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Aloysius

@abhow2000.bsky.social

gay husband & westie dad in South Carolina - retired poet

created November 30, 2024

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Bob and Linda Belcher, with assistance from the every helpful kids.

1/9/2025, 6:13:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think I'd feel like elevating the lowly hot dog to the level of "the body of Christ" crackers.

1/9/2025, 6:11:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Antidepressants save lives. I know. Guns destroy lives. Why is it so difficult for them to understand the imbalance here?

1/9/2025, 4:43:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All 9!

1/9/2025, 3:59:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's the same guy whom the courts "let off the hook" for trying to steal an election, and for stealing government documents (and then refusing to give them back). js

31/8/2025, 11:01:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe if we'd had some real justice for Jan16 we wouldn't keep bringing it up.

31/8/2025, 10:32:09 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Is anyone considering charges for crimes against humanity? Or is the administration immune from that kind of prosecution too?

31/8/2025, 10:29:22 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

be here now

31/8/2025, 9:12:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I do believe that if I were in the Nat Guard right now, this kinda cr@p would cause me to rethink every decision I'd ever made.

31/8/2025, 6:55:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Q "Do you have confidence in him?" A "He's the one we're stuck with. Let's just pretend he's competent, okay? Easier that way."

31/8/2025, 6:43:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's not about safety or law & order. "It's about having complete control."

31/8/2025, 6:03:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Rainbows are way scarier than guns, right?

31/8/2025, 5:12:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

They keep so many controversial plates spinning at the same time, so there's no way to keep up with them all. Maybe we catch one or two of plates as they fall, but many will hit the ground and break, as they wanted all along.

31/8/2025, 4:57:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sobering thought for this blue speckSoutherner.

31/8/2025, 4:52:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Labor Day Reminder:

31/8/2025, 4:40:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When one doesn't listen to "the experts", one ends up as ignorant and as venal as this ugly clump of bear-jerky. The arrogance is a bonus feature.

31/8/2025, 4:20:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

🎢 Everybody! Do the Clam Dance! 🎢

31/8/2025, 12:42:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Money speaks louder than constituents do.

30/8/2025, 4:58:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

I wonder if any journalists will question the motivations behind this transfer. Also wonder what b.s. the administration is preparing to spew as a response.

30/8/2025, 4:45:29 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Perspective makes a big difference.

30/8/2025, 4:38:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If only they could find a way to bestow one upon Hillary C. too...

30/8/2025, 4:35:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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... And then I shall ur'nate freely.

30/8/2025, 4:32:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

"You'd better say I'm the most peaceful, or else I'll kill you."

30/8/2025, 4:09:54 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Trust reality. Karma may or may not exist, but you definitely cannot count on it to make life fair.

30/8/2025, 2:18:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The current administration is so anti-America, it's almost unbelievable.

30/8/2025, 2:14:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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America, sliding further down the drain.

30/8/2025, 2:07:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That have forfeited "dignity and self-respect" in service to a traitor. May they never forget their treason.

30/8/2025, 2:01:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Anyone else thinking that he made a deal with the devil, and he's gonna outlive us all?

30/8/2025, 1:52:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

We elected a traitor to be President*. Of course it wants to celebrate other traitors.

30/8/2025, 1:38:43 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 4:08:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

... even though it's already happened.

29/8/2025, 10:58:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social)

"People still aren't talking or acting like it's a coup." Until things get significantly and undeniably worse (economically, culturally, socially), probably a few months from now, most will probably keep fantasizing that it can't happen here.

29/8/2025, 10:57:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Oh you're just being an alarmist," they said. "He wouldn't really do that," they said. "That's just how he talks. He's just 'playing' with the Dems." "It won't be that bad," they said.

29/8/2025, 8:47:13 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

the answer: Because money.

29/8/2025, 8:05:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Clearly we as a nation are not handling issues of "the human heart" very well, as evidenced by the Minneapolis shooting this week. Why can't we have some sensible gun control laws -- -- but just until our mental health and our human hearts have healed or whatever?

29/8/2025, 8:02:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Founders could foresee a corrupt president in the future. But they never imagined that the 2 other branches of government would cave so easily, and would refuse to hold such a corrupt president accountable.

29/8/2025, 2:31:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I guess now they want full honors for all American traitors.

29/8/2025, 2:04:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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πŸ˜„ "Walmart Liberace motif"

29/8/2025, 12:25:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They can say whatever they want. Their words mean nothing.

29/8/2025, 12:13:09 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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"However angry you are ..., it's not angry enough. We let a monster devour our country like it was nothing. *Nothing*"

28/8/2025, 11:13:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

But he prayed really really super-hard. That should count for som-- You're right. He's a feckless boob.

28/8/2025, 10:51:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, Susan.

28/8/2025, 10:45:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All health-related decisions should be made after looking at people while walking through an airport.

28/8/2025, 10:40:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/8/2025, 6:25:22 PM | 75 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good read. "The fate of American democracy will depend on our collective will to preserve it. [paraphrased]"

28/8/2025, 4:47:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Everyone would have laughed, because no, he couldn't. Things are different now.

27/8/2025, 8:06:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

27/8/2025, 2:05:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, he's breaking the law, abusing his etc, etc, but it's Tuesday (a day that ends with Y) so we aren't surprised.

26/8/2025, 11:03:16 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

< raises hand > How did he save college football? πŸ‰

26/8/2025, 10:57:17 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

"We call him Spud for short."

26/8/2025, 10:28:38 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Riley was carrying a gun while being black. A big no-no for T supporters.

26/8/2025, 1:51:06 PM | 115 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

β˜‘οΈ accomplished

25/8/2025, 8:45:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But then I'd have to purchase a red MAGA hat.

25/8/2025, 8:37:38 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

... but good at cheating at golf.

25/8/2025, 8:10:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

They seem a tad snobbish - but then again, I'd be snobby too if I were that fabulous.

25/8/2025, 7:51:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted

URGENT: If you have ANY information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts and/or the process to send him to Uganda, PLEASE message me on Signal: marisakabas.04 Your anonymity will be fully protected. I know it’s scary to speak out, but this is a man’s life.

25/8/2025, 2:10:27 PM | 1605 666 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

"Heads, we win. Tails, you lose."

25/8/2025, 2:19:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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BREAKING: Adultery Is Not a Sin Anymore!

25/8/2025, 12:33:26 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is what we call "consciousness of guilt". I mean, if there actually were any legal consequences anymore for this kind of blatant lawlessness.

24/8/2025, 4:57:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Guano Loco πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ (@guanoloco.bsky.social) reposted

Before tRump can Federalize Illinois National Guard, Pritzker needs to send them on an errand so they are not in state whenever tRump needs them. Mofo wants political stunts? Send them to MaraLago to look for the Epstein files.

24/8/2025, 11:32:46 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

*self-titled

24/8/2025, 4:25:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Renee Olmsted's self I titled album perhaps?

24/8/2025, 4:25:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait til a Democrat does it. Then they'll care about it again.

24/8/2025, 4:02:53 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

As have Congress and the supreme Court.

24/8/2025, 4:37:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

100% timeless classic

24/8/2025, 4:30:51 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They may be planning to keep Americans from defecting to Mexico.

23/8/2025, 11:10:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish the whole world treated him like the sociopathic criminal he is.

23/8/2025, 8:23:10 PM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Any crime'll do. We'll stay here til we find >something<, even if it takes all night."

23/8/2025, 4:23:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

The painted one is slimmer, sure, but both but are repugnant.

23/8/2025, 3:53:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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22/8/2025, 6:46:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He has resting deer-in-headlights face.

22/8/2025, 6:22:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

"He's been very respectful of our country"?!?!? Repeatedly interfering in our elections isn't in any way respectful.

22/8/2025, 6:18:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

... thus demonstrating themselves to be completely compromised, unreliable, and dishonest in all future communications.

22/8/2025, 4:37:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

You misspelled the word "criminal".

22/8/2025, 4:09:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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More Trmp family hatred for America and Americans.

22/8/2025, 3:48:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

More Trmp hatred for America and Americans.

22/8/2025, 3:47:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Also unlike any other.

22/8/2025, 2:01:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm scared to ask, but: Exactly what kinda "harsh measures" could he be talking about? πŸ€”

21/8/2025, 4:41:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

TAGAWI

21/8/2025, 4:35:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe when we see some substantial "progress", we won't focus so much on the lack of it.

21/8/2025, 4:08:47 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

* STRAIGHT white me .

21/8/2025, 4:05:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

I envision thousands of lgbtq folks in a long line, each patiently waiting their turn to urinate on Dobson in his grave. He sh't on us for decades. We should at least get to pee on him.

21/8/2025, 3:57:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Great song - it's like a classic American short story.

21/8/2025, 12:50:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you, Stevie, for your relevant and well-informed narrative. πŸ™„

20/8/2025, 6:10:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

"War heroes" or "war criminals" ?

20/8/2025, 5:51:23 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

So gerrymandering is legal in Texas but not in California?

20/8/2025, 5:45:41 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay, but who's that slender guy in the picture?

20/8/2025, 1:55:00 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

[ Cut to: me, looking up the word 'skibidi' on UrbanDictionary ]

19/8/2025, 9:09:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

I know this is beside the point, but He wants museums to be more about the future? A museum of aspirations? It sounds more like a building full of propaganda. The future is literally not "history."

19/8/2025, 8:53:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Zelenskyy is def thinking: I have a war to get back to, so . . . .

19/8/2025, 6:53:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Zelenskyy: I've got a war to get back to, so...

19/8/2025, 4:27:52 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

WHAT?!?! Disrespectful to PUTIN?!?! Scump said this just in case anyone had forgotten that he's a traitor to the US.

19/8/2025, 1:01:31 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is me, mesmerized. 😢

18/8/2025, 7:38:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

That doesn't guarantee that he'll "behave decently".

18/8/2025, 2:07:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Seriously. "What is it going to take?"

18/8/2025, 1:04:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Now imagine the uproar if Pres Obama had done the same...

18/8/2025, 1:00:14 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

You deserve the Cleverest Ever Award! 😎

17/8/2025, 7:38:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

I bet he was called a lot of stuff. πŸ˜‰

17/8/2025, 6:58:44 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aloysius (@abhow2000.bsky.social) reply parent

Roasted? I'd rather see her deep-fried in Wesson oil.

17/8/2025, 1:14:04 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Corrupt and anti-American.

17/8/2025, 4:57:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view