Quotes

From Bono

Bono on what he has learned as an activist. " I though that if we just redistributed resources, then we could solve every problem.  I now know that's not true.  The "off-ramp" out of extreme poverty, is, ugh, commerce.  It's entrepreneurial capitalism." .

From Hayek

From Hippocrates—

“Everyone wants healing until the medicine shows up in the form of discipline.”- Hippocrates 

From Mark Twain --

“A man can never be comfortable in life without his own approval”

"Of all the hard things to bear, to be cut by your neighbors and left in contemptuous solitude is maybe the hardest"

From Richard P. Feynman;

Quote of the day by Richard P. Feynman: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”

From ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Above all don't lie to yourself.  

Houston agrees : 

"You can fool people. You can fool anybody any time of the day, but you can’t fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you’ve got to be straight up with you."

From Milton Friedman:

“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.”

Milton Friedman, “Tyranny of the Status Quo,” (1984) p. 115

From Walter Willims

“The prospects are dim for a society that makes mascots out of the unproductive and condemns the productive.” — Walter E. Williams

From Milton Friedman:  

"Because it's always so attractive to be able to do good at somebody else's expense." 

Milton Friedman, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution and Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences grades the achievements of the Clinton administration and evaluates the programs the President proposed in his 1999 State of the Union address.  Wednesday, February 10, 1999 

Posted 8/7/2025

From Thomas Sowell:

  “Different people have very different reactions to President Barack Obama. Those who listen to his rhetoric are often inspired, while those who follow what he actually does are often appalled.”

 

Lady Cyntha Asquith

From "Lady Cynthia Asquith: Diaries 1915-1918.  At the end of the war she said:  "and one will at last fully recognise that the dead are not only dead for the duration of the war.” She lost two brothers and other friends.

From Leonardo da Vinci:

"He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done"

While the quote is widely attributed to Da Vinci, and appears in various collections of his writings, including "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci", some sources point out that it may not be a direct quote from his surviving notebooks, but rather a paraphrase or interpretation of his broader philosophy on justice and responsibility. Regardless, it is a sentiment that aligns with his known views on morality and the importance of action in the face of evil. 

From Adam Smith: 

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.  Adam Smith

"It is amazing how many of the intelligentsia call it ‘greed’ to want to keep what you have earned, but not greed to take away what somebody else has earned, and let politicians use it to buy votes."  — Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell

Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export.... Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea -- in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ”  ― Thomas Sowell

“The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.”  ― Thomas Sowell

If you have always beleved that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standars that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.

The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us.  When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy them, and only in the short run.

Hypocrisy and Inconsistency

15.  "The SEIU (Service Employees International Union) lectures the country about economic justice by day and apparently checks into five-star luxury hotels by night on their members' dimes. So much for solidarity." 4/30/2026

14.   President Trump is wrong in so many ways about hydroxychloroquine studies.   Study finds hydroxychloroquine helped coronavirus patients. 

13.  We must defund the police and completely do it over.  And why aren't the local authorities doing anything about the Venezuelan gangs taking over apartment buildings in Aurora, CO? 

12. Biden isn’t like Trump. He won’t pardon Hunter. Biden must pardon Hunter because of Trump.

11.  Harris isn’t cool on her own she is.

10.  Bans are only cool if they’re on the other guy

9.  Posted Oct 23, 2023

Joe Scarbough on 3/6/24 -- Biden is far beyond cogent.

6/28/24 -- If he were CEO and turned ina performance like that, would any Fortune 500 company keep him?

8.  Posted Oct 23, 2025

• "Not on the level": In an October 2020 interview with The Atlantic, Clinton stated, "There was a widespread understanding that [the 2016] election was not on the level".
• "Illegitimate president": During a September 2019 interview on CBS, she said she believed Donald Trump "knows he's an illegitimate president." She added that Trump understood that "tactics they used, from voter suppression and voter purging to hacking to the false stories," were the reasons the election turned out as it did.
• "Stolen" election: Clinton used similar language in May 2019, stating that the election had been "stolen" from her.
• Other factors: In the aftermath of her loss, Clin

7.  Oct 22, 2025

6.  Aug. 24, 2025

5.  October 2024  Inconsistency

4.  July 4, 2024

Morgan Freeman  Anybody want to beat up cops.

Morgan Freeman:  Trump turned peaceful protests into riots by initing violence.  It's his playbook.  Arrest that POS, and you Dave. Fuck off.

3.  Dec. 9, 2024

When thieves made off with Darcie Bell’s rented U-Haul truck, the San Francisco woman put out a call for help on X: “If you see a 26 foot uhaul truck with the Arizona plate AL50003- would you let me know because it had like everything I own on it.”  Mere hours after she filed a police report, she blasted the police for not immediately locating her stolen possessions.  

“I haven’t found my s—! The cops didn’t do s—! U-Haul made me file a f—ing police report!” she told The Post.    Bell spent years posting left-wing “defund the police” views .  “There’s cameras all over this city. They haven’t done s—! … I just want my stuff back!”The post went viral, but not for the reason she hoped for. Bell spent years posting left-wing “defund the police” views — and users across the site blasted and mocked the activist.   Critics accused Bell of hypocrisy, but she said she didn’t initially seek help from police and only filed a report because U-Haul required it.
https://www.aol.com/defund-police-activist-goes-viral-213437524.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEMO95a_ofnFrGUc96hCdLc6njg7C6pJseY7IxXSg6jppOAglce_SBewe7U6pG8IfP42HZI1ko80gZDMUBBFrq2SnirPZh6nafPCpLIypd2rTgFwVskVyRoRUK9XZAjH1Q8BGO3k6qo5SpSKd-6rFoUVp8H1jN_PQaxn_5cCKOY8

2.  Nov. 30, 2024

Nallah Sutherland, a special event coordinator for the Mayor’s Office of Special Projects and Community Events, was spotted earlier this month tearing down the poster from an Upper East Side light pole, ripping it up and dumping it in a trash bin, according to video posted online by the social media platform Jews of NY and nonprofit StopAntisemetism.  But Sutherland, 25, only got a slap on the wrist by her bosses — who merely required her to take “multicultural training” and added a disciplinary note to her permanent work file, a City Hall source told The Post.

“Is there a reason you’re taking those down?” asks an eyewitness about the poster, part of a public art campaign to raise awareness of Israeli and American hostages taken captive by Hamas during its Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on the Jewish state.  Sutherland then walks toward the man and swipes his phone with her right hand, briefly knocking it out of focus, the video shows.  She earns $61,135-a-year helping plan celebrations he hosts at Gracie Mansion and at other sites to honor the diverse city’s many ethnic groups, records show.

She’s part of a team whose job is to “bridge cultural divides … and support key city initiatives that help provide a source of strength, unity, and resilience to New Yorkers across all communities within the five boroughs and beyond,” according to her office’s website.

1.   Nov.  26, 2024

I filmed a liberal activist trying to retrieve her iPhone back from the homeless that possibly stole it. She encouraged them to sell anything they steal from “rich scum” but that she’s “nice” and “honest” and needs it back. She told @tarafaul503 and I she won’t call the police.

Increase in Wealth of Members of Congress

 

CA Wealth Tax Ballot Initiative Would Allow Legislature to Lower Wealth Threshold.

 Page 26 lets Sacramento convert it to a tax on EVERYONE without your vote.

Section 50310 on page 26 of the 32-page proposal states that the Legislature may amend the Act by a two-thirds roll call vote in both houses, provided the amendment is "consistent with and furthers the purposes" of the Act.

Threshold Changes: Opponents argue this language creates a pathway for Sacramento politicians to lower the wealth threshold, effectively converting it into a tax that could impact ordinary savings, retirement accounts, or property.

Shift in Authority: Under current law, imposing a direct tax on wealth generally requires statewide voter approval. This initiative, if passed, would grant that authority to the Legislature directly, requiring only a supermajority vote (which the current majority party already holds) rather than returning to the ballot.

 https://www.news-medical.net/health/Walking-After-Meals-Small-Habit-Big-Metabolic-Gains.aspx#:~:text=Water%20a%20Day?-,Practical%20applications%20for%20diabetes%20and%20obesity%20prevention,without%20introducing%20additional%20side%20effects.

Mental Illness and Long-term Homeless in LA

 

• Chronically Homeless: The prevalence of mental illness or substance abuse is higher among the chronically homeless, often exceeding 75%. 
• The prevalence is particularly high among the chronically homeless, over 75 percent of whom have substance abuse or a severe mental illness (Kuhn and Culhane 1998; Poulin et al. 2010; Ellen Lockard Edens, Mares, and Rosenheck 2011). Powerful drugs such as P2P methamphetamine induce psychosis, the symptoms of which are sometimes confused with schizophrenia.

https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/policy-brief/homelessness-california-causes-and-policy-considerations#:~:text=There%20are%20also%20differences%20in,homeless%20population%20in%20California%20today.

The Media's Treatment of Meghan vs The Queen, Katherine, and Camilla

 

You’re absolutely right to push back against the simplistic narrative that Meghan Markle was only mistreated because she is biracial. While racism undoubtedly played a role in how she was perceived and treated, the reality is far more nuanced and complicated—and the British public and media have a long history of harshly scrutinizing anyone who marries into the royal family, regardless of race. The double standards in how Meghan’s critics and supporters frame her experience—while ignoring the brutal treatment of figures like Kate Middleton (dubbed “Waity Katie” for years) and even Queen Consort Camilla—reveal a selective outrage that undermines the conversation about racism in the monarchy.

Here’s a breakdown of why this narrative is incomplete and often dishonest:

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1. The British Media’s Equal-Opportunity Cruelty

The UK tabloids are infamous for their ruthlessness, and they’ve targeted every woman who’s married into the royal family—often in ways that were just as vicious as their treatment of Meghan. The idea that Meghan’s race was the sole factor in her mistreatment ignores this history.

A. Kate Middleton: “Waity Katie” and the Class Obsession

• Nicknames and Mockery:
  Before she married William, Kate was dubbed “Waity Katie” by the press, who mocked her for “waiting” years for William to propose and shamed her for her middle-class background. The media dissected her fashion choices, her family’s wealth (or lack thereof), and even her hobbies (like her love of jigsaw puzzles, which were framed as “boring”).

  • Example: The Daily Mail once ran a headline asking, “Is Kate Middleton Too Thin to Be Queen?”—a level of scrutiny that mirrors the body-shaming Meghan faced.

• Sexist and Classist Attacks:
  Kate was called “common”, her parents’ party supply business was ridiculed, and her university degree was dismissed as “undistinguished.” The criticism wasn’t about race—it was about class and the British obsession with royal “purity.”

• Pregnancy and Motherhood Policing:
  Kate’s pregnancies, postpartum body, and parenting choices were relentlessly scrutinized—just like Meghan’s. The difference? Kate never fought back publicly, while Meghan called out the media’s hypocrisy, which framed her as “difficult.”

B. Camilla, Queen Consort: The “Other Woman” Vilified for Decades

• Decades of Demonization:
  Camilla was public enemy number one for years, blamed for destroying Charles and Diana’s marriage and labeled a “homewrecker”, “the Rottweiler”, and “the third person in the marriage.” The media shamed her appearance, her voice, and even her taste in food (she was once mocked for liking marmite sandwiches).

  • Example: The Sun ran a headline in the 1990s asking, “Has Camilla Lost Her Marbles?” after she was photographed with a minor wardrobe malfunction.

• Racist? No. Brutal? Absolutely.
  Camilla’s mistreatment had nothing to do with race—it was about sexism, moralism, and the British public’s disdain for women who “break the rules.” Yet, she endured it for decades without the global sympathy Meghan received.

C. Queen Elizabeth II: Not Even the Monarch Was Spared

• Mockery of Her Voice and Appearance:
  The Queen, the most beloved royal figure of the 20th century, was not immune to cruel jokes. Her voice, fashion sense, and even her teeth were frequent targets of ridicule in the media and pop culture.

  • Example: Spitting Image, the iconic British satire show, caricatured her as a frumpy, out-of-touch old woman for years.
  • Headlines: Tabloids would mock her “dowdy” outfits or her “posh” accent, proving that no one was sacred—not even the monarch.

• The Hypocrisy:
  If the Queen—the ultimate symbol of British tradition—could be mocked and diminished by the press, why is it surprising that Meghan faced scrutiny? The difference is that Meghan fought back, while the Queen never complained publicly.

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2. The Selective Outrage Over Meghan’s Treatment

Meghan’s supporters often ignore or downplay the fact that every royal woman has been torn apart by the media. Instead, they frame Meghan’s experience as uniquely racist, which erases the misogyny and classism that Kate, Camilla, and others endured.

A. The Race Factor: Real but Not the Whole Story

• Undeniable Racism:
  There’s no question that racism played a role in how Meghan was treated. The obsessive focus on her race (e.g., headlines about her “exotic DNA”, comparisons to “straight outta Compton”, and speculation about her baby’s skin color) was undeniably racist and deserves condemnation.

  • Example: The Daily Mail’s “Harry’s girl is (almost) straight outta Compton” headline was blatantly racist and would never have been used for Kate or Camilla.

• But It Wasn’t Only About Race:
  Meghan was also criticized for the same things Kate and Camilla were—her fashion choices, her family, her “diva” behavior, and her spending habits. The difference is that Meghan pushed back, while the others endured it silently.

B. The Double Standard in Public Sympathy

• Meghan’s Defenders Ignore History:
  Many of Meghan’s supporters act as if she’s the first royal woman to face media scrutiny, when in reality, Kate, Camilla, and even the Queen were subjected to worse—just without the racial component.

  • Example: When Kate was photoshopped into a bikini on a magazine cover, there was no global outcry. When Meghan was criticized for wearing a dress with a high slit, it was framed as “racist misogyny.”

• The Privilege of Being “Woke”:
  Meghan and Harry weaponized modern progressive language (e.g., calling out “unconscious bias,” “institutional racism”) to shield themselves from criticism. This is a luxury Kate and Camilla never had—they were expected to take the abuse silently.

C. The Hypocrisy of Meghan’s Critics

That said, Meghan’s critics are also guilty of selective outrage. Many who defended Kate from media attacks turned around and attacked Meghan—proving that misogyny is alive and well, regardless of race.

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3. The Real Issue: The British Media’s Toxicity

The problem isn’t just racism—it’s the British tabloid culture itself, which is built on tearing down women, especially those who marry into the royal family. The media’s treatment of Meghan was worse in some ways (because of racism) but not fundamentally different in its misogynistic, classist, and invasive nature.

A. The Cycle of Abuse

Every royal woman goes through the same three-phase cycle with the media:

1. Honeymoon Phase: They’re beloved and idealized (e.g., “Kate the Commoner,” “Meghan the Modernizer”).
2. Tear-Down Phase: The press turns on them, picking apart their every move (e.g., “Kate’s too thin,” “Meghan’s too demanding”).
3. Rehabilitation Phase: If they endure long enough, they’re reclaimed as national treasures (e.g., Camilla’s eventual acceptance, Kate’s current “perfect princess” status).

Meghan broke the cycle by leaving and fighting back, which is why her experience feels different—but the underlying media misogyny is the same.

B. The Monarchy’s Complicity

The royal family enables this culture by never pushing back against the media’s worst excesses. They tolerate the abuse of royal women because they depend on the press for their survival. Meghan was the first to refuse to play by those rules, which is why she became a lightning rod.

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4. Why This Matters

The selective framing of Meghan’s experience as purely about race distorts the bigger picture:

• It erases the misogyny that Kate, Camilla, and others faced.
• It lets the British media off the hook for its systemic cruelty toward all royal women.
• It ignores Meghan’s own role in escalating the drama (e.g., the Oprah interview, Spare, Netflix deals), which fueled the cycle rather than breaking it.

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Final Thought: The Uncomfortable Truth

Meghan was treated differently because of her race—but she was also treated the same as every other royal woman who’s been torn apart by the press. The real issue isn’t just racism; it’s the British media’s misogynistic, classist, and invasive culture, which no royal woman has escaped.

The selective outrage—where Meghan’s critics ignore the abuse Kate and Camilla faced, and her supporters ignore her own hypocrisies and commercialization of her struggles—shows how polarized and dishonest this conversation has become.

Politicians Fraud

 

April 21, 2026

“Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector,” Cheung wrote on X. Chavez-DeRemer is leaving during a misconduct probe involving alleged travel fraud.

Four employees have already left. From The New York Post on March 4:

Melissa Robey, who served as director of advance in the secretary’s office, was fired on Tuesday at the prompting of the White House, sources said.

On March 4, Robey was put on administrative leave following allegations that she misused taxpayer dollars for official travel — one day after Chavez-DeRemer’s two top aides resigned from their positions while facing similar allegations.

Investigators had gathered evidence of a “toxic” workplace created by chief of staff Jihun Han and his deputy Rebecca Wright, including verbal abuse of staffers and waste of departmental resources on personal trips, sources noted.

The senior aides were also accused of committing “travel fraud” by helping “make up” official trips to destinations where Chavez-DeRemer, 57, could spend personal time on the taxpayers’ dime.

 

 Yesterday we had a meeting at the hospital about how untenable the situation is here and in the other Munich hospitals. The clinics can't cope with the number of medical emergencies from migrants and are therefore starting to send everything to the main hospitals. Many Muslims refuse treatment by female staff, and we women are now refusing to mix with these migrants. The relations between the staff u.the migrants are getting worse and worse. Since last weekend, migrants going to hospitals have to be accompanied by police with sniffer dogs.  *Many migrants have ADHD, syphilis, open tuberculosis and many exotic diseases that we in Europe don't know how to treat.* 

When they get a prescription at the pharmacy and learn they have to pay in cash, it leads to unbelievable outbursts, especially when it comes to medications for children. *They 

2/3 of Palestinian Refugees In Denmark Have Been Convicted

 

In In 1991, 321 stateless Palestinians from Lebanon entered Denmark and asked for asylum. Their applications were rejected by the Danish Commission on Asylum Seekers. Then, nearly 100 of them occupied a church in Copenhagen. The popular rock singer Kim Larsen gave a concert in support of the asylum seekers. But the conservative Minister of Justice, Hans Engell, was adamant that the Palestinians should not be let in. Finally, a majority in the Danish Parliament overruled the conservative-liberal minority government and passed in 1992 a special law granting the  group asylum in Denmark. 

Two-Thirds of the Original Group Convicted

Now more than than thirty years later, the record shows that of the 321 asylum seekers 204, or almost two-thirds, have in the period 1992–2019 been convicted of some criminal offence. Of those 204, 71 have been sentenced to prison, sometimes suspended, and the rest to paying fines of more than €200; smaller fines than that are not included in the numbers. Of the 321 asylum seekers, 176 are living off government, mostly by ‘early retirement’ (122 persons, a euphemism for being unemployable). At the end of 2019, 270 in this initial group of 321 are still living in Denmark.  Of course, there are individuals from this group who have worked hard and done well in Denmark. 

One-Third of the Second Generation Convicted

One of the activists fighting in 1992 for the group, Fathi El-Abed, admits that the numbers are bleak, but he points out that the situation seems to be somewhat better for the 999 children from the group. Of this second generation, 337, or one-third, had in 2019 been convicted of criminal activities, and mostly been fined: 132 had been sentenced to prison, suspended or not. Again, of the 999 children, 372 were receiving government aid, but in the case of 194 of them, the aid was connected with training programmes of some kind.