"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks that nothing is worth war, is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill
Chris Lynch's slanted view on sports, politics and entertainment. Please send thoughts or comments to chris.lynch@gmail.com
Sunday, July 07, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
On War
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"I don't do focus groups." - Elon Musk
"Your reputation is your most important asset. It precedes you before you walk into a room and lingers after the work is done." - James Clear
"These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence." - Colin Powell
"Nothing clarifies gender roles as much as war." - Scott Adams
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- The funny thing is - this would work. Any politician would have to deploy for any war they vote funds for. If over 35-years old their kids would have to sign up
- Heh Heh
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly; but the good endures. If you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure; the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures." - Gaius Musonius Rufus
"Offer me money. Offer me power. I don't care. I'll say what I want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it." - Elon Musk
"War is when the government tells you who the bad guyis. Revolution is when you decide for yourself." - Benjamin Franklin
"The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading; a man will turn over half a library to make one book." - Samuel Johnson
Friday, August 04, 2023
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand." - Paul Dirac
"Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war." - Sun Tzu
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
The Great Illusion
Europe in the summer of 1914 enjoyed a peaceful productivity so dependent on international exchange and co-operation that a belief in the impossibility of general war seemed the most conventional of wisdoms. In 1910 an analysis of prevailing economic interdependence, The Great Illusion, had become a best-seller; its author Norman Angell had demonstrated, to the satisfaction of almost all informed opinion, that the disruption of international credit inevitably caused by war would either deter its outbreak or bring it speedily to an end. - John Keegan The First World War
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." - Abraham Lincoln
"You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire." - Seneca
"War's rancours are quick to bite and slow to heal." - John Keegan
"Be nice to people, eat well, get some exercise, and spend less than you make. Those four reduce about 90% of life's problems." - The Motley Fool
Tuesday, March 01, 2022
Monday, January 31, 2022
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law." - Winston Churchill
"In war there is no substitute for victory." - Douglas MacArthur
"Distrust all men in whom the impulse to punish is powerful." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion." - Paul Coelho
Monday, May 24, 2021
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Cool - comprehensive explanation on how Bluetooth actually works.
- Noah Smith of the future of war and technology
- 73,000 people see a fight indoors and no impact on Covid numbers? Wait numbers actually went down?
- The 60-year old scientific screwup that helped Covid kill. Remember this next time anyone tells you the "science is settled."