http://trilema.com/2016/alright-i-give-up/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Wed, 13 May 2026 23:29:40 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 http://trilema.com/2016/alright-i-give-up/#comment-159148 Some other mornings, however... on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:29:20 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=64810#comment-159148 [...] thereby reverting to the sad but natural state where it's hard to learn and easy to forget (and ships are but boards, hence all the talk of swamp) ; or else to try for yet another instalment of socialism, whereby you [...] [...] thereby reverting to the sad but natural state where it's hard to learn and easy to forget (and ships are but boards, hence all the talk of swamp) ; or else to try for yet another instalment of socialism, whereby you [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2016/alright-i-give-up/#comment-154553 Il Volpone, redone -- this installment including description of the Scene, an Argument and some Commentary along with the first Scene of the first Act. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:41:10 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=64810#comment-154553 [...] yes, I'm quite aware last time I tried it ended poorly. That's not much reason not to try. [↩]Venetian nobleman. [↩]Good fucking luck with [...] [...] yes, I'm quite aware last time I tried it ended poorly. That's not much reason not to try. [↩]Venetian nobleman. [↩]Good fucking luck with [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2016/alright-i-give-up/#comment-152297 Tuesday after Christmas on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:32:17 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=64810#comment-152297 [...] they fall over, but all that inconsequential gargle notwithstanding the correct practice is what the mercantile republics did, not what these idiots (who managed to squander in the past fifty years almost everything the [...] [...] they fall over, but all that inconsequential gargle notwithstanding the correct practice is what the mercantile republics did, not what these idiots (who managed to squander in the past fifty years almost everything the [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2016/alright-i-give-up/#comment-147872 I'm developing pictureitis. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 18 Mar 2020 01:28:18 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=64810#comment-147872 [...] They come to me like desperate humans flock to supposed healers and assorted miracle workers. I hope you appreciate the symmetry : just like the local dwellers flock to supposed embodiments of the world beyond, incarnations of the abstract, saints and charlatans, just so the hurt, the wounded, the battered and broken of the beyond flock to me. Sometimes I can do something for them, it's been known to happen ; but not today, and certainly not always. [...] [...] They come to me like desperate humans flock to supposed healers and assorted miracle workers. I hope you appreciate the symmetry : just like the local dwellers flock to supposed embodiments of the world beyond, incarnations of the abstract, saints and charlatans, just so the hurt, the wounded, the battered and broken of the beyond flock to me. Sometimes I can do something for them, it's been known to happen ; but not today, and certainly not always. [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2016/alright-i-give-up/#comment-147295 I'm developing pictureitis. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:21:55 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=64810#comment-147295 [...] They come to me like desperate humans flock to supposed helaers and assorted miracle workers. I hope you appreciate the symmetry : just like the local dwellers flock to supposed embodiments of the world beyond, incarnations of the abstract, saints and charlatans, just so the hurt, the wounded, the battered and broken of the beyond flock to me. Sometimes I can do something for them, it's been known to happen ; but not today, and certainly not always. [...] [...] They come to me like desperate humans flock to supposed helaers and assorted miracle workers. I hope you appreciate the symmetry : just like the local dwellers flock to supposed embodiments of the world beyond, incarnations of the abstract, saints and charlatans, just so the hurt, the wounded, the battered and broken of the beyond flock to me. Sometimes I can do something for them, it's been known to happen ; but not today, and certainly not always. [...]

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