free association list 01/23/19

they offered him a golden toilet

marmalade menace

covington cath kid/kavanagh smirk micro-expression trigger

externalized "spell"-like force swirling around the air invading people's minds bringing out latent racism [magical realism element]

mauerspringer der mauerspringer by peter schneider (re-read in english)

(can't find book)  border  us army stood at the border acting threatening until someone fired--  started war to steal all mexican territory--  engineered land grab--  agressive manifest destiny

value of WPA vs. 800,000 workers working without pay + furloughs=no back pay

perspective--  ozymandias vs puppet [to the russians, to the alt-right talking heads]

social media explosion, news media overcorrection:  facts(?) as popularity contest

point/counterpoint--  "jane, you ignorant slut"  [snl]

components of candidate likeability related to gender performance



nathan phillips - "i felt like the spirit was talking through me"