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@aldrichpatrick.bsky.social

Knucklehead guitar guy living in Honolulu

created July 4, 2023

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Profile picture Patrick (@aldrichpatrick.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s most definitely TBI. Or blackmail. Or, and this is likely, he, like Cruz, was always lying.

13/9/2025, 4:08:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Colleges are the problem? Fuck all of the way off.

12/9/2025, 10:40:48 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So… Didn’t think following the constitution was optional. Yes, I get that the military can certainly limit 1A for service members, but they absolutely cannot sanction civilian employees.

12/9/2025, 9:54:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ok… I’m come to the conclusion that Varad is an angry Buster Bluth clone, but without the military service record.

12/9/2025, 4:25:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No way… This is the theater of the absurd.

12/9/2025, 4:21:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At the drive thru for Taco Bell (I know…) and dude in front of me has bumper stickers for Vivek and…. wait for it… RFK, Jr. At Taco Bell.

12/9/2025, 5:46:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I feel left out… Anyhow, just the softest of thinkers.

12/9/2025, 1:26:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My point is, of course, keep drinking Dunkin’s.

11/9/2025, 9:14:48 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Considering I saw one of my sister’s friends comment on FB that this was like, “MLK” to her, I’m not surprised at the elevation of Kirk by rightniks.

11/9/2025, 8:48:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hope I don't sound naïve here, but I don't think this project to turn Charlie Kirk into a combination of Mr. Rogers and Gandhi is going to work

11/9/2025, 7:26:07 PM | 6982 897 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not seeing the need to get hot and bothered by Shapiro’s announcement.

11/9/2025, 6:27:21 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes, but they’re gentlemen thieves like Thomas Crown or The Saint.

11/9/2025, 5:54:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looks a bit like our new family member.

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11/9/2025, 3:37:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah…. Don’t love this. Definitely out of the mainstream.

10/9/2025, 9:49:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jesus… We really don’t need more federal LEOs.

10/9/2025, 7:07:44 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not now, motherfucker… Jesus.

10/9/2025, 6:55:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And this is the flaw in the Yglesias proposal.

10/9/2025, 6:32:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As I said…

10/9/2025, 6:30:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Far too many people in this administration are out of their league on this stuff. This is IC standard and even Army Privates in military intelligence know about burn bags.

10/9/2025, 6:28:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Glenn Kessler explained that he left WaPo because they were abandoning their current subscriber base in order to pursue whatever this is. Not a fan of audience capture, but he’s correct on this. This shows no relation to anything the editorial board put forth previously. “Lawfare…” fuck off…

10/9/2025, 6:24:59 PM | 12 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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So yeah… As I said, these mobilizations will have a negative impact on recruitment, readiness, and retention. And, oh by the way, anyone telling you that police call and beautification is a perfectly acceptable use of manpower is an idiot/bootlicker.

10/9/2025, 4:31:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I saw a fascinating social media post from Stetler during the campaign in which he explained that the media wasn’t covering Trump’s age related deficiencies because his voters didn’t care, whereas the media could influence Biden voters. Fucked up, really.

10/9/2025, 4:28:54 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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So yeah… First, dude never has to deal with the people who oppose him and his actions. He may actually believe that he’s the most popular person in the world. Second, he’s wigging because of the assassination attempt last year. Finally, someone in secret service is getting an earful tonight.

10/9/2025, 3:19:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All of this as the admin has decided to start a shooting war on drugs.

10/9/2025, 1:39:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’d assume so…. Alternate routes aren’t easier.

10/9/2025, 1:36:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just saw that KSA isn’t too jazzed about Bibi’s latest adventure…

10/9/2025, 1:28:02 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One of the more important questions that needs to be answered.

9/9/2025, 11:58:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One of the bigger issues for me is that the FHFA is to mostly regulate lenders, not borrowers. Is there a role? Sure, but this is not the agency’s primary mission.

9/9/2025, 11:47:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Was just over on the Twitters, and it’s totally cooked as a source for breaking information.

9/9/2025, 11:42:02 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A cousin just made reference to this over on FB and I had no idea what the hell he was yapping about.

9/9/2025, 11:40:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah…. I think those “promises” of foreign investment Trump brags about are gonna be taken back.

9/9/2025, 9:25:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tariffs…. Not sanctions against Russia, but tariffs against India and PRC. The only question is which epithet the EU will use in front of the word “no”. Hell or …

9/9/2025, 9:08:59 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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What we’re supposed to believe is that the Trump letter is a forgery, but Clinton’s was legit.

9/9/2025, 8:47:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Detailing HSI to deportation ops, instead of their anti-smuggling/cartel ops, is certainly a choice when the admin is escalating an actual shooting war on drugs.

9/9/2025, 8:05:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But if it’s not from the bribery region of France, it’s just sparkling quid pro quo.

9/9/2025, 7:48:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So is it illegal to do this, or not? Definitely seems to be touching on bribery.

9/9/2025, 7:43:07 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Also, we do know when the wind is gonna blow It’s part of meteorology.

9/9/2025, 7:21:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Find you someone to love as strongly as Jeet hates Democrats. What a dope.

9/9/2025, 6:22:30 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think his name was John Barron.

9/9/2025, 6:21:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So… The attacks they were notified about and did nothing to stop? Hmm…

9/9/2025, 6:14:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s quite incredible to me that the media will not hammer the GOP for supporting stuff that is actually unpopular.

9/9/2025, 4:22:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wang Dang Sweet Poontang was clearly a Christian hymn.

9/9/2025, 1:26:57 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Something, something cross, burns skin, scar, evil…

9/9/2025, 1:26:24 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Again, the media acted as if his 50/50ish win was Reagan ‘84. And D leadership, to be fair, acted as if the media had a point. Media forgets that Trump has NEVER experienced any significant period positive approvals.

8/9/2025, 11:34:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My favorite baseball acronym will always be TOOTBLAN. Especially now that Manfred disappeared LOOGY.

8/9/2025, 11:30:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We used to live on the east side of Church when we first got married.

8/9/2025, 3:29:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Gotta be honest, kind of sick of these folks who’ve decided that the Ds have to focus on one issue and only one issue GOP was relentless from 2021 to 2024 and criticized Biden for EVERYTHING. Can’t play this “policy, not politics, bullshit any longer.

8/9/2025, 5:55:43 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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8/9/2025, 12:20:10 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.

8/9/2025, 12:08:07 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Old college friend of mine played on some of their later records, Denton legend Earl Harvin.

8/9/2025, 12:06:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Welp… The grand irony is that he was one of the idiots claiming to be worried about Ukraine/Russia leading to WWIII. No, Elon, it’s the nationalism that will lead to it.

8/9/2025, 12:03:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Started with the media acting as if Trump’s 50/50 win was Reagan ‘84. Failure to provide the proper context on his win will doom us.

7/9/2025, 11:24:20 PM | 6 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think my favorite part is that my sister has moved to Florida from Texas and will soon be moving my 83 year old mom out there…. Yeesh.

7/9/2025, 11:20:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The only good thing is that Ladapo is a clear example of Meatball Ron’s idiocy.

7/9/2025, 11:14:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Read this story once about people who got off on slamming their dicks with the toilet seat. Don’t know why, but the administration’s tariffs seem to remind me of that.

7/9/2025, 11:13:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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7/9/2025, 10:44:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think it was a Claremonter who wrote a recent piece arguing that officers should follow orders, not the constitution. The right is trying to rewrite how everything is supposed to work. It’s gonna require an opposition willing to give up executive power to fix this.

7/9/2025, 10:41:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the military it’s called unlawful command influence and I’ve never seen this level of it from an admin before.

7/9/2025, 9:26:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ok, I agree with the below. BUT… The Commanders should be pretty good this year, so that might be the reason WaPo is writing the fluff.

7/9/2025, 9:22:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Damn… now that’s a cool festival.

7/9/2025, 9:19:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah…. Those suck.

7/9/2025, 9:18:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s Lucy and the football. Every freaking time.

7/9/2025, 9:17:47 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good and hard, people. Good and hard.

7/9/2025, 9:17:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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7/9/2025, 9:13:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Doctors I trust more than RFK, Jr.

7/9/2025, 5:06:48 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Watched the prequels and Romulus last weekend. Probably not great films, but I dig them. Although, Covenant sags in the middle.

7/9/2025, 3:08:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hope not. I mean, not my fault you’re wrong on this.

7/9/2025, 3:02:37 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wes Anderson’s Alien$

7/9/2025, 2:47:36 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fun fact- Alien: Earth is quite good and I am married to an OG Ripley fangirl.

7/9/2025, 2:46:04 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So… My wife just made my day..,

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7/9/2025, 2:40:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the Trump/Hegseth doctrine of war, the more war crimes, the better. They should, however, ask the Soviets how that worked out in Afghanistan or the Russians how it’s working out in Ukraine.

7/9/2025, 2:12:49 AM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m probably wrong, but I’ve seen that from with cross-fitniks.

7/9/2025, 12:40:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jaco, MCA, Petty, Bowie… Others, of course, but this hit the hardest.

7/9/2025, 12:05:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Gary

6/9/2025, 11:03:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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E. Church Street?

6/9/2025, 9:38:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think I saw the same numbers for tonight’s Toad the Wet Sprocket show in Honolulu.

6/9/2025, 9:35:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was obsessed with it when I was a kid. I think I even still have the 45 of Moving Right Along. I tried to keep even the vinyl from when I was a little kid.

6/9/2025, 7:35:01 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m lost. Have you tried Hare Krishna?

6/9/2025, 6:22:16 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Eh…. She’s monetized her Twitter account and engagement means everything.

6/9/2025, 6:21:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What’s most striking is that they’ve written that they basically agree with the occupation of DC.

6/9/2025, 3:48:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It actually is…. But much like Rubio trying to pressure the UK for detaining people for speech, despite the detention of students speaking out about Israel, they would never see the hypocrisy.

6/9/2025, 3:44:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I must’ve missed this through all of my eye rolling as I read the piece.

6/9/2025, 2:41:06 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Couldn’t finish Kimmy Schmidt because of the joke density. Was just too much.

6/9/2025, 2:39:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And, oh by the way, don’t forget to check out their editorial on the DC AG’s suit on the deployment of the National Guard. Spoiler: they think it’s a bad idea. The lawsuit, that is.

5/9/2025, 11:34:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As I said… Not a serious editorial board any longer.

5/9/2025, 11:31:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This really isn’t good. This is LARPing from a guy who has no strategic experience and no senior leadership experience. And no, you don’t have to be military to serve as SecDef. But you do have to have experience at running something larger than a platoon.

5/9/2025, 11:19:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And if I recall, very little of this was mentioned during his confirmation hearing. This, along with his lack of experience heading a large organization, was a more serious reason to oppose than his drinking habits ever were. This is not the John Tower era.

5/9/2025, 11:07:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just read the WaPo editorial on the DoD name change. Absolute nonsense on stilts.

5/9/2025, 10:55:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Time to subpoena Alex Acosta.

5/9/2025, 10:33:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Grabbing my torch and pitchfork after work..,

5/9/2025, 10:19:27 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yep… He grabs on to any conspiracy as long as it opposes the consensus. It’s oppositional defiant disorder. Probably caused by vaccines.

5/9/2025, 10:17:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So yeah… This is why I’m nervous about Major Pete’s comments on the War Department bullshit.

5/9/2025, 10:02:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cough… (Noah)… cough…

5/9/2025, 6:18:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of course it’s terrible and tacky, but what else would you expect from the Brawndo administration.

5/9/2025, 6:18:21 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yep… And to “rename” DOD as the Department of War while occupying American cities ought to freak the fuck out of people.

5/9/2025, 6:55:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah… The thing that always bothered me about the Prometheus criticisms was that EVERY Alien film relies on scientific dipshittery. Was quite unfair to single out that one. Anyhow, Alien: Earth is great and you should all watch it.

5/9/2025, 6:51:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think Clay is on to something. Maybe it’s not that Bourdain = Rogan so much, but I dig the idea. Oh, and yah, I miss Tony.

5/9/2025, 6:49:10 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Passion$

5/9/2025, 12:41:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He and Vermeule both don’t get that their concept of common good will not work out for Catholics once the Christian Nationalists implement the ideas that those dopes proposed.

4/9/2025, 10:10:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks for asking. I’m doing well. Things are basically back to normal, whatever that was.

4/9/2025, 8:53:02 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view