{"id":59082,"date":"2018-04-30T15:41:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=59082"},"modified":"2018-06-03T03:52:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T03:52:37","slug":"games-sports-play-dream-other-interesting-metaphors-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=59082","title":{"rendered":"Games, sports, play, dream & other interesting metaphors, &c"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — continuing my habit of collecting language, images included, which catch my attention — various forms of magical, alchemical and other evidence that life is but a dream — Calder\u00f3n de la Barca, la vida es sue\u00f1o ]
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\nKing’s College To Wit by Thomas Howell Jones<\/a><\/p>\n

Duel Day is a commemoration of the duel fought between the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea over the founding of King\u2019s College London. The duel itself was fought on 21 March 1829 and the anniversary is celebrated annually around this date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Hardball, carnival barker, dueled with men over the honor of women :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump: Next Old Hickory or Carnival Barker?<\/a><\/p>\n

He touches on the potential for letting Obamacare implode, possibly a hardball play with Congress. [ .. ]<\/p>\n

While Old Hickory fought the British, whom he hated bitterly, and the Indians, whom white settlers wanted out of the way, dueled with men over the honor of women and rose from being a country lawyer to the president, Trump is a real estate developer turned reality TV star who doesn\u2019t even have the backing of Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kanye plays 3-dumesonal chess with pop culture, Ari Melber, Fallback Friday, The Beat, 04\/28\/2018::<\/strong><\/p>\n

I sometimes see Kanye as literally playing 3-dimensional pop-culture chess [ .. ]<\/p>\n

That’s a dangerous kind of bed of fire to walk on right now [ .. ]<\/p>\n

It isn’t a game to play with words like this [ .. ]<\/p>\n

So Kanya’s going to keep pushing forward, but he’s got an album to sell, so it’s a game thing [ .. ]<\/p>\n

To me, Kanye plays 3-dimensional chess with pop culture. I’ve seen him make dramatic moves that look like he was in check mate, and then he was able to turn it round relatively [ .. ]<\/p>\n

I’ve heard there are people behind the scenes, close to making that check mate he may not be able to recover from<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

eighth-dimensional chess master sorcery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do Kanye West\u2019s Politics Matter?<\/a><\/p>\n

That Kanye West finds his ideas intriguing does not surprise me, however. Adams thinks that he, and he alone, truly gets Trump, and comprehends the eighth-dimensional chess master sorcery that accounts for Trump\u2019s appeal. It\u2019s a way to join a mob but also flatter yourself for transcending it. It reminds me very much of a rapper I used to think I knew.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bargaining Chips, played like a fiddle:<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Two Koreas Talk Peace, Trump\u2019s Bargaining Chips Slip Away<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States has been played beautifully, like a fiddle, because you had a different kind of a leader,\u201d Mr. Trump said after meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany at the White House. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to be played, O.K.? We\u2019re going to hopefully make a deal; if we don\u2019t, that\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I guess language play — and natsec rhyme — falls within the play & other interesting metaphors rubric:<\/p>\n

\u201cEscalate to de-escalate\u201d is catchy, it rhymes, and it rolls off the tongue. Unfortunately, it is also wrong \u2014 but not for the reasons experts usually focus on.<\/p>\n

Since Russia released its 2014 National Defense Strategy, and especially after the publication of America\u2019s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, U.S. officials, pundits, and national security wonks have used the phrase either to describe Russia\u2019s strategy, or as a launching point to criticize that description. Buzz phrases like \u201cescalate to de-escalate\u201d tend to spread through officialdom where they are misunderstood and misused as quickly as they are shared. The problem with the term is not that Russia doesn\u2019t have capacity or plans to use calculated escalation (nuclear or otherwise) to contain or terminate a conflict. It\u2019s that such escalation is only one part of a larger strategic approach, and the focus on Moscow\u2019s nuclear threshold risks missing the forest for the trees.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s from War on the Rocks<\/strong>, today, Time to Terminate Escalate to De-Escalate \u2014 It\u2019s Escalation Control<\/a><\/p>\n

A headline from War on the Rocks, Monday 30 April 2018:<\/p>\n

DROPPING THE BALL IN THE WESTERN BALKANS: CAN THE WEST PICK IT UP AGAIN?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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That would have been a game changer —
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Continuing right here<\/strong>. Every ten additional examples or so, I’ll post & tweet a reminder.<\/p>\n

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Guest on Rachel Maddow, 05\/01\/2018:<\/p>\n

FThe goalposts keep changing as to what collusion means.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Mueller raised possibility of presidential subpoena in meeting with Trump\u2019s legal teamM<\/a>ueller responded that he had another option if Trump declined: He could issue a subpoena for the president to appear before a grand jury, according to four people familiar with the encounter.<\/p>\n

Mueller\u2019s warning \u2014 the first time he is known to have mentioned a possible subpoena to Trump\u2019s legal team \u2014 spurred a sharp retort from John Dowd, then the president\u2019s lead lawyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t some game,\u201d Dowd said, according to two people with knowledge of his comments. \u201cYou are screwing with the work of the president of the United States.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Robert Mueller and Co. are playing hardball<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nunes goes on Laura Ingraham's show, and essentially confirms our story that he doesn't read the documents from Justice. Despite giving him an opportunity to explain, Nunes instead acknowledges Gowdy role and says: "We can play process games all we want." https:\/\/t.co\/lFRbXz90KP<\/a><\/p>\n

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n