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jhughs

@jhughs.bsky.social

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Just an ordinary, average guy. "Certainty is absurd." ~ Voltaire "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." ~ Shakespeare “Enjoy every sandwich.” ~ Zevon

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jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · Feb 18

“A fool finds no pleasure in understanding, but delights in airing his own opinions.”
Proverbs 18:2

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jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 10h

I’ll see your 2A and raise you a 23A. bsky.app/profile/jhug...

jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · Feb 26

You lost me or I was too subtle.
Once freedom of the press is gone then so is America.
My prediction from last year: First they’ll destroy the free press. Once that’s done, they control the news and will whittle down the rest of 1A. In a couple years, 22A will change to 3 or 4 terms. Then 2A goes.

jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 14h

You beat me to it. We’ve evolved from Flower Power to Frog Power.

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jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 15h

Yup, a mannequin with a rubber stamp would cost us a lot less.
Meanwhile, what do you call an asset that’s no longer an asset?
Answer: A liability.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 2d

“Luck favors the prepared mind.”
~ Louis Pasteur

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

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www.choosechicago.com

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jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 2d

For some, getting blocked seems to be a badge of honor.

jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 3d

Thoughtcrime?!!!
Seriously?!!!
What’s next?
Newspeak?

jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 3d

Instead they got “wizard frog”. bsky.app/profile/comp...

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 3d

Insightful.
Blending this idea of vertical morality with the belief that heaven can be attained by faith alone (sola fide) makes for an easily manipulated populace.

jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 5d

“A source confirmed to WGN-TV on Saturday afternoon that ICE agents shot and injured a woman as she allegedly attempted to run over an unknown number of agents in an area near West 40th Street and South Kedzie Avenue in Brighton Park, at around 10:45 a.m.”

jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 5d

1) “Allegedly”, okay maybe she was maybe she wasn’t, but
2) ICE firing rounds at a motorist in a high density urban area on a Saturday morning around 11 am. That’s a concern.

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jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 6d

You also can’t objectively criticize what isn’t measured.

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jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 19d

“You can’t manage what you don’t measure.”
~ Peter Drucker

jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 7d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

Straight up: I’m not onboard with farmers getting another bailout when so many voted for Trump two and three times. But what Trump is doing to them is brutal.

I want to believe they’ve learned their lesson this time, but I don’t.

Watch all the way through.

jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 8d

More of that please.

jhughs @jhughs.bsky.social · 8d

Saw this pointed out on Govtrack.us on Sept 29: Speaker Johnson is keeping the House floor closed this week, so even if the Senate passed a different version of a continuing resolution, the government would still shut down.

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