Open Thread - Friday, August 31, 2018
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 08/31/2018 - 3:20am
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
Just funkin' sayin'.
Heh, reach for the funkin' stars.
Funkin' MAGA.
Have a great weekend! The thread is OPEN.
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Good morning, Tim ~~~
Gandhi is absolutely correct. I have given witness to those words. All one needs is patience, which is the challenge.
Have a beautiful day and weekend, folks!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
It gets better
I completely forgot, this weekend is The Rumble!
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Go out and enjoy
the gathering!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Ahh yes
Rumble, grumble. Brings me back to the the Triumph Trident 750 which carried me and my pack around the country several times. I never found the top end of that machine. Tried to bring it up once on a mostly empty freeway in San Diego. Started to lift off the seat, only thing holding me down was the handle bars. About as close to flying as I cared to get at the time. Fuinkin ya ya.
I have found
the top end on neither the Ducati Scrambler, nor the BMW R1200. Things start happening too fast. I'll take the 1982 BMW R65 to The Rumble. It tops @105. It gets there efficiently. I put a Siebenrock kit on it.
I got to discuss velocity modulation with a Colorado Highway patrolman. As soon as I crested Wolf Creek Pass, I saw him sitting in a gravel spot, looked down at the GPS and saw I was 10 over. He gave me a written warning. Works for me.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
R 65 beamer is my fantasy toy
going out to buy an ambulance tomorrow instead. Enjoy your rides.
Interview on the situation in Ukraine
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-49TZO9F1Q]
This interview comes from a Texan Communist currently living in Donbass. US Imperialism sucks.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
Thanks, I think
The rat funkers are everywhere.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
good morning Tim and all
I like your Gandhi quote. Tyrants do fall. However seems they are usually replaced with another eventually. Best to forget the tyrants and live our own lives on our own terms as much as you can within the system.
We finally dried out. I must admit I enjoyed our wet summer. So did the garden, although the tomatoes got the fungus among us and have already played out. We usually have tomatoes till November. The fall lettuce is in and time to plant the greens - collards, swiss chard, and kale. Always something to do in the garden.
Have a good day everyone and enjoy the rumble Tim!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
The August rain
is causing peppers and tomatoes to split. A friend, from the brew pub, gave me a bag full of garlic. Yum.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Good morning, NCTim,
Online, so many quotes are misattributed on thousands of websites, especially to Gandhi and Eisenstein, it seems. I don't know if the one in your OP is Gandhi or not. Some of the misattributed Gandhi quotes begin "First, they laugh at you," and "I like your Christ." However, if the quote resonates, who cares who said it first?
Have a great week, Tim.
Yes
… and the quote got me off the hook.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Hola, Tim, good morning and good weekend to ya. Keeping
busy here, which is good for the body and spirit (except to the extent that some of it is "busy on the computer", fine for the spirit, but not so much for the body.) The main thing is to keep the music playing in your mind and making sure that it is good music.
For grins, today I'm thinking of revisiting Gabor Szabo:
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Forward
Swing through the comments, light lunch and off to the gym. Off to the Rumble elbow bender this evening.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Okay, I just had to throw this out there.
What is the irony of Aretha Franklin and John McCain dying around the same time and having headline funerals at the same time. I am cracking up.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
AF
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
JM
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Good ones, Tim.
Apropos.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Better late than never.
Be careful and enjoy. Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.