1. This is a child rapist. Friendly and maternal, though rotund, looking thing. Is she not? I can be accused of sentimentalism and ranting, but I think there are some issues that we need to think about, very deeply, when it comes to the direction our society is taking today. A wretched scandal now brews […]
Quotes of the day, Wed 10/14/09
Somewhat contradictory, meant to provoke some thought. Quote 1. “..A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil’s policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books..” – John Kenneth Galbraith […]
My tiny prejudice against Twitter
The logo says it all. Cute little fellow. Ain’t it? Why, it tweets, and it twits, and.. It’s a bird brain. For the life of me I cannot take seriously a service that calls itself “twitter” that has a mascot like so –> I can’t make myself do it. Are there marketing advantages? Is is […]
Links and Quote of the day, Tuesday 10/13/2009
“To put it in a terminology that harkens back to the more brutal age of ancient empires, the three grand imperatives of imperial geostrategy are to prevent collusion and maintain security dependence among the vassals, to keep tributaries pliant and protected, and to keep the barbarians from coming together.” -Zibignew. Brezezenski in, the Grand Chessboard […]