Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 14hBannon saying it tells me he’s leveraging the fear factor, not the reality. He know the Dems are feckless. 020
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Every Republican must be held to account, and shunned as a supporter of the racist and misogynist actions by our government. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Gotta love a for profit health care system that books up specialists 3 mos out- cuz universal health care would lead to long waits for service! 010
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Those that control society only have a few plays and they keep running them. 011
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10894872979
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Lots of brown people living their lives have been imprisoned meanwhile. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Probably not a bad idea to check in on your local election folks to verify their plan to prevent Elon from fucking with the tally. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Perhaps when groups of humans get large enough the society’s ability to control antisocial people erodes and the sociopaths are allowed to con, and eventually gain power and wealth, and move the society into capitalism- inevitably leading to wealth hoarders 021
Reposted by Grouchy Old Guyebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I feel ya 😪 413126013076
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Off topic but please work to prevent Schumer from leading the senate dems 1151
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Happy Saturday! Reminder it doesn’t have to include genocidal ghouls of the status quo, either! Let’s work toward something better- there is enough for all. 140
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Another way to say a white supremacy and racism problem 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A perp walk for the whole crew and charges of treason would suffice as a rebuke. Short of that, meh. 001
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Farm Aid 2026 - amazing show by all involved!! Support our farmers!! 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 27/09/2026While both sides are not the same, neither is anywhere near adequate 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And if a sitting politician won’t talk to people generally, they need to go away. 020
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’d like to see talk of strikes at the munitions plants where the military buys its arsenal. Are those workers super well-paid and happy with the results of the life’s work? 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Or a failure of a nation’s governmental structure 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You and NPR are doing so much heavy lifting for the right and for Israel. It is shameful. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A target rich environment for pursuit of abusers 011
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every human deserves to live without fear of starving, violence, etc regardless of their employment status. There is enough for all. 000
Reposted by Grouchy Old GuyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 540154707262
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Do lawyers and judges strike you as at all interested in justice or taking back anything? 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Funny how little real diff between being a dem and being a Repub really exists 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Rumor has it he used to hang out in the men’s locker room! 010
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What, are you his nephew or something? He was always a mediocre politician, with bad decision making. He ended his career with that doozy. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I agree she did what she could, which was sub par. She was never a good option, as her failed attempts in primaries revealed. But don’t blame voters when Dem party malpractice is just sitting there, begging to be noticed. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It’s a shame she ran such a turd of a campaign. 200
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I heard a report that the US plans to stop all air travel into and out of Iran by strong arming nations where their flights land. I couldn’t help but think of how the US tried to fence in Japan in the 30s and how they reacted. 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 22/09/2026They decide because so many have been propagandized against socialism and good governance in favor of the god of markets 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This generation of journalists are mostly just stenographer careerists 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Not unlike Mitch - he is lights are dim and there’s nobody home 011
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Medicare for all. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.cambridge.org/core/service...cambridge.org 000
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Unlikely since their bills are paid by the corporate ass-up-heads industries. 020
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Studies and experience have shown that policies that the vast majority of Americans want have nearly zero chance of being considered by the Congress. They don’t work for us. 200
Grouchy Old Guy @grouchyold.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Funny, here it seemed that the job of a candidate was to garner votes. 030