The Stories and Novels By Derek Ward
“We’ve been taught that a woman’s body will cause men to sin. We’re told that if a woman shows too much of her body men will do stupid things. Let me be clear: a woman’s body is not dangerous to you. Her body will not cause you harm. It will not make you do stupid things. If you do stupid things, it is because you chose to do stupid things.”
Nate Pyle, author
We haven’t heard from Black Majesty in a while, and this song has been going through my head. Which is how I pick most of the songs for this bit.
Lyrics:
We all try hard to find our faith
But circumstances choose our paths
What awaits us will stand at the end of the road
So we work to buy our time
We watch our children as they strive
Still not understanding what is passing us by
If it’s free I want to be like a sail set out to sea
Set a course never returning back to the shores
Our time will come and will surely pass us by
What remains are only memories worth remembering
Silent company observant they rest and they wait
For our life an end to arrive
We’re all content and satisfied
Whether there’s truth within the lies
There’s a purpose for every reason that comes our way
Never noticed to wonder why
Our eyes are open still we’re blind
There’s a fear in knowing what’s on the other side
If it’s free I want to be
Just like them I’ll ride the breeze
Walk alone and knowing never alone we will be
I’m feeling a bith thrashy today. So, let’s do some Five Finger Death Punch.
Lyrics:
Some say a storm is coming,
Some say the end is near,
Some think it’s all so hazy,
I think it’s all so clear.
If it all ends tomorrow,
If it all disappears
Where do you think you’re going?
Anywhere else but here!
I don’t claim to have the reasons!
All I know is
If the world stops spinning tomorrow
I’d never shed a tear!
I’d rather be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere but here!
Some say they have the answers,
Some say they know the truth,
Some people live in question,
Some people have no clue.
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was just today
Would you make different choices
Or would you stay the same?
I don’t claim to have the reasons!
All I know is
If the world stops spinning tomorrow
I’d never shed a tear!
I’d rather be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere but here!
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was no tomorrow
Would you stay, would you stay the same?
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was no tomorrow,
If there was no tomorrow
Would you stay, would you stay the same?
If the world stops spinning tomorrow
I’d never shed a tear!
I’d rather be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere!
If the world stops spinning tomorrow
I’d never shed a tear!
I’d rather be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere but here!
God says “Do what you wish, but make the wrong choice and you will be tortured for eternity in Hell.” That, sir, is not free will. It would be akin to a man telling his girlfriend “Do what you wish, but if you leave me, I will track you down and blow your brains out.” When a man says this, we call him a psychopath and cry out for his imprisonment. When God says the same thing, we call Him “Loving” and build churches in His honor.
William C. Eastton II
I’m selecting this one because it’s in my head from watching the first Avengers movie too much.
You can’t have too much ammunition unless you are on fire or trying to swim.
Jeff Cudwin, LEO who expended all of his rounds in a gunfight
His article in Sci-Am is worth a read.
Shermer begins with saying the insanity taking place on college campuses can be laid at the feet of having no other ideologies to act as a reality balance. Locked in an echo chamber, it’s a race to the extremes – kind of like a primary race.
Then Shermer lays out that bias affects not only the descriptive terms used during studies (conservative values as indicators of mental disorders), but in how the data is interpreted.
RTWT
So, that’s where my brother and I got our sparkling blues.
Everyone with blue eyes alive today – from Angelina Jolie to Wayne Rooney – can trace their ancestry back to one person who probably lived about 10,000 years ago in the Black Sea region, a study has found.
Scientists studying the genetics of eye colour have discovered that more than 99.5 per cent of blue-eyed people who volunteered to have their DNA analysed have the same tiny mutation in the gene that determines the colour of the iris.
This indicates that the mutation originated in just one person who became the ancestor of all subsequent people in the world with blue eyes, according to a study by Professor Hans Eiberg and colleagues at the University of Copenhagen.
H/t Peter Grant (who you should be reading and buying his books)
Metallica? Why the hell not?
Many well-meaning Dutch people have told me in all earnestness that nothing in Islamic culture incites abuse of women, that this is just a terrible misunderstanding. Men all over the world beat their women, I am constantly informed. In reality, these Westerners are the ones who misunderstand Islam. The Quaran mandates these punishments. It gives a legitimate basis for abuse, so that the perpetrators feel no shame and are not hounded by their conscience of their community. I wanted my art exhibit to make it difficult for people to look away from this problem. I wanted secular, non-Muslim people to stop kidding themselves that “Islam is peace and tolerance.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali