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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Willich shows up often at Chickamauga, usually when things looked bad. Which was pretty much both days.

horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I agree. Hiding the poster was bad for the drama he was looking for. At first I thought it had to be because he knew his case was weak but now I think he really thought he had Smith dead to rights. But then why not let him squirm?

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maybe he didn’t want smith stalling and using up Schmidt’s time?

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Dems whiffed on this as a wedge issue: while many conservatives are horrified that non-criminals are being deported, many others firmly believe the every undocumented worker is already a criminal and deserves whatever punishment they get. The former and the latter should be fighting each other.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh great. Now he's changing the name of the US too

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On the other hand, in 1992 I drove through Munich on a Sunday morning and an old guy saw my US military plate at a red light and asked me to roll down my window. He was in the Italian army in the war and was a US POW in New York. He said, "I ate better there than in the army! I love America!"

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Stalingrad is one of the battles I studied for a course. Something like 300,000 German soldiers were trapped in the Kessel and perhaps 30,000 were airlifted out. The Army surrendered, and after the war, 5,000 returned to Germany.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This, 100%. They take for granted that these things will be there when THEY need them, but in the meantime, all those other (non-deserving, lazy) people shouldn't be using those programs.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That's the example I used! It STILL didn't convince her. They're determined to believe that nothing bad will happen to them.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And they'll say it in personal conversations, too. Recently a conservative friend told me she didn't want tax money going to others b/c she'd made good decisions and didn't need anything. Everyone else should do the same. She was completely unconcerned that unforeseen things might happen to her.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Conservatism just boils down to an aggressive lack of empathy.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In training, we used to call these DIP Missions (Die In Place) because there's nowhere else to run to once the enemy figures out where you are. Not that he cares.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

...Anyone following the old President's orders is now performing their own coup and can't get a pardon from the no-longer-President." There could be some holdouts or confusion, but essentially, the gears of government will grind them into dust.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In 2021, there was a lot of discussion about "what happens if he just doesn't leave the White House?" and the best response was, "At noon on Jan 20, the Secret Service detail moves over. His current staff stops getting paid. Everyone loses their facilities access and authorization to give orders...

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For them, government is a way to transfer wealth from the taxpayers into the pockets of owners and executives they like.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Insisting that government "make a profit" is missing the point. We use government to protect freedoms (from invasion, from crime, from predation, etc.) and to enact programs that we need but there is no profit motive to entice the market to provide a solution. VALUE is the key, not profit.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is a concept where Dems seem to have adopted the Republican framing. In general, if something can be done profitably, private industry does it. Government exists to deal with things that need to be done but aren't profitable, or with things that are inherently predatory if done profitably.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm a little skeptical that a sweet personality is all it takes to get Ed Sheeran to sing at your wedding. There may have been other benefits Ed forgot to mention.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I know I'm old, but that color is terrible.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I hope we can all respect their privacy while they deal with this fresh grief. I'm sure it's a shock.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This should become the universal way of referring to him. It slices apart his tough-guy routine. Even non-tough-guy Infantry officers go to Airborne School and Ranger School. If he didn't, then all the push ups and bench presses are just posturing.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

They were burnt orange, because of course they were.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I lived through that era as a kid. My dad and I had matching leisure suits in one of our family photos. 🤮

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ran into this a lot as a product manager in the corporate world. Everyone thought they had veto rights on things that didn't concern them. PJ O'Rourke said years ago that true power is the ability to say yes. Limited power is the ability to say no. Most people have limited power, and they use it.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If there's ever a time for thoughts and prayers, it's right now

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Being descriptive here, not prescriptive. I think they should have higher priorities, but big companies rarely do.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

American businesses have no higher priority than making the maximum money they can make. If a President will punish them for straying, they'll fold. I think that's shocking for us because American politics hasn't been like this for a while, if ever. But this is common in the history of fascism.

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PowerPoint Ranger @powerpointranger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I know it’s not the point of the article, but I’m always struck at how Hegseth constantly dresses like a car dealer heading to divorce court

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Last year for Halloween we all dressed as incels”

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"What if--and hear me out!--what if we upgraded the spreadsheet to be a random number generator? Wouldn't that be awesome?!?!?!"

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"The glorious death of the 100 million" was a plan, not just a slogan.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Everyone would be better off if high school classes taught us all how to recognize conditions like Narcissistic Personality Disorder and what to do about people who suffer from it (get them out of our lives).

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Has beens" is a compliment. "Never weres" is more accurate.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Also nobody fought a Civil War over those mountains in the West. Come over here, hike a couple of these mountains in a day and tell me they're just little hills. Most people aren't mountaineers, and these hills will happily kick their asses six ways to Sunday.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

When I was in high school I had a book of funny quotes. One was: "I feel like the world is run by C students" and at this point that would be such an improvement

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

They're so terrified of Muslims and democratic socialists that they can't imagine others not sharing their fears. Domestic abuse and sexual abuse, on the other hand...

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Best explanation. She’s a living version of the strawman that Conservatives have been figuratively beating up for decades.

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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Collins and Murkowski all the moral and personal satisfaction of “I didn’t go along with it” with none of the consequences of actually stopping it

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Truly selfless of him to propose building a wall around a state that he doesn't even live in.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

And back to your point about the Bible speaking "figuratively," a good follow-up question is "Did the writers know they were writing figuratively? Because if they didn't, then THEY weren't writing figuratively, they were just wrong."

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My favorite is when they claim that religion gives us "deeper truths" that science doesn't see.

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Effective immediately, all Navy ships will implement three banks of oars and practice maneuvering and ramming daily to reinforce our WARRIOR CULTURE"

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horizonframe.bsky.social @horizonframe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Yeah, and much prayer might have been in order before he started sexually harassing his staffers.

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