Rik Elswit
@slideguy.bsky.social
Singer, songwriter, clergyman, raconteur, writer, teacher, purveyor of fine musical instruments, three-time loser on The Dating Game, and arguably the best slide guitar player in Pacific Heights.
I'm happy for you both, Angie.
September 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I'm happy for you both, Angie.
Difficult question, because the act of telling my truth has already been characterized as a "self-fulfilling prophecy"
Take the self-fulfilling nonsense out of there and it's simply how the facts look to me. Unless something changes radically we're headed for autocracy.
Take the self-fulfilling nonsense out of there and it's simply how the facts look to me. Unless something changes radically we're headed for autocracy.
September 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Difficult question, because the act of telling my truth has already been characterized as a "self-fulfilling prophecy"
Take the self-fulfilling nonsense out of there and it's simply how the facts look to me. Unless something changes radically we're headed for autocracy.
Take the self-fulfilling nonsense out of there and it's simply how the facts look to me. Unless something changes radically we're headed for autocracy.
This is how it's done. Now if only the Democratic leadership would get the message.
August 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is how it's done. Now if only the Democratic leadership would get the message.
Great to see you here. I'm just learning how this thing works and finding my way around.
August 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Great to see you here. I'm just learning how this thing works and finding my way around.
Well I'll be damned. The last time I saw you was in the early 80s. You've had half a life since then. I'm 80, and retired.
August 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Well I'll be damned. The last time I saw you was in the early 80s. You've had half a life since then. I'm 80, and retired.
Schumer is long past his sell-by date. Hogg's right. We need need leadership.
July 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Schumer is long past his sell-by date. Hogg's right. We need need leadership.
The man lives and dies by ratings. I wonder if yesterday's failure made it through his bubble.
June 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The man lives and dies by ratings. I wonder if yesterday's failure made it through his bubble.
The bankers have also bought enough of the Democratic Party away from Labor, that the Democrats are no longer able to tell the truth about the class war. The threat of losing donations from finance has neutered them.
Nobody listened to Senator Sanders, and now we're going to pay for it. Bigtime.
Nobody listened to Senator Sanders, and now we're going to pay for it. Bigtime.
February 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The bankers have also bought enough of the Democratic Party away from Labor, that the Democrats are no longer able to tell the truth about the class war. The threat of losing donations from finance has neutered them.
Nobody listened to Senator Sanders, and now we're going to pay for it. Bigtime.
Nobody listened to Senator Sanders, and now we're going to pay for it. Bigtime.
You own this, Lisa.
February 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
You own this, Lisa.
Finally, some fucking pushback. She got confirmed, but not by anybody I voted for.
February 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Finally, some fucking pushback. She got confirmed, but not by anybody I voted for.
It's going to be interesting to see which big name entertainers are so hungry that they'll accept an award from him. He's already trashed the Medal of Freedom by giving one to Limbaugh.
February 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It's going to be interesting to see which big name entertainers are so hungry that they'll accept an award from him. He's already trashed the Medal of Freedom by giving one to Limbaugh.
Stoller is what Lenin used to call a "useful idiot".
February 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Stoller is what Lenin used to call a "useful idiot".
Boy, that's a hard call. Gaetz can't help himself. He's driven and damaged. I'm saying that the enablers are worse.
December 23, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Boy, that's a hard call. Gaetz can't help himself. He's driven and damaged. I'm saying that the enablers are worse.
What, Bezos bought the damned rain forest?
November 17, 2024 at 11:25 PM
What, Bezos bought the damned rain forest?
Everybody I like is signing up.
November 16, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Everybody I like is signing up.
I can't even find a goddam styptic pencil at the drug store. I know they still make them, but no one stocks them.
November 15, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I can't even find a goddam styptic pencil at the drug store. I know they still make them, but no one stocks them.
Listening to your remembrance of Steve at the memorial last weekend, my wife said, "I can see why Steve fell in love with him." I could, too.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
November 15, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Listening to your remembrance of Steve at the memorial last weekend, my wife said, "I can see why Steve fell in love with him." I could, too.
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
I've heard that debt service is will cost us $870 billion for 2-24.
November 13, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I've heard that debt service is will cost us $870 billion for 2-24.