@mrtoads.bsky.social
Grouchy old fart, enjoys books, birds, baroque music, alliteration and, of course, spiders (but then, who doesn’t?). Semi-skilled at a number of unimportant things like game-playing, computer surgery and natural history story-telling. Lazy.
El-Sayed: "Once a government agency like ICE is told it has impunity to do the worst things and violate the highest law of the land, which is the Constitution itself, I don't think you can reform or retrain. I think we need to start from scratch ... I think we need to abolish it."
Waking up to Sharia Law in NYC is crazy. Knicks won, crime is down, 2,000 toddlers are going to school for free, parents got “date night” with nyc babysitters, they’re building housing on city land, small businesses are saving money and selling ice cream. Its sunny out i should go get one.
They need to hammer down relentlessly on this. They can't become overconfident, like they did with Hillary in 2016.
So this call is confirmed to have taken place. The question is, has Infantino been offered a position in the ruling regime? Chief of Staff, perhaps?
Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity@deborah-10.bsky.social · 2d ago
The whole point of the Bill of Rights is to protect the only true minority - the individual. It limits the governments power to harm the individual. The whole constitution is designed to limit the governments power.
Warning: the President of the United States is kidnapping American citizens off the streets of blue states. Some of them return —most do not. Some are murdered in concentration camps owned by the President’s cronies. All of it is one big fat crime. None of our electeds will stop him. Will you?
So, my bank account was compromised recently, as I found out when somebody used PayPal to take money out as “charges”. I had to delete the account and get a new one, which wasn’t a huge problem, but changing all the online payment options to my new debit card was annoying. But then I realized:
We can’t end gerrymandering until we expand the Supreme Court.
Pete Buttigieg@petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 5d agoGerrymandering lets politicians choose their voters instead of the other way around. Until we end that, it will remain difficult to achieve the things most Americans already agree on.
In a democracy, this would have brought down the government.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d agoSo many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.
Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic
The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.
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If any of you are stupid like me and still using #PayPal, I strongly recommend you terminate that account with extreme prejudice and use some different method of money transfer.
If any of you are stupid like me, and have linked any website payment to your bank account, delink it immediately and delete that information from the website! Use a debit or credit card only!
To be scrupulously fair, the GOP doesn’t give a rat’s ass about “fair”. Look at their actions. They only need an excuse - any excuse - to attack Those Others, whichever group of Others they happen to notice.
taenia@taenia.bsky.social · 6d agoI don't give a flying fuck if trans girls have an advantage in sports. Many people have an advantage in sports. That's how sports work.
Big Tech wants to get ahead of growing opposition to data centers with legislation that would fast-track infrastructure for this exploitative industry. We can't let that happen! Tell your Reps to oppose these bills: https://fwwat.ch/4oMj2de
Epstein files aren't worth seeing or discussing, but Fauci's personal diary...? THERE's our new distraction. I'd listen to this remarkable woman.
Can't be the first to say this, but (and yay UEFA - brilliant) this works equally well if you swap out "football" for maybe "water" or "a stable climate". Look at me being the revolutionary socialist. "No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation."
More of this, but less of the “will happen” and more of the “has happened” Good intentions butter no parsnips. Chickens don’t always hatch.
CarlFruge@carlfruge.bsky.social · 6d agoGame changing event united24media.com/world/finlan...
The GOP has a long history of “odd” results that don’t match the polls. Those now usually take the form of a surprising GOP surplus of votes for an individual, just over the limit requiring an automatic recount. We can beat Musk’s machine-based chicanery with paper ballots and many, many votes.
leftylady.bsky.social@leftylady.bsky.social · 6d agoTexans, don't let this poll fool you. You must get out the vote in Nov. Don't take anything for granted. Vote! Vote! Vote! New poll shows Talarico leading Paxton by three points, 51-48, and holding strong leads among key constituencies, including independent voters. bit.ly/4wabnYs
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
Gas is up to $4 a gallon at Costco. More profits to the Republicans and their owners!
And most of the rest went to anyone who “kissed his ring”. The Godfather was obvious.
@bjchesterfield.bsky.social · 6d agoRemember when we were having a shortage on Ventilators for covid victims & PedoBoy sent a bunch of them to his Lord & Master Putin, Instead of Saving taxpaying Americans? We got the Refrigeration Trucks at the Hospitals, Yeah, Good Times...
Since at least 2024, buying a Tesla means you knowingly support American Naziism. Self-serving rationalizations are just more hot air.
e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · last wk.I don't say this as often as I used to, so let's get it out there one more time: your new Tesla makes me vsicerally angry. It wasn't a good deal, and it's not the best EV you can buy, you're just as stupid and poorly-informed as you are amoral. I hope bad things happen to it and you.
Rand Paul doesn't belong in the Senate. He belongs in a Montana cabin writing manifestos on the insides of ripped open Slim Jim boxes.
When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share.
