Patrick Burns
@terriermanpburns.bsky.social
Retired, former non-profit executive, dogs, bicycles, kayaks, birds, garden. Anti-Trump, pro-democracy, reality-based. Blog at Terrierman.com and Terrierman on Facebook. Words and numbers are my friends.
That thing you do.
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
That thing you do.
PIT BULLS ARE IN SPECIAL NEED of stable owners with stable lives and the discipline and drive to train these dogs and work with their internal drives.
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
PIT BULLS ARE IN SPECIAL NEED of stable owners with stable lives and the discipline and drive to train these dogs and work with their internal drives.
MMMmmmm... Left overs. Turkey tastes just like dinosaur.
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
MMMmmmm... Left overs. Turkey tastes just like dinosaur.
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"Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
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Trump is attacking a precedent dating back to the Magna Carta. His efforts to wield the law as a personal weapon show his utter disregard for the guardrails protecting our freedoms. @ianbassin.bsky.social writes on President Trump and the ‘king’s justice’. https://protdem.org/3LSKnv5
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Trump is attacking a precedent dating back to the Magna Carta. His efforts to wield the law as a personal weapon show his utter disregard for the guardrails protecting our freedoms. @ianbassin.bsky.social writes on President Trump and the ‘king’s justice’. https://protdem.org/3LSKnv5
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You and me both. And now folks are treating Bush Jr. like a nice old paintin' grandpa who everybody misses; forgetting the whole "lies to take us into an unnecessary war," literal torture at our Cuba concentration camp, letting the Ninth Ward in NOLA drown, mass surveillance and more.
It's cute, reading all these anguished cries: "when this is all over, these guys need to go to jail!" I remember saying that during Bush I crimes, and during Bush II crimes, and during Trump I crimes.
Guess how many of those guys went to jail.
Guess how many of those guys went to jail.
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You and me both. And now folks are treating Bush Jr. like a nice old paintin' grandpa who everybody misses; forgetting the whole "lies to take us into an unnecessary war," literal torture at our Cuba concentration camp, letting the Ninth Ward in NOLA drown, mass surveillance and more.
Wild Dog, Andrew Wyeth, 1959.
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Wild Dog, Andrew Wyeth, 1959.
Rice fields, China.
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Rice fields, China.
In WW1 we ate less in order to help the Europeans. That's the way we rolled. Twice. We were great once, before Trump.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In WW1 we ate less in order to help the Europeans. That's the way we rolled. Twice. We were great once, before Trump.
Even the labels are harsh these days. 🤔
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Even the labels are harsh these days. 🤔
American troops entering Perth, Scotland, 1918.
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
American troops entering Perth, Scotland, 1918.
Christmas shopping rush, Macy’s, 1948.
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Christmas shopping rush, Macy’s, 1948.
Jesus was Northern Conservative Baptist, Great Lakes Region, Council of 1879.
Everyone knows that.
youtu.be/ANNX_XiuA78
Everyone knows that.
youtu.be/ANNX_XiuA78
Emo Philips - Joke on Religion
YouTube video by Brazilian Body Art
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Jesus was Northern Conservative Baptist, Great Lakes Region, Council of 1879.
Everyone knows that.
youtu.be/ANNX_XiuA78
Everyone knows that.
youtu.be/ANNX_XiuA78
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise…
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise…
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise…
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise…
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
SNOOPY BALLOON,
MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE, NYC
Photo, 1988 by Elliott Erwitt
MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE, NYC
Photo, 1988 by Elliott Erwitt
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
SNOOPY BALLOON,
MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE, NYC
Photo, 1988 by Elliott Erwitt
MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE, NYC
Photo, 1988 by Elliott Erwitt
“No flies on me, thanks to DDT!”
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“No flies on me, thanks to DDT!”
This is the best song ever written about someone cleaning out a hoarder and getting arrested for their troubles.
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM
Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording
YouTube video by Stiletto
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is the best song ever written about someone cleaning out a hoarder and getting arrested for their troubles.
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM
youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, 1940, with 80-foot tall superman.
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, 1940, with 80-foot tall superman.
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, with Eddie Cantor balloon, 1940. Who the hell is Eddie Cantor?
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, with Eddie Cantor balloon, 1940. Who the hell is Eddie Cantor?