Anthony Palermo

Daddy, Papa, Husband, Son, Retired Firefighter, Teacher, Progressive Liberal, & Atheist. I stand in awe of the cosmos.

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

I read this with my morning coffee and it brightened my day immensely! Thank you

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A Trump supporter was seated next to an older woman on an airplane and he turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”

The old woman, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger,

“What would you want to talk about?”

“Oh, I don’t know,” said the man. “How about how they stole the election in 2020 and Donald Trump should be president.”

“Okay,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”

The man, visibly surprised by the old woman’s, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”

To which the old woman replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss politics, when you don’t know shit?”

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A Trump supporter was seated next to an older woman on an airplane and he turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”

The old woman, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger,

“What would you want to talk about?”

“Oh, I don’t know,” said the man. “How about how they stole the election in 2020 and Donald Trump should be president.”

“Okay,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”

The man, visibly surprised by the old woman’s, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”

To which the old woman replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss politics, when you don’t know shit?”

[Ali B @alipalliB]

@ReallyAmerican1 Sad

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

Elon Musk is fundamentally anti-human

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

This is an absolute must read

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

When your vegetarian friends invite you for dinner.. 😂

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

How appropriate to the moment

[Jane of the North @JaneotN]

It's Trump Arraignment Day.

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

@johncusack Just asking, if this was an Al Qaeda leader convicted of the same crimes, would the sentence be only 18 years?

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

I just want to take a moment and say thank you to the Universe for providing us with Jamie Raskin at the very moment when we would need him most. He is an absolute diamond against whom the MAGA crowd literally fall apart in opposition.

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

Only one major denomination has grown in the last 20 years - the Assemblies of God.

They also happen to be one of the most politically conservative religious tradition in the United States.

Note just how liberal atheists are - 42% are very liberal. No one else comes close.

[Another Wonderful Secret 🚼👩‍🍼👨‍🍼🚸_🇬🇱🖕🍊🤡 @OK_Dumbass]

@gtconway3d File photo: Emperor Angry Dorito with dip.

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

They’re so triggered in the comments 🤭

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

Hard to imagine an 80-year old Janis😎

[Whores of Yore @WhoresofYore]

Today, my all time hero Janis Joplin (1943-70) would have been 80 years old. Here is a thread of Janis quotes to remind you what a goddamn legend she was.

[Iman Abdulmajid @The_Real_IMAN]

For a couple of moments in the immensity of time, we were one.

#EternalLove #BowieForever

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

@JBONAMASSA Can we still recognize his art after the exposure of his egregious personal beliefs?

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

https://t.co/e56aSdeiWI

[The Satanic Temple of NYC @satanicnyc]

From all of us here at TST NYC, a truly joyous Sol Invictus to all. Make this day your own.

Hail Thyself! May we all remain Unconquered! 🤘🖤🗽

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

And to you also John

[John Cusack @johncusack]

Happy holidays to all -

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

This is good!

[Anthony Palermo @TPfireC2]

On the bookshelf of my waterbed!

[Jarrett Payton @paytonsun]

Did you have one of these in your house back in the day?