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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dishonesty, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Aaron Rupar: "Speaker Mike Johnson defended gerrymandered maps like the new one in Tennessee, but then in the very next breath claimed the Virginia map that was struck down 'was a hastily drawn gerrymander that was unconstitutional'."
    #racism #dishonesty #hypocrisy #politics #VotingRights #HumanRights

  2. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  3. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  4. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  5. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  6. Yes it is far too late, and from the UK perspective, Glasgow and London (plus much else) are f*cked as well. But the US dash to pollute will not help anyone. And at least they can afford it as a nation (our could if the people benefiting from the income shared it). Pacific Nations, Bangladesh and man y other will not survive,.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m

    #ClimateChange #SeaLevels #Blindness #Dishonesty

  7. RE: mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYo

    Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, acting like a political prostitute, said the indictment of James Comey for spelling out 86 47 was good but an indictment of Jack Posobiec for spelling out 86 46 would be bad. Blanche was totally unconvincing because those two men communicated the same message about two American presidents.
    #politics #injustice #dishonesty #values #standards #PoliticalProsecution

  8. and the right complains about Law???

    is building a parallel justice system — Powered by AI
    His investment in Objection.ai points to a new model: private investigations, AI verdicts, and accountability mechanisms that operate outside democratic institutions."

    codastory.com/polarization/can

  9. and the right complains about #Sharia Law???

    #Peter #Thiel is building a parallel justice system — Powered by AI
    His investment in Objection.ai points to a new model: private investigations, AI verdicts, and accountability mechanisms that operate outside democratic institutions."

    #Canada #Russia #China #USA #Security #News #War #EU #NATO #UN #Weapons #Politics #Ukraine #WW3 #Asia #GulfStates #Ceasefire #Rights #incompetence #DisTrust #Dishonesty

    codastory.com/polarization/can

  10. and the right complains about #Sharia Law???

    #Peter #Thiel is building a parallel justice system — Powered by AI
    His investment in Objection.ai points to a new model: private investigations, AI verdicts, and accountability mechanisms that operate outside democratic institutions."

    #Canada #Russia #China #USA #Security #News #War #EU #NATO #UN #Weapons #Politics #Ukraine #WW3 #Asia #GulfStates #Ceasefire #Rights #incompetence #DisTrust #Dishonesty

    codastory.com/polarization/can

  11. and the right complains about #Sharia Law???

    #Peter #Thiel is building a parallel justice system — Powered by AI
    His investment in Objection.ai points to a new model: private investigations, AI verdicts, and accountability mechanisms that operate outside democratic institutions."

    #Canada #Russia #China #USA #Security #News #War #EU #NATO #UN #Weapons #Politics #Ukraine #WW3 #Asia #GulfStates #Ceasefire #Rights #incompetence #DisTrust #Dishonesty

    codastory.com/polarization/can

  12. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  13. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  14. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  15. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  16. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  17. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    What is blasphemy? I will give you a definition; I will give you my thought upon this subject. What is real blasphemy?
       To live on the unpaid labor of other men — that is blasphemy.
       To enslave your fellow-man, to put chains upon his body — that is blasphemy.
       To enslave the minds of men, to put manacles upon the brain, padlocks upon the lips — that is blasphemy.
       To deny what you believe to be true, to admit to be true what you believe to be a lie — that is blasphemy.
       To strike the weak and unprotected, in order that you may gain the applause of the ignorant and superstitious mob — that is blasphemy.
       To persecute the intelligent few, at the command of the ignorant many — that is blasphemy.
       To forge chains, to build dungeons, for your honest fellow-men — that is blasphemy.
       To pollute the souls of children with the dogma of eternal pain — that is blasphemy.
       To violate your conscience — that is blasphemy.
       The jury that gives an unjust verdict, and the judge who pronounces an unjust sentence, are blasphemers.
       The man who bows to public opinion against his better judgment and against his honest conviction, is a blasphemer.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Speech (1887-05) to the Jury, Trial of C. B. Reynolds for Blasphemy, Morristown, New Jersey

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #blasphemy #censorship #conformity #conscience #corruption #exploitation #hell #hypocrisy #indoctrination #injustice #oppression #persecution #publicopinion #punchingdown #slavery #theocracy #dishonesty #guiltyconscience

  18. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    And yet I am held responsible for my belief. Then why does not God give me the evidence? They say he has. In what? In an inspired book. But I do not understand it as they do. Must I be false to my understanding? They say: “When you come to die you will be sorry if you do not.” Will I be sorry when I come to die that I did not live a hypocrite? Will I be sorry that I did not say I was a Christian when I was not? Will the fact that I was honest put a thorn in the pillow of death? Cannot God forgive me for being honest? They say that when he was in Jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for differing from him on the subject of the Trinity.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Lecture (1884-01-20), “Orthodoxy,” Tabor Opera House, Denver, Colorado

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #afterlife #belief #Bible #conviction #dishonesty #divinemercy #evidence #forgiveness #God #grace #hypocrisy #proof #reason #salvation #theology #trinity #understanding

  19. A quotation from Montaigne

    Lying is a villainous vice, and an ancient writer depicts it as most shameful when he says that to lie is to manifest contempt of God together with fear of man. It is not possible to represent more fully the horror, the vileness, the outrageousness of it. For what can be conceived more villainous than to be cowardly with respect to men, and audacious with respect to God?
     
    [C’est un vilain vice, que le mentir ; & qu’un ancien peint bien honteusement, quand il dit, que c’est donner tesmoignage de mespriser Dieu, & quand & quand de craindre les hommes. Il n’est pas possible d’en representer plus richement l’horreur, la vilité & le desreiglement: Car que peut on imaginer plus vilain, que d’estre couart à l’endroit des hommes, & brave à l’endroit de Dieu?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 18 (2.18), “Of Giving the Lie [Du Démentir]” (1578–79) [tr. Ives (1925)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #baseness #contempt #cowardice #defiance #dishonesty #falsehood #fear #lying #truth #untruth #vice

  20. A quotation from Montaigne

    The first sign of corrupt morals is the banishing of truth.
     
    [Le premier traict de la corruption des mœurs, c’est le bannissement de la verité]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 18 (2.18), “Of Giving the Lie [Du Démentir]” (1578–79) [tr. Screech (1987)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #corruption #culture #custom #debasing #dishonesty #lies #lying #manners #mendacity #morals #mores #society #truth #untruth

  21. From #LizOyer @[email protected]

    #GhislaineMaxwell’s offer to exonerate #DonaldTrump in exchange for clemency hit me hard. Here’s a detailed timeline of the corrupt and dishonest maneuvering behind the scenes at DOJ that got us here. It’s a bit long but worth your time I hope.

    instagram.com/reel/DUmLne-D4c0

    #USA #US #Politics #DOJ #Maxwell #Trump #Corruption #Dishonesty #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

  22. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: I think the unjust man who can speak cleverly
       incurs the greatest penalty for, feeling confident
       to cloak injustice in fair speech,
       he dares the utmost villainy.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις ἄδικος ὢν σοφὸς λέγειν
       πέφυκε, πλείστην ζημίαν ὀφλισκάνει:
       γλώσσῃ γὰρ αὐχῶν τἄδικ᾽ εὖ περιστελεῖν
       τολμᾷ πανουργεῖν.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 580ff (431 BC) [tr. Ewans (2022)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81800/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #argument #boldness #coverup #debate #deceit #deception #dishonesty #eloquence #emboldening #evil #evildoer #fasttalker #glibness #injustice #justification #knavery #persuasion #silvertongue #smoothtalker #talkaway #wrongdoer

  23. A quotation from John Adams

    Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue

  24. A quotation from John Adams

    Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue

  25. A quotation from John Adams

    Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue

  26. A quotation from John Adams

    Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue

  27. A quotation from John Adams

    Virtue and Simplicity of Manners, are indispensably necessary in a Republic, among all orders and Degrees of Men. But there is So much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to support a Republic.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/12527/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #America #avarice #class #corruption #democracy #dishonesty #greed #humancondition #humannature #manners #profit #publicgood #publicvirtue #rank #republic #selfishness #virtue

  28. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    Corruption is like a ball of snow, when once set a rolling it must increase. It gives momentum to the activity of the knave, but it chills the honest man, and makes him almost weary of his calling: and all that corruption attracts, it also retains, for it is easier not to fall, than only to fall once, and not to yield a single inch than having yielded to regain it.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 6 (1822)

    More about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #corruption #crime #deathspiral #deceit #dishonesty #duplicity #fraud #misconduct #trend #vice #knavery

  29. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Self-deception once yielded to, all other deceptions follow naturally more and more.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More info about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/22922…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #deceit #deception #delusion #dishonesty #lies #selfdeception

  30. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    What knowing Judgment, or what piercing Eye,
    Can Man’s mysterious Maze of Falshood try?
    Intriguing Man, of a suspicious Mind,
    Man only knows the Cunning of his Kind;
    With equal Wit can counter-work his Foes,
    And Art with Art, and Fraud with Fraud oppose.
    Then heed ye Fair, e’er you their Cunning prove,
    And think of Treach’ry, while they talk of Love.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1742 ed.)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/79…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #deceit #dishonesty #humannature #love #seduction #sweettalk #cunning #treachery

  31. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    In a word, there is only one thing here worth the minding, and that is, to be true and just, and to show benevolence, even to the untrue and unjust.
     
    [Ἓν ὧδε πολλοῦ ἄξιον, τὸ μετ᾿ ἀληθείας καὶ δικαιοσύνης εὐμενῆ τοῖς ψεύσταις καὶ ἀδίκοις διαβιοῦν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 47 (6.47) (AD 161-180) [tr. Collier/Zimmern (1887)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7834…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #benevolence #dishonesty #honesty #coexistence #false #falseness #frauds #grace #injustice #justice #kindness #liars #loveyourenemy #meaningoflife #patience #purpose #righteousness #truth #truthfulness #unjust #unrighteousness

  32. 🤖 Scientists are sneaking AI prompts into academic papers, like kids hiding veggies in mashed potatoes, to guarantee glowing reviews. 🍆🥔 Because who needs honest feedback when you can just bribe your AI overlord for a pat on the back? 🙄
    asia.nikkei.com/Business/Techn #AIManipulation #AcademicIntegrity #FeedbackLoop #Dishonesty #ResearchEthics #HackerNews #ngated

  33. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    Our children know we lie to them, but not — thank God — how much.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 2 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #childrearing #children #dishonesty #equivocation #falsehood #lying #parenting

  34. Adam Kinzinger: "Dear Christians who think Trump is the savior, here is his inspiring Easter message of forgiveness and resurrection:

    Trump: 'Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, (etc.) back into our Country. Happy Easter to also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges (blah, blah, blah ...) I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter'!!!"
    #Trump #dishonesty #insincerity.

  35. Adam Kinzinger: "Dear Christians who think Trump is the savior, here is his inspiring Easter message of forgiveness and resurrection:

    Trump: 'Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, (etc.) back into our Country. Happy Easter to also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges (blah, blah, blah ...) I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter'!!!"
    #Trump #dishonesty #insincerity.

  36. Adam Kinzinger: "Dear Christians who think Trump is the savior, here is his inspiring Easter message of forgiveness and resurrection:

    Trump: 'Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, (etc.) back into our Country. Happy Easter to also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges (blah, blah, blah ...) I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter'!!!"
    #Trump #dishonesty #insincerity.

  37. Adam Kinzinger: "Dear Christians who think Trump is the savior, here is his inspiring Easter message of forgiveness and resurrection:

    Trump: 'Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, (etc.) back into our Country. Happy Easter to also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges (blah, blah, blah ...) I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter'!!!"
    #Trump #dishonesty #insincerity.

  38. @seatek

    It’s hard for me to understand the massive amount of public sector #CORRUPTION that Americans think is acceptable.

    Why do so many people consider #bribery, #fraud, #selfdealing, #graft, and other #corrupt actions by the regime and its supporters to be okay? Is it just widespread #cynicism or something else?

    Why are people not outraged anymore about the #dishonesty of public servants?

    #fascism #authoritarianism #publiccorruption #autocracy #kleptocracy

  39. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind closed doors.
     
    [Μὴ τιμήσῃς ποτὲ ὡς συμφέρον σεαυτοῦ, ὃ ἀναγκάσει σέ ποτε τὴν πίστιν παραβῆναι, τὴν αἰδῶ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν, μισῆσαί τινα, ὑποπτεῦσαι, καταράσασθαι, ὑποκρίνασθαι, ἐπιθυμῆσαί τινος τοίχων καὶ παραπετασμάτων δεομένου.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 3, ch. 7 (3.7) [tr. Hays (2003)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2675…

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  40. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind closed doors.
     
    [Μὴ τιμήσῃς ποτὲ ὡς συμφέρον σεαυτοῦ, ὃ ἀναγκάσει σέ ποτε τὴν πίστιν παραβῆναι, τὴν αἰδῶ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν, μισῆσαί τινα, ὑποπτεῦσαι, καταράσασθαι, ὑποκρίνασθαι, ἐπιθυμῆσαί τινος τοίχων καὶ παραπετασμάτων δεομένου.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 3, ch. 7 (3.7) [tr. Hays (2003)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2675…

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  41. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind closed doors.
     
    [Μὴ τιμήσῃς ποτὲ ὡς συμφέρον σεαυτοῦ, ὃ ἀναγκάσει σέ ποτε τὴν πίστιν παραβῆναι, τὴν αἰδῶ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν, μισῆσαί τινα, ὑποπτεῦσαι, καταράσασθαι, ὑποκρίνασθαι, ἐπιθυμῆσαί τινος τοίχων καὶ παραπετασμάτων δεομένου.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 3, ch. 7 (3.7) [tr. Hays (2003)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2675…

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  42. A quotation from Orwell, George:

    «
    The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/orwell-george/5188/

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  43. A quotation from Orwell, George:

    «
    The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/orwell-george/5188/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #clarity #communication #deceit #deception #dishonesty #insincerity #language #obfuscation #obscurity