Month: January 2019

Swami Beyondananda’s State of the Universe

Funny and wise, the Swami pontificates on the State of the Universe. Excerpt:

The upwising continued to gather esteem in 2010, and the irony curtain is becoming more and more transparent. Wikileaks emerged to challenge our official media, Weaky-Licks, to help end the other don’t ask, don’t tell policy — that’s where the American people promise not to ask what the government is doing to keep them safe, and the government promises not to tell them. When the people choose to not see what is too uncomfortable to look at, the inevitable result is Not-Seeism.

The link below contains the 2011, 2012, and 2013 State of the Universes. The Funny Times also prints them annually.

https://wakeuplaughing.com/beyondanews.php

Geopolitics rules

The 14 rules for predicting future geopolitical events, from Quartz, plus another rule. For example:

13. Getting-rich rule

Why do leaders act as they do? Often, look no further than personal enrichment.

14. Local politics rule

Most geopolitics begin at home. Whether deliberate or inadvertent, domestic politics are a crucial contextual determinant of future events. Among key local influences are xenophobia, nationalism and jingoism.

Links:

https://qz.com/40960/the-14-rules-for-predicting-future-geopolitical-events/

Add in the 15th rule: the Rule of Miscalculation:

https://qz.com/163945/miscalculation-the-15th-quartz-rule-of-global-geopolitics/

Dave Barry Year in Review 2018

Dave Barry finds things to laugh about (!) from 2018:

In youth fads, the American Association of Poison Control Centers continues to receive reports of young people suffering ill effects from eating Tide detergent pods. Asked to explain why young people would persist in eating something that tastes terrible and makes them sick, an AAPCC spokesperson says, “As far as we can determine, it’s because they’re stupid.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2018/12/30/feature/dave-barrys-year-in-review-2018