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Lover of democracy, clean air, science, nature, and good questions. We can’t own nature, it’s not ours to destroy. No DMs.

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Private equity is like “the Blob,” from the movie. It’s insatiable, and unstoppable, kind of like AI.

Text box description of the 1958 movie, “The Blob.”

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some people have likened Mitch McConnell’s appearance to that of bespeckled, old Granny in the TV show, “The Beverly Hillbillies”. This photo of Granny in a rocking chair atop the family moving truck gives context to the text this replies to. It showed McConnell riding on top of a fsmily station wagon, probably Mitt Romney’s (who once drove with his dog on top of the car.

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Better one:

Apparently out of patience, Angela Merkel, standing, leans over a table to give a seated, arms folded Trump a dressing down at a G7 meeting in 2018. Other leaders crowded around the table witness the scene.

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s right up there with Merkel leaning across the table at the G7 in 2018.

Angela Merkel, standing, leans over a table to give Trump, seated with arms folded, a dressing down. Other leaders eyes are on Merkel.

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

There was a Davy Crockett TV show on when he was a little bully, theme song, “Da-vyy, Davy Crockett, king 👑of the wild frontier.” Oftentimes people with dementia remember things from decades ago, but struggle to remember recent events

Photo of an actor playing frontiersman Davy Crockett accompanying a witless social media post by bonespurs making an attempt to connect member of congress Jasmine Crockett to the frontiersman.

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

#NoKings Sandy Springs, GA, 3/28/26

Photo of #NoKings protesters in inflatable costumes, including frog and shark(?)

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

“No Kings” protest, 3/28/26. Sandy Springs, GA.

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Posters from “No Kings” protest, 3/28/26. One says “We’re sorry world.” The other says “Make love not ballrooms.” Sandy Springs, GA.

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

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Photo of Woody Guthrie with his guitar, on which he painted the slogan, “This machine kills fascists.”

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I remember Obama identifying transnational crime as our greatest threat.

Barack Obama, “Strategy to Combat Transnational Crime”

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

This is his neck, seems different.

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

“spasm” maybe? “When reporters at the news conference could not contain their mirth at this absurd statement, Dent tried again, suggesting that "spasm" might be a better characterization.”

Article from Workers World 10/10/1974 describes Commerce Secretary Dent’s attempt to describe a recession as “sideways waffling,” and a “spasm.”

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Just Questions @treesquestionx451.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

“sideways waffling” In 1974, Commerce Secretary Fred Dent, appointed by Nixon, said we weren’t in a recession, the economy was just “sideways waffling.”

Article from The NY Times “Recession by any name,” Oct., ‘74, describes Commerce Secretary’s description of the economic downturn as merely “sideways waffling,” rather than a recession.

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