MOCKERY: The Greatest Weapon Against The Tyranny Of “Very Serious People”

MOCKERY: The Greatest Weapon Against The Tyranny Of “Very Serious People” – Laughter. “Never forget, the “achilles heel” of anyone who’s driving aim in life is to CONTROL the lives of other people is his or her aching need to be taken ‘seriously’.” Most of them make it easy by being so laughable. THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS: Food stamps pay for billions in junk food, but USDA won’t say how much. “Food stamp participation is at an all-time high, costing taxpayers $80 billion in 2012 alone, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture refuses to make public how much of that money pays for junk food. 2010 study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest said that spending was even higher, estimating soda companies reap as much as $4 billion each year in SNAP money. IF ONLY THEY WERE THIS INDEFATIGABLE ABOUT PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS: Sen. Manchin vows to continue fight to pass background check bill. DON’T WAIT FOR THE CAVALRY; SADDLE UP YOURSELF: The Good Guys Are Not Coming To Save Us. At least Tom Z tried to ride to the rescue of the errant Ohio Republican Party. UNDERFUNDED/OVERGENEROUS PUBLIC PENSIONS MEET THE K-12 IMPLOSION: In Illinois, public pensions already gobbling up education funding. NONPROFIT HYPOCRISY: Nonprofit Pushes Paid Sick Leave While Its Interns Go Unpaid. “One of the nation’s top advocates for paid sick leave utilizes unpaid interns who lack the pay and benefits for which the group lobbies. The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF), a lucrative nonprofit that lobbies for mandatory paid sick leave laws in cities and states across the country, advertised part and full-time internships on its website that come without compensation or benefits.”