An Interlude: Report Card
Mar. 4th, 2021 07:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gbejmJanuary's brief reading needs only a brief review. In short, the chart was spot on, but my reading wasn't quite as good.
First of all, I predicted fewer assorted calamities. The last two months have been a good reminder that there's more than one way to relieve tension, which is where I went wrong in my reading. The direct way is what I assumed: relaxing the tension. The indirect way is for the stressed object to fail under the strain. We thus saw political tensions erupt in a violent confrontation at the Capitol, and the Texas power grid buckle under the pressure of a severe winter storm.
As for the courts, Chief Justice Roberts made a savvy decision. The second Trump impeachment left almost no one satisfied, but the Supreme Court managed to stay out of the way as the process ran its course.
So I'd say the chart is two for two, but I myself only get half credit for my reading. This is indeed a learning process.
First of all, I predicted fewer assorted calamities. The last two months have been a good reminder that there's more than one way to relieve tension, which is where I went wrong in my reading. The direct way is what I assumed: relaxing the tension. The indirect way is for the stressed object to fail under the strain. We thus saw political tensions erupt in a violent confrontation at the Capitol, and the Texas power grid buckle under the pressure of a severe winter storm.
As for the courts, Chief Justice Roberts made a savvy decision. The second Trump impeachment left almost no one satisfied, but the Supreme Court managed to stay out of the way as the process ran its course.
So I'd say the chart is two for two, but I myself only get half credit for my reading. This is indeed a learning process.