valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Four Yorkshiremen: We had to eat the road WITHOUT salt. RFK Jr.: Road salt is great on road kill. 0190
Reposted by @valabama.bsky.socialomgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When the neighborhood bully meets the real OG . 🤣 14677401293
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Stapleton left the series. Edith didn't "leave" Archie per se. Lear reluctantly agreed to kill her off (off-camera stroke). The show had become "Archie Bunker's Place" and focused on Archie owning a bar, so Edith only appeared here and there the 1st season. They dealt w/her death in season 2 opener. 010
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Mmm-mmms. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJR...youtube.comEdith's Freak Accident | All In The FamilyYouTube video by All In The Family 110
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Exactly the first thing that came to my mind. :) 011
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I had forgotten how funny it was until short clips from the film started showing up in my internet feed recently, particularly the one where Marisa Tomei dazzles Judge Fred Gwynne and dismays the prosecution with her car knowledge. Love it! 000
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It will be interesting to see what kind of turnout he gets in Mobile on Friday. One of his first really big rallies back in 2016 was here in a stadium. He's in a much smaller indoor venue this time. If he has trouble filling it up, that might be a sign. Jones had a rally here just last week. 130
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yeah, the Bushes Sr. and Jr. gave us Thomas, Alito and Roberts. 001
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My shining Violet. Black cats are awesome. 020
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I agree. Even with all the simultaneous double-digit economic metrics (inflation/unemployment/mortgage/int rates) of the '70s/'80s, college was much cheaper than today, even adjusting for inflation, & student loan terms were not as rapacious. And I don't recall trouble finding reasonable rentals. 010
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yes, they peaked at 18. I clearly recall 16, one reason we didn't even think about buying a house for years (plus we moved from a low-cost area to 2 very high-priced areas). Houses weren't as pricey but also smaller, fewer frills. My dad paid 8.5% in 1975 on a $50K & he thought that was awful. :) 010
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026For those wondering about Friday's outcome, all I could find was an AI answer citing a Facebook entry by the mom's father that said Chernicky was denied bail: www.facebook.com/aurelio.bali...facebook.com 000
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This guy should go national. He's good. I wish someone in Alabama would do this to Katie Britt, who does the same thing in reverse. She constantly votes for godawful bills then uses her connections to carve out exceptions for AL to get a pat on the back for looking out for constituents. 010
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I am sick to death of this "most accessible president" talking point. Running his mouth incessantly with a mike in front of him is NOT the same as answering questions and is utterly useless to the project of informing the public. He talks about what he wants to talk about, not what needs to be. 001
Reposted by @valabama.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Florida has at least four Senators at the moment, which seems vaguely unconstitutional. www.npr.org/2026/06/13/n...npr.orgU.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville faces a residency challenge to run for Alabama governorSenator Tommy Tuberville is facing a residency challenge that could prevent him from running for governor of Alabama. 30961293
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMBI...youtube.comWorld's smallest violin - Spongebob SquarepantsYouTube video by Sponge Guy 000
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The lyrics set my teeth on edge. I'm proud to be an American, WHERE at least I know I'm free?? AmericaN is not a place. "Proud to be in America, where" or "proud to be an American, for/'cuz," but not "an American, where." It's not deliberately using bad grammar for folksy effect, just incorrect. 030
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just like today. It's so much worse to be CALLED a racist than to actually BE a racist. 030
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Especially if you read respectable foreign media and Knight-Ridder (McClatchy), where you would actually hear that there were discouraging words from people with the expertise to be credible on the subject, instead of following Judy Miller and the Cheney stenographers at NYT. 032
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Manchin at least never pretended to be any sort of progressive and was probably the best we could expect to get out of WV, but Sinema and Fetterman ran left, so the betrayal cuts deeper. Manchin could compromise occasionally, but Sinema seemed to actually enjoy giving the finger to her constituents. 131
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Kind of like "I like my Affordable Care Act plan. I'm so glad I didn't get Obamacare." 100
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 04/09/2026As usual, most of our problems stem from misinformation and deliberate disinformation and lack of skills to know when we're being misinformed and disinformed. That goes for MANY issues, not just healthcare. 240
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 04/09/2026No state can recall a federal officeholder, even the states that allow recall and referendum. 010
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Yeah, seems Republican presidents have a tradition of resorting to coups whenever they don't like election results, whether here or abroad. 0110
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Mr. Spock, I need that data. Sorry, Captain. I was told to mark all the squares with bicycles in them to prove I'm human before I can access that information. But since I'm only half-human, do I need to only check half the boxes? 120
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The baby boom was 1946-64. In fact, those born post-'53 are sometimes separated out as Generation Jones because our life experiences were somewhat different. Dolly is the same age as Trump and B. Clinton, the 1st wave of the boom. You're near its end. An early boomer could have a late boomer child. 200
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 30/08/2026And speaking of 9/11, what about Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson (once a Republican candidate for president) and Franklin Graham saying in essence 9/11 and/or Katrina was God's judgment on us for abortion and gays and other wickedness? Plenty of Republicans continued to associate w/them afterward. 020
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 30/08/2026He's unhinged. Period. No need to bring his age or generation into it. I think Stephen Miller and Alex Jones are unhinged, but the fact that they're millennial and Gen X respectively is irrelevant to their odiousness. Not even the fact that Gen X is the Trumpiest of the gens makes it relevant. 160
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Mine, too. Band kid here (clarinet) and daughter of a band director (among other gigs). 140
Reposted by @valabama.bsky.socialMeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Third Way Democrats plan to spend $15 million attacking democratic socialist House and Senate candidates. We need every single seat we can win in November, but these folks seem to be of the view that we should "vote blue no matter who" only when centrists constitute the who. 53014
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 16/08/2026And I wish somebody would push back on the 47 years. No, it's been a problem that had its origin 73 years ago, not 47, when the CIA, in service of the oil companies, overthrew Iran's democratically elected leader and installed the Shah, whose oppression led to the 1979 Islamist revolution. 010
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Is it just me or does the blinking Foxbot remind you of the androids on the Harry Mudd episode of Star Trek when the humans said something illogical and they waited for Norman to "coordinate"? 000
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Actually, neither of them are boomers. They're Silents, who were largely more RW than boomers. Their ranks include Bernie Sanders but also Pelosi, Biden, Feinstein, McConnell, Grassley, Gingrich, Cheney, Colin Powell -- my mom's Depression-era generation, born before the end of WWII. 000
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 10/08/2026One reason they had to do such extensive renovation of the WH for Truman was because FDR couldn't see spending $ on even very justified repairs on a 150-yr-old bldg while Americans were sacrificing in wartime or suffering through the Depression and put it off until it couldn't be put off any longer. 142
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Exactly. In most countries with UHC, you can buy private insurance for the extras, if that's what you want. You just won't be at their mercy for serious healthcare, like we are here. 020
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Unfortunately, that one America is a very tiny country. An even smaller America is the one whose people can distinguish subjective from objective pronouns (e.g., I/me) and use them correctly. Then there's the microscopic America that knows how to use the past participle (e.g., had run, not had ran). 020
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 09/08/2026And they're on the weekends mostly, so it's not because most working-age people are working. Judging by the traffic heading east in Mobile, I'd say most of them were headed for the beaches. The rest were crowding the downtown bistros or sports bars. We did get lots of honks and 👍 as they drove past. 110
Reposted by @valabama.bsky.socialDemocrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Morning Kitten #Caturday 471406133
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 09/08/2026And go attend the No Kings and other protests. It's almost all boomers and a small contingent of Gen Z. 120
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Tsongas did kind of run as the responsible grown-up. I remember him referring to Clinton as a "pander bear." 100
Reposted by @valabama.bsky.socialThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Mooch would have stolen it, and I doubt she would have apologized to another dog. No shame in her game. This one was adorable. 632587366
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 25/07/2026They just enacted one in my state this school year, and the teachers are practically giddy. www.al.com/educationlab...al.comHow is Alabama’s school cellphone ban going? Teachers call it ‘wonderful’Alabama’s new FOCUS Act prohibits most students from using cellphones and other electronic devices during the school day. 000
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 19/07/2026He DID win re-election in a landslide. McGovern won only MA in '72. WGate brought Nixon down in his 2nd term, so he couldn't have sought a third. Hard to believe now, but there didn't used to be such a partisan divide over the environment (as your citations show). Too bad GOP ditched green for red. 010
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Ah, yes. Remember the "secret plan to end the war"? 020
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Thankfully for the nation, he didn't seek re-election, so he's out come January. Unfortunately for Alabama, he could well be the next governor. There's an open race for his Senate seat. 100
valabama.bsky.social @valabama.bsky.social · 17/07/2026As Molly Ivins once said of Pat Buchanan's convention speech, "It probably sounded better in the original German." 092
