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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 5h

Interestingly, in the late ‘80s one could buy neon green and neon orange golf balls. They were much easier to see in the distance, not necessarily in the air, but on the ground.

I suppose these fell out of favour because the golf purists dictated that golf balls must be white.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 8h

TBH, I don’t think people forget rules, they just choose not to follow them.

I’d prefer to see new drivers tested every year for the first ten years they hold s license.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 10h

This should make for a happy Halloween and Thanksgiving across the land.

Not to mention Christmas.

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U.S. government layoffs have begun, Trump’s budget director says - National | Globalnews.ca

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to fire federal workers since the shutdown began and suggested they could fall most heavily on "Democrat agencies."

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 11h

The dam (or dike) is breaking.

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

There is a tiny hole in the dike. Little Mikey Johnson has stuck his finger in the hole, but it will not be sufficient to prevent the dike from bursting and inundating the Republicans.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 11h

Uhmm … what the actual fuck? 🤔

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Qatari Air Force Facility to Be Built in Idaho: Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the facility will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 12h

It ignores the fact that Trump couldn’t have won because his nomination failed to meet the deadline.

The media can’t even get such basic facts correct.

But if the media wants to report that Trump is humiliated, I’m all for it.

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

“An obstacle for Trump is that nominations for the prize – there were 338 this year – closed at the end of January, to give the committee time to assess them. The president only returned to office that month.”

Fucking hell, it is so fucking obvious he doesn’t qualify.🙄

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nobel Peace Prize: Inside room where it gets decided – but will Trump get his wish

For the first time in its 125-year history, the committee allows an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse.

www.bbc.com

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 12h

The enshitification of the internet is not restricted to Facebook, social media and mindless apps such as TikTok. It includes miserable fucking web site design that will tell you everything you need to know, except the telephone number and street address of a business. Fucking hell.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 12h

Just my brief interaction with this fucking website and voice assistant makes me want to cancel every Telus service I have, @telussupport.bsky.social.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 12h

Fucking hell, @telussupport.bsky.social, your automated phone system is fucking awful.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 12h

@telussupport.bsky.social Why is it so fucking difficult to find a fucking telephone number on your web site? Fucking hell.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 12h

Well, this is certainly awkward. 🤔

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 12h

Fucking hell, @telussupport.bsky.social, your automated phone system is fucking awful.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 12h

@telussupport.bsky.social Why is it so fucking difficult to find a fucking telephone number on your web site? Fucking hell.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 12h

@telussupport.bsky.social Why is it so fucking difficult to find a fucking telephone number on your web site? Fucking hell.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 14h

“Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award, and the White House communication director responded to this year's choice by saying the Nobel Committee had ‘proved they place politics over peace’”.

The Trumplings are such sore losers.

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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 14h

This cartoon is from 2017.

It remains the best political cartoon of the Trump Reich Era.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

“We’ve run out of Depends. Can you hang on a bit longer”

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

“this valiant Ontario defender is preoccupied primarily with slaying easy targets – speed cameras, whisky, bike lanes, and so on – instead of taking on the big, structural challenges that plague Ontario”

The end times are nigh! I agree with Robyn Urback!😲

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Doug Ford’s ‘Captain Canada’ shtick is getting old. Doesn’t he have a province to run?

The Premier could focus on making the province more attractive to businesses. Instead, he’s threatening to pull Crown Royal from the LCBO

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

Further steps in Trump’s 20-point plan have yet to be discussed. Those include how the … Gaza Strip is to be ruled when the fighting ends and the ultimate fate of Hamas, which has so far rejected Israel’s demands it disarm.”

Prediction: it all unravels.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Israeli government ratifies Gaza ceasefire deal in major step toward ending war

Israeli cabinet agree to deal after mediators announce agreement to free hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

www.theglobeandmail.com

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

… targeting a non-existent organization is that *everyone* can be falsely claimed to be part of the organization.

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

“‘One of the individuals we arrested recently in Portland was the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa,’ [Noem] boasted, ‘and we’re hoping as we go after her and prosecute her, we’ll get more and more information about the network.’”

The insidious aspect to …

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Why the White House’s ‘antifa roundtable’ took an exceedingly weird turn

Trump administration officials made bizarre claims related to antifa that were rooted in the idea that it’s an actual organization. It really isn’t.

www.msnbc.com

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

“An obstacle for Trump is that nominations for the prize – there were 338 this year – closed at the end of January, to give the committee time to assess them. The president only returned to office that month.”

Fucking hell, it is so fucking obvious he doesn’t qualify.🙄

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nobel Peace Prize: Inside room where it gets decided – but will Trump get his wish

For the first time in its 125-year history, the committee allows an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse.

www.bbc.com

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

Are you daft, @nytimes.com? Nominations for Nobel prizes had a deadline of Jan. 31 2025. Of course Trump won’t win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Do you actually Google? 🙄

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Trump Has His Eyes on a Nobel Peace Prize. Will He Get It?

www.nytimes.com

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

@nytimes.com. Since when is an Attorney General pursuing criminal investigations guilty of having a “conflict” with the criminal?

AG James followed up allegations of criminal activity, secured an indictment, tried the criminal before a jury and secured a conviction.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

A Timeline of the Conflict Between Letitia James and Donald Trump

www.nytimes.com

James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

I believe Trump’s brain is stuck in 2020. Sort of like Groundhog Day for the mentally impaired Commander-in-Chief.

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s a legitimate question: is Trump even aware of what year he’s currently inhabiting? Is his brain stuck in 2020 when there *were* protests, sometimes violent, in Portland? Is he unable to distinguish past from present?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

In 2020, Trump Intervened in Portland’s Protests. They Got Even Worse

www.nytimes.com

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

MTG may be the canary in the coal mine. She’s sussed out which way the wind is blowing, to mix metaphors, and has decided to surf the new wave. The anti-Trump, return-to-old-GOP-values wave.

Three metaphors in one post. New personal best! Yay for me! 😀

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

The Epstein case is going to unravel one way or another. We are at the stage of the investigation akin to when Woodward/Bernstein found that CREEP had made money transfers to the White House plumbers.

(If the above does not make sense to anyone, it’s high time you read “All the President’s Men.)

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is the Rasputin of our time.

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James Wooten @jameswooten.bsky.social · 8d

Stephen Miller is the Rasputin of our time, whispering instructions into the ear of the Mad King.