georgetakei

georgetakei, 7 months ago to random

The Israeli government has cut off food, water, and fuel to 2 million people inside Gaza as part of its campaign to stamp out Hamas terrorism. Collective punishment is not only contrary to international law, it is inhumane and illogical. It is what my community once endured in World War II, all because of the actions of others who happened to share our ethnicity. Have we learned nothing? How will this possibly help deescalate the violence rather than radicalize many more? It is madness.

georgetakei, 8 months ago to random

Yesterday was our 15th wedding anniversary. Time flies when you're spending it with the person you love. Happy anniversary, Bradder. ❤️

georgetakei, 9 months ago to random

I remember the 2000 Election. There were enough votes for Ralph Nader to hand the election to George W. Bush.

I remember the 2016 Election. There were enough votes for Jill Stein to hand the election to Donald Trump.

In 2024 the Green Party is running Cornell West. Let’s not repeat this history, friends

Your vote is not a marriage. You’re not choosing a life partner. It’s a chess move for what’s best for the country and the world.

georgetakei, 9 months ago to random

Thoughts and prayers for the billionaires... 🚀

georgetakei, 6 months ago to random

I don’t get it. Biden has done a fantastic job as president and seen us through some of the toughest times in recent history. The economy is strong, unemployment is at 60-year lows, inflation is tamed. But there are people calling for that youngster to drop out? (I have 6 years on him…) Why aren’t they calling on the guy who’s been indicted in four places and charged 91 times to drop out?

georgetakei, 8 months ago to random

The Daily Beast is reporting that Elon Musk ordered engineers to switch off his Starlink satellites just as Ukraine was preparing to attack the Russian naval fleet with drones. He said he feared nuclear retaliation by Russia. It’s high time we ask the question: How much power and influence does it make sense to hand just one person?

georgetakei, 9 months ago to random

This is not how to deal with climate change.

georgetakei, 10 months ago to random

So let me get this straight. The Supreme Court is only supposed to take cases where there is a real injury and real controversy, but it took the case of a web designer who faked a request by a gay customer for a website design? The guy was actually straight, married and with kids?

Vacate this case.

georgetakei, 8 months ago to random

What do you think, friends?

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georgetakei, 6 months ago to random

Trump knows what he’s doing when he calls his enemies “vermin” in his speeches and online. He’s dehumanizing them. This has happened to my community twice in my lifetime: once during World War II, and again during the pandemic. It is so dangerous, and Trump knows it. He’s preparing his base to do things that you can’t do to other humans, only to subhumans. Be warned. Be vigilant.

georgetakei, 9 months ago to random

All these red states are now boasting about how they are withdrawing from the American Library Association. They aren’t just satisfied with banning books, they want to get rid of the places that keep and lend them, too. The Christian Right is on the march.

Carl Sagan once warned us of the “dumbing down” of America. He warned of a time when our “critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...”

That time is upon us. We must do all we can to prevent that darkness from taking hold.

georgetakei, 10 months ago to random

I'm six years older than Joe Biden, and I just did months of performances on stage in London, 8x a week.

Age is a state of mind and body, and Joe is just fine, as am I. It's that other guy with the orange foundation who seems feebleminded and unhealthy.

georgetakei, 11 months ago to random

15 years ago today, we got our wedding license. Here is a photo of me and Bradder from that happy day, smiling and grateful for recognition of our love.

georgetakei, 7 months ago to random

Donald Trump is in court again today, facing a civil trial that could cost him his business empire. Trump, his sons, and his company stand accused of falsely inflating property value prices in order to obtain favorable loans.

georgetakei, 9 months ago to random

Young people: The GOP is floating an amendment to raise the voting age from 18 to 25. Vivek Ramaswamy is openly promoting it. They’re scared of your votes and want to silence you. Act appropriately in 2024.

georgetakei, 7 months ago to random

I’m seeing a lot of people share conspiracies about how the government is going to activate some vaccine virus using 5G technology today. If you are posting this nonsense, please stop and seek help. You are deep in some weird, dark place, and you don’t even know it. (Also, it’s not the U.S. government, it’s the Romulans, and it’s not 5G, it’s transporter technology. Please get your conspiracies straight.)

georgetakei, 10 months ago to random

Despite their protestations to the contrary, No Labels is threatening to hand the 2024 election to Trump. Here's more on the movement and how folks are fighting back: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/no-labels-2024-election-spoiler

georgetakei, 9 months ago to random

Many wonder how they’ll ever manage to put Trump in prison. What about his secret service? What about national security?

Legal experts respond that they already have special facilities for criminals who either need lots of security or are a threat to others. ‘

They’ll find a secure, isolated place for him. I’m sure they can work something out.

georgetakei, 11 months ago to random

I thought Musk challenging Zuck to a cage match was a new level of absurd. But wait! From a dank, Romanian prison, an alleged rapist and human trafficker just had to weigh in.

georgetakei, 8 months ago to random

The GOP-led House is in disarray and focused on all the wrong things. They couldn’t even get a bill to fund the Pentagon through a procedural vote because five of their far-right members revolted. And now Speaker McCarthy has pulled the continuing resolution to fund the government, one that was hammered out by the different factions this weekend, from any consideration because it also doesn’t have the votes.

Instead of doing their job and passing a budget—one they already agreed to earlier this year—they are preceding with an impeachment inquiry into President Biden because the Orange Guy insists he shouldn’t be the only impeached candidate up on stage. The hearing will now happen just two days before the government shuts down because they don’t have a budget in place.

This is the GOP in a nutshell, folks. Paralysis, political theatrics, and chaos.

georgetakei, 9 months ago to random

Trump is being arrested today. For the third time. So here’s a bold thought: Maybe he doesn’t belong in the White House. Like, ever again.

georgetakei, 10 months ago to random

Who wants to tell her? #LongCovid

georgetakei, 9 months ago to random

Trump promised he would have a press conference Monday to talk about a YUGE report supposedly showing election fraud in 2020. But now his lawyers are telling him to cancel it because it will make things worse for him legally. Think he’ll listen to them?

georgetakei, 8 months ago to random

A top advisor to Zelensky states that Elon Musk's decision to assist Russia by disabling Starlink for the Ukrainians led to the deaths of civilians, including children.

georgetakei, 6 months ago to random

The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial, my own mother was very nearly expelled to Japan because of racial prejudice and hatred. Only the brave actions of a civil rights attorney saved her from being sent away. #NeverAgain