In our age of oversharing, TMI, and the quest for external validation of every inner thought, this next law of power will be anathema to those beyond the Boomer. By concealing true intentions, it is more likely to achieve the ultimate goal. Everyone likes to be a spoiler, but one cannot spoil the unseen, the …
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At some point during the ninth century A.D., a young man named Michael (through the machinations and duplicitousness of his uncle) was thrust onto the throne of the Byzantine Empire. Michael had a buddy named Basilius, from peasant stock who worked in the horse stables, and Basilius – right place, right time – saved Michael …
Methinks excellence shall inevitably be punished. How very disheartening. In mid-1660’s France, there lived two very vain men … Nicolas Fouquet, and King Louis XIV. Both loved money, and ostentation, and spectacle, but only one could punish the other for his preference. Bit of a backstory: someone high up in the king’s cabinet died, and …
A while ago I started reading Robert Greene’s “48 Laws of Power” and have to say … mucho disturbio. Is the world really this corrupt? Are people really this horrible? Am I really that naïve? It appears the answer to all of those questions is a resounding “Yes!” Sigh. Well, the banality of evil is a …
theKid recently expressed some frustration with the foolishness of grown folks … and youth sports. Yeh, the kids think the parents are dumb too. And kids always bear the burden of a parent’s mistakes. Ergo, to wit: my parents split before I hit kindergarten, totally destroyed the family, and the scars from that destruction have …
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Dr. Frank Turek is one of those guys who always answers a question with a question, needing to frame the discussion to prove his point. Methinks that is not necessary, because his position is the truth. Or, more accurately, the Truth. He wrote a book I can’t recommend because I haven’t read it but I’m …
May have mentioned (definitely mentioned) that I enjoy the opinions of the manosphere, but methinks it has descended into a bit of an echo chamber. F&F reiterate the recurrent complaint that, essentially, women are basically pointless/irrelevant/useless to men UNLESS the man wants children, then he’s obligated/cautioned to find a good one. So … in this …
Guy sought the opinions of the internets. Seems he was a bit of a germaphobe, bodily functions of most sort grossed him all the WTF out. Actually suffered traumatic, physical reactions (anxiety, panic attack, seizures) when confronted with the human nasties … also had epilepsy or some such, needed a full eight every night of …
Speaking of spiritual wickedness in high places [Ephesians 6:12}, Clarry Tom got publicly busted but will not accept that and it would matter not at all if he did. Apparently, for years, the second-least qualified member of the Supremes has been accepting … “gifts” … from a Texas billionaire (well there’s a problem) who finances …
Read the full post →“Flesh & Blood … yes / Morals & Ethics … no”
—AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA stoopit. The Rethuglican supermajority in Tennessee’s state house voted to expel two Dumbocrats … both were Ice Cream People, the third eligible was a Horse(wo)man. Apparently, the Horsemen showed their true color (heh). Welp, turns out that the two expelled on Thurs 4.6 were back in office Wed. 4.12 and Thurs. 4.13 after the …
