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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I can’t tell you how much I needed this message of hope from the great President Barack Obama. 💙👊

Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It isn't just christianity. Any religion teaching about deities and telling children they will suffer for eternity if they sin needs to be abolished. Sin is a man made construct. Real morals comes from a good heart. Not everybody has one but religion won't change that.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Grew up in the Evangelical Fundamentalist cult. Child indoctrination! They talk about other groups "grooming kids". That is exactly what they are doing. The quicker religion becomes a relic of the past, the better the world will be. I escaped. 5 of my siblings didn't.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is common practice in a lot of retail establishments. By moving things around and making you search for them, they hope you will see something else that you buy but wouldn't have otherwise. Good strategy for them, super aggravating for us!

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How would that effect news media posting pics of people? How about pictures posted in social media? Seems like a good idea but must be carefully thought out.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The National Guard members are probably sympathetic to ICE

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The land survey co was hired to do the pics. I have them somewhere. They were the first aerial pics of the site after 9/11. The plane is based in Rome, NY and had been flown to Danbury the day before doing the photo shoot. I visited the plane yrs ago. It have been fitted with a belly camera.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My C172 was a '78. I was the 3rd owner. Bought it with only 800 on the engine and 1200 on the frame. It was the year they were replacing engines due to metal shavings. It was purchased by a land survey co. It was used to take pics of grnd zero days after 9/11

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sorry, I got dibs on the twin! And did you notice the gyroplane in the left corner? Would love to try one of those.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Could be a re-registration. The Piper was reg in 2022. This could be a pic from earlier. When I sold a C172, the new owner re-reg'd it. My tail # ended up on a 737!

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And if someone makes more than $300k in retirement, there is no reason for them to receive benefits that were meant to be a social safety net. Medicare, ok but income benefits would not be needed with that high of an income.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance." -Vaclav Havel, writer, Czech Republic president (5 Oct 1936-2011)

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth." -Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US president (4 Oct 1822-1893)

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The math doesn't math. I don't think this is what the bill said. Otherwise only 10 people would get paid.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought." -Graham Greene, novelist and journalist (2 Oct 1904-1991)

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

His father would be so ashamed of him. I remember JFK and RFK. Good decent men. Jr's positions and actions would mortify them.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My first brand new car, after driving a series of used, was a '71 Maverick. Bright yellow. Called it my Banana. Fortunately it was totaled when I got hit from behind. I say fortunately because if was really crap!

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Merrick Garland slow walked the investigations. It is little known that Garland is a member of the Federalist Society. He is on the other side.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"If that's the case, it can't happen soon enough!" I took from that statement you were wishing for it to happen.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Be careful what you wish for. Removing him puts Vance in power. You really don't want that! Tie Trump's hands for 2 years. Impeach people like Hegseth, Kennedy, Cavanaugh, Barratt among others. Once we have the White house, begin accountability trials for Trump.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Over use of makeup and silicon never did anything for me. Prefer a strong intelligent empathetic liberal woman that is 100% real.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Actually, big pay for a bunch of cry babies playing a game spoiled sports for me. I haven't watched professional sports in decades. Track and field at high school, college and amateur levels is much more enjoyable. The athletes are real and put their all into their sports.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

President Obama was certainly no vain. A humble and wise man that gave us 8 years of sanity.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not to be confused with Liberalism. It is an attempt at stealing a cultural identity. Neoliberalism is 180 degrees different.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"If ever the time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." -Samuel Adams, revolutionary (27 Sep 1722-1803)

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing." -John Brunner, novelist (24 Sep 1934-1995)

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Like you, I had religion forced on me. I was required to read the bible cover to cover annually. I was prohibited from questioning. Just like Attenborough, I had a hard time believing the ministers actually believing what they were proffering. Thank goodness for critical thought!

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Maybe a clever ruse to hide his failing health?

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own." -H.G. Wells, (21 Sep 1866-1946)

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Well, let me explain why that won't work. LOL

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

FU. I am 76 and a licensed pilot. Just as sharp and much more responsible than pilots half my age.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If this is a problem at home, check your networks traffic. If you have any devices that use your wifi, check so see if they are being used as a relay.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Jimi and Janis. I have to listen to them when nobody else is at home because I play the too loud. Both are legends.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're not. But everyone has a different way of saying it. Religious indoctrination is strong in the US unfortunately and that influences these kinds of descriptions.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

All along the watchtower Got to be a way, got to be a way out here All along the watchtower Arguably his best song.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

THIS 👇 HERE.......

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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wow. This is what happens with incompetent loyalists, who are sworn to protect a child s*x pred*tor are in charge of the house. SMH.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Exactly! Gain a majority and suppress anything he tries to do. Win the White House in 28. Then accountability must commence.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As a RI resident, I take umbrage with this post. We certainly had a corruption problem a while back but there is much less now. Every State has bad actors trying to help themselves to taxpayer money but RI has done a good job reducing the problem.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You remove him, you get Vance. We need to control the House and Senate and neuter this idiot until we can replace him with a Progressive Democrat.

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Retired Mark @marktheretired.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Just because a person is a big tipper, doesn't mean they are a good person. Sometimes big tips are an ego trip. Kraft is a big trumper.

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