{"id":62312,"date":"2019-02-02T22:34:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T22:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=62312"},"modified":"2019-02-03T06:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T06:09:57","slug":"the-deliciousness-of-snakes-that-bite-their-tails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=62312","title":{"rendered":"The deliciousness of snakes that bite their tails, &c"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — continuing my miscellaneous collections, with metaphor, paradox &c a specialty ]
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Two recent headers caught my eye:<\/p>\n

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and:<\/p>\n

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**<\/p>\n

You can see why I like those two — there’s something very attractive about the way those headlines double back on themselves.Writers know this self-referential form — the serpent biting it’s tail, or ouroboros — I’ve been suggesting for some time that it’s also a useful heuristic marker of matter of special interest, worth particular attention by intel, natsec and geopolitical analysts. <\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Okay, another item — a double number his time — for the collections series<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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This is from about a week ago, I think, and belongs in my war as metaphor<\/strong> category.<\/p>\n

Robert Louis Stevenson<\/strong> once wrote, or perhaps said, “The world is so full of a number of things, I ‘m sure we should all be as happy as kings.” I’m that happy, I have to admit, though I’ve no idea whether kings themselves are — hey, given that Shakespeare <\/strong>himself wrote “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown…”<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

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Gov. Northam<\/strong>‘s predicament is one I won’t comment on, but Rev Al Sharpton<\/strong> had a few comments I found worth noting:<\/p>\n

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  • This (KKK outfit) is a terrorist uniform .. a terrorist, racist outfit ..\n
  • You’ve got to be consistent if you’re going to take a moral stand ..\n
  • Clan robe is a terr– Clan represents lynchings, murder, bloodshed; there’s no way to act like you didn’t understand ..<\/blockquote>\n

    When Sharpton <\/strong>didn’t feel the Northam<\/strong> had sufficiently plumbed the depths of black dismay at the confluence of KKK and blackface on his page, the Rev — at least to my ear — put considerable emphasis on the concept of terrorism — the KKK as home-grown, native-born, internal, domestic, normal, pretty much<\/em>, right-wing terrorists.<\/p>\n

    And they’re still around:<\/p>\n

    \"\"Georgia, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    **<\/p>\n

    Anyway, I’ll continue dropping visuals in here, and relegate most of my text collections to this and other comments sections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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