Money and Man a mutual Friendship show:
Man makes false Money, Money makes Man so.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1742 ed.)
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So the DC National Guard are an f-ing laughing stock of derelict traitorous fops. They couldn’t secure a lemonade stand and yet took and take the illegal order to deploy _against_ the American People.
11 f-ing shootings on the National Guard’s watch because the f-ing National Guard are not police and never should take a deployment to pretend to be.
You dishonorable scum. You will never live down the shame. Wastes of space.
You know the insolence of Antonius; you know his friends, you know his whole household. To be slaves to lustful, wanton, debauched, profligate, drunken gamblers, is the extremity of misery combined with the extremity of infamy.
[Nostis insolentiam Antoni, nostis amicos, nostis totam domum. libidinosis, petulantibus, impuris, impudicis, aleatoribus, ebriis servire, ea summa miseria est summo dedecore coniuncta.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 3, ch. 14 / sec. 35 (2.14/3.35.1) (44-12-20 BC) [tr. Yonge (1903)]
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'ICE know they screwed up': Korean detainees' lawyer on chaotic raid at ... https://youtu.be/mRtY6w2-PUA?si=UuICanaNzbURJWJo
#ice #hyundai #korea #immigration #japan #barbarism #dishonor
Trump Georgia LOSING BILLIONS at Hyundai Korea https://youtu.be/Eue04hxmsqQ?si=Tt7U4WCil4AwNPXY
Amy McGrath: "So now the US Army can’t recognize Tom Hanks, someone who has done more for veterans and portraying the sacrifices of American soldiers than almost anyone in the country, all because he doesn’t align with Trump. What a disgrace."
#pettiness #Trump #dishonor #politics
"Tom Hanks loses West Point honor after Trump renames the Department of War":
https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/854296/tom-hanks-loses-west-point-honor-trump-renames-department-of-war/
#pettiness #Trump #dishonor #politics
A quotation from Herbert Hoover
Our greatest danger is not from invasion by foreign armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil. Or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior. Or by cynical acceptance of dishonor. These evils have defeated nations many times in human history.
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) American engineer, bureaucrat, US President (1929-33)
Speech (1951-08-30), “Concerning Honor in Public Life,” Iowa Centennial Celebration, Des Moines, Iowa (radio broadcast)
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HELEN: Men think me wicked, though I did no wrong:
And for the innocent to bear the load
Of guilt is worse than wickedness itself.
[ἙΛΈΝΗ: πρῶτον μὲν οὐκ οὖσ᾽ ἄδικος, εἰμὶ δυσκλεής:
καὶ τοῦτο μεῖζον τῆς ἀληθείας κακόν,
ὅστις τὰ μὴ προσόντα κέκτηται κακά.]
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 270ff (412 BC) [tr. Sheppard (1925)]
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Little blow to Dems: Gavin Newsom Bandage Pic Mocks Trump Attack, Dishonor Heroes star-news.press/wp
,Little blow to Dems: Gavin Newsom Bandage Pic Mocks Trump Attack, Dishonor Heroes star-news.press/wp, 2025-08-20 14:35:00 #blow #Dems #Gavin #Newsom #Bandage #Pic #Mocks #Trump #Attack #Dishonor #Heroes
Nothing is more detestable than disgrace, nothing more shameful than slavery. We have been born for glory and freedom — let us either hold on to these things or die with dignity.
[Nihil est detestabilius dedecore, nihil foedius servitute. Ad decus et ad libertatem nati sumus; aut haec teneamus aut cum dignitate moriamur.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 3, ch. 14 / sec. 36 (3.14/3.36) (44-12-20 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2019)]
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No person is so foolish that they don’t understand that if we remain asleep at this moment we will have to live through a rule that is not only cruel and arrogant but ignoble and disgraceful too. You know this man’s arrogance, his friends, and his whole household. To serve shameful lusts, bullies, disgusting and irreverent thieves, those drunkards — well, that is the worst suffering married to the greatest dishonor.
[Nemo est tam stultus qui non intellegat, si indormierimus huic tempori, non modo crudelem superbamque dominationem nobis sed ignominiosam etiam et flagitiosam ferendam. Nostis insolentiam Antoni, nostis amicos, nostis totam domum. Libidinosis, petulantibus, impuris, impudicis, aleatoribus, ebriis servire, ea summa miseria est summo dedecore coniuncta.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 3, ch. 14 / sec. 34-35 (3.14/3.34-35) (44-12-20 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2021)]
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For two and a half centuries the USMC has stood for honor, bravery and patriotism.
After violating laws and civil rights in Los Angeles, the USMC is either Unlawful Stormtroopers Molesting Citizens, or Uniformed Shame Mangling the Constitution; which do you prefer?
The American people will never forgive you.
There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.
[Il y a des gens qui observent les règles de l’honneur comme on observe les étoiles, de très loin.]
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 5 “Jean Valjean,” Book 2 “The War Between Four Walls,” ch. 21 (5.2.21) (1862) [tr. Hapgood (1887)]
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In a grossly inappropriate red MAGA hat & pink tie, Trump shamed America, the cadets, military, & fed govt, with his speech:
“We’re focusing on “KILLING…,” not host drag shows. He said he was clearing the military of transgender ideas, & “critical race theory’ & trainings he called divisive & political. Trump said the election results gave him a “great mandate” & IT GIVES US THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
"Republicans are refusing to hang a plaque honoring police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Three years ago, Congress approved the installation of the plaque, which pays homage to those who protected lawmakers—including an officer who lost his life. But the bronze memorial is currently sitting in a Capitol basement utility room and hasn’t seen the light of day. Legislation required that the plaque, which declares that law enforcement’s “heroism will never be forgotten,” be installed by March 2023. But Republicans took control of the House right before the plaque was set to go up."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-refuses-to-put-up-plaque-to-honor-jan-6-law-enforcement/
CONSTABLE: Disorder, that hath spoiled us, friend us now.
Let us on heaps go offer up our lives.
ORLÉANS: We are enough yet living in the field
To smother up the English in our throngs,
If any order might be thought upon.
BOURBON: The devil take order now! I’ll to the throng.
Let life be short, else shame will be too long.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Henry V, Act 4, sc. 5, l. 19ff (4.5.19-25) (1599)
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Such blatant corruption. How do reporters and staff not break out laughing? #kleptocracy #dishonor
"On Day One" he said
War - Economy - All Things
One month in - all lies
#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #February #Seasons #Winter #Cold #Frigid #Snow #Promises #Deceit #Dishonor #lies #FelonInChief
February 20, 2025
