Stan Alluisi
@salluisi.bsky.social
A sarcastic cynic who sees the glass as half full.
Retired university professor, USAF Desert Storm vet, believer in the U.S. Constitution, freelancer for the Department of Redundancy Department.
Retired university professor, USAF Desert Storm vet, believer in the U.S. Constitution, freelancer for the Department of Redundancy Department.
"...clinging to it like it’s the last lifeboat on the Titanic."
But its OK to shoot at people clinging to life boats now!
Problem solved!
But its OK to shoot at people clinging to life boats now!
Problem solved!
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"...clinging to it like it’s the last lifeboat on the Titanic."
But its OK to shoot at people clinging to life boats now!
Problem solved!
But its OK to shoot at people clinging to life boats now!
Problem solved!
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YouTube video by Jean-Philippe Boisbriand
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December 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Speaking of cleaning up… Don’t wait to get clean before helping others!
I heard this in NPR Morning Edition (14 August):
“We cannot wait to be healed before helping others. We must heal others in order to heal ourselves.”
I heard this in NPR Morning Edition (14 August):
“We cannot wait to be healed before helping others. We must heal others in order to heal ourselves.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Speaking of cleaning up… Don’t wait to get clean before helping others!
I heard this in NPR Morning Edition (14 August):
“We cannot wait to be healed before helping others. We must heal others in order to heal ourselves.”
I heard this in NPR Morning Edition (14 August):
“We cannot wait to be healed before helping others. We must heal others in order to heal ourselves.”
Cool!
This area represents one of my oldest memories of Baltimore. The Washington Monument, the public spaces, the Walters Art Museum.
This area represents one of my oldest memories of Baltimore. The Washington Monument, the public spaces, the Walters Art Museum.
December 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Cool!
This area represents one of my oldest memories of Baltimore. The Washington Monument, the public spaces, the Walters Art Museum.
This area represents one of my oldest memories of Baltimore. The Washington Monument, the public spaces, the Walters Art Museum.
Don’t worry! We in Oklahoma will continue to give Arkansas a run (to the bottom) for its money!
December 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Don’t worry! We in Oklahoma will continue to give Arkansas a run (to the bottom) for its money!
This should be the plan “if” democrats ever get back in power.
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This should be the plan “if” democrats ever get back in power.
Why do I want to throw this hat???
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Why do I want to throw this hat???
Of course you can leave a mess!
We'll take care of it after you're gone...
We'll take care of it after you're gone...
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Of course you can leave a mess!
We'll take care of it after you're gone...
We'll take care of it after you're gone...
I think my fave DW song will remain, "Promises, Promises."
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I think my fave DW song will remain, "Promises, Promises."
Where will we find the people to review this tsunami of data for each person requesting a visa???
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Where will we find the people to review this tsunami of data for each person requesting a visa???
Well, 21 is a small number compared to the total number of people in the state…
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Well, 21 is a small number compared to the total number of people in the state…
They’re not stupid. Now let’s see how hard they try to scare away all the World Cup fans from shit hole countries…
December 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
They’re not stupid. Now let’s see how hard they try to scare away all the World Cup fans from shit hole countries…
Don’t they need saving on Mars?
Then again, Mars ain’t the kinda place to raise your kids….
Then again, Mars ain’t the kinda place to raise your kids….
December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Don’t they need saving on Mars?
Then again, Mars ain’t the kinda place to raise your kids….
Then again, Mars ain’t the kinda place to raise your kids….
“…enforce foreign governments to comply with the Helms Amendment, an archaic policy that blocks U.S. aid from paying for abortion care abroad.”
So how do we keep sending money to Israel where abortion is readily available?
So how do we keep sending money to Israel where abortion is readily available?
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“…enforce foreign governments to comply with the Helms Amendment, an archaic policy that blocks U.S. aid from paying for abortion care abroad.”
So how do we keep sending money to Israel where abortion is readily available?
So how do we keep sending money to Israel where abortion is readily available?
I think Musk is pissed that (like Trump) he wasn’t thanked enough by all the agencies that he cut for all his self-serving actions.
“Thank you, Sir! May I have another?”
“Thank you, Sir! May I have another?”
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I think Musk is pissed that (like Trump) he wasn’t thanked enough by all the agencies that he cut for all his self-serving actions.
“Thank you, Sir! May I have another?”
“Thank you, Sir! May I have another?”
Soooo much winning for the US!
Thanks Donald!
Thanks Donald!
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Soooo much winning for the US!
Thanks Donald!
Thanks Donald!
There are plenty of us “Blue Dots” in the Red Sea of Oklahoma. It gets irritating to be overlooked as if we don’t even exist.
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
There are plenty of us “Blue Dots” in the Red Sea of Oklahoma. It gets irritating to be overlooked as if we don’t even exist.
Whatever happened to the concept of Blackstone's Ratio?
"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."
How many INNOCENT US Citizens have to be brutalized and humiliated before the courts accept that Trump and his cronies are NOT acting in good faith?
"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."
How many INNOCENT US Citizens have to be brutalized and humiliated before the courts accept that Trump and his cronies are NOT acting in good faith?
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Whatever happened to the concept of Blackstone's Ratio?
"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."
How many INNOCENT US Citizens have to be brutalized and humiliated before the courts accept that Trump and his cronies are NOT acting in good faith?
"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."
How many INNOCENT US Citizens have to be brutalized and humiliated before the courts accept that Trump and his cronies are NOT acting in good faith?
A biography of Gen. Butler, "Gangsters for Capitalism" by Jonathan Katz provides a good history of Butler and how he came to understand that war was indeed a racket.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM | Kirkus Reviews
Character study of the Marine hero who became a radical critic of the system he’d fought to uphold.
www.kirkusreviews.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A biography of Gen. Butler, "Gangsters for Capitalism" by Jonathan Katz provides a good history of Butler and how he came to understand that war was indeed a racket.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
And they wanted decorated “war hero” General Smedley Butler to lead it. Fortunately, he had broken the code and understood what was going on. He wrote “War is a Racket.”
Just as important a read today as ever!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_...
Just as important a read today as ever!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_...
War Is a Racket - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
And they wanted decorated “war hero” General Smedley Butler to lead it. Fortunately, he had broken the code and understood what was going on. He wrote “War is a Racket.”
Just as important a read today as ever!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_...
Just as important a read today as ever!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_...
Then get your lying ass the hell off my set, Senator!
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Then get your lying ass the hell off my set, Senator!