Michael P. Scott

@empeescott.bsky.social

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retired CA attorney, living in Olympia WA Mundus Sine Caesaribus Only "shithole countries" immunize their Presidents We still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence Let a hundred Luigis bloom

"The final stages of capitalism, Karl Marx predicted, would be marked by global capital being unable to expand and generate profits at former levels. Capitalists would begin to consume the government along with the physical and social structures that sustained them. Democracy, social welfare, electoral participation, the common good and investment in public transportation, roads, bridges, utilities, industry, education, ecosystem protection and health care would be sacrificed to feed the mania for short-term profit. These assaults would destroy the host." -- Chris Hedges Brian Tweedale comments, in a post on X, "This is where we are, isn't it?"
(Photo of FDR seated in a wheelchair, alongside a young girl) "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, who has been turning his employees over to the Government relief rolls in order to preserve his company's undistributed reserves, tell you -- using his stockholder's money to pay the postage for his personal opinions -- tell you that a wage of $11.00 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1938, Fireside Chat, the night before signing the Fair Labor Standards Ac which instituted the federal minimum wage)
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." -- William Shakespeare, "The Tempest"
louisabee110 posts: "What Democrats seem incapable of grasping is that by eulogizing people like Lindsey Graham, by referring to him as their "friend," and by assuring us that while they disagreed on policy, they got along socially, they're reminding us that the things that are life and death to us -- civil rights, healthcare, abortion access, FDA regulations, the economy -- don't actually affect them, and that their "fighting for us" is political theater. They are misreading the moment in spectacular fashion."
Mac@GoodPoliticGuy posts: Just got off the phone with Mitch McConnell, he told me aahhh shit it's hot fuck there's so much fire oh god reagans here too fuckkkk
Ken Tremendous posts: "Playing badminton with Mitch McConnell. We talked about the midterms and Iran. I took the first game 15-0 because he is unresponsive and lying on the ground."
Parody of Andrew Wyeth's "Christina's World" painting, with Christina in the foreground and Trump's 250 State Fair sparsely-attended fiasco in the background.
I don't need a colony on Mars. I don't need servers orbiting the planet. I don't need AI woven into every corner of my life. I need drinkable water. I need a climate my kids can count on. I need pollinators still humming in the spring. That's the only future I'm interested in.
Pic of "featured performer" (porn actor Ron Jeremy, aka "the Hedgehog) at Freedom 250's Great American State Fair, at the DC National Mall from June 25 to July 10, 2026. "RSVP NOW"
Nicola Jane Swinney (NicolaJSwinney) posts: Sisyphus: Whisky. Bartender: On the rocks? Sisyphus: Buddy, it's been a long day and I am not in the mood.
A picture of Snoopy, my rescue cat, in about 1979, lying on my fresh laundry (including the requisite rugby shirt).
CanadaHatesTrump @ AntiTrumpCanada posts: "Ho Lee Shit! Trump flew all the way to China to inform Chinese people that Chinese restaurants exist in America. Sweet & Sour Jesus, this fucking wonton is one egg roll short of a combo platter." The post displays two pictures, Trump speaking at a dais on the left, and Marco Rubio among Chinese officials, seated, listening, on the right.
King Charles addresses the US Congress: "I wish I had Royal Bunghole Polishers as dedicated as JD Vance and Mike Johnson," who are both seated, vaguely smiling, behind him.
honkeykong 814 posts: "When the Hortmans were murdered in their homes, MAGA (including Republicans in Congress) made jokes. When Paul Pelosi was hospitalized by a would-be assassin, MAGA (including Trump's family) made jokes. When Robert Mueller died, Trump proudly said "I'm glad he's dead" on social media. When it's one of them targeted, MAGA is all crocodile tears shrieking about civility and respect. Nah. Fuck that."
Two pictures of Ukrainian President Zelensky in combat gear, presumably on the front lines. The caption reads, "How does this man manage to survive in a literal war zone without a ballroom to keep him safe?"
On Facebook, Danielle Mazur posts a correction from the Financial Times: Researcher Brene Brown was misquoted in an interview published on April 6. She described herself as "solidly in my fuck-it era" rather than "solidly in my fucking era"
A photo of singer/activist Nina Simone, looking pensive, with a quote from her: "The people that built their heaven on your land are telling you yours is in the sky."
Person holding protest sign that says "Not Today SprAyTAN"
"Give photographer Megan Varner a Pulitzer for this shot of one of the ICE agents sent to "help" with the security bottle necks at airports fucking around on his phone while travelers outside wait on a Line From Hell."
Maybe read your bill? The accepted forms of ID to vote under the SAVE Act: 1. Enhanced REAL ID: Only available in 5 states. Costs up to $50 (poll tax) and requires a birth certificate which 40 M Americans lack access to. 2. Valid passport: 146M Americans do not have and costs at least $130 (poll tax). Trump gutted agencies issuing them. 3. U.S. military ID card presented with military record of service. 4. Government-issued photo ID showing place of birth: 300M Americans do not have one, and costs up to $50 (poll tax). 5. Non-Enhanced REAL ID driver's license, state ID, or tribal ID show in conjunction with a birth certificate (40M lack access to) that matches your last name (which 69M women do not have due to marriage) and other forms of documentation, and which require a cost to obtain (poll tax). If this was truly a voter ID bill, it would provide every eligible voter in the U.S. a voter ID, and provide them at no cost to align with the 24th Amendment -- so why doesn't your bill do that if voter ID is so popular?
A pic of Luke Henson, winning Jeopardy! contestant this last week, in sweater vest, bowtie, glasses, and flattop haircut -- looking like College Era Smithers!
"The Charlie Kirk Memorial Fountain" is a sculpture of a seated Charlie Kirk, holding a microphone, and with water gushing into the surrounding fountain from his (fatal) neck wound.
Picture of abolitionist John Brown alongside the words, "I don't argue with people John Brown would've shot."
Covie (@covie_93) posts on X: "Good thing Congress isn't alive to see this."
"Donald Trump is mentioned about 40,000 more times in the Epstein files than Prince Andrew is, in case anybody in this country wants to fucking do something about that."
Two photos of shirtless RFK, Jr. and Kid Rock working out in a sauna are shown. shannonmarie @_thethirdwife posts: "My vagina just made the Windows shutdown sound."
An illustration of a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system of sheet-metal ductwork
craig.hill.brisbane posts: "So apparently white Americans in Minneapolis are putting Mexican flags on their cars so ICE agents waste time pulling them over. They call it ICE fishing."
"Donald Trump decides that he also needs the Westminster Kennel Club Trophy to feel whole" is the caption on a cartoon drawing of Trump with the Trophy crooked in his left arm, fending off a growling, biting dog attacking his right arm.
Hypothetically if someone was accused of having sex with goats by over 30 different people and regularly denied it, but also dropped very public hints about how much he liked to have sex with goats for decades, and ran a goat pageant to find the best looking goats, and was best friends with someone who got convicted of fucking goats and trafficking goats to friends all over the world who also liked to fuck goats, and his name was in the classified goat fucker chronicles 5,000 times, and he wished other goat fuckers well in prison, what do you think the odds are that person is also a goat fucker?
BlueSky post by Pontius Pilate: "Agitator, and perhaps, insurrectionist, Jesus of Nazareth's stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and kicking over the table of a very calm and under control moneychanger! MAKE JUDEA GREAT AGAIN."
"Gaza Beach 2030" Peter de Wit wins the annual award for the best political cartoon in the Netherlands. (Cartoon is of a family lounging at the beach; the child has dug up a mass grave, and is bringing his family one of the skulls he's found.)
Quote from John F. Kennedy: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable."
In response to Qestion, "How did Obama deport millions without anyone caring," the response is, "He followed the law, due process, habeas corpus rights, didn't send people to foreign concentration camps, and didn't shoot mothers in the head. Hope this helps, you disingenuous fuckwit."
Apparently a bar in Seattle, with the pic showing a devotional "saint" portrait above the mantle ("Wine & Spirits") of Luigi Mangione, with a halo and Sacred Heart
Picture of candles, announcing a Candlelight Vigil to protest ICE killings set for Friday, Jan 9th 6-7 pm at 4th Ave and Pacific, in Olympia WA. Sponsored by Evergreen Resistance. "Neighbors Help Neighbors. Not ICE."
Picture of: Peas on Earth (globe) Gouda Wheel Two Men "Peace on Earth/Good Will To Men"
Photo of Damon Runyon, with his quote: "The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet."
Painting of a frowning woman in 1920s garb with the caption, The mistletoe is in my back pocket.
OZYMANDIAS I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Herd of elk wade through neck-high flood waters across HS football field in Snoqualmie, WA on Thursday
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken] CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don't know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
John F. Kennedy quote: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable."
Pic of "NO PARKING ANY TIME" sign has the letters "PAR" covered over with tape, leaving sign saying "NO KING ANY TIME"
Poster urging "ICE Out Of Olympia -- We Keep Us Safe!" with the telephone number 1-844-724-3737 to report ICE activity -- who, what, when, where, etc.
"Did you know that Antifa has its own cemetery? There are more than 400K Antifa buried there, including my grandfather. It's called Arlington." [picture of Arlington Cemetery shown]
Man wearing T-shirt that says, "The mayor from Jaws is still the mayor in Jaws 2. It is so important to vote in your local elections."
Donald and Melania Trump frown helplessly in the face of a UN escalator turned into a staircase (by the actions of THEIR "videographer")
Francisco de Goya's painting, Saturn Devouring His Child
NY Times Pitchbot on Bluesky: "If someone's not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that's consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired."
2013 published obituary for the mother of Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons. Margaret Groening (ne Wiggum), married Homer, and had children Patty (deceased), Mark, Matt, Lisa, and Maggie.
"Trying to hold my tongue when the conversation gets political" words superimposed over guy sipping tea dressed in balaclava, gloves, and bandoliers of bullets
Text reads "Yes hello I'd like to exchange my generational trauma for generational wealth please"
Protester holding embroidery hoop with the words "I'm so ENRAGED i stitched this just so I could stab something thousands of times"
Trump's hand holding up doctored pic of Albrego Garcia's knuckle tattoos itself has "TACO" tattooed on it, along with pics of a chicken and a taco on Trump's knuckles
Momma T @tweetmommybop: Name one lie that Donald told that bothers you most. Chet Powell @ChetPowell: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Sign saying Impeach (pointing at Trump) and Deport (pointing at Musk)
Sign reads: "Trump needs to go. I no longer care how."
Henry Rollins, hand on hip, speaks into a microphone: "I'm unnervingly polite, but I'm also capably violent."