Rogue Yankee
@rogueyankee.bsky.social
Former analytical chemist in environmental sciences with a wide range of interests. Consumer of breakfast meats. Social media non influencer.
At the start of the Civil War, there were 4 million people who were enslaved in the US. Families were separated so some members could be sold to plantations in other parts of the country, including children.
Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."
The reason why ICE agents continue to shoot people is because nothing ever happens to them when they do. They essentially have been granted full immunity for whatever they choose to do to people by a lawless regime of thugs.
And of course, they played the shorter version of "Beginnings". #AT40
This song by Bruce Springsteen speaks volumes aboutt what America should be on this Independence Day, and what it will be again. youtu.be/tpeisHYbKdE?...
Bruce Springsteen - American Land (Live tour Video)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
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Fun Fact I Just Found Out: the SiriusXM app works, at least on the Hotel WiFi, in London. I didn't think it worked outside of the U.S. and Canada. #AT40
Congratulations to former Wisconsin #Badgers and current Carolina Hurricanes defenseman K'Andre Miller for winning the Stanley Cup.
Things are shitty these days, so here's a white tail deer timeline cleanser.
Slightly Diminish a book: The Grapes of Somewhat Annoyed
Borderblaster1570@bradlovett.bsky.social · 2mo agoSlightly Diminish a book: The Good Gatsby
And of course they played the shorter version of "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" so we didn't hear the great line: "There ain't no coupe de ville Hiding at the bottom of Cracker Jack box" #AT40
lardass can put a tank outside my polling place, I am going to vote. 440K Americans gave their lives in WWII to save democracy. We can't let them have died in vain.
Normandie D-Day Landings: Soldiers Disembark
ALT: Normandie D-Day Landings: Soldiers Disembark
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Tennessee and all GOP states now drawing new congressional maps to eliminate Black districts were slave states that joined the Confederacy and then imposed Jim Crow laws. That MUST be included in all media coverage for context! I break it all down: youtu.be/JuXilr6RR9E?...
Tennessee GOP just embraced Jim Crow 2.0 to Silence Black voters just as Trump demanded
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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"We can fight to stop the ballroom. If this means leaving the area as a destruction site for the rest of Trump’s presidency, so be it. Let its ugliness exemplify the ugliness of the Trump era. Let its rubble symbolize what he's tried to do to the American republic." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Whose House? Trump’s House.
A home renovation project only an aspiring emperor would love.
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I realize this is obvious to most but allow me to rant: At the core of Trump's base love for him is a simmering resentment over their mediocrity and gratitude for him making it permissible to be arrogant whilst mediocre. Everything in this cult can be traced back to that. (thread)
And of course, they played the shorter radio edit of Oye Como Va. Grrr... #AT40
the "people in countries with universal healthcare and other social safety nets and infrastructure stop telling USians that they should strike" challenge.
So this guy was hanging by the side of the road this evening.
Congratulations to the University of Wisconsin women's hockey team--NCAA champs for the ninth time.
collegehockey.bsky.social@collegehockey.bsky.social · 5mo agoRECAP: Badgers stave off Buckeye comeback, Enright pots winning goal to net second straight #WFrozenFour championship. 🔗: bit.ly/4dJ8hES #collegehockey | #NCAAHockey
As if there weren't ample evidence already, Trump's response to Robert Mueller's death is a reminder that the U.S. president is one of the most vile humans on planet Earth.
This is worth the few minutes it takes to read it. www.americanyawp.com/reader/19-am...
Mark Twain, “The War Prayer” (ca.1904-5) | The American Yawp Reader
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What a hockey game. Goalies on both teams were unreal. #Olympics.
Congratulations to the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team on their gold medal after a super exciting game against Canada. A showcase of the two best women's hockey programs in the world.
You don't reform this. You disband it, then you put it on trial.
West Seattle Bike Blob@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 6mo agoFucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
