philsmosquito.bsky.social
Curious and kind. Lived through the Civil Rights Act, the birth of the EPA , Vietnam war and I hand my children fascism, WWIII and the 6th Great Extinction
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I hear the "Pendulum" defence from MAGAts. A device used to excuse it all.
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Discounts for Pentagon Officials with built-in end to end encryption to Moscow
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D&C is taken very seriously. Change in Command ceremonies are common and well drilled. I agree it was intentional and that is comforting
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Love "Pet Sounds" but it should be remastered without lyrics
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Should watch it from the perspective of a highschool student approaching draft eligibility... That movie still stirs emotions I can't explain. Worse, I enlisted at age 34 to relieve what feared would life long guilt and shame
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Growing economy. Right. My wife works retail in a border tourist Town and Victoria Day traffic down 54% from same day '24. I'm watching building materials prices change by the day. Right
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Mike Luckovich creates a litmus test for humanity
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I have not seen a shortage of the emotionally crippled lizard brained but whatever
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It would give the American experience of "Feeder Fish" for the wealthy to better evaluate their choices
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Never thought I would have been witness to the death of freedom.
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Evan at 12y/o in a rural area I recognized this as a watershed moment and colors my relationship to government and authority today. As. US army vet and the brown shirt behavior of ICE these days, consent of the governed is being tested
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To appeal after the ruling issued would be disqualifying for the office sought. Damning of the State Courts and the GOP for progressing thus far. One party is not interested in a Republic.
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Diplomatic for "Kids will be kids"
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What needs to be experienced is Carney and his backhand compliment to the Orange Shitler for revitalizing NATO
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Ahh, my start in hockey....
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Feiner addressed the incident to social media BlueSky.
"I was certainly no threat," she wrote. "I asked by congressperson what his red line was to finally, vocally oppose the lawless administration and he didn't answer the question, so I called out for him to answer it and he had me removed."
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Loved Arniel "Mr. Average NHL" as a player. Should get a coaching purple heart. Think he was assistant to a lot of fired coaches including Linde
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I was taking an sUAS exam and the proctor was going over example questions in computer operations. A question was how many States in the US? I told the proctor there was no selection for 51. A voice from another station "NOPE!"
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Failing upward
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"The Niagara County Democratic Party challenged the validity of her petitions, but that was dropped and the Niagara County Board of Elections certified her petitions this past Friday, ..."
--Just when I was considering re-enrolling as a Democrat...
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"The daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants, Rahman, who works as a software developer, moved to Niagara Falls when the COVID-19 pandemic started. A lot of people told her to move to Buffalo, but her heart pulled her toward Niagara Falls because of its potential."
This is welcomed in Buffalo
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I worked trade unions for 30 years and despite leadership guidance members voted against their own interest. The underlying racism is too strong
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Well, you know, bears and snakes
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Sorry for what we have become. It's everywhere.
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Are questioning the fine work of David Dennison?
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John Miller, a very respected trade representative is doing this fantastic work
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If government doesn't work for you at least it should entertain
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...and don't carry the "wrong" Bible. I am certain these days it's the revised standard Trump edition