Rick Oppenheim

So, after all that build up and chest thumping, it appears Trump got played again. No deal. No ceasefire. No peace. (And, sorry Donald, no Peace Prize.) It’s time to turn the screws on Putin. Bring on the sanctions.

YouTube video by PettyYou007 Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967

It's an old song. But I think it has a vibe for today's stress.

youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...

America begs for a whistleblower to leak the Jack Smith report. We paid for it. We want it.

“I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.”
— Michael Scott (Steve Carell), The Office, S4 E1, 9/27/07

I'm not paraskevidekatriaphobic, but I respect those who are and believe they should not be shamed or discriminated against. And that goes for triskaidekaphobics too!

My annual Thanksgiving post (dictionary not included):
I’m thankful for gastronomy, oenology, zymology and mixology.

@bsky.app

Great. Now share some! 😉

How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.

Nice NYT article about Bluesky’s growth spurt, how it got here and where it’s going. I, for one, couldn’t be happier with this place.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...

Here’s an easy way to follow all the right people. #resistance

Well, he HAS managed to lose a few million X subscribers and wants to do the same thing with government employees, so kinda sorta makes sense. Or not.

Nice to connect here!

Oklahoma Students Mandated To Watch Video Announcing New Religious Department The education superintendent mocked "woke teachers unions" in his announcement of the Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism.

Not only are the Trumpists trying to drive us to an autocracy, they also are pushing for us to become a theocracy. And, in Oklahoma, that starts in our schools. This is nuts (and a bald-faced attempt to curry favor and put $ in Trump’s pocket).

www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-...

Next time you're applying for a job, tell your prospective employer you'd prefer they not do a background check.

Let's see how that goes.

Spanberger: If she’s willing to work against U.S. interests by legitimizing Kremlin propaganda, what kind of untold damage could she do as the Director of National Intelligence? Is she going to put Russian propaganda in the president’s daily brief?

There can be no more ludicrous and incomprehensible choice to run HHS than RFK Jr. Health care in America is about to return to the Dark Ages. Get ready for a run on leaches.

The MAGAts’ excuse for Trump to do whatever he wants and appoint whomever he wants, regardless of how vile and repugnant: “Elections have consequences.” We’ll be hearing that a lot for the next four years — as will they after.

Trump figures the best way for the Department of Justice to hunt down pedophiles is to put one in charge.

If the House Ethics report exonerated Matt Gaetz, it would be running 24/7 on Fox.

He’s given them the green light for almost 9yrs. This is his base. This is MAGA

Trump’s Ten (+3) Commandments.

From the brilliant Bill Day:

Sen Mullin on Gaetz: “When he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl, there’s a reason why no one in the conference defended him. We all saw videos he was showing us on the House floor of girls he slept with & brag how he would crush ED medicine so he could go all night.”

Taking a deep breath of fresh, clean air from this beautiful, cloudless Blue Sky. Happy to leave the toxic and noxious X in the dust. And a little sad, given I was an early adopter of Twitter back in November 2008. After 16 years, FU to Elon for destroying it and driving us away.