Oak

Oak

@toak.bsky.social

I want you to win. Views are my own or those of Scotch whisky. MMT

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Don’t take this the wrong way. I don’t dislike cats. Sure, if we must pick, definitely a dog person. But the Bluesky algorithm throws so many cat videos into my feed that I am very close to HATING all cats. Please stop! I assume that is the opposite incentive for people who love cats.

Seriously, can I ask the algorithm to stop sending me cat videos? Don’t dislike cats at all. Love many people who have cats… don’t want to have one more cat video in my feed. F me

The U.S. is unique in equating the accumulation of wealth with the accumulation of wisdom. Without hyperbole, this an imminent extinction event.

When I was 15 I hated country music. Now, in my 50’s, absolutely hate country music. Am I being close-minded? FYI. Your responses won’t matter.

All of the scrutiny of the Minneapolis videos to prove a point apparently doesn’t understand we were formerly a country who had a rule of law. No one will be held accountable.

The military being deployed to LA, DC and soon to be Chicago is a test…for when he deploys the military to voting locations at midterms, 2026. What we allow, will continue.

Anyone in the Congress have an issue with bombing Iran without your approval? 🤷‍♂️ You have made yourself not just inconsequential, but made an entire branch of government meaningless. Constitutional suicide.

I know it can be heartbreaking, but can we all agree we need to take Dad’s keys away? And for fuck sake, wipe off his orange pancake makeup? #toughlove #dimentiasucks

2/ Understanding how currency issuing and taxation work would be a great step towards recognizing we can have nice things if we have the resources. We always have the money. It is one of those perfect counterintuitive issues these guys thrive on.

Trigger warning for those of you who sentimentally love the classic Christmas TV shows. There are massive holes of injustice which must be addressed in some classic Christmas TV… a 🧵

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BUT his pal Karen required a little detour because she was so cold in that refrigerated train car. That detour cost Frosty his icy ass as he thought heading into a greenhouse with Karen was somehow a good idea. Well, shitty magician, Professor Hinkle, who recently got passed over for tenure,

thought otherwise and liquified everyone’s favorite snow-doofus only to have Santa come in and save the day. The point is, maybe they would not have to have made that detour to get Karen warm IF SHE WAS WEARING ANY PANTS! F me, Karen! Discuss. /End.

Trigger warning for those of you who sentimentally love the classic Christmas TV shows. There are massive holes of injustice which must be addressed in some classic Christmas TV… a 🧵

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1300 Benjamins…you know, because the spirit of Christmas is about mind-blowing injustice.🙄 2) A Christmas Carol- An absolute classic which features Ebeneezer Scrooge inexplicably terrified about the prospect of him dying, hence his beautiful change of heart. How old is Scrooge in the story? 70? 80?

Well, given the average lifespan of a man in 1843 England was 40 years old, that mofo got an extra 3-4 decades of general assholishness before he was all of a sudden terrified of dying. I call bullshit. 🤷‍♂️ 3) Frosty the Snowman - So, great idea to get Frosty north so he doesn’t melt…

Trigger warning for those of you who sentimentally love the classic Christmas TV shows. There are massive holes of injustice which must be addressed in some classic Christmas TV… a 🧵

1) It’s a Wonderful Life - Besides being at least one hour too long, we all forget Mr.Potter flat out stole $8K from George. That is about $130K in 2024 dollars. What a wonderful resolution that all of the Bailey’s friends and family saved George and family and Potter absconded with…

Reality check. The Dems have done very little for the working class for decades. They have campaigned on it, but the politics of getting elected and the politics of governing are different animals. Use the power of a sovereign currency issuer to help people. #MMT

One of the reasons Dems got blasted this election? Trans and inclusion issues. Why? Because for a very small population who absolutely deserve protection, there are much larger populations suffering for all sorts of reasons who also deserve it. Not more important, just more people.

My dream was never to have a number one hit, never to tour the world, never to be famous…. My dream was to have just one roadie.

Can we return to a time when there were consequences for lying or purposely misinforming? Fact is, there is for most of us, just not our political leaders.

While a more civil forum, we deserve discourse from opposing views. Lean left my whole life and yet find my most incisive criticism for the Left. Why? Because only we can hold ourselves accountable. All in on dumping “X”. Not a public square, but a playground for the worst impulses of a person…

with wholly too much political power. That said, I wish for an in-group discourse of where we fall (fell) short and how we improve. Go…

I’ll start…from many years ago. When Bernie Sanders was double digits ahead of Hillary Clinton, the Left Power coronated HRC instead of the will of the people. This handed us Trump 1. This lies at the feet of the Dems and DNC. Not a Bern stan, but Left Power decided for us, to a terrible outcome.

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