The Parable of the Broken Window was introduced by French economist Frederic Bastiat in his 1850 essay “Ce qu’on voit et ce qu’on ne voit pas” (“That Which We See and That Which We Do Not See”). He illustrates why destruction, and the money spent to recover from it, is not actually a net benefit …
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Jerry Seinfeld once asked his friend George why he kept books that he had already read. George’s reply: “Because they’re my BOOKS!” Book lovers all over the world were vindicated with that simple explanation. Being one of those people myself, a friend sent me this last evening. A reminder to get away from your computer. …
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says rioting is okay if it’s directed at the police. If you ever had any doubt who this man works for maybe this will help clear it up for you. (hint: it’s NOT for the people, and it’s NOT for law and order.) “The masses have never thirsted after truth. …
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Added to the site’s eBooks… On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau – 1849 23 pages 2020-05-23 — An additional note: In concurrence with the political thought of those who founded this nation, Thoreau makes the point that it is our civic duty to not obey uncivil laws. Note also that Thoreau …
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“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster Fuller Those who traffic in force will often try to make this difficult, but the paradigm still stands. Keep moving forward. Keep your eyes on the prize. And remember, the means …
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Lost your job? Consider becoming a “contact tracer” – CBS News History doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes, said Mark Twain. Prepare for the New Nazis – the Grandest collection of Paid Busybodies the world will have ever known. First it was ‘Protecting the Homeland’ with the TSA, kapos* proudly selected and paid to assault …
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I make chili pretty often. I use beans in my recipe, and onions, garlic, garden tomatoes, peppers, et cetera. Sometimes I add other stuff like the half can of corn that’s in the fridge, or the last quarter cup of oat groats in the cupboard that I just want to get used up. Before you …
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Added to eBooks: The Virus and the Vaccine – The True Story of a Cancer-Causing Monkey Virus, Contaminated Polio Vaccine, and the Millions of Americans Exposed, published in 2004, by Debbie Bookchin and Jim Schumacher I was first told about this book over five years ago by a friend of mine at a wedding we …
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They came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the …
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Someone pointed out to me recently that the Presidential Oath of Office includes the words “to the best of my ability.” That seems harmless enough. We can hardly expect anyone to give more than their best. The joker in me says that perhaps we should let this set the precedent for wedding vows as well. …
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The Apostate Prophet talks about how cringeworthy – and stupid – it is when those caught up in their own virtue-signalling try to show Muslims how supportive they are of them during Ramadan. There is a German word that comes to my own mind when I see stuff like this: Fremdschämen (definition below). I thought …
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Another installment in our quest to determine whether some art has intrinsic beauty, or is ‘beautiful’ only because some say or think so. Are there universal truths, and are these truths indeed self-evident? Gabriel FAURE’: Pavane, Op. 50 – Paintings By “CLAUDE MONET” – YouTube 7:04 By Austin Gerth – Classical MPR I’m hard-pressed to …
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This is from a lecture given by author G. Edward Griffin in Los Angeles, 1994. 1:13:37 – The Reality Zone – 2017-06-11 I was pleased to see that a copy of this lecture had been made available on YouTube, although technically it was not provided by The Reality Zone. It is 74 minutes long. Having …
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A Letter to the Future – YouTube 9:20 – James Corbett by James Corbett – April 11, 2020 corbettreport.com “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.” — WWI conspirator Edward Grey I do not write these words for my contemporaries. We are the damned. It …
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Tuberculosis (TB) has been with us since ancient times and is found in every country in the world. It is estimated that one-third of the world’s population is infected with the TB bacterium. It is a leading cause of infectious disease worldwide, killing roughly 1.5 million people each year. TB is an airborne disease that …
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A friend of mine posted this recently on spacebook… “For those of you who ask… who wants to take away your guns? Who wants to take your constitutional rights away. Take a gander at this.” 15:45 – Legally Armed America This was my response… Many people have come to me over the years telling me …
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I criticize Bankers a lot, and have been concerned for some time about my criticism being misunderstood. My wrath is dedicated to those psychopaths in government and on Wall Street who long ago determined, by stealth and deception, to misappropriate for themselves everything the common man had ever honestly worked for. I have never harbored …
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There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder …
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1973 — I was thinking of the age in which this song was written. It was a time before every emotion was ran through an amplifier and turned into a parody. A time more organic, before even compassion itself was manufactured. You couldn’t yet patent lifeforms. That realm still belonged to God, whether you believed …
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“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and …
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“The only way to stop playing a game is to stop.” — Eric Berne, The Games People Play I was the first of five children born in our family. As kids we would sometimes play Monopoly. Being the oldest I had an advantage in figuring out how to win. I was also the Banker. As …
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This was originally posted for a small group of friends on Facebook, and I was unsure I would post it here. I do so now after some deliberation. I believe this is something that should be thought about on a broader scale, asking why we glorify ‘thugness’ – whether it was James Cagney during the …
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1979 – From native Texans Dan Seals and John Coley. Of all the hits they produced, this was Coley’s favorite. Written by Todd Rundgren. 4:44 Love Is The Answer Name your price A ticket to paradise I can’t stay here any more And I’ve looked high and low I’ve been from shore to shore to …
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