“U.S. leads the world in people who think climate change is fake but pro-wrestling is real.”—John Fugelsang

“In the American Jewish community, there is little willingness to face the fact that the Palestinian Arabs have suffered a monstrous historical injustice, whatever one may think of the competing claims. Until this is recognized, discussion of the Middle East crisis cannot even begin.”–Noam Chomsky Peace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood, … More Quote of the Day

“I remember a joke from my childhood that Stalin had read a letter from Trotsky that said, “You were right, and I was wrong. You are the true heir of Lenin, and I should apologize.” And a man ran up and said, “No, you forget that Trotsky was Jewish. The proper reading is: You were … More Quote of the Day

“Sometimes a single moment can epitomize what the Israeli occupation means in human terms. On February 2, the army destroyed twenty-three Palestinian homes in Jinba and Halawa in the South Hebron Hills, leaving eighty-seven people, sixty of them children, without shelter in the depth of the freezing desert winter. The excuse: the army needs Jinba … More Quote of the Day

“The middle finger is a great body language tool for letting people know you’re upset. Poetry isn’t quite as effective in a fit of road rage.” ― Jarod Kintz

“If you have the power to change the world for the better, you should do it. That’s why people who do nothing are idiots, but idiots who do nothing are life-savers.” ― James McGregor

“It has become countercultural to chose a lifestyle whose goals are even partly independent of technology.”–Pope Francis

“Each of us is sometimes a cretin, a fool, a moron, or a lunatic. A normal person is just a reasonable mix of these components, these four ideal types.” ― Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum

“Today’s Democrats are what used to be called moderate Republicans. The Republicans have just drifted off the spectrum. They’re so committed to extreme wealth and power that they cannot get votes, can’t get votes by presenting those positions.”—Noam Chomsky   http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/noam-chomsky-trump-other-candidates-are

“Let’s have some new clichés.” ― Samuel Goldwyn