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Mediterraneans scorn instructions but bow to authority; Anglo-Saxons bow to
instructions but scorn authority. Nassim Taleb
-- Mobile post
Eric Scheske
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"Demagoguery: a popular idea disliked by liberals." Bill Kauffman.
Random Thoughts
Tom Bombadil is kinda like Switzerland.
Hubris leads to humility, but normally against one's will.
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and
hence clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of
hobgoblins, all of them
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ӬӬ"It is much harder to be a Stoic when wealthy, powerful, and respected than
when destitute, miserable, and lonely." Nassim Taleb.
From the Notebooks
I like it when I run across a historian who supports Belloc's popular histories.
For kicks, I recently started reading Simon Schama's A History of Britain. On
page 45, he writes about the transition from Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon
Britain:
A tidy compartmentalization of British
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"Most of what they call humility is successfully disguised arrogance." Nassimn
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Something for Dec. 26th
Today is the Feast of St. Stephen. The Catholic Church loves its paradoxes: The
day of intense joy followed by a day of sobering reality. Joy and martyrdom,
love and hatred of love, Everlasting Life and grisly death.
Note: The above is accurate, but since it's also Sunday,
Merry Christmas
Christmas Eve
A few Christmas Eve words of wisdom:
“For while all things were in quiet silence and the night was in the midst of
her course, thy almighty word leapt down from heaven from thy royal throne.”
Book of Wisdom. “[This] passage, brimming with the mystery of the Incarnation,
is wonderfully
Thursday
Slowing Down
Light blogging today, since I'm expecting holiday-like traffic. Blog traffic has
already decreased about 20% this week as things slow down. Because many
companies are shutting down today for a four-day holiday weekend, I expect blog
traffic to be especially light. * * * * * * * Please note that