"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
@NormanKimball10@its_The_Dr I was reminded of this quote by another poster today:
“It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.”
G.K. Chesterton
@LairdOfThManor As President Harry S Truman suggested, what he needs is a dog. Those Ukrainian rent boys have a tendency to set fire to houses and automobiles.
@PDXFato When I was a boy in the UK many years ago it was commonly said that Canadians were “like Americans, only thicker and poorer.” Nothing has really changed.
@MattWalshBlog in better condition than it was received. Second, every generation takes, and awaits, its turn managing things. Third, everything is discussed and explained in the lifetime of the current asset holders so there are no surprises. Fourth, gifts are made from income, not capital.
@MattWalshBlog Interesting, from observation and experience families that retain wealth over more than three generations have a traditionally conservative outlook on how it’s passed down. First, with anything that is inherited, one has stewardship over, and should endeavor to pass it along 1/
It can take many leaders years to grow into the statesman you became in just two years.
European and Ukrainian security is stronger because of you.
Thank you, dear Keir.
@bonchieredstate Sadly, this is true. What is needed is a general election. One can only hope that the King insists on the calling of one within 6 months of the installation of Starmer ‘s successor, whether it’s Burnham or someone else.
@Tironianae Harboring presidential ambitions, Cruz has always resisted calls for his nomination to the Supreme Court. He would make an outstanding conservative justice, however.
@manuthebest58 The story I heard was that at one point during filming Fontaine complained to Hitchcock that she was struggling to make the presence of Rebecca a reality for herself. Hitchcock, who had no patience for needy actors, is said to have replied, “Think of Olivia.”
@DurhamWASP I’ve always considered Sir John Gielgud as Ned Ryder in the Granada Television’s 1981 adaptation of Brideshead Revisited to be the perfect portrayal of the paternal ideal.