Short Sword
America fell into space war the day it enslaved me. It tumbled into a big fat disaster like a thousand thousand Custers wandering into the perimeter of a million million Sitting Bulls.
Today's metaphorical image is this: A tiny elephant is dropped from the sky into a slip of a marina and sinks like a stone. Watch this play out in the news.
I am in a peculiar situation today in that my information would benefit the United States of America; but if I give that information America will profit from its enslavement of me, and as much as possible I cannot allow the bitch to profit from my enslavement. I'll just flush this information down the toilet.
I recently realized in having to explain several times my recent terrible joke, "boy-foot bear with cheek of man", that some of my references may be too obscure. Since there are two such references today, I will explain them.
The title "Short Sword" comes from the two-sword fencing style of Japan's foremost swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, described in his book, The Book of Five Rings, written in 1643. Samurai generally carried two swords, one short and one long. You can expect tomorrow's report to be called "Long Sword".
Readers from countries other than the United States of America might not know the reference to Custer and Sitting Bull.
This refers to a very famous defeat of US forces, commanded by a headstrong general named George Custer, by Native American warriors, commanded by a famous chief named Sitting Bull. This slaughter of American troops is generally referred to as Custer's Last Stand.
Even American readers might not know that Sitting Bull had gone through a very painful vision-seeking ritual, called a Sun Dance, shortly before the Battle of the Little Big Horn, where this Native American victory took place. In his vision he saw Custer's troopers on their horses falling upside down from the sky into his camp.
You may appreciate the similarity between Sitting Bull's vision and the metaphorical image I relayed to you today; that of the tiny elephant falling into the water and sinking like a stone.
You Americans might consider appealing to your faux-president, "Please, Mr. Custer, I don't want to go!"
Today's metaphorical image is this: A tiny elephant is dropped from the sky into a slip of a marina and sinks like a stone. Watch this play out in the news.
I am in a peculiar situation today in that my information would benefit the United States of America; but if I give that information America will profit from its enslavement of me, and as much as possible I cannot allow the bitch to profit from my enslavement. I'll just flush this information down the toilet.
I recently realized in having to explain several times my recent terrible joke, "boy-foot bear with cheek of man", that some of my references may be too obscure. Since there are two such references today, I will explain them.
The title "Short Sword" comes from the two-sword fencing style of Japan's foremost swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, described in his book, The Book of Five Rings, written in 1643. Samurai generally carried two swords, one short and one long. You can expect tomorrow's report to be called "Long Sword".
Readers from countries other than the United States of America might not know the reference to Custer and Sitting Bull.
This refers to a very famous defeat of US forces, commanded by a headstrong general named George Custer, by Native American warriors, commanded by a famous chief named Sitting Bull. This slaughter of American troops is generally referred to as Custer's Last Stand.
Even American readers might not know that Sitting Bull had gone through a very painful vision-seeking ritual, called a Sun Dance, shortly before the Battle of the Little Big Horn, where this Native American victory took place. In his vision he saw Custer's troopers on their horses falling upside down from the sky into his camp.
You may appreciate the similarity between Sitting Bull's vision and the metaphorical image I relayed to you today; that of the tiny elephant falling into the water and sinking like a stone.
You Americans might consider appealing to your faux-president, "Please, Mr. Custer, I don't want to go!"
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