I always think of Gandalfs line in LOTR, "I pity even his slaves". Coupled with his swift condemnation of Frodo's wish that Bilbo had killed Gollum and I feel that even though Tolkien never fixed his orc problem, his view was always to see even evil characters as worthy of compassion and mercy.
31.10.2025 19:48 β π 18 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0
They will come for the cop unions eventually. The hubris of their support for the party out to end public employee unions is epically poetic.
07.09.2025 05:44 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I wondered when they were going to turn on the Federalist society.
30.05.2025 17:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Mother fucker, your party was in control of both houses after 9/11..Who are pointing the finger at????
21.04.2025 20:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Shit...
21.04.2025 20:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
JRR Tolkien
Patricia McKillip
Roger Zelazny
Hunter S. Thompson
Stephen King
04.04.2025 18:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hes always been like this. Remember he was one of the key leaders of the Afghan withdrawel lynch mob. Notice he's not doing that for Trump...
18.02.2025 00:51 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cop unions have the biggest Trump ass kissers from the start. Even though it was clear he was going to do this, they endorsed him anyway. BTW, which party has been blocking the money for 9/11 first responders?
23.01.2025 15:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
17.01.2025 04:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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16.01.2025 17:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Why are we letting the real culprits, the Suppreme Court, judge Cannon, and the saboteurs left over from trumps DOJ?
07.01.2025 18:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This is a profoundly stupid idea even for Trump.
11.12.2024 22:42 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The GOP kept this at a low simmer for decades, just enough to drive ratings and voter turnout, but not enough to actual resolve when a bill came to a vote. Now its put up or shut up time. No one delivers Karma more brually than the face eating leopards.
26.11.2024 15:31 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
. The GOP kept this at a low simmer for decades, just enough to drive ratings and voter turnout, but not enough to actual resolve when a bill came to a vote. Now its put up or shut up time. No one delivers Karma more brually than the face eating leopards.
26.11.2024 15:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
26.11.2024 01:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Its not really about progressive vs conservative in CA on this issue. NIMBY is bipartisan. Huntington Beach is a MAGA stronghold and is fighting state housing mandates harder than anyone. But enviro laws like CEQA need to be updated ASAP because they have been weaponized to an absurd degree.
21.11.2024 16:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Its really about the death of the cable business. I have no idea what Comcast considers a political liability, but its pretty clear this is a part of their strategy to deal with that inevitable outcome. .
21.11.2024 15:24 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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The Warriors Apprentice
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What Hath God Wrought: The transformation of America 1815 to 1848
The Boys on the Bus
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20.11.2024 16:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
She is doing this to raise her profile and raise money for herself. She achieves that no matter what dems do. It has nothing to do with "stomach". By all mean squash it, but it might be useful for everyone who fights for trans rights to be more strategic what we spend our time and resources on.
19.11.2024 16:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It was the most obscure one I could think of.
12.11.2023 00:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Brigadoon?
11.11.2023 16:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Max has a new playmate!
12.10.2023 05:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Clearly Vigo!
25.08.2023 16:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
You were in the spirit realm.
15.08.2023 19:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This is some brilliant cosplay
07.08.2023 18:34 β π 1768 π 329 π¬ 29 π 16
guy who argues about how healthcare in the United States is a broken hypercapitalist hellscape but after some digging it turns out every example he gives of why itβs bad is just something the Yankeesβ medical staff did
04.08.2023 17:30 β π 21 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1
I'm looking forward to the dragon formula one racing sourcebook.
04.08.2023 17:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This is brilliant!
04.08.2023 01:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It really is like the final days of Krypton over at the bad place.
04.08.2023 00:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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