“Why the hell is it in Spokane on its way to Topeka?”

Over and over I think back to that scene in The Matrix where Agent Smith said they designed The Matrix to look like the late 1990s because that was the height of human civilization and it seems more true every day.

A post I made at the bad place ages ago, reposting for relevance & vibes

Doing my undergrad in the early 90s I recall reading Huntington & Ted Gurr at the same time.

Am not surprised that over the decades Huntington has been celebrated by the racist power hungry & Gurr largely forgotten for saying correctly that social conflict arises from relative material deprivation

The gods deliver vectors of permission ever in odd ways, and mortals pray for their arrival

NJ could legalize it. The US Official Weehawken Dueling Grounds. Just Burr It. Betting on outcome only allowed in denominations of $10 bills, settled in cash.

A butler *and* a driver. Maybe a proper groundskeeper as well.

It’s pretty good as far as it goes, it just won’t go very far

“Medusa? I could fix her”