Larry Felton Johnson
@larryfeltonj.bsky.social
Editor and Publisher of Cobb County Courier, member of LION Publishers, IRE
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A political philosopher on this platform posted a screenshot of a passage from A Theory of Justice by John Rawls. It think that's a good idea, and I'm going to start a pinned thread with quotes from the book.
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I don't think the American military, in this era of instant GPS, mistakenly lands anywhere. This is a purposed affront to another nation's sovereignty and an act of cynical intimidation by some venal shitbirds who somehow are in command of our government.
DOD contractors “mistakenly” landed on a Mexican beach, declared it US property and planted “restricted area” DOD signs, triggering a tense confrontation with armed Mexican forces.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Pentagon Pete’s War Goons Accidentally Invade Mexico
U.S. “contractors” planted signs declaring that a Mexican beach was U.S. territory.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I don't think the American military, in this era of instant GPS, mistakenly lands anywhere. This is a purposed affront to another nation's sovereignty and an act of cynical intimidation by some venal shitbirds who somehow are in command of our government.
I've spent decades mulling over whether I think Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen is the best creator of underworld characters. I lean toward Leonard, since Hiaasen has the advantage of focusing on Florida.
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I've spent decades mulling over whether I think Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen is the best creator of underworld characters. I lean toward Leonard, since Hiaasen has the advantage of focusing on Florida.
I'm absolutely cynical about the prospects for bringing about a just society by focusing on national politics. Despite my invariable vote for Democrats, I think the Democratic Party is a largely corrupted organization, as dependent on a flow of campaign cash and narcissistic spokespeople as the GOP
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm absolutely cynical about the prospects for bringing about a just society by focusing on national politics. Despite my invariable vote for Democrats, I think the Democratic Party is a largely corrupted organization, as dependent on a flow of campaign cash and narcissistic spokespeople as the GOP
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Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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I love that we get to witness him on this special journey ❤️❤️
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I love that we get to witness him on this special journey ❤️❤️
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It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
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Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
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If you want a better slogan, go with defund or abolish. If you actually want the American body politic to address police reform and change some things, maybe not. Because that shit made political consensus impossible. But hey, sloganeering is fun.
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you want a better slogan, go with defund or abolish. If you actually want the American body politic to address police reform and change some things, maybe not. Because that shit made political consensus impossible. But hey, sloganeering is fun.
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1) Its own advocates conflated it. As soon as one supporter would arrive to assert that it was only a redirection of some assets, another would declare on the same thread that no it meant defund in full.
2) The slogan itself misleads. Which is why candidates and the political center fled en masse.
2) The slogan itself misleads. Which is why candidates and the political center fled en masse.
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
1) Its own advocates conflated it. As soon as one supporter would arrive to assert that it was only a redirection of some assets, another would declare on the same thread that no it meant defund in full.
2) The slogan itself misleads. Which is why candidates and the political center fled en masse.
2) The slogan itself misleads. Which is why candidates and the political center fled en masse.
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There is so much to target in reality: militarization of policing, the racism of the drug war, the need for civilian review of police violence, the reemphasis of targeting violence as job one. Instead, these dumb mooks cling to defund and abolish rhetoric as it it achieves anything.
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
There is so much to target in reality: militarization of policing, the racism of the drug war, the need for civilian review of police violence, the reemphasis of targeting violence as job one. Instead, these dumb mooks cling to defund and abolish rhetoric as it it achieves anything.
There needs to be Nuremberg-style trials of the administration officials responsible for murdering people in boats in the Caribbean. This is being done in our name. Governments always commit atrocities, but these are out in the open, with not even a veneer of due process or declaration of war.
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There needs to be Nuremberg-style trials of the administration officials responsible for murdering people in boats in the Caribbean. This is being done in our name. Governments always commit atrocities, but these are out in the open, with not even a veneer of due process or declaration of war.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
I've had my Chevy Bolt EV for a few months now, and I've never used a commercial DC fast-charging station or even a level 2 charger. My driving is limited to one county, so I just plug it in on my slow household current during overnight off-peak hours, at an estimated 2.2 cents per kWh.
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I've had my Chevy Bolt EV for a few months now, and I've never used a commercial DC fast-charging station or even a level 2 charger. My driving is limited to one county, so I just plug it in on my slow household current during overnight off-peak hours, at an estimated 2.2 cents per kWh.
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I'm not a Marxist. But if he won't sing near me, I'll at least reread a few chapters of Das Kapital. If he promises to shut up altogether, I will have some kind words to say about Stalin.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I'm not a Marxist. But if he won't sing near me, I'll at least reread a few chapters of Das Kapital. If he promises to shut up altogether, I will have some kind words to say about Stalin.
I'd love to write a book entitled, "Elon Musk: Ken Lay as reimagined by 4chan."
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'd love to write a book entitled, "Elon Musk: Ken Lay as reimagined by 4chan."
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
I agree in total with the progressive Democrats here who state that the deal is awful, and will result in the collapse of the health care safety net.
I don't necessarily agree with what seems to be the dominant view of how it will play out among voters.
I don't necessarily agree with what seems to be the dominant view of how it will play out among voters.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I agree in total with the progressive Democrats here who state that the deal is awful, and will result in the collapse of the health care safety net.
I don't necessarily agree with what seems to be the dominant view of how it will play out among voters.
I don't necessarily agree with what seems to be the dominant view of how it will play out among voters.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
ICE itself is providing South Park with fresh material
‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ICE itself is providing South Park with fresh material
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Really bummed whenever I see a writer I admire taking a swipe at Kentucky and calling us dumb, esp when I know how similar shit-talking about where they're from would go over. How about just...don't? Signed, Yeah, We Have Lots Of Problems But Proud To Be From Here
p.s. Andy would be a great prez
p.s. Andy would be a great prez
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Really bummed whenever I see a writer I admire taking a swipe at Kentucky and calling us dumb, esp when I know how similar shit-talking about where they're from would go over. How about just...don't? Signed, Yeah, We Have Lots Of Problems But Proud To Be From Here
p.s. Andy would be a great prez
p.s. Andy would be a great prez
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Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
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If we don't test for COVID, then there's no COVID! If there's no flights, then there's no late flights! Brilliant!
If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If we don't test for COVID, then there's no COVID! If there's no flights, then there's no late flights! Brilliant!