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I'm a retired software engineer who is desperately trying to develop my creative side by learning to sketch and paint in watercolors. On politics, we can disagree if you're respectful. Rudeness or name calling gets BLOCKED.

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Security clearance? None of these folks could pass a basic civics quiz. And I blame the senators - on both sides of the aisle - who confirmed these clowns. If any corporation hired their C-level execs the way these folks were hired, they would be bankrupt.

12.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Can we all just take a minute to acknowledge the talent and heart of comedian Brett Goldstein who not only played the role of Roy Kent brilliantly in Ted Lasso but is also the creative genius behind the series 'Shrinking' on Apple TV?

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12.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yep. When they say we've won, the fighting is all over. For sure. Really. Except for maybe another 10-20 years of combat deaths.

12.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As much as I hate Trump, I hate this guy even more.

12.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Misdirection Accomplished!"

12.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Epstein files need to become the Epstein trials.

The Epstein files need to become the Epstein trials.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing β€œdeath, physical abuse, or injury” from Epstein files release.

12.03.2026 07:22 πŸ‘ 3185 πŸ” 1388 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 0
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Al Jazerra's tally of dead and injured in the Trump war thus far. American soldiers are not the only lives that matter in this (or any) war.

11.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

None of this would have happened without people willing to support and enable the mad king. If we don't make these enablers pay a price, monsters like Trump will just keep rising to power. Trump should be impeached but his enablers should be forever shunned, professionally and socially.

11.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pentagon Pizza Index - Real-Time OSINT Dashboard Track pizza popularity around the Pentagon as a geopolitical indicator. The conspiracy theory that's taking OSINT by storm.

Said Pentagon Pizza Index to be found here:
www.pizzint.watch

11.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Well this explains why the Pentagon Pizza Index didn't properly predict the first Iran strike.

11.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And after he spent ALL that time in his makeup room trying to get everything just right.

11.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When asked why movies always cost at least 20-30 million dollars to make, someone in Hollywood once said, "Because you can't hide a million dollars in a three million dollar budget". War is the ultimate way to hide theft. Remember the 9 billion dollars in cash that went missing in the Iraq war?

11.03.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How will anyone ever know where any of this money went when there's never been a successful audit of the Defense Department? It's the perfect opportunity for someone like Trump to syphon $$$. Anyone remember the 9 billion dollars in cash that went missing in the Iraq war?

10.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe first casualty when war comes is truth and whenever an individual nation seeks to coerce by force of arms another, it always acts, and insists that it acts in self-defense"

- Hiram Johnson in 1929

10.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying wait what ? ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying wait what ?
10.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thankfully, no other president ever needed to.

10.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 9680 πŸ” 1670 πŸ’¬ 658 πŸ“Œ 108

And I’m well aware that we may yet get snow down here before winters completely over. πŸ˜ƒ

10.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, they polled MAGA people then?

10.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More importantly, who would take the word of any American leader about anything? Any American promise must now sound like Lucy telling Charlie Brown, "Go ahead, Chuck. Kick the football. I'll hold it for you."

10.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Antisemitism Inquiry Demanding List of Jews at Penn Heads to Court

Nothing to see here. Just a fascist government obsessed with Christian White nationalism trying to forcefully obtain a list of Jewish students and faculty at a university. It's not like they have masked secret police rounding people up, putting them in camps.

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10.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, this only complicates the (R) majority of he actually votes with the Democrats and not like Fetterman.

09.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had the privilege of seeing Raul Julia perform the role of Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha" at the Orange County Performing Arts Center back in the 1980s (?). He was amazing, of course. My favorite, though will always be Gomez Addams.

09.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Journalism in 2026, JFC! Here's the correct headline: "DOJ sources found 13 year-old Trump accuser credible"

09.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've never been but my wife's grandfather moved to San Miguel after retiring from USMC so she's been there a couple times and found it quite beautiful.

09.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, shoot. Maybe I should consider relocating to BC, then. I do love Canada.

09.03.2026 05:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.03.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 9445 πŸ” 1403 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 34

Pretty sure they are, though. For instance, we have had zero snowfall down here so far this winter. When we do get it, it usually only stays on the ground for a couple weeks. Which is good because Vancouver, WA doesn't have much snow removal equipment. Enough but just enough.

09.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It would be interesting to see this as a word cloud based on the number of times each was mentioned.

09.03.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No more moving on. These people need to pay for what they did. If not here then send them to another country to judge them and to imprison them. We need discipline again. Especially for the pathologically corrupt.

09.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 643 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 16