Notes on Grief...

"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break..." -- William Shakespeare, Macbeth

We Nuked The Wrong Asians...

 A message, if I may, to President Xi: for decades China has played the role of victim of Western Imperialism. Even a very shallow perusal of history shows this is certainly not the case. The Chinese have always seen themselves as a "Divine Race", superior in all ways to all others; they believe that China -- and only China -- has ever been "civilized"; that China is the axis upon which the world spins. In fact, it was not only "Western Imperialism" that sentenced China to 200 years of partition and economic exploitation at the hands of foreign powers, but rather Chinese arrogance in believing the foreigner had nothing to teach the superior Chinese, had nothing to give the brilliant Chinese, and ultimately could never overcome the strength and allure of "divine" Chinese culture, and so it was safe (as well as sometimes funny) to let the Westerner have his way....

Obligatory Olympic Crapstorm and Memories...

 No Quote today. This doesn't really warrant any, as it is all just a rant and some reminiscences.

The World You Live In IV

 "As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have to determine if the wish of the patient is medically justified..." -- Jack Kevorkian, M.D.

"For who could be taught the knowledge of experience from paper? Since paper has the property to produce lazy and sleepy people, who are haughty and learn to persuade themselves, and learn to fly without wings...Therefore, the most fundamental thing is to hasten to experience..." -- Paracelsus

Two Diseases...

 

"In light of all the recent talk of new mask mandates, new shutdowns, and more-draconian restrictions, we may have to draw two unmistakable conclusions: the first is that "the shot" does not work. The second is that the people who are supposed to be "in charge" don't know what to do except to double down on fucktard. It should now be unmistakably clear that they have never known what do...and apparently do not care. You could easily be forgiven for starting to believe that these extraordinary levels of incompetence and venality are not mere accidents of personalities or failures of systems -- they are, and have been, deliberate acts undertaken for specific purposes." -- The Overlord

You All Suck (#44 - Of Barking Dogs and Dog Whistles)

 Q; Why does your dog bark so much?

A: Because he can't speak English.

Dark Clouds and Silver Linings, Part 2 (Even The Plague Had It's Upside)

"Change is the only constant in Life..." -- Heraclitus

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

"Shut up and dribble. " - Laura Ingraham