What a national embarrassment.
03.11.2025 14:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@touchstones.bsky.social
I write for myself. I write so that I might remember - who I am. I share so that you will know, you are NOT alone. https://touchstones.substack.com/
What a national embarrassment.
03.11.2025 14:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If that is true, you are not fit to serve.
03.11.2025 14:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0(Donβt let all the lights go out - America.)
Too dark. Too dark to see.
More lights please.
More light.
Tell another person that you like their whatever. Be specific and honest, true. Good things happen from there.
28.10.2025 14:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I didn't do it, or I certainly did not do it enough when I was young. If you see something you sincerely like in another person, be it appearance or personality... Tell them. Say it. Don't keep it to yourself.
28.10.2025 14:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Second best holiday of the year when I was a kid. (The second fun-est day of the year.)
Halloween
DuckDuckGo is a very good (keeps your information private) search engine that also has a good (free) AI tool built into it.
23.10.2025 13:28 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The new normal
21.10.2025 12:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love the dog at the end. Well done, Mallory. You ROCK.
19.10.2025 13:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Does your shirt say "Empath"? If so, I love that. Me too. Me too. It's not weak. "Empath", that's what strong looks like. The world needs more of us, more of us...
18.10.2025 23:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Kai, earlier in his life, served our country, almost 20 years as a Pilot, United States Navy.
Kai said that his time in service to our country, very much - to this day - influenced his outlook
He followed that with something that JUMPED at me.
Kai said, βWe donβt know each other anymore.β
Great intro for a great Candidate.
I love it.
Weβve become spoiled - we get a lot of homemade (made from scratch) food - in this new place that we call home (for now).
For the big bucks we paid - the food was just OK - good, not great.
Not a great return on investment. ($$$ and our time, precious time.)
Didn't Yoda say that? "Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen."
01.10.2025 06:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The boy who said, "The King Has No Clothes", because at its core that is what journalism is all about. Telling the obvious truth that a child sees and speaks, that as adults we too often dance around it and lie to ourselves. The simple truth of a child = the best journalism.
01.10.2025 06:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Living dangerously, C and I have ventured to both s#ithole Portlands. One located in the northwest and the other located in the northeast.
Portland, Northwest we stayed...
Religious Speech + Political Speech = Dangerous Speech
22.09.2025 16:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 01918, fifty men died.
1977, somehow, Grace of God, two boys survived.
With parental supervision (my folks), allowed John and I to put on our show.
Time for Action
Vote with your Wallets
Vote with your Feet
Time for Action
And Iβm thinking about us, US(a), all of us - One Nation Under God
Iβm thinking that for too long now, weβve been living in our parentβs basement.
Too much time online. Too many games.
Might this be a good time (for a young Nation - Under God) - to grow up?
Perhaps he's the new and improved model of "radical violent leftist." How about this? To honor Charlie Kirk and all the victims of heinous crime, how about releasing the Epstein files???
12.09.2025 14:04 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Didn't Ms 13 work at Mar-a-Lago until Epstein stole her? Release the Epstein files to honor Charlie Kirk and all the other victims. Release the Epstein files.
12.09.2025 13:59 β π 15 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0And now, the spin begins
12.09.2025 13:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You never know...
12.09.2025 13:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love your enemy. Love your opponent. That's radical. That's radical good. I'm thinking we need a whole bunch of radical good right now.
12.09.2025 13:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0sounds right to me
10.09.2025 14:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Something I wrote... I feel like it fits here. I love your words James. You inspire. I feel like my words dovetail nicely with yours here. What do you think?
10.09.2025 13:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love this guy. Love him!
09.09.2025 13:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What! No trophies, no gold? SAD!!! C'mon Prof G. Get with the program.
07.09.2025 13:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0