bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 13hStill cheaper than my original 30 MB HDD. 010
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 14hThat’s the underlying question… we should admit what we are doing and not sanitize and hide it. 070
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 14hThey should be. It’s the state acting on our behalf. If we can’t handle it, they shouldn’t do it. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I hope you’re right. The US has a history of not holding our war criminals accountable. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...en.wikipedia.orgWilliam Calley - Wikipedia 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Did they use federally appropriated funds to run those ads? 020
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How many of those are either going to be operated by the next generation or could be sold at that value to a successor operator/company? 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As if he would have done those things if there wasn’t a war. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I recall something about Kruschev worrying about meeting Kennedy… kruschev looking old and weak because he was dressed for the cold in his coat and gloves besides Kennedy in a suit. 010
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Replace the ‘are’ with ‘chose to be’ and you are closer to what they see. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026They aren’t covering him. They are covering the UN General Assembly. They should give him the same coverage as they do any world leader. 020
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sounds like state charges are appropriate. 030
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026OMG. We aren’t in Iran in the first place. Trump hoped a few loud booms could change things and was surprised when it didn’t. Now, just like everything else he does, Iran is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. 060
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If we ever need snipers at that location, they will be useless. The capital will have already fallen. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Safe Sport is more about sexual predation/grooming. Bullying is covered, but in an intra-team sense. It’s the wrong venue. There is a state USSF affiliate, which would be where to start. One last question… was the referee certified? 110
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What’s missing from DOGSO is the unwritten element, the denial. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If the democrats win the senate, they need to make it clear that they expect the president to follow their advice on appointments or they will not consent to them. 010
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026No. He understood the question. He chose to answer a different question. The question he chose to answer in its stead gives away the plot. It was intentional and played to his desired audience. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026They’ve dehumanized Iran. The people there are, at best, invisible to them. 010
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Oh, but he did. He sees the Iran War issue as only about gas prices. The whole use of military, loss of military lives, loss of Iranian civilian lives, and other issues that attacking another country raise in a normal world are not relevant. 220
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Yes. I was curious whether you had inside information you could share. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Pretty telling that they don’t want anyone actually paying attention to what they are saying. 060
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@laurelpfahler.bsky.social @fccincinnati.com Has a decision been made about the DC United game? The TBD tickets are no longer in SeatGeek, and no replacements are there. 100
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I’m all in on one Dakota. You can merge Kansas and Nebraska, too. 130
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Even then, anti-Muslim views were strong in the mainstream GOP. It’s hard to see Bush and Giuliani as doing anything more than paying lip service to the Muslim community. Trump just tapped into what has always been there. 021
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026That’s the issue with North Korea… they call themselves a republic, but are a de facto monarchy. The Kim family have so far, not chosen to use a monarchic title. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Plus, my 401k is taxes like wages. Even more so, my heirs don’t get a stepped up basis on its contents. 012
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Wages are taxed at significantly higher rates. Comparisons are complicated, but the marginal rate for wages over $65k is 22%, more than the highest capital gains rate, regardless of income. And, there are higher rates than that for wages. 120
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026North Korea and Iran are Constitutional Republics. (North Korea does beg the question of when a hereditary dictatorship stops being a republic). The United Kingdom, as apparent from its name, is not a Republic. 121
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Tough question. What makes this tough is that the worst news and the news that get better largely don’t matter. That’s mostly one off, random stuff. The things that matter are largely details that are easy to ignore until they aren’t. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026He knows his only hopes to save his presidency are hoping democratic policies turn things around or force majeure out of his control. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Apple needs to return the Gulf of Mexico to its rightful name. 010
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026They’ll weigh the politics. Convicting will cost them votes. The question is how many compared to not convicting. 010
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I guess that was a way out of doing what every other impeachment did. Yet, I find it hard to believe Nixon would not have stayed in office if he felt he wouldn’t be convicted and removed. 110
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Trump’s situation is not unlike Nixon’s. The democrats won’t have enough votes in the Senate to convict and remove. Once the Republicans decided Nixon had to go, he resigned. At what point do the Republicans decide it’s time for him to go? 220
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026No, it’s not. I think they focus too much on Starfleet, ignoring the rest of the universe. Star Wars on the other hand, found threads outside the main rebellion v Empire trope. There have been hits and misses, but in general more interesting stories can be found. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Lots of ‘real Americans’ crawled out from under their rocks and voted for Trump each election. Trump had more votes than any previous presidential candidate in 2020. Biden just had more than that. So yeh, that’s who a large number of Americans are. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Who is building a multi-billion dollar construction project with 20 year amortization? Gasoline vehicles will disappear from dealer showrooms in the next 10 years. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Well, considering the relationship between Disney and Tim Curry, it’s not all that surprising. 010
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Something, something, but of course, Iran did have a say in the outcome of the Iranian War. 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In their defense, a fundraising collapse is a financial turnaround, just not in a good way 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Trump is a unique combination of just enough business credibility that the Chamber of Commerce Republicans can stomach him, and just enough racism/xenophobia that the John Birchers (or whatever they are calling themselves now) accept him. Is there a viable alternative out there with those traits? 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 24/08/2026static.klipy.comBob The Builder: Can We Fix It?ALT: Bob The Builder: Can We Fix It? 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 24/08/2026youtu.be/pLVtJkpl_ug?...youtu.beSixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Video Version)YouTube video by numberones1890 011
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Certainly a great grandkid will be wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt. 111
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The fate of France has always been uncertain.🤨 000
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 22/08/2026They are looking forward to the day they can go down to Cuba and tell their second cousins to get off grandpa’s land. 160
bilbobaggins2.bsky.social @bilbobaggins2.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Every appropriation bill going forward needs to include funds for its demolition. 010
