end the war in Yemen

это из ветки Saudi Arabia has decided to end the war in Yemen.

новость крутая сама по себе. и картинка хорошая жж

Saudi-Omani delegation to hold ceasefire talks with Houthis in Yemen’s Sanaa: Sources wow

ну и еще всякие приятные мелочи:

. New Batch of Classified Documents Appear on Social Media Sites - “a nightmare for the Five Eyes”
. Chad gives German envoy 48 hours to leave country - "discourteous attitude"

The problem after war is with the victor. He thinks he has proved that war and violence pay. Who will teach him a lesson?

--A.J. Muste

large audience

The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

--Arthur Schopenhauer

playing the stock market

The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win.

Henry Adams

жж

Антон Павлович Чехов

Дело не в пессимизме и не в оптимизме, а в том, что у девяноста девяти из ста нет ума. -- Антон Павлович Чехов

и хайку про Чехова:

Я вижу свет,
Прикуривая от свечи —
Сегодня Чехов умер…

неподкупные

Неподкупные просто завышают цену. -- народ.

виновник войны

Виновником войны считается побежденный. - народ

правильней сказать - назначается.

всегда найдётся человек

Где бы я не находился, всегда найдётся человек, который испортит мне настроение, и этот человек - я. - народ

все уже сказано

Все уже сказано. Но еще не всеми. - Карл Валентин via Igor Petrov

culture spread

The wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.

Law of Raspberry Jam

Murphy’s Laws Culture

If people listened to themselves more often, they'd talk less.

Courtois's Rule

Communication Murphy’s Laws People Speech

wise enough

Confucius say… by the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

Confucius

student of history

Confucius say… student who study history, will find there is no future in it.

Confucius

first coherent line

The first coherent line ever spoken was ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about.’

Eddie Izzard

от себя добавлю: первая и единственная

Military Law

Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't.

A Murphy's Military Law

senility

I am in the prime of senility.

Benjamin Franklin

related: Why I Hope to Die at 75 by Ezekiel Emanuel

blunders

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

Archibald Alexander

(1772 – 1851) American Presbyterian theologian & professor

strangers

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you’re really strangers.

Mary Tyler Moore

Wet Law

A spoon placed in the sink will locate to maximize splash from the faucet.

Wet Law

confidence

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

Anonymous

tools

One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop. ~G.M. Weilacher

the weird turn pro

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Hunter S. Thompson

see also When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

also

When the going gets tough, everyone leaves.

Lynch's Law