台北戀人

近年兩老幾乎每年都去台北逛幾天, 這是第8次了, 儼然是個台北戀人。幾天又過去了, 基本上去前幾次沒去過的地方。這次最喜歡的是紀州庵。在紀州庵園中有一面豎立的鏡子, 房慧真在鏡面寫着:

"我書櫃裡的魯迅 沈從文 周作人 王文興
楊牧 鄭愁予 西西 鍾曉陽
青春期大量灌溉焦土的泉源活水"

湊巧我書架上也有每一個作者的作品, 所以覺得房慧真的話十分親切, 但最大的分別是, 我青春期的焦土依然乾澀, 隨着年齡增長, 焦土更龜裂起來, 一切都白灌溉了。對題字的鏡子拍了一張照片, 因為是鏡子, 自己也入了鏡, 不敢沾別人的豪言壯語, 所以不敢在此登出來。

 

紀州庵裡的書店, 出售的書不多, 但有幾位名作家的親簽書, 包括白先勇的《台北人》和《孽子》, 我都沒有買, 這都是讀書時看過的書, 很多也漂了出去, 犯不着再買回來。紀州庵另一文學淵源是台灣鄉土作家王文興居住長大的地方。我講這些, 都是舊時人物, 現在的人都看YouTube, KOL, 有幾多還會看這些書, 甚至看書。這次在台灣買了十九本書, 重十公斤有多, 走去郵局都把它們寄回悉尼了。

這次是我第一次踏入國立台灣大學的校門, 椰林大道上, 充斥着騎單車奔馳去上課的大學生, 中大的百萬大道不知變成怎樣了? 樸素的台大有點破落, 但繁華浮誇不適合我, 所以不介意。悉值杜鵑花季, 勾起無限回憶, 昔日杜鵑花落, 就是考試的時候。走進"校史館"逛了一逛, 各年代的校長中, 我印像最深的是傅斯年。

可能是中午去, 無緣一睹台大"醉月湖"的嬌美。中大"未名湖"也不知變成怎樣了, 我腦海中殘留的是未易名時的"荷花池"。潺潺流水, 荷花漂泊, 眾志堂餐桌面上, 留下四濺的口沫。大學生活欠缺吹水是一種遺憾, 不好好讀書只顧吹水是更大的憾事。誤了青葱歲月, 只好走進校園呼吸書卷氣補償, 聊以自慰。

在台北幾乎每餐都陪老伴如素, 大小店都去吃, "果然滙"的素食自助餐很不錯。下面看似冬菰的其實不是冬菰, 大家猜下是甚麼? 另一幀是素壽司。

小店也別饒風味, 但一般環境都比較偓促,  有點像坐下來"掃街"。這間叫"一派胡鹽"的炸臭豆腐店, 味道比較特別, 醮了椒鹽來炸,  是非一般的炸豆腐, 正合一派胡言的標少。

自小就愛吃臭豆腐的標少, 對各式各樣的臭豆腐都有興趣, 蒸的也很好味。這一家叫"蒸夠臭", 顧名思意, 藥膳蒸臭豆腐的小店, 在台大附近, 典型年青夫妻檔經營。

讀者可能會奇怪, 標少總是跑去台灣, 無他, 希望她淪陷之前多去, 到了兵凶戰危時就不敢去了, 否則變成張愛玲的《傾城之戀》, 身陷其中。

杯葛

狂人特朗普把紛亂的世界越搞越亂, 究竟是他背後軍師的妙策, 抑或是他劣根性極權心態的演譯, 似乎不難分辨。倚仗強大國力欺侮四鄰, 動不動就威嚇要出兵侵佔別國土地, 暗地裏搞顛覆一直都在做, 但宣之以口, 一般而言, 民主大國是羞於啟齒的, 因為這種霸權手段, 與自由民主的理念相悖。

早幾天看到美國向荷蘭要求供應雞蛋的消息, 我不禁芫爾, 自己多建雞場, 不就可以了嗎? MAGA肯定可以製造雞乸咁大隻蛋出來。要麼就派軍隊去奪蛋喇, 干嗎求蛋? 一方面惡形惡相地要奪取格陵蘭, 另一方面又要低聲下氣要人家供應雞蛋, 純因為特朗普曾誇下海口, 說上任後立即使蛋價下降。可惜特朗普慣於周旋的是不會下蛋的雞, 蛋價就控制不到了。歐洲應該賣蛋給美國嗎? 應該, 但要抬價, 嫌貴就吃復活蛋囉。

很多地方都抵制Tesla及美國貨, 這種民間行動, 只要團結一致, 還以顏色, 是十分有効的。每次買東西的時候, 看清楚生產地, 盡量不買美國貨, 包括水果在內, sun kiss my ass。國家層面的反制, 除了報復性的關稅外, 就不買美國的民航機, 戰機及其他武器, 但這不是一般人可參與的。

特朗普是個大話精, 他說甚麼都要打折的, 除了蛋價, 他說在他治下經濟一定會好, 俄烏戰爭一天就可搞掂, Make America Great Again已變成Make America Grieving Again。至於他公然違反法庭命令, 是美國內部事務, 我就不評論了。

我又去遊玩了, 美國就一定不去, 但一定杯葛美國貨。

Comrade Krasnov, good job

Krasnov是甚麼傢伙? 那是一直流傳特朗普被俄羅斯吸納為特工的代號(code name), 雖然難以置信, Trump皇怎可能是俄皇的卧底特工(sleeper agent)? But the President's behaviour corroborated the rumours about his collusion with Russia. 若單純是美國一國之事, 又關我屁事, 但特朗普擾亂了普世秩序, 作為有閒廢老的標少總要評論一下。

網上流傳的訊息, 都來自3名前KGB特工及FBI綫人爆料。前KGB特工Alnur Mussayev說1987年特朗普在莫斯科尋求商機時被KGB相中, 因為他符合被收納為特務的理想人選。另一爆料人說普京手握特朗普在莫斯科嫖妓的資料。貪財好色往往是捏住痛腳的切入點, 特朗普好色, proven。近年有Stormy Daniels的掩口費案, 又有Jean Carrol被他強姦後引發的誹謗案。70年代至今, 20多名女性指控他強姦、非禮、性騷擾, 他慣於亂摸狼吻, 這種好色性格, 設局使他就犯輕而易舉。若說普京拿着這些把柄來要脅他, 可信度極高。隨便Google下, 都可以找到大量資料描述特朗普的色慾心態, 譬如維基就有這一段描述:

In October 2016, two days before the second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, a 2005 "hot mic" recording surfaced in which Trump was heard saying that "when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy." The incident's widespread media exposure led to Trump's first public apology during the campaign and caused outrage across the political spectrum.

Trump粉是善忘的, 也許覺得那些過去的事犯不著計較, 套用羅局長的佳句: 瑕不掩瑜。現在他都有心無力喇, 非不為也, 不能也。Turn a blind eye卻不能掩蓋污斑的, 污斑太大, 美玉何來光澤? 他只能以跋扈來遮醜, 發惡來轉移視綫, 如果你問我淫威的同義詞, 中文我就不去想, 英文嘛, Donald Trump囉。以民事標準來判斷他是不是sleeper agent, 我一定判more likely than not, 無可能用刑事準則的prove beyond reasonable doubt, 因為CIA都會搏命為佢兜, 為佢掩飾這國家恥辱事。

查「通俄門」的特別檢察官Mueller不肯還特朗普清白, 只礙於不能刑事檢控在任總統才不去馬, 以下是American Constitution Society 對Mueller Report的撮寫:

Special Counsel Mueller declined to exonerate President Trump and instead detailed multiple episodes in which he engaged in obstructive conduct

The Mueller Report states that if the Special Counsel’s Office felt they could clear the president of wrongdoing, they would have said so. Instead, the Report explicitly states that it “does not exonerate” the President and explains that the Office of Special Counsel “accepted” the Department of Justice policy that a sitting President cannot be indicted.

The Mueller report details multiple episodes in which there is evidence that the President obstructed justice. The pattern of conduct and the manner in which the President sought to impede investigations—including through one-on-one meetings with senior officials—is damning to the President.

Five episodes of obstructive conduct stand out as being particularly serious:

• In June 2017 President Trump directed White House Counsel Don McGahn to order the firing of the Special Counsel after press reports that Mueller was investigating the President for obstruction of justice; months later Trump asked McGahn to falsely refute press accounts reporting this directive and create a false paper record on this issue – all of which McGahn refused to do.
  
  After National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was fired in February 2017 for lying to FBI investigators about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Kislyak, Trump cleared his office for a one-on-one meeting with then-FBI Director James Comey and asked Comey to “let [Flynn] go;” he also asked then-Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland to draft an internal memo saying Trump did not direct Flynn to call Kislyak, which McFarland did not do because she did not know whether that was true.
  
  In July 2017, the President directed former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to instruct the Attorney General to limit Mueller’s investigation, a step the Report asserted “was intended to prevent further investigative scrutiny of the President’s and his campaign’s conduct.”
  
  In 2017 and 2018, the President asked the Attorney General to “un-recuse” himself from the Mueller inquiry, actions from which a “reasonable inference” could be made that “the President believed that an unrecused Attorney General would play a protective role and could shield the President from the ongoing Russia Investigation.”[
  
  The Report raises questions about whether the President, by and through his private attorneys, floated the possibility of pardons for the purpose of influencing the cooperation of Flynn, Manafort, and an unnamed person with law enforcement.

天子犯法與庶民同罪是民間自我安慰的屁話, 法律面前人人平等也要下注腳, 既涉及政治和公眾利益的考慮, 也涉及社會地位和財力不對等議價能力的分別。世上無完人, 也沒有完美的制度。採用自由民主的制度, 也要同時接納它權力受制衡的缺點和限制, 但不能一面做警察, 同時又做黑社會大佬, 兩者並不相容的。法治就是有法可依, 有典章制度。2019年那些「民主鬥士」, 砸鋪及襲擊異見者, 警察的刻意不執法, 都是破壞法治的行為。特朗普同時着兩條衭, 而且底衭是俄羅斯為他訂造的, 他破壞的是全球的law and order。一直為他塗脂抹粉、遮瑕、脫斑的一眾YouTuber, 妖言惑眾, 尤其是那些非美藉華人, being an accessory as guilty as the principal。

面對特朗普的加關稅淫威,  唯一的對策, 就是奉陪到底, 一定不能向他乞求, 乞求只會讓他得寸進尺,  澳洲在野黨呼籲總理給特朗普打電話游說, 叫他放過澳洲, 不要對鋼鐵鋁材徵收額外關稅, 這種做法, 無疑在走前首相Scott Morrison做特朗普走狗的舊路。我就覺得勒緊衭頭過體面的日子, 也不要搖尾乞憐做哈巴。