M & D Ewers observes

[Mark Kohut]

"Riffing on the Crossroads references (the Yellow meets the Dog) and
Hades/Pluto stuff, I get further impressions that St. Helena is a
place for bad contracts and Faustian bargains.
p127:  Waddington and all his "all it says in my Contract is one
Transit of Venus..."
p140:  Maskelyne, talking about his rather Mephistophelian bro-in-law,
Clive of India:  "He's not yet ready to make use of me, that's all.
Someday he must...I've been paid for... it shan't cost him anything."
.... Whatever his Bargain, he's not happy with it.  Mason, who as yet
hasn't seen the terms of his own, is but apprehensive."

I also got a reminder here of the nexus/deal between Scientism and
Corporatism.  How tightly are they bound?  Are they the same thing?"


Scientists work for the Corporation. More of the future unfolding in
front of us?
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