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A comment on today’s little posting “The light hand and the hammer” from Chi Hang Cheung on Facebook, with my response:

— CHC: Glad to see that you can remain calm with the drastic political changes in the US!

— AZ > CHC: I am not calm. These little postings — more are in preparation — are a kind of therapy for me while I channel my alarm and anger on other fronts against the outrages of the government as it attempts to institute total control over public life and suppress or destroy significant parts of the population. But it’s absolutely essential to preserve art and play and human connection of every kind; we need a whole lot of Kharkiv opera. I’m doing what I can to sing.

The reference to Kharkiv opera was explained in my scathing posting from 3/2/25, “Three men walk into a bar”:

I note that the Ukrainians have been managing to mount opera performances in an underground bomb shelter in the city of Kharkiv. They sing and dance and enjoy one another’s company. This is the country VZ [Volodymyr Zelenskyy] is fighting to save. Sing with me, friends.

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