Twitter thread

I believe in Peace, Love and Understanding. That’s what my songs are about. If you’re looking for negativity, go elsewhere.

John Hinkley Jr.

Pretty sure if I tweeted something like this about a co-worker I'd be fired, and if i tweeted something like this about the POTUS, I'd have the FBI knocking on my door.

Rep. Paul Gosar tweets photoshopped anime video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-gosar-trump-ocasio-cortez/2021/11/08/ead37b36-40ca-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html

every once in awhile twitter shines bright

https://twitter.com/jimmyeatworld/status/1458534293119012866?s=20

<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mimo_mio/video/7029807544944069894?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1">#numnumcat</a>;

excontradiction wrote:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tiktok.com/@mimo_mio/video/7029807544944069894?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&quot;&gt;#numnumcat&lt;/a&gt;

OMG, I love it so much.  any word of a DC date!

Dionne Warwick
@dionnewarwick

If that young man has Taylor’s scarf he should return it.

Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike!

https://twitter.com/nbcwashington/status/1461182392341827585

now sing it to the tune of 'girls just want to have fun'

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/01/us/kyle-rittenhouse-shooting-victims-trial/index.html


I found this enlightening

Just a picture of four of the best drummers hanging out together



Hal, Earl, Clem and Steve

https://twitter.com/drummerwhitey/status/1463624169774583816?s=21

Also, saw there is Clem doc out there but apparently not streaming at the moment and may only be available in the UK.

This is some brilliant analysis



https://twitter.com/andrefran/status/1464759106267402242?s=21

Kosmo is 11 posts from 12345.

Whenever I take political typology quizzes I always get libertarian. In some I get liberal (meaning D) libertarian which can seem odd if not contradictory.

People always distort libertarianism so it becomes a caricature.

People ought to be as free as possible to take drugs, fuck what they want (for money if they want),believe what they want and end their lives when they want.

Government ideally should be as small and nonintrusive as possible but provide a safety net until we no longer need one.

And just because exceptions sometimes have to be made doesn’t mean we throw out libertarianism. Few of life’s complicated questions have cut and dried answers

I would say my biggest gripe with libertarianism, is it's a utopia, a fantasy…it doesn't exist

So when arguing with a libertarian and they make an argument for X, but there is no basis in reality that it could happen or that a lot of people would suffer due to the change
it's a great idea, but it's not a fact that if gov't stepped away things would be soo much better
I think in general its a very selfish attitude and typically only supported by people don't want to pay taxes at all

Now with that said, I like a lot of libertarian ideals and think we should work towards that…

Wow I don’t see that at all…


Most of the money government confiscates from people is wasted. Take the money flushed down the toilet in the war on terror. 

A person is selfish for wanting to keep his money instead of giving it to government to waste and kill?

When government takes people’s money it largely uses it - like any organization- on itself…creating jobs for itself…creating power for itself

The idea it does it to make your own life better is the fantasy.

I didn't say the gov't wasn't wasteful, that is a huge issue

I think a person who wants to cut a few hundred/thousand dollars off their tax bill, when they are taking home 250k a year is selfish, yes

also, lets not bring the military spending into this, I was more talking about social programs and infrastructure things the gov't does

Military spending is insane, with a lot of it going to line the pockets of our neighbors in the DMV

One thing I find out of whack is there is a streak of libertarians in the GOP, how they can sleep in the same bed as the religious right and now the QANON to me is showing their stripes.  They don't really care about anything other than lowering their tax bill, no matter what the cost

and with all its faults, I do think the US gov't makes lives better for a lot of people
There still is some personal responsibility that people need to take to fill that gap

Social programs aren’t wasteful? Infrastructure isn’t wasteful?

In the hands of government most everything is wasteful.

Please don’t be so naive.

And how can you just ignore military spending? I mean it’s convenient but how can you?

again, this wonderful utopia you speak of is ONLY IN YOUR MIND

A person is selfish for wanting to keep the money they themselves earn and not give it to the government that ends up wasting 90% of it….


Ok…


$250,000 sadly isn’t even that much in the DC area…. And the way things are going it’s going to be worth less and less… or do you not do any grocery shopping?

I could see calling millionaires selfish but a household earning $250,000?

You know what’s selfish? Government just borrowing money when it doesn’t feel it’s getting enough from taxes and causing the value of your money…your earnings..to go down….making you and your family poorer…. The inflation tax