There is a tendency, and I do not know why it is, to think of those more blessed with wealth, as being superior human beings, without considering the mechanisms employed for their ballooning collections of earth's resources, the assumption apparently being that, in order to accumulate huge stores of wealth, one must somehow be a …
of course you realise…
"of course you realize... this means war" I keep thinking about bugs these days. When I was a kid I loved Saturdays the best. I'd get up when i felt like it and pull on some faded old jeans, didn't have to got to school or slick up for church, and start the day watching …
desperate optimism
"hope is great... as long as it isn't false hope" I read waaay too many articles, but the upside is i come across a few real gems now and then. I hope you enjoy the following as much as i have, particularly the ancient quotes from a certain Andrew D White, of 1912 fame and …
my own personal great reset
Really at this point I cannot imagine anything the politicians fused with their oligarchs could possibly do to restore my faith in their noble intentions for the Untermenschen. In fact, "restore" is the wrong word entirely because that word indicates at some point I believed in them! Yet, even in my youth I understood how …
dear overlords
Dear Overlords; We totally get it. We really do. It's quite simple really. Your purpose is to eliminate all the small independent businesses from the land entirely and consolidate your control of the people! It's really not all that complicated. Eventually there will be no more stores at all in the traditional sense, just distribution …
think of the billionaires!
Just Think of all the struggling billionaires eking out but meager gains in an under- performing market environment! ‎Being forced to watch their fortunes grow by mere single digit percentage points while peer billionaires increase their wealth by 20 or 30, even 50 percent in a year simply because their timing and their political connections …
if it feels good…
Someone with a more finely tuned sense of humor than myself once said, "if it feels good...do it again!" Today, in a weak moment when I allowed a couple of thoughts to bounce innocently around inside the rubber room of my skull, i became aware of an interesting echo in current events. When "the internet" …
shut up they explained… it”s science!
Shut up, they explained.. it's science! "Science! I said SCIENCE again!" Homestar Runner In these "trying times" we are exhorted to "respect the science" and many there be who have patiently explained that "the science is settled". So... the science is settled? Really? Well, I guess that's that then. No need to question anything anymore …
The great reset… disconnect!
The great reset disconnect... It has been pointed out that a spruce tree is a better survivor in an ice storm than is, to pick an example, a poplar, and why is that so? The boughs of the spruce sweep downwards and are designed to flex under load, and so, their load of ice and …
the wise old banker
Some guy's life is a wreck so he decides he needs a loan for his revolutionary business idea. He approaches his banker with his clever idea and requests a million dollar loan. When the banker asks for collateral he pulls a penny from the watch pocket of his old patched jeans and sets it on …
