"Musk now has all the personal and financial information of his rivals. Bezos. Zuckerberg. Trump even."

#JimWright, Stonekettle, 2025

https://thestandard.org.nz/moving-beyond-wtaf/

Let that sink in. Jim's Stonekettle writing can also be found on its own website;

BTW, https://www.stonekettle.com/

#Stonekettle

Moving beyond wtaf?

The Musk takeover

The Standard
The War On Tomatoes

The war on drugs is a joke. We spend $40 billion a year, and the proof that it's a failure is that any kid can get almost any drug they want...

This goes out to all the leftleaning USians who didn't bother to show up to vote because of their "principles." Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

It's also a little catharsis for those of us who have been trying to get out the vote for so many years. We told you. We fucking told you.

#stonekettle #election https://www.stonekettle.com/2024/11/turns-out-it-was-cancer-after-all.html

Turns Out, It Was Cancer After All

  Last year I spent three months waiting to see if I had cancer or not. The doctors were all pretty sure I had it. And it was going to be th...

"We're barely four months and some change away from the most important election of your lifetime. And you want to dump the one guy who has managed to win every single election he's ever been in, and who beat Trump last time around?

So, tell me, Pigkiller, what's your goddamn plan?"
#stonekettle
https://www.stonekettle.com/2024/07/raggedy-man.html

Raggedy Man

  Out of the ruins Out from the wreckage Can't make the same mistake this time We are the children The last generation (the last generation,...

"So, where does that leave us?

...

November.

That's where it leaves us.

We have one chance to fix this without bloody war & revolution, and even that is a dicey proposition.

...We're out of options. You don't get the luxury of sitting this one out or throwing away your vote because you don't like the choices.

...It should never have come to this.

You want want a better nation, you're going to have to be better citizens." https://www.stonekettle.com/2024/07/the-republic-is-dead-long-live-republic.html #stonekettle

The Republic Is Dead, Long Live The Republic

    Poor man wanna be rich Rich man wanna be king And a king ain't satisfied 'till he rules everything --  Bruce Springsteen ,  Badlands Thu...

As usual, #Stonekettle grasps the essence of the debate better than anyone:
https://www.stonekettle.com/2024/06/galloping-bullshit.html

#Biden, #debate #Trump

Galloping Bullshit

  The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. -- Brandolini's Law , also:...

#Stonekettle on tonight's #debate. We won't be watching, just checking in on the aftermath tomorrow.

https://www.stonekettle.com/2024/06/chess-with-pigeon.html

Chess With A Pigeon

  A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons. -- Hillary Clinton Has Donald Trump pulled out yet? That's...

What We Ought

  A man who neglects his rights as a citizen is not entitled to his rights as a citizen -- Tiorio Joe Biden doesn't inspire me. Said I, iron...

I wish #Stonekettle hung out over here.

"You don't need to be inspired.

Instead, you must be the inspiration for others.

If you want a better nation, be a better citizen. "

https://www.stonekettle.com/2024/06/do-what-we-ought.html

What We Ought

  A man who neglects his rights as a citizen is not entitled to his rights as a citizen -- Tiorio Joe Biden doesn't inspire me. Said I, iron...

No Safety

  "The only evidence I see of the antichrist here is everyone's desire to see him at work." -- William of Baskerville , The Name of the Rose...