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"We stand today at a crossroads: One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other leads to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to make the right choice." (Woody Allen) "The Martians in The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells were defeated by the earthly pathogens. Analogously, capitalism is being defeated by the new-type corona virus, at least for the moment." "The facts are friendly." (Carl Rogers, On Becoming a Person) "He can hire the worst people to fill vital posts. He can sign Executive Orders that allow the dumping of toxic chemicals into aquifers. He can continue to rip families apart at the southern border. He can ruin longstanding international relationships and cuddle up with despots and dictators. He can ignore the climate even as it comes crashing down around him. He can order an airstrike against any point on the map. He can peel the crust off the Earth with nuclear weapons if he so chooses. That is an emergency." (William Rivers Pitt) [Truthout] "He says we have a national crisis ... a national emergency. I agree we have a national emergency, but the emergency is this president" (Lawrence Lessig) [HuffPost] "[T]here’s a Western myth that technology will save us." (Jaron Lanier) [HuffPost] "Si no sabe nada de nada, ¿por qué opina?" (Mario Molina) [EL PAÍS] "One 2017 survey of British schoolchildren found that 63% would be happy if social media had never been invented." (Guardian) "There is no crime here ... We have no police and we do not need them either." (Juve Nal, a resident of Santa Cruz del Islote) [CNN] "The U.S. no longer sees the world as a global community but as a fighting arena where everyone has to seek their own advantage" (Sigmar Gabriel) "No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." (Abraham Lincoln) "Almost all of the shipments of foreign weapons arriving in Brazil leave the United States." (Fabricio Oliveira, the head of Brazil’s Bureau of Firearms and Explosives) [HuffPost] "Trolls and Hackers Find It Easy to Trick Americans Because We Are a Nation of Ignoramuses ... The only real defense against bots and trolls is an intellectual offense, and we aren’t ready for it." (Sophia A. McClennen) "Half the time during that meeting, his arms were crossed — I kept wanting to say, ‘Mr. President, uncross your arms.’ To me, that is the international sign for closemindedness; it’s really just a big ‘no.’" (Samuel Zeif) "George Orwell was right just had the year wrong." (Bart Black) "[E]xaggerated indication of the rot that’s at the heart of the country." (Eddie Glaude Jr., referring to you-know-who) "The price range of grand pianos is roughly comparable to that of cars, between zero and, say, $100,000. One big difference is that the three wheels of the grand piano don't carry itself much far." "No matter what you throw at him, it hasn't worked. No matter what is revealed, he remains standing. Facts, reality, brains cannot defeat him. Even when he commits a self-inflicted wound, he gets up the next morning and keeps going and tweeting. That all ends with this movie." (Michael Moore) "The disaster for America and the world has so many aspects that the economic ramifications are way down my list of things to fear." (Paul Krugman) "Some didn’t like Bush. Some didn’t like Obama. But this is different. Forget dislike. Many are genuinely fearful now. This is new." (Seth MacFarlane) "... you have decided to jump in the fire, and we are not going to be a part of that." (Wilfred D’Costa) "The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One." (William K. Black) "The economy will eventually burst because it is a bubble." * End of List * |