned my little yellow fuzzy buddy Charlie many times in comments, talked about how we got him, but I don't find that I've ever elaborated his full origin story.
Years ago, we had a feral male cat adopt us. Big black cat, had one of those broad faces; in seeming good health; came by at feeding time so we fed him. Got along with the other cats. Gradually, we got to the point where he would let us pet him, barely. Daughter even picked him up, once, briefly. Max, we called him.
One day Max showed up with a yellow kitten in tow. You know the WB Sylvester cartoon with the big tough dog Butch and the yappy little dog? "What'r we gonna do today, Butch? Huh? Huh?" Max and the kitten reminded me of that.
I could imagine Max telling the kitten, "Hey, I know where some people can feed you and take care of you, kid," while thinking to himself, "and I can scrape you off - I work alone, fellah."
I saw them walking up, and told Milady about it. She walked out to them, and the little kitten let her pick him up and cuddled right up to her. She took him inside the house, and he laid down on the carpet, looking like he'd been with us all his life. He was an instant hit. Tried to name him Chuck, but he became Charlie.
Out-of-town son had dumped his black female cat on us (more on her at a later date) after he left college, and of late she had been getting kind-of mopey. She adopted Charlie, and they became good friends, licking each other, chasing and mock-fighting. Black and orange - our Halloween kittehs.
Charlie got bigger, about the same size as Ony, and he's become a little too rough for her, I think. Their play sounds more like fighting, but they're still nice with each other when he doesn't chase her. When he does, it sounds like a death match, but they seem to survive okay.
Charlie was a great comfort to me through some very trying times. He's still very special, crawling on the bed when I lay down, licking and play-biting my hand. Hurts sometimes, but never breaks the skin.
So, you can imagine that Max was much appreciated for having brought Charlie to us. Several weeks after Max showed up with Charlie, we thought we could get him in a cage and get him to the vet. As I mentioned in comments back in April, 2012, Max never got to the vet. One afternoon I heard the most horrible scream, out west of the house, probably in the woods over the wall. I'm pretty sure it was Max. We never saw him again. But he'll always have a place of honor in our hearts.
Pictures of Charlie:
http://mindfulwebworks.com/doodles/charlie-drinking
http://mindfulwebworks.com/doodles/tuckered-tabby
Thanks for your thoughtful post, MWW. I'm just reading it now-11:53 a.m EST Your wife sounds like a wonderful woman and I will keep her in prayer.
Posted by: mindful webworker at March 05, 2016 10:12 AM (j+h+K)
Somewhat like you allude to, I believe but still need help in the disbelief department, that said:
Prayers up.
Piano movers? I got yer piano movers!
(I think, I hope, this link goes to the full half-hour flick.)
Laurel & Hardy - The Music Box
https://youtu.be/s4nVg_W_6Y
This film won the very first Academy Award for Live Action Short Film (Comedy) in 1932. Hal Roach.
Posted by: mindful webworker at March 05, 2016 10:12 AM
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Will definitely pray for your wife, and you as well. It seems to me that she has an incredible spirit, and she is also very fortunate to have such a loving husband too.
