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Veteran, tradesman, programmer, broadcaster. We are stardust.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · Apr 22
Timothy Snyder's Lesson 18 from On Tyranny:

"Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power....
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 1h
On the other hand, it gives way too much credence to "antifa".
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 1h
Because wealthy peeps own the production of most news and entertainment. And, getting us to hate minorities distracts us from focusing on the fact that wealth has corrupted the nation.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 2h
He was a figurehead for a campaign carried out by the daddy warbucks. It can also safely be said that it has been with us since the loyalists.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalis...
Loyalist (American Revolution) - Wikipedia
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 2h
Is this what they mean by "blue maga"?
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 2h
Unfortunately, poor people have to be sacrificed if homeowners are to see a return on their largest investment. Expanding the housing stock threatens too many to be politically viable.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 12h
Dude, human beings need occasional rest and recuperation. For example, if you repeat a word or phrase too many times, it loses meaning to those hearing it. To be more effective, play some music in between.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 12h
Only con artists say, "trust me". On the other hand, you can trust the "disruptor" to be an asshole.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 12h
Yes, watch out for the provoking agents (AKA Agents provocateur). They can be anything from undercover cops to anarchist assholes.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_p...
Agent provocateur - Wikipedia
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 12h
Funny, feels like it was just last week.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 14h
Guess we'll have to wait until the next Congress in January, 2027.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 14h
Ella Fitzgerald
Love for Sale
Written by Cole Porter

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Love For Sale - Ella Fitzgerald
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 14h
#SpainInASongOrMovie

Call Rota-Rooter, that's the name
and away go troubles, down the drain!

youtu.be/YC6ErD7KRyc?...
1960s Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Drain Services Commercial (The Helpless Housewife)
YouTube video by Roto-Rooter
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 16h
There are no backups
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 16h
Our media landscape is now, "...the culmination of a scheme launched a half-century ago by some of America’s most influential power brokers...."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bari Weiss’s ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making | David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher
A half-century ago, CBS’s own president was boasting of his support for an antidemocratic political project. Our new book uses never-before-reported documents to tell the story of a scheme to undermin...
www.theguardian.com
pokerbum.bsky.social
Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 16h
Rich people need money more than we need a world.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 16h
I wanted to see the bread at the end of the ride. 😢
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 16h
Maybe it's a wholesale delivery.
pokerbum.bsky.social
Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 16h
If law enforcement won't protect us, then people will fight back and that's just the excuse the administration needs to push martial law.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 21
"ICE" beating man during arrest in Santa Ana California.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 18h
Kermit has legs?
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 21h
They have some nice corn chips up there!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbYj...
The Frito Bandito Corn Chips song
YouTube video by Danny Davis
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 21h
I never saw her as a great actress, but as a great personality. Her charisma transended her acting ability.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 23h
Fuck Woody Allen
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Nom DePlume @pokerbum.bsky.social · 23h
That's why I don't bother to wash dishes.
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