You choose. It’s up to you.

A super off-the-cuff, just getting back into the swing of things. See my latest after my hiatus because they’re eating the dogs…

It’s on the heels of the latest “kill Trump at any cost” attempt. In pinging around, this latest dude seems more like a neocon than an abject leftie. We’ll see. What people scraped from his social media accounts is mostly filled with warmongering stuff (save Ukraine, save Taiwan…sound familiar?…always someone needs savin’!!!).

… Alright, that little interjection complete, let’s move onto the Medusan subject matter. Incidentally, here’s what Midjourney spit out for the prompt: /imagine a modern stylized Medusa.

Pretty obvious choice for me, and what sort of images does it conjure? And what does Genesis Chapter 3 have to do with it? Questions, questions…how does it all fit together in the grans tapestry of human life on planet Earth? I’m ok with lots of unanswered questions. Are you, or are you compelled to fill in blanks with unwarranted imaginations?

We’ll begin with Oprah, who in a past life with a former-wife now good friend forever fan of hers, I always referred to as “Doprah.” I know, so 5th grade…but Beatrice was a 5th grade school teacher….

This was the best comment under the original post. A hilarious juxtaposition, the inspiration for the title. Here’s the link, or stream the embeds if reading on FTA

There’s more, as there always is. Here’s what REALLY motivated this post.

“She cooks, she cleans…what else?”

“I cook, I suck, I shut the fuck up.”

… As you know, I live in Thailand and in a past life spent months and months on dozens of visits to the Philippines and most recently, a week last January. Here’s my 99-pounder Thai gal Far, who smiled and laughed when I showed her this.

Which would you prefer, dudes?

… And don’t forget how this all started, which is an abject failure of men in the first place. Over 100 years, now.

Outlier women notwithstanding, on average, they just do not scale to prudent statecraft. It’s not to say that men are perfect. Far from it.

But when shits hit fans, it’s the men who are most likely to solve for reals using courage, where most women are simply prone to always solve for feels using unbridled fear.

It’s the inviolable psyche of things, and nothing will ever be done about it until the role of leading and managing society is principally the province of men, and to the exclusion of most women.

That’s how it runs here in Asia and also Russia, and that’s why this region is eating the West’s lunch and will continue to do so.

That’s all for today.