last year deaths by terrorism rose by 61 per cent. and expanded from 15 countries to 24. that's the resounding success of our global war on terror. i don't think it includes death by drone attack, or targeted assassination, or friendly fire, or suicide of soldiers who can't live with themselves. but at any rate, it represents a resounding success to the arms manufacturers and their political minions, amounting to incaluable gains of astronomical amounts. let us never again say that evil does not prosper.

but let's put the numbers aside, for numbers are not reality, and perhaps only underscore the dearth of reality, and go for a walk.

in other news not fit to mention i believe i have finally quit of barak obomba, and i feel guilty and have been pushing thoughts away and now i think about him and see his black ringed eyes and the dark tracks of his tears. and that's all. i can't make it better.

and i know barney will die soon and as much as i think about that i am unprepared.
and these things matter more than all the adventures of the war makers, at least when i'm looking into the dogs eyes, and even this i can do little to remedy, beyond hugs and mutterings.