President-elect Trump

[Undertoad]

To me, the anomaly was that nobody expected it, because that was built into the bubbles. At 8pm EST, polls closing time, I think the NYT percent-chance-o-meter started at Hillary like 85%.

We can say that the bias was confirming what the polls said, or what the polls said was wrong due to bias, but watching that meter was watching bias overtaken by reality.

Part of my optimism is that, in his state of narcissism and needing to be liked, he looks out on the hatery and figures his best bet is to actually be effective in some direction. Like, maybe a single-payer-ish plan as a christmas present from big daddy will make all the hatery people happy.

Another part of my optimism is that Trump is something we must go through in order to get to some other side, the nature of which is currently unknown to us.

The bone is broken and it sets harder. The stem is challenged by the wind and it grows firmer. You know, that kind of shit.

[Pico and ME]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

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Part of my optimism is that, in his state of narcissism and needing to be liked, he looks out on the hatery and figures his best bet is to actually be effective in some direction. Like, maybe a single-payer-ish plan as a christmas present from big daddy will make all the hatery people happy.

'THEY' (those who got Trump in, I'm not talking voters here) better give the masses something to keep them quiet. Either that or a police state.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

The stem is challenged by the wind and it grows firmer.

Always optimistic Tony.
The reed in the wind is a useful metaphor.

Neil Peart tells it like this:

Like a solitary pine
On a bare wind-blasted shore
We can only grow the way the wind blows

Rush, Snakes & Arrows, "The Way The Wind Blows"

We can only grow the way the wind blows
On a bare and weathered shore
We can only bow to the here and now
In our elemental war

We can only grow the way the wind blows
We can only bow to the here and now
Or be broken down blow by blow

And like this:

Like a forest bows to winter
Beneath the deep white silence
I will quietly resist

Like a flower in the desert
That only blooms at night
I will quietly resist

Rush, Snakes & Arrows, Faithless