Kissing Gargoyles
>
Greetings to the C99P community. Welcome to the Tuesday edition of "Open Threads for Open Minds", where off-topic is on target. This is a place to park your thoughts and observations, political and otherwise, in a friendly environment. Witticism and gallows humor encouraged. 
There is something about those scary figures on the upper reaches of buildings which brings to mind the current pickle we are in. Although gargoyles have an architectural purpose (to drain rain water away from the facade of the structure), they are also imparted with magical qualities to chase away evil spirits.
a person who wields unofficial power, esp. through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
The writing is on the wall. Unelected rulers making a mockery of our democracy. Resistance and demonstrations prosecuted as felonies. Unabated imperialism draining our resources. So, when I see the uglies on the cornerstones, I think of the need to fight the evils. Think kissing a gargoyle would help?
Surely if we do not blush for such absurdities, we should at least regret what we have spent on them.
Give it your best shot!
Comments
Lucky me has a house full of gargoyles on the inside
But It would take a ladder to kiss one. My kitchen is guarded by two littles. My office (most kissable by one) and the family room by 5. Hub and I and US friends considered trying to build a sales market against that Catalog. We did not try. Cost me a suitcase buy en France.
Let's think of US or North American gargoyles. What would they be? Louisville City Hall has farm animals. I was thinking more pine cones and Flowers. Nothing scary. A friendly embellishment. I think that involves people power. Which I am not sure we have now.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
North American examples
Hey rl, found a few on Wikipedia. One oddly named "Chimera of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" on a chapel in Flagstaff, AZ.
Another in D.C. with several in Canada. Sounds like your house is well protected!
question everything
The only...
Gargoyle where I live....is me.
Have a good one all.
I want a Pony!
If you can afford it, buy the mean ones.
I think they are the soul-suckers but also the death-eaters, if that makes any sense.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
You are helping me understand
my Wiccan friends' argument about the many facets of death. The choice between getting the soul sucked thru a straw versus having one's death eaten away almost sounds like the choices at a really bad restaurant.
question everything
A righteous rant
Bernie on the billionaire class war. About 12 + minutes.
question everything
Bizarre browser behavior, gonna have to reboot it and revisit
have a good one.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
(not so) Evil Spirits
A righteous 'rant' from Lord Byron:
If that is too old school for you, try the Jimmy Buffet version:
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue2-ZVxpVjc]
I'll drink to that
or at this point, almost anything... salud, shoal, prosit, cheerio, I*chaim, chin-chin, Slainte, etc.
question everything
A place to speak your piece:
Right now I have little to say that doesn't require an essay. Speaking of which, I just read a column by Pepe Escobar in Counterpunch (an old Counterpunch - I'm behind) about Iraq.
Iraq is getting its act together, and without US help, even though we attacked, invaded, conquered and occupied them without any justification. ( We also wrote their, IMHO defective, constitution by saying that they would have no say in their own affairs or government until they wrote one that our Viceroi would sign off on - IOW, he wrote it)
So, the article contains statements by their commanders that the internal fight against ISIS was also without US help, not so much as a bullet. Rings true. Consider, however, that we're plenty involved "fighting ISIS" in Syria. We aren't really "fighting ISIS" in Syria, we're still working to topple Assad and if possible divide the country, wresting control of key [ieces away from the government to be ruled by our proxies.
Just a little food for thought.
Also, Google is going to downgrade or otherwise bury RT, or so they say. If you use Chrome, you can go to one of RT's pages (by googling RT) and discover there the following:
Heh.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
That's a good story
about Iraq getting it together without USaid. Doesn't seem (in retrospect) USmil helped much. Capital spent by UScorps not for the people, but the fighters. Time they took control back. Cheers!
question everything