[Newfie]

Plant,
Ever read “Brave New World”?

Did’t O use that phrase at some point?

[vtsnowedin]

O as in Obama or O as in the "The story of O"?
Perhaps both.

[Plantagenet]

I once read a French "bande Desinee" hippie comix version of THE STORY OF O.

It was a wonderful experience......although I wish my French had been better.

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Cheers!

[Plantagenet]

Yes....I've read "Brave New World"

It seems to me that many of Huxley's predictions are coming true all around us. But then so are many of George Orwell's predictions in 1984 also coming true.

Our modern world seems like a strange mix of Brave New World, 1984, The Story of O, and Disney's movie "The Song of the South." There are also elements of the Woody Allen film "Sleeper" in our modern world.......particularly the part about the leader who mentally is no longer with us, but his followers keep pretending that he is actually running the show.....thats a close fit to today's White House farce.


You say this came from the ultimate leader?

Cheers!

[Newfie]

How about “Idiocracy”, where you had the professional wrestler as President, a fake pugilist could easily describe Trump. Although there are many deeper and true similarities.

“Lord of the Flies” also comes to mind in certain circumstances.

[vtsnowedin]

Today we Have Andrew Cuomo resigning as governor of New York and Kathy Hochul taking office as the first woman governor of New York. A Moderate by New York standards she will of course face lots of challengers if she chooses to try for a full term in 2022. Albany at present is run by a far left AOC wing of the Democrat party so she is going to have her work cut out for her.
If she can actually do a good job at running the state for the next fifteen months that would be her best campaign strategy.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', 'T')oday we Have Andrew Cuomo resigning as governor of New York ....

[JuanP]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '
')Its just disgraceful that Biden congratulated Cuomo today for doing such a "great job" as governor.

Sheesh....can't Biden and the Ds stop lying for a second even when Cuomo is resigning in disgrace?

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JuanP', '
')If Biden had two working braincells and one properly functioning synapsis connecting them then he would have kept his mouth shut on Cuomo. Thousands of innocent Americans died because of Cuomo's decisions; he is responsible for more American deaths than Osama bin Laden! Cuomo is a mass murderer and a sexual predator. Defending Cuomo is beyond stupid; it is demented! The Democrats are thoroughly corrupted.

[Newfie]

Any of the above or even a “^1+” would convey your agreement.

Maybe even “Me Too” but that may be confusing and/or incendiary.

Biden’s remark is also noteworthy because it channels another great President;
“Brownie, you are doing a heck of a job.”

Y’all remember that one?

Apparently Biden did not.

Memory loss?

[theluckycountry]

Ahhh, politics.,A verses B. Discussing the failings and merits of the chosen elitists must give one a certain sense of power as they watch their lives go down the toilet. Bush Bush Bush, Obama Obama Obama, Trump Trump Trump, Biden ... ...

They are probably all sitting down to dinner together tonight, patting each other on the back about their investments and pensions and benefits, all without a single though for the little plebeians that believed the lies that got them there.

But just wait until the next election! Then we'll show them! We'll vote B out of power and put A back in charge.

[JuanP]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'A')hhh, politics.,A verses B. Discussing the failings and merits of the chosen elitists must give one a certain sense of power as they watch their lives go down the toilet. Bush Bush Bush, Obama Obama Obama, Trump Trump Trump, Biden ... ...

They are probably all sitting down to dinner together tonight, patting each other on the back about their investments and pensions and benefits, all without a single though for the little plebeians that believed the lies that got them there.

But just wait until the next election! Then we'll show them! We'll vote B out of power and put A back in charge.

[vtsnowedin]

My garden is doing nicely this year. could I interest you in a bushel or two of Zucchini.

[Newfie]

In case you had not seen my previous posts on this topic….

The TWO parties are substantially the same; they each are behoden to elites so that they can remain in power.

As far as I know there is no constitutional mandate or protection for either party.

I have offered a number of reforms designed to gut the parties of influence. I won’t repeat them here unless asked. But they include term limits and changes to how we elect the President and representatives.

There is zero point voting for A or B. Which was the point of my post, thry are functionally identical.

[Newfie]

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')
Aug 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s top aides are pressuring OPEC and its allies to boost oil output to tackle rising gasoline prices that they see as a threat to global economic recovery.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '
')
There is zero point voting for A or B. Which was the point of my post, thry are functionally identical.

[Plantagenet]

Today's Biden self-contradictory weirdness is Joe saying he wants to spend 3 trillion dollars to cut fossil fuel use while simultaneously imploring the Saudis to pump more oil so the US can continue to have cheap gasoline and burn more fossil fuels.

My guess is that kind of nonsensical thing keeps happening with Joe because Joe has multiple different speech writers who all write quite opposite things, and Joe is so senile and dumb he just reads whatever the teleprompter says and doesn't realize in the afternoon he is contradicting what he said just that morning.


Joe's gaffe problem is NOT solved.....he just reads whatever is on the teleprompter in front of his face, and sometimes it makes no sense. Often what Joe reads and says in the morning contradicts what he reads and says later in the afternoon.

Cheers!

[dissident]

It's not just the Saudis, what takes the cake is how the US is increasing both oil and LNG imports from Russia. The "existential threat".

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', 'M')y garden is doing nicely this year. could I interest you in a bushel or two of Zucchini.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JuanP', '
')
Like you said elsewhere, we need to power down now, ride a bike, and plant a garden. Save yourselves because nobody else is going to do it for you. This ship is going down and it's up to you to put on a lifejacket and find a lifeboat.