PHARAOH AND WIFE

ANTONIN SCALIA'S ANTINOMY

ANTONIN SCALIA'S ANTINOMY The late Antonin Scalia, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who died February 13, 2016, said something in an earlier televised book interview on CNN, about the "genius" of the Greeks "in Athens in 2,000 B. C.," during its commemorative replay, that I has just happened to see. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W7bfhzqspKc I was stunned, as well as informed, that such an erroneous historical declaration could issue from this man, this iconic "conservative" jurist, who had so long enjoyed a rich reputation as learned, even as erudite., without contradiction ! Homer, claimed by some to be the first literate Greek, author of wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," lived about 700 B.C. Socrates , Plato, and Aristotle lived 300-400 years after Homer. Athens, the center for that irruption of that "genius," as claimed by Justice Scalia, did even not exist as such before 600 B.C. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_philosophy If they were aware of this error, CNN's interviewer, Piers Morgan, said nothing, nor did Brian Garner, Justice Scalia's co-author, of their book, "Reading the Law;" neither did CNN'S anchor in Atlanta. Either they were all ignorant of the actual historical facts respecting Greek "genius" or they were eliding the truth on national television ! Either way, I was amazed by the antinomy exhibited by Antonin Scalia whose alleged learning was legendary. "Reading the Law" and misstating the facts, antinomy yes! ANTINOMY is irony, or contradiction, involving two independent predicates, which may be true separately but not jointly. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antinomy

JUDGEMENT SCENE

Judgment scene: Weighing the fleshy hearts of man against the weight of a feather -- energy and matter balanced

CONFIDENCE

CONFIDENCE Confidence is a major part of any endeavor, maybe the major part. Undermining that self-confidence that lies latent in one's adversary or opponent is integral to victory. Of course your enemy perfectly understands this strategy very well and is assiduously seeking to do the same thing to you in turn, by any means necessary, even by boasting, mockery, lampooning ! Confidence is neither rashness nor foolhardiness. It is, rather, the fruit of preparation and experience . Such confidence was displayed by young David, who already having slain both a bear and a lion, while defending his father's flock, had no fear of the giant Philistine Goliath, who mocked Israel's army.

BARREN COFFERS . RELUCTANT LENDERS. SECESSION AND LINCOLN

http://abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/abraham-lincoln-in-depth/abraham-lincoln-and-civil-war-finance/

HOMEOSTATIC MILES

ho·me·o·sta·sis [hoh-mee-uh-stey-sis] NOUN 1. the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function. 2. Psychology a state of psychological equilibrium obtained when tension or a drive has been reduced or eliminated. 3. Entomology the ability of members of a colony of social insects to behave cooperatively to produce a desired result, as when bees coordinate the fanning of their wings to cool the hive. To be homeostatic is to be meek, mild, mellow, like Miles Davis; spiritually cooled out, adapted to what is; insouciant is another description of it, can you dig it? TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE OF ANYTHING IS NOT AT ALL GOOD. BALANCE, EVENNESS, HOMEOSTASIS, EQUANIMITY, EQUIPOISE ARE BEST. AMEN

BIDDY BRIDGET MASON

"Ask a Slave: The Web Series Like This Page · February 15, 2014 · Edited · Biddy Bridget Mason (1815-1891) was born into slavery and given as a wedding gift to a Mormon couple in Mississippi named Robert and Rebecca Smith. In 1847 at age 32, Biddy Mason was forced to walk from Mississippi to Utah tending cattle behind her master’s 300-wagon caravan. After four years in Salt Lake City, Smith took the group to a new Mormon settlement in San Bernardino, California in search of gold. When Biddy Mason discovered that the California State Constitution made slavery illegal, she had Robert Smith brought into court on a writ of habeas corpus, and the court freed all of Smith’s slaves. Now free, Mason and her three daughters (probably fathered by Smith) moved to Los Angeles where they worked and saved enough money to buy a house at 331 Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. Biddy was employed as a nurse, midwife, and domestic servant. She was one of the first black women to own land in the city of Los Angeles. She was crafty enough to use part of her land as a temporary resting place for horses and carriages, and people visiting town paid money in exchange for the space. This can be considered the first "parking lot" in Los Angeles! Knowing what it meant to be oppressed and friendless, Biddy Mason immediately began a philanthropic career by opening her home to the poor, hungry, and homeless. Through hard work, saving, and investing carefully, she was able to purchase large amounts of real estate including a commercial building, which provided her with enough income to help build schools, hospitals, and churches. Her financial fortunes continued to increase until she accumulated a fortune of almost $300,000. Her grandson, Robert Curry Owens, a real estate developer and politician, was the richest African-American in Los Angeles at one time. Her most noted accomplishment was the founding of First African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, now the oldest church in Los Angeles, where she also operated a nursery and food pantry. Moreover, her generosity and compassion included personally bringing home cooked meals to men in state prison. In 1988, Mayor Tom Bradley had a tombstone erected at her unmarked grave site and November 16, 1989 was declared “Biddy Mason Day”. In addition, the highlights of her life were displayed on a wall of the Spring Center in downtown Los Angeles, an honor befitting Los Angeles’s first Black female property owner and philanthropist." WOW! I would love to read more about this Biddy Bridget Mason, who was a legendary AME church-founding; Mississippi-to-Utah-walking; personal freedom lawsuit filing; financial empire-building; philanthropic-LA sister!