Joe Biden, suffering from dementia, was finally and 'democratically' kicked to the curb only to be replaced with Kamala Harris who may be suffering from her own neuropsychiatric malady, moria. How else explain her giddiness, uncontrolled childish euphoria, inappropriate laughter, inability to be serious about matters of grave importance, hyper-joyous inanity, and the like? This very short video (1:33) displays her astonishing unseriousness about a very serious matter.
It is not for me to decide whether there is anything pathological here, let alone suggest a treatment protocol, but this article may shed light on this strangest of all presidential candidates in the history of the Republic.
Having pointed to a possible psychiatric cause of the 60-year-old's laughing-gas vacuity, let me now suggest a sociological cause: we live in an Age of Feeling. Like a superannuated AOC -- the overgrown adolescent narcissist of the occasional cortex -- Kameradin Kamalita can feel, but not think.
"It's an unfortunate reality that millions of Americans lack convictions founded in logic, reason, and history, instead relying on feelings as their primary touchstone." That nails it.
"Incitatus (Latin meaning "swift" or "at full gallop") was the favorite horse of Roman Emperor Caligula (r. 37–41 AD). According to legend, Caligula planned to make the horse a consul, although ancient sources are clear that this did not occur. According to Suetonius, in the *Lives of the Twelve Caesars* (121 AD), the horse would "invite" dignitaries to dine with him in a house outfitted with servants there to entertain such events. Suetonius also wrote that the horse had a stable of marble, with an ivory manger, purple blankets, and a collar of precious stones. Scholars suggest that the treatment of Incitatus by Caligula was an elaborate prank intended to ridicule and provoke the Senate, rather than a sign of insanity, or was perhaps a form of satire with the implication that a horse could perform a senator's duties."
— Wikipedia (with edits)
Posted by: james soriano | Tuesday, October 01, 2024 at 05:03 PM
If Kamala is the horse, who is riding her? Or, to avoid sexual innuendo, who is holding the reins?
Even a horse that reigns has to have reins.
VDH likened Joey B to a Trojan horse.
Posted by: BV | Tuesday, October 01, 2024 at 05:39 PM
I expect you'll agree with this article, James.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/israel-defends-itself-and-may-save-western-civilization-war-mideast-national-security-8606ec52?st=e83z8W
Here's hoping you and yours are still a good distance from the action.
Posted by: BV | Tuesday, October 01, 2024 at 05:45 PM
Hi Bill,
Since it is known that you like Bob Dylan, should we take what we gather from coincidence?
You reference moria, a frontal lobe defect, as a possible problem for a current presidential candidate.
Khazad-dûm was renamed Moria – The Black Pit -after the dwarves excavated too deeply and they unearthed a nameless terror in the depths.
Is this perhaps what we should be expecting should Trump lose this November?
Mike
Posted by: Mike | Wednesday, October 02, 2024 at 04:55 AM
Here's a song that mentions both Moria and Khazad-dum (at the end). Enjoy. What times these are !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxfoa23skHg
— Catacomb Joe
Posted by: Joe Odegaard | Wednesday, October 02, 2024 at 08:20 AM