Thugees
In every group of 6 or so children, one will be a thug. The proportion stays the same through life, but the nature of the thuggery becomes increasingly varied.
Re-public
There is no government enterprise, industry or function that is working so well that it can\’t be ruined, indeed wrecked, by applying full bore privatisation and the white hot heat of competition.
How do you tell when…
A diplomat is a politician sent out to lie for his country, a politician is a man sent out to lie for his party. The only qualification a politician needs is to be able to tell lies with a straight face. By happy coincidence, the only qualifications a right wing tv shock jock needs is
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Below the horizon
Throughout history, as times change, people, grumblingy, mostly change with them. Some eagerly, some reluctantly, some trying to resist for as long as possible, some who will stay put until they die. Oh, and always a few lunatics bravely marching full steam astern led by demagogues (usually religious) who convince them that the age before
New age
In every age, since history began, the citizens of countries are mostly unable to imagine society, culture, economy, being any different in the future from what they are in the present. Any lone voices suggesting there may be other ways of doing things will be ignored with cries of \”history has ended\” here, in the
Nothing + Nothing =
“Spirituality” is a word and concept invented by people who want to pretend that there is some real basis for religious belief.
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Hitchhiking on Discworld
How can Pratchett and Adams be dead and such bad people be alive?
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Buddy can you spare a rhyme
Nobody wants to know you when you are down and out of new haikus
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