“From out there international politics look so petty.”—Edgar Mitchell
Between the inventions of communications someone figured out how to communicate 237,000 miles apart in live time but didn’t tell us. They kept it a secret. Humans figure things out. We connect dots. We add up numbers 4+4+2+0+2+3=15. We don’t stop there. We reduce it further, 1+5=6. Today’s date reduces to the number six. We are told through a Holy ancient textbook that man and woman were created on the sixth day. This too might have been kept a secret, but the word secret wouldn’t be created for a thousand years or more. Man and woman were too busy thinking up names for insects like Stigmodera cancellate.
Author note: Mathematicians have calculated out that around half of the earth’s population of humans believe that man and woman were created on the sixth day. Another portion believe we squirmed up on a beach as a polliwog and laid there until we grew legs and turned into a monkey, then a man. Why didn’t we just stay polliwog, or monkey? Monkey business.
The secret superhuman long distance communication was discovered on July 20, 1969. I remember the day well. I was eight years old. It was broadcasted on our black and white television. As the long-distance communications came through our television I remember looking over at our phone located on a bench in the dining room. I never used it to call anyone, but I’d pick it up sometimes and hear people talking. Some of their voices I recognized. I’d listen awhile until one of them would say, “Please hang up the phone.”
In 1969 humans connected some dots when they heard human talk to human 237,000 miles apart. I wasn’t alone with my own single thought of, “NO FUCKING WAY.” No adult could explain to me how they did it. Their answer, “Because they can.” Some believe it was the biggest day in American history, bigger than the invention of the pastry fork. The pastry fork can be used every single day by every single American. Factor that in.
Today adds new competition for the biggest day in American history. A former president indicted for nothing. If he is convicted for nothing it most definitely will go down as the biggest day in American history. The dumbest too. Laws will have to be re-written to include being guilty for nothing. Penalties will be needed.
If a deal was made between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels I’d bet a cheap bottle of wine the deal was worked out using phones. Smart phones too, where the information is stored and can be retrieved. Did he first offer, or did she suggest it might be wise to give her money to keep her lips shut? I’ll admit I never really followed the story. At the time I had my own ghosts to deal with.
When comparing presidential sin Donald Trump being indicted for over payment, or under payment to a porn actor is nothing more than a big fat cigar. They should be made readily available for everyone entering the courthouse. Let’s get real…..real Kangaroo.
Either love Donald Trump or hate him. Does it even matter now? Either you want bodily autonomy and freedom, and the right to cook food with natural gas, and feel like your vote should count and not be hijacked, and that protesters or any one who are accused of an "insurrection" should have the right to a trial, and that you should have the right to travel and not be censored or shut out from society for your personal medical decisions, and not be dictated by someone who was never elected - to live in a 15 minute shitty city, to eat bugs. OR you are part of the problem.
Thank you for reminding me of “party lines”. Oh the fun of listening or picking up the phone every 5 minutes to see if the phone was available. Next thought: it’s a bummer we can’t prank phone call anyone anymore. Those were good times. Have a great evening!