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Will Turbyne

@willturbyne.bsky.social

Teacher. Craftsman. Golfer. New Deal Democrat. New Englander living in Texas. Well, not Texas - but Dallas.

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The true Kennedy curse is that the absolute worst one is still living.

04.09.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 318    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

I’ve always felt that Scandinavian sarcasm is very underrated.

27.08.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not normally one to have too many regrets, but I do wish that I hadn’t spent so much time in high school studying history and developing critical thinking skills.

27.08.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING NEWS: Radio Shack and Blockbuster Video are joining Bed Bath & Beyond in their protest of Gavin Newsome and will not open any new stores in the State of California.

23.08.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if the Germans were this fucking stupid.

05.07.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What if - and hear me out - they are not actually the best people?

25.03.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s almost as though - and hear me out - they are not actually the best people.

25.03.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The disparity in our principles is so much greater than the differences in our politics.

We cannot begin to discuss the latter until we have resolved the former.

22.02.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's odd that Elon Musk's emulation of the Nazis stops short of creating reliable cars and rockets that get to their destination.

17.02.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4428    πŸ” 738    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 43

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

15.02.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 48918    πŸ” 11153    πŸ’¬ 1197    πŸ“Œ 519

I’m not overly sentimental by nature, but I sure do miss the days when conservatives would lecture me about how we’re a constitutional republic and not a democracy.

15.02.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I feel that there have been so many other opportunities for Sen. McConnell to apply his β€œas a youth, I suffered from polio” argument to his politics and his votes over the years that I am largely unmoved by his invoking it now.

14.02.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If the Gulf of Mexico can decide to identify as the Gulf of America, then my students can identify however they damn well please.

12.02.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Trump is doing the right things, he can do them the right way.

Pass them as bills in a Republican congress, sign them into law by a Republican president and have them upheld by a Republican judiciary.

But they won’t, because he isn’t.

And that’s that.

05.02.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If taxes are the dues we have to pay to live in a civilized society, I’m confused as to why I am currently paying taxes.

02.02.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Help, weak men are making hard times

28.01.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1243    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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As a father of five kids, I totally agree with this evergreen post.

27.01.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 46252    πŸ” 9272    πŸ’¬ 588    πŸ“Œ 267

If we can’t keep the fire, we must at least keep the spark.

25.01.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For a bunch of people who claim the Constitution was inspired by the Bible, they sure make a regular show of proving to us that they haven’t read either.

25.01.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely. I feel similarly with Sturgill Simpson’s cover of β€œIn Bloom”. As with Cash/β€œHurt”/NIN, it elevates both artists and the song they share.

12.01.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s nothing. Merrick Garland resigned four years ago.

11.01.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every attribute that made Merrick Garland such a terrible Attorney General would have made him a wonderful Supreme Court justice. Screw Mitch McConnell. Screw the GOP.

11.01.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde; it was condemned by Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: β€œA Woman of No Importance”

10.01.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11031    πŸ” 2636    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 225

Dry January? Nope. Sorry. No way I’m giving up alcohol AND the Biden Administration in the same month.

11.01.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biden: "In four years, the economy created 16.6 million new jobs, the most in any single presidential term. We've created jobs every single month I was in office ... the economy I'm leaving is the best in the world."

10.01.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11081    πŸ” 2709    πŸ’¬ 328    πŸ“Œ 207

You find friends wherever you go, Sherm!

10.01.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

While in Houston, the Reverend Joel Olsteen shutters his church during a hurricane.

09.01.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Said it before and I will say it again: We are heading towards the most unsatisfying β€œI told you so” ever….

08.12.2024 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Say what you will, but Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is already paying dividends. Gabbard will be able to meet with Putin and Assad with one plane trip.

08.12.2024 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
YouTube video by AbbaVEVO ABBA - The Winner Takes It All

And its creator was shocked by its popularity by people who loved its cutthroat β€œwinner takes all” energy.

youtu.be/92cwKCU8Z5c?...

08.12.2024 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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