βAnd what constitutes evil, real evil, is the taking of a single human life. Whether a man would die tomorrow or the day after or eventually... it doesn't matter. Because if God does not exist, then life... every second of it... Is all we have.β
β Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire
09.03.2026 01:22 β
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Nary a triple-digit IQ among the entire bad bunch. Empathy requires at least normal intelligence & after a life of boozing with the likes of Hegseth, Patel & Bondi -- there's brain damage. Trump's demented, Vance belongs in the hills & Marco... he's a normal IQ but he sold his soul.
09.03.2026 01:18 β
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We can put reason aside in any & all things Trump & be far better off for doing so. Why burn calories on a ghost? I'm worried about Iranians because we know mostly innocent victims -- ordinary people living their lives -- will become the targets for the Israelis & their proxy goon the US military.
09.03.2026 01:03 β
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The Nazis didn't care & neither do the MAGATS.
09.03.2026 00:55 β
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Oh yes -- you too have a good memory -- Cheney came up with WOMDs because nothing sells munitions like an impending threat w/its own acronym. π€ I was living there when this happened, so my memory was from watching broadcasts on Polish TV. The survivors certainly deserved better than Cheney. GOP = π©
09.03.2026 00:52 β
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"We'll be in & out of there within four days." -- Trump. Now we're being conditioned to expect 6 months & before we know it 6 years will have passed & we'll still be in Iran one way or another, and not making anyone any safer & certainly not better off.
09.03.2026 00:46 β
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I used Yupo as I was out of rice paper. It's 9" x 12" & in its own way, Yupo is as unforgiving as rice. π
09.03.2026 00:40 β
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I've taken a short break from my 3D art. I've always loved Japan & its art & aesthetics, so I've been painting in ink again after a long haitus. Here's one of the 'Four Gentlemen' -- bamboo. In Sumi art there's illustration & then Suiboku, a monochromatic depiction of the spirit of nature. This is 1
09.03.2026 00:37 β
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It's hardly the worst case of infanticide from this Regime but every single one is a horror. I hope this child's death was quick. That's at least a small mercy.
09.03.2026 00:11 β
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Predators protecting other predators. This is what happens when the most powerful hijack a nation & let other predators charge whatever the hell they want.
09.03.2026 00:08 β
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It's a scam -- we currently get no oil from Iran & then there's that 'free' oil from Venezuela. If anything prices in the U.S. should be going down, but oil barrons NEVER miss an opportunity to screw the public.
09.03.2026 00:06 β
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Thank you for that info -- I didn't know.
08.03.2026 16:59 β
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Right? As for Trump's defenders, they're a shrinking group of diehards & not enough to return a Congress of bootlickers for Trump. I don't blame you or me for this sad state of affairs, BTW.
08.03.2026 16:58 β
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I can hear it now... "straight hos." π€£
08.03.2026 16:56 β
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Housing is unaffordable because Wall Street's taken over the market & automatically ups the rents & sales prices to MAKE MO' MONEY! This is made worse by a failure to build affordable homes as developers make mo' money building luxury homes, not apts. Cuts to Section 8 also don't help. It's man made
08.03.2026 16:55 β
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Let me put it this way: would you want to sit where Noem sat immediately before -- and after she joined the Miles High Club on a plane with Lewandowski? π
08.03.2026 16:50 β
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Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, concurs. "Blessed be the rich for they will be able to pay the admission into Heaven." What?! You didn't think it would be FREE, did you?
08.03.2026 16:41 β
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I imagine for comedians these are the best of times & the worst of times. While the jokes DO write themselves the punchlines are brutal & not funny at all.
08.03.2026 16:37 β
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the president of the united states stands in front of a crowd
ALT: the president of the united states stands in front of a crowd
The idea this ππ©π€‘ could be dignified for a single second is laughable.
08.03.2026 16:34 β
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To answer, Dick Cheney. He showed up in Krakow for Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2003 wearing an Aspen ski outfit. Everyone else was dressed in black & was respectful; he behaved like a spectator at a sporting event. A female survivor gave a speech wearing only a sweater & dress in zero degree temps.
08.03.2026 16:30 β
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Most cannot overcome a lifetime of social conditioning, so don't expect too much from the general public. Sorry if I sound elitist but most won't rise. The good news is it isn't necessary to get a majority to do so -- if only 15 percent decide to strike, it could probably topple this regime.
08.03.2026 16:25 β
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I'm worried many Gen Xers in our community are now contemplating suicide. They believe their lives are more or less over & that nothing's ever going to improve. Until lately these perceptions were among our youngest but now it's spreading. What's worse is that they aren't completely wrong.
08.03.2026 16:22 β
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Former Dem who switched to Indie during Clinton's first term. I've never voted for an R but I have voted for Indies, Greens, Socialists, and Dems if they were different from their R opponents. No hate, but voting for Rs shows a lack of understanding & compassion.
08.03.2026 16:17 β
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Having a normal IQ is not mandatory to serve in the House -- something which should be clear to anyone paying attention. And having confidence in Congress in 2026 is, sorry, delusional.
08.03.2026 16:11 β
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My advice to anyone living in a community which turns their cop cars into American flags & slogans... GET THE HELL OUT WHILE THE GETTING'S GOOD!
08.03.2026 16:05 β
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