Chief Joe
@chiefjoer.bsky.social
Chief Engineer, US Merchant Marine, ret’d
Currently Chief Dog Walker
Politics, Books, Guitar stuff, England stuff.
Told everyone we should have suspended habeas in February 2021
No one listened. The Chief is always right.
Currently Chief Dog Walker
Politics, Books, Guitar stuff, England stuff.
Told everyone we should have suspended habeas in February 2021
No one listened. The Chief is always right.
Pinned
Chief Joe
@chiefjoer.bsky.social
· Jan 12
The only leaders we have on our side are people who think a press conference will solve everything. It’s so demoralizing.
Our side, 1944: “I don’t know, invading Normandy, is that a good idea? Won’t that just escalate things? We should file a lawsuit first. And hold a press conference. This invasion thing, that will never work. I’m not even sure it’s legal.”
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Our side, 1944: “I don’t know, invading Normandy, is that a good idea? Won’t that just escalate things? We should file a lawsuit first. And hold a press conference. This invasion thing, that will never work. I’m not even sure it’s legal.”
Chief’s Law of Robotics:
“A robot isn’t truly useful until it can walk into my kitchen and make me a ham sandwich without asking dumb questions.”
(I think someone else might’ve said this, but I can’t find him so it’s mine now.)
“A robot isn’t truly useful until it can walk into my kitchen and make me a ham sandwich without asking dumb questions.”
(I think someone else might’ve said this, but I can’t find him so it’s mine now.)
February 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Chief’s Law of Robotics:
“A robot isn’t truly useful until it can walk into my kitchen and make me a ham sandwich without asking dumb questions.”
(I think someone else might’ve said this, but I can’t find him so it’s mine now.)
“A robot isn’t truly useful until it can walk into my kitchen and make me a ham sandwich without asking dumb questions.”
(I think someone else might’ve said this, but I can’t find him so it’s mine now.)
One thing I’ve learned about experts on the Internet here is that lawyers are the worst fucking experts on the Internet here they’re almost always wrong about everything
February 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
One thing I’ve learned about experts on the Internet here is that lawyers are the worst fucking experts on the Internet here they’re almost always wrong about everything
I am sick at heart at how inert our side is. Nothing can be done, oh that's not following some rule, oh that might make someone somewhere mad. We are riddled with fear and inertia.
Bullies thrive on that. Thrive.
Bullies thrive on that. Thrive.
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I am sick at heart at how inert our side is. Nothing can be done, oh that's not following some rule, oh that might make someone somewhere mad. We are riddled with fear and inertia.
Bullies thrive on that. Thrive.
Bullies thrive on that. Thrive.
This guy is totally wrong. All the judges are toothless old fools who expect compliance and never get it. There is never any penalty or punishment. Just an endless circle jerk of ignored rulings, stays, appeals, motions, and delay.
I’m done with this shit. This isn’t a game. And if you don’t realize that the work of Judges Xinis and Boasberg and Ellis has been an essential part of forcing this administration to account for its actions, you’re not a serious person.
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This guy is totally wrong. All the judges are toothless old fools who expect compliance and never get it. There is never any penalty or punishment. Just an endless circle jerk of ignored rulings, stays, appeals, motions, and delay.
There is so much going on that needs concrete planning now @democrats.org but you prioritize howls of outrage and other crybaby nonsense. Get a plan!!
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
There is so much going on that needs concrete planning now @democrats.org but you prioritize howls of outrage and other crybaby nonsense. Get a plan!!
Contractors who build detention centers
All the contractors who flew ice fights
All the pilots and staff who flew ice flights
All these people should be told by Democrats that they will never get a government contract again. But Democrats don’t do stuff like that.
@jvl.bsky.social
All the contractors who flew ice fights
All the pilots and staff who flew ice flights
All these people should be told by Democrats that they will never get a government contract again. But Democrats don’t do stuff like that.
@jvl.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Contractors who build detention centers
All the contractors who flew ice fights
All the pilots and staff who flew ice flights
All these people should be told by Democrats that they will never get a government contract again. But Democrats don’t do stuff like that.
@jvl.bsky.social
All the contractors who flew ice fights
All the pilots and staff who flew ice flights
All these people should be told by Democrats that they will never get a government contract again. But Democrats don’t do stuff like that.
@jvl.bsky.social
I’m reading Gales of November, about the Edmund Fitzgerald. I didn’t know this, but there were two ships on the same heading roughly same positions. The Arthur Anderson survived.
Engineers saved the day. Well done, lads.
Engineers saved the day. Well done, lads.
February 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I’m reading Gales of November, about the Edmund Fitzgerald. I didn’t know this, but there were two ships on the same heading roughly same positions. The Arthur Anderson survived.
Engineers saved the day. Well done, lads.
Engineers saved the day. Well done, lads.
Congress needs to go a couple layers underneath and subpoena The people who are doing the actual redacting of the names and what their directions were from their bosses. Making Bondi or Patel come to Congress is a waste of time.
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Congress needs to go a couple layers underneath and subpoena The people who are doing the actual redacting of the names and what their directions were from their bosses. Making Bondi or Patel come to Congress is a waste of time.
How is it that you can drop your glasses from only 3 feet and one of the arms bends significantly. But it takes superhuman strength to bend it back?
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
How is it that you can drop your glasses from only 3 feet and one of the arms bends significantly. But it takes superhuman strength to bend it back?
Gov Walz has a lot of explaining to do. I always thought he was a joke.
🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police SWARM ICE protesters making mass arrests in front of ICE prison. One protesters forehead is gushing blood ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Gov Walz has a lot of explaining to do. I always thought he was a joke.
I briefly went to the dark site, where I followed the Trump/Obama controversy. Man, the desperate sweaty rationalizations these awful people will make for Trump. Incredible.
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I briefly went to the dark site, where I followed the Trump/Obama controversy. Man, the desperate sweaty rationalizations these awful people will make for Trump. Incredible.
“Everyone is saying that you’re afraid to post it again, Mr. President, that you wouldn’t dare do it, that you’re scared to. What do you say to them?”
President Trump has insisted he did not “make a mistake” in posting a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes on his Truth Social account
Trump deletes video depicting Obamas as monkeys after ‘racism’ row
www.thetimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
“Everyone is saying that you’re afraid to post it again, Mr. President, that you wouldn’t dare do it, that you’re scared to. What do you say to them?”
Reposted by Chief Joe
US Marshals, acting on behalf of the DOJ in Memphis, TN, kicked a dog during an arrest, leaving it with a broken rib.
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
US Marshals, acting on behalf of the DOJ in Memphis, TN, kicked a dog during an arrest, leaving it with a broken rib.
There’s always something about Kernan in that he is weirdly puzzled electoral victory does not mean submission.
COONS: Joe, it's same rules NYPD follows. Do you see roving bands of NYPD w/ masks using bear spray on people?
KERNEN: You lost the election! That doesn't give you right to shut down govt
C: I have to fight for the core value of our democracy, including law enforcement that doesn't murder citizens
KERNEN: You lost the election! That doesn't give you right to shut down govt
C: I have to fight for the core value of our democracy, including law enforcement that doesn't murder citizens
February 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
There’s always something about Kernan in that he is weirdly puzzled electoral victory does not mean submission.
Reposted by Chief Joe
Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
Do you ever get the feeling that the wheels are starting to fall off this circus? I guess we are lucky in that the level of incompetence and corruption often exceeds the level of authoritarianism.
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Do you ever get the feeling that the wheels are starting to fall off this circus? I guess we are lucky in that the level of incompetence and corruption often exceeds the level of authoritarianism.
Donald Trump is quite literally the worst American who ever lived.
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don't. *crowd groans* I know we have some here today. I don't know why they're here, because they certainly don't give us their vote ... they cheat."
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Reposted by Chief Joe
Local Danny Jones rec center. Town workers take a snow day. Pathetic. @northcharleston.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Local Danny Jones rec center. Town workers take a snow day. Pathetic. @northcharleston.bsky.social
Trump’s total #Sheikhdown of UAE in return for chips.
This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Trump’s total #Sheikhdown of UAE in return for chips.
47 people signed up for our virtual ICE verifier training in last 24 hours.
January 31, 2026 at 2:46 AM
47 people signed up for our virtual ICE verifier training in last 24 hours.
Uh 😐
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Uh 😐
There’s no point in reading these things. It’s always something something delay until some other date.
Judge Alexakis is on the bench.
Martinez's attorneys are here to present her motion to make certain materials from her case available to the public.
Martinez's attorneys are here to present her motion to make certain materials from her case available to the public.
Good morning from Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse.
At 9:30 am, Marimar Martinez - the woman Border Patrol agent Charles Exum shot in October, who was then charged with assaulting a federal officer only for the prosecution to be dropped - is going in front of District Judge Georgia Alexakis.
At 9:30 am, Marimar Martinez - the woman Border Patrol agent Charles Exum shot in October, who was then charged with assaulting a federal officer only for the prosecution to be dropped - is going in front of District Judge Georgia Alexakis.
January 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
There’s no point in reading these things. It’s always something something delay until some other date.