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Mike from Burke (now Cville)

@mikefrburkecville.bsky.social

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Refugee from the birdsite. Retired commercial real estate attorney. Giants and Yankees; UVA sports. Haverford College; UVA Law. Bourbon and craft beer. Commish of HMMRBL (fantasy baseball, founded 1985). Westie dad. Semi-repentant TK Little.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 3h

Did Jon Fasman just emerge from a coma?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 6h

The last line is hilarious.

“They [Cash’s songs] deserve to be better known.]

How could Johnny Cash’s songs be better known?

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 6h

And completely clueless.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 8h

So, how’s it going?

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 9h

They just want to burn it down.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 9h

To be fair, that’s why she was hired - to turn CBS into a shattered shell of its former self.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 10h

“Justify your existence, peasants.”

a woman in a queen costume is holding a crown and says out of my way commoner

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 10h

He is such an impotent dipshit.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 12h

The armadillo is certainly more current.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

How strange, he LOOKS so nice.

WISH-TV @wishtv.com · 1d

Nicholas Yates, 20, was arrested for killing his mother, Cheryl Yates, and burning her body in a fire pit in their east central Indiana home's yard after a dispute, investigators say.

Indiana man charged with killing mother, burning body in fire pit

Investigators say a 20-year-old in Indiana confessed to killing his mother and burning her body in their backyard. He was charged with murder.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

“I must not, shithead.”

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Hell, yes!

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. District Judge April Perry's temporary restraining order is in:

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

It’s that time of year in the neighborhood.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, the Taco Bell bills alone. You’ve seen these guys.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Vampires are like that.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

But what of the Baseball Furies!

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

“You wouldn’t know her. She goes to school in Canada.”

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

“Well good.”

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

That Creed-Lee Greenwood double-bill!

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Rand’s not right often, but he’s right on this.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Just got a text that started:

“GEORGE CLOONEY just made an amazing prediction for Democrats!”

Blocked; deleted.

What IS this shit?

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

I used to think the nuttiest stuff in court was in DC Superior Court. We’re well past that now.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Yup.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

I'm old enough to remember that Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release in January, which was the first part of a three-phase plan to end the war and begin reconstruction of Gaza.

That was announced to fanfare with celebrations in the streets -- and then what happened?