Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books: 1. Robert Heinlein 2. Isaac Asimov 3. David Halberstam 4. David McCullough 5. Robert Ludlum 6. Stephen King 7. William Shakespeare 8. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9. Louisa May Alcott 10. William Faulkner

Air Force One flew over my house tonight. Normally, it would be exciting. But after all that has happened… I never thought I would say this. I’m ashamed to be an American today. I really don’t know how we get out of this. The leaders that are fighting for us, where are they?

So, just to show priorities where the business channels are tonight. Bloomberg is live- although they are usually on live 24 hours because they also focus on foreign markets. CNBC is live now- Jim Cramer and Steve Liesman have been talking Fox Business- reruns of COPS.

Legitimate question to ask here. We are up to at least 42 deaths and counting from the storms this past weekend. With all the layoffs at NOAA and the NWS, how many of these deaths were as a result of not being able to prepare and get early enough notice. How many could’ve been avoided?

OK, it’s time. I have been biting my tongue for a while. I had a very unpleasant experience at the other place with a far left fellow who insisted on blaming NeverTrump folks like me for his sitting out the election and giving it to Trump. We understood the assignment. We did our part. 1/

Took a few days off. I’m back and ready to get in the fight. What I’m going to do is be more selective about the battles I pick. That’s how we get through these next four years. All battles are important, but some will matter more than others.

If anyone sees this, I’m taking a break from here. Seeing everything that’s happening is making me angrier and in danger of losing my humanity. And I feel very powerless. The guardrails that are supposed to protect our institutions are failing. And I feel politically homeless.

I’m torn at this point. Part of me wants to continue fighting. It’s going to get ugly. But the other part of me is ready to just let MAGA have their way because that’s the only way those who voted for him will learn. Let them hit rock bottom. Hot stove moment . I don’t know .

From Haaretz. If this is true and the Trump envoys bullied Netanyahu into accepting the ceasefire… some of you might be cheering this right now but you won’t be in the future. Trump wants us to abandon Ukraine. Here he is pushing away our closest ally in the Middle East. 1/

Speaker Johnson’s gig is safe… at the moment. The Don needs certification to go off without a hitch. The House could not conduct any business until a Speaker is seated. After that, all bets are off.

This morning at the other place… folks who for years encouraged the “DEI is raycist” crowd are suddenly telling those people to stop being racist. Maybe… just maybe 🤔… you should never have encouraged the racists to speak out to begin with?

Bill Ackman has been griping that the NYSE and NASDAQ will be closed on January 9 for President Carter’s National Day of Mourning. He says it didn’t close for Rep Presidents. Spoiler alert: It was for GHWB, Reagan, Ford, Nixon…even for Lincoln which is when the practice first began.

My NYE…chill at home with a beer. On standby in case my son needs a ride home but otherwise not going anywhere. Happy New Year to my peeps here at BlueSky. 😊

Let’s not forget, it was on this day 39 years ago that Rocky Balboa, having vacated the world heavyweight championship to take this fight to avenge the death of his good friend Apollo Creed, knocked out Ivan Drago in Moscow and almost single-handedly ended the Cold War.

Let’s not forget, it was on this day 39 years ago that Rocky Balboa, having vacated the world heavyweight championship to take this fight to avenge the death of his good friend Apollo Creed, knocked out Ivan Drago in Moscow and almost single-handedly ended the Cold War.

To my BlueSky peeps (and to the rest of you)…Merry Christmas 🎄. All the best to you and your families however you celebrate today.

So just so I understand… MAGA has suddenly forgot about the national debt, the price of groceries, and are now banging the drums of war to conquer Greenland, Canada, and retake the Panama Canal. Am I doing this right?

So, I have been asking any MAGA I know…🤣🤣

The world is watching. They are extremely concerned about where the United States is now. When they feel we can no longer be trusted as a rock on the international stage, chaos follows.

It’s funny how MAGA wants less regulations and lowered grocery prices. Yet RFK Jr’s wanting to clean up our food from additives, etc. (more in line with Europe) will lead to more regulations and food price is going up. If you endorse this, keep in mind there is always a trade-off. 🙃

So, MAGA complains when Taylor Swift was seen on TV during football games, saying we need to focus on the game. Army-Navy this past weekend supposedly showed our president elect a grand total of four seconds (focused on the game). Their response? x.com/claytravis/s...

No criticism of Dear Leader is permitted. www.mediaite.com/media/will-r...

Don’t know what to make of this. A year ago, I would think the major cable news networks would be covering the happenings in Syria. CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NewsNation… nothing tonight. Any coverage I caught on BBC News.

"'Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.' Today Trump makes cowards of them all. Today the hue of Republican resolution is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of fear." www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...

Thought for the day. A little silly but I think we could use this. When we talk Christmas movies, I don’t necessarily consider TV shows like a Charlie Brown Christmas or Frosty the Snowman as a movie. I think of A Christmas Story, etc. Feature length films. Thoughts? 🤔

I am a former Republican who walked away from my party in 2016 as Trump took it over. I have tried to stay out of conflict within the Democrats over what happened and what to do next. I voted for Harris. I would have voted for Biden. I understood the assignment. I am a passenger on the bus 1/

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends on here. I’m thankful for my family and friends all over

America First will be America Alone.

MAGA complains about our involvement in Ukraine. As Europe sees the very real possibility that we will abandon them, France and the UK are talking about sending troops. Poland, Sweden and Finland are looking at similar measures. And MAGA complains. We leave the scene, this could happen.

An example of the new college football universe with the expanded playoff. These five games are considered the most important. All of them have playoff implications. That’s why you see Farmageddon (ISU vs. KSU) and Miami vs. Syracuse on here. x.com/matchuptrack...

And once again… it’s everyone else’s fault. Trump trying to back away from his poor Cabinet picks. www.mediaite.com/politics/new...

Perhaps we weren’t wrong after all?

It does feel like X a little bit when we have @3yearletterman.bsky.social on here.

Riddle me this. The anti-vaccine crowd says that vaccines are bad, yet complain that illegals are coming into this country supposedly unvaccinated. If they don’t believe in vaccines, why would this matter? 🤔

Perhaps chalk this up under “First World Problems”, but why is MLB Network airing “Caddyshack”? Last time I checked, it’s not a baseball movie. 🎥

So, help me understand. MAGA rails about price controls but are cheering capping interest rates on credit cards (price control). Didn’t like former FLOTUS Michelle Obama to get kids to eat their veggies in school, but will let RFK Jr. tell us what to eat. 🤔

I am going to start using this more here. I will still be over at Twitter also for the time being. I am not walking away from the fight. #NeverTrump has been right about everything.

It seems the “we don’t what to ban books, just not at school” really want to ban books. twitter.com/scootypuffjr...

Be prepared folks.

MAGA insisted we forget Ukraine and Russia. We should focus on China. We provide military aid to China…and their response? “Why are We confronting China?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/29/taiwan-miliary-aid-biden/

So, DeSantis wants to investigate Annheuser-Busch because the Florida state pension fund took a bath when stock prices for AB fell thanks to the boycott MAGA just had to have. Perhaps you should have divested first? And yet it’s AB’s fault? How hilarious

Hi everyone, I’m now part of BlueSky. Hopefully I can find a lot of the folks I follow at Twitter..