MikeHarton134
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“If there ever was a time in history for a generation to be BOLD and to THINK BIG, to STAND UP and to FIGHT BACK, NOW IS THE TIME.”
—-Bernie Sanders in Guide to Political Revolution, 2017.
—-Bernie Sanders in Guide to Political Revolution, 2017.
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“If there ever was a time in history for a generation to be BOLD and to THINK BIG, to STAND UP and to FIGHT BACK, NOW IS THE TIME.”
—-Bernie Sanders in Guide to Political Revolution, 2017.
—-Bernie Sanders in Guide to Political Revolution, 2017.
“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, battle them with bull.”
—W.C. Fields (or was it D.J. Thump)
—W.C. Fields (or was it D.J. Thump)
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, battle them with bull.”
—W.C. Fields (or was it D.J. Thump)
—W.C. Fields (or was it D.J. Thump)
“As lawless gangs of ICE agents terrorize city neighborhoods, it’s getting harder to maintain that the United States is a democracy.”
—-the edits of Christian Century
—-the edits of Christian Century
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“As lawless gangs of ICE agents terrorize city neighborhoods, it’s getting harder to maintain that the United States is a democracy.”
—-the edits of Christian Century
—-the edits of Christian Century
“We are living through the greatest era of revisionist history since the Lost Cause. And the similarities ought to alarm us.”
—Mark Wingfield, Editor
Baptist News Global
—Mark Wingfield, Editor
Baptist News Global
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“We are living through the greatest era of revisionist history since the Lost Cause. And the similarities ought to alarm us.”
—Mark Wingfield, Editor
Baptist News Global
—Mark Wingfield, Editor
Baptist News Global
Just came across this Annie Dillard quote again and I love it!
“The mind longs for eternal truth but the body will settle for two over easy with bacon.”
“The mind longs for eternal truth but the body will settle for two over easy with bacon.”
October 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Just came across this Annie Dillard quote again and I love it!
“The mind longs for eternal truth but the body will settle for two over easy with bacon.”
“The mind longs for eternal truth but the body will settle for two over easy with bacon.”
Sorry, Secretary Hegseth, ‘Jesus don’t like killing’ baptistnews.com/article/sorr...
Sorry, Secretary Hegseth, ‘Jesus don’t like killing’ – Baptist News Global
Prine’s words came back this week as I listened the speech given by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to 800 top-ranking military personnel.
baptistnews.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sorry, Secretary Hegseth, ‘Jesus don’t like killing’ baptistnews.com/article/sorr...
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
———Winston Churchill
———Winston Churchill
September 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
———Winston Churchill
———Winston Churchill
Fyodor Dostoyevsky said in Letters,
To be a human being among people and to remain one forever, no matter in what circumstances, not to grow despondent and not to lose heart—that’s what life is about, that’s the task.
To be a human being among people and to remain one forever, no matter in what circumstances, not to grow despondent and not to lose heart—that’s what life is about, that’s the task.
September 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Fyodor Dostoyevsky said in Letters,
To be a human being among people and to remain one forever, no matter in what circumstances, not to grow despondent and not to lose heart—that’s what life is about, that’s the task.
To be a human being among people and to remain one forever, no matter in what circumstances, not to grow despondent and not to lose heart—that’s what life is about, that’s the task.
How is it that the right is blaming everything on the left after Kirk’s death, when the shooter’s family is all Republican, and the guy shot him because he didn’t speak up against blacks enough! Go figure.
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How is it that the right is blaming everything on the left after Kirk’s death, when the shooter’s family is all Republican, and the guy shot him because he didn’t speak up against blacks enough! Go figure.
“I want to die peacefully in my sleep—like my grandfather—not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.”
—-Garrison Keiler
—-Garrison Keiler
September 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“I want to die peacefully in my sleep—like my grandfather—not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.”
—-Garrison Keiler
—-Garrison Keiler
Knowing that Democrats are statistically higher educated than Republicans, the masterminds, like Reagan, aligned themselves with the people they found easiest to dupe: The Grand Ol’ Party.
—Baptist News Global
—Baptist News Global
July 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Knowing that Democrats are statistically higher educated than Republicans, the masterminds, like Reagan, aligned themselves with the people they found easiest to dupe: The Grand Ol’ Party.
—Baptist News Global
—Baptist News Global
One of Thump’s losses is that he obviously never studied Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
July 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
One of Thump’s losses is that he obviously never studied Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Just upped by pledge to NPR & PBS. Hope you will too!
July 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Just upped by pledge to NPR & PBS. Hope you will too!
I find it interesting that the House always votes on unpopular items in the middle of the night, hoping that no one will notice.
July 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I find it interesting that the House always votes on unpopular items in the middle of the night, hoping that no one will notice.
“This is what democracy looks like: it's honest, it's pure, it's sincere," Jones said. "And there's nothing better than standing out here and protesting with people who actually have the same sort of frame of mind."
——one of thousands of demonstrators in Richmond, VA yesterday
——one of thousands of demonstrators in Richmond, VA yesterday
July 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“This is what democracy looks like: it's honest, it's pure, it's sincere," Jones said. "And there's nothing better than standing out here and protesting with people who actually have the same sort of frame of mind."
——one of thousands of demonstrators in Richmond, VA yesterday
——one of thousands of demonstrators in Richmond, VA yesterday
As the Supreme Court strengthens the office of the presidency without explaining the constitutional basis for its decisions, who is actually running the government is a very real question.
—Heather Cox Richardson
—Heather Cox Richardson
July 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
As the Supreme Court strengthens the office of the presidency without explaining the constitutional basis for its decisions, who is actually running the government is a very real question.
—Heather Cox Richardson
—Heather Cox Richardson
Netanyahu and Thump are cut from the same cloth. Disgusting!
July 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Netanyahu and Thump are cut from the same cloth. Disgusting!
From The New Republic
“Trump Border Czar Confirms Racial Profiling Is Now Law of the Land
Tom Homan said ICE has the right to detain any individual for any reason—and that agents deliberately target people based on their “physical appearance.”
“Trump Border Czar Confirms Racial Profiling Is Now Law of the Land
Tom Homan said ICE has the right to detain any individual for any reason—and that agents deliberately target people based on their “physical appearance.”
July 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
From The New Republic
“Trump Border Czar Confirms Racial Profiling Is Now Law of the Land
Tom Homan said ICE has the right to detain any individual for any reason—and that agents deliberately target people based on their “physical appearance.”
“Trump Border Czar Confirms Racial Profiling Is Now Law of the Land
Tom Homan said ICE has the right to detain any individual for any reason—and that agents deliberately target people based on their “physical appearance.”
What Russian bombardment feels like in Kyiv
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
m.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“If you look at the end of the Civil War—the 1800s, it was a very turbulent time. If you take the end day—was it 1869? Or whatever.”
——Donald J. Thump
——Donald J. Thump
June 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“If you look at the end of the Civil War—the 1800s, it was a very turbulent time. If you take the end day—was it 1869? Or whatever.”
——Donald J. Thump
——Donald J. Thump
France has ordered Tesla to stop “deceptive practices” in its marketing of self-driving features, specifically related to the “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) software. If Tesla fails to comply, the company faces potential daily fines of over $58,000 (or 50,000 euros).
Couldn’t happen to a better guy.
Couldn’t happen to a better guy.
June 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
France has ordered Tesla to stop “deceptive practices” in its marketing of self-driving features, specifically related to the “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) software. If Tesla fails to comply, the company faces potential daily fines of over $58,000 (or 50,000 euros).
Couldn’t happen to a better guy.
Couldn’t happen to a better guy.
“June 21, 2025 may go down in history not as the day the Iranian nuclear program was destroyed, but as the day a nuclear Iran was irreversibly born.”
—Laura Rosen, The Deplomat
—Laura Rosen, The Deplomat
June 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“June 21, 2025 may go down in history not as the day the Iranian nuclear program was destroyed, but as the day a nuclear Iran was irreversibly born.”
—Laura Rosen, The Deplomat
—Laura Rosen, The Deplomat
Let’s be clear: Thump’s Attack on Iran is intended as a distraction (something he’s really good at). Now we have to wonder: when and where will the first terrorist attack be in this country?
June 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Let’s be clear: Thump’s Attack on Iran is intended as a distraction (something he’s really good at). Now we have to wonder: when and where will the first terrorist attack be in this country?