We all know the costs of the coronaclypse well enough by now. So what are the hidden benefits we may glean from this alleged pandemic? At least, perhaps we can add a few items to our future vocabularies, if that is not asking too much? And it is along this line in which I feel …
balance o’ power y’all
The despicable Mao Tse Tung, who killed tens of millions of his own people during peacetimes is quoted as having said, "political power comes from the barrel of a gun". He understood how this works. And today, what do we have but a certain class of politicians who are quite eager to wrest our firearms …
the suits that be
The suits that be have decided, based on some sort of self-assessed entitlement, that they alone have the intellect necessary to guide the brainwashed masses through the latest media-induced panic-orgy and have succeeded this time in doing the impossible: namely the shuttering of the vast majority of small and medium-sized businesses all over the planet …
you could learn a lot from starvation; i did
I learned some excellent lessons back in 1980 which have made a big difference in my decision-making ability, and even though i have made a lot of terrible decisions in the intervening years, there are still a few lessons i have not forgotten, and doubt i ever will… The winter of 1980 was a bad …
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“the beatings will continue until morale improves.”
"the beatings will continue until morale improves" is actually one of my all time favorite quotes and I have no idea whom i should thank for it. Sad really. Have you got the covids yet? Neither have I and it is slowly, slowly becoming more apparent that we are all the victims of a massive …
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brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
In the foreground, a demic, in the background slowly, slowly starting to take over the whole grand show, an economic restructuring of epic proportions as central banks all over the world quietly weaken their currencies by printing trillions brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Of course, they are doing this out of necessity. There really is no other way to …
after midnight…
“when a bit of sunshine hits ye, after passing of a cloud; when a bit of laughter hits ye, and yer spine is feelin’ proud; don’t forget to up and fling it, at a soul that’s feelin’ blue; fer the minute that ya fling it, it’s a boomerang fer yew!” Demi and Clarke were pretty …
the shimmering
Oh shimmering lark vomit, Batman! it's a panic-demic! Yesterday I overcame my soul-gripping fear and made a delivery to the hub of death: that great city of death, whitehorse yukon, population: about 30k. And here is what I found: First strange observation came about 30 minutes short of town. I passed a large loader coming …
the great disconnect
Look at the giant enormous ginormous egantic BIG YUGE NUMBERS i just printed on this PAPER!! Are you not suitably IMPRESSED? Looking at physical vs paper (spot) in the gold and silver stores, it's pretty obvious a paradigm shift is occurring as some are discovering the difference between real and paper assets. Imagine trying to …
low level learning: report
shortened attention spa In a recently-released study by the LLL Institute (low level learning) it was determined that people in general cannot maintain focus on a monologue which lasts longer than 30 minutes. According to senior fellow Douglas Martens, it was determined that after only ten minutes of his informative dissertations on any topic, listeners …
