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OGjester

@OGjester@stranger.social

Husband and dad. Career #railroad. Ashamed #Montana native. Big on #solar and #evs. Proudly, aggressively anti-fascist. #Microblogging since 2005. I write a lot about #USpol and #MTpol, and therefore I swear a lot. The entirety of the Democratic Party is to the right of me and millions of other Americans. I can’t believe I have to specify this, but all toots are my own thoughts and opinions, not my employer’s. Who would even think that?

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OGjester, to random
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This is your regular reminder that the money you pay in federal taxes isn’t used to pay for anything; it’s just deleted off the books to control inflation. Money used to pay for things is printed out of thin air by the Federal Reserve.

If I could make everyone understand just one thing, this would be the one thing.

Think about this when your “representatives” choose to not tax billionaires, and instead put the tax burden on you.

OGjester, to random
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Every day that Trump walks free is a fantastic demonstration of how impotent and hollow our justice system is.

Revolutions have been started over far less, people.

OGjester, to random
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The greatest myth about the U.S. is the fantasy of a representative government. We don’t have that.

70% of people - a majority of both parties - want tighter gun regulations. 60% want minimum wage to double. 63% say the government should ensure healthcare coverage for all. Upwards of 80% supported the content of the Voting Rights bill.

Neither party can get any of these things done, because they don’t represent you. They represent corporations and the rich.

They don’t represent you.

OGjester, to random
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I know I say this once in awhile, but it’s worth noting:

Every good railroad track inspector out there has found something on the track during their career that has prevented a derailment. The money saved by that derailment that never happened would more than pay for all the wages, insurance, tools, training, and equipment for that track inspector’s entire career.

Today, I found one of those derailment-type track defects, and paid for my whole career for about the fifth time.

OGjester, to random
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Railroads enjoying that sweet, sweet deregulation.

https://www.mcall.com/2024/03/02/norfolk-southern-train-derailment-lehigh-river-lower-saucon-photos/

OGjester, to Trains
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“MORE DERAILMENTS!” say the Koch’s.

https://www.levernews.com/the-koch-network-is-killing-rail-safety/?&link_id=7&can_id=241c910d30936ed449bfcc16d33ac33e&source=email-smart-td-newswire-02272024&email_referrer=email_2223330&email_subject=smart-td-newswire-02282024

OGjester, to Trivia
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Without googling it, can you name another person who has been charged with 78 or more felonies?

Bernie Madoff was charged with 11.

John Gotti was charged with 13.

Al Capone was charged with 23.

OGjester, to random
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Sweet baby Jesus. This is a real thing.

ACTIVATE MAXIMUM GRIFT!!!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-trump-raise-the-settlement?modal=donations&tab=top

OGjester, to Montana
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When you’re in deep red Montana and you come across this in your town: 🤔

OGjester, to random
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Vivek is another phony grifter charlatan with no real convictions. No wonder Republicans love him.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vivek-ramaswamy-surprise-gop-debate-230639039.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKWYPIG5DICTGoVYGGey-3X4vk4aK15z39seNTSDHyVB-8oIwR_ui6Fo56t29JBzRcehtTr2BuOZWeWywXw1YCiyB_sQ4T1reaRQ0FEZjqR70CxmR6WhcyLFQI9w9ZsDxNNzOTLLkMwe5wHf9_LMFTlP6cyn1QoEJQtm07Psb4nh

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OGjester, to twitter
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This is about Twitter.

#X

OGjester, to random
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I just learned that in Spanish-speaking countries in South America, their version of “righty tighty, lefty loosy” is “la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera”, which literally translates to “the right oppresses and the left liberates”.

That, my friends, is the most dead-on mnemonic that has ever been thought up.

OGjester, to random
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CNN: “Trump committed fraud; loses business empire in New York”
ABC News: “Trump committed fraud; loses business empire in New York”
NBC News: “Trump committed fraud; loses business empire in New York”
CBS News: “Trump committed fraud; loses business empire in New York”
MSNBC: “Trump committed fraud; loses business empire in New York!!”
Fox News:

OGjester, to random
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This is one of my favorite podcasts. In this episode, Jon has discussions with economists and former federal reserve bankers about debt and the silliness of our money. I feel like this is something that anyone interested in this topic could listen to, regardless of their political bent.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-problem-with-jon-stewart/id1583132133?i=1000552086865

OGjester, to random
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I’m not big on quotes, because they’re often repeated without any regard for the original context. However, there is one that has always stuck with me:

“In my work with the defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants, a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” - Captain Gustave M. Gilbert

1/2

OGjester, to random
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Sitting in a tire shop waiting for a tire rotation on my work truck. The local FM country station is playing on the speakers. The theme of the music, song after song, can only be described as “Christofascist”.

The radicalization was slow and subtle, and it is complete.

OGjester, to Hydrogen
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Creating with batteries to capture all the electricity lost during downhill braking seems like such low hanging fruit that would quickly pay for itself in fuel savings. How has no one come up with this yet?

OGjester, to random
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“The most important thing you can realize right now is that there are no rules in war.” -

It’s a civil war, only one side is fighting, and their agents hold dozens of seats in Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/28/ginni-thomas-text-messages-religion-dangerous-role-public-life/

OGjester, to mastodon
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Most of the time, when I try to refresh a post or go to the comments in a thread, it takes a ludicrously long time for it to load… like, 1996 28.8k modem slow. Five minute waits are not unusual, and that’s not an exaggeration. I feel like this is not something that should be happening in 2023. Anyone have any suggestions on what might be causing this?

OGjester, to Israel
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Ask your “representatives” why they want to send billions of dollars to , the country that is 18th highest GDP/capita in the world (higher than Germany and the UK), but not , which is under constant assault from , and ranks 112th in GDP/capita.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita

OGjester, to random
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Days like today are why I continue to reject the legitimacy of in my heart.

Article 3 of the 14th Amendment is very clear. Perhaps there is a short discussion to be had to determine whether or not Trump engaged in insurrection, which all but the most unserious people agree that he did.

What I heard today was a barrage of questioning that could only be described as fishing for angles to skew reality and allow the insurrectionist-in-chief to somehow RUN FOR FUCKING PRESIDENT AGAIN.

OGjester, to random
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Billionaires are not your friends. Ever.

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/environment/2023/12/18/swift-carbon-emissions

OGjester, to random
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justices are basically the judicial version of monarchs. They answer to no one, like monarchs. They serve lifetime appointments, like monarchs. They can openly commit crimes, and there are no consequences - just like monarchs.

OGjester, to random
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Chump’s dumb social media platform generated as much revenue in the first quarter of this year as a single Walmart store makes in 4 hours on a Tuesday.

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/

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