James M Vickers
@paladinofpluralism.bsky.social
Retired, after a hapless career of job-hopping. I played Trombone, was in some bands early--that was nice. I play chess at a high level, or did. I used to play golf, tennis, and I made it through two years of college. I just turned 69. I'm very lefty.
"What did you think? (of priestess comments) Trump asks?
Journalists should never waste an opportunity to answer Trump with witty repartees.
"Well, I thought it was pretty cool. She was conveying to you that you need to find your lost or perhaps never-existing empathy, Mr. President."
Journalists should never waste an opportunity to answer Trump with witty repartees.
"Well, I thought it was pretty cool. She was conveying to you that you need to find your lost or perhaps never-existing empathy, Mr. President."
January 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"What did you think? (of priestess comments) Trump asks?
Journalists should never waste an opportunity to answer Trump with witty repartees.
"Well, I thought it was pretty cool. She was conveying to you that you need to find your lost or perhaps never-existing empathy, Mr. President."
Journalists should never waste an opportunity to answer Trump with witty repartees.
"Well, I thought it was pretty cool. She was conveying to you that you need to find your lost or perhaps never-existing empathy, Mr. President."
Posted this on Facebook today and they removed it.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."( often attributed to H.L. Mencken)
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."( often attributed to H.L. Mencken)
December 14, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Posted this on Facebook today and they removed it.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."( often attributed to H.L. Mencken)
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."( often attributed to H.L. Mencken)
Hey, I'm wondering if any of you have tried out one of those itty-bitty computers? I don't need one but for some reason I'm "hankering" (southern word) to try one.
December 12, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Hey, I'm wondering if any of you have tried out one of those itty-bitty computers? I don't need one but for some reason I'm "hankering" (southern word) to try one.
Picture paints a thousand words about anxi-vax crowd.
December 10, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Picture paints a thousand words about anxi-vax crowd.
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I'm amazed by how many low-income Americans are convinced that they don't deserve good healthcare.You are, no matter what the TV says.
December 5, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I'm amazed by how many low-income Americans are convinced that they don't deserve good healthcare.You are, no matter what the TV says.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/blinken-is...
Watching all this I keep finding myself thinking of that JFK quote “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.”
Watching all this I keep finding myself thinking of that JFK quote “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.”
Blinken Is Pushing For Ukrainian Teens To Die For US Hegemony
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
www.caitlinjohnst.one
December 5, 2024 at 4:50 PM
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/blinken-is...
Watching all this I keep finding myself thinking of that JFK quote “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.”
Watching all this I keep finding myself thinking of that JFK quote “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.”
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Multiplying the inflation rate from when Bernie ran on $15 an hour in 2016 year by year, and guess what it would be now if we had a provision to add the inflation rate each year? It'd be $19.35/hour.
This goes to show you have much inflation has eaten up the minimum wage since 2006, from $7.25.
This goes to show you have much inflation has eaten up the minimum wage since 2006, from $7.25.
December 1, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Multiplying the inflation rate from when Bernie ran on $15 an hour in 2016 year by year, and guess what it would be now if we had a provision to add the inflation rate each year? It'd be $19.35/hour.
This goes to show you have much inflation has eaten up the minimum wage since 2006, from $7.25.
This goes to show you have much inflation has eaten up the minimum wage since 2006, from $7.25.
robertreich.substack.com/p/gm-corpora...
What will it take to get Congress to actually do something to better distribute the spoils of this country? Because it isn't happening now.
The top ten percent has gone from 89% to 92% of all market stocks in just a decade or so. And half of us have none.
What will it take to get Congress to actually do something to better distribute the spoils of this country? Because it isn't happening now.
The top ten percent has gone from 89% to 92% of all market stocks in just a decade or so. And half of us have none.
GM, corporate greed, and the reason the Democrats lost the election
Dems must condemn GM and other big corporations that are laying off workers despite record profits — and make loud and dramatic moves to stop them
robertreich.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
robertreich.substack.com/p/gm-corpora...
What will it take to get Congress to actually do something to better distribute the spoils of this country? Because it isn't happening now.
The top ten percent has gone from 89% to 92% of all market stocks in just a decade or so. And half of us have none.
What will it take to get Congress to actually do something to better distribute the spoils of this country? Because it isn't happening now.
The top ten percent has gone from 89% to 92% of all market stocks in just a decade or so. And half of us have none.
So true. I wish the US had peace as a goal like China.
November 21, 2024 at 6:18 AM
So true. I wish the US had peace as a goal like China.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAd4...
They don't care why they lose, which is why they keep losing in the same ways, with the same issues people aren't passionate about.
They don't care why they lose, which is why they keep losing in the same ways, with the same issues people aren't passionate about.
DNC Insider EXPOSES Greedy Consultant GRIFT, Why Trump Won
YouTube video by Status Coup News
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November 21, 2024 at 3:13 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAd4...
They don't care why they lose, which is why they keep losing in the same ways, with the same issues people aren't passionate about.
They don't care why they lose, which is why they keep losing in the same ways, with the same issues people aren't passionate about.
Colbert has Bill Clinton as a guest. He's a primary figure in taking Democrats in the wrong direction, globalizing away jobs, demonizing the working class, hiring more cops to lock up blacks, who vote 9/10 for Democrats, and doing several other right-wing things with Republican Newt Gingrich.
November 20, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Colbert has Bill Clinton as a guest. He's a primary figure in taking Democrats in the wrong direction, globalizing away jobs, demonizing the working class, hiring more cops to lock up blacks, who vote 9/10 for Democrats, and doing several other right-wing things with Republican Newt Gingrich.
I know I do my best and welcome the help, and pay for it when I can.
November 19, 2024 at 5:58 AM
I know I do my best and welcome the help, and pay for it when I can.
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This is inexcusable ... and it just keeps happening. www.commondreams.org/news/pentago...
Pentagon Fails Seventh Straight Audit as Annual US Military Budget Nears $1 Trillion | Common Dreams
The Pentagon announced late last week that it failed its seventh consecutive audit as the sprawling, profiteering-ridden department wasn't able to fully account for its trillions of dollars in assets.
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November 19, 2024 at 3:25 AM
This is inexcusable ... and it just keeps happening. www.commondreams.org/news/pentago...
hartmannreport.com/p/the-transi...
Yup. Excerpt
Yup. Excerpt
The Transitional Oligarchy: Democracy’s Last Stand?
The road ahead could lead to dictatorship or renewed liberty, as the American people confront the corrosive power of wealth in politics…
hartmannreport.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
hartmannreport.com/p/the-transi...
Yup. Excerpt
Yup. Excerpt
Trump is Stocking the Swamp
YouTube video by Useful Idiots
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Think about finding some pundits whose ideas you like on YouTube. MSNBCCNN and FOX are giant, faceless corporations with corporate goals. They're owned by the rich, run by the rich, and staffed by the rich to push ideas that help the rich, which is probably not you. Actual lefties, YouTube.
November 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Think about finding some pundits whose ideas you like on YouTube. MSNBCCNN and FOX are giant, faceless corporations with corporate goals. They're owned by the rich, run by the rich, and staffed by the rich to push ideas that help the rich, which is probably not you. Actual lefties, YouTube.
The reason we've got a 35 trillion dollar debt--top marginal tax rate. Notice who took over when we started building debt.
November 18, 2024 at 6:16 AM
The reason we've got a 35 trillion dollar debt--top marginal tax rate. Notice who took over when we started building debt.
This is about right. Hey centi-millionaires and billionaires, want to prove you´re not bad guys? Start spending your money to do good things, to elected good candidates, not people who give you more money and making everyone else poor.
November 18, 2024 at 3:26 AM
This is about right. Hey centi-millionaires and billionaires, want to prove you´re not bad guys? Start spending your money to do good things, to elected good candidates, not people who give you more money and making everyone else poor.
James M Vickers on Facebook. Follow me if you wish. I'll hit you back. I'm in the left half of the Democratic Party, more or less a 1970s Democrat, with more of an inclination toward peace, and not so much a believer in the "Red Scare."
November 15, 2024 at 5:45 PM
James M Vickers on Facebook. Follow me if you wish. I'll hit you back. I'm in the left half of the Democratic Party, more or less a 1970s Democrat, with more of an inclination toward peace, and not so much a believer in the "Red Scare."