The Unbearable Lightness of Inaction

“It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important.

You have to do the right thing. 

It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. 

But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. 

You may never know what results come from your action. 

But if you do nothing, there will be no result.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

This is a quick post with its message focused on the importance of taking action (versus taking none), regardless of whether the desired outcome is guaranteed. It was prompted by a contentious conversation I had last night at a local Meetup event with two individuals whom I'd never met before. One was female (under 30) and the other was male (50ish).

Both were Democrats who supported Hillary Clinton.

(General) Michael Flynn Must Be Court-Martialed

"Stupidity is a talent for misconception." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

HISTORY FACT

Edgar Allan Poe was court-martialed at West Point for “gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders,” and was dismissed on March 6, 1831.

PRESENT DAY FACT

On November 2, 2016, Michael T. Flynn, slated to be president-elect Donald J. Trump's "National Security Adviser," tweeted this:

Eric Trump Criticizes Wisconsin Recount

M E M O R A N D U M

To:     Eric Trump¹

From: Intelligent and Informed Voters

Date: December 4, 2016

Re:   Your tweet - "The Sad Truth: The Cost of Stein/Clinton's #Wisconsin Vote Recount

        Could Have Saved At Least 5,000 Children's Lives" (linked to an article from

        Forbes.com with similar headline)

Mr. Trump. Putting aside the dubious accuracy of the above-referenced assertion, in that you throw out a random unsubstantiated number(not unlike your father's modus operandi), and fail to specify the country in which these hypothetical children live, I will instead focus on what the first three words, "The Sad Truth," mean to me.

Insomniac Seeks Refuge

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who
have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. ~ Sidonie Gabrielle Collete

Okay, I'm going to babble incoherently now. I begin writing this at 4:00am because I can't sleep. Waiting for a sleeping pill to kick in. I'm sitting at my desk, talking to myself as I look at Trump's fat smug face in post after post on Twitter, and I'm saying aloud: "I can't believe he's the fucking president of the United States." I'm saying it over and over in disbelief.

Debunking False Information on the Internet

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while

the truth is putting on its shoes.” ~ Mark Twain

SIGH. Is anyone else annoyed having to perpetually debunk false info on Twitter and the Internet? Twain said the above quote never anticipating technology. Here's the timeline related to a blogger's "article" about the now thrice-cancelled (alleged) rape case against Donald Trump: