Democracy, empathy, gratitude, art, science, learning & growth. Anti-racism. Pro-Biz via a strong society, not by rent-seeking. Silicon Valley, Paris, Toronto
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I don't want a few strong businesses that extract value from society.
I want a strong society that can offer their custom to many competing businesses.
Fifty percent of right wing media is spent demonizing the entire left. For 30 years. It works.
This shields the right wing from consequences when they make mistakes, or act against the interests of people.
Derek Kerton retweeted
"We need more producers and less takers."
That's a boring talking point.
What are you going to DO to create more producers & less takers?
You need to give MORE people MORE opportunity.
Concentration of wealth does the opposite.
Derek Kerton retweeted
Taxes aren't a punishment.
They are a cheap All You Can eat ticket to the smorgasbord of business opportunity that is the USA.
Derek Kerton retweeted
Why can't MAGAs fake speaking like this?
They're good at lying, yet can't act like they actually care about families and kids.
The only way they've found to act like they care about some kids, is to attack some other kid whose gender "ain't right".
Their love language is hate.
Derek Kerton retweeted
For MAGA, & in particular Hegseth, a "clever" change in strategy is "MORE!!". "We're gonna hit 'em so hard."
They are too stupid & unimaginative to solve this, but they're just smart enough to double down.
Not sure why this targeted ad was pointed at me.
Maybe it was intended for you? Do you have a yacht that needs shipping across an ocean?
Derek Kerton retweeted
Fox: Why are you here this morning?
Trump rally attendee: Well, in the late 70s, I was a little too young to go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.
The Chinese producer of a crime-resistant window treatment is using video of the looting in Paris to market their windows.
It's fairly convincing marketing, too.
🇫🇷🇨🇳🔥 INSOLITE | La boutique Superdry des Halles n’a pas été pillée en raison de la résistance de sa vitrine de conception chinoise. La séquence où l’on voit des pillards tenter de la briser en vain devient une publicité virale pour le fabricant !
via @french_report78 #Paris
paris-visites-guidees.com
Derek Kerton retweeted
Why is Trump saying weirdly random things? He's a malignant narcissist with progressing frontotemporal dementia. Experts having been predicting that dis-inhibition is an expected behaviour as the dementia progresses. Trump has no strategy, just cravings and desires.
Derek Kerton retweeted
If you’re voting red up and down the ballot because you think children are getting gender transition surgeries at school, you’re a fucking idiot.
Meanwhile, the Cheesecake Factory must be loving this.
Nobody at all is actually criticizing them. They're getting praise from all sides.
And, they're getting more organic free press than you could ever wish for.
Oscar Wilde said it best:
This is a good idea.
But, instead, I propose a red light in the hood, that moves back and forth from left to right.
It's more Hasselhoffian.
Protests in Paris were peaceful today.
The legit protesters followed the prescribed route, and an additional police presence kept the looters from taking advantage of the crowd.
À Paris, les manifestants atteignent la porte de Vincennes, point d'arrivée du parcours imposé par la préfecture de police pour la mobilisation du samedi 24 octobre. La manifestation s'est déroulée sans débordements pour le moment
#24octobre
Derek Kerton retweeted
The paradox of Donald Trump is that he speaks English as a Second Language, yet he has no first language.
We went to see Liberation at the Berkeley Rep Theater last night. Great play! Innovative, creative, entertaining, & tells a good story.
WARNING: It leaves you thinking about a lot of Catch-22s for people & society. May contain feminism.
encoreplus.app/berkeleyrep/l…
@berkeleyrep
Derek Kerton retweeted
Parfois on prend le photo de l'horloge à coté du comptoir de souvenirs, parfois on le prend au Café Campana, tel que le votre.
Ce gosse a bien réussi a me photo-bomber.
