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Posted on January 17, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, Hollywood can’t leave it up to fate,A thirst for power they can’t slake,Why’s it going wrong,Singing that old song,Because over politics they self immolate. He called for the murder of kids, (Virginia AG Jay Jones)But it didn’t raise … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, Mercy, philosophy | Tagged authoritarianism, banking system, civil liberties, cultural criticism, debt culture, despot, economic satire, finance, fiscal policy, historical analogy, Hollywood, jealousy, media and politics, moral double standards, New York politics, Political Extremism, political hypocrisy, political power, political satire, power and corruption, violence rhetoric, zealous | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on January 13, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, Numbers may not lie,But the BLS sure does try,Snowden’s blurt,Political dirt,Because the deep state is so sly. The heartless are an efficient lot,Always on time and on the dot,Eggs are replaceable,Rights are defaceable,And they’ll end up in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, media, philosophy | Tagged Alphabet/Google, authoritarianism, big tech, bls, bureaucracy, civil liberties, corporate power, cynicism, Dark Humor, deep state, economic manipulation, elites, escalators, ethics, free speech, government criticism, inflation, innovation, Institutional fraud, irony, limericks, media criticism, Moral critique, narrative, narrative control, normative, Philosophy of truth, Physics, political satire, power and corruption, propaganda, Satire, Science and uncertainty, social commentary, Statistics and truth, surveillance state, technocracy, totalitarianism | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on December 30, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, The people in charge misdirect with a fiver,Using all the cunning of a sly MacGyver,It’s someone else fault,If they’re worth their salt,But if the cars in a ditch it was the driver. One side wants freedom the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics | Tagged Canada politics, charge, conservatism, corporate culture, corporate elites, government accountability, grifting, ideological conflict, large, leadership failure, limerick, political elites, political hypocrisy, political poetry, political satire, power and corruption, progressivism, sarcasm | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on December 19, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, The elite just want you to know,Their zealots go with the flow,They’re not violent,Just rascally bent,With a penchant for arson and blow. I knew of a central planner Stan,He was a brilliant rock of a man,Smart as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged abrupt, authoritarianism, careerism, CCP criticism, central planning, civil liberties, corrupt, Dark Humor, economics satire, elite critique, free speech, human rights, limericks, milgram experiment, moral hypocrisy, obedience to authority, one-upped, organ harvesting, political poetry, political satire, power and corruption, propaganda, satire poetry, scientism, social commentary, totalitarianism | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on December 15, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, A foreign military on our soil,What amounts to a living boil,Stupidity writ large,Who’s in charge,To reward terrorism’s mortal toil. How many people sarcasm so calls,But punching down cast some palls,Where to box,It’s a paradox,So when punching up aim … Continue reading →

Posted in Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged alike, anti-authoritarian, Anti-Elitism, corruption, cultural criticism, dissent, elite betrayal, establishment critique, fight, foreign military presence, free speech, imperialism, light, moral decay, moral hypocrisy, oligarchy, political commentary, political hypocrisy, political poetry, political satire, populist critique, power and corruption, propaganda, punching down, punching up, ruling class critique, satire and sarcasm, terrorism | Leave a comment

Human Nature and Civilization

Posted on November 26, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the fatal flaw in all systems of human collaboration is our flawed nature. This applies to political, economic, and social systems. While our flawed nature is destructive of humanity, it’s not our fault that … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, Law, Mercy, philosophy, polictics of class envy, Societal Myth | Tagged abuse of power, civilization and barbarism, civilization collapse, civilizational limits, collective guilt, corporate crime, distributed blame, government accountability, groups versus individuals, human nature, institutional corruption, moral responsibility, natural instinct versus reason, political philosophy, power and corruption, psychological origins of politics, rule of law, social decay, technological society, tyranny of institutions | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on July 24, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, Unintended consequences and concentrated power, Go hand in hand like baking soda, lard, and flour, The goal is laudable, The result laughable, But the elite will keep piling biscuits into a tower. There once was an … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, media, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged Cultural decline, elitism, limericks, poetic justice, politics, power and corruption, progressive critique, Satire, social commentary, unintended consequences | Leave a comment

Breaking The Cycle Of Power and Corruption

Posted on June 17, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, opportunities to break a cycle of power and corruption are few and far between, so when we get one, as we do today, squandering it is not only foolish, it will lead to retaliation … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, Law, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged administrative state, AI and government, AI influence, AI policy, AI politics, authoritarianism, deep state, Dion of Syracuse, disinformation, dismantling bureaucracy, elite revenge, expert rule, globalism, influencer politics, limited government, new world order, plutarch's lives, political cycles, political influencers, political power cycles, political reform, populism vs establishment, power and corruption, Reagan legacy, technocracy, Trump appointees, wounded elites | Leave a comment

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