And he put it so well, delivery wise. Even things I disagreed with, I found myself laughing along with. Remember when we could disagree AND laugh along? Seems weirdly foreign now…
Bravo Joel! A few years back I coined an expression (well actually I just reiterated an old one and it became popular again) that runs parallel to your thoughts today.
"It's all lies, all the time." Simple, straightforward and factual..
“To hear their justifications for such panoptic governmental invigilation, one would think there was never a lawn-mowing job that wasn’t a front for an international arms deal... a lemonade stand that wasn’t a meth lab in masquerade... a give-a-penny, take-a-penny jar that didn’t warrant a midnight raid from Interpol.”
You do make me laugh and smile…despite the ugly truths that fall like lead-laced confetti around all of us each day.
Has anyone noticed the Financial Times is front and center of the mainstream news? Unless one wants to be propagandized one needn't read their nonsense. Thanks Joel,
Two months ago, while in Turkey 28,000 Lira equalled $1000. While at the airport we were informed our Visa was not correct. No one could explain why it was incorrect. The government official suggested a correction payment of $65 would move us through the airport more efficiently. Surprising, the government office would not accept Turkish Lira, only cash in USD or Euros would do the trick. Before exiting Turkey into Europe exchanging our remain Lira into Euros, I witness a local merchant collecting many bricks of Lira at the exchange. I can imagine robbing a bank would require filling a few pick up trucks to make the endeavor worthwhile.
When I started reading these letters, you, or maybe Bill, wrote an essay about how newspapers began in history, and my takeaway from that is that the people's news has always been what the elites want us to see. At 77, my final understanding is that we proles either become an elite and do what we can to foster 1984 with its class of minions, or we simply remain proles. There are no free people in this world. I hope and trust Sr Milei succeeds in his quest to free the Argentine proles, but in the timeless vat of time, the elites will overcome and slave them again. Some of us, however, will never give up, as that is what a few of us proles are made for. Don't forget to vote!
"If democracy depended upon voters and not vote-counters, the 'global elites' might have some cause for concern here."
That explains why democracy never worked in the former Soviet Union, as one of Joseph Stalin's most famous quotes was, "It's not who votes; it's who COUNTS the votes."
AND EXTREMELY APT FOR THESE DAYSS---ONLY 144 OF THEM UNTIL ELECTION DAY.
YES JOEL. THERE ARE SINS OF COMMISSION AND SINS OF OMISSION. THE GRAVEST SINS THAT WE THE GOOD GUYS ARE COMMITING TODAY ARE SINS OF 0MISSION. AND THE GRAVITY OF THESE SINS IS YIELDING CONSEQUENCES BEYOND ENORMOUS. IT IS CATASTROPHIC AND EVEN WORSE.
SO, STOP SINNING BY OMISSION. STOP WHINING, AND COMPLAINING AND MOANING ABOUT THIS ROTTEN TO THE CORE TWO PARTY SYSTEM WE HAVE ALLOWED THE RPE TO GROW LIKE CANCSE UNTIL IT HAS ALL BUT CONSUMED US.
NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT. TO TO TAKE VIRTUOUS ACTION TO SAVE AND PRESERVE AMERICA---THE LAND OF THE FREE---AND FREEDOM ITSELF.
You are suggesting there might be a cure. No empire escapes its ultimate disintegration. I used to joke with my British friends that an Indian company buying Jaguar proved the Sun had finally set on the British Empire. Their wry smile showed irritation along with an irrefutable acknowledgment. The sad thing about America’s demise is that a society based on high ideals decays too.
WHAT I AM SUGGESTING IS THAT WE, THE GOOD FAITHFUL, LOYAL,HARD WORKING , HOVEST, TRUSTWQRTHY , FUN LOVING, GENEROUS, ETC.---THE REAL AMERICANS CAN AND MUST RETAKE OUR OUR OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND, AMERICAN DREAM LAND, OUR BEAUTIIFUL CHILDREN---WHO NOW MUST BE DE-RAINWASHED INTORAPROGRAFFED FROM THE WOKISM THEY HAME BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO.
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT, THE RPE(OBSCENELY RICH) CORRUPTORS AND THEIR MINIONS,
CORRUPTED POLITICOS. WE CAN TAKE OUR CONTRY BACK. WE, THE REAL AMERICANS ,CAN AND WILL TAKE OUR OUR OUR COUNTRY BACK. WE NEVER ASKED FOR EMPIRE!!! WE NEVER ASKED TO BE THE WORLD'S POLICEMAN. WE NEVER ASKED FOR $34,700,000,000.00 OF DEFICIT SPENDING! GET REAL! WE THE A DESOTIC HING PEOPLE ASKED FOR FREEDOM. OUR BELOVED ANCESTORS
FOUGHT A DESPOTIC KING FOR THAT FREEDOM. AND TJ WITH OTHER FOUNDING FATHERS SEALED THE DEAL BY PENNING AND EXECUTUNG THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS. AND, WE THE PEOPLE SHALL CLAIM IT ALL FACK ON ELECTION DAY 2924. MORE AT LIAM'S LADDER. ITS UP AND RUNNING.
Joel, from Maleny head to Kenilworth,to the bakery there. You may have to stand in line but it will be worth it. Also check out the rock legends murals on their outside walls.
This is the message I sent to the NYT this morning. LISTEN PLEASE. The Russian cyber attacks have hacked into a long list of U.S. networks - INCLUDING any and all ELECTION INTERFERENCE methodologies, propaganda (Russian TV seen on hotel/motel chain TV) AND POLLS. In Russian Roulette by Isikoff and Corn, they say the following: "For years, U.S. officials had been grappling with Russian cyberintrusions. As far back as 1996, Ruyssian hackers penetrated Defense Department networks and stole documents . . .In the 200s, the Chinese were perceived as the biggest cyber threat in the United States - they were stealing data from government data bases and American companies practically at will . . . but the Chinese were noisy about it. They left readily identifiable fingerprints. Ledgett (former head of the National Security Agency) had long since become convinced the Russians were the more sophisticated and stealthy adversary . . . "the Chinese would break into your house, smash the window, and steal your cutlery." he later explained. "The Russians would pick your lock, reset your alarm, and steal the last five checks in your checkbook so you wouldn't even know they were there." The Russians KNOW that the poll numbers sway voters. The NYT is among the leading newspapers in the world, so please grasp the message you are delivering to unassuming Americans. Elizabeth Graham http://www.democrazy2020.org
Since the USofA sanctions election interference and other skullduggeries around the world, it would be interesting to know how far our hacking extends. A suspicious friend of mine was wondering.
As Stalin once stated, " It doesn't matter who votes, it matters who counts the votes".
George Carlin was so prescient on so many issues. Not every issue, but many.
And he put it so well, delivery wise. Even things I disagreed with, I found myself laughing along with. Remember when we could disagree AND laugh along? Seems weirdly foreign now…
His routine on the Earth and man made climate change is wellworth watching again.
A classic!
Maybe Trump will bring Millie in for some lessons to his economic advisors. Or send Kudlow to Argentina as an exchange student.
"That’s a loss you can’t make up on volume, no matter how many Keynesian economics classes you’ve taken." Touche, Joel!!!
Like his writing and even the humor. Along with fact. Always eye openers.
Bravo Joel! A few years back I coined an expression (well actually I just reiterated an old one and it became popular again) that runs parallel to your thoughts today.
"It's all lies, all the time." Simple, straightforward and factual..
G'day mate!
G’day Mr. Floyd!
Joel,
“To hear their justifications for such panoptic governmental invigilation, one would think there was never a lawn-mowing job that wasn’t a front for an international arms deal... a lemonade stand that wasn’t a meth lab in masquerade... a give-a-penny, take-a-penny jar that didn’t warrant a midnight raid from Interpol.”
You do make me laugh and smile…despite the ugly truths that fall like lead-laced confetti around all of us each day.
Keep Going and Keep the Faith.👌💪🤙
Brian
Has anyone noticed the Financial Times is front and center of the mainstream news? Unless one wants to be propagandized one needn't read their nonsense. Thanks Joel,
Two months ago, while in Turkey 28,000 Lira equalled $1000. While at the airport we were informed our Visa was not correct. No one could explain why it was incorrect. The government official suggested a correction payment of $65 would move us through the airport more efficiently. Surprising, the government office would not accept Turkish Lira, only cash in USD or Euros would do the trick. Before exiting Turkey into Europe exchanging our remain Lira into Euros, I witness a local merchant collecting many bricks of Lira at the exchange. I can imagine robbing a bank would require filling a few pick up trucks to make the endeavor worthwhile.
When I started reading these letters, you, or maybe Bill, wrote an essay about how newspapers began in history, and my takeaway from that is that the people's news has always been what the elites want us to see. At 77, my final understanding is that we proles either become an elite and do what we can to foster 1984 with its class of minions, or we simply remain proles. There are no free people in this world. I hope and trust Sr Milei succeeds in his quest to free the Argentine proles, but in the timeless vat of time, the elites will overcome and slave them again. Some of us, however, will never give up, as that is what a few of us proles are made for. Don't forget to vote!
"If democracy depended upon voters and not vote-counters, the 'global elites' might have some cause for concern here."
That explains why democracy never worked in the former Soviet Union, as one of Joseph Stalin's most famous quotes was, "It's not who votes; it's who COUNTS the votes."
ALMOST BLIND[S' PARDON CAPS
EXCELLENT THANKS JOEL
AND EXTREMELY APT FOR THESE DAYSS---ONLY 144 OF THEM UNTIL ELECTION DAY.
YES JOEL. THERE ARE SINS OF COMMISSION AND SINS OF OMISSION. THE GRAVEST SINS THAT WE THE GOOD GUYS ARE COMMITING TODAY ARE SINS OF 0MISSION. AND THE GRAVITY OF THESE SINS IS YIELDING CONSEQUENCES BEYOND ENORMOUS. IT IS CATASTROPHIC AND EVEN WORSE.
SO, STOP SINNING BY OMISSION. STOP WHINING, AND COMPLAINING AND MOANING ABOUT THIS ROTTEN TO THE CORE TWO PARTY SYSTEM WE HAVE ALLOWED THE RPE TO GROW LIKE CANCSE UNTIL IT HAS ALL BUT CONSUMED US.
NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT. TO TO TAKE VIRTUOUS ACTION TO SAVE AND PRESERVE AMERICA---THE LAND OF THE FREE---AND FREEDOM ITSELF.
SINCERELY,
LIAM
DRAFT RICK RULE FOR PRESJDENT.
You are suggesting there might be a cure. No empire escapes its ultimate disintegration. I used to joke with my British friends that an Indian company buying Jaguar proved the Sun had finally set on the British Empire. Their wry smile showed irritation along with an irrefutable acknowledgment. The sad thing about America’s demise is that a society based on high ideals decays too.
WHAT I AM SUGGESTING IS THAT WE, THE GOOD FAITHFUL, LOYAL,HARD WORKING , HOVEST, TRUSTWQRTHY , FUN LOVING, GENEROUS, ETC.---THE REAL AMERICANS CAN AND MUST RETAKE OUR OUR OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND, AMERICAN DREAM LAND, OUR BEAUTIIFUL CHILDREN---WHO NOW MUST BE DE-RAINWASHED INTORAPROGRAFFED FROM THE WOKISM THEY HAME BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO.
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT, THE RPE(OBSCENELY RICH) CORRUPTORS AND THEIR MINIONS,
CORRUPTED POLITICOS. WE CAN TAKE OUR CONTRY BACK. WE, THE REAL AMERICANS ,CAN AND WILL TAKE OUR OUR OUR COUNTRY BACK. WE NEVER ASKED FOR EMPIRE!!! WE NEVER ASKED TO BE THE WORLD'S POLICEMAN. WE NEVER ASKED FOR $34,700,000,000.00 OF DEFICIT SPENDING! GET REAL! WE THE A DESOTIC HING PEOPLE ASKED FOR FREEDOM. OUR BELOVED ANCESTORS
FOUGHT A DESPOTIC KING FOR THAT FREEDOM. AND TJ WITH OTHER FOUNDING FATHERS SEALED THE DEAL BY PENNING AND EXECUTUNG THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS. AND, WE THE PEOPLE SHALL CLAIM IT ALL FACK ON ELECTION DAY 2924. MORE AT LIAM'S LADDER. ITS UP AND RUNNING.
Joel, from Maleny head to Kenilworth,to the bakery there. You may have to stand in line but it will be worth it. Also check out the rock legends murals on their outside walls.
This is the message I sent to the NYT this morning. LISTEN PLEASE. The Russian cyber attacks have hacked into a long list of U.S. networks - INCLUDING any and all ELECTION INTERFERENCE methodologies, propaganda (Russian TV seen on hotel/motel chain TV) AND POLLS. In Russian Roulette by Isikoff and Corn, they say the following: "For years, U.S. officials had been grappling with Russian cyberintrusions. As far back as 1996, Ruyssian hackers penetrated Defense Department networks and stole documents . . .In the 200s, the Chinese were perceived as the biggest cyber threat in the United States - they were stealing data from government data bases and American companies practically at will . . . but the Chinese were noisy about it. They left readily identifiable fingerprints. Ledgett (former head of the National Security Agency) had long since become convinced the Russians were the more sophisticated and stealthy adversary . . . "the Chinese would break into your house, smash the window, and steal your cutlery." he later explained. "The Russians would pick your lock, reset your alarm, and steal the last five checks in your checkbook so you wouldn't even know they were there." The Russians KNOW that the poll numbers sway voters. The NYT is among the leading newspapers in the world, so please grasp the message you are delivering to unassuming Americans. Elizabeth Graham http://www.democrazy2020.org
Since the USofA sanctions election interference and other skullduggeries around the world, it would be interesting to know how far our hacking extends. A suspicious friend of mine was wondering.