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Fixed the laptop

I shut it down because it got hung up on opening a file on an external drive. Then, a remnant of the Linux program I tried and discarded threw the opening screen into ‘grub.’ None of the recovery key combinations had any effect. So, this morning I tried the diagnostic (D) mode. It had me choose a network and then required a password (impossible to remember what ATT required) and, after I laboriously entered the digits from my paper record, the program rejected it. Then it changed its mind, took some minutes to run a diagnosis and then asked which IOS of the one indicated I wanted to use. No wonder some people hate the concept of choice.

A few things to remember

Pride seems to be a euphemism for power.

One negative covering for another negative.

World economic forum identifies government and commerce as two forces to which civil society is to be added. Factions to detract from the reality that is democracy. Any faction is better thab admitting that the people govern.

Why is a portion, a segment better (more desirable) than the whole? Because the potential for domination is greater.

Dominion is the holy grail, sought after by all the incompetent souls.

Competent people have no use for power. Only the impotent crave potency. What is the alternative to potency and impotence? Creation. Those who create have no need to conquer.

Anschutz’ Folly

Why is the state of Georgia letting an Anschutz corporation, headquartered in arid Colorado, litter our Atlantic shore with granite rubble and disrupt the surf with yet another rock pile, aka groin? Is it because anyone willing to waste money in Georgia is welcome? Are we that hard up?

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