Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.
How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.
Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it.
15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.
it's always nice to be reminded of how incredible a public speaker Barack Obama is. here's part of his eulogy of Jesse Jackson
“Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be either a pitch or a person, stealing is legal, and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or the ball.”
Ring Lardner, #BOTD.
If it’s true that the United States bombed an elementary school and killed scores of children it is an unfathomable crime. I have never been more disgusted to be an American.
Dean Stockwell in "Paris, Texas" - BOTD
this is not an amount of money any individual or household should be able to have and we have to abolish both billionaires as a group and the economic system that makes them possible
Completely accurate assessment. No notes. 10/10.
"Make people dependent enough, and then make it shitty"
Still giggling at this hilarious video from the Norwegian Consumer Council "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator" which seems a perfect embodiment of Silicon Valley and tech generally these days
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
There should be an Earth for people who don't hate all living things
I remember when trying to forgive student loans was massive overreach of Presidential power.
sure the pedophile felon president just illegally bombed a country that may have nukes while federal forces under his command murder and harass people in america and immigrants are tortured and he moves forward with plans to build concentration camps and sorry idk where i was going fuck all of this
It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
Radiohead has issued a joint band statement decrying the use of the group’s song “Let Down” in a pro-ICE video, telling the U.S.’s Department of Homeland Security to “go fuck yourselves” for misappropriating the track.
I'm really pleased with this: My students interviewed my former writing professor from decades ago, Michael Lesy, about Wisconsin Death Trip, and looking at photographs as a method of survival in dire times. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/believing-...
People are always like what’s something you miss from the past and one of mine is antitrust laws
i really can't communicate strongly enough how much these guys rock youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...
screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight
Masterful Troll, TCM.
Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons
Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, and Ann Dvorak star as three grammar school friends who remain close even as they grow into very different women in the pre-Code drama THREE ON A MATCH. Now playing in our Mervyn LeRoy collection!
When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.
This one hits hard.
the pope telling jd vance to fuck off must be a religion unto itself because i’m devout
Please stop telling me how these guys are geniuses when every interview with them sounds like a 12-year-old who was held back a grade.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court has come down in favor of money
American not only becoming a cult of personality but becoming the dumbest cult of personality in the history of the human species is a lot to process
look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british
