Crystal Ballin's Avatar

Crystal Ballin

@lebaum.bsky.social

Hobartian. Raptors and Roos. Maggie whippet Contributing to the totally constructive discourse

170 Followers  |  745 Following  |  73 Posts  |  Joined: 09.12.2023  |  2.3784

Latest posts by lebaum.bsky.social on Bluesky

Rick Scott: Totally agree, @POTUS! I'm writing the bill right now.
We must stop taxpayer money from going to insurance companies and instead give it directly to Americans in HSA-style accounts and let them buy the health care they want. This will increase competition & drive down costs.

Rick Scott: Totally agree, @POTUS! I'm writing the bill right now. We must stop taxpayer money from going to insurance companies and instead give it directly to Americans in HSA-style accounts and let them buy the health care they want. This will increase competition & drive down costs.

Rick Scott is right, government funding for health insurance is such a scam.

Google β€œRick Scott Medicare fraud” to learn more about this important issue

08.11.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 10

rfk jr seeing a guy nodding off and instinctively doing the "i was never here" shuffle proves his bona fides as a social user of hard drugs

06.11.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 461    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
a completely disinterested trump standing behind his desk while staffers check on a man who collapsed during a presentation

a completely disinterested trump standing behind his desk while staffers check on a man who collapsed during a presentation

opening the white house emergency medical kit and it’s just a syringe of ivermectin and a mypillow

06.11.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 525    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 5

if you're ever Photoshopping your own face into the smoke of the Twin Towers, Adobe should have a pop-up that says "are you sure that whatever it is you're doing is a good idea"

05.11.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3156    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9

currently running neck and neck with "write ins"

05.11.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 294    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Should be wearing a Greinke jersey as a show of solidarity between guys who got a 9-figure deal in LA after abandoning the Royals

29.10.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2746    πŸ” 426    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 24
Video thumbnail

i can't believe they have to play again today.

28.10.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1482    πŸ” 435    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 7
Video thumbnail

Reporting back from the Tasman Sea

25.10.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nelly has been taking off all their clothes

24.10.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
24.10.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2 pictures 5 months apart. 1st reporting on the trumpcoin gala dinner to which Justin Sun was the biggest donor. The 2nd news of his pardon

2 pictures 5 months apart. 1st reporting on the trumpcoin gala dinner to which Justin Sun was the biggest donor. The 2nd news of his pardon

Post image 23.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd be just as inclined to believe there was but he wasn't passing it on

23.10.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We've reached, the US military is now a billionaires subscription service

23.10.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The menus were not printed until 2003, so we cannot be sure of the all-time record for the most expensive lunch. It may have been achieved when Spivey met the 79-year-old poet Gavin Ewart at the CafΓ© Royal in October 1995. The exact cost is lost somewhere in the bowels of the FT accounts department. But the bill was somewhat overshadowed by the aftermath.

The main item on the agenda was alcohol, not food. Ewart began with several negronis (gin, vermouth, Campari), which is not an amateur’s drink, and carried on from there. β€œWe departed the CafΓ© Royal in a moderately straight line,” Spivey said in the article. He put Ewart on a bus home then lurched off himself. The following day he received a call from Mrs Ewart.

β€œThere are two things you need to know,” she said. β€œThe first is that Gavin came home yesterday happier than I have seen him in a long time. The second – and you are not to feel bad about this – is that he died this morning.”

The menus were not printed until 2003, so we cannot be sure of the all-time record for the most expensive lunch. It may have been achieved when Spivey met the 79-year-old poet Gavin Ewart at the CafΓ© Royal in October 1995. The exact cost is lost somewhere in the bowels of the FT accounts department. But the bill was somewhat overshadowed by the aftermath. The main item on the agenda was alcohol, not food. Ewart began with several negronis (gin, vermouth, Campari), which is not an amateur’s drink, and carried on from there. β€œWe departed the CafΓ© Royal in a moderately straight line,” Spivey said in the article. He put Ewart on a bus home then lurched off himself. The following day he received a call from Mrs Ewart. β€œThere are two things you need to know,” she said. β€œThe first is that Gavin came home yesterday happier than I have seen him in a long time. The second – and you are not to feel bad about this – is that he died this morning.”

Did you know, it’s 30 years to the day since the Financial Times killed one of Britain’s finest poets? They didn’t mean to. It’s just that Gavin Ewart was 79, and – according to legend – the day before they’d bought him a lunch that involved enough booze to fell an ox 🧡

23.10.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 304    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7

Dudes had charts and spreadsheets and everything. Fight plans for a hypothetical polar bear. Jaden, I do not care about a polar bear's peripheral vision! You and 199 of your friends are dying.

22.10.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Ryan Adams says hi

22.10.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I definitely think it's why everybody is kidgloving MTG, Massie and Rand Paul right now. If it really is by any means necessary, treating MTG like she finally passed the 8th grade and deserves a cookie is not out of bounds. I'm of the "anything politically to stop this, do it" opinion, but am wary.

21.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

More Canadians (8.3 million) watched last night's ballgame on TV than voted Conservative in the last federal election (8.1 million)

21.10.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.

19.10.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6596    πŸ” 825    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 80
Video thumbnail

Joe Ingles: β€œHey Ant tell them who locked you the f*** up today?”

Anthony Edwards: β€œJoe got one stop today y’all.”

🀣

(via adukeMN)
#NBA

19.10.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Preview
Chinese tourists sleep in fast food outlet to save on accommodation Young Chinese tourists with limited time and money are travelling 'special forces'-style β€” inspired by the efficiency, endurance, and intensity of military units.

It me in Hong Kong circa 2001

19.10.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
18.10.2025 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
16.10.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The AI voiceover is a perfect accompaniment to Spotify’s wage theft from songwriters and artists.

#CancelSpotify

14.10.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that puppy fan-assisted cause I like my chunks blown

13.10.2025 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Here for the "emergency" naked bike ride in Portland

12.10.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 641    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 29

I sure hope I win the NOVEL PEACC PRONEX one day

12.10.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cory Booker: it’s not about left and right

the right: we’re going to spy on you at all times so we can decide if we should kill you

Schumer: please, come to the table. let’s work this out together, as a team.

12.10.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 763    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

that lawyer was me.

open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...

12.10.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 389    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 9

@lebaum is following 20 prominent accounts