@godpod You great again yet? Why do people insist on voting against their own interests only to regret that to then proceed and vote this way again? It seems like the majority of people are incapable of learning from their own mistakes.
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"Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown sparked protests across Los Angeles and sent many people into hiding. Some California Republicans are starting to fear they’ll pay a price for the chaos."
And also pay a price for the #stupidity, the #racism, and the #cruelty of the Trump Administration:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/23/california-republicans-ice-raids-backlash-00471909 #politics copy: @renewedresistance
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Some examples:
The Darwin Awards Countdown to Extinction by Wendy Northcutt, 2010
Fully illustrated and featuring all-new tales of the marvelously macabre, The Darwin Awards Countdown to Extinction chronicles the astonishing acts of individuals who have taken a swan dive into the shallow end of the gene pool.
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See also:
A Short History of Stupid by Helen Razer, 2014
How did everything get so dumb? How did we become hostages to idiocy? What must we do to be freed from a captor whose ransom note simply reads, 'D'oh'?
The deteriorating quality of our public debate and the dwindling of common sense in media, politics and culture can drive you to despair and rage.
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If you'd rather watch than read:
The Age of Stupid (2009)
A future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change.
IMDbThe Age of Stupid (2009) ⭐ 7.0 | Documentary, History, News1h 32m | Not Rated
Homo Idioticus by Cezary Pietrasik, 2025
Why We Are Stupid and What to Do About It
In Homo Idioticus, renowned economist, investor, and entrepreneur, Cezary Pietrasik, explores the paradox of human intelligence and irrationality, delving into the roots of this idiocy, from biology to societal norms to systemic flaws, using vivid historical and modern examples to illustrate our follies.
Bringing the law into disrepute - arrested for holding a copy of Private Eye
I am prepared to bet that both Starmer and Cooper are beginning to regret their poorly thought out reaction to protest/vandalism (depending on your viewpoint it might be considered both) by Palestine Action.
Act in haste, repent at leisure.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/private-eye-cartoon-arrest-ian-hislop-protest
The Guardian · Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’
My goodness - law of unexpected consequences - US pressure might have a small benefit
UK totalitarianism, one part of anyway (and frankly technical ineptitude and misunderstanding), might be halted in its tracks. We an only hope we don’t get the rest of US shite landed on us. But then Starmer considers Trump to be a family man, so who knows?
The Guardian · UK may back down on demand for backdoor access to Apple users’ encrypted data
A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
When the torrent sweeps the man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory. Shelley, chafing at the Church of England, discovered the cure of all evils in universal atheism. Generous lads irritated at the injustices of society, see nothing for it but the abolishment of everything and Kingdom Come of anarchy. Shelley was a young fool; so are these cocksparrow revolutionaries. But it is better to be a fool than to be dead. It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of life and take everything as it comes in a forlorn stupidity.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#Louisiana cancels $3 billion #coastal #restoration project funded by #OilSpill settlement
By JACK BROOK
Updated 9:17 PM EDT, July 17, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — "Louisiana on Thursday canceled a $3 billion repair of disappearing Gulf coastline, funded by the 2010 #DeepwaterHorizon oil spill settlement, scrapping what #conservationists called an urgent response to #ClimateChange but Gov. #JeffLandry viewed as a threat to the state’s way of life. [??!!! Like pollution from BP isn't a threat?!!!]
"Despite years of studies and reviews, the project at the center of Louisiana’s coastal protection plans grew increasingly imperiled after Landry, a Republican, took office last year. Its collapse means that the state could lose out on more than $1.5 billion in unspent funds and may even have to repay the $618 million it already used to begin building.
"The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group, a mix of federal agencies overseeing the settlement funds, said that 'unused project funds will be available for future Deepwater Horizon restoration activities' but would require review and approval.
"The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project aimed to rebuild upward of 20 square miles (32 kilometers) of land over a 50-year period in southeast Louisiana to combat sea level rise and erosion on the Gulf Coast. When construction stalled last year because of lawsuits, trustees warned that the state would have to return the hundreds of millions of dollars it had already spent if the project did not move forward.
"Former Louisiana Rep. #GarretGraves, a Republican who once led the state’s coastal restoration agency, said that killing the project was 'a boneheaded decision' not rooted in science.
" 'It is going to result in one of the largest setbacks for our coast and the protection of our communities in decades,' Graves said. 'I don’t know what chiropractor or palm reader they got advice from on this, but — baffling that someone thought this was a good idea.'
"Project supporters stressed that it would have provided a data-driven, large-scale solution to mitigate the worst effects of an eroding coastline in a state where a football field of land is lost every 100 minutes and more than 2,000 square miles (5,180 square kilometers) of land have vanished over the past century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey."
AP News · Louisiana cancels $3B repair coastal restoration funded by oil spill settlementLouisiana is officially canceling a $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project aimed to rebuild over 20 square miles of land in southeast Louisiana to combat erosion and sea level rise. Conservation groups supported the project as a science-based solution to climate change. However, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry opposed it, citing harm to local oystermen and the fishing industry. On Thursday, a coalition of federal agencies overseeing the settlement funds declared the project "no longer viable" for reasons that included litigation and a suspended federal permit after the state halted work.
They celebrate Israel bombing Lebanon, Yemen, Gaza, Iran and Iraq.
now they have woken up to reality of being US puppets. they have passed their usability and now they are being used for the next phase of the plan to build the greater Israel .
Arabs don't seem to learn a lesson from past mistake . their hate of the Shia and Iran as well as any other non wahhabi Muslim is deeper than their self preservation drive .
and Israel knows perfectly well how to play them. one by one they fall and then go on killing each other or become slaves of the Israeli regime .
#Syria #Cartoon #Jolani #Israel #Stupidity #Lebanon #Yemen #Iraq #politics
@israel @lebanon @iran @palestine
Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.
-- Margaret Atwood
Stupidity is knowing the truth, but still believing the lies. And that is more infectious than any other disease.
-- Richard Feynman
#Wisdom #Quotes #RichardFeynman #Lies #Stupidity #Truth
#Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Triathlon #Runners #StPetersburg #Florida
Nearly a dozen people who remained on staff were fired Friday, and the US negotiating team for international climate talks is no more.
It’s “just strategically fucking dumb when it comes to China,” creating a leadership vacuum that China could fill (as they’ve consistently said they would).
The Energy Mix · ‘No Excuse’ for Canada to Step Back as Trump Fires Remaining U.S. Climate Negotiators
For a president that does not know anything, nothing is impossible…
Rolling Stone · Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
-- Bertrand Russell
#Wisdom #Quotes #BertrandRussell #Fanaticism #Fools #Stupidity #Wisdom
Remember in the film The Running Man, at the end, when they show that the footage had been doctored to make Arnold look guilty, and when the real footage was shown, the public realized he was innocent and they all lived happily ever after??
TODAY the general public wouldn't believe the real footage.
Anyone calling #Dems "half of the ruling class" are illiterate dumbfucks.
Anyone who didn't #vote needs to shut their piehole.
Capitalism isn't the problem.
That's not even what has been going on for the last few decades.
#corporatefeudalism and #workerexploitation are the problem.
If you shop at #Walmart you helped create this mess.
If you buy cheap crap from #Amazon and Temu, you're contributing to big problems.
Less #stupidity and #hypocrisy would help turn it around.
…#BigBeautifulBill is popular because #stupidity is popular
Very high on the list of “people who some/a lot of people think are the incredibly smart who are really incredibly stupid”: Sam Altman. https://www.wheresyoured.at/make-fun-of-them/ #SamAltman #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #MakeFunOfThem #stupidity
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At · Make Fun Of ThemHave you ever heard Sam Altman speak?
I’m serious, have you ever heard this man say words from his mouth?
Here is but one of the trenchant insights from Sam Altman in his agonizing 37-minute-long podcast conversation with his brother Jack Altman from last week:
“I think there will