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I sit at a desk in front of a computer all day. And I go camping sometimes. Liberal in conservative Oklahoma.

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The commander in chief wore a baseball cap to the transfer of the fallen soldiers at Dover AFB. A real class act, there.

07.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Healthiest & Unhealthiest Cities in America in 2026 Healthiest & Unhealthiest Cities in America in 2026

At least Tulsa is ranked slightly higher than OKC. But still no idea why anyone would choose to live here. wallethub.com/edu/healthie...

03.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You know it’s bad when Russia can legitimately slap you around for moral failures in the UN Security Council.

28.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Note that this post is about the 2024 Paris Olympics, not the current games.

12.02.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All I can think about is how that 12 year old girl, now a 24 year old woman, must feel about this. We live in a very sick world.

12.02.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Air Force 1 had to turn around for an β€œelectrical issue”. Read: Trump chickened out.

21.01.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Snowy landscape with trees and a church steeple.

Snowy landscape with trees and a church steeple.

Noordwijk is quite snowy this week!

06.01.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Your story is really powerful. Thank you for telling it.

06.01.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I genuinely want to know who’s buying Tesla vehicles at this point. I don’t know any liberal who would get near one. And EVs of all kinds sit on lots and gather dust in deep-red Oklahoma. No self-respecting republican here would buy one.

31.12.2025 11:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | It’s Not Just Cuomo Who Lost. It’s Cuomoism.

Cuomo's staggering entitlement and very public destruction in his (hopefully) final race should be a lesson to the rest of the old guard in Democratic power: retire before you get the beating he did. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...

07.11.2025 13:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy

Only evil, heartless people would ever consider this to be reasonable. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

06.11.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It feels like a new day after a hopeless five years.

It’s been less than 10 months.

05.11.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely this. If the DNC pushes a centrist candidate for 2028, they will lose. This party is headed in a new direction, whether Schumer likes it or not.

05.11.2025 12:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great idea. Model recommendations?

02.11.2025 02:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, GOP. My health insurance now costs over $30k per year. And it's entirely your fault.

01.11.2025 11:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell, yes.

01.11.2025 11:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy to donate, but won’t give my info to ActBlue anymore. They give it to the entire world.

29.10.2025 19:22 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

In what way did 10DLC do anything positive for the world? It made sending SMS as a small business a thousand times more difficult. And as a consumer, I get more junk messages than ever before.

29.10.2025 14:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What sort of monsters use hungry kids as pawns to score political points and try to get their opponents to cave?? Oh yeah, the monsters that run the United States.

26.10.2025 12:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember a time when October was Fall.

10.10.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Note that in gun-loving Texas, more than 44% voted for someone other than Trump in 2024. I get your point, though.

20.09.2025 22:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do not condone violence outside of self-defense. That said, Charlie Kirk was an evil human who should not be β€œhonored” for his β€œwork”. Maybe he was a great dad, and if so he should be honored for that. But not for his pathetic, bigoted views about race and trans people. He was an awful person.

12.09.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Death of the Fourth American Republic

We built a good thing, America. Unfortunately, it’s almost gone.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

06.08.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The best of NASA is leaving for the ESA and other agencies in other countries. We will never get them back. And we can’t make new ones, because the administration is destroying our best universities.

28.07.2025 17:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Columbia’s Administrators Are Fooling Themselves

Spot on. Columbia's administrators are fools. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

24.07.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another

I'd love to hear some (worldwide) Jewish opinions on this (it's complicated, i know, so maybe in person rather than on a short-form platform like this): www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/o...

20.07.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
July 2025
To:
The Executive Office of the President
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C., USA
Subject: Your Most Recent Tariff Missive(s)
Dear White House Strategists,
Sitting on eggs continuously for 54 days in minus 20 degrees is, frankly, easier than trying to make sense of your current tariff strategy. We've checked our calendars thrice-are we on Day 90 or 105 of this economic stand-off? We'd request clarification, but we're reasonably sure you'd sanction that too.
We're loathe to admit it, but on this matter we find ourselves in rare agreement with Brazil's President Lula: the world does not, in fact, require an emperor. Least of all one perched precariously atop a melting economy, dictating terms to islands most Americans couldn't point to on a globe even if bribed with krill.
Before these tariffs, our contact with humanity was limited to the occasional sunburnt glaciologist and a few UN observers who came mostly for the penguin chorus. Now, thanks to your trade aggression, we've acquired:
- Three fully operational F/A-18 Hornets (painted in icy matte, thank you for asking),
- The enthusiastic backing of several thousand confused yet passionate humans,
- A Press Secretary with a debilitating anxiety disorder (Miss Penguline Levity, whom we advise you not to email directly),
- And a waitlist of 47,000 immigration requests, 312 of which are from your own diplomatic staff.
This escalation has turned our quiet, flightless republic into an accidental geopolitical flashpoint. We are, as you might imagine, irritated. Not furious-just frostily disappointed.
Let us be clear: Heard Island has no intention of becoming a player in your drama. We are content to govern our guano-covered rocks with dignity, sovereignty, and minimal Wi-Fi. If this is difficult for you to accept, we recommend a long walk on thin ice.

July 2025 To: The Executive Office of the President 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C., USA Subject: Your Most Recent Tariff Missive(s) Dear White House Strategists, Sitting on eggs continuously for 54 days in minus 20 degrees is, frankly, easier than trying to make sense of your current tariff strategy. We've checked our calendars thrice-are we on Day 90 or 105 of this economic stand-off? We'd request clarification, but we're reasonably sure you'd sanction that too. We're loathe to admit it, but on this matter we find ourselves in rare agreement with Brazil's President Lula: the world does not, in fact, require an emperor. Least of all one perched precariously atop a melting economy, dictating terms to islands most Americans couldn't point to on a globe even if bribed with krill. Before these tariffs, our contact with humanity was limited to the occasional sunburnt glaciologist and a few UN observers who came mostly for the penguin chorus. Now, thanks to your trade aggression, we've acquired: - Three fully operational F/A-18 Hornets (painted in icy matte, thank you for asking), - The enthusiastic backing of several thousand confused yet passionate humans, - A Press Secretary with a debilitating anxiety disorder (Miss Penguline Levity, whom we advise you not to email directly), - And a waitlist of 47,000 immigration requests, 312 of which are from your own diplomatic staff. This escalation has turned our quiet, flightless republic into an accidental geopolitical flashpoint. We are, as you might imagine, irritated. Not furious-just frostily disappointed. Let us be clear: Heard Island has no intention of becoming a player in your drama. We are content to govern our guano-covered rocks with dignity, sovereignty, and minimal Wi-Fi. If this is difficult for you to accept, we recommend a long walk on thin ice.

Response sent to the White House. Summary: The planet doesn’t need an emperor dictating trade. Mainland Antarctica already has millions of Emperors, and even their droppings do more good than the White House’s globally destabilizing policies.

In other words, go take a long hike on thin ice.

09.07.2025 02:00 πŸ‘ 808 πŸ” 199 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 35

I have nothing to celebrate today. Certainly not this country.

04.07.2025 20:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. Also, all is lost.

30.06.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1,301 days left.

28.06.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0