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Concentrated power William W. Lawrence Sr 7-7-19
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
Milton Friedman
The William D Lawrence is the largest sailing ship built in Canada and one of the largest in history. It was 335 feet long and sailed the seas from 1874 to 1891. It has been placed on Canadian stamps and coins and was the subject of three formal ship portraits.
Listening to an opera William W. Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 7-6-19
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.
James Stephens
When someone is three sheets to the wind they shouldn’t drive. Makes sense. The phrase comes from sailing ship days. “Sheet” does not mean sail but the rope attached to the corner of the sail used to control it. When these rope were loose, the sails would flap. When three were loose, there would be control problem. The original phrasing was “three sheets in the wind.”
Thomas Jefferson survives William W. Lawrence Sr 7-5-19
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr. Cryptowit puzzle: Thomas Jefferson survives
–John Adams
Of the 54 signers of the Declaration of Independence only Button Gwinnett died violently. He was shot in a duel.
Hopeful state William W. Lawrence Sr 7-4-19
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state.
Gen. George Meade
OK Miranda, chalk up the autobiography as another one of Ben Franklin’s inventions. Granted, the word didn’t come into use until seven years after his death in 1790 but it was used to market the book he wrote about himself.
In the latest chapter of depravities of the rich and progressive, we learn that Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s ex-wife Rie Hirabaru Rubin is seeking to annul a pre-nuptial agreement she signed before their 2009 marriage on the grounds that Andy was running a sex ring during their marriage among other things.
Andy allegedly paid women hundreds of thousands of dollars to be “owned” by him. Among their tasks were servicing other men so that Andy could either watch or join in for threesomes.
Andy was also a top dog at Google until he was forced to flee with a $90 million comp package in 2014 after a female co-worker accused him of forcing her to perform on him oral sex in a hotel room.
That’s sodomy, by the way, and yes it is a crime. Guess being a Google exec gives you a $90 million get-out-of-jail free card.
Android is the best selling OS for smart phones. These guys are our moral arbiters or are at least trying to be.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth William W. Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 7-3-19
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth