Johannes Kafka
@kafka13.bsky.social
Radical centrist news junkie and trauma-bonded political spectator since JFK's assassination in my youth. Know enough history to know what we stand to lose. Hopeful realist, because there are no alternatives. We need another Roosevelt, R, D, or I!!!
As a child, I remember hearing & reading stories about mad kings & insane emperors. I marveled at the casual cruelty & general unfairness of "whipping boys" & "let them eat cake" nonsequiturs as I watched black & white TV news of police releasing dogs & firehoses on peaceful folk & war in Vietnam.
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
As a child, I remember hearing & reading stories about mad kings & insane emperors. I marveled at the casual cruelty & general unfairness of "whipping boys" & "let them eat cake" nonsequiturs as I watched black & white TV news of police releasing dogs & firehoses on peaceful folk & war in Vietnam.
Spot on.
They found the soft spot between our "norms and customs" and written legal code. They incentivized graft and corruption in order to normalize grand theft and epic embezzlement. They convinced many of our best and brightest that rules and honesty were signs of mental and moral weakness.
They found the soft spot between our "norms and customs" and written legal code. They incentivized graft and corruption in order to normalize grand theft and epic embezzlement. They convinced many of our best and brightest that rules and honesty were signs of mental and moral weakness.
July 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Spot on.
They found the soft spot between our "norms and customs" and written legal code. They incentivized graft and corruption in order to normalize grand theft and epic embezzlement. They convinced many of our best and brightest that rules and honesty were signs of mental and moral weakness.
They found the soft spot between our "norms and customs" and written legal code. They incentivized graft and corruption in order to normalize grand theft and epic embezzlement. They convinced many of our best and brightest that rules and honesty were signs of mental and moral weakness.
Watching foreign news headlining Trump's accusation that Obama is simply "guilty" of "treason" is the worst embarrassment to this country. It is an indication that #Donnie2scoops will burn US to the ground to attempt to avoid responsibility for being an absolute loser in every meaning way.
July 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Watching foreign news headlining Trump's accusation that Obama is simply "guilty" of "treason" is the worst embarrassment to this country. It is an indication that #Donnie2scoops will burn US to the ground to attempt to avoid responsibility for being an absolute loser in every meaning way.
It wouldn't it have been easier to defeat him/them BEFORE he started his second term as POTUS? I'd have said yes, but what do I know?
July 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It wouldn't it have been easier to defeat him/them BEFORE he started his second term as POTUS? I'd have said yes, but what do I know?
They would have emblazoned the chyrons of their purposely paltry programs with your suggested silly slogan, but probably, they had their legal department looking into whether or not they'd be liable for copyright or trademark infringement!
June 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
They would have emblazoned the chyrons of their purposely paltry programs with your suggested silly slogan, but probably, they had their legal department looking into whether or not they'd be liable for copyright or trademark infringement!
"MAGA assholes gave us the anti-Christ"... ENTHUSIASTICALLY!!!
May 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"MAGA assholes gave us the anti-Christ"... ENTHUSIASTICALLY!!!
"It must be true because it rhymes!"
At least, that's what my kids used to say back in the 90s, when they were very young.
But now, they support Elmo and Dunce... because the "Alt.Rt.Internet" made them dumb.
At least, that's what my kids used to say back in the 90s, when they were very young.
But now, they support Elmo and Dunce... because the "Alt.Rt.Internet" made them dumb.
May 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"It must be true because it rhymes!"
At least, that's what my kids used to say back in the 90s, when they were very young.
But now, they support Elmo and Dunce... because the "Alt.Rt.Internet" made them dumb.
At least, that's what my kids used to say back in the 90s, when they were very young.
But now, they support Elmo and Dunce... because the "Alt.Rt.Internet" made them dumb.
Fascist regimes have no need for falsifiable evidence. Therefore, only research with obvious political utility will be funded... and only that which is "proven" useful will be published.
April 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fascist regimes have no need for falsifiable evidence. Therefore, only research with obvious political utility will be funded... and only that which is "proven" useful will be published.
Isn't the euphemistically common form of this referred to as "trauma bonding"?
Or...
Stockholm Syndrome?
(Or a more complex form;
Helsinki Syndrome?)
Imagine #Donnie2scoops satisfaction when he has the World's rich and powerful thanking him for stopping "the beatings because morale has improved"!
Or...
Stockholm Syndrome?
(Or a more complex form;
Helsinki Syndrome?)
Imagine #Donnie2scoops satisfaction when he has the World's rich and powerful thanking him for stopping "the beatings because morale has improved"!
April 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Isn't the euphemistically common form of this referred to as "trauma bonding"?
Or...
Stockholm Syndrome?
(Or a more complex form;
Helsinki Syndrome?)
Imagine #Donnie2scoops satisfaction when he has the World's rich and powerful thanking him for stopping "the beatings because morale has improved"!
Or...
Stockholm Syndrome?
(Or a more complex form;
Helsinki Syndrome?)
Imagine #Donnie2scoops satisfaction when he has the World's rich and powerful thanking him for stopping "the beatings because morale has improved"!
Seems pretty straightforward, doesn't it?
Don't want to give up populism? Here are some suggestions!
Don't want to give up populism? Here are some suggestions!
April 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Seems pretty straightforward, doesn't it?
Don't want to give up populism? Here are some suggestions!
Don't want to give up populism? Here are some suggestions!
The lesson is that
WE THE PEOPLE haven't learned OUR lessons correctly.
How has this happened?
WE THE PEOPLE haven't learned OUR lessons correctly.
How has this happened?
March 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The lesson is that
WE THE PEOPLE haven't learned OUR lessons correctly.
How has this happened?
WE THE PEOPLE haven't learned OUR lessons correctly.
How has this happened?
Every living thing on Earth is more or less existentially endangered by Trump and Trumpism, as brought to us by the quaking and quivering MAGAtz of the once and former Republican Party. Climate change may end up being the great leveler of history.
March 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Every living thing on Earth is more or less existentially endangered by Trump and Trumpism, as brought to us by the quaking and quivering MAGAtz of the once and former Republican Party. Climate change may end up being the great leveler of history.
Send this 'fricken' African immigrant back to where he came from!
WE ASK NO MORE THAN WHAT HIS MAGA FRIENDS ASK OF OTHERS!
WE ASK NO MORE THAN WHAT HIS MAGA FRIENDS ASK OF OTHERS!
February 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Send this 'fricken' African immigrant back to where he came from!
WE ASK NO MORE THAN WHAT HIS MAGA FRIENDS ASK OF OTHERS!
WE ASK NO MORE THAN WHAT HIS MAGA FRIENDS ASK OF OTHERS!
How is this even happening?
What have generations of Americans, loyal to the Constitution of the United States, fought for?
Where do we go from here?
What have generations of Americans, loyal to the Constitution of the United States, fought for?
Where do we go from here?
February 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
How is this even happening?
What have generations of Americans, loyal to the Constitution of the United States, fought for?
Where do we go from here?
What have generations of Americans, loyal to the Constitution of the United States, fought for?
Where do we go from here?
They are going to try and take everything, aren't they?
Why would/wouldn't they?
We need to know now.
Because our very lives may well depend on knowing exactly what is happening tomorrow or yesterday.
Why would/wouldn't they?
We need to know now.
Because our very lives may well depend on knowing exactly what is happening tomorrow or yesterday.
February 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
They are going to try and take everything, aren't they?
Why would/wouldn't they?
We need to know now.
Because our very lives may well depend on knowing exactly what is happening tomorrow or yesterday.
Why would/wouldn't they?
We need to know now.
Because our very lives may well depend on knowing exactly what is happening tomorrow or yesterday.
IT STILL IS ESPIONAGE.
WHY WOULD/WOULDN'T IT BE?
BRING ELON IN FOR QUESTIONING.
UNDER OATH.
NOW.
RFN!
WHY WOULD/WOULDN'T IT BE?
BRING ELON IN FOR QUESTIONING.
UNDER OATH.
NOW.
RFN!
February 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
IT STILL IS ESPIONAGE.
WHY WOULD/WOULDN'T IT BE?
BRING ELON IN FOR QUESTIONING.
UNDER OATH.
NOW.
RFN!
WHY WOULD/WOULDN'T IT BE?
BRING ELON IN FOR QUESTIONING.
UNDER OATH.
NOW.
RFN!
If Canada became the 51st state, Justin Trudeau could run for president, and with the votes of 40 plus million former Canadians, win. Then, he could return Canadian sovereignty and American freedom from fascists by separating the countries once again!
February 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If Canada became the 51st state, Justin Trudeau could run for president, and with the votes of 40 plus million former Canadians, win. Then, he could return Canadian sovereignty and American freedom from fascists by separating the countries once again!
Lawrence said it best...
January 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Lawrence said it best...
Pardon me, but I thought that you would prefer pictures as your godemperor does in under informing himself and his ardent followers!
January 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Pardon me, but I thought that you would prefer pictures as your godemperor does in under informing himself and his ardent followers!
If the shoe fits...
January 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If the shoe fits...
...and these words...
January 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
...and these words...
Zuckerberg seems to be playing "follow the leader" by mimicking Elon's terminology and fascistic "father knows best" nonsense regulatory schemes that devalue or totally avoid constructive criticism. The "sort of free speech" that is prevented by "fact-checking"?
Elon & the oligarchs "free" "speech".
Elon & the oligarchs "free" "speech".
January 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Zuckerberg seems to be playing "follow the leader" by mimicking Elon's terminology and fascistic "father knows best" nonsense regulatory schemes that devalue or totally avoid constructive criticism. The "sort of free speech" that is prevented by "fact-checking"?
Elon & the oligarchs "free" "speech".
Elon & the oligarchs "free" "speech".
Very.
Fuqing.
Sorry.
Fuqing.
Sorry.
January 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Very.
Fuqing.
Sorry.
Fuqing.
Sorry.