Random Thoughts or Whatever

[Mystic]

Chinese surveillance balloon is now a thing.

 

[Mystic]

Chinese surveillance balloons ... this reminds me of a story:

A few weeks after Pearl Harbor, the infamous Battle of Los Angeles took place, when U.S. Army anti-aircraft guns erupted on the night of 24 February 1942, blasting thousands of rounds over the city for more than an hour at a squadron of Japanese planes. Five people died in the attack: three from heart attacks, 2 from car crashes. The "Japanese planes” turned out to be a (single) U.S. Navy weather balloon.

 

[Mystic]

The Book Gestapo is not coming. It's already here.

 

[Mystic]

Every line we succeed in publishing today–no matter how uncertain the future to which we entrust it– is a victory wrenched from the powers of darkness.

- Walter Benjamin

 

[Mystic]

Progressive capitalism is now a thing.

 

[Mystic]

An Ohio woman was fired from her job at Sheetz, an Ohio gas station/food mart after her ex-husband punched her in the face, knocking out many of her teeth. She was fired because she violated the Sheetz Company’s “smile policy”, which bars employees from working with “obvious missing, broken or discolored teeth” that aren’t related to a disability.

 

[Mystic]

First it was American flags, now it's AR-15 rifles. Next thing you know, folks'll be pinning little gas stoves to their lapels.

 

[Mystic]

After malaria, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of death in babies aged between one month and one year.

 

[Mystic]

In the state of Oregon, the number of persons earning $500,000 or more per annum has increased by 300% since 2012. Over the same period, the number of homeless persons in the state of Oregon has also increased. By 300%.

 

[Mystic]

The U.S. has the third-lowest "free and clear" home-ownership rate of all OECD nations.
(nb: OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

LINK: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites...IGO=oecd&itemContentType=book#section-d1e2834

 

[Mystic]

On growing old...

In France, people are marching to retire at 64 with a guarantee of €2400 per month.

In the UK, people are marching to retire at 68 for €800 per month.

In the USA, people are hoping to get a job at 80 at Chick-fil-A and work for food.

 

[Rome]

On growing old...

In France, people are marching to retire at 64 with a guarantee of €2400 per month.

In the UK, people are marching to retire at 68 for €800 per month.

In the USA, we're just hoping to get a job at the age of 80 at Chick-fil-A and work for food.

Oh my, Mystic!
So much in this my friend!

Rome

 

[Mystic]

Hannah Arendt's library card from the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris (1939):

 

[Mystic]

"Just don't ask me why everything is blue or green."

- Marc Chagall

 

[Mystic]

“No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.”

- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

 

[Mystic]

“Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted.”

- Max Ernst

 

[Rome]

Rome

 

[Mystic]

 

[Lou F Quincy]

In the state of Oregon, over $70 million dollars were spent in campaigns for three candidates vying for governorship.
$70,000,000 to pursue ONE JOB.
(Governor salary is $93,600)
IMNSHO, That money would have been better invested into education, mental health care, job training, homeless issues, among other needs of its citizens.

@#&% !!!

 

[Rome]

"Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn."
~ Marian Wright Edelman

Rome