Van der Burgh
stephenintheburgh.bsky.social
Van der Burgh
@stephenintheburgh.bsky.social
U.S. Navy veteran, retired Fire Captain, animal lover and History nerd.
Stand for something, or you'll fall for anything.
E pluribus unum is what makes us great.
The ignoramus once more demonstrates he doesn't know the difference between climate and weather.
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Keep in mind that Dumb Furor is "like" a smart person, the very definition of artificial intelligence.
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
40 years flies by in the blink of an eye.
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Indeed they did, thanks. I was not the most exemplary sailor, nor the worst. Solidly in the middle. But I served with the finest.

I recently read The Wager by David Grann. What a grueling existence sailors of that era (1700s and earlier) endured. The more I read, the more I respect my forebears.
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Cancel Shore leave is a good start (it certainly got my recalcitrant attention).
If morale does not improve we'll reinstitute keel hauling.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Seriously!! Who wouldn't go "all fanboy" for Sigourney Weaver??
December 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A Supine Court made possible by Moscow Mitch and the Russublicans.
They're playing Rugby while the Democrats are playing Go Fish (blindfolded). How's that working out for us????
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My ancestors served in the Union Army, my grandfather in the Navy in WW1, my father in WW2 in the Army and I in the U.S. Navy.
What they're doing is a desecration to the sacrifice of everyone, military and civilian, who placed the welfare of their fellow men and women ahead of themselves.
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I always think of Maxfield Parrish when I see clouds like this. He captured them so well.
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
There's a lot of competition but ICE has skyrocketed to the tippy top of the Naughty (Shit) List. I'm skipping the coal and delivering reindeer droppings.
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
That's more than the Russublicans want to spend since defending democracy is not their priority.
In the Zero sum mindset democracy must lose for the Russian Quisling to win.
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It's that simple.
Not a conspiracy, collaboration.
Donald Fucking Quisling.
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Amen, Sister.
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Yet is such a big word.
He views himself as have God-like powers, as do his cult members. To say that they see him as a retired the second coming of Christ would not be a stretch.
As for myself I see it as the Trumpocalypse.
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Is that an aspect of the Dunning-Kruger effect?
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This country regularly suffers a Pearl Harbor's worth of gun fatalities every month and yet we do nothing.
Greed, apathy and inertia. Only in America, literally, is this possible. We all need to fly the flag at half mast, or upside down, every damn day until something is done to stop the slaughter.
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Well, yeah, they wrote it.
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If she's not real, she should be.
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM