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I suppose I should fill this in, but the word count is too small for all I'd like to say. I believe it was G. B. Shaw that said, "If I had more time, I would have written less."

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flexghost , to random
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Thoughts and prayers

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happycoyote12 ,
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@flexghost Need I say more?

breadandcircuses , (edited ) to random
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They yell at us: "Stop being a doomer! You have to give people hope!"

To which I respond with what Greta Thunberg says: "I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act!"

Along those lines, I strongly recommend this superb new essay from author and climate campaigner Jonathon Porritt, in which he explains that mainstream climate scientists, by insisting we should always be positive and hopeful, run the risk of becoming the new climate deniers.

Here is a brief summary...

  1. The speed with which the climate is now changing is faster than (almost) all scientists thought possible.

  2. There is now zero prospect of holding the average temperature increase this century to below 1.5°C; even 2°C is beginning to slip out of reach. The vast majority of climate scientists know this, but rarely if ever give voice to this critically important reality.

  3. At the same time, the vast majority of people still haven’t a clue about what’s going on – and what this means for them and everything they hold dear.

  4. The current backlash against existing (already wholly inadequate) climate measures is also accelerating – and will cause considerable political damage in 2024. Those driving this backlash represent the same old climate denial that has been so damaging over so many years.

  5. The science-based institutions on which we depend to address this crisis have comprehensively failed us. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is incapable of telling the whole truth about accelerating climate change; the Conference of the Parties (under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) has been co-opted by the fossil fuel lobby to the point of total corruption.

  6. By not calling out these incontrovertible realities, mainstream scientists are at risk of becoming the new climate deniers.

Read the whole thing -- https://www.jonathonporritt.com/mainstream-climate-science-the-new-denialism/

happycoyote12 ,
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@breadandcircuses Yes, for different reasons, but this is how I feel too. "I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act!"

Please donate to my fundraising campaigns. I feel fear. I feel panic.

Help, please.

Begging is not easy. I'm humiliated to resort to begging & pleading. Imagine how hopeless I must feel to do this. Sorry, so very sorry. I know others worse off. Must I be them?

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happycoyote12 ,
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@jeffowski The saying goes, "Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one."

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is fighting ’s program to lower ’
In court cases nationwide, companies are trying to block a new that would cut on for high , , & .


https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/11/pharma-drug-priding-biden-negotiations/

happycoyote12 ,
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@Nonilex who's side is the GOP fighting for?! VOTE BLUE
And often, as many times as you can (satire)

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"Donald Trump is in a stronger place with the GOP base than he was at this time during his initial rise to power. While he had serious challengers in 2016, he’s waltzing through the GOP primaries this year, largely due to strong support from white evangelical Protestants. ...

There are virtually no prominent voices today in the mainstream white evangelical world making a theological or moral case against supporting Trump."

~ Robert P. Jones

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/06/theyve-told-me-hes-jesus-unpacking-empty-pseudo-religion/

happycoyote12 ,
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@wdlindsy Please call them out for who they are, W.A.S.P.s.. No one was opposed to using this term during the 50s, 60s, & 70s until Ray Gun got in office. Not only does it speak to their evangelical hypocrisy but also their racist white nationalism, and their greediest capitalism ideologies. Pull back that white sheet & expose them for all to see. Peace brother.

happycoyote12 ,
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@wdlindsy Would someone please explain to me the concept, image, and actions of the Anti-Christ. How and when would we know him if we should see him? Would he have a silver tongue spewing lies? Would he be falsely vain? Would he demand all adore him and rain down retribution on those that don't? If only there were some book, like a manual or something to guide us. Maybe Mike Pence knows. (Note: I'm an atheist since childhood yet I can see the light.)

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"The court’s decision is terrible news, to be sure, but it gives Democrats an opportunity to clarify a few crucial points, and they should seize it.

First, Democrats should stress that voters need to know before the election whether Trump committed crimes—and this is due to them as a matter of right."

~ Greg Sargent


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https://newrepublic.com/article/179438/liz-cheney-supreme-court-trump-trial-delay-dems-weapon

happycoyote12 ,
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@wdlindsy Hmm, speaking of "lickspittle attorney general", so what ever happened to Jeff Sessions? What rock did he slither under?

happycoyote12 ,
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@wdlindsy You remember acting Dep AG Sally Yates in 2016 wrote the memo the DOJ would phase out Private Prisons. One of his first acts as AG Jeff Sessions rescinded that order. The Mercer's held a lot of stocks in the two largest private prison companies, GEO & CCA. Yates cost them lots of money. Old donny & Jeff made sure that got it back, & then some.

https://www.pogo.org/investigations/the-fear-factory-how-robert-mercers-hedge-fund-profits-from-trumps-hard-line-immigration-stance

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2015/jul/31/who-owns-private-prison-stock/

https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/02/justice-department-private-prisons-23524

Biden brought it back.

happycoyote12 ,
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@wdlindsy Glad to. Wow you a fast reader.

wdlindsy , to random
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"Republicans desperately trying to cover their tracks are running the same play as the Supreme Court justices who lied about settled law to get confirmed so they could overturn Roe v. Wade."

~ Brian Beutler

#Republicans #IVF #abortion #RoevWade #SupremeCourt

https://www.offmessage.net/p/ivf-and-gop-faithlessness

happycoyote12 ,
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@wdlindsy Ah, we live a "blessed" life. We are "blessed". Truly we dwell in God's good graces. May you have a "blessed" day. NO, NOT YOU! NO BLESSED ANYTHING FOR YOU!

happycoyote12 ,
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@wdlindsy Sorry William, perhaps poor attempt to sarcastically point at the bigotry & deceit of the evangelical Right. Frequently hiding behind biblical scripture they freely spout as cover & defense of their hate filled agenda. Pic = 1K words. How many times donny attended service since leaving office? Yet here are the pious licking the hoof of Satan. Holy are they. Don't support them? "You will burn." Forgive my fumbling. G B Shaw wrote, "If I had more time I would have written less."

GottaLaff , to random
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😂 Stormy, Cohen, McDougal…
AND the Access Hollywood tape. Desperate much? Good luck with that .

“The motion attacks witnesses’ cred at length, casting Cohen as a “liar” & suggesting Daniels would offer “false” and “salacious” testimony.

Trump’s lawyers also took aim at how prosecutors have described the hush money payments as a “catch-&-kill” scheme to quash negative info about Trump in advance of the 2016 presidential election”

https://trib.al/WTVuKwt

happycoyote12 ,
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@GottaLaff For every report, article, post, toot, just remember Frank Zappa wrote "Trouble Every Day" in 1965. Has anything really changed? Well, maybe gotten worse in many respects. If you don't know the lyrics do yourself a favor and read them, see how relevant they remain. If you do know them, refresh your memory in case you forgotten.

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/28262149/Frank+Zappa/Trouble+Every+Day

Frank=Genius

GottaLaff , to random
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Via MeidasTouch:

underperformed the polls again and had 40% of voters in a Republican primary vote against him. What is she even talking about? We don’t recall this same energy when won 96%+ of the vote in .

Aaron Rupar:

Kristen Welker wants you to know that Trump CRUSHED, TROUNCED, and DOMINATED Nikki Haley last night

happycoyote12 ,
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@GottaLaff I'm thinking I'm not liking this Kristen Welker. She has made a number of surprising statements makes it seem she's supporting the Red camp. & they fucked the show up anyway. Used to be one could go to the site & watch the entire show. Now it's just these broken up sound bites. Lost interest in one of my fav Sunday shows.

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happycoyote12 ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor I love, loved Frank Zappa. His 1st FZ & the Mothers of Invention album catapulted me onto the path of enlightenment. As each of his subsequent albums propelled me further along that journey. Thank You Frank & all you Mothers & Sp thanks to the ex wife of drummer Terry Bozzio ex PB Bunny & lead singer Missing Persons Dale Bozzio, "Mary, the girl on the bus." Is it rude to say, So Hot!? "Here comes the water."

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🎯

Via Ruth Ben-Ghiat:

Information warfare in action. Smear the target to destroy his credibility

Aaron Rupar:

On Newsmax, Dr. Rich McCormick, a GOP Rep. and member of the doctor's caucus, casually diagnosis Biden with dementia

happycoyote12 ,
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@GottaLaff Do you remember, Laffy, when the American Psychiatric Association (they write the DSM) warned about diagnosing donny with Narcissistic Personality Disorder unless conducting a face-2-face assessment?! Hypocrisy at its finest.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4104432/
https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/guidelines-dementia-age-related-cognitive-change.pdf
Dr R McCormick sit down & shut up

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