Ben Andres
benandres.bsky.social
Ben Andres
@benandres.bsky.social
A person of no importance.
It seems silly but a blanket rule like that avoids liability. Plus it takes any responsibility or blame away from the server. I get carded in stores all the time here in Oregon (I'm the one on the right in the profile photo).
February 15, 2026 at 1:30 AM
How many of those people know the first thing about skiing?
February 11, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Wyden isn't Schumer so this might be the first step instead of the last.
February 4, 2026 at 9:29 PM
My father's father was apparently bought out of the Tsar's jails and thrown out of the country. No idea about the other side.
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I actually stopped there decades ago (didn't try the challenge). The waitress told me that a lot of the people who succeeded just checked into the motel on the property to sleep it off so they got the money anyway.
January 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Sam Bregman (yes Alex's dad) is the DA in Albuqerque and has basically told ICE that he'll do the same:

www.koat.com/article/ice-...
Bernalillo County District Attorney sends letter to ICE threatening charges against officers
Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman has sent a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement threatening charges against ICE officers.
www.koat.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:36 AM
More of this please. Keep it coming, they've given you plenty of targets.
January 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This is my district and all this is correct. It's also true that the southern suburbs of Portland (north Clackamas County) have been trending blue for a while. Chavez-deRemer only won in 2022 cecause the Dem incumbent was primaried out by a remarkably inept "outsider" candidate.
January 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
She might be from Vancouver but most of that district isn't Vancouver. She barely beat an outright fascist (Joe Kent) to get the job. She's far from great, to be polite, but there's a real risk of a much worse outcome if she's tossed in the primary.
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Marshall Tucker? What century is this again?
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Some serious Texans at the ski area vibes here.
January 5, 2026 at 10:49 PM
What are you planning to do about the uselessness of Dem senatorial "leadership"?
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
70 this year, and zero. I'm waiting for the next time he posts something like this and loses count.
January 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I feel like I read this same thing 35 years ago.
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
His Cost Plus Drugs is a good thing. I fortunately have GoodRx so I don't have to use it,otherwise I'd have to find and pay for a part d plan that covers all my prescriptions or fork over 200 a month for a generic that should cost 6 or 7.
December 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Fair point about the fascists but it's still a mob mentality. I suspect he understands the complexity and pitfalls of what it will take to replace the current disaster better than most of the people attacking him.
December 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I read through it and didn't see much substance. As for the rest,
leftist pileons are no better than rightist pileons. Not your original xmas eve post but everything that followed. Mobs are ugly.
December 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Not so much defending as responding to a pileon. It's been fun but I'm not wasting any more time with a person who leads with insults and assumes they know what I'm thinking.
December 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Those are fundamental issues. If you don't answer them early, you fail.
December 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I read what he responded to. There wasn't much to it.
December 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Leftist pileons are no better than rightist pileons.
December 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The context I meant was the thread the Cuban post was taken from. I'm on Medicare myself, I've been dealing with my disabled son's care for 30 years, and my other son is staring at a much larger premium for next year. I know a bit about this stuff.
December 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
That's private equity at work. You don't really think I'm in favor of this existing monstrosity?
December 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
No, I won't be bullied by losers.
December 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Where did I say it would cost too much? Based on what I wrote, how can you know what I want? l absolutely want MFA but you can't wish it into existence and no amount of childish insults will change that.
December 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM