@smerconish.bsky.social She didn't accelerate into the line of cars... she was dead as soon as she shot in the face from point blank range.
10.01.2026 14:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@tombernett.bsky.social
Lifetime pro drummer and vocalist. Observer of society. Promoter of fairness and freedom. Husband, father, friend, veteran. Formerly known as Tom Berndt from La Porte, IN; now living in the golf mecca of Southern Pines, NC.
@smerconish.bsky.social She didn't accelerate into the line of cars... she was dead as soon as she shot in the face from point blank range.
10.01.2026 14:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Somehow I don't think the victims who regularly stand in front of the lights and cameras and bare their souls do it just so we can all see a pile of totally blacked out pages. Once again, the rich and powerful win.
20.12.2025 14:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Sorry Michael. Got a late start and watching on recording, but in all this hoopla about bombing the boat, you keep saying the "suspected" drug boat. That's what I wanna know... what evidence makes them "suspected?"
06.12.2025 14:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Yeah, yeah, yeah, we may have more that unites us than divides us; but the dividers suck all the unites out of all the rooms we're in.
22.11.2025 14:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social How will Mam and the Chump do? Give him until Monday and the prez will have forgotten all about being nice to the mayor.
22.11.2025 14:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social American socialism... roads, public schools, parks, police, military protection, libraries, weather satellites, internet, fire protection, safe meat, safe baby seats, etc, etc
22.11.2025 14:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Ya know, it really doesn't make much difference that we have more to unite us when a huge percentage of us are too gullible to pay attention to each other.
22.11.2025 14:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Trump's antics harken back to Billy Shakespeare... he "doth protest too much."
15.11.2025 14:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social American politicians have forgotten the contract that democracy is built on. Government's job is to protect and serve. We the people send money to the government, and the government provides the services.. fire, police, roads, consumer protection, social security, etc, etc.
08.11.2025 14:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Stop, stop, STOP using the word "entitlement" in the same sentence as social security. It's my money that has consistently been mismanaged and misdirected by politicians, very few of whom have any understanding of the concept of work.
08.11.2025 14:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social When Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 1.1% compared to my 15%, it's real easy for me to get on the democratic socialist bandwagon.
08.11.2025 14:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Is the innovation and potential growth from AI development worth the risk of job displacement? --- Not without a significant level of oversight and regulation; and we all know that Trumpism won't allow that.
01.11.2025 13:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Yeah, right... reopen the government and "trust" that the retrumplicans with go against his will and reinstate the affordable care act.
01.11.2025 13:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Noticing that there's not a single word in your opening segment that part of the problem just might be the fact that thousands of wealthy people pay far less in taxes than this 78 year old retired drum teacher. B.S.
01.11.2025 13:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#Trump #maga #democracy #freedom
27.10.2025 13:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Your desire for America to come back to the middle is laudable. Unfortunately, Russell Vought and the Trump cult will never allow that to happen. So how about doing us a great public service and give us some realistic tips for surviving the dictatorship.
25.10.2025 13:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Young men are fertile 24/7/365 -- women for about 40 hours once per month, yet women were always responsible for birth control, birthing, and care. Eventually women got fed up, took control of their lives and started climbing, but men didn't like it and couldn't adapt.
20.09.2025 13:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social So what ever became of Horatio Alger?
20.09.2025 13:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#Trump #Epstein What do you wanna bet that the chump-in-chief is working on a secret plan to have the FBI, Secret Service, and Proud Boys raid the Epstein estate offices for a little bit of government sanctioned arson activities on their file cabinets and hard drives? Just sayin'.
20.09.2025 03:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Sheesh Michael, Kirk is famous for saying that school shootings were worth it for 2nd amendment rights, and you don't think he condoned and supported violence? Try as you may to be balanced, your 'rightness' is showing through.
13.09.2025 13:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social I agree that there is growing acceptance of violence on both sides, but statistics show that right-wing extremists own the vast majority of America's firearms. And by the way, Kirk was definitely a leader among those who sacked up lots of cash with his rhetoric.
13.09.2025 13:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Sorry Michael, the current administration's war on health care, research, fairness, equality, truth, the Constitution, and anybody who's not white, has turned me from a long-time optimist into a scared pessimist in just eight months.
06.09.2025 13:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Smerconish.com Sorry Michael, even though I'm a firm believer in independent redistricting, I'm even firmer in my belief that without special intervention, the extreme right will make Project 2025 the law of the land, and truly representative democracy will be gone.
23.08.2025 13:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social What about all those who are apprehended at immigration courts, where they are trying to follow the laws and do the right thing.
09.08.2025 13:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of those who answered 'no' on your survey question have never had the guts to put their name on a ballot.
09.08.2025 13:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Your suggestion of a bipartisan movement of non-violence will never fly when the a$$hole in chief tells followers to 'beat the hell out of then and I'll pay for your attorneys. '
09.08.2025 13:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#ThomTillis His vote for Bove proves the Tillis is nothing more than a Trump crotch licker and the lowest slime to be found among all the slime destroying this constitutional republic. Absolute slime.
30.07.2025 03:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social Sorry Lanny, Trump won't ever be the one to mention the victims because Trump has no compassion.
26.07.2025 13:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social So, a hundred and fifty people die in Texas, with another hundred missing, and you spend your show making a hero out of Donald Trump for a questionable incident a year ago?
12.07.2025 13:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@smerconish.bsky.social The ethnic questions probably had some worth back when our government had various programs aimed at specific groups. But now we're told that our tax dollars are not supposed to give a damn about anyone except the powerful.
12.07.2025 13:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0