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Thanks Monica!
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Thanks Monica!
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Alas, the deer have eaten all our roses.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Rarely has the demise of anyone been so anticipated.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
In my zeal to slam America's Mayor, I omitted a word. That word was BELIEVE. I do not believe for a minute...
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Todd Blancheās job was consigliere to the Teflon Don. He moved Maxwell to cushy Club Fed and the Likely presidential pardon in return for her only saying nice things about Trump. Quid Pro Quo. Heās more gangster than statesman.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Itās nice that Bolton gets to guffaw. I never imagined ever feeling for the guy but then again, I never imagined Gloria Gaynor being honored at the Kennedy Center.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social)
Set your VCRās. I hope it lives up to the expectations.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
A very satisfying fantasy. There hasnāt been a great wheelchair scene like this since Richard Widmark tossed the lady down the stairs.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Like my Bubbe used to say, I should only live so long. Truman was president when I was born.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Gee, and we were so close to celebrating the Big 250! It was unimaginable. And heās such a putz! Semi literate, intellectually incurious, off the charts narcissist, pathological liar⦠not a single redeeming quality.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
I do not for a minute Rudy was in an accident after offering assistance to a domestic violence victim. More likely he contacted one of those PI lawyers with billboards on I 95.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
True
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Promises, promises.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Why is Sebastian Gorka on CNN?
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Senator Lankford wasn't always like this. Before becoming a MAGA Pod Person, he was an actual Republican. Wonder what he sees when he looks in the mirror.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Mr. Farage, meet Mr. Gingrich. Now, both of you, go feck yourselves.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
It doesn't even look like her. Here she is smiling.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
I am currently on a suspension from X for wishing the VP ill. What ever malady should befall him should affect the Homeland Security Frau tenfold.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
I've been saying for a while now that there is no longer a Republican party. Either you are a card carrying MAGA cult member or you're a Democrat.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't care that my wife and I have watched every crime documentary and most everything else on Netflix. W're stying with them!
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
EXCELLENT
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
I checked the weather forecast for Neskowin (or go-to beach). Summer is over!
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
You know what? It's beside the point. Let's keep the focus on what is the one necessary component of mass shootings... GUNS!
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this news? I'm looking forward to the victims' public event on Wednesday to put the story back to front and center and pretty much unavoidable for "him," Pam and the rest of the enablers.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Well done. Nicely moody.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Chances are good, the "leader's" blood is so tainted it would kill off the Count.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
As a Tennesseean, please reassure me Marsha den's have a chance in hell to win the governorship. She has a well-earned reputation as a pill popping drunk. And as for those Gibson guitars on her office wall. They need to go back.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Tulsi Gabbard lost me when she revealed there were bio labs in Kiev. Maybe theyāre slipping 8G microchips into COVID vaccination. She didnāt become Sergei Lavrovās hot prospect by accident. Not much of a real government. Did you see the cabinet meeting? He didnāt get the Best People.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
If we canāt keep elections fair, we have no chance of defeating him. His hand isnāt even the tip of the iceberg. He is mentally ill! His malignant narcissistic personality disorders are off the chart.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Sheās a QAnon following Russian asset.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Being a lifelong Red Sox fan, Mark Texiera is about as toxic a player as there ever was. In other words, he is the perfect Trump acolyte.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Jacob Frey was eloquent in his plainspeak on tonightās show. Thank you for giving him the time.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
So in Love-Coke Porter
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Donāt get me started. I get nasty pushback from āthe other sideā whenever I comment the #1 cause of gun violence in this country is⦠guns.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
The movie is āThe Thin Man.ā You canāt be in a bad mood watching William Powell, Myrna Loy and Asta.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social)
Message in a bottle. Iāve been bounced from X. Again. They didnāt like my response to VP Vance. I live in the state of Oregon but spend a lot of time in a state of furious anger. Iām as mad as hellā¦
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Any bids for repurposing it? After all, it has so much going for it. Burmese pythons. Alligators. Right wing militia members. Even Carl Hiaasen couldnāt have imagined a detention facility in the Everglades.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
You have to be shitting me. Nazis werenāt this cruel.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social)
I am proud to report I've been suspended from X... again. Evidently, I wasn't supposed to wish the VP a massive stroke.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
What a beautiful sight.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Good analogy.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Meanwhile in America, their president has demeaned solar power as āuglyā and windmills kill whales and sharks. Oh, and birds. His EPA director makes James Watt look like Rachel Carson.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w... Iām never without a book going. How about you?
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
This clip needs the Benny Hill music.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social)
I'm reading Hotel Ukraine, the latest and, sadly, last Arkady Renko Book by Martin Cruz Smith. The protagonist, like the writer, has Parkinson's. Smith has had it for about 30 years. I've enjoyed every book in the series, beginning with "Gorky Park."
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām reading Kingās latest, Never Flinch. More than a couple references to our current reality.
David Ho (@davidho.bsky.social) reposted
Motherfucking wind farmsā¦
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
More of this, please. Focus on the victims and how Trump & Epstein treated them.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Any friend of Monica is a friend of mine. I have to admit I spend more time on Twitter talking back to morons. Like Tracy Chapman sang, Give Me One Reason (to stay here).
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
It is undeniable and the best argument against the Goldwater Principle. Bandy Leeās important book was published 8 years ago, causing quite a fuss. Dr. Lee was chastised and punished by the APA for violating the rule. Trump is that obvious. A trained professional would peg him a Mali
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Spectacular!
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
I click the ā¤ļø but thereās nothing I like about taxpayer funded concentration camps in this country. I await the day Stephen Miller, Tom Homan & Kristi Noem face Nuremberg style trials. They have and continue to commit crimes against humanity.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Heās also 79 years old, not 8 as the clip infers.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Hurting someone else. There it is in a nutshell. Fear and mistrust of the other. Itās been that way since forever.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
On one hand, this might be the dumbest lie heās ever told and on the other hand, heās wearing more makeup than Karoline.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
This concerns me. It also reminds me of a memorable line from that Great American, Kinky Friedman who said heād never say fuck in front of a C-H-I-L-D.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Whatever El Taco wants, El Taco gets. Why he promoted talk about releasing the Epstein files, knowing he is featured prominently, never made any sense.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Iām not sure if āslownā is a word but I do know what bullsh*t is. Kristi is a liar.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
If we didnāt have a rescue farm with goats, sheep, chickens, cats and dogs, weād be gone like a cool breeze.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
We went to Santa Fe last November. Loved it! Everyone pretended to be so friendly.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
The irony is once they find that it is true that El Taco was a Frequent Flier to Epstein Island, theyāll spin it until the subject changes.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Heās the most self-hating Jew in the history of self-hating Jews. He idolizes Goebbels, for Chrissakes!
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social)
We took the dogs and went to Clear Lake today. Incredible. We hiked around the lake. Next time, we'll take out a boat.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Billions of dollars to protect us when the enemy is in charge.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Love this!
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social)
I'M INVISIBLE HERE. If, by chance, you see this: I live in Silverton, Oregon. Cute place. We have a nice hospital. With the passing of the BBB, the hospital is now at risk, based on its financials. Healthcare is big business. It's just an example how the BBB will affect everyone.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Itās billshit.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Whatās more disturbing is that nothing will happen. Pam Blondie is not about to go after Kanine Killing Kristi.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
We can only hope for a scene out of a Carl Hiaasen book on Tuesday.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Hitlerās handymen go high tech.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Never mind the weekend golfing. Heās made $ billions running his business out of the Oval Office.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
He NEVER feels guilty. A component of his psychosis.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
No one anticipated a reality TV star and business fraudster would ever be elected president. Fact is, he probably wasnāt. Legally, that is.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social)
An estimated 5,000 people showed up in Salem, Oregon for the NO KINGS rally. www.salemreporter.com/2025/06/14/p...
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Nothing new for thee shameless senator.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
The turnout in Salem, Oregon was huge, well over a thousand. It stretched further, taking up the sidewalk another block east and another west. It was joyful and encouraging.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
The governor handled the situation with finesse and force. The appellate court is wrong on their decision.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
You remind me of Jackie Gleason, āTo the moon, Alice!ā
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Californiaās burdensome governor was elected. The mayor of Los Angeles was elected. Neither have had their teeth capped, nose bobbed, cheeks implanted or lips filled to capacity with collagen. They donāt have an extensive and varied wardrobe. All they have is the truth.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Clever!
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
When Trump tore off the guardrails any sense of accountability was lost.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
I want to go to sleep but I have to wait for the wash to finish, then put it in the dryer.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social)
I was sittin' in a crummy movie With my hands on my chin All the violence that occurs Seems like we never win Love and mercy, that's what you need tonight So, love and mercy to you and your friends tonight Requiescat in pace Brian
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
A simple yes or no question. A nod to a phony king.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Gavin is working his way under Trumpās thin skin, and why not? The only way to appease him is through a pledge of loyalty. And that aināt going to happen.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
El Taco has crossed the line, again. He is not presidential in any true sense. That the order to send in the guard came down as he was being welcomed like the conquering hero at a cage fight speaks of his comic book persona. He doesnāt govern. He acts.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Itās no secret the man doesnāt read books or anything longer than a social media post.
Liz (or Lizzie) Kim ź¹ķģ± š« (@liz.sheshed.rocks) reposted
President Taco Remix. Youāre going to like this. šš¤£š
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Love the palette!
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
Whatās angry making is calling those brave honorable folks that stand up to these masked thugs āidiots.ā Idiots like the Minutemen in Lexington and Concord.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
After this bit of hardcore honesty, John may be deported.
barryshap.bsky.social (@barryshap.bsky.social) reply parent
American history is not the Wrestling Queenās strong suit. Nor, for that matter, is edumacation.