Bob Ballentine
@raballentine.bsky.social
Retired. Amateur classical pianist. Liberal. Mystery Science Theater 3000. ADHD. No damned Trump! No damned MAGA! No damned Elon! No damned Republicans!! Please, no DMs.
How'd that "swagger" work out for you on Dec. 4, 2024?
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
How'd that "swagger" work out for you on Dec. 4, 2024?
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United Health wants its ‘swagger back’.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
United Health wants its ‘swagger back’.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
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To this administration, Halligan is “qualified,” which has nothing to do with competency.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
To this administration, Halligan is “qualified,” which has nothing to do with competency.
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Article about how right-wing Christianity turning a benevolent Jesus into a combative, selfish scold laid the groundwork for America turning a supposedly benevolent presidency into a force for everything Jesus stood against.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Article about how right-wing Christianity turning a benevolent Jesus into a combative, selfish scold laid the groundwork for America turning a supposedly benevolent presidency into a force for everything Jesus stood against.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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An international embarrassment
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An international embarrassment
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Elise Stefanik was booed off stage by her own voters during her speech.
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Elise Stefanik was booed off stage by her own voters during her speech.
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He felt like a happy king!
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
He felt like a happy king!
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OMG.. BHAHHAHAHAHAAA😂.. The "Ethnic American" of the "1600's stock" is nothing more than an Anon operating his twitter campaign out of Istanbul, Turkey while promoting violence and pitting angry White men against each other. What else is new? 😆
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The Neo-Nazi ‘Founding Stock American’ Who Turned Out to Be a Turkish Keyboard Warrior
How a Turkish-Based Grifter Became One of the Loudest Voices for White Genocide, Hitler Revisionism, and Civil War on American Twitter
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
OMG.. BHAHHAHAHAHAAA😂.. The "Ethnic American" of the "1600's stock" is nothing more than an Anon operating his twitter campaign out of Istanbul, Turkey while promoting violence and pitting angry White men against each other. What else is new? 😆
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
My last three brain cells.
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My last three brain cells.
This makes more sense than everything that was presented to me in incomprehensible jargon in grad school.
youtu.be/P9BU_xflfRU?...
youtu.be/P9BU_xflfRU?...
A Brief History of Postmodernism: The Fall of Truth
YouTube video by Philosophy Sketchbook
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November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This makes more sense than everything that was presented to me in incomprehensible jargon in grad school.
youtu.be/P9BU_xflfRU?...
youtu.be/P9BU_xflfRU?...
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
