Thought for the day

[noirua]

President Macron extends us the courtesy of opining upon us in English. In his case it is very good English. However, it also means that he knows the meaning of the word liar as opposed to misinformer. For, as he knows, a liar deliberately misinforms.

Evil Knieval - Master Investor.co.uk

 

[noirua]

You should not be selling your shares today, unless you should.

 

[noirua]

Even a genius can be a twat at times,
The bigger the genius the bigger the twat,
Trump can be a twat,
Putin can be a twat,
Prince Salman can be a twat
but being a Crown Prince twat is dangerous,
Watch out Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia
This impatient man is not for waiting.

 

[noirua]

Turkey: right now we have Saudi Arabia and the United States just where we want them. Mind you, we have a delicate balancing act going on here. First of all, what can we get out of all this if we hold on to the tapes?
The US needs to get Saudi out of trouble whilst keeping Crown Prince Salman on the ropes.
The Saudis need to get out of this situation whilst getting away with the death via a fight.
Lovely situation for Turkey to be in.

 

[noirua]

With a man's dying breath he should be prepared to start again.

 

[noirua]

With a man's dying breath he should be prepared to make a fresh start.

Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (/brɛxt/;[1][2] German: [bʁɛçt]; 10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht

 

[luutzu]

You should not be selling your shares today, unless you should.

Reminds me of that Mark Twain's quote...

"OCTOBER: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February."

 

[noirua]

As a simple person all logic says there cannot be a god! How is it those cleverer than I choose to believe there is?
If those cleverer see the logic and they are not simple: Then why is it they still pretend to believe?
Is it that a simple person is not a fool or is it that you cannot believe a word said by those in high office even if in a ministry of god?
Those who disbelieve the rulers and their followers may be nearer to god than they think.

 

[noirua]

May your large sombreros protect you from the sun whilst you lie held down under the bricks...

 

[noirua]

Trouble is no one takes notice of my genius...

 

[noirua]

“I talk to the corpses when I put make up on them because I believe that our consciousness remains even after we die.”
Ogden Chan - Hong Kong Undertaker

 

[satanoperca]

“I talk to the corpses when I put make up on them because I believe that our consciousness remains even after we die.”
Ogden Chan - Hong Kong Undertaker

It was not for my family who talked to me while I was in a coma and facing death, I would not be alive today - Satanoperca

 

[satanoperca]

Being a parent you never grow old, as a person you do!

 

[noirua]

“It’s lovely to be liked and admired, but respect, there’s an element that you are better than them. I’ve never really been able to convince myself I am.”

Michael Palin

 

[Joules MM1]

great map, zoom in, rotate
https://store.usgs.gov/map-locator

where you are, it is in the present, even if you dont think so......

 

[noirua]

Lest we forget...

The man the Nazis are pointing their rifles at is Georges Blind. He was a member of the French Resistance, and living up to his resistance ideology, he resisted until his final moment. His smile could not be erased even in a frightening moment like this.

 

[noirua]

She who pokes her nose into a beehive gets more than a nostril full of honey.

 

[basilio]

Lest we forget...

The man the Nazis are pointing their rifles at is Georges Blind. He was a member of the French Resistance, and living up to his resistance ideology, he resisted until his final moment. His smile could not be erased even in a frightening moment like this.

Powerful picture Noirua. Had to look it up to learn more about Georges Blind.
This source says that this was in fact a mock execution intended to terrorise him into giving information.

Of course he was finally killed. Very courageous.
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/ge...-resistance-smiling-german-firing-squad-1944/

 

[basilio]

That site Rare Historical Photos is a real find. Apart from the pictures they also offer context. Hopefully it is accurate.

This one was pretty gruesome.

Father stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old, severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota, Belgian Congo, 1904
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/father-hand-belgian-congo-1904/

 

[jbocker]

That site Rare Historical Photos is a real find. Apart from the pictures they also offer context. Hopefully it is accurate.

This one was pretty gruesome.

Father stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old, severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota, Belgian Congo, 1904
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/father-hand-belgian-congo-1904/

King Leopold II of Belgium - might well be the most gutless animal to have existed. Never visited the area to witness the huge atrocities that he was responsible for.