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Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beliβ¦
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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Good thing Iβve been drinking CC my whole life, you hogs
05.03.2025 07:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh, man, not Gene Hackman.
2025 can just fuck right off.
Okay. Let me tell you a little bit about Gene Hackman...
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One of the absolute best.
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There are two wolves inside me, or whatever
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Thrilling!
21.02.2025 06:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Lotion
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It really reassures me when someone else has already beat me to it.
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Farewell, you fucking melting candle.
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I love this one!!
09.02.2025 05:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What Iβm going for right now at this ungodly hour at YVR (Iβm failing beautifully)
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"This in turn fuels yet another round of online outrage, edgy takes, and screenshots exposing the βhypocrisyβ of people who never cared about being seen as hypocrites, because thatβs not the point." - A must read from @janus.bsky.social
05.02.2025 18:37 β π 41 π 8 π¬ 1 π 2
If GSA sold 7,500 buildings at once, the question is who would buy them.
Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union gives us the answer to that: a handful of oligarchs. They'd get billions of dollars in real state for a song, which they could lease back to government for a handsome profit.
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Kate Bush lyric or whatever
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When Putin invaded Ukraine I knew it would give Trump ideas about Canada. I don't think he's joking. I think this is how his brain works: What is the point of having more weapons and money than everyone else if you don't use them to get even more?
02.02.2025 19:37 β π 766 π 190 π¬ 27 π 13
Summer in a Small Town
The Cleaners From Venus Β· Under Wartime Conditions Β· Song Β· 1984
The anthem of today from a novelty snow scene in Vancouver. Album title applicable, too.
open.spotify.com/track/1p8Fz4...
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I've assembled a team of the most horrible perverts and criminals you've ever seen and we're going to fix this country
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This could be me but space is for lizard men only now I guess.
(Missing my copy of this book that had a HUGE wad of watermelon bubblegum stuck on its back page)
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Hello! Iβm here now. Nothing to note yet so for the meantime here is a stupendous photo of David Bowie in a Kyoto phone booth (late 70s/1980?)
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