There is a fine line between belaboring the point and subtlety/sarcasm. It’s a particularly salient issue for those of us who don’t have a long track record on these social media platforms. Oh, well. Deal ‘wit it. Ask me if you care.

Sinking Venezuelan vessels has negligible effect on drug smuggling. Venezuela plays little to no role in smuggling of fentanyl. A 2024 DEA fact sheet indicates that 90% of cocaine reaching the U.S. enters via Mexico. So, is this theater or is it part of a sensible interdiction program? 🤷🏻‍♂️

There are two futures for the United States - one in which Donald Trump is recognized as the worst, craven anti-democratic leader yet seen in America, or one in which he is revered as a revolutionary New Founding Father of the country. I don’t know which future will come to pass.

I grew up in a working class family. We didn’t support billionaires. If you’re a working class American why are you supporting billionaires instead of unionized workers that vote their interests?

I want to buy a Ducati 851/888. What’s wrong with me??? #Motorcycles

When I was a young man I believed that America was an idea that transcended race and religion and ethnicity. Well, now in 2025 I know that America IS an idea. It’s just a much shiitier idea than I had imagined.

The reality here is that these performative interdiction actions don’t appreciably reduce the entry of drugs into the country. The people killed are not drug kingpins; they are disposable minions, easily replaced. If you believe this reduces the entry of drugs, you’re gullible.

The meaning of America has always been in conflict. Is it a Christian nation of western European culture or is it a diverse country of shared political beliefs? Watch and see it play out.

Remember when we had the choice between Obama and McCain? Good times.

Why do people feel permitted to say the most hateful things on social media? I never hear anything as hateful as that IRL but is that because I don’t know such hateful people IRL? It’s confusing.

Is it just me, or does Patrick Mahomes look kinda paunchy? Like a middle-aged dad? #nfl #chiefs #cowboys

You meet the nicest people on social media.

Went for a scan. Blood pressure was 165/80! The next morning, it was back to its normal 117/70. #Scanxiety #CanSky #OncoSky #ThanksCancer #Cancer_BS #FuckCancer

Trump’s tariffs deliver a combination punch to U.S. consumers’ wallets. taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-t...

youtube.com/watch?v=MHSc.... Is this a sign of the impending apocalypse or is it just the best-ever application of AI?

Modern conservatism is fuckyouism.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u... What a way to start a career in criminal law! #FirstCriminalCase #GrandJuryFiasco #Ignorance #Misconduct #BarSanctions

I’m old enough to remember when government policy allowed ordinary people to accumulate wealth and buy a home. Now the system doesn’t work for ordinary people trying to build wealth; it works primarily for wealthy people who want to preserve and increase their wealth. That’s not sustainable.

“There is nothing wrong in our world, including wrongs caused by technology, that cannot be solved with even more sophisticated technology.”

Winter is coming. Feed the poor in your communities. Look into the eyes of the last, the lost, the least, the forgotten, the lonely and their children and do your part. I know it’s not enough, but do what you can.

Hang on! Before we give handouts we should make sure they are buying nutritious food and not soda pop with the money.

Meanwhile, Trump refuses to fund SNAP benefits.

I am a centrist moderate. My politics are inadequate for these times. Time to get out of the way. Let’s see what the future brings.

I just want the country to have a fairly elected mainstream party in power and a loyalist opposition party that disagrees with the policies of party in power, but respects the institutions of government and both want to find a way forward for the American people. Is this impossible? I fear it is.

I am leaving home to to serve in my Episcopal parish’s alms ministry. The numbers of people in need are increasing every week. Food security is a growing concern. And winter is coming. Buckle up.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u... Steve Bannon impersonates an intelligent person.

David Brooks was on Morning Joe today. He was talking about the No Kings protests, and saying that as a conservative, most left protests do not inspire him to join. But the recent No Kings did. It was all those ”normie” grandmas carrying American flags Politics is a game of addition not subtraction

If we step back far enough, liberals and conservatives appear to agree on broad principles. It’s an illusion. From an extreme distance our objectives may seem convergent, but they are fundamentally different. Don’t be mistaken. This is a fight.

Blah blah blah . . . Another Douthat column. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

I’m on this side of cancer surgery and chemo. Now it’s monitoring. Would I preferred not getting sick? Absolutely. But I would rather be the person I am - with my cancer experience- rather than a person I don’t know. #cansky #thankscancer

This you, Kristi?

I am shouting into the void here, but this Trump administration will be condemned in the future as the most antidemocratic presidency in American history.

Amazon Prime has no idea how to broadcast a football game. 🤷🏻‍♂️

This country - mainly this administration and the MAGA Movement - is loading too much responsibility on the judiciary to protect the people that need protection from the government. Something will give unless this country - mainly those who believe that majority rule has limits - steps the hell up.

Samizdat. Look it up if you haven’t already learned about it.

Oh, look! Now MAGA has discovered “hate speech” in the aftermath of Kirk’s murder. I wonder if actionable hate speech includes verbatim quotes of Kirk’s own comments? 💀 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The murder of Charlie Kirk was a reprehensible violent act. Everyone agrees with that, but I am an American. I have experienced many, many, MANY reprehensible violent acts in my country. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was.

Ironic, isn’t it?

This is America. I can speak my mind. Charlie Kirk was an asshole. His murderer is also an asshole. Both can be true.

November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...

“If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ’Boy, I hope he’s qualified.’”

“[Black women] do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.” - Charlie Kirk

Pointing out that Mr. Kirk made horribly racist and misogynist comments is not itself horrible. It is factual. If you subordinate facts to your ideology and religious beliefs, you’re doing it wrong.

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

“It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights,” said Kirk before he was shot to death. Kirk paid the ultimate price for his principles. Not many of us will be able to say that.

Mr. Kirk did not deserve to be shot dead, any more than the tens of thousands of other innocent people slaughtered in this country each year. The American 🇺🇸 should be permanently flown at half-mast.

“A million deaths is a statistic, but one death is a tragedy,” especially when it is hyped in the media My dad died in 1995. He was a beautiful human being. No media coverage for him. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

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