Donald Trump Junior was
approached by Russians about getting the goods on Hillary and apparently Donald
Trump Jr. said “That sounds like a great idea”.
When I first heard about this deal I assumed the deal had not been
accepted because clearly accepting a deal, even an offer like this would put a
whole different slant on things. It
would be an arrestable offense. Today
Thom Hartman spoke of “weaponizing the data” by releasing it after it had
already been gathered by the Russians.
If you can show a nexis of cause and effect here you’ve got a real case. This of course is yesterday's news and someone needs to put all the loose pieces together into a cohesive evidence time-line. If we're ever going to have impeachment happen we need more than a miandering stream of evidence, we need the equivelant of the dam bursting of evidence.
The other news of yesterday was that this big ice sheet the size of Deleware or something broke off of Antarctica. This was the third biggest break off if massive ice of all time. They say such break offs are common but it seems we've been hearing about them with increasing regularity. Also the temperature in the arctic is dozens of degrees above what normal is and they've been having a type of rain storm they commonly don't see that far north. But they still aren't saying it's global warming.
Let me revise and clarify my teaching on Cause and Effect. There IS no realm after death where the metaphysical reality is flip flopped such that you can say "This is the world of Cause" or of our realm that "This is the real of Effects". Logically it breaks down to three realities. Inanimate objects live in a world of pure Effect. Inanimate objects have no will of their own to control what happens to them. The most glairing example of this is the computer, which is devoid of Logic in and of itself except in terms that we impart our own Logic to the computer. Let me give you a couple of amusing examples. If you write on the blackboard X = 10 minus Y - - and then write Y equals 3, one might form the conclusion that X equals 7. But in the realm of a computer X still equals ten because at the time this statement was given Y equaled 0. In like manner some say that is A equals B and B equals C then logically A would equal C. But not necessarily in computer land. A may be changed to the value of B, but if B is also changed to the value of C then A no longer equals C. In the land of the living or the land of the dead where human beings or whoever are involved there is this tension between Cause and Effect. It can be said that the power exercise more Cause than the poor and powerless do, but the poor still have Some power to affect their destiny. The only realm that can be spoken of as pure Cause is the Calvinistic realm of "God" himself. If you are a hard determinist then God is in his own realm of pure Cause. Things that other living beings to have absolutely no affect on who he is or the responses he has to things, if anything God ever does can be considered a "response" and not just pure sovreign Cause.
Let me revise and clarify my teaching on Cause and Effect. There IS no realm after death where the metaphysical reality is flip flopped such that you can say "This is the world of Cause" or of our realm that "This is the real of Effects". Logically it breaks down to three realities. Inanimate objects live in a world of pure Effect. Inanimate objects have no will of their own to control what happens to them. The most glairing example of this is the computer, which is devoid of Logic in and of itself except in terms that we impart our own Logic to the computer. Let me give you a couple of amusing examples. If you write on the blackboard X = 10 minus Y - - and then write Y equals 3, one might form the conclusion that X equals 7. But in the realm of a computer X still equals ten because at the time this statement was given Y equaled 0. In like manner some say that is A equals B and B equals C then logically A would equal C. But not necessarily in computer land. A may be changed to the value of B, but if B is also changed to the value of C then A no longer equals C. In the land of the living or the land of the dead where human beings or whoever are involved there is this tension between Cause and Effect. It can be said that the power exercise more Cause than the poor and powerless do, but the poor still have Some power to affect their destiny. The only realm that can be spoken of as pure Cause is the Calvinistic realm of "God" himself. If you are a hard determinist then God is in his own realm of pure Cause. Things that other living beings to have absolutely no affect on who he is or the responses he has to things, if anything God ever does can be considered a "response" and not just pure sovreign Cause.
Paul called on the
phone during Days of our Lives and Paul could hear it. I thought it was Tim at first because the
voice was muffled. Paul had some goodies
to bring over for me and I said that after three would be better (just to be on
the safe side) because it was money draw day and I had no idea how long the
line might be. As it turned out Jennifer
was in a conference with Aden for quote a few minutes and only one other guy
was in line waiting with me. Gabby was
in the room and darted outside. Then the
snack cart arrived and I got an iced tea and a graham cracker and then got back
in line. The other guy didn’t have money
coming. I went in and at first was
unsure whether the check had even been registered. But after confirming the two dollar co pay
was not held against me but the haircut charge had been recorded. I asked for and got fifteen dollars. There was no candy. I went out and got a twelve ounce can of Coke
and a pack of Clippers. I drank the
Coke. I paid Larry back one cigarette
and paid Bill back the seven cigarettes he asked for. Paul showed up a little before three. He brought towels I didn’t accept but I
accepted the two white tee shirts. Paul
said there was some air coming through the AC vent. He also believed it was cooler in the room
than it was outside. There was a huge
zip-lock baggie of walnuts and also some oatmeal date raison cookies. I have to be careful not to overeat. They came out good. Paul was pleased to learn that neither Bill
nor I had scabies anymore. But before
Paul arrived I had on Adam Schiff and he talked about this new scandal
involving some offer of the Russians to dish out the goods on Hillary
Clinton. There is no news whether the
deal was ever accepted. Then I had
Norman Goldman on for an hour.
Tonight we had chicken
teriyaki for dinner and rice and I mixed the two together. There were no seconds and Paul wasn’t
forthcoming like he was the last time we had this meal. We had two sugar cookies for dessert. The news is on. I have no plans to post a blog today. John Kip asked for his money and I asked if
it were OK to pay him a dollar and also get coffee tonight and he agreed. Then I went to his room and got two spoons of
coffee and paid him a dollar. But now
I’m thinking I would like something else to drink. As for the Olympics the two cities of Paris
and Los Angeles are both slated for either 2028 or 2024. The Olympic committee wants to break with
tradition and make a decision on the next eight years in September.
This is Wednesday July
12, 2017 and they just announced refreshments right now. I just had two oatmeal cookies. I crossed the court at 2:05 and then came
back to wait and waited till 2:25 and gave up.
The Orange County Fair is starting up this Friday. I guess I’ll be changing the wallpaper
soon. I’ve been plagued by
tiredness. I have to reconsider the
possibility that I might have something like Epstein Barr or something. This morning I had Stephanie Miller on after
eight. Bill left to see Dr Kim at a quarter
to nine. I had Thom Hartman on. I got snacks in the morning which consisted
of two cups of real orange juice and a graham cracker. Then it was my lying down. We had a lunch meat sandwich for lunch that
was supposed to be turkey. We had potato
chips with it and watermelon for dessert.
Bill returned just after lunch and I looked just as lethargic as I did
before he left. We have air conditioning
now. Augustine knocked on the door just
after lunch to announce it and I said “I thought it was a little cooler in
here” and sure enough cool air is coming out the vent. I still haven’t put all the clothes
away. Nora came in and said something
puzzling. She said Bill having his towel
on the bathroom floor was no good because “”when they clean they’ll object to
it”. So who is the “they”” that will be
cleaning the place. She did not say
“inspect” or “check”. I had the Gary and
Shannon show on over the noon hour. Days
of our Lives wasn’t all that interesting today.
A theory was floated that perhaps Zander had Damos murdered from his
prison cell in Greece or something.
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