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An old geezer who lives in the Blue Ridge mountains of central Virginia and momma geezer. U.S. Navy vet '65-'69, retired ed-tech exec. If you lack a sense of humor, do not follow! 😊
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submitted 3 hours ago • 12 comments

80 years ago today: Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima. We in the pro-democracy camp fight for the America that won World War II, and for the America that after the war worked to further advance the American idea. We know what side we would have been on 80 years ago, and what side we're on today.

submitted 7 hours ago • 73 comments

Elon Musk--a special U.S. government employee in the White House--has gone all-in to help the AfD in Germany. On behalf of the anti-fascist majority of the American people, I say to the people of Germany: Please ignore him or reject him. He does not speak for America.

submitted 7 hours ago • 29 comments

It seems no coincidence that artificial intelligence and Donald Trump have appeared in the world around the same time. If most were not so symbol blind, human transformation might speed along its way. 🤔

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

submitted 14 hours ago • 125 comments

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submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

I imagine there is some politicking going on about now in Vatican City! 🙄 www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/e...

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Are congrats in order in a case like this? 🤨

submitted 3 days ago • 212 comments

A former Soviet intelligence officer alleges Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov.” Alnur Mussayev served in the 6th Directorate, responsible for counter-intelligence support in the economy. One key objective was “recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries.”

submitted 2 days ago • 731 comments

Oaxaca, Mexico 🤔

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

SNL nailed it 8 years ago. 🤔

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It's time for shareholders and consumers to #ditchTesla. Join the call: action.eko.org/a/ditch-tesla

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Wait. It gets worse: "The new document states that the revenues will be directed to a fund in which the United States holds 100 percent financial interest, and that Ukraine should contribute to the fund until it reaches $500 billion....The US has allocated $119 billion for aid to Ukraine."

submitted 1 day ago • 267 comments

Bravo! Good one.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

MAGA - are we there yet? 😯

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

"All of us, no matter where we stand on the political spectrum, are being summoned to do our best in these very difficult times.Summoned to do what? First and foremost, we are being summoned to bear witness, to not look away."

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

He will send Elon to check it out, we probably shouldn't worry. 😳 www.cnbc.com/2025/02/20/t...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.

submitted 3 days ago • 1015 comments

This today from an ESPN story (about a QB) could also describe the U.S. public today. 🤔 "Spectacular things happen frequently enough that our brains become good at normalizing the astonishing. We must yank those surprises back into focus and emphasize just how bananas they really are."

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

We're under attack by the "Pinocchio People" here in the U.S. right now. 🤥 open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Why isn’t every Dem in Congress out doing this? I’m sick of @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and his do nothing “leadership!” I thought he was supposed to be our future. He’s basically WOMP WOMP.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Breaking: Trump orders all citizens to start wearing only approved glasses. 😳

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Bill, please rethink your posts before making them. This example uses fear, exactly the same way Trump and his stooges do.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Has Susan Collins of Maine come out of her coma? 😜 www.politico.com/live-updates...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

"I know I’m not the only one who feels that, as an American, I’m riding in a plane where the pilot has decided the point of no return doesn’t matter."

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Whereas Elon Musk rides on other (smart) peoples coattails, the DeepSeek founder (Liang Wenfeng) is actually intelligent and not manipulative. 🤔 www.cnbc.com/2025/02/19/c...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Whenever you encounter a transportation engineer (any type), give them a heartfelt thanks for what they do to keep people safe. 👍 www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

In order for common sense to make sense (to people), it seems there has to be stupidity. Perhaps opposites are an inherent part of reality. 😳 open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

You know, it's not uncommon for young fools to simply grow into old fools! 😊

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…

submitted 6 days ago • 485 comments

Deer population 'out of control' due to lack of wolves. There are no ifs or buts, if we want to restore Ireland’s decimated ecosystems, we must reintroduce apex predators.

submitted 7 days ago • 35 comments

www.aol.com/julianne-moo... A book about a kid with freckles. 🖕Trump!

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

In life we sometimes encounter cruel and stupid people and situations, do your best to maintain your dignity. 🥴😳 www.themarginalian.org/2025/02/06/v...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

One of the things misguided about Substack is its insistence on gaining your phone# (presumably to sell it) to access certain articles. A sad, greedy and deceptive practice! 🙄

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submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? If it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” —A. Lincoln

submitted 7 days ago • 34 comments

Who says we aren't? 🤔 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Ukraine was asked for half of its mineral reserves, in exchange for nothing on.ft.com/4hW1x5y

submitted 8 days ago • 136 comments

Well played, @MoonPie. Well played. www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2...

submitted 8 days ago • 74 comments

If you had any doubt this guy thinks he's in another of his game shows, this should remove it. Trump is nuts! 😳😯

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "Does America need Europe? As a market? Yes" "But as an ally? I don't know" "For the answer to be yes, Europe needs a single voice, not a dozen different ones" "We must build the closest possible relationship with America, but as Europeans, not just as separate nations"

submitted 8 days ago • 53 comments

It’s not just their hypocrisy which is staggering, but the sheer stupidity of their policies which would undermine Britain’s energy security and make us more dependent on Russia. This breathtaking nonsense is a reminder that Reform are not serious, not patriotic. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments