guyy, yes, concentration of power isn't always the outcome of crises; yet, I'd say the attempt is bad enough.
Willravel, yes, I saw that. I'll be visiting eventually.
Charlatan, no, it didn't take long. What is the size of that man's audience again?
roachboy, no, nothing is obvious yet. There are some who would still claim that this is a bear long cycle that we could have predicted. The system cannot appear to be broken over a course of a few days. We'll have to see what happens over the next few months, no?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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