Michael Martin
@pinemikey.bsky.social
Canadian Structural/Piping Nav Arch Designer/Draftsman, Project & Field Engineer & photographer & hubby of Teresita. Born in Newfoundland- have been in Texas for almost 30 years.
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Michael Martin
@pinemikey.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Got my very first electric vehicle, a 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 AWD SE. So far so good.
Oh look a nazi bot.
December 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Oh look a nazi bot.
Christian Nationalism is what needs to be banned.
Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage www.texastribune.org/2025/12/19/t...
Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage www.texastribune.org/2025/12/19/t...
Waco judge asks federal courts to overturn same-sex marriage
Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
www.texastribune.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Christian Nationalism is what needs to be banned.
Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage www.texastribune.org/2025/12/19/t...
Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage www.texastribune.org/2025/12/19/t...
This is a good use of American booze, have a sale for charity of the stockpile. Getting rid of it to keep it out of Newfoundland storage.
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NLC Sells $1.7 Million in U.S. Product Since Returning American Alcohol to Shelves
The NL Liquor Corporation has sold some $1.7 million dollars worth of U.S. product since it went back on shelv...
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December 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is a good use of American booze, have a sale for charity of the stockpile. Getting rid of it to keep it out of Newfoundland storage.
vocm.com/2025/12/19/n...
vocm.com/2025/12/19/n...
Praise grass shines in the sun & the breeze makes it dance
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Praise grass shines in the sun & the breeze makes it dance
Well, good luck with that sentiment, as Greg Abbott has no interest in hearing anything that he hasn't told you to say already.
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Research shows Texans want to feel heard, participate more amid rapid business growth
As businesses of all sizes continue to move to Texas, local governments and associations also need to “support the ones that are already here,” said Dean Browell, the chief behavioral officer for Feed...
communityimpact.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Well, good luck with that sentiment, as Greg Abbott has no interest in hearing anything that he hasn't told you to say already.
communityimpact.com/austin/south...
communityimpact.com/austin/south...
Authoritarianism spreads in Texas. Paying property taxes for school districts and having school board representation stripped away by Texas Republican evangelical extremists.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/11/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/11/t...
Texas to take over Lake Worth, Connally, Beaumont ISDs
The three interventions come after the state’s education agency announced plans to take over Fort Worth ISD in October.
www.texastribune.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Authoritarianism spreads in Texas. Paying property taxes for school districts and having school board representation stripped away by Texas Republican evangelical extremists.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/11/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/11/t...
Well, that's one way to destroy the tourism industry. Who's going to bother doing that? And all social media history? Who keeps that stuff?
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Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Well, that's one way to destroy the tourism industry. Who's going to bother doing that? And all social media history? Who keeps that stuff?
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www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbsn...
One of the dumbest parts about the annual MLB Hall of Fame nominations is the equal number of comments declaring who was chosen shouldn't have been chosen and comments declaring the HOF doesn't mean anything anyway.
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
One of the dumbest parts about the annual MLB Hall of Fame nominations is the equal number of comments declaring who was chosen shouldn't have been chosen and comments declaring the HOF doesn't mean anything anyway.
More abuse of the 1st Amendment by Texas Republicans & this particular lawless scumbag.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues EPIC to stop Muslim housing project
Paxton began investigating the East Plano Islamic Center in March for potential violations of consumer protection laws.
www.texastribune.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
More abuse of the 1st Amendment by Texas Republicans & this particular lawless scumbag.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
Only a complete moron thinks there is any sane or cohesive foreign policy from the Trump administration.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Trump’s National-Security Strategy Softens Language on China
The White House document maintains some tough talk on Taiwan but drops references to Beijing as America’s main challenger.
www.wsj.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Only a complete moron thinks there is any sane or cohesive foreign policy from the Trump administration.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
So we can expect a pardon from Donald Trump soon?
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case search.app/mm5UN
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case search.app/mm5UN
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So we can expect a pardon from Donald Trump soon?
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case search.app/mm5UN
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case search.app/mm5UN
Business centric opinion is only good from people who live in a glass house. The reality is government is NOT a business and shouldn't take a "screw you I got mine" cutthroat business opinionator attitude.
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Business centric opinion is only good from people who live in a glass house. The reality is government is NOT a business and shouldn't take a "screw you I got mine" cutthroat business opinionator attitude.
If you even have to propose this report as "Did Kelly break the law?", you already prove you don't know the Constitution or a functional brain.
The Pentagon is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over a video reminding the military not to follow illegal orders. What did he say? And did it violate the law?
The Pentagon said on Monday that it is investigating the retired Navy pilot, one of six Democratic lawmakers President Trump said had engaged in “seditious behavior.” Kelly said he's "given too much ...
www.yahoo.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you even have to propose this report as "Did Kelly break the law?", you already prove you don't know the Constitution or a functional brain.
Democracy be damned to the insane Republicans of Texas.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/21/g...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/21/g...
Greg Abbott vows to spend mightily to turn Harris County red
The county, which includes Houston, is critical to both parties' statewide ambitions, but has been blue for about decade.
www.texastribune.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Democracy be damned to the insane Republicans of Texas.
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www.texastribune.org/2025/11/21/g...
And with that so ends another media circus until the next vote that they want to make a story of. Leave it to the NDP to voice that they were against the budget but made sure it passed anyway. That'll lose them even more anarchists upset they didn't all vote no, not worried about funding an election
Carney government wins crucial confidence vote on budget | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
And with that so ends another media circus until the next vote that they want to make a story of. Leave it to the NDP to voice that they were against the budget but made sure it passed anyway. That'll lose them even more anarchists upset they didn't all vote no, not worried about funding an election
The first thing Newfoundland & Labrador needs to do is to IGNORE the pedantic advice from the arch-conservative Fraser Institute. But Tories are weak so, here we go again with a west coast mainland conservative political approach.
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www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/h...
Here’s how the next government can fix Newfoundland and Labrador’s fiscal mess
Up until recently, the government funnelled 100 per cent of oil and gas revenue into the provincial budget each year.
www.fraserinstitute.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The first thing Newfoundland & Labrador needs to do is to IGNORE the pedantic advice from the arch-conservative Fraser Institute. But Tories are weak so, here we go again with a west coast mainland conservative political approach.
www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/h...
www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/h...
This hardly seems to be the "big scandal" the Nfld media pushed it as. The person resigned with "two main reasons behind Wilson's decision: assertions over how the work of the panel should be done, and that the scope of the oversight didn't reach far enough."
More like a squabble over scope
More like a squabble over scope
Wakeham releases resignation letter of former Churchill Falls oversight panel member | CBC News
A once heavily redacted resignation letter, now released by Premier Tony Wakeham, shows accountant Michael Wilson had concerns over the scope of work asked of the Churchill Falls MOU Independent Overs...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This hardly seems to be the "big scandal" the Nfld media pushed it as. The person resigned with "two main reasons behind Wilson's decision: assertions over how the work of the panel should be done, and that the scope of the oversight didn't reach far enough."
More like a squabble over scope
More like a squabble over scope
This is what fascism looks like. A state university willingly spitting on the US Constitution & in particular, the first Amendment.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Texas A&M OKs "race and gender ideology" restrictions
Faculty are also prohibited from teaching material inconsistent with approved syllabi. The changes come in response to a recent controversy over gender identity classroom discussions.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is what fascism looks like. A state university willingly spitting on the US Constitution & in particular, the first Amendment.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Thanks for that analysis....weeks after the fact. Good job!
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thanks for that analysis....weeks after the fact. Good job!
Why should I see this in my feed if replies are blocked?
I do not like Bond movies or have any interest in Bond drama, but it IS very funny that this character has been played by like, half a dozen different guys over more than half a century and everyone's accepted that, but rebooting him from the dead has somehow stumped the writers.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why should I see this in my feed if replies are blocked?
This is how authoritarian Republicans in Austin will start losing votes in rural counties & towns. Forcing ideological crap instead of dealing with reality.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
Cash-strapped Texas city defies AG warning not to raise taxes
Citing a new state law, Attorney General Ken Paxton told four cities to cancel planned tax hikes. But La Marque leaders say their tax increase is critical to keeping the city afloat financially.
www.texastribune.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is how authoritarian Republicans in Austin will start losing votes in rural counties & towns. Forcing ideological crap instead of dealing with reality.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
@marcosantana.bsky.social Fuck off and thanks for giving the country Donald Trump....again.
Useless tithead.
Useless tithead.
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
@marcosantana.bsky.social Fuck off and thanks for giving the country Donald Trump....again.
Useless tithead.
Useless tithead.
Not to mention, I thought Trump was "weighing" an invasion of Nigeria?
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Not to mention, I thought Trump was "weighing" an invasion of Nigeria?
Normally, such names come from multi-million dollar sponsorship despite the local city or county paying for the stadium to be built. So is Trump going to pony up money to get his name up, or does he, probably, think the team is going to do it for free?
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Normally, such names come from multi-million dollar sponsorship despite the local city or county paying for the stadium to be built. So is Trump going to pony up money to get his name up, or does he, probably, think the team is going to do it for free?