When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out? Peter L. Bernstein wrote a series of books dealing with market forces, capitalism, and the value of dealing and trusting gold. What struck me as cliché was the repetitive mantra that there can be no reward without risk. One of my … Continue reading No Pain No Gain
Category: self-sacrifice
On Natural Born Fighters
A fighter is born not made. I once saw a diminutive man stand up to a giant of a bully. Not once did the man raise his voice. He clearly stated the facts and the bully got out of his establishment. My grandfather taught me the value of principles. One lives and dies by them. One does not change one’s principles. My grandfather taught me family is the most important thing on Earth. One fights and dies protecting one’s family.
The World Needs More Salvos D’Acquisto
We can all be heroes. That we choose to be cowards, it’s on us. But cowardice comes at a price. The moral decay of our times is that price.
On Free Will
If you believe in the No pain, no gain adage, then you must make a choice. Do you want to live a life free from pain? If so, you chose the yoke of Comfort. If you want to retain agency in your life, then you have chosen wisely. You chose Painful Freedom.
On Moral Hypocrisy
Moral hypocrisy is a fixture of the human species. We are naturally born hypocrites. The whole lot of us. And we keep making the same mistake of assuming that Justice can be achieved Peacefully. Justice is not an act of Peace but of War. Justice is all about making War on Injustice.
If you’re going to do something wrong, do it right
Walls are not how you keep safe. A wall is only good for exercising your enemy or for providing them with ample opportunities for target practice. Defensive battles do not win wars.
Why I love Israel
What happened in Israel on October 7, 2023, is not unexpected. In fact, the State of Israel was created in 1948 exactly for this exact reason. To prevent any future acts of genocide from state or private actors that might finish what the European and Russian pogroms and Nazi genocide started.
The Forever Changing Tides of History – Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Life is Change. Life is Immanence. And if Andrew Lloyd Weber was right to say Truth is a changing law, then what is the Rule of Life?
The Power of Martyrdom
What would you fight and die for? Where is your line in the sand? Like ancient Christian martyrs, each of us is endowed with Free Will. But unlike them we are Afraid to use our faculties and stand for something. History often teaches us a Lesson. It speaks volumes . But we seldom listen. Perhaps we need to start listening...
We Were There Where We Had To Be
The Romanian 1989 Revolution was of the People, for the People, with the People. The forces of Neo-Communism appropriated the Revolution, destroyed its Ideals, and arrested Romania's development as a Free and Just Nation. Ion Iliescu and the former Securitate officers and informants must answer for their crimes against humanity and the Romanian nation.
Götterdämmerung 