Cognitive Distancing

My body had a true gut/brain axis shutdown over the holiday. Thankfully, I had experienced something similar in my 20s or I might have added panic to what was taking place. It’s weird, emerging from the haze, my comfort level is more resolute than anything. Ready to battle what is in front of us. Sadly, my countenance has become curt and somewhat heavy, tho. Maybe it’s just the gray sky today.

Yesterday, the United States invaded a country to kidnap a head of state without Congressional counsel nor approval. Probably not the first time, but historians will argue the most blatant. Ironically, an executive action that mirrored that of the kleptocratic dictator removed.

The 2025 Nobel Prize winner for peace is Venezuelan. She too wanted President Marduro gone, but for reasons beyond fossil fuels and hubris. I see her medal being offered in the near future, completing the staged international performance.

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UPDATE 11 JAN 2026

WELP.

His ridiculous grin while accepting another's hard-earned recognition tells you everything you need to know about our Commander in Chief. Sicilians used the adjective "mafiusu" to mean something bold, swagger, or fearless in the 1860s. The person holding the prize is none of these things, though by his reading of the Roy Cohn playbook and association with the lawyer's criminal associates, possessing is winning. Regardless of how it was obtained. A ‘gesture of mutual respect.’

BUT THERE’S MORE!