Day: July 30, 2017

Killing Them is Killing Us

The murdered cannot forgive. Their blood won’t be washed.

Guest post by Robert Gore at Straight Line Logic

There is something eerily fascinating about cold-blooded murderers—a staple of Hollywood thrillers and crime dramas—killing without emotion or remorse. Ordinary humans, afflicted with guilt for minor, not even criminal transgressions, can’t conceive of pulling the trigger and then sitting down for dinner. In real life, the number of people who can is glancingly small. Even for those few, actions have consequences. The blood never washes away.

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THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT

We little knew that morning
that God was going to call your name,
in life we loved you dearly; in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.
You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide,
and though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.

Jordan would have turned 20 years old on Tuesday. Instead, His parents and grandparents had to bury him this morning. My son Jimmy befriended him in middle school, about 8 years ago. Jordan faced difficulties, as he had difficulty in school and a pretty bad stutter. I’m sure he was probably picked on as a youngster because of these issues. None of that stuff bothered Jimmy or his three other best friends. The five of them did everything together: basketball, baseball, football, and especially skate boarding. They were always skateboarding in the street in front of our house.

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Thot-ocracy

Guest Post by The Zman

Young males have coined a term for particularly obnoxious type of female increasingly common today. The term is “thot” which, according to Urban Dictionary, is an acronym for “that ho over there.” That’s probably true, as most kids communicate via text message these days. Of course, it also sounds a lot like “twat” so that could be why it caught on with young males. Additionally, the term means a girl who is a slut, but carries on as if she is special. It’s the sort of thing that is said to bring someone down a few notches.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Johnson signs Medicare into law – 1965

Via History.com

On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare, a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. At the bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman was enrolled as Medicare’s first beneficiary and received the first Medicare card. Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945,had becomethe first president to propose national health insurance, an initiative that was opposed at the time by Congress.

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QUOTES OF THE DAY

“Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.”

Ludwig von Mises

“All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.”

Ludwig von Mises

“He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.”

Ludwig von Mises

“Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping toward destruction. Therefore, everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interest of everyone hangs on the result. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the great historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us.”

Ludwig von Mises