I confessed my love.
You thought it was a
#mercurial mind's
unforseen turn,
blowing hot&cold,
like a rough weather
pattern to withstand.
#Hobnobbing with
the crème de la crème,
you laugh with disbelief.
How can I convince you?

#Lividly running in circles, my words lose their luster.
Pity has no place in a lover's heart

#art, #digitalart #watercolor #mixedmedia
#vss365prompt #poetry #prosepoetry
#writingcommunity #MastoArt #FediArt

A quotation from Martial:

«««««
To feasts and theatres you love to go
With men of rank and, when you chance to meet.
To lounge with them about a portico
Or street.
They let you bathe and dine with them, but what
Your dullard pride will never comprehend
Is that you are their mountebank, and not
Their friend.
»»»»»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/martial/61595/

#quote #quotes #quotation #accessory #coterie #entertainment #hobnobbing #jester #ego

I'm baffled by the stories coming out of about #SCOTUS judges #hobnobbing with special interests.

I don't remember in which context I ran across this notion. Heck, it might have been as far back as when I lived in the land of my birth, #Canada.

I recall a discussion about #ethics where the ethical rule was to avoid doing anything that could even give the *appearance* of #favoritism.

There was no need to *prove* that someone had shown favoritism. If there was an *appearance* of it, it was a no go.

This seems to be a reasonable standard to me. Apparently, SCOTUS does not operate under this standard.

All the hobnobbing with special interests gives an *appearance* of favoritism. Under the standard I gave above, it would be a no go.

What we have now is judges going to the press to explain their actions in minute details. That's #bullshit. Avoid giving the *appearance* of favoritism, and then you don't have to explain in detail.

#SpecialInterests

I wonder if the authors have read The Great Gatsby?
#hobnobbing #schmoozing #socialdilemma
#alltherightparties #inwiththeincrowd #iwouldneverjoinanyclubthatwouldhavesomeonelikemeforamember

Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04996-4