Headlines and Statements
- Michael Balletti

- Feb 19
- 2 min read
First post of 2026! Is it too late to wish everyone a Happy New Year?
Anyway, here's another batch of news articles and quotes. Some of the links are a bit old, but have you read the news lately? It's terrible! Enjoy!
"No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine." ― William Blum
"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." ― H.L. Mencken
"Objective journalism is one of the main reasons American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long." ― Hunter S. Thompson

We're Disgusting Creatures
"How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?" ― Charles Bukowski
"There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception." ― Aldous Huxley
"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil." ― Hannah Arendt
"People who know little are usually great talkers." ― Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues." ― Thomas Hobbes
"Everyone sees what you appear to be; few experience what you really are." ― Niccolò Machiavelli
"In individuals, madness is rare; in groups, parties, nations, and ages, it is the rule." ― Friedrich Nietzsche
"Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country." ― Ambrose Bierce




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