Ouroboroi, mirrors, macro-micros, paradoxes &c
[ by Charles Cameron — continuing my habit of collecting language, images included, which catch my attention — various forms of self-eating & other alchemyteries, mythematics and magics — mathemystics, Pythagoras for one, Ramanujan too ]
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Ouroboros or the Mechanical Extension of Mankind by Garet Garrett
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Here’s a nice, succinct Trumpian self-reference:
I’d give myself an A+.
This one’s a particularly apt example of the ouroboros, as the phrase “comes back to bite him” is clearly derived from the verbal formulation “serpent bites tail”:
Trump’s ‘Fox & Friends’ Interview Is Already Coming Back To Bite Him In Court
Kanye, an admirer of Trump’s way fo doing things, Ari Melber, Fallback Friday, The Beat, 04/28/2018:
Kanye West doesn’t really believe in anything except Kanya West
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That first allegation, btw, is either true of untrue, which is why it’s called an allegation, eh? Same with the second, butt it’s the first that’s orouboric.
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The Fifth Amendment protects persons from self-incrimination in these words::
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself..
Aha, further to this matter:
The right against self-incrimination is rooted in the Puritans’ refusal to cooperate with interrogators in 17th century England. They often were coerced or tortured into confessing their religious affiliation and were considered guilty if they remained silent. English law granted its citizens the right against self-incrimination in the mid-1600s, when a revolution established greater parliamentary power.
Puritans who fled religious persecution brought this idea with them to America
That’s the Puritan side of the matter, but they were of the opposite mind when interrogating Cavalier children:, inquiring (name of painting)
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Do you suppose the Puritans would have let that young man plead the Fifth?
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A headline from War on the Rocks, Monday 30 April 2018:
CHINA’S BALLISTIC MISSILES THREATEN AUSTRALIA’S SELF-RELIANCE
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Continuing right here. Every ten additional examples or so, I’ll post & tweet a reminder.
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Fox News’s Sean Hannity busted again by Fox News
Were the Erik Wemple Blog anointed the chief scheduler for U.S. Journalism, we’d direct that all major scoops regarding President Trump hit the Internet between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on weeknights. Why? The better to uproot Sean Hannity’s nightly program, of course.
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