Hint: Two of them constitute my opinion, but I'm only offering one for your thoughts.
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First Letter: P
The Republican Party of Florida filed suit on Friday against the Florida Democratic Party, many of its candidates, and a slew of television stations, seeking to stop the airing of a political ad that highlights the leaked grand jury presentment in the Hope Florida scandal.
Hint: To take something, with a sort of violent twisting motion.
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First Letter: W
The US Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against 28 green card holders in California accused of fraudulently registering to vote and casting illegal ballots. ... A justice department spokesperson said 21 of the 28 defendants had cast unlawful ballots.
Hint: With apologies to Mr. Krabs, today's Wordle is "a kind of smelly smell ... the smelly smell that smells ... smelly."
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First Letter: S
Hint: Decorate, as with baubles, trinkets, ornaments, etc.
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First Letter: A
"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet." (Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hanh)
True, false, good, bad, useful, not so useful, etc.? Discuss.
My thoughts:
OK, I had to look that one up to figure out what it even means or refers to. Hanh was a Zen master and, Zen being largely connected to meditation, was discussing walking as meditation, and recommending that one walk slowly, attentive to contact with the ground, timing steps with breathing, etc.
I guess I might give that a try, but usually when walking I'm more of the outward than inward attention type, and that attention is less toward the ground immediately beneath me than to my surroundings (which sometimes results in sprains, etc.). I guess I'm more of a "nature walker" than a "meditation walker." To each their own.
Hint: An embarrassing mistake (usually, in current usage, a spoken one).
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First Letter: G
Hint: Kinda sus (or, shielded from sunlight).
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First Letter: S
Hint: Slow learner (pointy cap optional).
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First Letter: D
Hint: Shorthand for studies and medical specialties relating to the mind.
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First Letter: P
Hint: If you want to get from one side of today's Wordle to the other, you'll need to think "more broadly."
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First Letter: W
Hint: An Alpine singing method popularized in American country music by Jimmie Rodgers.
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First Letter: Y
Hint: To remove a covering (of, for example a bottle or a pen) or a limit (of, for example, a spending allocation).
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First Letter: U
"Purity of Heart is to will one thing." (Søren Kierkegaard)
True, false, good, bad, useful, not so useful, etc.? Discuss.
My thoughts:
The aphorism is also the title of the work from which it's taken; that essay is about single-mindedness and total devotion to "the good" (which to Kierkegaard meant God), as opposed to attempting to "serve two masters."
Interesting, but there are really two ways to approach it, because we all have to eat.
One of those ways is to take a vow of poverty and intentionally adopt an ascetic, devotional lifestyle even at the price of possible starvation, etc.
The other is to be born into, and for life enjoy, a certain degree of affluence that leaves one free to express and act on such devotion without worry as to where the next meal will come from.
Kierkegard was in the latter category, and while I find his writings quite interesting in general, I perceive a bit of "let them eat cake" naïveté in this particular aphorism.
Hint: Quality of the ride on a road with lots of potholes.
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First Letter: B
Hint: As military rank goes, today's Wordle isn't minor.
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First Letter: M
Hint: Scatter (as a wedding's "flower girl" does with rose petals).
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First Letter: S
Hint: Demonstrate beyond doubt.
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First Letter: P
Hint: Not brightly.
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First Letter: D
Hint: A coffee bean variety, or the Yemeni port it's named for.
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First Letter: M
Hint: The B-52s headed down the Atlanta highway, looking for this love getaway.
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First Letter: S
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little" (allegedly Epicurus, but more likely Lucretius)
True, false, good, bad, useful, not so useful, etc.? Discuss.
My thoughts:
The aphorism appears in "Vatican Sayings," a 14th-century Vatican manuscript, attributed to Epicurus but seemingly a partial/truncated quote from Lucretius in On The Nature of Things:
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied."
The actual quote provides some context ... but perhaps the medieval Catholic Church wasn't as keen on to that context to the extent that it preached general contentment, without intellectual enrichment, to the peasantry?
Either way, it's a nod to the virtues of "the simple life," but in the fuller version it promotes "the life of the mind."
Personally, I'm happier when I possess certain material objects that exceed the absolutely, positively necessary minimum but either make life easier or are enjoyable. For example, I'd rather drive or ride than walk unless I'm walking specifically for enjoyment.
On the other hand, given the choice between a free Lamborghini on one hand or a free practical vehicle and library filled with books of my choice, I'd probably take the latter (or take the Lamborghini, sell it, and buy the practical vehicle, the books, and other things both practical and enjoyable).
But let's roll that back even more to the first few words: "The greatest wealth is to live content ..."
No. To me, contentment itself is a form of death. What's life without goals and ambitions, however minor or trivial they might be in the scheme of things?
Hint: Even someone who claims to own no pets will almost always have at least one of these constant annoyances.
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First Letter: P
Hint: A financial practice of great interest.
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First Letter: U
Hint: Swanky/posh. Or, alternatively, like a popular snack cracker.
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First Letter: R
