gourmet berger

"many perform the foulest deeds and rehearse the fairest words." democritus ( time to pay attention to the skeptics )

the new york times is full of "news" this morning...like the rest of the media...and, in what may seem, at first, contradictory to their best interests they are shilling for a competitor in the media world as well...

summer's almost gone ( to quote jim )...and the last spasm of grilling is about to take shape in that paean to labor and the end of fun, labor day...and in celebration of my "gourmet burger" the wall street journal would like to sell ( despite the $60 savings ) a fine california cabernet ( one, perhaps, with a hint of smoky undertones from the raging wildfires out there ) to wash it down with...because election, pandemic, and violet turmoil or not BAU must carry on and BAU is consumption...it is true that advertisers are trying to show their political correctness by withdrawing advertising from venues that are peopled by tone-deaf insensitive louts...they're still advertising though...and the wsj is still pushing wine, fine or not...corporate structures may be flexible in where they shill...but they are committed to shilling...they have an agenda and at the top of the list is a transaction...they will sweat their employees and bend the law every day to increase them and sleep like a baby at night...top down...authoritarian...there's accountability on paper but not much in real practice ( unless you defraud the shareholders...say like enron...then retaliation is swift and thorough )...it's a consequentialist system and profit is the greatest ethical good...the sanctity of the end justifies any means and what comes down by way of instruction on how to achieve that end from the top is immutable law...so...corporate world...top-down...hierarchical...authoritarian...sociopathic disregard for legalities...

why then, would anyone expect a product of that paradigm to be chastened by anything? a self-entitled thirteen year old is about your standard ceo and the corporate world is where donny hails from...how could he even have a clue about the interests of working people? he cannot...his are the interests of wealth...donny is " a little tired" of the nba...i'm a little tired of donny...and liz and kammy and mitch and lindsey and chuck and alex and the two dimwits from this state...weary of a campaign season built on both sides preaching fear and not one constructive thing...again, the interests of working people will never be represented by these people....narcissistic and wealthy ( for the most part ) themselves all they need do is look after their own interests and they will be in support of donny...and isn't it odd that donny is relying on a cadre of "career politicians" to push a legislative agenda reflective of his self-interest? where is the lake of fire? oh...wait...climate change...register...put on a mask...vote...it is the one thing we as a polity can do that makes them uncomfortable...and there is no class of individuals in the nation that more merit a stiff dose of discomfort.