“I am treasonable enough not to believe in the liberty of a man or a group to exploit, torment, or slaughter other men or groups. I believe in the despotism of human life and happiness against the liberty of money and possessions.”

- John Steinbeck

Just me and my son, hanging out on a rainy day.

#politics
“The same forces demonizing immigrants are also attacking low-wage workers,” “The same politicians denying living wages are also suppressing the vote; the same people who want less of us to vote are also denying the evidence of the climate crisis and refusing to act now; the same people who are willing to destroy the Earth are willing to deny tens of millions of Americans access to health care.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/21/us/william-barber-christian-nationalism-blake-cec/index.html

#CoSoMusic Now here's something you're not going to hear everyday. "Romantic Prelude for Hurdy-Gurdy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16ZBIiXocpE&ab_channel=AndreyVinogradov

Playing For Change.....The Real Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxizlpl5U64&ab_channel=PlayingForChange

Where i am right now with a cold beer in hand

#politics Elizabeth Warren: For most of 2023, corporate profits drove over half of the inflation in America. I’m fighting back against this greed by pushing to pass the Price Gouging Prevention Act and the Shrinkflation Prevention Act. https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/56221-u-s-senator-elizabeth-warren-calls-out-food-industry-for-price-gouging-urges-action-to-combat-unfair-pricing-practices-says-for-most-of-2023-corporate-profits-drove-over-half-of-inflation-in-the-u-s

#nature Get to know the red-winged blackbird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py9FwVJY0CQ

#beerme Fegley's Hoplicious and Cape May IPA (i dunno which one) and I'm too tipsy to find links and pix. Tasty and effective tho

#politics #cosohumor What can I say? I'm just a fanboy, I guess

#cosohumor I don't have a HOA, but I do have one particularly rude and intrusive neighbor this applies to

#politics #columbiauniversity #protests My feed on Bluesky right now #breaking news

#cosohumor Beats the usual crap I find in my message box

#politics Been arguing off and on all day on Facebook with someone who loves RFKJr. I'm fucking exhausted.

#politics What would four more years bring?

#politics "I didn't train my dog to hunt birds well enough and so I shot it in the face and how dare you have a problem with that?!" is really a very concise assessment of the contemporary GOP zeitgeist. A satirist on the level of Swift could not have put it so neatly.

#politics Long before we reach this constitutional crisis, Speaker Johnson and others in the Republican House leadership must pledge to certify the results of the November elections. They should be asked by the media to make this commitment. If they won’t, Americans need to know — and know why.” https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-most-important-litmus-test-of

#politics #cosohumor The best possible ending to this whole debacle

#cosohumor Truth in advertising

#politics "And as the world focuses on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, where more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, another genocidal process is underway, in early stages, in India." https://inthesetimes.com/article/ethnonationalist-playbook-india-israel-bjp-technology-genocide-assam-muslims

#politics Activist attorney, Marc Elias, on Project 2025
"In less than 15 minutes I explain how conservatives have hatched a new scheme - Project 2025 - to threaten democracy and undermine how our government functions." Watch now: youtu.be/rDikvtSEtMY

#cosohumor When something is so wrong that it's right