Some Meandering Thoughts on Politics and an Upcoming Anniversary [No Books]

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Video of a livestream in which BookTuber Donoghue gives the U.S. political situation some analysis - occurring first around the 55 minute mark (?) and then sporadically thereafter: www.youtube.co...
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[@joshuacreboreads]

Thank you for the video, David. These are somber times.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

Certain problems feel more acute, but we each have only our own day to face, so I try not to look at these times as more somber than any other.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Thank you for this video, David.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

Thanks for saying so, Pat. 🙂

[@BeyondBooks-wt5il]

Excellent video! I have been thinking the same thing - so much to say and how to say it. Thank you for speaking up!

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

@@BeyondBooks-wt5il Thank you! When the reading slows, we improvise. 🤔

[@TriumphalReads]

Poignant discussion David

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

@@TriumphalReads Thanks!

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

If you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk I never stare into abysses nor eclipses. 😂

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

Meaning solar ones - I don’t know why that was at the tongue’s tip but wouldn’t come out. 🤔

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

I have been thinking along the same lines. These are troublesome times and voices need to be heard. Mine might be small. Enough small voices might make a roar. I might loose a few subscribers when I speak my mind but I think it needs to be done.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

@@anotherbibliophilereads Small voices are of use even if no roar comes. First thing I noticed this morning (as a page refreshed) was my subscriber count going down. 😂

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

@@davidnovakreadspoetry Honestly, if subscribers are pro-Trump, I’m not why they are watching my videos.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

@@anotherbibliophilereads Somebody made an absurd comment on Steve’s video, to wit that “he’s read all these books and still doesn’t know what fascism is” (or words to that effect). And seven people liked it. First off the premise is absurd, but what are they doing liking it, or watching him?

[@PatriciaCrabtree-wm8xd]

Because I believe Steve Donaghue is not exaggerating my reading has slowed to a scatter thought trickle. I have three generations of descendants on the planet. One is the sweetest little three-year old Jew. If I'm done, I leave nothing on the table. But what about them? Sheetrock Tabernacle plus is due in my mail next week. Will they help my despair or what else you got?

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

@@PatriciaCrabtree-wm8xd I hope they do. The times may reveal what any of us has got.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

Apart from anything my books might contain, the best I’ve got, P.C., is to advise you to keep breathing, by which, literally, inhaling and exhaling is meant, and relax (in my case the shoulders) and feel your feet planted (in my case the heels).

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

Oh wait, that’s not all. In my experience, just because evil is plotted, doesn’t mean it’s successful, so do not fall into the publicized delusion that it must be. 😉

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

Oh, and this one is a commonplace: in any given negotiating scenario, you always hold more power than you think that you do. (I’ve never applied this one well myself, but believe it.)

[@PatriciaCrabtree-wm8xd]

@@davidnovakreadspoetry Thanks, Dave. Nobody ever gave me all they got before. Gonna' take it all for a walk and get it all in.