@cmikeyfri
Wannabe Vulcan since 1966. "I have been a Stranger in a Strange Land." Retired Achiever. Thinks "grumpy old man" is a compliment on his self-restraint. Signal Amplifier🖇✊ Drops in a bucket? Enough drops break levees. Replies are tells. DMs rarely get one.
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And now I notice that the anticipatory text anticipated wrong... again... and I'm OC enough to post a correction since Bluesky doesn't allow post post editing.
"We don't need no stinking rules of engagement."
I feel better now.😌
"Submitted for your approval."
Trial thought balloons for one Pete Hegsmith, a cautionary example of a wannabe tough guy placed in a position far beyond his competence.
"We don't need not stinking rules of engagement."
"War crimes? There's no crime-ing in warfare."
"Nuremberg?
What? Me, worry?"
This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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Indeed.
The mad wannabe king and his sniveling sycophants are trying to run out the clock so he can die in the White House instead of prison after he preemptively pardons all his enablers.
Unless he takes us all on his WWIII funeral pyre first, of course.
February 21st was the one year anniversary of Pam Bondi stating the Epstein files/client list was sitting on her desk for review. If they can stonewall the fuck out of us for over a year they can do it for 3 more years, just wait and see
The White House wants an extra $50 billion to fund Trump’s illegal war.
That’s on top of the Pentagon’s $1T budget — which Trump is trying to boost to $1.5T.
Remember that over half of defense spending flows to private corporations and the Pentagon has failed eight financial audits in a row.
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things.......
This signal needs amplifying. You know what to do.
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ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
Don't forget who really stands to gain from Trump's lawless war. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2026/03/05/these-companies-stand-to-benefit-from-trumps-iran-war-exxon-raytheon-and-more/
Background: Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle in his store from The Andy Griffith Show. Top caption: You don't say. Bottom caption: Well, surprise, surprise, surprise.
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I voted with Rep Nancy Mace to release these files.
Release files about harassers in Congress.
Release files about the Epstein predators.
Not hard, folks.
Background: a colorful 20 sided die showing a 1. Top caption: Ask not for whom the die rolls, Bottom caption: it rolls for thee.
DM: "Make a Wisdom roll..."
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David Horsey
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"Always remember and never forget..."
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Indeed.
Cui bono.
Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.
They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.
Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.
Watch how they vote this week.
The Christian Nationalists in our military seem a bit too excited about bringing about the end of everything.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but South Koreans took 6 hours to stop their insurrection, 10 days to impeach the president behind it, and just 6 weeks to convict him. He was sentenced to life in prison 2 weeks ago. Their country's stock market shot up 10%.
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Don't take the bait.
Refugees a poem by Brian Bilston. They have no need of our help So do not tell me These haggard faces could belong to you or me Should life have dealt a different hand We need to see them for who they really are Chancers and scroungers Layabouts and loungers With bombs up their sleeves Cut-throats and thieves They are not Welcome here We should make them Go back to where they came from They cannot Share our food Share our homes Share our countries Instead let us Build a wall to keep them out It is not okay to say These are people just like us A place should only belong to those who are born there Do not be so stupid to think that The world can be looked at another way (now read from bottom to top)
The current news reminded me of 'Refugees' a poem by Brian Bilston
Please read all the way down, including the note at the bottom of the page...
"The Peace President."