Friday's news - Part 1

Bibles

I am fine with teaching the Bible as literature, discussing creation myths as myth in science (astrology needs coverage too) and how the concept of God went from the Canaanite pantheon to the God of the Bible using archeology and anthropology to inform the discussion.

Biondi and Bessent.

Trump is crazy like a fox. He did a solid for Gates (and Johnson) by getting him out of Congress. Mr. Bessent is as competent as Larry Summers and Bob Rubin – and the rest of the Wall Street Oligarchy.  He probably has a bunch of alternative cabinet picks identified – or deputy secretaries who will actually run these departments. Even Gabbard is a good pick if she is the one who briefs Trump. He needs someone he will listen to.

Trump is testing the waters as to how much the Senate will let him get away with. Hopefully they will assert themselves – which Trump probably wants so that he can be Trump without real consequences.

Trump is authentic, meaning he leads with his feelings. He is also a is a sensualist – all people are to some degree in personality theory, and like all CEOs he is an introverted planner – meaning he plans for his self, doing such things as insurrections – which he was never accused of. There were always two alternative scenario, one that provides reasonable doubt – the real one has Trump as an active participant in the riot – knowing what really happened – and it had nothing to do with actually hanging Pence, The other exists because his involvement is coincidental – there are easy alternatives to that narrative that the Government could not eliminate as reasonable doubt.