(A voice* to US from the Athenian dust?!) Solon: “If ye have suffered the melancholy consequences of your own incompetence, do not attribute this evil fortune to the gods. Ye have yourselves raised[1] these men[2] to power over you, and have reduced yourselves by this course to a wretched state of servitude. Each man among […]
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Stu•pid•i•ty* noun – an idea, act, or expression that shows a lack of good sense or judgment “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” ―Albert Einstein “Human beings always[?] do the most intelligent thing … after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none
If there are such things as D.U.M.B.s (Deep Underground Military Bases),1 one might seriously question the intelligence of sealing oneself underground against the possibility of disaster from above, especially considering: 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth
(All indented quotes are found in Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation by Edward Chancellor, © 1999, A Plume Book, pp. 59, 67, 67, 69, 76, 77, 92.) In memory of the birth of the South Sea Company (in 1711 – 300 years ago), Deja Vu Times recycles a few comments/quotes from
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