Jonathan
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"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is perpetuated by quotation." - Benjamin Disraeli
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“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
“A near-masterpiece…as close as contemporary filmmaking gets to the essence of poetry.“—Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Chicago Reader
Tsai Ming-liang's early masterpiece REBELS OF THE NEON GOD plays L.A. this Friday, Jan. 23, at 9:30pm at Vidiots -- ONE SHOW ONLY!
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Tsai Ming-liang's early masterpiece REBELS OF THE NEON GOD plays L.A. this Friday, Jan. 23, at 9:30pm at Vidiots -- ONE SHOW ONLY!
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“A near-masterpiece…as close as contemporary filmmaking gets to the essence of poetry.“—Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Chicago Reader
Tsai Ming-liang emerged on the world cinema scene in 1992 with his groundb...
“A near-masterpiece…as close as contemporary filmmaking gets to the essence of poetry.“—Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Chicago Reader
Tsai Ming-liang emerged on the world cinema scene in 1992 with his...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
“A near-masterpiece…as close as contemporary filmmaking gets to the essence of poetry.“—Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Chicago Reader
Tsai Ming-liang's early masterpiece REBELS OF THE NEON GOD plays L.A. this Friday, Jan. 23, at 9:30pm at Vidiots -- ONE SHOW ONLY!
www.facebook.com/reel/1086866...
Tsai Ming-liang's early masterpiece REBELS OF THE NEON GOD plays L.A. this Friday, Jan. 23, at 9:30pm at Vidiots -- ONE SHOW ONLY!
www.facebook.com/reel/1086866...
“There’s becoming a reckoning in Britain that needs to happen in the United States,” Massie said then. “A prince lost his title. The ambassador to the United States lost his job. We need to see those … kind of consequences here.”
from The Guardian
Anyone else agree with Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky)?
from The Guardian
Anyone else agree with Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky)?
December 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“There’s becoming a reckoning in Britain that needs to happen in the United States,” Massie said then. “A prince lost his title. The ambassador to the United States lost his job. We need to see those … kind of consequences here.”
from The Guardian
Anyone else agree with Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky)?
from The Guardian
Anyone else agree with Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky)?
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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
Editors, take note: THIS, from The Guardian, is how you write a headline.
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Editors, take note: THIS, from The Guardian, is how you write a headline.
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I feel like i could post this every day for the rest of my life, and it would still be underseen, under appreciated and not understood by those who need to understand it. Anyway, here it is again. Please share with abandon.
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I feel like i could post this every day for the rest of my life, and it would still be underseen, under appreciated and not understood by those who need to understand it. Anyway, here it is again. Please share with abandon.
Nothing says, “Git yer drugs here!” quite like this trippy pharmacy sign.
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nothing says, “Git yer drugs here!” quite like this trippy pharmacy sign.
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There are no mainstream Republicans or media elites or corporate leaders riding to our rescue.
The only people who are going to save our democracy is us. Regular, everyday Americans. Like the record setting 7 million who turned out this weekend.
The only people who are going to save our democracy is us. Regular, everyday Americans. Like the record setting 7 million who turned out this weekend.
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There are no mainstream Republicans or media elites or corporate leaders riding to our rescue.
The only people who are going to save our democracy is us. Regular, everyday Americans. Like the record setting 7 million who turned out this weekend.
The only people who are going to save our democracy is us. Regular, everyday Americans. Like the record setting 7 million who turned out this weekend.
How can you expect people to know what words like "socialist" and "capitalist" actually mean when they don't even understand what "Christian" means?
October 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
How can you expect people to know what words like "socialist" and "capitalist" actually mean when they don't even understand what "Christian" means?
New "reality" TV show melding The Apprentice and Survivor and TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, dropping a handful of oligarchs and serfs on a desert island, culminating in hand-to-hand combat.
WHO WOULD WATCH IT???
WHO WOULD WATCH IT???
October 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
New "reality" TV show melding The Apprentice and Survivor and TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, dropping a handful of oligarchs and serfs on a desert island, culminating in hand-to-hand combat.
WHO WOULD WATCH IT???
WHO WOULD WATCH IT???
I realize that there’s plenty of competition for “the greatest scam ever perpetrated” on the American people, but please let me suggest that it is this:
Conflating Christian values with those of Capitalism, which in fact are diametrically opposed.
Conflating Christian values with those of Capitalism, which in fact are diametrically opposed.
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I realize that there’s plenty of competition for “the greatest scam ever perpetrated” on the American people, but please let me suggest that it is this:
Conflating Christian values with those of Capitalism, which in fact are diametrically opposed.
Conflating Christian values with those of Capitalism, which in fact are diametrically opposed.
Toby Talbot, Impassioned Promoter of Art Films, Dies at 96
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Rest in power, Ms Shakur.
“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that knowledge will help set you free.” - Assata Shakur 🥀
September 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Rest in power, Ms Shakur.
“But he saw too that in America the struggle was befogged by the fact that the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word ‘Fascism’ and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty.” - Sinclair Lewis, IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
September 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“But he saw too that in America the struggle was befogged by the fact that the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word ‘Fascism’ and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty.” - Sinclair Lewis, IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
Is the U.S.’s current form of government spelled “idiotocracy” or “idiautocracy”?
It’s really confusing to remember which part to emphasize...
It’s really confusing to remember which part to emphasize...
September 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Is the U.S.’s current form of government spelled “idiotocracy” or “idiautocracy”?
It’s really confusing to remember which part to emphasize...
It’s really confusing to remember which part to emphasize...
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If we flew the American flag at half-mast for every murder of an American who deserved better, who deserved to be heard and respected and live in peace, we’d never raise the flag to its full height again.
September 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If we flew the American flag at half-mast for every murder of an American who deserved better, who deserved to be heard and respected and live in peace, we’d never raise the flag to its full height again.
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Kirk, climate angle, from @Jane Mayer's excellent 2017 article on his organization: 'Turning Point distributed a guide for college students with a foreword by Kirk, titled “10 Ways Fossil Fuels Improve Our Daily Lives.”'
September 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Kirk, climate angle, from @Jane Mayer's excellent 2017 article on his organization: 'Turning Point distributed a guide for college students with a foreword by Kirk, titled “10 Ways Fossil Fuels Improve Our Daily Lives.”'
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A lot of smart points from @noupside.bsky.social about the online reaction to Charlie Kirk's murder in her convo with @status.news: www.status.news/p/charlie-ki...
September 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A lot of smart points from @noupside.bsky.social about the online reaction to Charlie Kirk's murder in her convo with @status.news: www.status.news/p/charlie-ki...
It’s never been more evident than now that the pursuit of political influence in the name of religious faith is nothing more than the worship of a false god.
The rise to prominence of Charlie Kirk is both cause and effect of this idolatry.
The rise to prominence of Charlie Kirk is both cause and effect of this idolatry.
September 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It’s never been more evident than now that the pursuit of political influence in the name of religious faith is nothing more than the worship of a false god.
The rise to prominence of Charlie Kirk is both cause and effect of this idolatry.
The rise to prominence of Charlie Kirk is both cause and effect of this idolatry.
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"Wait, what's that you say??? The shooter was *not* trans or liberal??? He was WHAT??? A Trump supporter??? Well, never mind then. I'll just wait for the next opportunity to pounce with inflammatory, unfounded rhetoric. Or maybe I'll just blame it on the one semester he went to college! BINGO!"
September 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"Wait, what's that you say??? The shooter was *not* trans or liberal??? He was WHAT??? A Trump supporter??? Well, never mind then. I'll just wait for the next opportunity to pounce with inflammatory, unfounded rhetoric. Or maybe I'll just blame it on the one semester he went to college! BINGO!"
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Lisa Murkowski is beyond pathetic.
September 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Lisa Murkowski is beyond pathetic.
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Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.