Simple Suggestions...And a Word on Pregnancy...

 "Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error..." -- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thoughts on Islamofascism...

 "Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible ye dislike a thing that is good for you and ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not..." -- Quran (2:216)

Hollow Be Thy Name, Part One

"Society will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate. It does not tyrannize but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is shepherd..." -- Alexis de Tocqueville

Great Moments in Dumbfuck (Your Children Are Retarded)

 "Magnifying small offenses, mind-reading by identifying subconscious thoughts even the offender is unaware of, and labeling others as aggressors are all integral to the microaggression program, but possibly harmful to mental health..."

"Microaggression complaints arise from a culture of victimhood in which individuals and groups display a high sensitivity to slight, have a tendency to handle conflicts through complaints to authorities and other third parties, and seek to cultivate an image of being victims who deserve assistance...".

 --- Bradley Campbell, "The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces and The New Culture Wars"

Of Woke and Nuts...

 "I think what the 'woke' culture needs is to be woke. But then, that could be a very rude awakening..." -- Craig D. Lounsbrough 

The Public School Versus Technology...

 "Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys looking inept?" -- Frank Herbert, "Heretics of Dune"

Perspective, Son...

 "Unfortunately in this world of ours, each person views things through a certain medium, which prevents his seeing them through the eyes of others..." - Alexandre Dumas, "The Count of Monte Cristo"

"Electricity is really just organized lightning..." -- George Carlin

"Petromasculinity"? This May Be Why You're Lonely...

 "Online dating is like choosing a proctologist by picking random names out of a hat..." -- The Overlord

Douchebags of the Week (Week Ending 1/1/2022 - Biden, Racists, Humbugs and Hystericals)

I know: I said I wouldn't be back until the New Year began, but COVID and sheer boredom have conspired to make a liar of me.  

Direct complaints to our new Galactic Hotline at 1-800-555-STFU.

This Is What I'm Talking About...

 "In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act..." -- George Orwell

The World You Live In III

 "The 'smart phone' exists because the people who use them are generally retarded..." -- The Overlord

TL:DR...

 

"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in..." -- Isaac Asimov

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists of holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture..." -- Thomas Paine, "The American Crisis"

CRT, Cancer, Snowflakes and Horny Squirrels...

 

"Ours may be the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of Artificial Intelligence, they are creating Artificial Stupidity..." -- Thomas Sowell

Fixing 'Murica, Part One: The (Below-)Average American...

 

"But the chief penalty is to be governed by someone worse if a man will not himself hold office and rule ..." - Plato, "The Republic"

It Is War...

No quote today. I'm too pissed off to get one appropriate for this situation.

Douchebags of the Week (Week Ending 7/18/2020) - Empty Heads And Empty Vaginas

"Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity."  -- Bernard Barton

"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty." -- George Bernard Shaw

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that." -- George Carlin

Dark Clouds and Silver Linings, Part 1 (What We Have Learned)

Notes from the Wuhan Apocalypse, as viewed from the Death Star orbiting above Sodom-on-The-Hudson.

You All Suck (Example #35 --You're An Idiot, Now Shut Up...)

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently." -- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Youth is easy to deceive because it is quick to hope." -- Aristotle

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

Mass Shootings and (M)assholes...

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