i love that it’s pikachu saying this bc pikachu attained freedom by electrocuting the fuck out of ash and outright refusing to get into the fucking pokeball
i love that it’s pikachu saying this bc pikachu attained freedom by electrocuting the fuck out of ash and outright refusing to get into the fucking pokeball
i just realized this is funny every month of the year actually
The fact that you can’t talk about raising taxes on billionaires even a little bit without them pouring money into fascist political movements is an excellent argument for why billionaires should never have been allowed to exist in the first place.
Ronald Reagan raised so little tax revenues, and spent so much as President, he had to STEAL from the Social Security fund and left a big, fat Republican IOU.
Republicans stole, now claim the social security fund is low. Unbelievable.
Ronald Reagan and The Great Social Security Heist
Instead of being a proud day for America, April 20, 1983, has become a day of shame. The Social Security Amendments of 1983 laid the foundation for 30-years of federal embezzlement of Social Security money in order to use the money to pay for wars, tax cuts and other government programs.
The payroll tax hike of 1983 generated a total of $2.7 trillion in surplus Social Security revenue. This surplus revenue was supposed to be saved and invested in marketable U.S. Treasury bonds that would be held in the trust fund until the baby boomers began to retire in about 2010. But not one dime of that money went to Social Security. […]
The real beginning of fucking the working class in America was reagan. He stole from the working class and gave to the rich and we’re still being fucked by that fucking asshole today while he rots in hell.
penguins vs giant petrel
If companies are allowed to sue you for losses during a strike, there is now no longer an incentive to not simply burn down your place of work.
For most people, there's really no difference between say, 15,000$ of debt, and 200,000$ of debt. They are equally life-ruining sums of money. Why not, you know, leave that gas stove on? Cost the company some real money? Maybe if it happens enough times they won't be able to buy insurance.
This is basically what happened, right?
Infighting only helps our oppressors.
Infighting only helps our oppressors.
Infighting only helps our oppressors.
Infighting only helps our oppressors.
Infighting only helps our oppressors.
You don't have to understand someone completely to respect them and fight for their right to exist.
When the pandemic started we forced my mom to watch all of LOTR but she kept getting bored and falling asleep so it took 6 nights, and I made powerpoints each day refreshing what she’d seen before
Hey you know what sucks is predatory companies that make you enter your email address so that they can harass and advertise to you to access resources you might need to keep track of expenses after a disaster. So, uh, fuck them.
If you need to create an inventory of your home for an insurance claim (and if you'd like to do this to keep someplace safe before a disaster) you can use this worksheet (two pages, instructions on the first page, worksheet on the second).
Doing the lord's work here
the past isn’t behind you it coils inside your body that’s why some years you feel closer and more nostalgic for certain ages than others just fyi
It’s a War on Children. It’s a War on Communities. It’s a War on Working People. It’s a War on Humanity. It’s a War on YOU!
And a war on Mexicans and other Latina/o undocumented folx!
News article from Global:
U.S. sanitation company accused of employing kids to clean slaughterhouses - National | Globalnews.ca
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. is accused of using child labour for overnight shifts in slaughterhouses and meatpacking facilities.
When people talk about human trafficking, they rarely talk about labor trafficking, but it is the MOST COMMON form of trafficking happening in the US.
i love short people. you guys can fit into so many spaces
I’m oozing through your air vents like a wretched little slime
In high school I fully climbed into a friend’s locker to surprise him on his birthday
a message from Rahul Kohli
a message from Rahul Kohli