Sports builds character or characters or something.
January 31, 2014 § Leave a comment
But mostly it gives stupid people something to talk about and sound like they have a knowledgeable opinion.
“The majority (66%) of the rituals performed by fans involve wearing team jerseys or clothing with the team’s colors on them, though some fans report more creative apparel choices. One fan reports that he wears “a dirty pair of underwear … over my pants and then I put my jersey on.” [JAC: I weep for his wife—if he has one!] Roughly one-quarter (24%) of fans who report having a ritual describe some type of activity, such as dancing in a circle, sitting in the same seat, or talking to their television.”
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116408/survey-half-us-sport-fans-see-supernatural-influences
The rich got that way by working harder is a lie. Great fortunes are based on great crimes
January 31, 2014 § Leave a comment
Apple and Google are criminally-led organizations that conspire to suppress wages.
The US, where the gun is king.
January 29, 2014 § 1 Comment
China pollution versus US pollution
January 29, 2014 § Leave a comment
The next time you carp about China’s pollution, keep in mind how much pollution [and honestly count what pollution] making a bomb pollutes, transporting a bomb pollutes, exploding a bomb pollutes.
The Bankruptcy Olympics
January 27, 2014 § Leave a comment
If you want to bankrupt a country, give it the Olympics.
No species can exist in an environment
January 27, 2014 § Leave a comment
made up of its own waste, but humans, being special, will try.
That’s “War Criminal Tony Blair”
January 27, 2014 § Leave a comment
We are being lied to all the time.
January 25, 2014 § Leave a comment
We are being lied to and manipulated all the time.
http://timharford.com/2014/01/casinos-worrying-knack-for-consumer-manipulation/