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As I watch the No Kings rallies, I have had a nagging suspicion that something is missing. I would love to hear the participants sing songs like "This land is my land" or "Do you hear the people" from Les Miz. I believe music is a great way to collectively be heard and feel the emotions.
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
As I watch the No Kings rallies, I have had a nagging suspicion that something is missing. I would love to hear the participants sing songs like "This land is my land" or "Do you hear the people" from Les Miz. I believe music is a great way to collectively be heard and feel the emotions.
There was a site available online today claiming to know Diane Keatons' net worth. She was a great actor and person...period. This is another example of money and possessions being the gauge of success. This is the myth of capitalism.
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
There was a site available online today claiming to know Diane Keatons' net worth. She was a great actor and person...period. This is another example of money and possessions being the gauge of success. This is the myth of capitalism.
My last two posts are indications that I went low when I could have gone high. I regret them now after a sober second look. My anger and frustration clouded my perception. My most regretted reaction was that I violated my personal life standards by posting these words. Mia culpa.
October 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My last two posts are indications that I went low when I could have gone high. I regret them now after a sober second look. My anger and frustration clouded my perception. My most regretted reaction was that I violated my personal life standards by posting these words. Mia culpa.
It is now official. The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
September 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It is now official. The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
You may remember Will Smith acting in the movie entitled Hancock. In one scene, as a superhero, he forced a man's head into another's rectum. This was pure fiction, so it was surprising that so many of today's GOP are able to do this feat willingly. As a result, they have massive oral hemmroids.
August 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
You may remember Will Smith acting in the movie entitled Hancock. In one scene, as a superhero, he forced a man's head into another's rectum. This was pure fiction, so it was surprising that so many of today's GOP are able to do this feat willingly. As a result, they have massive oral hemmroids.
"A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense.... and surely he knows that no one has offended him, and he himself has invented the offense and told lies just for the beauty of it, that he has exaggerated for the sake of effect. " F. Dostoevsky (The Brothers Karamazov)
August 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense.... and surely he knows that no one has offended him, and he himself has invented the offense and told lies just for the beauty of it, that he has exaggerated for the sake of effect. " F. Dostoevsky (The Brothers Karamazov)
"Having no love, he gives himself up to passions and course pleasures in order to occupy and amuse himself, and in his vices reaches complete bestiality.
August 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Having no love, he gives himself up to passions and course pleasures in order to occupy and amuse himself, and in his vices reaches complete bestiality.
"Above all, do not lie to yourself. A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth in himself or anywhere around him and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others...he ceases to love" - Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Brothers Karamazov)
August 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Above all, do not lie to yourself. A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth in himself or anywhere around him and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others...he ceases to love" - Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Brothers Karamazov)
I'm just pondering. If DJT wants to inflict tariffs to bring jobs and prosperity to the USA (he does not). Why would he not put tariffs on goods from US off shore companies to get them to move back and build in America? I guess it would piss off the billionaires, which would be counterproductive.
August 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I'm just pondering. If DJT wants to inflict tariffs to bring jobs and prosperity to the USA (he does not). Why would he not put tariffs on goods from US off shore companies to get them to move back and build in America? I guess it would piss off the billionaires, which would be counterproductive.
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
From W.B. Yeat's poem The Second Coming
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
From W.B. Yeat's poem The Second Coming
July 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
From W.B. Yeat's poem The Second Coming
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
From W.B. Yeat's poem The Second Coming
But all changes in history, all advance, come from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no dissenters, we should still be living in caves. -A.J.P. Taylor, historian (25 Mar 1906-1990
June 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
But all changes in history, all advance, come from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no dissenters, we should still be living in caves. -A.J.P. Taylor, historian (25 Mar 1906-1990
"We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it, chopped down its forests, leveled its hills, muddied its waters, and dirtied its air. That does not fit my definition of a good tenant." Rose Bird, Chief Justice of California Supreme Crt (2 Nov 1936-19
June 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it, chopped down its forests, leveled its hills, muddied its waters, and dirtied its air. That does not fit my definition of a good tenant." Rose Bird, Chief Justice of California Supreme Crt (2 Nov 1936-19
Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle. -Mahatma Gandhi (2 Oct 1869-1948)
May 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle. -Mahatma Gandhi (2 Oct 1869-1948)
If DJT decides to change his mind, once again, and use military power to annex Canada, does he consider the risks. Will Canada fight back? Will NATO get involved? Will he sacrifice US lives because of his ego and greed? Go figure.
May 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If DJT decides to change his mind, once again, and use military power to annex Canada, does he consider the risks. Will Canada fight back? Will NATO get involved? Will he sacrifice US lives because of his ego and greed? Go figure.
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. -Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (15 Jan 1929-1968)
May 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. -Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (15 Jan 1929-1968)
I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back.
Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)
Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)
April 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back.
Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)
Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)
Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (11 Dec 1918-2008)
April 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (11 Dec 1918-2008)
A man who lies to himself believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. -Fyodor Dostoevsky, novelist (1821-1881)
April 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
A man who lies to himself believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. -Fyodor Dostoevsky, novelist (1821-1881)
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. - George Orwell, writer (25 Jun 1903-1950)
April 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. - George Orwell, writer (25 Jun 1903-1950)
There are thousands of people out there living lives of screaming desperation who work long, hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t even like. – Nigel Marsh
April 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
There are thousands of people out there living lives of screaming desperation who work long, hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t even like. – Nigel Marsh
Today, I am a husband, a father, and a grandfather. I consider my legacy very important. DJT, EM, JDV, and S Miller will die one day, and their legacy will be marked by hate, lies, manipulation, greed, and narcissism. That is, unless they can scub the history books of these stains forever.
April 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today, I am a husband, a father, and a grandfather. I consider my legacy very important. DJT, EM, JDV, and S Miller will die one day, and their legacy will be marked by hate, lies, manipulation, greed, and narcissism. That is, unless they can scub the history books of these stains forever.
"What are the lies that you tell yourself that you still believe?" I do not know the origin of this quote, but it gives me pause. It is a caution for myself and anyone intending to grow socially, mentally, and spiritually.
April 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"What are the lies that you tell yourself that you still believe?" I do not know the origin of this quote, but it gives me pause. It is a caution for myself and anyone intending to grow socially, mentally, and spiritually.
"The limit of tyrants is prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. " - Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, editor, and orator (1817-1895)
April 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"The limit of tyrants is prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. " - Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, editor, and orator (1817-1895)
If ever the time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin. -Samuel Adams, revolutionary (1722-1803)
April 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If ever the time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin. -Samuel Adams, revolutionary (1722-1803)
A king can stand people fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking. -Will Rogers, humorist (4 Nov 1879-1935)
April 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A king can stand people fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking. -Will Rogers, humorist (4 Nov 1879-1935)