thoms-babington.bsky.social @thoms-babington.bsky.social · 23/12/2024I am just a Heartland Rustic. Not educated or smart enough to live in the Acela Corridor where Elites do. But, something seems wrong up there. 141
thoms-babington.bsky.social @thoms-babington.bsky.social · 23/12/2024There is an ancient Confucian philosophy which would endorse Trump's proposed Tariff regime, even if there is some pain. It holds that the first aim of a State is to make the State so independent of outside supplies that it never has to go to war for them. 020
thoms-babington.bsky.social @thoms-babington.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Beauty begets vanity and destroys humility. 020
Reposted by @thoms-babington.bsky.socialJoel Cardwell @joelcardwell.bsky.social · 21/12/2024How to grift on social media: 1. Say the most sensible thing you can think of during a time of mass hysteria. 2. Profit. 2201
thoms-babington.bsky.social @thoms-babington.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Quotes attributed to Yogi Berra: “You can observe a lot by just watching.” “Its hard to make predictions, particularly about the future.” “It was hard to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.” About a restaurant in New York---“No one goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.” 000
thoms-babington.bsky.social @thoms-babington.bsky.social · 21/12/2024“If you compare two people with equal opportunities when it comes to money, it’s delayed gratification that separates them.” Ray Dalio 010
Reposted by @thoms-babington.bsky.socialThe deep painter @thedeeppainter.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Magical view ✨ 420519
thoms-babington.bsky.social @thoms-babington.bsky.social · 20/12/2024“The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.” – Voltaire 000
