{"id":61543,"date":"2018-12-09T14:47:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T14:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=61543"},"modified":"2018-12-15T05:55:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T05:55:42","slug":"next-notables-metaphors-and-bright-ideas-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=61543","title":{"rendered":"Next notables, metaphors and bright ideas included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; next in the long series beginning with sports and game metaphors, and extending to include miscellaneous memorable items &#8212; nb, includes a Tibhirine section, Jim Gant pls note ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <strong>DoubleQuote<\/strong> in images of considerable interest, from <strong>David Metcalfe<\/strong> &#8212; with the esteemed <strong>William Dalrynple<\/strong> DoubleQuoting goddesses in Kerala:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201c&#8230; when the goddesses visit each other, the sacrifice in the church is just like the one we have here&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Virgin Mary and goddess Bhagavati, sisters and goddesses &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DalrympleWill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DalrympleWill<\/a> on Christianity in India:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OZUfsJVTMf\">https:\/\/t.co\/OZUfsJVTMf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Link courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hipbonegamer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hipbonegamer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gS6XIGGXHv\">pic.twitter.com\/gS6XIGGXHv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Metcalfe (@davidbmetcalfe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidbmetcalfe\/status\/1071697214232236032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Ancilliary to my interest in mapping complex realities..<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tapestryconf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tapestryconf<\/a> talk is now in video form: A biased tour of the uncertainty visualization zoo. If you liked the version with just slides, you&#39;ll love (?) the version with me talking over slides \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hSdczZlgKW\">https:\/\/t.co\/hSdczZlgKW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Kay (@mjskay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mjskay\/status\/1071139021231964162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>First &#8220;siege warfare&#8221; metaphor:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Dt_mT2UU0AAftUG.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Something to read alongside <strong>John Kiser<\/strong>&#8216;s superb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Monks-Tibhirine-Faith-Terror-Algeria\/dp\/0312302940\">The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria<\/a> :<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For what I mean by the &quot;issues&quot; in the Trappist monks case in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Algeria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Algeria<\/a>, see here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DIXBkV2cGs\">https:\/\/t.co\/DIXBkV2cGs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleWOrton\/status\/1071842214190432262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For what I mean by the &quot;issues&quot; in the Trappist monks case in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Algeria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Algeria<\/a>, see here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DIXBkV2cGs\">https:\/\/t.co\/DIXBkV2cGs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleWOrton\/status\/1071842214190432262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I would be most happy to publish any comments John Kiser has on <strong>Kyle Orton<\/strong>&#8216;s blog post, <a href=\"https:\/\/kyleorton1991.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/21\/algerias-years-of-blood-not-quite-what-they-seem\/\">Algeria\u2019s \u2018Years of Blood\u2019: Not Quite What They Seem<\/a> on ZP should he or Jim Gant notice this somewhat obscure entry..<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Good grief:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Irish woman who married ghost of 300-year-old pirate says they have split up <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yuDeiiGkKB\">https:\/\/t.co\/yuDeiiGkKB<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theirishpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theirishpost<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hxhassan\/status\/1071863512362872832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Key comment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I will explain all in due course but for now all I want to say is be VERY careful when dabbling in spirituality, it\u2019s not something to mess with.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>And how&#8217;s this?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/china.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"185\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/china.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/china-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2018-12-07\/trump-channels-the-worst-of-china-to-beat-china\">Trump Channels the Worst of China to Beat China<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A double ouroboros, methinks: the Worst of China to Beat China, arguably, and self-defeating, axiomatically, no?<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venkatesh Rao<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ribbonfarm.com\/2018\/07\/19\/quiver-doodles\">Quiver Doodles<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I don\u2019t know if this is still true, but I once read about exploited workers in the ship-breaking industry who were worked so hard, and paid so little, they could not even afford to buy enough calories to sustain themselves. They were slowly starving to death. I call this phenomenon entropic ruin, a generalization of the idea of gambler\u2019s ruin to open-ended games that can be non-zero-sum and need not involve gambling. In this case, it\u2019s a deterministic death march. If you systematically consume fewer calories than you expend long term, you will die a premature death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <strong>John Kellden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Did Venkatesh mention &#8220;the idea of gambler\u2019s ruin\u201c?  How about nuns&#8217; ruin as a subset?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nuns.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nuns.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nuns-300x86.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2018\/12\/10\/two-nuns-stole-trips-las-vegas-church-doesnt-want-them-prosecuted\">Two nuns allegedly stole $500,000 for trips to Las Vegas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We do know that they had a pattern of going on trips, we do know they had a pattern of going to casinos, and the reality is, they used the account as their personal account,\u201d Marge Graf, an attorney representing St. James, told a group of parents at a meeting last Monday night, according to the Beach Reporter.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Mask dancers, Bhutan:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/indigenous-cultures-homage-to-humanity-jimmy-nelson\/\">21 Breathtaking Photos Of Isolated Tribes From All Around The World<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/indigenous-cultures-homage-to-humanity-mask-dancers-bhutan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/indigenous-cultures-homage-to-humanity-mask-dancers-bhutan.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/indigenous-cultures-homage-to-humanity-mask-dancers-bhutan-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The dancers are gorgeous, but look to the left and see the monasteries perched on plateaus in a towering rock-face..<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure &#8220;isolated tribes&#8221; are of particular interest about now because of the evangelical boundary-pusher killed (martyred? now there&#8217;s a koan) because he hoped to bring the gospel to Andaman tribal peoples whose isolation is protected by the Indian government.. see my tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;He reprimands himself for removing the arrow that was shot into his waterproof Bible. He should have kept it, he wrote. Instead, he handed it back to the boy who shot at him, then paddled away.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cfett1cBRb\">https:\/\/t.co\/cfett1cBRb<\/a> <br \/>John Chau\u2019s Death on North Sentinel Island ..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; hipbonegamer (@hipbonegamer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hipbonegamer\/status\/1071916050973769728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>A whole lot more..<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>Nancy Pelosi<\/strong> chyron, for instance:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pelosi-power-play.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pelosi-power-play.png 602w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pelosi-power-play-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Which brings me to #2 below:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/trigger.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"616\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/trigger.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/trigger-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; with #3 also deserving a metaphor-mention..<\/p>\n<p>And we might as well go for the <strong>revolt<\/strong> chyron here:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/people-wld-revolt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/people-wld-revolt.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/people-wld-revolt-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And that in turn allows for a splendid graphic with both metaphorical and real resonance..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/football.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/football.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/football-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>That should be enough. I&#8217;ll collect further items of interest in the comments section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; next in the long series beginning with sports and game metaphors, and extending to include miscellaneous memorable items &#8212; nb, includes a Tibhirine section, Jim Gant pls note ] . 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