Category: MINDLESS MUSINGS
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“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.” Thomas Sowell Being that this was said by Tough Love Thomas, I must assume it is a warning against the slippery slope of the welfare state. Thomas Sowell is an American economist and social theorist. His…
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Ever notice that no matter how much technology improves, no matter how massive the yearly profits get, the people at ground level doing the grunt work always remain understaffed and/or under pressure? We have more billionaires than ever before, yet the cost of living for the workers is steadily rising. Apparently, these businesses are raking…
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British Agricultural Revolution 1700 – 1801 Industrial revolution 1760 – 1840 American Revolution 1765 – 1789 French Revolution 1789 – 1799 This was going to be a post about the industrial revolutions, of which it seems we are into number 3 or 4 at present. I got to thinking about the other revolutions I had…
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Often following close on the heels of “not my fucken job” is the palm off to “someone else”. For example: Foreman – “Those tins of tomatoes need to be sorted and shelved” Ted – “What are you telling me for?” Awkward pause Foreman – “Would you please do it” Ted – “I’m doing frozen food”…
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1987 A dimly lit close up on Roger Murtaugh as he solemnly asks his partner one of the most important questions of the film, “Are you really crazy? Or are you as good as you say you are?” If you grew up in the 80s and never watched the movie, you would have undoubtably seen…
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Try and picture a trillion dollars. $1,000,000,000,000. Imagine seeing that number on your bank statement. Now try and picture that amount of money as physical cash. 10,000,000,000 one-hundred-dollar bills 1000 billion It’s safe to say that Elon Musk doesn’t have thousands of pallets stacked with $100 bills in a vault the size of a giant…
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Mid 1980s. After dropping out of Taekwondo we decided to take a closer look at the karate class running on alternate evenings at the town hall. We had a few friends in the class, and it seemed good enough; by that I mean nobody was getting punched in the face – fuck that shit! The…
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“In my younger days, I fractured an occasional law.” Axel Foley “Beverly Hills Cop II” (1987) I make no claims to underworld connections. My father and his stepfather I cannot be so certain of. More on them later. I also won’t bother trying to claim my total compliance with the law; although I will say…
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This time we’ve figured it out! Just getting rid of the aristocracy won’t do. It’s like cutting the head of a fucking hydra; there’s never a shortage of greedy climbers lining up to replace the old elite. We have to eliminate the current greedy rich and powerful pigs and make sure the power remains with…
