Paul Shoffner
@pondwarrior.bsky.social
Curator of quotes, photographer,
creative arts, blues musician,
defender of democracy; beware clueless knaves and bloviating jackasses
creative arts, blues musician,
defender of democracy; beware clueless knaves and bloviating jackasses
"To read of human depravity in the police reports is one thing,
to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another."
~ William John Locke
to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another."
~ William John Locke
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"To read of human depravity in the police reports is one thing,
to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another."
~ William John Locke
to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another."
~ William John Locke
How many is it going to take?
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
How many is it going to take?
Did you see the Northern Lights?
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Did you see the Northern Lights?
“…Donald Trump is not like other human beings, and you can't treat him
as if he is. He is a severe sociopath,
and his willingness to see others suffer and die pushes him into the realm
of a psychopath…
www.rawstory.com/trump-mental...
as if he is. He is a severe sociopath,
and his willingness to see others suffer and die pushes him into the realm
of a psychopath…
www.rawstory.com/trump-mental...
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“…Donald Trump is not like other human beings, and you can't treat him
as if he is. He is a severe sociopath,
and his willingness to see others suffer and die pushes him into the realm
of a psychopath…
www.rawstory.com/trump-mental...
as if he is. He is a severe sociopath,
and his willingness to see others suffer and die pushes him into the realm
of a psychopath…
www.rawstory.com/trump-mental...
“... perhaps vulgarity is the price one pays
for possessing no civilization of one's own.”
- Robert Payne
“Often times obscenity
is but an outburst of insecurity,
by empowering obscenity
we empower mental imbalance.”
- Abhijit Naskar
for possessing no civilization of one's own.”
- Robert Payne
“Often times obscenity
is but an outburst of insecurity,
by empowering obscenity
we empower mental imbalance.”
- Abhijit Naskar
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“... perhaps vulgarity is the price one pays
for possessing no civilization of one's own.”
- Robert Payne
“Often times obscenity
is but an outburst of insecurity,
by empowering obscenity
we empower mental imbalance.”
- Abhijit Naskar
for possessing no civilization of one's own.”
- Robert Payne
“Often times obscenity
is but an outburst of insecurity,
by empowering obscenity
we empower mental imbalance.”
- Abhijit Naskar
“Anyone could be an idiot
or a jerk, separately, but the combination of ignorance and meanspiritedness-
-that was special.”
- Jean H. Korelit
“Trump taught us how easily seemingly serious people
can become profoundly idiotic.
He turned career politicians
into circus freaks.”
-Thor Benson
or a jerk, separately, but the combination of ignorance and meanspiritedness-
-that was special.”
- Jean H. Korelit
“Trump taught us how easily seemingly serious people
can become profoundly idiotic.
He turned career politicians
into circus freaks.”
-Thor Benson
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“Anyone could be an idiot
or a jerk, separately, but the combination of ignorance and meanspiritedness-
-that was special.”
- Jean H. Korelit
“Trump taught us how easily seemingly serious people
can become profoundly idiotic.
He turned career politicians
into circus freaks.”
-Thor Benson
or a jerk, separately, but the combination of ignorance and meanspiritedness-
-that was special.”
- Jean H. Korelit
“Trump taught us how easily seemingly serious people
can become profoundly idiotic.
He turned career politicians
into circus freaks.”
-Thor Benson
"Vice deceives us
when dressed
in the garb of virtue."
"What man have you ever seen
who was contented
with one crime only?"
“Yesterday they were ruffians,
today they control our lives. Tomorrow they will wind up
as keepers of the public lavatories.”
- Juvenal
when dressed
in the garb of virtue."
"What man have you ever seen
who was contented
with one crime only?"
“Yesterday they were ruffians,
today they control our lives. Tomorrow they will wind up
as keepers of the public lavatories.”
- Juvenal
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Vice deceives us
when dressed
in the garb of virtue."
"What man have you ever seen
who was contented
with one crime only?"
“Yesterday they were ruffians,
today they control our lives. Tomorrow they will wind up
as keepers of the public lavatories.”
- Juvenal
when dressed
in the garb of virtue."
"What man have you ever seen
who was contented
with one crime only?"
“Yesterday they were ruffians,
today they control our lives. Tomorrow they will wind up
as keepers of the public lavatories.”
- Juvenal
“Few men had been as cavalier and as debauched as the Président, but completely jaded, utterly torpid, all he was left with now was the depravity and turpitude of libertinage.”
- Marquis de Sade,
The 120 Days of Sodom
- Marquis de Sade,
The 120 Days of Sodom
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Few men had been as cavalier and as debauched as the Président, but completely jaded, utterly torpid, all he was left with now was the depravity and turpitude of libertinage.”
- Marquis de Sade,
The 120 Days of Sodom
- Marquis de Sade,
The 120 Days of Sodom
BATTLEFIELD RACISM...The U.S., specifically the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), has recently removed two memorial panels dedicated to Black World War II soldiers from the visitors’ center at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg, without warning local officials.
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BATTLEFIELD RACISM...The U.S., specifically the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), has recently removed two memorial panels dedicated to Black World War II soldiers from the visitors’ center at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg, without warning local officials.
“Knowing how citizens in other democracies
have successfully resisted elected autocrats,
or why they tragically failed to do so,
is essential to those seeking
to defend American democracy today.”
- Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die
have successfully resisted elected autocrats,
or why they tragically failed to do so,
is essential to those seeking
to defend American democracy today.”
- Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Knowing how citizens in other democracies
have successfully resisted elected autocrats,
or why they tragically failed to do so,
is essential to those seeking
to defend American democracy today.”
- Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die
have successfully resisted elected autocrats,
or why they tragically failed to do so,
is essential to those seeking
to defend American democracy today.”
- Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die
“A bad government cannot only be called as a ‘bad’ government; the real adjective should be this: Enemy! Yes, bad government is a real enemy for the country it governs, an enemy within!”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
- Mehmet Murat ildan
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“A bad government cannot only be called as a ‘bad’ government; the real adjective should be this: Enemy! Yes, bad government is a real enemy for the country it governs, an enemy within!”
- Mehmet Murat ildan
- Mehmet Murat ildan
