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[ by Charles Cameron — all views & comments welcome ]
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Readings:

Time, Evangelicals Are Supporting Trump Out of Fear, Not Faith

SBC, Resolution On Moral Character Of Public Officials

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I’m leaving this DoubleQuote as an open question> I have my own preferences, of course, but in the spirit of free discourse, comments are welcome from believers and non-believers, saints and sinners, Trumpeteers, Clintonians, and a-politicals alike..

[ by Charles Cameron — two cases of unreal real estate, Moscow & Washington ]
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Putin:

Sater arranged Ivanka to go to Moscow in '06. "I arranged for Ivanka to sit in Putin's private chair at his desk and office in the Kremlin." https://t.co/j1zZ7n9Awt

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 28, 2017

Clinton:

The Lincoln Bedroom is arguably the most famous guest room in the White House. pic.twitter.com/tFBx8t4Rmn

— White House History (@WhiteHouseHstry) June 29, 2017

[ by Charles Cameron — another “life imitates art” and a Trumpian ouroboros ]
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In my view, humility shaves ckoser than Occam’s Razor — Occam tends not to shave our assumptions, while humility invites us to consider even our thoughts, even our certainties, as uncertain, as open to question.

Did I mention I’m the proud owner of the domain name, Church of the Open Question?

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Life imitates art:

Upper panel: George W Bush and Bill Clinton on humility:

Lower panel: from Madam Secretary, season 3..

Trumpian Ouroboros:

That’s actually brilliant, IMO. And Trump relishes and repeats it:

"@KennicotAsks: @realDonaldTrump Of all the fellow celebrities you've met, which do you consider to be the most humble?" ME!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2014

Hey, Pope Francis is a close second..

The new Pope is a humble man, very much like me, which probably explains why I like him so much!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 25, 2013

And then there’s this — delicious — from a WaPo piece titled Donald Trump’s Secret Service code name is less humble, more mogul:

During a lightning round of a debate, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump picked a potential Secret Service code name that was truly coded: HUMBLE. When the braggadocious billionaire starts to receive actual Secret Service protection Wednesday morning, agents plan to call him something a bit more fitting: MOGUL.

Okay. Mebbe that’s a bit more modest.

Hm. MOGUL as in magnate, tycoon? Or MOGUL as in speed-bump on the ski slopes?