By the time I am 67, over $600,000 will be paid into #SocialSecurity on my behalf. That money would have been worth $1.9M if I had gotten a 5% return. My annual interest would be $95K. The Government promises me $3,075/month at 67, which is $37K/year How is this not THEFT?

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing. ~ Herodotus

“He really has the two things – the weirdest mind, and the most wholesome mind.” - Guillermo del Toro on David Lynch

"In the beginning was the demonic fire that bursts out in men like Alcibiades and lays low the cities of men and exposes all their nonsense. Such men are sent by nature to chastise us and be our Nemesis. They are the great cleansing" -Glenn Danzig

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The Covid response constitutes the most sweeping attack on American society ever, an experience replicated in most societies in the world. I still cannot fathom how this could have happened to most all living people even as most recently as a few years ago – more far reaching

🧵Thread: India - The Birthplace of Brain Surgery 🧠 Archaeologists recently discovered a Harappan skull showing signs of successful brain surgery - performed over 4300 years ago! Yes, Ancient India was doing neurosurgery before most civilizations even knew the word “medicine.”👇

Ahh the 80s before cellphones and social media consumed our lives .. just buying out music from the record stores and watching MTV ❤️

"We over sold the vaccine" - Paul Offit "I knew these vaccines were not going to protect against infection. And I think we overplayed the vaccines" - Deborah Birx "The six foot rule sort of just appeared" - Anthony Fauci "We were pressured to censor things that were true" -

Donnie Darko was released 24 years ago today.

Five Times August They all lied to us over and over...

the thing (1982) dir. john carpenter

When you give the government power to feed you, you give them the power to starve you. That's why socialism or communism never works. Ever.

A severe drought in Spain has revealed one of Europe’s most astonishing archaeological treasures — a 7,000-year-old megalithic monument, now confirmed to be older than both the Pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge. Known as the Dolmen of Guadalperal, this prehistoric stone circle

In Venezuela, people now pay for their coffee with gold. And the irony is that they use the original paper money to store the gold. 0.01 g of gold per coffee. In really tough times, that's what it comes down to. And it can't be interrupted by poor internet connectivity.

"Forty thousand years" My standard for funk to this day.

This is so cool! On the facade of the Grand Egyptian Museum, you'll notice a small hole in the wall, and at first sight, you might think it's a ventilation shaft, but it is in fact such a fascinating feature! You see, this opening was specially designed to recreate one of the

Bro I picked THE WORST DAY to watch Eraserhead.

Hurricane season has just 2 weeks remaining, but so far, for the first time in a decade: ZERO hurricanes made US landfall ZERO Gulf hurricanes

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” — Ronald Reagan