“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.” – Albert Camus (born: 7 November 1913)
If you’ve seen Star Trek The Next Generation you would be familiar with the alien race known as the Ferengi. The Ferengi are a culture based on greed. Their whole way of life is centered on acquiring as much wealth as possible using any means necessary. Greed, gluttony, deception, and all the cardinal sins are virtues to them. When confronted with a force they can’t subdue they become sniveling cowardly weasels. Their holy leader is the Grand Nagus and their holy book is the Rules of Acquisition. The book is a long list of horrible advice such as “when in doubt think ruthless” and “no good deed goes unpunished.”
The Republikkkans are our Ferengi and the oligarchs are the most ruthless and exploitative of that race.
You can’t distill and intensify the projection any more than this. Hurting the people that voted for you? This is psychotic levels of gaslighting.
Mike Johnson is piloting the longest government shutdown in history. He is refusing to work.
But he is collecting his socialism paycheck.
“Please hold—we’re experiencing a high volume of traffic and a low volume of staff.”
The Trump Economy is here!
Employers announced 153,074 cuts last month, compared to 55,597 cuts in October 2024. Last month’s figure was “the highest total for October in over 20 years, and the highest total for a single month in the fourth quarter since 2008,” Andy Challenger, chief revenue officer for Challenger, Gray & Christmas, said in a report Thursday.
Whatever you want to say about Biden’s first debate performance, this is a thousands times worse.
Let me get this straight.
1. Trump imposes billions in tariffs on imported goods.
2. The importers pay those to the government and pass them on to consumers so the importers are net zero out of pocket.
3. Then the government has to give the money back, and because there is no way to give it back to the consumers, they will give it back to the importers, giving them a huge windfall.
How is this not a money laundering scheme?
“I think I need a new ballot—I filled in the bubble too emphatically.”
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