in sum: it’s disappointing that a strong speech doesn’t lead to durable or stronger action. meaning, broader widely applicable action . if you say it do it . you’ve told people,now, show people 

if thucydides had surrendered as quickly as carney we’d never known his quotes [principle. “Questions of justice apply only to those equal in power,” stated bluntly. “Otherwise, such things as are possible, the superior exact and the weak give up.”]

[ There are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power. Within our power are opinion, aim, desire, aversion, and, in one word, whatever affairs are our own. Beyond our power are body, property, reputation, office, and, in one word, whatever are not properly our own affairs. — EPICTETUS , The Enchiridion ]

RAW NOTES — not for fresher, refresher dropouts seeking a better handout from the marketing department [c–hn]  know that using an em-dash is treated as a sign of using LLMs. LLMs are never used for my writing. I like em-dashes

snowblower ran out of gas, but not before his invocation snowballed.

OR? The world has changed, Washington has changed. There is almost nothing normal in the U.S. now and that’s the truth,” Carney said in French in Parliament on Tuesday.

markets hinder progress beyond low baseline . mature civilizations re-dress rather than regress .