Sunday, September 29, 2024

Sharing Posts Worthy of Sharing

Everyone’s Facebook feed is different, so here’s a handful or two of posts worthy of passing on:


It’s simple. Anyone who cheats his customers, vendors, and partners is going to cheat you. Anyone who betrayed his wives will betray you. Anyone who lies all the time will lie to you. Wise up.


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I had a beeper in high school, and a good way to make sure it never explodes is to not constantly fire rockets and drones at the people capable of making that happen. It’s an important lesson to learn.


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When a 78-year-old man repeatedly rants about dog-eaters rampaging through Ohio, you have him evaluated by a geriatric neurologist. You don’t hand him the nuclear codes.


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How sad it must be believing that scientists, scholars, and journalists have devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, while a reality TV star with decades of fraud and exhaustively documented lying is your only beacon of truth and honesty.


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“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason’s and Dixon’s, but between patriotism and intelligence on one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.” — Ulysses S. Grant, September 29, 1875


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Why are 100+ year old buildings classified as “heritage” and illegal to tear down, yet it’s legal for 100+ year old trees to be cut down every day?


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“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of a lack of means” — Nye Bevan, 1948, founder of Britain’s National Health Service


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Jews against Trump - because we’ve seen this before.


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Never Forget: Not one Republican officeholder who objected to Biden’s victory has objected to their own win on the same day, on the same ballots, using the same election systems.


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“Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.” —Voltaire


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He doesn’t need more Secret Service agents. If thoughts and prayers are enough for our children, it’s good enough for him.