John Ford

@jfjord.bsky.social

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Judt-Stancilst Rortarian. Taxation grants citizenship.

a meme depicting a clever cat who appears to be holding something back. The text reads, "sometimes i say idk... and be knowing"
a guy using a stick to poke old men with power, "c'mon, plant a tree under whose shade you will never sit" he pleads, uselessly
mr incredible yelling at his son that weed is weed
arrested development meme: tobias funke says to michael bluth, "Well. I don't want to blame it all on 9/11 but it certainly didn't help." As usual Tobias is selfishly talking about himself (his marriage) but he could be describing US policy towards North Korea after 2001.
a mock burger king ad, the burger reads "the danger is to the body" above the the burger is the follow text, "and it can kill"
the "Why would ___ do this?" meme, Howard Lutnick shoots the US economy before announcing "the growth rate in the United States will hit 6% under Donal Trump's leadership."
a painting of a photograph showing equally powerful and poorly dressed men smoking cigars
a movie post for the 1981 film 'Gallipoli' rewritten to show, 'Bandar Abbas'
a picture of a sign the sign reads, "This is a Message, this is not a place of honor, no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here, nothing valued is here, what is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. the danger is to the body. and it can kill. the place is best shunned and left uninhabited." in the style of a "we believe" yard sign
the "call an ambulance but not for me" meme. Two stacked images on the top one a man clutches his chest while leaning on the car while another man stands over him with a knife, the man with the knife says, "the US isn't the default." in the bottom image the man clutching his chest has stood up and revealed he is holding a gun, he says, " it is for me"
a stylized map of missouri with Rome, missouri marked
the "missing the point meme" looking at canticle for leibowitz the viewer sees "we have not evolved beyond or more savage past. the only thing that has changed is the capacity of technology. Time is a flat circle from which not even the apocalypse allows us to escape." the point they are missing reads, "microfilm is a neat storage medium"
Le Pape Formose et Étienne VI ("Pope Formosus and Stephen VI") by Jean-Paul Laurens, 1870 - famous Cadaver Synod painting (the dead pope one)
a coyote runs down a deserted downtown chicago Michigan avenue in daylight. photo was taken during the COVID pandemic
A post of text reading: "The collapse of liberal self-confidence in the contemporary US can be variously explained. In part it is a backwash from the lost illusions of the 1960s generation, a retreat from the radical nostrums of youth into the all-consuming business of material accumulation and personal security. The signatories of the New York Times advertisement were born in most cases many years earlier, their political opinions shaped by the 1930s above all. Their commitments were the product of experience and adversity and made of sterner stuff. The disappearance of the liberal centre in American politics is also a direct outcome of the deliquescence of the Democratic Party. In domestic politics liberals once believed in the provision of welfare, good government and social justice. In foreign affairs they had a longstanding commitment to international law, negotiation, and the importance of moral example. Today, a spreading me-first consensus has replaced vigorous public debate in both arenas. And like their political counterparts, the critical intelligentsia once so prominent in American cultural life has fallen silent."
a 4 panel comic. Panel 1, a distant human ancestor asking, "Evolution can you give me pattern seeking brain" Panel 2, a DNA helix asks, "to avoid predators?" Panel r3, human ancestor, "Yessss" Panel 4, "illuminati masonic conspiracy nonsense"
the "I see you are a man of culture as well meme" with a copy of James Scott's seminal, "Seeing like a state"
a meme titled "Sun Tzu's "Art of War"" depicting sun tzu suggesting, "eghh you should deceive your enemies.." a warring states soldier reacts "WOW"
a cover of "The Tiger's Way. by H. John Poole"
a animated gif from North Korean propaganda depicting a man lovingly caressing a North Korean flag with an uncomfortable, borderline erotic energy
A picture of Mac from Its Always Sunny in Philidelphia. Mac is saying, "Oh my god! That's disgusting, Where?"
a picture of Walter Sobchak's "Sobchak Security" Van from the movie The Big Lebowski, 1991
a sped up version of the ukranian drone attach sizzle real set to yakety sax, (benny hill theme)
excerpt from a New Yorker article by Noel Busch "Visit to a Miao settlement & poppy field; chat with an opium farmer; facts about the opium market. To be polite, the writer was obliged to smoke opium with an elderly Miao.'
a picture of a chicago style pizza. the bread is labelled "the body" the red sauce is labelled "the blood" and the cheese is labelled "the holy spirit"
A photo of Ri Chun Hee, the iconic newscaster of North Korea
a picture of a news headline from MTN news, it reads: Trump Ally Elon Musk Warns of 'Necessary' Economic Collapse if Trump Elected' There is a picture of Elon Musk looking "pensive"
the cover Tom Clancy's, "The Bear and The Dragon" which has been modified to read, "The Bear and The Dragon and The Other Bear"
The scene associated with the meme, "the tragedy of Darth Plagues the wise."
a clip from the film, "Kingdom of Heaven" Saladin walks away from the camera, he turns and says, "Nothing" before turning back. He takes a few more steps then turns again, "Everything" he says.
an image of text, the text reads: "When we climbed the ladder to his attic, the room turned out to be a shrine of Hitleriana. The walls were covered with flags, photographs, posters, slogans and emblems. His S.A. uniform hung neatly ironed on a hanger. He explained these cult objects with fetishist zest, saving up till the last the centrepiece of his collection. It was an automatic pistol, a Luger parabellum, I think, carefully oiled and wrapped in mackintosh, accompanied by a pile of green cardboard boxes packed with bullets. He stripped" end alt text
black text on white background, the text reads: "Roth, a party delegate from Florida, had spent the day before dancing and laughing on the floor with other delegates, as well as shedding a few tears. “It was very emotional for me when Trump came out,” he said. Asked a week later if the mass deportations would do harm to the agricultural industry in Florida, he responded with confidence that Trump would not actually engage in an indiscriminate mass deportation program. But even if that did happen, he said, there will always be a supply of H-2A workers waiting. “We'll figure it out,” he said. “We'll get more.”
A fisher price car designed for children. The one with the red bottom and yellow roof