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Gary Gifford

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Lifelong liberal, avid #mtb rider, #Nordicski er, gym rat, proficient gun owner, potty mouth & Trump hating retired LEO. Meme thief & maker #Mensa #NAFO #Resist #Cats Secular Humorist. From #BayArea. Lives in #PNW Straight #Ally. substack.com/@garygifford

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · Apr 18

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 13m

Gestapo detains, threatens and handcuffs an American citizen, transports him, determines he is an American citizen and then returns him to the workplace from which he was detained. How the fuck in any place in America is this okay? www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 11h

They're from Texas, so they're eager beavers, but they're also fat and slow.

Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 11h

I've heard overly optimistic statements from him before. I hope hes right this time.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14h

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 11h

PepperBalls do not have a metal core. They are a plastic hollow sphere containing the powdered pepper substance. There are other types of munitions that can be fired in the modified paint ball guns such as dye marking pellets, ceramic glass breakers and rubber pellets. I've used these weapons.

Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 11h

He wants them to sacrifice a couple of little girls for him to fuck.

Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 22h

We have to be smart about it. We are a bigger tent. We are inclusive, which is much harder than being exclusive like MAGA. So if we want more people on board, we shouldn't trigger people. It's not needed for an inclusive big tent; triggering is only a good thing for the fascists.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 22h

The message better start with an appeal to the absolute most people possible is all I am saying.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 22h

And I'm seriously not trying to impugn the Black Panthers or the idea of ANTIFA (I'm ANTIFA). But it is SUPER hard to get to 3.5%. The largest of the "No Kings" protests barely hit 2%, & that's just showing up for a day. A general strike is asking 3.5% to stop going to work & risk losing their jobs.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 22h

Not the point. I'm aware of that. It's about what the broad swath of the country knows about and thinks of the Black Panthers. Let's say ANTIFA was an actual organization (we know it's not). Would it be wise to list ANTIFA if we were trying to appeal to a broad swath? Definitely not.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 23h

This is what is needed. I'll participate in other ways, as I am retired. They are going to scare a lot of people away, however, with the first couple of groups supporting this having "Black Panther" in their name. Not super good messaging when one is trying to appeal to a broad swath of the country.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 23h

Great interview. Subject is the threat of AI. Worth your time, I promise. www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d...

Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

Free to not sing at your base, apparently. And what a shitty USO show that would be anyway, right? Nickelback would probably get better attendance.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

Observation about Bluesky: The amount of engagement a post gets is much more dependent on the time at which it is posted than the actual content of the post.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Shut it down.

Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder what the choreography would look like for that one shitty song he sings.

Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps they will both become activists for improving prison conditions for all incarcerated people.

Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

I honestly don't think they will care. He will make up some stupid illogical excuse and his moronic base will be fine with it.

Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

Lee Fucking Greenwood? Hard to imagine how the choreography and pyrotechnics would work with that one shitty song he sings.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Mike Johnson isn't happy that Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl: It sounds like he's not someone who appeals to a broader audience. There's so many eyes on it. A lot of young, impressionable children. In my view, you would have Lee Greenwood or role models doing that. Not somebody like this.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

I hear ya. That really doesn't seem to matter anymore, though.

Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

So if the House gets enough votes for it's discharge petition and takes a vote and passes a bill to release the Epstein files, Trump will just veto the bill, and then a 2/3s vote in each chamber would be required to overrule the veto: Votes that aren't there. Did I get this right?

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes! The evil ANTIFA plot carried out by a Portland donut shop to give free donuts to Ca National Guard members to send them spiraling into a sugar induced coma.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

Any National Guard peeps here? Are those standard issue ANG M-16s or are they personally owned weapons with a lot of personal upgrades? Fancy stocks, upgraded optics... Is this normal or is this a Texas thing? The sure look like some eager beavers...

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

Almost as bad as CNN's headline:

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

No CNN. She did not "fend off questions". She fucking obstructed a Congressional hearing by refusing to answer questions. Fuck you CNN. You are NOT going to get out of this unscathed.

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Gary Gifford @garygifford.bsky.social · 1d

It will certainly take some responsible strong local leadership to make things like that happen.

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