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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 7h

I'll take that bet.

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 9h

And of course the land was sold to the Dutch by the Canarsee Lenape - who did not actually believe in permanent land ownership and thought they were getting shared-use rent . Worse, the natives were men, in a culture where only women actually had the right to transact such deals. -Or so one is told.

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 8d

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Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army - Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 9d

www.gocomics.com/calvinandhob...

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 9d

-Though, for perspective, pushing outdated technology is the least of the Navy's top-leadership issues these days!

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 9d

Electromagnetic launchers have advantages in performance, reliability, maintainability and safety. But anything that replaces fossil fuel and Carnot-cycle thermodynamic limitations must be bad, right?

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 9d

This is consistent in ways that t himself may not have intended. Steam catapults have been used on aircraft carriers since 1950, and have some serious limitations. And on non-steam-propelled vessels (e.g. gas turbine), they require an auxiliary steam generator.

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 9d

But still paying themselves!

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 9d

Looks like t is taking a page from Stalin's playbook - the deliberate starvation of up to 5,000,000 Ukrainians. But in this case, a disproportionate number of the innocents t so cruelly targets are in the communities that supported t with their votes. Social Darwinism at its best/worst?

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 10d

-If, of course, they haven't already been incarcerated for further illegalities

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 10d

What goes around...

"GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are ‘void’ in final report" - CNN

And what happens when the current madness subsides? Will all those J6 and other criminals be un-pardoned?

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 11d

Makes sense if you break it up: HEPA filter to control spewed venom, TIT and AS... also targets for protection?

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 14d

It would be a bargain.

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 14d

As the late great Sen. Everett Dirksen might have observed: A trillion here, a trillion there - pretty soon, it adds up to real money!

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 15d

Perhaps someone will now create a fantasy series featuring people, major events and general history-making in that part of The People's House, acting in accord with those who built, maintained and improved it before the present catastrophe.

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 15d

Alternate-reality TV series: TEW?

The West Wing was a wonderful fantasy about how honest, effective and responsible senior officials and staff could be. Smart, honorable, passionate about service. And many of the best good guys were Republicans who restrained their own team's bad guys.

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 15d

"Volvo" means "I roll" - in this case, over beauty, elegance, history, tradition, and the people's PUBLIC property.

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 15d

What could possibly go wrong?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Fo....

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 15d

And what does the Federalist Society say about this grab of states' rights?

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 16d

Perhaps someone will now create a fantasy series featuring people, major events and general history-making in that part of The People's House, acting in accord with those who built, maintained and improved it before the present catastrophe.

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 16d

Alternate-reality TV series: TEW?

The West Wing was a wonderful fantasy about how honest, effective and responsible senior officials and staff could be. Smart, honorable, passionate about service. And many of the best good guys were Republicans who restrained their own team's bad guys.

White House east wing demolition in progress

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 16d

Karma, anyone?

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ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 16d

Winter is coming.
Time to break out the de-icer?

www.gocomics.com/waynovision

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 17d

How 'bout a MAGA chain gang to remove the blight and restore the historic glory? And a suitable surtax on all donors to the project to pay for the restoration?

ajed @ajedn.bsky.social · 17d

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Print the Legend - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (6/7) Movie CLIP (1962) HD

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