In a high-tech age that has seen the creation of artificial intelligence by computers, we are also seeing the creation of artificial stupidity by those who call themselves educators.
Thomas Sowell
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
Author Jenny Albers advises: “When someone is broken, don’t try to fix them. (You can’t.) When someone is hurting, don’t attempt to take away their pain. (You can’t.) Instead, love them by walking beside them in the hurt. (You can.) Because sometimes what people need is simply to know they aren’t alone.”
"We want no Gestapo or secret police. FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals and plain blackmail… Edgar Hoover would give his right eye to take over, and all congressmen and senators are afraid of him."
Harry Truman
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
“We are already in a position where a high school graduate with a six week welding degree makes more on his job in his first year than a white collar worker does after five years of work experience and their college degree.”
Peter Zeihan
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
An ordinary looking cigar…some soft spots but no serious issues with the construction. A nice triple cap applied by rollers who have their **** in one basket. The smooth as glass wrapper is the color of coffee with plenty of cream in it. It has a closed foot. Is it me or do these things always look like old vaginas?
Phil Kohn, reviewing the Guardian of the Farm Apollo Selection
@peter4jc said:
An ordinary looking cigar…some soft spots but no serious issues with the construction. A nice triple cap applied by rollers who have their **** in one basket. The smooth as glass wrapper is the color of coffee with plenty of cream in it. It has a closed foot. Is it me or do these things always look like old vaginas?
Phil Kohn, reviewing the Guardian of the Farm Apollo Selection
I always loved his reviews. The only ones worth reading.
A quote from Luciano Meirelles today, on facebook;
Few things my grandfather taught me and I learned to my heart.
1- The truth is the best weapon and the best defense.
2- Evil destroys itself and does not need help.
3- Build ideas and thoughts without destroying others.
4- Always judge for the good. if you make a mistake, you will continue to have done good.
@peter4jc said:
A quote from Luciano Meirelles today, on facebook;
Few things my grandfather taught me and I learned to my heart.
1- The truth is the best weapon and the best defense.
2- Evil destroys itself and does not need help.
3- Build ideas and thoughts without destroying others.
4- Always judge for the good. if you make a mistake, you will continue to have done good.
I like it, but having just watched the PBS special on the holocaust, I have to question number 2. Sometimes it's best to lend a helping hand.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Are you sure? I thought that was Dennis Farina as "Ray Bones" in Get Shorty.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
BY THOMAS GRAY
Ye distant spires, ye antique tow'rs,
That crown the wat'ry glade,
Where grateful Science still adores
Her Henry's holy Shade;
And ye, that from the stately brow
Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below
Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey,
Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowr's among
Wanders the hoary Thames along
His silver-winding way.
Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade,
Ah, fields belov'd in vain,
Where once my careless childhood stray'd,
A stranger yet to pain!
I feel the gales, that from ye blow,
A momentary bliss bestow,
As waving fresh their gladsome wing,
My weary soul they seem to soothe,
And, redolent of joy and youth,
To breathe a second spring.
Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen
Full many a sprightly race
Disporting on thy margent green
The paths of pleasure trace,
Who foremost now delight to cleave
With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
The captive linnet which enthrall?
What idle progeny succeed
To chase the rolling circle's speed,
Or urge the flying ball?
While some on earnest business bent
Their murm'ring labours ply
'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint
To sweeten liberty:
Some bold adventurers disdain
The limits of their little reign,
And unknown regions dare descry:
Still as they run they look behind,
They hear a voice in ev'ry wind,
And **** a fearful joy.
Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,
Less pleasing when possest;
The tear forgot as soon as shed,
The sunshine of the breast:
Theirs buxom health of rosy hue,
Wild wit, invention ever-new,
And lively cheer of vigour born;
The thoughtless day, the easy night,
The spirits pure, the slumbers light,
That fly th' approach of morn.
Alas, regardless of their doom,
The little victims play!
No sense have they of ills to come,
Nor care beyond to-day:
Yet see how all around 'em wait
The ministers of human fate,
And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Ah, show them where in ambush stand
To seize their prey the murth'rous band!
Ah, tell them they are men!
These shall the fury Passions tear,
The vultures of the mind
Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear,
And Shame that skulks behind;
Or pining Love shall waste their youth,
Or Jealousy with rankling tooth,
That inly gnaws the secret heart,
And Envy wan, and faded Care,
Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair,
And Sorrow's piercing dart.
Ambition this shall tempt to rise,
Then whirl the wretch from high,
To bitter Scorn a sacrifice,
And grinning Infamy.
The stings of Falsehood those shall try,
And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye,
That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow;
And keen Remorse with blood defil'd,
And moody Madness laughing wild
Amid severest woe.
Lo, in the vale of years beneath
A griesly troop are seen,
The painful family of Death,
More hideous than their Queen:
This racks the joints, this fires the veins,
That ev'ry labouring sinew strains,
Those in the deeper vitals rage:
Lo, Poverty, to fill the band,
That numbs the soul with icy hand,
And slow-consuming Age.
To each his suff'rings: all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan,
The tender for another's pain;
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
“Nothing is easier, or more emotionally satisfying, than blaming high prices on those who charge them, rather than on those who cause them.” —Thomas Sowell
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In a high-tech age that has seen the creation of artificial intelligence by computers, we are also seeing the creation of artificial stupidity by those who call themselves educators.
Thomas Sowell
Being successful is like being pregnant. Everyone congratulates you but none of them know how many times you’ve been fúcked.
No matter how much stuff you have, in the end you really only have your kids to show for your life.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Silence is golden and sometimes yellow.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Author Jenny Albers advises: “When someone is broken, don’t try to fix them. (You can’t.) When someone is hurting, don’t attempt to take away their pain. (You can’t.) Instead, love them by walking beside them in the hurt. (You can.) Because sometimes what people need is simply to know they aren’t alone.”
"There's no need to fear! Underdog is here!"
Underdog, of course.
"When there is a wrong to right
He won't give up without a fight.
"Here I come to save the day'
it means that Mighty Mouse
is on the way."
--MM
“Don’t underestimate your ability to bring value to someone else.”
-Michelle Tillis Lederman
I bring value to the government every payday.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Sufficient becomes luxurious if your needs are simple.
Adaptive Curmudgeon
https://adaptivecurmudgeon.com/2022/07/17/dont-forget-to-remember/
“Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day to day. [pause] Aren’t we all?”
"Life is a bit backward; it first gives you the test and then later, the answer."
Vin Scully
"We want no Gestapo or secret police. FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals and plain blackmail… Edgar Hoover would give his right eye to take over, and all congressmen and senators are afraid of him."
Harry Truman
“We are already in a position where a high school graduate with a six week welding degree makes more on his job in his first year than a white collar worker does after five years of work experience and their college degree.”
Peter Zeihan
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
"Luck is an illusion embraced by the unprepared"
An ordinary looking cigar…some soft spots but no serious issues with the construction. A nice triple cap applied by rollers who have their **** in one basket. The smooth as glass wrapper is the color of coffee with plenty of cream in it. It has a closed foot. Is it me or do these things always look like old vaginas?
I always loved his reviews. The only ones worth reading.
A quote from Luciano Meirelles today, on facebook;
Few things my grandfather taught me and I learned to my heart.
1- The truth is the best weapon and the best defense.
2- Evil destroys itself and does not need help.
3- Build ideas and thoughts without destroying others.
4- Always judge for the good. if you make a mistake, you will continue to have done good.
I like it, but having just watched the PBS special on the holocaust, I have to question number 2. Sometimes it's best to lend a helping hand.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
It's a shame we couldn't have smuggled arms to the jews like we have every country that's asked in the last 80 years.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Fvcking fvuck fvckity fvuck
Me😂
Are you sure? I thought that was Dennis Farina as "Ray Bones" in Get Shorty.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
They stole it 😂
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise": Thomas Gray
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
BY THOMAS GRAY
Ye distant spires, ye antique tow'rs,
That crown the wat'ry glade,
Where grateful Science still adores
Her Henry's holy Shade;
And ye, that from the stately brow
Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below
Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey,
Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowr's among
Wanders the hoary Thames along
His silver-winding way.
Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade,
Ah, fields belov'd in vain,
Where once my careless childhood stray'd,
A stranger yet to pain!
I feel the gales, that from ye blow,
A momentary bliss bestow,
As waving fresh their gladsome wing,
My weary soul they seem to soothe,
And, redolent of joy and youth,
To breathe a second spring.
Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen
Full many a sprightly race
Disporting on thy margent green
The paths of pleasure trace,
Who foremost now delight to cleave
With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
The captive linnet which enthrall?
What idle progeny succeed
To chase the rolling circle's speed,
Or urge the flying ball?
While some on earnest business bent
Their murm'ring labours ply
'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint
To sweeten liberty:
Some bold adventurers disdain
The limits of their little reign,
And unknown regions dare descry:
Still as they run they look behind,
They hear a voice in ev'ry wind,
And **** a fearful joy.
Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,
Less pleasing when possest;
The tear forgot as soon as shed,
The sunshine of the breast:
Theirs buxom health of rosy hue,
Wild wit, invention ever-new,
And lively cheer of vigour born;
The thoughtless day, the easy night,
The spirits pure, the slumbers light,
That fly th' approach of morn.
Alas, regardless of their doom,
The little victims play!
No sense have they of ills to come,
Nor care beyond to-day:
Yet see how all around 'em wait
The ministers of human fate,
And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Ah, show them where in ambush stand
To seize their prey the murth'rous band!
Ah, tell them they are men!
These shall the fury Passions tear,
The vultures of the mind
Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear,
And Shame that skulks behind;
Or pining Love shall waste their youth,
Or Jealousy with rankling tooth,
That inly gnaws the secret heart,
And Envy wan, and faded Care,
Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair,
And Sorrow's piercing dart.
Ambition this shall tempt to rise,
Then whirl the wretch from high,
To bitter Scorn a sacrifice,
And grinning Infamy.
The stings of Falsehood those shall try,
And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye,
That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow;
And keen Remorse with blood defil'd,
And moody Madness laughing wild
Amid severest woe.
Lo, in the vale of years beneath
A griesly troop are seen,
The painful family of Death,
More hideous than their Queen:
This racks the joints, this fires the veins,
That ev'ry labouring sinew strains,
Those in the deeper vitals rage:
Lo, Poverty, to fill the band,
That numbs the soul with icy hand,
And slow-consuming Age.
To each his suff'rings: all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan,
The tender for another's pain;
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”
“Nothing is easier, or more emotionally satisfying, than blaming high prices on those who charge them, rather than on those who cause them.” —Thomas Sowell