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Shawn Bigley 🍁☘️ Elbows Up!!! @bigley.bsky.social · 1d

My wife just yelled that we have to full gravy boats

My cousin told her not to yell that, the Americans will blow them up...

Yes, that's where we are...

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 2d

I don't often recommend that people buy something they don't NEED, but "Calvin and Hobbes" holds a special place in my heart and right now you can get the eBook of "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons" from Kindle for $1.99

www.amazon.com/Attack-Deran...

Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection - Kindle edition by Watterson, Bill. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection.

www.amazon.com

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2d

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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @ladyliminal.bsky.social · 3d

Channel the GOBLIN 😉
🎨 @wizardofbarge - insta

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Shawn Bigley 🍁☘️ Elbows Up!!! @bigley.bsky.social · 3d

There it is, the pro quo part...

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

Shawn Bigley 🍁☘️ Elbows Up!!! @bigley.bsky.social · 3d

You know this caused ketchup to stain the walls of the White House.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 4d

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 5d

We just crossed a bright red line. The President is delusional and his cabinet is dangerous.

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Jordan @jordanmackinnon.bsky.social · 5d

The Vladdy-David Ortiz interaction on Fox in front of Jeter & A-Rod is the stuff of legends.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 6d

it would be interesting to see Church historians and canon lawyers in America organize something about what the Catholic tradition says (since the 11th century more or less) about the limits to the power of the sovereign

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Shawn Bigley 🍁☘️ Elbows Up!!! @bigley.bsky.social · 6d

My kind of clergy

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Joshua @ughsighshrug.bsky.social · 8d

Nice of the Yankees to shove the Red Sox out of the way of that freight train. Not sure why they bothered if they're just gonna stand on the tracks staring at it.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 9d

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 9d

On this day in 1813, the Battle of the Thames was fought near present-day Chatham-Kent, Ontario. The battle was a defeat for the British, who lost control of the Western District of Upper Canada. Indigenous leader Tecumseh was killed in the battle.

A historical illustration depicting a battle scene in a wooded area. Soldiers in gray uniforms and red-coated figures are engaged in combat, with some wielding muskets and others on horseback. Several fallen figures lie on the ground, and a central figure on a white horse appears to be leading the charge. Trees with autumn foliage and a distant landscape with more troops are visible in the background.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10d

History repeats.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 10d

🍁 facts

Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 10d

Former PBO on Canada's fiscal situation: "If you look at the numbers right now, a baseline deficit of a little over 2%, that's a third of what it is in the US and UK, and it's well below the OECD average. If you look at our debt-to-GDP ratio, it will be the lowest of the G7. ... We're sustainable."

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Shawn Bigley 🍁☘️ Elbows Up!!! @bigley.bsky.social · 10d

If you get this, we can be friends...

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11d

This is protected land, we don't need another freaking golf course, stop trying to destroy Nova Scotia 🤬🤬

Golf course developer tees up another bid for West Mabou Crown land #NovaScotia

Cabot Golf is eyeing West Mabou Beach Provincial Park for possible development

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Golf course developer tees up another bid for West Mabou Crown land | CBC News

The company behind the Cabot Links and Cliffs golf courses is taking a third swing at a potential development that would include part of West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. That land is protected by law...

www.cbc.ca

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 12d

Russian Telegram channels post about a total gas collapse at the M12 Moskva Kazan highway.

The woman filming says gas stations are spaced about 150 km apart, and there are hundreds of vehicles in line to each of them. She said about 130 cars are ahead of theirs in the line.

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 12d

Trump is now openly retaliating against states that didn't vote fo him because he doesn't know what else to do.

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Stop trying to tell me that "both sides are the same."

newrepublic.com/post/201223/...

Trump Cuts Funding to 16 Blue States That Didn’t Vote for Him

Amid the shutdown fight, Donald Trump is increasing pressure on states with two Democratic senators.

newrepublic.com

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 13d

It takes a special kind of idiocy to keep starting fights when you keep getting the hell kicked out of you.

#Sens
#Habs

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Shawn Bigley 🍁☘️ Elbows Up!!! @bigley.bsky.social · 14d

Is Mike Johnson on the list? It would explain his behaviour.

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