Writer BassPlayer Sceptic Atheist Relativist Progressive Egalitarian AntiFascist 🌹 https://www.michaeldkerrigan.com 7% of Earth’s human population—the wealthiest 7%-is responsible for half of its environmental damage.
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With Reagan’s inauguration in 1981 the dreams of wealthy plutocrats were realized and the US began a steady transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top (there is no trickle-down). The only thing now left to do is dismantle organized labor and capitalists gain 100% of power and nearly all wealth.
“We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit made them. They [white men] were not and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them.” —Chief Young Joseph
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.” —Kris Kristofferson
“For although I feel that I know a tremendous lot, I am not yet aware how much there is in the world to find out about. It will take me a little time to discover whether I am very wise or very foolish.” —Eric Pumpkinhead
“As for civil liberties, anyone who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city.” —Gore Vidal
Kristi Noem has always been stupid; she's just more amplified now. "It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." —Maurice Switzer
And they shouldn't be put off.
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Mammon.” —Jesus (supposedly)
“Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi, Goddamn!” —Nina Simone
“I dwell so many miles above the puddles in which these filthy little vermin sprawl and crawl and bawl their cheap obscenities.” —Marcel Proust
I have a copy of the script for The Usual Suspects signed by Kevin Spacey, but I guess that's not as cool as it once was.
Because the underlying problem is greed; a lust for wealth and power for which too many politicians are willing to court the gunbilly vote.
Could even Carl Hiaasen dream up a more ridiculous Florida politician?
Republicans must keep their racist voters stirred up regardless of the cost to taxpayers.
“When stupidity is considered patriotic it is unsafe to be intelligent.” —Isaac Asimov
“No man can do more than in him lies.” —Homer
“What is wrong with Christianity is that it refrains from doing all those things that Christ commanded should be done.” —Nietzsche
$110,000,000 will buy a lot of thoughts and prayers and pastoral shills for the MAGA Fascist Movement. “Brisk men, energetic of movement and speech; the dollar their god, how to get it their religion.” —Mark Twain
Muskrat brings to mind images of Howard Hughes: alone, naked and unkempt, in a darkened room, surrounded by jars and jars and jars of his own urine.
“When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” —Humpty Dumpty
Yeehaw!
On the back of the justices' robes is one big logo
“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.” ―George Orwell, 1984
The Dropkick Murphys are sure to give the ICE thugs a warm welcome. youtu.be/5BRHuiRyVEE
Without poor people there would be no rich people.
St Peter doesn't accept gratuities. Besides, Satan already has Trump branded.
“Money is their God; how to get it, their religion.” —Mark Twain
And Trump will not stop with just occupying DC unless he is stopped.
Of course. Trump's power grab was arrogative and his rule has been shameful.
An educated citizenry is a dangerous citizenry, to those who want to exploit them.
“In great states hundreds must go hungry so that one can strut and wallow in luxury; tens of thousands are pressed and driven to death so that one crowned fool can carry out his fancy.” —Johann Herder
Kurt Vonnegut predicted this scenario in his first novel, Player Piano, in 1959.
I want rustlers-cut throats-murderers-bounty hunters-desperados-mugs-pugs-thugs-nitwits-halfwits-dimwits-vipers-snipers-conmen-Indian agents-bandits-muggers-buggerers-bushwhackers-hornswogglers-horse thieves-train robbers-bank robbers-asskickers-shitkickers and Methodists! —Hedley Lamarr
That's not Fair! Pam Bondi has also worked tirelessly to hide the #EpsteinFiles.
Will Mike Johnson also tell Trump that he doesn't have a small penis?
Praying to gods to intervene on one’s behalf is no less absurd than scrutinizing a goat’s entrails to foretell future events.
How marvelously apropos!
Well, that's a relief.
“Ignorance more frequently begats confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” —Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
“Ignorance more frequently begats confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” —Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
IfTulsi wasn't inept she wouldn't be part of the #TrumpAbomination.
Was it not quintessential Trump to hear the president of Europe when it was the pestilent of Europe that they called him?
Ghislain as Fagin to Trump's Bill Sikes.
There is no one in the #TrumpAbomination who is qualified to "talk about health."
“The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean. I know by experience…guardians of my youth compelled me to read an unexpurgated Bible through before I was fifteen. None can do that and ever draw a clean sweet breath again this side of the grave.” —Mark Twain
H.L. Mencken referred to them as, "the bewildered herd." They're easily manipulated because they don't understand what's going on. They also seem to be highly emotional and easily triggered.
Apart from being hateful and mendacious, the reason that Republicans fail at comedy is because they lack any sense of irony.
When I was 10 years old I fell in love with Cuban black beans and rice, which can feed a family of ten for less than the cost of one T-bone steak; and much healthier, to boot.
Wouldn't you like to see what's hanging in Holman's closet?
The revulsion that many people are expressing for Hannity and his ilk has got to be one of the forces driving the success of DoorDash.
The revulsion that many people are expressing for Hannity and his ilk has got to be one of the forces driving the success of DoorDash.
“’Tis the infirmity of his age; yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself.”
Citizens United must first be overturned.
The motley uniforms of ICE bring to mind the Black and Tans that Churchill recruited to terrorize the people of Ireland.
The average American carries credit card debt of $6500 with an interest rate, on average, of 23%, Few people pay the balance each month and many are likely to never pay the debt in full.
If only the Merchants of Death didn't have so many members of Congress in their pocket.
If prayers were horses beggars would ride.
Has #RFKjr not been advised to lay off the undercooked pork?
In his first December message to Congress in 1861 Abraham Lincoln said, “Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration.”
"...he will therefore delight in the company of flatterers and parasites and avoid the company of high-minded men, who value him according to his deserts.” —Spinoza youtu.be/sEJpQQVJecI
Trump is trumping Bush. Last night I watched Spike Lee's "Katrina". I wish that everyone would.
The Merchants of Death are prominent members of the donor class.
“The most prosperous science was medicine [during the Renaissance], for men will sacrifice anything but appetite for health.” —Will Durant
“No great nation is ever conquered until it has destroyed itself.” —Will Durant
How can you tell when a Trump sycophant is lying? Their lips are moving.
“The world is saved by the breath of school children.” —The Talmud
“Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s overestimation of himself, which the proud man will endeavor to foster by all the means in his power; he will therefore delight in the company of flatterers & parasites & avoid the company of high-minded men who value him according to his deserts.” —Spinoza
More people need to get angry! More people need to wake the fuck up! “Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious.” ―George Orwell, 1984
Don't you love how such politicians answer questions that no one has asked?
It's from Nobel House by James Clavell ; a comment regarding a Chinese menu that they will eat anything that's back faces heaven.
How many more Americans must be shit upon by Trump before he faces any consequences?
Jim Crow - redux.
We are also the only species that's backs don't face Heaven.
“We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle.” —Ché Guevara
Sadly, it appears that it would have to happen to their own children; though I would wish that on no one. Losing a child has got to be the worst thing that could happen to someone.
If prayers were horses beggars would ride.
"I gotta make my nut." - Mr. Mackey youtu.be/HrHIrAu84Vw
The Army, it's not just a job, it's a job cleaning up American streets.
In their Walter Mitty daydreams that is what the gunbillies think that they are doing.
Or is it the 100k plus 50k signing bonus that they serve? “But certainly, there are modes by which a man may put bread in his mouth which will not prejudice him as a companion and neighbor.” —Henry David Thoreau
There has not been a presidential cabinet in US history as obsequious and loathsome as the #TrumpAbomination.
Ah, I thought that only happened when the IV was clumsily inserted. I had that happen once when I was in the ER. But similar looking bruises also occur as people age. My mother used arnica to clear them up more quickly.
Paxton and his ilk believe that laws and commandments are for the lessor people and that they do not apply to the morally superior.
Then Trump's lackeys paint it gold.
That would be nice.
Somewhere around their mid-70's people will begin to bruise more easily and to end up with these sort of bruises. It is due primarily to thinning skin.
Republicans serve the wealthy and powerful. Their only mission as regards the working class is to manipulate their fears in order to gain their votes.
Stick a cocked rat trap in your bag; better yet a rattlesnake or scorpion.
Fuck! Most Christians don't seem to give a fuck what the Bible says, certainly not the Jesus parts.
38% of Americans seem to want a dictator; probably due to their lack of cognizance. “…for tyrants are active and ardent and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.” —Voltaire
“Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s overestimation of himself; this estimation the proud man will endeavor to foster by all the means in his power; he will therefore delight in the company of flatterers and parasites and will avoid the company of high-minded men.” —Spinoza youtu.be/Qmc_R8FShtc
"A lot of people are saying..." The voices in Trump's fat head, that is.
"Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life" —Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying
“Workers marched out of factories and offices and paraded through the streets with banners voicing their gratitude to Big Brother for the new, happy life which his wise leadership has bestowed upon us.” “They were like the ant, which can see small objects but not large ones.” ―George Orwell, 1984
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
@thehill.com is agitprop to the GOP.
Though is fascist capitalism not a tautology?
The USG became the "Cops of the World" in order to protect "American Interests", i.e., the interests of US multinational corporations and those who own them. Our leaders, from both parties, hired local strong men, who promised to be anti-communist, so that US corporations could build a quasi-empire.