Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass." - Lord Melbourne

"Any writer or journalist who wants to retain his integrity finds himself thwarted by the general drift of society rather than by active persecution." - George Orwell

"...I hadn't realized how offensive plain truth can be to the politically correct, how enraged they can be by its mere expression, and how deeply they detest the values and standards respected fifty years ago, and which dinosaurs of my generation still believe in, God help us." - George MacDonald Fraser

"Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it." - Mike Tyson

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

 "The price that society is paying for political correctness continues to go up." - Naval Ravikant

"You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." - Jesus

"The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller." - Steve Jobs

"If there were no illusion, there would be no enlightenment." - Buddhist saying

Is the Woke Bubble Bursting?

The tide is turning. People with real world problems are finally refusing to play the games of woke people with invented ones. About time!

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"It's very common to be utterly brilliant and still think you're way smarter than you actually are." - Charlie Munger

"We're all just guessing, but some of us have fancier math." - Josh Brown

"The desire to be seen as clever often prevents us from becoming so." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"All tyranny begins with the desire to coerce others for the greater good." - Naval Ravikant

"Why, Johnny Ringo. You look like someone just walked over your grave." - Doc Holiday 

"Luck is the residue of design." - Branch Rickey

"The price that society is paying for political correctness continues to go up." - Naval Ravikant

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

If there's one thing Black Lives matter has taught us is that the political correctness police these past few decades have been pulling our legs in trying to force people to say "African-American" instead of "Black"... The next time a Canadian politician or even the Prime Minister criticizes the US some Senator should introduce a bill offering the Western Canadian Provinces a path to Statehood to see how that goes over in Canada... Who knew? In the mid 18th century London versions of the play King Lear had a happy ending where Cordelia doesn't die but instead falls in love with and marries Edgar and lives happily ever after. Not until 1838 was the tragic ending restored... Would love to see Hugh Jackman star in a live action Samurai Jack movie... Wish I could get odds that Joe Biden's initial announced VP pick (whoever that ends up being) will have to be walked back and replaced (for whatever reason). That would be peak 2020. I'd need at least 100-1 odds to put real money on the proposition... NJ Governor Murphy announces no fans at Giants or Jets games this season. And the NYC economy takes another big hit (fans going to those games weren't staying in NJ)... "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." - Rumi...

Linky Links

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

- Sorry but Trader Joe's should tell them to shove it.

- Matt Taibbi: The Left is Now the Right.

- So basically the more generally available Hydroxychloroquine was the lower the COVID-19 death rates

- Andrew Cuomo's Coronavirus Response has been a Failure

Linky Links

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

- Some economic good news. I would consider myself in that 53% as well.

- Heh Heh

- Google, NBC "News", and The Federalist. As others have mentioned the idea of Google, which owns YouTube, having issues with the comment sections of anyone is the height of hypocrisy.

- Heh Heh

- This illustrates just how little we know. Physicists are pretty sure they know about 2.5 percent of the matter that makes up the universe and now they think they've identified another 2.5 percent. But that last 95% made up of Dark Matter - yeah we still don't know what that is.

- Heh Heh

- Winners of NASA's Photographer of the Year contest.

Linky Links

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

- Autonomous ships may become a big part of the Navy. I can see these being put to good use by the Coast Guard as well.

- Finland's guaranteed basic income trial boosts happiness but not employment. Of course it boosted happiness - these people were getting "free" money.

- Big fan of the X-Man

- Wow - this was the best Super Bowl party! I was amused that even the homeless guys skipped the Maroon 5 halftime show.

- I'm not aged 65-80 but maybe it's time to start taking 500 Mg of Resveratrol daily

- If we are going to all PC about it why doesn't baseball just change the DL to the DA (Differently Abled) list?

- If this doesn't get you a little misty then I seriously don't want to know you

Big League Chew

A version of Big League Chew featuring a female ballplayer is supposed to hit distributors today. All I can think is now people who support girls' sports will have to battle those who think pretend chewing tobacco leads to real-life use and cheek and gum cancer. Well played Big League Chew!

When I grew up we had candy cigarettes and bubble gum cigars. They didn't make me want to grow up and smoke (although I do enjoy a good cigar now and again). Personally, most of the people I know who smoke - smoke because they saw their parents smoke. I honestly can't think of a single person who smokes cigarettes that didn't have a parent who smoked. It wasn't because they were subjected to candy cigarettes as a kid. The exception seems to be people who work in the food service industry.

The difference in taste between Big League Chew and real chewing tobacco is no different than the difference in taste between gummi worms and real night crawlers and yet the Little League snack shacks still have gummi worms. Aren't they concerned that the kids will grow up to be like Frank Burns and eat worms?

Maybe the makers of Big League Chew could have gone more PC and renamed the product Big League Shredded Gum. That worked for the folks who changed the name of the cereal Sugar Smacks to Honey Smacks back when sugar was proclaimed the root of all children issues.

Instead they put a female on the packaging - well played Big League Chew!