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Five One Line Thoughts on “He had the hardest time getting over the fact that Lindsey viciously killed her children” Under the Fedora

Posted: September 10, 2026 by datechguy in crime, culture, under the fedora
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This is a perfect example of Chesterton’s fence analogy about what the loss of Christianity as a base to a society creates.

When people tell you who they are believe it

I no longer think that the fellow who quipped that women might look back and say “this is the moment when we lost the right to vote” was joking.

If I wanted to promote Islam and suggest that women deserved to be treated as 2nd class citizens, I’d play this on a loop for people.

It took only three generations of prayer being gone from schools & “Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.” from the Hippocratic Oath to reach this point

Today’s Book Quote: The “Crusade” to Re-Write History

Posted: August 26, 2026 by datechguy in catholic, culture, Today's Book Quote
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Today’s book quote tackles a fact that people 100 & 500 & 700 years ago knew but has recently been re-written by those who wish the west to fail.

The huge response to [Pope Blessed] Urban’s [II] call at the council of Clermont is even more amazing when considering the cost to go on Crusade—for a knight, four to five times his annual income. Although some modern critics assert that the Crusades were focused on the accumulation of wealth, the historical record shows that the vast majority of those who took the cross suffered financial hardship as result. The certainly did not profit from it. In order to finance such an expensive undertaking many knights and their extended family sold or mortgaged their land and possessions. (emphasis mine)

The Glory of the Crusades Steve Weidenkopf 2014 page 43

I have seen the history of the crusades re-written during my lifetime and it’s always been a bit of a shock how fast the generation who thought they knew better than their parents decided to play games with history to justify their rejection of the heroes who kept violent Islam at bay.

It’s no coincidence that those same times are now allying with said Islam in order to secure political power that their numbers can’t justify.

Today’s Book Quote: Reading (was) fundamental

Posted: August 21, 2026 by datechguy in culture, Today's Book Quote
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The first of what will be a series of posts containing a passage from a book that I own that I think has significance to society as it is today:

Winston was clearly ready for intellectual stimulation, and one might expect that he would have found it in the home of a lord who was also a member of Parliament and a charismatic MP at that. Instead, the boy’s mind was fired by, of all people, Mrs. Everets’s brother-in-law, John Balaam, a senior warden at Parkhust Prison. British workman in the 19th century, undiverted by mass media, often read deeply and thoughtfully.(emphasis mine)

The Last Lion Winston Spencer Churchill 1876 – 1932 Visions of Glory (1983) Page 130

I have often wondered why and how schoolboys of the 19th century were able to master Latin and Greek while today people go to college unable to read or do basic sums. The lack of mass media and a generation of people who grew up on TV, didn’t read, and didn’t encourage their kids to read is the answer.

Thus is the wisdom & lessons of centuries of experience forgotten.

Burrito Gate vs 5 Minutes of Time and 1 1/2 Miles of Gas

Posted: August 16, 2026 by datechguy in culture, economy
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I noticed this from Bill Mahar today:

Let’s give another example that includes takeout.

Today I ordered a Pizza from Dominos a 1 topping large for $8.00 (7.99 plus tax).

Now rather than have it delivered I got in my car and drove a 1.5 mile round trip, it took me 8 minutes.

If I had a Uber delivery it would likely cost $5-$8 or more plus tip.

It doesn’t sound like much but I’ll be on Social Security in a few years and those extra 5-8 bucks won’t be an option.

So let me put it to the young folks in a way they can understand.

Take that $20 Burrito example. Let’s say the local place sells them for $4-$6 bucks.

If you don’t want to take the time to pick it up, think of it this way:

Don’t think of that $14 bucks as $14 bucks

Think of it as the amount of TIME you have to work to earn $14 bucks.

If that doesn’t get you to get it yourself, nothing will.

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