PapaJ
@michiganpapa.bsky.social
INDEPENDENT Boomer / Socialist / UAW Retiree / AF Vet / Single-Payer Healthcare / Free College / Anti War / Anti Racism / End Poverty & Homelessness / I don't do DM.
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"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people for a purpose which is unattainable."
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
"No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan
Obviously, Trump's mother never told him 'If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.'
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Obviously, Trump's mother never told him 'If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.'
"We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
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The man who stopped one of the Bondi Beach shooters is Ahmed El Ahmad, a Muslim man and 43 year old father of two.
He risked his life to save others, and reminded all of us that not all heroes wear capes.
He was shot twice and is in the hospital having surgery.
Please remember this man’s name.
He risked his life to save others, and reminded all of us that not all heroes wear capes.
He was shot twice and is in the hospital having surgery.
Please remember this man’s name.
December 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The man who stopped one of the Bondi Beach shooters is Ahmed El Ahmad, a Muslim man and 43 year old father of two.
He risked his life to save others, and reminded all of us that not all heroes wear capes.
He was shot twice and is in the hospital having surgery.
Please remember this man’s name.
He risked his life to save others, and reminded all of us that not all heroes wear capes.
He was shot twice and is in the hospital having surgery.
Please remember this man’s name.
"Never give a sword to a fool or power to an unjust man."
Greek Proverbs
Greek Proverbs
December 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Never give a sword to a fool or power to an unjust man."
Greek Proverbs
Greek Proverbs
"There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept."
Scottish proverb
Scottish proverb
December 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept."
Scottish proverb
Scottish proverb
"The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery."
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery."
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs
One of my favorite Malcolm X quotes:
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
One of my favorite Malcolm X quotes:
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
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No shit. Let people have their thoughts. It gets really fucking annoying. Go have a Snickers and watch cartoons.
Yes it’s a spruce and not a pine. Just substitute the word in the Haiku and it still works. No need to be a keyboard a-hole and point that out. It will just get you blocked.
December 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
No shit. Let people have their thoughts. It gets really fucking annoying. Go have a Snickers and watch cartoons.
Good morning. ☕✌️
“Happy Sunday. Spread love. Show kindness. Live life in the present.”
Zen Proverb
“Happy Sunday. Spread love. Show kindness. Live life in the present.”
Zen Proverb
December 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Good morning. ☕✌️
“Happy Sunday. Spread love. Show kindness. Live life in the present.”
Zen Proverb
“Happy Sunday. Spread love. Show kindness. Live life in the present.”
Zen Proverb
"The real two-party system in America is the Meanies and the Weenies. The Meanies want to take away your benefits, and the Weenies want to compromise with them."
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
December 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"The real two-party system in America is the Meanies and the Weenies. The Meanies want to take away your benefits, and the Weenies want to compromise with them."
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
"He has photos with everybody," Trump said about the disgraced financier." "Hundreds and hundreds of people have photos with him, that's no big deal, I know nothing about it."
Funny to me how a "stable genius" can know nothing about so many things obvious to everyone else...
Funny to me how a "stable genius" can know nothing about so many things obvious to everyone else...
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"He has photos with everybody," Trump said about the disgraced financier." "Hundreds and hundreds of people have photos with him, that's no big deal, I know nothing about it."
Funny to me how a "stable genius" can know nothing about so many things obvious to everyone else...
Funny to me how a "stable genius" can know nothing about so many things obvious to everyone else...
"Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
December 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"US invalidates union contract covering 47,000 TSA officers, AFGE vows to challenge"
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MSN
www.msn.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"US invalidates union contract covering 47,000 TSA officers, AFGE vows to challenge"
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I'd recommend checking the box to see if they're in pre-owned / used condition. 🤷♂️
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I'd recommend checking the box to see if they're in pre-owned / used condition. 🤷♂️
Good morning. Only 97 days 'til Spring...Oh yeah, and only 12 days until Christmas. ☕
December 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Good morning. Only 97 days 'til Spring...Oh yeah, and only 12 days until Christmas. ☕
“The point is that you can’t be too greedy.”
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
December 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“The point is that you can’t be too greedy.”
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
"If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on FOX News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific."
Donald Trump - 1998
Donald Trump - 1998
December 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on FOX News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific."
Donald Trump - 1998
Donald Trump - 1998
"Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump"
Story by AP
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Story by AP
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MSN
www.msn.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump"
Story by AP
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Story by AP
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"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power."
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power."
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
An oldie but a goodie...
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
An oldie but a goodie...
"He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who it is for or who it is against."
Henry George
Henry George
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who it is for or who it is against."
Henry George
Henry George
"There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!"
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!"
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
