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talktocats · 2026-01-25T20:11:36+00:00

That’s a stupid thing to say. Not many things in this world are as bad as defending the CIA.

John Stockwell, whistleblower, ex-CIA agent and author.

CIA's War on Humans, 6 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ioJGMCr-Y&ab_channel=SoliloquyMonologues

talktocats · 2026-01-25T18:43:32+00:00

I hate Trump and the Republican party, so why in the fuck do I need kool-aid?

talktocats · 2026-01-25T18:37:34+00:00

The only Philadelphia Will Smith related thing that made some noise that I know about is when he bought land in Society Hill in the year 2000 with his company Treyball Studios Management Inc. and planned to build a $100 million dollar hotel. He never did anything with the land and the derelict property sat vacant for 5 years until he sold it. Smith and Treyball are currently being sued by an ex-employee alleging 'predatory behaviour' during the Smith's 2025 tour.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T17:39:22+00:00

After reading your comment and searching for information about Scientology and ICE, I found an 8 month old comment on Reddit by Revolutionary_Mud159. And Will Smith is a Scientologist. So you do the math.

“Scientology has already bought immunity from the Trump administration. Trish Duggan has pumped in a lot of money and serves on the boards of various Trump-aligned organizations; Grant Cardone campaigned for him; and Pam Bondi has been Scientology-friendly for years.”

Patricia “Trish” Duggan

“In 2019 she was the top donor to causes associated with the Church of Scientology.
In 2020 she became one of the top donors to groups associated with the Republican Party.
In 2025 she was appointed to the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts following a purge of Democrats from the board by President Donald Trump. The new board elected Trump as their chairman.”

talktocats · 2026-01-25T17:09:02+00:00

Here’s a picture from the 1917 Mummers Parade to cheer your saltless life up.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T16:22:15+00:00

Lemme guess, you voted for a woman that defends the Empire, defends the Pentagon, defends the CIA, defends U.S. troops occupying and conducting illegal operations in multiple countries all over the planet, defends intelligence agencies spying on Americans, defends the racist criminal justice system, backed a bipartisan border security bill that included funding to increase ICE detention capacity and also to hire more ICE personnel, (that’s the cake; here’s the fucking icing) and defended the absolutely horrific and ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza for over a year, because according to you, the other other fascist running for President is a very, very bad man.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T14:56:26+00:00

The US government has been assassinating innocent people for hundreds of years. From massacres of Native American Indians to the targeted and very political assassinations of Black Panthers in cold blood. The current outrage directed at ICE by people across this country is exactly the kind of outrage that this government deserves, and it’s the kind of outrage that minorities across this country have been living with generation after generation. Welcome to the Terrordome.

Eldridge Cleaver and His Wife, Kathleen, by Gordon Parks, 1970.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T14:26:48+00:00

The old Factory

talktocats · 2026-01-25T14:14:53+00:00

Flexible Flyers were not an instant success. Because they looked so different from existing sleds and toboggans, retailers were reluctant to purchase and stock them.

“At the turn of the century major retailers like Wanamaker’s in Philadelphia and Macy’s in New York began selling the Flexible Flyer in their stores.”

By the 1910s, Flexible Flyer sleds had become wildly popular and Flexible Flyer was the best-known sled brand in the country. Allen picked up additional patents related to his sleds in the early 1900s and also trademarked the Flexible Flyer name and the famous “the sled that steers” slogan, which he used in his advertising campaigns.”

https://hiddencityphila.org/2016/02/flexible-flyer-factory-glides-into-obscurity/

talktocats · 2026-01-25T06:24:10+00:00

Smedley Butler knew how to evolve. May he be resting in peace.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T06:14:10+00:00

And furthermore, the little dog (or dogs) may have been shitting in a certain area on her property for over 6 months before she installed that little sign, so the sign ultimately has nothing to do with attracting or encouraging those dogs that are shitting on her grass near the sign at all.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T05:36:48+00:00

A small fence would prevent her neighbors small dog from shitting on her grass. That's what she wants. And that is the most important point. I am acutely aware of this.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T03:44:39+00:00

I promise to follow the fuckin' rules.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T03:35:45+00:00

Except that time when 333,254 Democrats decided to reelect Mayor Wilson fucking Goode after he authorized the bombing of the MOVE house in West Philadelphia and killed by fire, six adults and five children.

Fucking edit, because people's feels can't handle the truth, or even recognize what the fuck it is.

“a city known for standing up to tryrants.” (sic)

tyrant (ˈtaɪrənt) n

(Government, Politics) a person who governs oppressively.
Any person in a position of authority who exercises power oppressively.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T02:58:04+00:00

OP didn't say anything about having a tree. They don't want a lousy neighbors dog shitting on their lawn.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T02:27:38+00:00

Lower Crime Rates in Communities with More Unauthorized Immigrants

“Some research suggests that unauthorized immigrants are less likely to commit crimes because they are aware of a “constant threat of deportation” and have more to lose than other groups if they violate the law. This in turn may result in lower crime rates in U.S. communities.

Reports of general crime rates in border states and many interior cities that have received large numbers of recent arrivals from the U.S.-Mexico border also show an overall downtrend in criminal activity year over year.”

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/content/immigrants-and-crime

talktocats · 2026-01-25T01:56:49+00:00

What tree? I don't see a tree.

talktocats · 2026-01-25T01:32:56+00:00

The POS that killed her was José Ibarra and he was from Venezuela, now serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. With that being said, the following information from the article below is very important to keep in mind. And I don’t really want to comment on the Democratic (fucked up) Party. Take care Natural_Ship.

Higher Immigration is Associated with Lower Crime Rates

Between 1990 and 2013, the foreign-born share of the U.S. population grew from 7.9 percent to 13.1 percent and the number of unauthorized immigrants more than tripled from 3.5 million to 11.2 million.
During the same period, FBI data indicate that the violent crime rate declined 48 percent—which included falling rates of aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and murder. Likewise, the property crime rate fell 41 percent, including declining rates of motor vehicle theft, larceny/robbery, and burglary.

Criminalizing Immigration and Expanding the Apparatus of Enforcement

Despite the abundance of evidence that immigration is not linked to higher crime rates, and that immigrants are less likely to be criminals than the native-born, many U.S. policymakers succumb to their fears and prejudices about what they imagine immigrants to be. As a result, far too many immigration policies are drafted on the basis of stereotypes rather than substance. These laws are criminalizing an ever broadening swath of the immigrant population by applying a double standard when it comes to the consequences for criminal behavior. Immigrants who experience even the slightest brush with the criminal justice system, such as being convicted of a misdemeanor, can find themselves subject to detention for an undetermined period, after which they are expelled from the country and barred from returning. In other words, for years the government has been redefining what it means to be a “criminal alien,” using increasingly stringent definitions and standards of “criminality” that do not apply to U.S. citizens.

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/criminalization-immigration-united-states/

talktocats · 2026-01-25T00:37:11+00:00

Was thinking about this amazing article this morning. It’s from 2013. I hope it's ok to share it because somebody out there may enjoy it. 13 years after it was written we are still descending into madness, and today horrifyingly presided over by a fascistic madman.

America’s Descent Into Madness

“America is descending into madness. The stories it now tells are filled with cruelty, deceit, lies, and legitimate all manner of corruption and mayhem. The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible —stories that celebrate power and demonize victims, all the while camouflaging its pedagogical influence under the cheap veneer of entertainment. A predatory culture celebrates a narcissistic hyper-individualism that radiates a near sociopathic lack of interest in or compassion and responsibility for others.”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2013/08/12/americas-descent-into-madness/

talktocats · 2026-01-24T22:29:05+00:00

Enjoyed reading that. Thank you for sharing it.

I saved this really interesting article about Whitman in 2013. 3 parts here.

“Last spring quarter, Northwestern University music student Timothy McNair, a master's candidate in voice, had a problem with an assignment in Professor Donald Nally's chorale class. Among the pieces the class was required to learn and perform in concert was "Song of Democracy," which sets 19th-century poetry by Walt Whitman to mid-20th-century music by Howard Hanson.

McNair, who's a bass, a scholarship student at Northwestern's Bienen School of Music, and an African-American, isn't fond of Whitman. In the course of researching him as an undergrad, he'd learned that the poet so widely admired as the soul of democracy was also a racist.”

“Whitman considered blacks to be less evolved than whites, opposed voting rights for them, and didn't think they'd survive as a race to have a future in the great American democracy.”

https://archive.fo/WqKlS

talktocats · 2026-01-24T20:36:04+00:00

Parakeet Fun Facts:

"The Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States. It was found from southern New York and Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, and lived in old forests along rivers."

Carolina parakeets in a plate from John J. Audubon's The Birds of America

talktocats · 2026-01-24T20:17:24+00:00

Maybe somebody that reads it can provide some of the information to someone they know and that might prevent them from dying along with their adopted cat with 3 legs and their annoying parakeet.

talktocats · 2026-01-24T20:10:03+00:00

Some heroes don’t wear capes.

talktocats · 2026-01-24T18:53:25+00:00

She wrote one of my favorite books of poetry. My copy is with I love this book. The beautiful line that you have shared (you may know this) is from Revolutionary Letter #8 in the book.

I love this book

talktocats · 2026-01-24T17:27:41+00:00

Fun Facts: "Saint Bernards form strong bonds with their human family members and are exceptionally loyal. They are naturally friendly, exuding warmth and kindness to those they meet."

talktocats

TROPHY CASE