* Dumb political and business ambition will get us all killed.
* The Dao of the enlightened man is to achieve without competing.
* Little Omar was 13 years old.
When in a single week you split the West, devastate half of Europe with hybrid warfare, stage a coup in Poland, seize Bulgarian government, and set up torture prisons in Ukraine, but still need to make it to the US elections on time.
Breaking: Reports the Iranian Navy is calling US Navy vessels "Jeffrey Epstein Ships" on the radio
When the two navies interact on the radio, instead of saying "US Navy Vessel" as is customary, Iranian captains ay "Calling Jeffrey Epstein ship, calling Jeffrey Epstein ship" 🤣🤣
@mousdrvr@SarcasmStardust me: i don't like feudalism, oligarchy, fascism or genocide. or any combination of the four.
democrats: that sounds like a purity test!
This scene was originally written for Jude Law, which, I think we can all agree, wouldn't have been nearly as good. For the joke to work, it has to be someone with inherent gravitas. It works so well because Stewart plays it so dead straight, which not many actors could pull off.
So let met get that straight: paying a wealth tax is impossible (“billionaires have no liquidity”, “it would be taxing unrealized gains”, “their wealth is virtual”) but paying half a billion to influence elections is possible. Did I understand well?