Day: October 23, 2019

Stand By Your Man

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All the President’s MenThe flaws in Donald Trump’s character are hard not to notice. Yet the Republicans, following what must be the number one rule in their manual for how to put party above country and politics over national security, are steadfastly standing by their man. Their lying, corrupt, immoral conman.

The testimony yesterday at the House Impeachment Inquiry hearings from William Taylor, the chargé d’affaires of the U.S. embassy in Ukraine, was enough to blast through the ludicrous arguments of Trump and his cronies that there was no quid pro quo.

Taylor’s testimony spoke loud and clear that Trump was knowingly extorting the newly elected Ukrainian president to publicly commit to digging up dirt on a bogus corruption “scandal” involving Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

The fact that Trump still has almost universal support among Republican politicians is an American travesty.

Written for these daily prompts: Weekly Prompts (character), The Daily Spur (notice), Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (manual), Ragtag Daily Prompt (blast), Daily Addictions (loud), Word of the Day Challenge (almost), and Your Daily Word Prompt (travesty).

 

Fandango’s Provocative Question #45

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FPQWelcome once again to Fandango’s Provocative Question. Each week I will pose what I think is a provocative question for your consideration. I missed posting last week’s provocative question because I was busy hosting out-of-town guests and didn’t have time to come up with one. But I’m back this week.

Anyway, by provocative, I don’t mean a question that will cause annoyance or anger. Nor do I mean a question intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.

What I do mean is a question that is likely to get you to think, to be creative, and to provoke a response. Hopefully a positive response.

Some very smart people claim that there is nothing new under the sun. Now I’m not normally one to reference The Bible, but in the Book of Ecclesiastes, the author complains frequently about the meaninglessness and monotony of life. One entire passage reads, “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.”

And this got me wondering whether or not there is, in fact, nothing new under the sun. I’ve wondered aloud about this before, in a post I wrote back in April 2018, where I discussed the Original Thought Theory. It suggests that anything anyone can ever think of has already been thought of by someone else. That seems to imply that human life is one big “been there, done that.”

So my provocative question this week is:

Are there limits to human creativity? Is it be possible for humans to create something completely novel and new that is based on nothing that previously existed? Or is human creativity just rearranging and building on previous ideas?

If you choose to participate, write a post with your response to the question. Once you are done, tag your post with #FPQ and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Or you can simply include a link to your post in the comments.

The issue with pingbacks not showing up seems to have been resolved, but you might check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.

FOWC with Fandango — Manual

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FOWCWelcome to October 23, 2019 and to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). It’s designed to fill the void after WordPress bailed on its daily one-word prompt.

I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (US).

Today’s word is “manual.”

Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.

Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Or you can simply include a link to your post in the comments.

The issue with pingbacks not showing up seems to have been resolved, but you might check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.

And be sure to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this prompt. You will marvel at their creativity.