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@orygunguy.bsky.social

@orygunguy.bsky.social
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Life-long Oregonian, semi-retired daily journalist, dabbling in home-winemaking and perfecting my mediocre guitar skills. Also -- hey Tadej, watch out on the next climb...

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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I make it a point to show up for my vandalism gigs wearing cycling Lyrca...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Scientists have now discovered an undeniable link between the color orange and truly thin skin. To those suffering this malady, my heart goes out...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
From the NYT: "The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global climate." From me: What the fuck are these maniacs trying to do?
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I'd love to see Don step into the cage on the White House lawn. Would definitely shell out a few bucks...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I just bought a really expensive drone. He won't stop going on about how great he thinks "Bartleby the Scrivener" is...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
John Cornyn -- merely the latest in a long, long list of right-leaning people who thought sidling up to Don would somehow help. Dozens, scores now. He turns everything to dust. Looking for a hand. Any hand...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you are boarding a plane and see a 79 year old pilot at the wheel, are you fine? For millions, apparently...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If anyone ever had the madness to entertain the thought that their doddering, near-octogenarian grandfather might end up commanding the most powerful military in the world, now would be the time to resurrect, and contemplate, that notion...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Todd makes me blanch...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Probably OK for the Iranians to stay home. They watched JD's Atlanta TP debacle and figured, is this the guy for the job?
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Kristi better hope she didn't bury Crickett anywhere near a Pet Sematary...there'd be hell to pay.
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Sadly, I don't actually listen to this guy anymore. I just flush the toilet and figure I'm good.
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
If Roy Orbison hadn't written all of his songs to span across three-and-a-half octaves, I believe I could cover them all.
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
If Don really wants to imprint his signature on D.C. architecture, he should be pushing for a triumphal Golden Arches, beef-tallowed fries and all, and replete with a fake DoorDash slinger...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
JD to the Pope: "When it comes to talking about theology, you should stay in your own lane." Papal Reality: Talking about theology IS the Pope's lane. It's his goddamn freeway!
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This Don fella seems to have a tough time making -- and keeping -- close friends. Or acquaintances of any type, for that matter. Probably a bit of a warning sign, right?
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Don fired Pam in a post on Social. When it comes to firing people, he's much like Ronald Reagan. Neither had the courage to do it in person. Lacks executive potential, to say the least...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Joe Buck was also the name of Jon Voight's character in "Midnight Cowboy." It's all starting to make sense...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Bobby gets (rotator) cuffed by the courts. (I interviewed him circa 2004. Seemingly a very decent guy. Brain worms will do that to a fella...)
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Just this: John and Paul hustled "I Wanna Be Your Man" to the Stones, which they turned into their first U.S. charted single. It was Ringo on lead vocals. Talk about Mick and Keef being punked...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Pete was going to include me in a Signal chat today about the Iranian school attack. We'd hoped to Zoom in 175 school girls, but, apparently, they were otherwise occupied...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Eagerly awaiting Bobby's next off-the-rotator-cuff comments...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Any guesses on how Kari Lake spends her time these days?
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Since the Pentagon is all hopped up and barring photographers who take "unflattering" pictures of Pete, I asked my favorite AI chatbot what would constitute a "flattering" image of this fella. The answer was immediate: "There isn't one."
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Never been fired from a job, which, today, is more than Kristi can say...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
How many Iranian school girls murdered in a single strike? The count keeps going up. All for Don's war of choice. You know, the guy who, in the same House chambers where his minions tried to stop Biden's certification, tells Democrats they are "crazy."
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The country's next top medical doc urges us not to "believe in doctors." OK here's what else Casey Means: Need a new roof? Don't believe in construction workers A new bridge? Don't believe in structural engineers New wiring? Don't believe in electricians Also, more raw milk, please...more raw milk!!
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Our Paris bureau, meanwhile, reports that Charles Kushner is doing a bang-up job...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Bari Weiss sounds like one of the law firms that immediately caved to Trump's extortion demands...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I "adulted" really well today. Supported both adult children in meaningful ways and still am looking forward to some needed guitar practice this evening. Day by day, people, day by day...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Not a single voice on the right (or left, for that matter) demanding, "Why employ military strikes against Iran? Why now? Can you explain your pathetic lack of thinking? Did Jeffrey leave some evidence there??
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Not saying Kid Rock's show was lip synced, but his choice of Ashlee Simpson as a back-up singer seemed awfully odd...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I am so nostalgic about the fuel sources humans relied upon in the mid-nineteenth century. Can't we please agree upon anything?
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Why am I drawn to this? In the wake of Rob Reiner's murder, actor James Woods expressed the thought that, had it not been for Rob's having cast him in "Mississippi Burning," his career might have been at an end. Yet, in the film, Woods' character murders Medgar Evers. And Jimmy is still despicable.
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Would love to know the number of new ICE hires who received J6 pardons. It's certainly not zero...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Read today that newly hired sheriff's deputies need from 12 to 18 months training before they can patrol alone. ICE hires are right at 42 days.
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Remember that time Stephen Miller laughed? Yeah, I don't either...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Don wants to "move on" from the (newly released) Epstein files. The 2020 election results? You know, from six years ago? Not quite so much...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
At least Nero could play an instrument...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Personally, I'm very heartened to hear our many-times-decorated Commander in Chief go on and on about how those 457 dead NATO soldiers hung back so far in Afghanistan. Nothing if not inspiring...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Not that anyone is counting, but I have personally stopped at least NINE wars this week alone. And probably many, many more.
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Whatever else one may say about his orange skin, it is, it seems, extremely thin...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Don has promised to protect Iranian protesters. If any of the protests of this magnitude were happening in the U.S., he'd long ago have tried to invoke the Insurrection Act.
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
So odd that Pete Hegseth added me to a Signal chat for the Venezuela operation. Regardless, my neighbors and I were fabulously entertained...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
New BBC doc says Hitler had a genetic abnormality that resulted in both an undescended left testicle and a "micro-penis." So...he wasn't the big dick the world believed him to be?
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
So sad to hear about Tatiana Schlossberg's passing. What a smart, capable, talented, loving daughter, wife and parent. Truly, the best this country had to offer.
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Susie, apparently, doesn't have the Wiles we thought she did...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Probably time for the DOJ to try to indict a ham sandwich...just to see if it's still got that prosecutorial magic...
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@orygunguy.bsky.social @orygunguy.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Wait...I thought it was those pet-eating Haitians we were supposed to be so worried about...
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