I…guess I can understand why this would be a big deal in the UK. But why the hell is every American news site covering it blow by blow? I’m pretty sure it’s not possible to care less about these two people than I always have – but now I’m developing an active antipathy that wasn’t formerly present…
They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
Little Bear 2009-2018
Laddie the Amazing Torso Boy 2011-2020
"Freedom Outlaw. It’s not what you do; it’s how you do it. It’s an attitude — from which actions always follow. It’s a do-it-yourself occupation. And a lifetime vocation."
- Claire Wolfe, Backwoods Home Companion, 6-07-10
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
- G. K. Chesterton
"If every Jewish and anti-Nazi family in Germany had owned a Mauser rifle and twenty rounds of ammunition and the will to use it, Adolf Hitler would be a little-known footnote to the history of the Weimar Republic."
- Aaron Zelman
"Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force."
- Barbie
"Never underestimate the ability of shit to find a fan."
- F. Paul Wilson
"You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs." The sophistry of villains - Bah!
- Robert A. Heinlein, Double Star
“Truth is, I’m not specifically interested in an armed society. What I want is a free society.”
- George Potter
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
- D. H. Lawrence
Aristippus passed Diogenes as he was washing lentils.
He said, “If you could but learn to flatter the king, you would not have to live on lentils.”
Diogenes said, “And if you could learn to live on lentils, you would not have to flatter the king.”
Sandy Hook was a Gun Free Zone. So was the Westroads Mall. And the Aurora Theater. And Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Should I go on? They were all Gun Free Zones.
– Reality
“Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.”
- Robert A. Heinlein
"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."
- Ayn Rand
If ever a man should ask you
For your business or your name
Tell him to go and fuck himself
Tell his friends to do the same.
For a man who'd trade his liberty
For a safe and dreamless sleep
Doesn't deserve the both of them
And neither shall he keep.
- Frank Turner
Don't be afraid to try something big, just because you're an amateur. The Ark was built by amateurs. The Titanic was built by professionals.
- Anon
"Nothing scares a police officer more than the threat of being treated the way that they treat people every day."
- Anon
"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."
- Gen. James Mattis
"Lust for power is the most flagrant of all the passions."
- Tacitus
"The man who knows what freedom means will find a way to be free."
- F.A. "Baldy" Harper
"The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude."
- William James
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
- Viktor Frankl
The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.
- Milton Friedman
“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”
- William Faulkner
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
- Ernest Hemingway
"Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
John Moses Browning - The most badass Mormon who ever lived.
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'"
- Ronald Reagan
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
- James A. Baldwin
"It is better to be a warrior in a garden than to be a gardener in a war."
- Anon
“I tried to live in such a way that, when dying, I would rather feel happy than scared.”
– Witold Pilecki
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
- Sallust
"Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark."
- Lazarus Long
Read, every day, something no one else is reading.
Think, every day, something no one else is thinking.
Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do.
It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
– Christopher Morley
“I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right; and he can be brought to that only when he ceases to be a man.”
-Frederick Douglass
ESSE QUAM VIDERI –
To be, rather than to seem
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.”
– Ida B. Wells
Do what thy manhood bid thee do; from none but self expect applause.
He noblest lives and noblest dies, who makes and keeps his self made laws
– Sir Richard Burton
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
– Winston Churchill
“Happiness is a journey, not a destination. Dance as though no one is watching you. Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.”
― Father Alfred d’Souza
And here I thought that I was the only one who doesn’t give a darn and can’t understand the newsworthiness.
30 year old jobless man with wife and child living on allowance from parents in parents’ home vows to get a job that will pay his bills and support his family – his Mother says get it done this week.
Sorry for the typo – 35 year old man, not 30
I couldn’t care less, but unlike most American politicians she has made millions acting and he served at least 2 tours in Afganastan and saw heavy fighting. I think it’s funny they are going to Canada until Trump is out of office, then they will move to LA.
Some sites posting she has major political ambitions here in the US of A.
I turn on the TV or fire up the ‘puter and am immediately reminded why I live in the boonies. Then I turn off those things and go sit with the dog and stare at the woods and reflect on the truths in my life. I sure appreciate that smile on my dog’s face when he cuts those eyes at me.
“why the hell is every American news site covering it blow by blow?” Take a look at what passes these days for the news industry. Today’s news has taken a dive for the ratings. It has morphed from the days of Edward R. Morrow, into nothing more than a part of the entertainment industry and reading about the royals is entertaining.
The quote “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.” has never been more true.
It’s not that a big deal here either. Well apart from to the media who have gone entirely unhinged over it. Trump must love it though, normally there’s a dozen orange bad man stories in the papers daily but this saga has given him a break lol. The Daily Mail hit 36 articles in one day. All pretty much a rehash of the previous one. Thankfully they seen to be getting over their collective hissy fit and hysteria. Back to bashing Trump and Boris tomorrow no doubt!
Zelda – his grandmother is telling him to get a job. The only thing his mother is telling him is to not date muslim men with terror connections, well, if she could speak…
And his grandmother owns the house he lives in. And didn’t a big chunk of the change that was spent on remodeling the place come from Granny’ hip pocket as well as the British people?
If the media is covering this, then they are not reporting on the way Congress is desecrating our Constitution. Which beggars the question what kind of shenanigans is Congress pulling while the focus is off them?
Constitutional question – I thought somewhere in the Constitution it said you could not have a foreign title and still be a US Person. So how does she maintain a US passport?
Apologies for all the typing errors Beans and Judy – yes it is his Grandmother. Frogmore Cottage renovations were paid for with what the British call public money, which includes some taxpayer money. There’s a good explanation here https://fullfact.org/economy/frogmore-cottage/ It’s a different system than ours.
Zelda, it’s not actually taxpayers cash. In short what happens is that the Crown Estate, which is a private entity, makes over £300 million a year in profits. Roughly 17 percent of that is used to fund the Royal family, except Charles who funds himself through the Duchy of Cornwall which is the worlds oldest trust established in 1366. The remaining profits of the Crown Estate go to the Treasury (or what you would call the IRS). The system was set up to ensure the Royal family are self funding which, apart for public engagements required by the government, they are. The Queen also pays several million in income tax on her private income fro the Duchy of Lancaster and Charles pays several million in tax on his income. All the other Royals are required to pay tax on any private income too. It’s a rather complex system but the end result is that collectively the Royals pay roughly a third od a biliion pounds into the treasury every year.
Mike – that is exactly what all the crap on TV has become – Infotainment with very little on the info side.
Applies to most online articles too, grabby headline and no substance to the article with a high percentage (very high) of totally fabricated and made up “information”.
Agenda driven politics has permeated our culture to the point where many (self included) just tune it out and don’t watch anything from major media, TV, movies or social media all kaput.
Besides, we don’t do royalty in this country and the political dynastic retards are getting might close to the same point where we told George to take a hike a couple of centuries back.