Bubbles the Vampire
@bubblesvampire.bsky.social
Recovering university history prof now corporate sell out, miniatures/war gamer, duplicate bridge player, traveler, music lover, cheese fanatic, OG Pooligan.
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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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It really is disgusting that Trump can insult, berate, single out, threaten, and demean female reporters on a daily basis for asking fair and legitimate questions and you can’t find a single Republican woman in Congress to say it is inappropriate behavior.
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It really is disgusting that Trump can insult, berate, single out, threaten, and demean female reporters on a daily basis for asking fair and legitimate questions and you can’t find a single Republican woman in Congress to say it is inappropriate behavior.
He literally has NO IDEA how insurance works or why we even ended up with the ACA in the first place.
It's not only that he's uniformed, he doesn't know he's uninformed & even if he was subsequently informed, he wouldn't care, he wouldn't try to understand the issue better & won't change his mind.
It's not only that he's uniformed, he doesn't know he's uninformed & even if he was subsequently informed, he wouldn't care, he wouldn't try to understand the issue better & won't change his mind.
Trump on healthcare: "I've had personal talks with some Democrats about paying large amounts of dollars back to the people. This was my idea ... why don't we just pay this money directly to the people of our country and let them buy their own health insurance?"
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
He literally has NO IDEA how insurance works or why we even ended up with the ACA in the first place.
It's not only that he's uniformed, he doesn't know he's uninformed & even if he was subsequently informed, he wouldn't care, he wouldn't try to understand the issue better & won't change his mind.
It's not only that he's uniformed, he doesn't know he's uninformed & even if he was subsequently informed, he wouldn't care, he wouldn't try to understand the issue better & won't change his mind.
How hard would it be to say something like: the package contains much less this year. If Walmart included everything from last year it would cost ___, a ___% increase year over year. 🤷♂️
KARL: The president claims that Thanksgiving costs are down 25%. Does he know that's not true?
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
How hard would it be to say something like: the package contains much less this year. If Walmart included everything from last year it would cost ___, a ___% increase year over year. 🤷♂️
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ICYMI, new episode!
NEW EPISODE: After the July Revolution of 1830, France has a new king. And Louis-Philippe wants everyone to know he's not like a regular king, he's a cool king.
thesiecle.com/episode48/
thesiecle.com/episode48/
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
ICYMI, new episode!
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Are they suing Texas too?
Trump Justice Department sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats | CNN Politics share.google/IqN9xyF2g1UA...
Trump Justice Department sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats | CNN Politics share.google/IqN9xyF2g1UA...
Trump Justice Department sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats | CNN Politics
The Trump administration moved Thursday to join a Republican-led legal challenge to California’s effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, throwing the full ...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Are they suing Texas too?
Trump Justice Department sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats | CNN Politics share.google/IqN9xyF2g1UA...
Trump Justice Department sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats | CNN Politics share.google/IqN9xyF2g1UA...
I wonder how many of my Napoleonic friends know this... I just learned that in 2015 Belgium issued a €2.5 commemorative coin to mark the anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. They wanted it on their €2 coin but France vetoed that idea even after Belgium minted 180,000 of those coins (they
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I wonder how many of my Napoleonic friends know this... I just learned that in 2015 Belgium issued a €2.5 commemorative coin to mark the anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. They wanted it on their €2 coin but France vetoed that idea even after Belgium minted 180,000 of those coins (they
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Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct 🐔🌮🍊🤡 In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct 🐔🌮🍊🤡 In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Flying to Arkansas today with my oldest for my dad's 90th birthday celebration. I absolutely breezed through airport security in Cleveland.
Thank you CLE TSA!! 🤗
Thank you CLE TSA!! 🤗
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Flying to Arkansas today with my oldest for my dad's 90th birthday celebration. I absolutely breezed through airport security in Cleveland.
Thank you CLE TSA!! 🤗
Thank you CLE TSA!! 🤗
Poor Trump... Trying to take a page from the Biden book. 😅 I'm sure this is going to go over GREAT with the MAGA crowd. They love to be told they're in denial.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump downplays economic woes as partisan spin, saying, 'Costs are way down'
President Donald Trump continued to insist the economy is strong and even insisted polls showing Americans are feeling economic pain are "fake."
abcnews.go.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Poor Trump... Trying to take a page from the Biden book. 😅 I'm sure this is going to go over GREAT with the MAGA crowd. They love to be told they're in denial.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, food prices are up 29% since Feb 2020.
Why grocery prices are so high — and what people are doing about it www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...
Why grocery prices are so high — and what people are doing about it www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, food prices are up 29% since Feb 2020.
Why grocery prices are so high — and what people are doing about it www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...
Why grocery prices are so high — and what people are doing about it www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...
The Charge of the US Dragoons at the Battle of Crysler's Farm. Nov 11th, 1813.
The Dragoons dramatically charged the advancing British line. Though unsuccessful, they saved the artillery from being overrun. One officer believed it was their "highest honor" in the War of 1812.
#ONthisday
The Dragoons dramatically charged the advancing British line. Though unsuccessful, they saved the artillery from being overrun. One officer believed it was their "highest honor" in the War of 1812.
#ONthisday
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Once again, I messaged both my senators and my Congressional representative to get the federal government open now. I encourage my American friends to do the same.
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Once again, I messaged both my senators and my Congressional representative to get the federal government open now. I encourage my American friends to do the same.
This photo will win that photographer a Pulitzer.
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This photo will win that photographer a Pulitzer.
I just took some cash out of the ATM and the heads on the bills aren't even pointing the same direction... What kind of bullshit is that?!?
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I just took some cash out of the ATM and the heads on the bills aren't even pointing the same direction... What kind of bullshit is that?!?
But it's okay to vote for a president who actually has a felony record for sexual assault?...
Maybe we should just stop voting for any sexual predators. 🤷♂️
Maybe we should just stop voting for any sexual predators. 🤷♂️
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I wouldn't vote for Andrew Cuomo...All these women came out with these accusations against him which I found pretty disgusting. And then the Covid lockdowns and all the people's parents and grandparents who died in nursing homes."
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
But it's okay to vote for a president who actually has a felony record for sexual assault?...
Maybe we should just stop voting for any sexual predators. 🤷♂️
Maybe we should just stop voting for any sexual predators. 🤷♂️
Pizza Hut would see a lot more of me if there's a new owner that ditched Pepsi in favor of Coke.
Yum! Brands, home to popular fast-food restaurant chains like Taco Bell and KFC, said on Tuesday that it was exploring “strategic options” for its struggling Pizza Hut division.
Pizza Hut’s Parent Yum! Brands Says Struggling Chain May Need New Owner
Yum! Brands, which also owns Taco Bell and KFC, said it would explore “strategic options” for the pizza chain.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Pizza Hut would see a lot more of me if there's a new owner that ditched Pepsi in favor of Coke.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
It would really bother me personally to appear this stupid. I guess it doesn't bother the speaker. 🤷♂️
Does the Speaker of the House know what's going on in the country?
It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.
When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."
It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.
When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It would really bother me personally to appear this stupid. I guess it doesn't bother the speaker. 🤷♂️
I'll remind Republicans again: you control both houses of Congress. If you can pass a budget with just Republican votes, do it. If you need Democratic votes, time to get busy negotiating.
Unless, of course, they don't want to fund the government. . . .
Unless, of course, they don't want to fund the government. . . .
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I'll remind Republicans again: you control both houses of Congress. If you can pass a budget with just Republican votes, do it. If you need Democratic votes, time to get busy negotiating.
Unless, of course, they don't want to fund the government. . . .
Unless, of course, they don't want to fund the government. . . .
Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I think U2's sophomore effort October is quite good. Obviously 3/4 of the band was in the midst of Christian soul searching and self doubt but the *music* is super creative, especially for a young band. Adam Clayton (bass) doesn't get enough credit for his energy.
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I think U2's sophomore effort October is quite good. Obviously 3/4 of the band was in the midst of Christian soul searching and self doubt but the *music* is super creative, especially for a young band. Adam Clayton (bass) doesn't get enough credit for his energy.
I just drove past a Hobby Lobby on my way to a different store and all I can see are Christmas decorations... 😳
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I just drove past a Hobby Lobby on my way to a different store and all I can see are Christmas decorations... 😳
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“The Irises” by Genievre Le Huidoux
May 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“The Irises” by Genievre Le Huidoux
The Republican controlled Senate can change the rules, blow up the filibuster and pass a Republican budget anytime they want to.
Apparently, the speaker doesn't seem to know much about how our government works. 🤷♂️
Apparently, the speaker doesn't seem to know much about how our government works. 🤷♂️
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Republican controlled Senate can change the rules, blow up the filibuster and pass a Republican budget anytime they want to.
Apparently, the speaker doesn't seem to know much about how our government works. 🤷♂️
Apparently, the speaker doesn't seem to know much about how our government works. 🤷♂️