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The philosophy of Satyagraha, holding on to The Truth
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Monday, 31 July 2017
quote [ A few years ago in New York, Al Pacino starred in a revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, and the casting was poignant: In 1992, a much younger and more vigorous Pacino had played the role of hotshot salesman Ricky Roma in the film adaptation of the play; in the Broadway revival, a 72-year-old Pacino played the broken-down has-been Shelley Levene.
Glengarry Glen Ross is the Macbeth of real estate, full of great, blistering lines and soliloquies so liberally peppered with profanity that the original cast had nicknamed the show “Death of a F***ing Salesman.” But a few of those attending the New York revival left disappointed ... ] Death of a fucking salesman
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norok said @ 5:45am GMT on 31st July
I keep reminding people that Bill Clinton, Bush Jr., and Obama were all reviled by their opposition but won despite it. The incumbent advantage is not to be understated. It takes a seriously charismatic and widely appealing candidate (like ol Bill) to achieve the combo breaker. That means the Dem's have to come back to center but I'm betting they'll try another white woman or beige Bernie.
norok said @ 5:47am GMT on 31st July
I keep reminding people that Bill Clinton, Bush Jr., and Obama were all reviled by their opposition but won despite it. The incumbent advantage is not to be understated. It takes a seriously charismatic and widely appealing candidate (like ol Bill) to achieve the combo breaker. That means the Dem's have to come back to center but I'm betting they'll try another white woman or beige Bernie.
I saw the failure of the Dems to win in the first Democrat debate where the true liberals and Center Left were laughed off the stage with Hillary and Bernie trying to one up each other on socialist and identity bona fides.
norok said @ 5:49am GMT on 31st July
We're of course on different sides of the SCOTUS. Obama's pick was a
I keep reminding people that Bill Clinton, Bush Jr., and Obama were all reviled by their opposition but won despite it. The incumbent advantage is not to be understated. It takes a seriously charismatic and widely appealing candidate (like ol Bill) to achieve the combo breaker. That means the Dem's have to come back to center but I'm betting they'll try another white woman or beige Bernie.
I saw the failure of the Dems to win in the first Democrat debate where the true liberals and Center Left were laughed off the stage with Hillary and Bernie trying to one up each other on socialist and identity bona fides.
norok said @ 5:51am GMT on 31st July
We're of course on different sides of the SCOTUS. Obama's pick was a
Honestly, I don't see Democrats having as much to worry about their principles being under threat. Abortion is going to stay legal til the end of the Republic. There are far more serious threats to liberty (gun ownership, freedom of speech) that are at stake the Left wants to chip away at.
I keep reminding people that Bill Clinton, Bush Jr., and Obama were all reviled by their opposition but won despite it. The incumbent advantage is not to be understated. It takes a seriously charismatic and widely appealing candidate (like ol Bill) to achieve the combo breaker. That means the Dem's have to come back to center but I'm betting they'll try another white woman or beige Bernie.
I saw the failure of the Dems to win in the first Democrat debate where the true liberals and Center Left were laughed off the stage with Hillary and Bernie trying to one up each other on socialist and identity bona fides.
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norok said @ 5:45am GMT on 31st July
We're of course on different sides of the SCOTUS. Obama's pick was a
Honestly, I don't see Democrats having as much to worry about their principles being under threat. Abortion is going to stay legal til the end of the Republic. There are far more serious threats to liberty (gun ownership, freedom of speech) that are at stake the Left wants to chip away at.
I keep reminding people that Bill Clinton, Bush Jr., and Obama were all reviled by their opposition but won despite it. The incumbent advantage is not to be understated. It takes a seriously charismatic and widely appealing candidate (like ol Bill) to achieve the combo breaker. That means the Dem's have to come back to center but I'm betting they'll try another white woman or beige Bernie.
I saw the failure of the Dems to win in the first Democrat debate where the true liberals and Center Left were laughed off the stage with Hillary and Bernie trying to one up each other on socialist and identity bona fides.
