captainfrogbert.bsky.social

captainfrogbert.bsky.social

@captainfrogbert.bsky.social

Centrist liberal, Social Democrat, Episcopalian-ish, retired paramedic, scientist, historian, erstwhile art director, writer, frog!

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It weird that,when Democrats imagine their ideal President, they invent Jed Bartlett, who has a Bachelor's from Notre Dame, a Master's & Doctorate in economics from London School of Economics. And a Nobel Prize. When republicans imagine their ideal president, they make AI slop of Trump as a viking.

What does this even mean? It means Christ calls us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves, with kindness, compassion, and honesty. But we are not required to treat everyone as our best friend. It is OK to not like someones as long as you treat them with kindness, and without cruelty or violence.

We have to remember, America's debt is not just vanishing. It's being fed into the pockets of the banks, Wall Street, and the Military Industrial Complex. It's being outright stolen by corrupt politicians and other grifters, con-men, and thieves.

AI Google is so annoying. If you type in a quote, looking for attribution, unless you include, "Who said", the Artificial Idiot gives you a fifth-grader's book report on the meaning of the quote, but fails to provide attribution. Old Google would have put the attribution at the top of the results.

People, you understand there aren't any actual nations, or races, right? Imaginary lines on a map are not real. Skin color is just color. Everyone is human is the only reality. There are no others, there are only we. Until we stop playing childish games of nations and race, our species is doomed.

Fascists need an enemy. As each enemy is eliminated, the fascists need at least a few new enemies. Eventually, everyone, everywhere, is an enemy to the fascists. Never get too cozy with fascists, eventually, inevitably, no matter what you do or don't do, YOU will be declared an enemy, too.

The oligarchy keeps people deliberately ignorant, informed by lies, and and motivated by rage and hate. People make decisions based not on their own best interest, but for REVENGE against people they never met, to punish them for things they never did.

She blinded me with SCIENCE! No, seriously. Because Force = Mass x Acceleration, and the pointed end of a sharp stick concentrates even minimal force into enormous localized pressure, thus allowing said pointed stick to easily overcome the structural bonds of a softer material. Like an eye. Ow.

Social Democracies provide safety nets which soften the sharp edges of dog-eat-dog capitalism, and provide vital public services equitably for the benefit of all, when naked capitalism would callously and eagerly leave millions starving and homeless to die in the dark.

"Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind." – The 12th Doctor (Peter Capaldi), "Dr. Who, Twice Upon a Time (2017)," written by Steven Moffat, Kit Pedler, Gerry Davis I have never heard a truer, more Christ-like, moral philosophy than this. And it popped up on a silly, sci-fi TV show.

This is Trump: $5 ladies and gentlemen, that's all it cost for this amazing new product. Yes, for a mere $10 you can have it for your own! Isn't it worth just $20 to own the security that only $100 brings you? For the peace of mind that comes at the cost of just $500 dollars? Send your $5,000 now!