On Substack, Oliver Kornetzke says, “What a sick fucking society we are.”
https://oliverkornetzke.substack.com/p/a-sick-society
Paul Krugman says, “Something is fundamentally wrong with America.”
“Trump is who he is, and a nation that elected him twice simply can’t be trusted.”
Two favorite movie moments:
From Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – “What’s your interest in this?”
From Star Wars – “See? You can do it.”
Not John Oliver, Oliver Kornetzke. I’ve been blocked from his Substack page:
https://substack.com/@oliverkornetzke
I had previously posted a comment on his page that is now deleted. The text of my comment is here:
Nobody liked or disliked that comment, or commented on it. Then Oliver posted an alleged autobiographical essay that provided no actual background information, and amounted to a pile of AI gibberish.
https://oliverkornetzke.substack.com/p/my-autobiography
This time, my comment was terse and intended to elicit some sort of a response. I said, “Obviously not written by an actual person.” Well, that woke somebody — or something — up, resulting not in a pointed rebuttal, but in my being banned.
As far as I can tell, the person, or persons, who are Oliver Kornetzke aren’t trying to cash in, other than perhaps accepting paid subscriptions on Substack. That much is good, but there’s a lot of left-wing flavored candy being tossed to the most sweet-toothed of gullible Trump haters. What distinguishes me from them is that I’m not so gullible.
Eric Idle’s bastard son John Oliver did it. He begged, like Trump begs for awards he doesn’t deserve, to be a character on a soap opera. Just as CBS caved to Trump, ABC gave in to Oliver’s relentless whining.
Do we want more? Of course we do!
Much more!
This comment came up in, of all places, an audio group I follow. It was written by someone who worked at a legendary, long defunct Boston loudspeaker company. I thought it would be worth posting here.
Most of those billionaires are libertarians who keep copies of Ayn Rand’s novels and nonfiction in a small bookcase in their bedrooms. Each of them sees themselves as versions of John Galt, a superior human being who has contempt for most of mainstream humanity, especially the inept losers who are struggling to survive.
Scratch a Republican and under the scratch you will either find an evangelical or a libertarian. Scratch either of those and underneath the scratch you will discover a fascist.
Socially, the chaotic and nasty situation we have in the USA today is an amplified version of what the country has been all along. Note that the rest of the world is no better, just less lucky.
I essentially agree with him, although I personally know exceptions to Evangelicals and Libertarians being fascists underneath. Since Trump’s return to power, I’m not sure we’re all that lucky anymore.
Oh, no. I used to know this guy at work. He was just reaching retirement age. This is awful.
The cause of death could have actually been a heart attack, rather than drowning. We’re waiting for confirmation.
