no. 518

"One of my teachers at Columbia was Joseph Brodsky...and he said 'look,' he said, 'you Americans, you are so naïve. You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.'" 

Marie Howe (h/t Joseph Fasano)

Language activates an idea and a circuitry in your brain. And the result of that is every time a circuit is activated, its synapses get stronger. So the more you hear certain things, even if you just hear and understand them, the circuitry gets stronger.

From a FB Post by George Lakoff

http://www.dw.com/en/dont-retweet-donald-trump-and-dont-use-his-language/a-42213110

no. 517

When the media is owned by those who believe they have the right to choose leaders, and who also believe that only the rich have the right to make decisions, the media ceases to be an objective reporting tool, and becomes an instrument of criminal conspiracy.

From the book “Hire A Hero”, by Timothy Ellis

no. 516

“As you've seen, the relentless return of U.S. conservatism to hatefully anti-science error always turns out to have been bought and paid for by cynical oligarchs. Manipulators who are never brought into account for the countless lives their delaying tactics wrecked.”

David Brin, ostensibly discussing the Tobacco Industry, but also so much more. 

no. 515

“Being a dissident is rooted in the belief that if everyone knew, the tide would turn against injustice. Dissidents don’t want you to be comfortable. They feel compelled to act and they want you to care as much as they do.”

Garry Kasparov

no. 514

"I was born with a reading list I will never finish." 

Maud Casey

no. 513

"The fact that homosexuality exists in 1,500 species and homophobia exists in one is proof that love is something human beings need more of."

Lacey Roop

no. 512

"It's true that the early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets eaten."

Me

no. 511

"Taking all criticism of a group you're a part of personally and being unable to handle it is the hot new look for 2018"

Gin and Tacos, on Facebook, Dec, 31, 2017

no. 510

Retweeted AltHomelandSecurity🇺🇸 (@AltHomelandSec):

The American people should not be using politics to determine their morals, but using their morals to determine their politics.

no. 509

“The death of our political process is going to be a bunch of technocrats and DLC-style Liberals wonking themselves into a frenzy while the right steals or destroys everything that isn't nailed down. And they'll smile and say, sure, go do some more research and get some CBO scores or whatever, and while they're distracted the handful of interests that are returning us to the era of Robber Baron capitalism will empty the last of the till into their briefcases and laugh their asses off on the way to their offshore havens.”

Gin & Tacos

no. 508

“Someday, you may be at peace with your enemies. Make sure you can look them in the face, and not down on them.”

From the book “The Bad Company”, by Craig Martelle and Michael Anderle.

no. 507

"I'm too lazy to distinguish between an imperfect candidate and a fascist toddler. Haven't you seen South Park?"

Nick Bernard's sarcastic response to some still complaining, over a year later, about the "lousy" choice between Trump and Clinton.

no. 506

"No one goes there any more, it's too crowded"

Yogi Berra

no. 505

“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.” 

Dwight D. Eisenhower

no. 504

“I don’t think there’s any need to have essays advocating selfishness among human beings; I don’t know what your impression has been, but some things require no further reinforcement.”

Christopher Hitchens, discussing Ayn Rand. 

no. 503

“I don't know how to feel about Donald Trump," Noah said. "There is terror and there is joy. You know what it feels like? There's a giant asteroid headed towards the Earth, but it's shaped like a penis."

Trevor Noah

no. 502

"Tits may be life, but ass is hometown."

Terrence Smith

no. 501

Carl Jung Psychoanalyzes Hitler:
“He’s the Unconscious of 78 Million Germans.” “Without the German People He’d Be Nothing” (1938)


Not to go all Godwin, on y’all, but, Trump, anyone?

no. 500

“Humanity's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but humanity's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” 

Reinhold Niebuhr

no. 499

"It still wasn’t particularly easy, but she’d reached the point where she could delve around in a murdered corpse for an hour and then go have a hamburger without feeling any guilt or nausea. The key, as when one interacted with kindergartners, was not to acknowledge the immeasurable horror of what you were dealing with."

From Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley