“The ‘spirit of America’ comes once a saeculum, only through what the ancients called ekpyrosis, nature’s fiery moment of death and discontinuity. History’s periodic eras of Crisis combust the old social order and give birth to a new. A Fourth Turning is a solstice era of maximum darkness, in which the supply of social order is still falling—but the demand for order is now rising. It is the saeculum’s hibernal, its time of trial. Nature exacts its fatal payment and pitilessly sorts out the survivors and the doomed. Pleasures recede, tempests hurt, pretense is exposed, and toughness rewarded—all in a season.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning
“Thus might the next Fourth Turning end in apocalypse – or glory. The nation could be ruined, its democracy destroyed, and millions of people scattered or killed. Or America could enter a new golden age, triumphantly applying shared values to improve the human condition. The rhythms of history do not reveal the outcome of the coming Crisis; all they suggest is the timing and dimension.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning
Stucky says:
“If you turn on the generator just to log on to TBP, I’ll cut your fucking balls off while you’re sleeping.”
—— A dead-serious Ms Freud to Stucky
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Yeah, well … she just went to the store for some milk. I’ll bet I still have my balls tomorrow morning!!! Ha!
That’s right. Still no power. Pretty cold at night. Ms Freud will need my balls to keep her warm tonight.
Ciao!
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4th November 2012 at 9:18 am
Colma Rising says:
The so-called “Fiscal Cliff” is precisely what needs to happen.
The FSA…. the welfare suckers in the ghettos and highrises alike…. need to quit being bitches and toughen up.
Can anyone see the “Demand for Order” rising as the facade of Order diminishes?
There is no frontier…. go cry in your pillows
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4th November 2012 at 12:56 pm
Administrator says:
“The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.”
Socrates
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4th November 2012 at 1:56 pm