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January 4, 2017
As 2017 begins, the general mood in the so-called mainstream media is a bewildered despond,
captured wellin the opening of a year-end New York Times editorial:Let’s pretend we’re in some cosmic therapist’s office, in a counseling session with the year 2016. We are asked to face the year and say something nice about it. Just one or two things.The mind balks. Fingers tighten around the Kleenex as a cascade of horribles wells up in memory: You were a terrible year. We hate you. We’ll be so glad never to see you again. The silence echoes as we grope for a reply.We said captured well, not written well. A cascade moves downward, not upward. Here’s an example of the correct usage: The tears of unfathomable sadness welled up in the editorialist’s eyes. She clutched a Kleenex as she prepared for them to cascade down her face. Finale - WSJ
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The Detroit Free Press was equally as lame, but their editorial page has been a headquarters for race-baiting for a while. http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/12/31/new-year-brings-new-chance-learn-unite/95805254/
Posted by: Harry at January 4, 2017 12:26 PM
"Let’s pretend we’re in some cosmic therapist’s office, in a counseling session with the year 2016. "
I hate to break it to the weenies, but the Cosmic Counselor can be quite harsh.
(Yellow makes me sad, I think...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtSYZi7zd7A#t=9s
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at January 4, 2017 1:41 PM
She felt like a piece of trash, blown about on the parking lot of despair.
Posted by: Snakepit Kansas at January 5, 2017 4:39 AM