... From the witness stand...

Which seems like how they read 1984... As an instruction guide!

OMG... Thank you Carl.
Favorites include the Fainting Christmas Tree, Black Olives and Kool-Aid Hair Dye.

As others have recently commented, I similarly believe that Ayn Rand was prophetic ... and yet, it's really just a matter of applied mathematics. On reading Atlas Shrugged, for the first time, at age 26 and having worked a few years as a software engineer ... I put the book down and said softly "Of Course."
It's just a matter of chained logic, not too complicated.
The book had to progress and reach the conclusion as written.
This required that Rand build the story as one would build a skyscraper -- an integrated system of elements designed to be logical, functional and beautiful.

It's a philosophical and by extension, boots-on-the-ground battle between Individualism and Collectivism. Individuals working in context of their own self-interest, praxeology (human action) operating with the understanding that one is not to initiate the use of force, otherwise understood as exercising The Right to Be Left Alone -- to that extent, optimized human flourishing occurs when Individuals (all individuals, but in particular, the most intelligent-ambitious-visionary) rise to the apex of their exercised talents. The collectivists look upon this flourishing with envy; their actions are to tear it down either through theft (taxation) or destruction (regulation). They appeal to the underlying envy of the lower-classes, promising Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (all of which are unearned).

New Yorkers voted for this (or did they? Was Biden elected or installed? And Mamdani?) -- it will be interesting to see this play out. And yet the collectivists seldom, if ever, take account of their failures. My remorse at this situation is directed at those citizens that did not vote for this, but will have their apple carts turned over in the mayhem that will precipitate from this toxic mixture of narcissism, solipsism, fraud and open faced theft.

Great start for the weekend. I too thought the Black Olives was masterful.

Black Olives Matter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Birds of a feather...

You just caused me to imagine Ice Cream Cone Joe as dripping and melting himself as he staggers about wondering which way he is supposed to go.

Loved the presidential library, too. Now if they could design it dripping and melting, it would even be better.

Communists must love the smell of human poop while watching where they walk on a nice clear day outside.

Still traveling, but this drive by take-a-look was a great start for my day! All great, but #1 is real, LOL!!!

Me dino really enjoyed this batch! Laughed at the look on the dog's face in front of the Christmas tree that "fainted." I forgot how many times I saw a stupid looking photo of our last Puppet-In-Chief holding some oversized ice cream cone until I saw his presidential library plan. Someone tell me that's true! Please!
When I read "declared mentally unfit to stand trial," me dino said out loud, "You got that damn right!" He would need to be shown which way to leave the witness stand!

the presidential library for Biden was spot on !

Great! Thank you, OUC!

Rainman 0720's story, if a Meme, would have fit right in here . . . (except, it's not funny)

Could have seen that coming . . . Oh Wait!, just so happens that's the name of this weeks TGIFfunnies.
Had your story been a meme . . .

Publishing now

Birds of a feather flock together.

This video covers how this came about, and explains (very well) what is going on here.
What Michael Saylor is Doing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQMFr...

Who hadn't already realized that NYC has devolved into a sewer of perversion?
I stopped visiting in the late 80's (except for visiting a relative) because broadway
creativity had turned to perverted garbage.
Wall St had been a sewer of perverted thieves since the
19th century, The rest of NYC has been living off that
unproductive den of thieves for decades.
Don't do business with enemies.

Well done!

It's really all about the money. Science is no longer science. Now it's a business to advance an agenda by telling a story and doing everything within your power to make people believe it.

"...better be large buckets." There, fixed it. LOL

Rainman, it better be a large bucket - looks like this is going to go through his entire tenure.

It looks like Gotham City is stuck with this idiot for as long as DJT is in residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

There is a committee of five city officials that could form and vote the mayor out of office, but it looks like that was designed to only be convened when the mayor is physically unable to do the job.

The governor could force the mayor out, but it looks like there must be some legal reason why (see: Adams, Eric).

I could have missed it, but it sure looks like the one thing that can't happen is a recall election.

I've got my lawn chair and bucket-o-popcorn, and so far it's been a good show.

Why am I not surprised?

I've been reading "Mao, The Unknown Story" by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday and it is a real eye opener to the workings of one of the most evil individuals in human history. It also shows a blueprint of the communist method taking over a country. You can see some parallels here in the USA. I got ithe Kindle version because Amazon had a sale for $1.99 and I figured why not? Good read!