walterbays
Retired software engineer. San Diego. Pro democracy. Pro Ukraine. Music, travel, books, genealogy, cats.
Joined Nov 2022
@Brisse
How about some dancing peacocks?
https://youtu.be/FBdfQYXjcR8
@feloneouscat @DavidSalo Can you imagine him passing the written test at the DMV? Reading the questions? Sitting quietly for 30 minutes until his number is called? 5 minutes?
@elbutterfield
Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) comments on the 2024 election: all you fascists bound to lose
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Trump's press conference tirade Tuesday was cut short on CNN by an anchor compelled to challenge what he called multiple falsehoods and lies. Jim Acosta muted Trump amid a lengthy rant delivered at Mar-a-Lago , and turned instead to Fact checker Daniel Dale for an analysis. https://youtu.be/yfrZPVQswnU
@JV3MJD Similar to his denial of any connection to Project 2025.
The campaign vetted all the remarks, wrote teleprompter scripts, and those scripts were read at the event.
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“ Billionaire Jeff Bezos defended blocking The Washington Post‘s planned endorsement of Kamala Harris in an op-ed on Monday, claiming the decision was a “principled” one and that there was no quid-pro-quo arrangement with any presidential candidate.”
Really?
So why not last year? Why in the weeks before the election when NOT EVEN THE PAPER KNEW???
Rich people really are just rich.
But smart? Not so much.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/desperate-bezos-defends-censoring-wapo-endorsement/
What happens when Trump tires of Elon Musk? Ask Yevgeny Prigozhin about when Putin tired of him.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-happens-when-donald-trump-gets-tired-elon-musk-1975156
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@Bliss Just imagine, Trump telling the truth!
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@Bliss They endorsed her almost a month ago.
Opinion
The Editorial Board
The Only Patriotic Choice for President
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala-harris-2024-endorsement.html
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from Sarah Larchmont
Once again demonstrating that courage doesn’t require balls. 💁♀️
@peeppeepcircus Sorry for the bad link. Try searching for:
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
David J. Wishart
University of Nebraska Press, 2004
@peeppeepcircus @Maude My favorite Ameringer quote:
[Politics is] "the art by which politicians obtain campaign contributions from the rich and votes from the poor on the pretext of protecting each from the other."
@peeppeepcircus @Maude
In 1910 Ameringer led the fight against Oklahoma's adoption of the so-called grandfather clause, which was introduced by the Democrats to eliminate black suffrage.
...the American Guardian from 1931 to 1941, developed a national circulation. Ameringer waged a high-profile campaign in the Leader against the Ku Klux Klan, which was highly influential in Oklahoma during the early 1920s.
@peeppeepcircus @Maude I never found his articles as the publisher didn't give bylines to low level reporters. But here's some related reading.
@peeppeepcircus @Maude First thing he did after he was exhumed was rush to the newspaper office to work on his story. He didn't take warnings well.
@TLP32
Interesting parallel to 2000 when Russian oligarchs surrendered to Putin's authority.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/washington-post-endorses-fascism
@peeppeepcircus @Maude In the 1930s the Nazis worked together with the KKK. My grandfather was a reporter who infiltrated them working on an expose. They kidnapped him and buried him alive.
(Ps, he survived)
@Maude Plus ca change, plus c'etait le meme chose - as they might say in Vichy France.
Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden Feb. 20, 1939, billed as a "Pro American Rally"
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/695941323/when-nazis-took-manhattan
walterbays
Retired software engineer. San Diego. Pro democracy. Pro Ukraine. Music, travel, books, genealogy, cats.
Joined Nov 2022