Keep paper copies of everything, always. It has saved my life having my hardcopies, cause the military records while active and then the VA after will just flat out lose, lie, and incompetence their way into not having what you need when you need it. You are your own best advocate

It's about money, and the US Government is the biggest pile of guaranteed money out there if get the right political connections. Which Palantir has right now... www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

If the Democratic Party had a lick of sense it would only allow midterm candidate to run ads about the economy and scenes like this on a loop

Its always about power and money Babble on about partisanship & ideology all your want, just understand its about power and money

I dislike men who build their public brand and image around loving smoke but retreat when there's a real fire to deal with...

Finals practicals from last two days of community college culinary school: Roasted Chicken thighs w/honey-grain mustard sauce & taters and carrots, green beans almondine, bacon & spinach stuffed portobello mushroom, sundried tomato & goat cheese risotto #blueskysupperclub

From the OT Editors ordinary-times.com/2025/12/01/c...

Latest from @conservacatgal.bsky.social "A lot of people who take these drugs suffer a loss of muscle mass. That would be self-defeating for me, since the whole point of this was to regain mobility. Over the course of the year, I did see some improvement" ordinary-times.com/2025/12/02/f...

"By telling the world that Venezuelan airspace is closed, Trump is already embroiling America in an utterly unnecessary war of aggression even if no shots have been fired at the Venezuelan military yet. But shots have been fired"- @captainkudzu.bsky.social ordinary-times.com/2025/12/02/w...

Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, two out-of-state conservative activists who pleaded no contest to orchestrating a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote of Black residents in Detroit, were sentenced to one year of probation on Monday by a Wayne County judge. From @bensolis1.bsky.social

What a stupid time to be alive... "The Trump administration wants to exclude earnings from “pornographic activity” from a new tax break for tips. Will the I.R.S. know it when it sees it?" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...

My autistic son no longer needs in-class support, is thriving in school and is doing well socially. This is because of the support and saint-like people who provided it in elementary school. You want autistic kids to be part of society? Give them the support they need.

Important story here westvirginiawatch.com/2025/12/01/r...

Simple: "Let's do things that make life better for everyone by taking care of the enviroment" - Big agree from almost everyone "The world will burn in fire & die of death if you don't lower you & your family's own standard of living to enrich non-profits & empower politicians" - non-starter

This is really good, H/T @gilessnyder.bsky.social from his substack wvpublic.org/wvpb-podcast...

Oxtail stew in the style of Roman butchers (coda alla vaccinara), cooked for four hours, with celery, carrots, and white wine, served with boiled potatoes #foodsky #BlueskySupperClub

Workshopping three of the dishes ill have to do for my culinary school practicals finals this week: Oven roasted chicken w/honey-grain mustard sauce, carrots, potatoes Green beans almondine Spinach & bacon stuffed portobello mushroom How'd I do? #blueskysupperclub

Excellent local reporting directly from Webster County High School from the great @amelianews.bsky.social for @westvirginiawatch.com as West Virginia mourns one of our own. You can tell, since she bylines it correctly from Upperglade, WV. That's between Y-Mart and Camp Caesar, for the uninitiated

It sure looks like the White Houses media bias list was AI compiled with the types of errors and mistakes in it

I have no dog in this fight at all, but it is hilarious that folks think there is a pure clean good guy between what has historically been an Ole Miss that has bent, broken, & ignored rules forever and mercenary Lane Kiffin Don't you folks have Google? This is all known stuff...

Chocolate chip pancakes for the kids, country ham and cheese eggs on sourdough for the adult #blueskysupperclub

Turkey carcass in the big pot for stock making nap #blueskysupperclub

Fried shrimp #blueskyupperclub

Greatest attracts greatness

"They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That’s* the *Chicago* way!"

Philly has fired better coaches for a lot less...

1984 is over-cited, but the best word for this is doublethink. MAGA has tons of it. Trump is a strong leader no one would cross and a poor victim who deserves sympathy. He brought crime down and crime is out of control. The Epstein Files are fake to hurt Trump and have nothing negative about him.

Thanks for reading, Mr. President

Good stuff. One thing to remember going forward as this develops, Hegseth doesn't have anything remotely like the proper senior staff a functional SecDef would (refresher reading on that is in order). He is not only in a very precarious position, but is pretty much alone atop it

When you have a multi-billion dollar industry based of evangelicals doing Freebird for 25 minutes every Sunday, what exactly did you think was going to happen?

But not in a new wars way or anything www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

But not in a new wars way or anything www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

How you cook a frozen pizza makes a huge difference in how it eats. Treat it like a real pizza, in a home oven cook it off then broiling the top to get a better experience

I'm on with our Canadian friends a Forum Daily talking about the murder of Army Spc Sarah Beckstrom & wounding of AF SSgt Andrew Wolfe of the West Virginia Guard in Washington, D.C. and the coverage & politics of what comes next www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9tI...

Felt so good listening to Christmas music and decorating AFTER Thanksgiving dinner, secure in knowing I kept my honor and integrity by doing so only at the appointed time.

Our family thanksgiving was held today. It was worth the wait. #blueskysupperclub

New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term: -36% approve -60% disapprove His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...

Ham leftovers means Country Monsieur time #blueskysupperclub

This will be a fun new standard going forward as Trump continues to age and evolve into his lame duck era...

2025's Turkeys & Drumsticks from @hal10000.bsky.social "The latter are for those who exemplify the best traits in our public sphere. The former are for those who exemplify silliness and stupidity...who regularly make me shake my head and wonder what they’re thinking"

From the Editors ordinary-times.com/2025/11/28/o...

Horrific story our of Hong Kong, and zero surprise there were all sorts of warning signs www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...

You can do what you want with your timeline but I'm going to severely limit the amount of folks using the blood of dead/wounded troops to make their pre-existing political wants into some kind of immutable righteous obligation for all of us. No. Older I get, more I see it, less tolerable it becomes

Splashy headline, outrageous action, messy court fight, mostly knocked down legally later but outrageous response moves acceptable norms farther along, lather, rinse, repeat...

The best part of this story about the downfall of B lack Friday is using a former Sears executive to explain it. I mean, folks... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/b...

Few things give me more hope for America than the fact that we as a society finally figured out to stop making a big deal out of Black Friday. It was always a cheap sales pop that brought out the worst in people for circular new coverage This is real progress to be proud of.

Just File 13'd my 9th attempt to put out something productive and helpful on the murder of Sarah Beckstrom and wounding of Andrew Wolfe in DC... Maybe the tenth one will get somewhere...

Heartbreaking. Rage-inducing www.newsfromthestates.com/article/one-...