Post-Christmas Roundup (2019)

No quote today, as this is just a little roundup of (very) recent events.

You All Suck (Example #34 -- Impeach This, Asshole!)

"I think it absolutely necessary that the president should have the power to remove his subordinates from office; it will make him, in a peculiar manner, responsible for their conduct, and subject him to impeachment, himself, if he suffers them, to perpetrate with impunity high crimes or misdemeanors against the United States, or neglects to superintend their conduct, so as to check their excesses." -- James Madison

Liberal Lexicon (First Edition)

"Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind." -- George Orwell

A Majority of One (We're Fucked Edition)

"You're just another of those disconnected, easily-angered zombies who haven't really worked a day in their lives. Always eager to tell other people how to live and what to say. Posting pictures of their food every single day because that's a fucking achievement for them. Preparing a meal. You know, that thing you're supposed to do so that you don't starve to death." -- Caspar Vega, Hayfoot

Your Pronouns Are Not Wanted Here...

Apologies for the extended absence. Been busy. Just a quick snippet here, and then something more substantial to follow later in the week.

The Reality of Differences...

"People demand Freedom of Speech as compensation for the Freedom of Thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard

Douchebag of the Week (Week Ending 10/19/19): Lebron James

"Shut up and dribble. " - Laura Ingraham

Douchebag of the Week (Week Ending 9/29/19) - The Chillun.

"Youth is the most beautiful thing in the world -- what a pity it has to be wasted on children." -- George Bernard Shaw

A Majority of One (Prevalence of Insanity Edition)

"You're all genetically defective, I tell you..." -- The Overlord

Galactic Housekeeping #8

Just some quick notes:.

Firstly, Mrs. Overlord is in the hospital...again.

They just don't make these Japanese sexbots the way they used to, I'm telling ya!

You All Suck (Example #33 - Mixed (Douche)Bag Edition)

"There are few things that bring me joy in this life: the sound of a baby's laughter, the softness of a puppy, a good cup of strong coffee, a good night's sleep, and learning of the passing of yet another dumbass Hippie Icon." -- The Overlord

Destructive Narcissistic Paternalism

"If drunk with sight of power, we loose

Wild tongues that have not thee in awe,
Such boastings as Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without The Law,
Lord God of Hosts, be with Us yet,
Lest we forget -- lest We forget!"

-- "Recessional", Rudyard Kipling

Mass Shootings and (M)assholes...

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule." -- Friedrich Neitzsche 

(Un-)Natural Selection...

"The reason why Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live." -- George Carlin

To (Not) Tell The Truth...

"One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives." - Mark Twain

Own Your Biases...

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into." -- Jonathan Swift

A History Lesson: Fascism....

"The word Fascism has now no meaning except insofar as it signifies 'something not desirable'" -- "Politics and The English Language", George Orwell

An Amalgam: Censorship, the Mailman and MLK...

"It is now common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that'. As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more than a whine. 'I find that offensive'. It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that'. Well so fucking what." -- Stephen Fry

The Pretense to As*hole...

I usually begin one of these mental health exercises with a quote from The Sages. The subject is "pretense", however, and when I'd realized that I could not remember any related quote from my quite prodigious memory, I took to the internet to search one out.

Only to discover most of the quotes recorded on the subject came from second- and third-rate modern actors and actresses begging not to be considered pretentious frauds.

Whereupon, I gave up on the endeavor.

The Perils of "Equal"...

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You All Suck (Example #31b - 2020 Election Edition, The GOP)

"An idealist is one who, on discovering that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes it will also make a better soup." -- H.L. Mencken

You All Suck (Example #31a - 2020 Election Edition, The democrats)

"Have you ever watched a crab on the shore walking backwards in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of Man operates." -- H.L. Mencken

Step Back and Breathe...

"There is something that unites magic and applied science (technology) while separating them from the "wisdom" of earlier ages. For the wise men of old, the cardinal problem of life was how to conform the soul to objective reality, and the solution was wisdom, self-discipline, and virtue. For the modern, the cardinal problem is how to conform objective reality to the wishes of Man, and the solution is a technique." -- C.S. Lewis

Bleeding Hearts and Leaky Brains...

" I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind..."-- Arthur Schopenhauer

Douchebag of the Week (Week Ending 4/13/2019) - The Clintons.

"That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire..."
                                                               
                                       -- Rudyard Kipling "The Gods of the Copybook Headings"

Galactic Housekeeping #7

"There is more than one way to burn a book, and the world is full of people running around with lit matches." -- Ray Bradbury

A Majority of One (An Open Letter to "The Resistance")

"You think I'll weep?
No, I'll not weep. Storm and Tempest.
I have full cause of weeping, but this heart
Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws,
Or e're I'll weep. -- O Fool, I shall go mad."

William Shakespeare, King Lear

Mueller and Tilting at Windmills....

"The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water" -- Miguel Cervantes, "Don Quixote"

I'm Glad I've Lived Long Enough to See This....

"Sometimes, the sperm that swims in circles gets lucky, and catches the egg with a dent in it..." -- The Overlord

You've Spelled "White Superiority" Incorrectly...

"Racism does not have a good track record. It's been tried out for a long time and you'd think by now we'd want to put an end to it instead of putting it under New Management." -- Thomas Sowell

Douchebag of the Week (Week ending 3/15/19 - Baby Boomers)

"The Baby Boomers: whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: "Gimme that! It's Mine!" -- George Carlin

Voices Inside My Head (#13 - Stuff That Needs Sayin')

"Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not an ideal; brutality is not "idealistic", no matter what its purpose. Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power lust nor stupidity are good motives."  -- Ayn Rand

You All Suck (Example #30 - Time and Cheese Edition)

"Time lost is never found again."  Benjamin Franklin.

Smugnorance and Genufakery

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Derp State Approaches...

"Self-righteous dumbfuck is not a very good look, nor a profession, Missy." - The Overlord

"Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with prejudice." -- Thomas Paine, The Crisis

I Now Know What's Wrong With American Healthcare...

"The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming it is controlled by a secret cabal of it's enemies." -- Robert Conquest

Classic Lunatic #5 - Insane Blogger Becomes Caregiver

Mrs. Overlord has been hospitalized again, and so there has been none of the original invective you've come to know and love, as of late. As soon as she is well again I will get back to some original content. In the meantime, feast upon this classic blog post that put the former Lunatic on the blogsphere map (kind of) nine years ago...