Another Candidate? + OPEN THREAD

Another potential Democratic candidate? Much as I've admired Lawrence Lessig in the past (see here and here) I wish he wouldn't do this. It cannot end well, for several reasons, and it does rather smack of pie in the sky. I'd have thought a better plan would be to put his weight behind Bernie Sanders' already very healthy campaign, and work from that position. Splitting the vote further can only end in tears!

Open thread from here......

Lawrence Lessig is Walking the Walk

Another shout-out for Lawrence Lessig (see also video HERE) who has has just begun his two-week walk across the state of New Hampshire. His aim is to get everyone to focus in what he sees as the greatest block to democracy in America: the corruption that comes with Big Money in politics. Hat-tip to David Macadam once again for the reminder at his blog Oligarch Kings.

Anyone who writes their own blog, or contributes content anywhere on the net, would do democracy a great service by spreading word of Prof. Lessig's endeavours.....let's not forget that word of mouth works too!

Bit of a Kick and Prance & A Shout Out for Lawrence Lessig

What to write about?
It's 2 January.
Wikipedia tells that it's "the 9th day of Christmas", when a lover sent
"9 ladies dancing"
to the adored.

Note: re post title: "kick and prance" is London Cockney rhyming slang for "dance".

Dancing....Terpsichore....Terpsichore - one of the nine Greek muses, in this case muse of dancing and choral music. She was daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyn - goddess of memory (from whence comes our word "mnemonic').

I was ignorant of the word Terpsichore for many years. It was in listening to Frank Sinatra's recordings that I first heard it, in the Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn song "Come Dance with Me":

........Hey there cutes, put on your Basie boots and come dance with me
Come dance with me, what an evening for some Terpsichore
Pretty face, I know a swingin' place, come on dance with me
Romance with me on a crowded floor...............

Also, by the by, there's an asteroid bearing the name Terpsichore: See website Dancestrology where an attempt is made to discover Terpsichore the asteroid's astrological meaning.

Back to the 9th day of Christmas, 2 January, and HERE a more spiritual interpretation is put on Nine Ladies Dancing :

...the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit: 1) love, 2) joy, 3) peace, 4) patience, 5) kindness, 6) generosity, 7) faithfulness, 8) gentleness, and 9) self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23).

Back to hard reality....and something well worth a shout-out: see fellow-blogger David Macadam's post at The Oligarch Kings yesterday, 1 January: New Hampshire Rebellion.

Every effort, of whatever type, could help bring about the changes we so badly need. It won't happen quickly, it might not even happen in this decade, but every voice raised, every line of text written supporting the changes needed will drift off into the great public consciousness and build, and build until critical mass is attained.

I'll repeat the video from David's post here, but please do go read his whole piece then do whatever possible to spread the word in your own way. Thank you!