yup

My paternal grandfather had to run a complex banking scam to show he was much better off financially than he actually was in order to buy his fiancé's freedom from the Nazis (she was being held in Gurs concentration camp in France). My maternal grandfather was a civilian who taught WW2 radio operators. Neither was a veteran, but they both fought against fascism in their own way.

They'd be ashamed of us today.

"This has never worked, and it never will. This closed loop can only be broken if we reject profit as the sole driver of our society. Until then, anything that threatens profit – whether it is human rights, the climate crisis, or any other inconvenient truth, will sooner or later be paved over and replaced with a new amusement park.
This is how global capital today continues to break both real democracy and social movements."
by George Tsakraklides

https://tsakraklides.com/2024/08/23/the-great-illusion-of-freedom-surely-this-must-be-a-democracy/

Zelensky called Putin a "fucking terrorist" on Meet the Press.

My kind of fella.

Evening CoSo, grab your beverage of choice and salute all the Veterans on and off CoSo. 🍺

Which do you find more plausible: that tens of millions of Democrats shrugged, or that GOP cheated?

I am saddened my ancestors did so much to make it hard for them to be. May we do better than those that came before us.

Not everything you read on the internet is true. Check your sources and methods before reposting reactively. Appreciate it.

Why?

An anti-labor, anti-working-class candidate won voters who didn’t go to college

An anti-immigrant candidate who ran on the promise of deporting millions of people made historic gains with Latino voters

A country that ranks democracy as one of its top issues elected the guy who promised to be a dictator on Day 1

"The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor." - Victor Hugo

Sing with me:

"Coulda had a woman.
But for the racist, sexist assholes. Coulda had a woman president except for the racist and sexist Magat assholes. Afraid she'd charge them too much for her eggs. So, we don't have a woman president because of stupid racist & sexist assholes."

"The people have elected a government that will be dedicated to making sure that nothing gets better for anyone but those already in charge, and which will work to lock in the miserable present that they presently command in place of any less brutal future."

https://defector.com/beyond-belief

Trump called for cheating in the 2020 election, asking a governor to find him 11,000 more votes; additionally, Trump faces serving jail time from multiple court cases so he has motive, as does Elon who said he will be wrecked if Harris wins; and lastly voter turnout was huge while Trump suffered decaying rallying numbers with multiple sources showing folks leaving early from half-filled venues. The numbers and picture just don’t add up. #politics

Shout out to the "British" guy who helped the lost teen.

Rural teen sneaks out of house and gets lost in the dark on the way to friend's house. Guy "with a British accent" spies her, asks if she's okay. Girl says yes.
Guy drives to end of road, calls cops, waits until cops show, drives off.

Girl was lucky and guy was damn responsible.

Good on you, man.

@p3R1n01D

It's not just D.C.: Satirical Trump statues are appearing in cities across the U.S.

Me: *snort* 🤣 😂 😂
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/31/nx-s1-5173569/trump-statues-portland-philadelphia-sexual-assault

@DavidSalo Yet he doesn't.