Story time for people that don’t understand how metal-backed currency works! Long ago, metal was money. There was no paper currency, only metals. Holding all your wealth in metal in one place could be dangerous, and banking was born as a business to hold and protects metal on behalf of others. You would take physical … More The Rules of Money Magic
Three days ago, 6/4/21, marks the 17th year anniversary of the Killdozer rampage that occurred in Granby, Colorado. For those unfamiliar with this, below is a pretty decent summary of the events that transpired, whereby a single American man modified a humble bulldozer into a homemade tank, and the destruction that followed: Closer up picture … More The Killdozer Saga
Despite how corporations always harp about the importance of leadership and teamwork, there are certain sorts of leadership and teamwork they’ll stomp out like a rhino stomps out a fire: The woman’s facial expression in the third panel is the best.
A quick treatise on what happens when the news transforms from a public utility to a commercialized product: I’ve posted on this a number of times before, but it is important to remember that in the age of the internet, the news media is a PRODUCT and not a UTILITY. For a majority of human … More When the Media Turns Into a Product
Midwits – Those who are just smart enough to be taught to be fantastically stupid. The rise of the internet has helped this particular subset of mankind to spread and gain influence. Much of the crazier recent sociopolitical trends have midwits happily serving as their foot soldiers. Below are some observations a rather insightful person … More Midwits
An interesting little essay on how the concept of Racism has taken on a supernatural level of existence akin to the Devil in the psyche of many who lives in western society: Modern society may be officially materialistic, but this doesn’t stop humans from having immaterial experiences. Some of the most potent immaterial experiences are … More Racism and the Devil
The weekly schedule at a random local church in the U.S. Despite the title of the sermon for the week, one can’t help but feel dubious toward its claims:
A brief treatise on why Communism does not appear to grow as an ideology: Has is ever occurred to you that the constant refusal to acknowledge the fact that Communism HAS been tried is the exact reason why the ideology is untenable? When Capitalism fails – and it has before – we do not say … More Why Communism Fails to Evolve
A picture paints a thousand words. The poor lion is not just abused by the wife – based on his facial expression, you can tell he’s not even allowed to complain!
Below is a pretty harsh statement on the matter of national pride from the German Philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer: The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would … More On National/Racial Pride
Temple of Zagan 