[NetBehaviour] Difficult times, but better ahead

[Max Herman]

Prediction:  Trump resigns on Friday.

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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 7:07 PM
To: Max Herman <maxnmherman at hotmail.com>
Cc: Max Herman via NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Difficult times, but better ahead



Hi Max, I can't imagine that re: the Mona Lisa. Maybe he was also confused
instead of confusing?

What a mess today... Mike Pence is speaking -

Best, Alan, distraught as most of us, although so glad the Senate's gone
Democratic. -

On Wed, 6 Jan 2021, Max Herman wrote:

>
> Hi Alan,
>
> I'm barely learning how to read Leonardo, and he was, I think, confusing on
> purpose in many cases.  However, this saying of his may pertain to days like
> today:
>
> "I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably
> accidental."
>
> My latest research topic is the relationship between Leonardo and
> Machiavelli.  I do believe the case can be made that the Mona Lisa is a
> rebuttal of Machivellian amorality.  Whether I can make that case is another
> question!  ?
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/08/us/scholar-sees-leonardo-s-influence-on-
> machiavelli.html
>
> All best,
>
> Max
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________
> From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 5:17 PM
> To: Max Herman via NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org>
> Cc: Max Herman <maxnmherman at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Difficult times, but better ahead
>
>
> I must say I'm not. I expected this. It's been building for decades with
> Limbaugh and company. Trump and Giuliani were catalysts. Even if Trump is
> jailed or killed or just fades away, it's not going to stop. These things
> run deep, arming has been going on in decades. I think we have to prepare
> for the worst whatever that may be, and then hopefully be proven wrong. If
> you look at the county stats across the country, a great percentage of it
> in terms of area is wildly pro-Trump, anti-government, racist and god
> knows what else. And this far right is really powerful; a friend who lives
> in the Colorado mountains told me how they've taken over a small town and
> hold military exercises there.
>
> In any case, seriously, what would Leonardo say?
>
> - Alan, just scared a bit when premonitions come true
>
> On Wed, 6 Jan 2021, Max Herman via NetBehaviour wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am not in D.C., more the middle of the country, but the mayhem at the
> > Capitol is frightening and disturbing to all.
> >
> > However I am confident that democracy and the rule of law will be upheld,
> > and better days are ahead.
> >
> > All best for a brighter 2021,
> >
> > Max
> >
> >
> >
>
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