Peter J.R. Benton
@peterjrbenton.bsky.social
Fantasy Writer of the only epic Femdom Fantasy Romance on the market...
... and a few things unfit for public consumption.
Curious about the Land of the Two Moons?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6KXZQQN
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... and a few things unfit for public consumption.
Curious about the Land of the Two Moons?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6KXZQQN
Hate the Zon?
https://www.smashwords.com/books/1184989
The comapny is no longer about cars, but about loading Musk with enough cash to run the show.
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The comapny is no longer about cars, but about loading Musk with enough cash to run the show.
It was a BMW, so it was more a blubber-di-blubber.
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It was a BMW, so it was more a blubber-di-blubber.
Karl Marx was strong on analysis, no doubt.
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Karl Marx was strong on analysis, no doubt.
I stopped after the burning embers, steadied the camera on my sleeping bag roll and took it with a 200mm telelens on a Minolta SRT 100B, a 70's piece of engineering that works with desert sand in it, and kept riding into the sunset.
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I stopped after the burning embers, steadied the camera on my sleeping bag roll and took it with a 200mm telelens on a Minolta SRT 100B, a 70's piece of engineering that works with desert sand in it, and kept riding into the sunset.
You understand my sense of drama around that.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You understand my sense of drama around that.
For the sleuths: the image was taken around 1988 or 1989 while I was crossing the Desierto del Vizcaino after a thunderstorm in the middle of the Baja di California on a motorcycle, riding through burning embers after a stroke of lightning exploded a street post about 100 feet away from me.
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
For the sleuths: the image was taken around 1988 or 1989 while I was crossing the Desierto del Vizcaino after a thunderstorm in the middle of the Baja di California on a motorcycle, riding through burning embers after a stroke of lightning exploded a street post about 100 feet away from me.
More on that, from Google: Nietzsche's book inspired a dramatic symphony by Richard Strauss "Also sprach Zarathustra" which in turn inspired me to name this image accordingly.
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
More on that, from Google: Nietzsche's book inspired a dramatic symphony by Richard Strauss "Also sprach Zarathustra" which in turn inspired me to name this image accordingly.
Perhaps also a sign of how the MFA graduate literati have a firm hold on what must be read.
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Perhaps also a sign of how the MFA graduate literati have a firm hold on what must be read.
As a further note, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a book by the nihilist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As a further note, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a book by the nihilist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
These days, we have Google...
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
These days, we have Google...
Slaveholder descendants will rather die before allowing this, just as they did then.
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Slaveholder descendants will rather die before allowing this, just as they did then.
That's especially true with partial deglobalization to make up for a lack of exports.
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
That's especially true with partial deglobalization to make up for a lack of exports.
...and so spoke Zarathustra...
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
...and so spoke Zarathustra...
One should always be suspicious of great orators. The skill is hugely corrupting. More often than not, you are being sold a bill of goods.
No matter how sweet they talk, if they don't make Wall St. an enemy, they merely hand out morsels of charity.
No matter how sweet they talk, if they don't make Wall St. an enemy, they merely hand out morsels of charity.
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
One should always be suspicious of great orators. The skill is hugely corrupting. More often than not, you are being sold a bill of goods.
No matter how sweet they talk, if they don't make Wall St. an enemy, they merely hand out morsels of charity.
No matter how sweet they talk, if they don't make Wall St. an enemy, they merely hand out morsels of charity.
Just shows how deep the neolib rot is in the Dem party.
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Just shows how deep the neolib rot is in the Dem party.
The biggest crime of Clinton was to get rid of Glass-Steagall, arguably the best law Congress ever made.
Clinton himself came to see it as his biggest mistake, though he surely enjoyed it endearing him with the money bags.
Clinton himself came to see it as his biggest mistake, though he surely enjoyed it endearing him with the money bags.
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The biggest crime of Clinton was to get rid of Glass-Steagall, arguably the best law Congress ever made.
Clinton himself came to see it as his biggest mistake, though he surely enjoyed it endearing him with the money bags.
Clinton himself came to see it as his biggest mistake, though he surely enjoyed it endearing him with the money bags.
Here the crime of the century:
1974-2024: wages increased 600%
1974-2024: accumulated inflation increased 600%
1974-2024: Dow Jones increased 6000%!
Same for all Western countries.
And Clinton/Obama did all they could to make that happen.
Ayn Rand and trickle down are the true death of work dignity.
1974-2024: wages increased 600%
1974-2024: accumulated inflation increased 600%
1974-2024: Dow Jones increased 6000%!
Same for all Western countries.
And Clinton/Obama did all they could to make that happen.
Ayn Rand and trickle down are the true death of work dignity.
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Here the crime of the century:
1974-2024: wages increased 600%
1974-2024: accumulated inflation increased 600%
1974-2024: Dow Jones increased 6000%!
Same for all Western countries.
And Clinton/Obama did all they could to make that happen.
Ayn Rand and trickle down are the true death of work dignity.
1974-2024: wages increased 600%
1974-2024: accumulated inflation increased 600%
1974-2024: Dow Jones increased 6000%!
Same for all Western countries.
And Clinton/Obama did all they could to make that happen.
Ayn Rand and trickle down are the true death of work dignity.
A disgruntled Trump voter? That's the best you can come up with? 🤣
Yes, Clinton was a huge slimebag who corrupted the Dem party, beyond repair it seems, just like Blair did with UK Labour, and Schröder with the German SPD. Neolib sellouts, all of them
Yes, Clinton was a huge slimebag who corrupted the Dem party, beyond repair it seems, just like Blair did with UK Labour, and Schröder with the German SPD. Neolib sellouts, all of them
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A disgruntled Trump voter? That's the best you can come up with? 🤣
Yes, Clinton was a huge slimebag who corrupted the Dem party, beyond repair it seems, just like Blair did with UK Labour, and Schröder with the German SPD. Neolib sellouts, all of them
Yes, Clinton was a huge slimebag who corrupted the Dem party, beyond repair it seems, just like Blair did with UK Labour, and Schröder with the German SPD. Neolib sellouts, all of them
Obama is not a giant of history. He could have been, but he shrank from the opportunity handed to him.
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Obama is not a giant of history. He could have been, but he shrank from the opportunity handed to him.
Can AI agents be sued for damages? Like billion dollars?
Why not have Truth Social pay him a billion $?
Why not have Truth Social pay him a billion $?
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Can AI agents be sued for damages? Like billion dollars?
Why not have Truth Social pay him a billion $?
Why not have Truth Social pay him a billion $?
Anything in the rest of the Western world. Throw a dart and it will be better.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Anything in the rest of the Western world. Throw a dart and it will be better.
Everything that happens today is the aftermath of 2008.
Americans saw the golden calf for what it is and they wanted a revolution.
The Dems didn't offer one (well, Sanders did, but the Clinton gang sabotaged him), so they went for a fascist revolution when the Repubs offered one.
Americans saw the golden calf for what it is and they wanted a revolution.
The Dems didn't offer one (well, Sanders did, but the Clinton gang sabotaged him), so they went for a fascist revolution when the Repubs offered one.
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Everything that happens today is the aftermath of 2008.
Americans saw the golden calf for what it is and they wanted a revolution.
The Dems didn't offer one (well, Sanders did, but the Clinton gang sabotaged him), so they went for a fascist revolution when the Repubs offered one.
Americans saw the golden calf for what it is and they wanted a revolution.
The Dems didn't offer one (well, Sanders did, but the Clinton gang sabotaged him), so they went for a fascist revolution when the Repubs offered one.
ACA isn't even close to socialized medicine. We will see in 2026 and 2028 whether there is anything left to push.
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
ACA isn't even close to socialized medicine. We will see in 2026 and 2028 whether there is anything left to push.
Healthcare is a subproblem to the rule of Wall St., like everything else in America. By collapsing Wall St., society could have been changed from the ground up.
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Healthcare is a subproblem to the rule of Wall St., like everything else in America. By collapsing Wall St., society could have been changed from the ground up.
Oh my God. It was huge in that it usually takes a century to move the status quo by an inch. ACA is a bandaid on a leaky pipe. In relation to other health care systems ACA is a joke.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Oh my God. It was huge in that it usually takes a century to move the status quo by an inch. ACA is a bandaid on a leaky pipe. In relation to other health care systems ACA is a joke.