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 …
Law 1 – “Never Outshine the Master”
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 …
Let the Bloodletting Begin
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 …
Points, Practice, Physics … and Politics
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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Judge, Jury, & Executioner
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 …
The Female Problem
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 …
Sides of a Circle
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 …
Everything Will Always Be All Right
I love this so hard. GOD is good, all the time. GOD is great, every day. The Resurrection is real. Time is short. HE is coming. {Revelation 3:3}
Flesh & Blood … yes / Morals & Ethics … no
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 …
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH—
—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 …