Chris 🧉

Never stop asking questions. Gratitude sets the attitude. “Set out to correct the world's wrongs and you'll almost certainly end up adding to them”~Harold Finch

[Chris 🧉 @cvarley1734]

“The road to easy street, goes through the sewer.”

~John Madden

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

“Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.”

— Heraclitus

[Mike Bones @mrmikebones]

The Ramones "Spider Man"

[Messi archive 🇦🇷 @messi_archive10]

Who even started this debate???

[Words & Wisdom @WordsnWisdom26]

"Never play fair in a game where others cheat."

— Machiavelli

[Old School 80s @OldSchool80s]

Happy #80s Birthday to Don Henley(79), Danny Glover(79), Albert Brooks(79), Lonette McKee(72), Willem Dafoe(71), @p_labyorteaux (61), George Clinton(85), Alvin Robertson(64) & Shawn Michaels(61)

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

“an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.”
~Robert Anton Wilson

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

"Reading is a pleasure, a source of information, and the basis for most decisions that are made today. It deserves the liveliest interest and the best techniques we can master."
~CIA "Reading Improvement Course"

[The Twilight Zone @TheNightGallery]

It was natural, when news broke of Randolph Mantooth's death on July 9, that his role as paramedic John Gage in "Emergency!" took center stage. But Night Gallery fans will always remember his part in the 1971 segment "Class of '99" by Rod Serling. RIP. https://t.co/RYgw6dZ9VD

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

Two thoughts from Anthony Bourdain

“Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.”

"Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride."

[Philosway @philosway]

"It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"

— Henry David Thoreau

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

"I don't know why I'm so bummed out." https://t.co/1ns1rnKzU2

[Chris 🧉 @cvarley1734]

@notgaetti This is now a regular Tuesday night for the Yankees….

[All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 @AlbicelesteTalk]

In the last four World Cup finals, only two runners-up stayed on the pitch until the trophy presentation: Argentina in 2014 and Argentina in 2026.

Not Croatia, Not France. Did anyone say anything during that time? No, because that wouldn't get clicks.

Guess which country is now being criticized and accused of disrespecting the winners simply for going over to acknowledge their own fans? Argentina, of course.

[Handre @Handre]

In Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven, Balian of Ibelin stands before a dying king who offers him a bargain: marry the princess Sibylla, and quietly arrange the execution of her husband Guy de Lusignan, the warmonger who will otherwise drag Jerusalem into ruin. One murder. A single throat. In exchange, peace for a hundred thousand people. Balian refuses. He will not build a kingdom on a corpse, no matter how useful that corpse would be.

The consequentialist watches this scene and squirms. Kill one villain, save the multitude. What kind of fool leaves that trade on the table?

The kind who understands where the road paved with "little evils for the greater good" actually leads. You have seen this logic before, dressed in economic clothing. The central planner tells you a small confiscation now prevents a larger catastrophe later. The Federal Reserve tells you a little inflation, 2 percent, harmless, greases the wheels of prosperity. Nixon told you in August 1971 that closing the gold window was a temporary measure to protect the dollar. Temporary. Fifty-plus years and roughly 97 percent of the dollar's purchasing power later, you know how that arithmetic worked out.

Every tyranny in history sold itself as a modest, well-intentioned exception. The greater good is the oldest excuse for the smaller crime, and the smaller crime is never the last one.

Principles are not luxuries you discard when the situation gets inconvenient. They are the only defense you have against the man who claims his violence is efficient. Mises and Rothbard understood this. Once you accept that murdering Guy is justified by the math, you have handed the sword to whoever runs the calculation next. And someone always runs it next.

The market rests on the same refusal. You do not steal from your neighbor because your need is greater. You do not counterfeit because the economy "needs liquidity." You trade, you persuade, you leave the man standing.

Balian keeps his hands clean and loses the kingdom. Jerusalem falls. But he walks out of the story a free man, owing nothing to the logic that devours everyone who accepts it.

Bonus points if you know who played the role of King Baldwin in this movie!

[Words & Wisdom @WordsnWisdom26]

"A good man without strength is hoping that evil has mercy."

— Sun Tzu

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

On this day 39 years ago, Guns N' Roses released their debut album, Appetite for Destruction.

The rest is history! 🤘🏻

[Chris 🧉 @cvarley1734]

@CLE_RichSports Clayton K.?

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

Two thoughts from Terry Southern

“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”

“There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat.”

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

Many adults need to recover the curiosity that schooling weakened.

And reclaiming curiosity begins with permission.

Permission to read without being tested.

Permission to learn slowly.

Permission to be bad at something new.

Permission to ask basic questions.

Permission to follow interest without justifying it economically.

Permission to think beyond credentials.

Permission to enjoy knowledge for its own sake.