1016 in idea barrages

1.) “Putinesque” and “Puttanesca”, the stew served in Italian brothels, are nearly the same words because Language Is Wise.

2.) One advantage we have is that the cruelest also tend to be out of touch with reality. Decent people can exploit that to burst the illusion.

3.) Eventually those who think themselves gods get sloppy precisely because they think themselves infallible gods. That’s when they can go down.

4.) Cheating employees isn’t smart it’s cruel. Exploiting tax loopholes isn’t clever it’s unpatriotic. Abusing women isn’t macho it’s monstrous.

5.) Bad because you’re churning out without caring is interesting. Bad thinking you’re great is fascinating. Bad on purpose is boring as hell.

6.) I usually let insults roll off my back but youtube suggesting a Rush album to me, I dunno, those are fighting words.

7.) Your rap about the advantages of aggressive Quidditch play will be called “Stitches Get Stitches”.

8.) The business class that the Trumps and the Bushes come from attempted a violent coup on FDR, they are not beyond it.

9.) Al Gore didn’t fight for an election that he ACTUALLY WON in respect to national unity. Trump’s threats of riots are unconscionable.