Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Secrets are a buffer to intimacy." - Caroline Paul

 "Israel is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God as it did 3,000 years ago." - Charles Krauthammer

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first thing to be bought and sold are the legislators." - P.J. O'Rourke

"Where religion is compulsory, I am an atheist; but where religion is forbidden, I am a believer." - Theodore Dalyrmple

Reminder Lincoln was a Badass

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

-  "How will we pay for this?" College leaders ask regarding the new NCAA proposal.

- VDH on how were the universities lost? Make student loans subject to existing bankruptcy laws would be a good first step to get universities to provide degrees that are actually marketable. Who's going to hire a green, antisemite Diversity major? 

- Jonathan Turley on Joe Biden's " I did not have relations" with "those people" moment. The whole family is guilty as sin.

- Reportedly Columbia University has updated their logo.

JAWS in 60 Seconds

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Facts don't cease to be facts just because you want to ignore them.

- Shouldn't laugh at this but I did

- Funny because its true!

- Harvard updates their logo.

Friday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Watched the second half of the Patriots / Steelers game at home with New England winning 21-10. Fell asleep only to wake up to a special on Deion Sanders. Saw this morning that the final was 21-18 and now I have a good news, bad news situation. The good news is I obviously didn't miss any offense in the second half by falling asleep. The bad news is the story lines about the lack of offense in the second half are bound to be awful today and I may skip many stories about the Pats even though they won. Good day to give me a pity Subscription, hit the Like button, or share the Link because I'm a New England fan and can't help it.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes you may enjoy.

"I will disengage from any conversation as soon as I detect the other person is WILLFULLY trying to 'misunderstand' me. Energy vampires." - Zuby

 "For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many in the West, it is still a living lion." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin

"Courage takes practice. It's a skill you have to develop." - Tim Ferriss

Great Life Advice

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Hoh Ho Ho - Now I Have a Machine Gun

Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Today's offering seems heavy on DEI and the pendulum of history but it does reaffirm the saying that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. Never again means never again. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link (the key for new people to experience my efforts). Thanks! 

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Still funny.

- A little economics humor.

- Shouldn't laugh at this (but I did)

- Heh Heh

Linly Links

 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- SpaceX is set to launch 80% of space's cargo this year. First China's bond gets downgraded and now this.

- Bari Weiss: End DE I. You can't have antisemitism at the college level without it. 

- Tyler Cowen on the testimony in front of Congress by the Presidents of Harvard, MIT, and Penn. As Tyler put it "a dark day for education."

- Or as the Babylon Bee put it.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

 "A year from now, you will wish you started today." - Karen Lamb

"I read a few books; I read the library." - Thomas Edison

"Tell me what you know. Tell me what you don't know. Only then can you tell me what you think. Always keep these three things separate." - Colin Powell

"What you owe yourself is to work for your living; what you owe your neighbor is not to interfere with his work." - Ayn Rand

Pearl Harbor

Norman Lear RIP

The iconic Norman Lear has passed away aged at 101. Nobody should be surprised by his passing at such an advanced age but that doesn't mean he didn't touch a lot of lives (including mine). Surprisingly I have done this blog for over 16-years now but only wrote about Lear once - when he tried to do a live re-make of All in the Family in 2019.  This is what I wrote at the time and I stand by it.

There is a version of an All in the Family re-make that I would be interested in seeing. In my version Mike and Gloria stayed together (on the original show they got divorced). Mike Stivic (played by Rob Reiner) became a professor at a local Queens college but he's having issues.

First off Mike and Gloria (played by Sally Struthers) have both now put on so much weight that they need to get around on scooters. Second, Mike's 70's hippy-ethics are no longer in tune with today's woke students and he finds himself getting into trouble at the college for voicing his opinions. Mike can't believe he's getting in hot water simply stating what he believes to be the truth (echoes of Archie). And he's really worried about being fired before his pension kicks in.

Finally, their daughter has grown up to be a Tea Party Republican who supports Trump.

The comedy would basically write itself. That's a remake I'd take the time to watch.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Your tax dollars at work.

- Gad Saad: The West suffers from cultural self-delusion.

- Tucker Carlson Episode 45

- VDH on Weimar America. The words never again have lost all meaning.

Socialism

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Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Don't expect the furor of the CFP leaving out Florida State to subside until the bowl games begin. That's the nature of a 24/7 sports news cycle. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks! 

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- A little Christmas humor

- Heh Heh

- A little political humor

- Still funny (or sad)

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The coronavirus is dumb." - Elon Musk

"The best way to raise the price of something is to say you would never sell it." - Larry Gagosian

"Facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Max Planck

Rick Rubin

 

Hooked on a Feeling - David Hasselhoff

 

Remains one of my favorite cover songs (for many reasons).

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Tucker Carlson Episode 44.  

- Mookie Betts to be full-time 2nd baseman.

- The rise of the US dollar since the 19th century. The dominance of the dollar is a relatively new thing and should not be assumed to be permanent. 

- Spotify lays off 1,500 workers. CEO keeps job. (HT Steve Landry)

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Osama bin Laden's porn habit. (HT View from Lady Lake)

- Heh Heh

- Shouldn't laugh at this (but I did)

- Hillary has made herself the butt of jokes.

Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

There's a very real chance that either Texas or Alabama will the Championship while FSU defeats Georgia in a bowl game. Remember the Bulldog seniors have no incentive to risk injury in a meaningless game before the NFL draft. The CFP committee may have created chaos. I'm rooting for chaos at this point. Please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks and Go Chaos!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Physics does not care about hurt feelings. It cares about whether you got the rocket right." - Elon Musk

"If we are all thinking alike then no one is thinking." - Bill Walsh

"All bookshops are full of stories, and stories want to be heard." - Jen Campbell

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." - John Donne

Note to Self

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Jussie Smollett Denied Appeal

 

Jussie Smollett's appeal was denied and he remains in jail. Dave explains the case.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Statement from FSU HC Mike Norvell

- Tucker Carlson with some pretty solid life advice. He does have a goofy laugh though.

- Masks for children to stop Covid-19 never worked! Whatever happened to trust the science?

- Fergie Chambers does not seem like a good person. Feel bad for the town of Alford. They don't eve. have a police force.

Archimedes and the Area of a Circle

 

HT Steve Landry

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

-  "Never believe everything you read on the Internet." - Abraham Lincoln

- Scary but true!

- This always makes me laugh

- I know great art when I see it

Monday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Do really feel for FSU and Mike Norvell this morning but if they made a choice the other way then people would be talking about the fans bases of Texas or Alabama being upset now. The CFP basically tried to make the Big 12 and SEC happy at the cost of the ACC. If they went to a 6 team playoff (with Michigan and Washington getting byes) then whoever was picked 7th would have been just as upset. To help ease that pain - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way.'" - C.S. Lewis

"The person who wants to be seen as great shows the world how to manipulate them." - Shane Parrish

"Everything lands on one's thinking... A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is." - Seneca

"Awesome products grow with word of mouth." - Elon Musk

Rumsfeld's Known Unknown

Wow

Reminder

Reminder that it's important to go to bed 1% better than when you woke up but also not to go to bed 1% worse. (Via)

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- What's new in AI

-  Nealy all Maine residents victims of state data breach. (HT Steve Landy)

- In the South they'd say, "Isn't she special." If you get your economic knowledge from the Atlantic you're special too.

- Would it shock you if this wasn't satire?

Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Elon Musk says that, "X is the only platform you can trust for honest information. All the others are bought and paid for." I tend to agree with him on this. Never forget if something is "free" - like Facebook or YouTube - you're not the customer. You're the product. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Funny because its true!

-  Also true!

- All this truth today!

- One last truth!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." - George Orwell

"We should never forget the Constitution wasn't written to restrain citizen's behavior, it was written to restrain the government's behavior." - Rand Paul

"If you want new ideas, read old books." - Shane Parrish

"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted." - Aldous Huxley

Barry Goldwater

Remember Goldwater begat Ronald Reagan. (Via)