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B.S. Psychology--B.S. Film & TV--Minor History Retired to the family farm on the prairie of extreme NE Montana where I grew up. Literary writer as an avocation. 5th-generation Norwegian/American Former student of Robert Pirsig (Zen ...) jimostby.com

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Owing to Trump and his supporters, it seems to me we must abandon many of our political preconceptions.

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14.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump and his cohorts' machinations are, to me, like a cheap, idiotic, vile, poorly-written novel.

πŸ“–

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14.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Faen! Still trying to find a publisher for what could be my swan song book, A Voyage of Reason: An Exposition of the Fall of Humanity.

The work is lively and gripping, but also very literary. Humanity's loss. I may simply give up, and spend the rest of my days pouting. 😒

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13.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Faen! Still trying to find a publisher for what could be my swan song book, A Voyage of Reason: An Exposition of the Fall of Humanity.

It is also very literary, yet gripping. Humanity's loss. I may simply give up, and spend the rest of my days pouting. 😒

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13.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think we're almost all suffering from the Trump Effect. Even many of those who support him and don't yet know why they are miserable. It will affect us all in our personal 'forevers'. And possibly in our our world 'forever' (however long that is).

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13.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm going to rewrite the U.S. constitution.

Any suggestions?

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10.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When people elect a president with the brainpower of a rodent the jig is up.

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10.03.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I used to assume people would at least vote in their own best interests, but now it seems many cast their ballots for utter catastrophe.

Our political system has collapsed.

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10.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A modest and kind reminder: We in the U.S. are undergoing political collapse.

I'm well up in years, but for goodness' sake, our children, grandchildren, and all of humanity! For the first time in human history the intelligent and benign must lead.

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09.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My growlery.

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08.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Back in the Bluesky saddle again. Been pretty busy.

Best to all,

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08.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump and his evil, moronic thugs give me the blind staggers.

πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

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24.01.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Federal government paralysis.

And a specific: paralyzed legal systems.

For once in my life I would like to hear a judge say, "That's ridiculous and mendacious. Get the hell out of here!"

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23.01.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Being stabbed with Trump's 'Knife of Stupidity' is bad enough, but I can't bear it when he starts twisting.

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23.01.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😯

Imagine a nasty, mentally-challenged, ten-year-old, playground bully. Then imagine that pitiful wretch as U.S. president.

That image would blow most intelligent people's mind.

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22.01.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Donald the Terrible is destroying our country!!

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21.01.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DJT has been successful in one political effort; he has orchestrated a grand world farce.

🎭

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21.01.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Throughout our desperate world conditions, I find that pouting often helps. The fiercer or more pathetic the pouting, the more effective it is.

☹️

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20.01.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Evermore complicated and perilous times, and the hoi polloi continue to elect political tapdancers.

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20.01.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Where am I??

I thought I was on earth, in the U.S., living in a 'democracy' that was the best we could do, insufficiant as it was. Now I have no idea, except perhaps I'm having an endless nightmare. If so, will someone please wake me up??

😳

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20.01.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's one thing to be overcome through treachery and sheer evil, but it's something more to be undone by those devices plus low, vile, and utter stupidity.

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19.01.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not even Orwell could have imagined this.

πŸ˜³πŸ˜―πŸ˜•πŸ€¨

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19.01.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"American Gestapo" comes to mind.

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18.01.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nixon was small potatoes compared to Trump. And many never forgave Gerald Ford for pardoning him.

Trump should not only never be pardoned, he should be . . . . πŸ˜‘πŸ‘ΏπŸ˜¬

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18.01.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now and then somenone asks me what I think of religion.

I don't. πŸ˜‰ And who cares what I think?

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18.01.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to re-write the U.S. constitution.

Who's with me?

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17.01.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After the prosecutions of Trump begin, they will outlive him for years, through those of his sycophants and varlets.

(Unless our country totally collapses into real or virtual anarchy.)

🀬

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17.01.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my main concerns about Trump is, if he becomes any smarter he'll be a moron, and then we'll really be in trouble.

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17.01.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I would move to Greenland, but my wife won't agree to come. (And I don't know if they would let an American Norwegian in.)

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±

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16.01.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apperently members of the U.S. Supreme Court may be impeaced.

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16.01.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0