Craig McCullough
@boilerscot.bsky.social
Retired and living the good life (for me) in New Jersey. Native Midwesterner. Big fan of all parts of speech.
created January 26, 2025
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Craig McCullough (@boilerscot.bsky.social)
“Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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Cry "Witch hunt!"
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If he's breaking the law, call the cops.
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In addition, wtf does it mean to offer a military funeral to a dead person?
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It's the same reason why nothing will become of the Epstein scandal.
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Anyone who says "at this moment in time" speaks without thinking.
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Is Trump too modest to take credit for Coke Classic?
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I don't understand back tats. If I were to get a tattoo, I would want to be able to look at it.
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At least they're doing something useful. "Making bucks, getting exercise, working outside..."
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They make Mike Pence look like Brutus.
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I wonder who put that idea in his head.
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That monument needs some gold on it.
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“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” - Ernest Hemingway razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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Marxist?
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“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.” - Anthony de Mello razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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They also seem to think that using a litter box makes you a cat.
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She should also Google the word "irony."
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ICE now gives life advice?
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Who needs a source for opinion? Opinion is too often mistaken for news, in my opinion.
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Any advice?
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Trump doesn't care if people think he's a pedo.
Craig McCullough (@boilerscot.bsky.social)
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” - H.L. Mencken razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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I refuse to follow back his mother. Let her beg.
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Underhumanitied for sure.
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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” - Elie Wiesel razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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Fortunately concrete can be recycled.
Craig McCullough (@boilerscot.bsky.social)
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
Craig McCullough (@boilerscot.bsky.social)
“What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind.” - William Wordsworth razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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“Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.” - Benjamin Franklin razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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I want that job.
Craig McCullough (@boilerscot.bsky.social)
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” - George Bernard Shaw razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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They are right about one thing: immigrants have caused all the trouble in this land.
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Speaking in terms of IQ is code for "I am insecure and I need to appear smart."
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Too bad if the new camp is in a flood plain.
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They always want to eliminate the competition.
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How does "Gulf of Trump" sound?
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There would have to be something of great monetary value at stake. The "looking out for the people" excuse is bogus.
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“Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating… too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.” - John Wooden razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
Craig McCullough (@boilerscot.bsky.social)
“Today only the person who no longer believes in a happy ending, only he who has consciously renounced it, is able to live. A happy century does not exist; but there are moments of happiness, and there is freedom in the moment.” - Ernst Jünger razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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The bullshit birther attack on Obama served Trump pretty well before. The question is, "why does Obama always fall for it?"
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Agree on the noodles.
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Doesn't the ice cream melt in the toaster?
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“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” - Joseph Campbell razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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Prodigious.
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Doesn't he have to be inducted into the SL HOF first?
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CBS had a good run. Nothing lasts forever.
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No one in the United States should have Neanderthal eye brows, but here we are.
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Now is the time for the good billionaires to step up.
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“Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them.” - Charles Dickens
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Don't bring that trash in here.
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“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.” - Soren Kierkegaard razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
Stephen Trumbull (@smtrumbull.bsky.social) reposted
Yes!! I say enough!!
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Down 23 with four minutes to go. No problem.
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ICE agents follow orders from above and get all the blame. Their bosses need to be held accountable.
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People who say the government should be run like a business have never run either well.
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Gracias amigos!
Craig McCullough (@boilerscot.bsky.social)
IF vaccines caused autism, would that be worse than the diseases they're intended to prevent?
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The children of the Trump voter base just need to work harder. They can't expect handouts.
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Did you have to use your AK?
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I hope socialism can support good schools that teach children how to write coherent sentences.
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Saying they offer prayers always and only means that they don't intend to do a damned thing.
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There is a client spreadsheet.
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Fight mindfully.
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Another UVA grad.
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Steely Dan adjacent - I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World).
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He should have said it three times.
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Weak defense.
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“Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.” - Harry Truman razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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I want a grocery store to deliver free food that's already cooked, and wash the dishes after I eat it.
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Talk some sense into them.
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“Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.” - Bob Marley razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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Do the Pacers get to choose the player?
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Sliced bread is overrated.
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Not yet.
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The line forms behind the Trump children.
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How many of Trump's children will volunteer to fight in his new war?
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“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King Jr. razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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That's basketball, you know.
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To complete the Shakespearean metaphor, the so-called analysis signifies nothing.
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The recent "No Kings" protests, many of which were held in pouring rain, were inspirational. Not to nitpick, but I want the next round of protests to be called "No Effing Dictators!"
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At least he didn't pretend to grope a sleeping woman's breasts.
Craig McCullough (@boilerscot.bsky.social)
“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Mahatma Gandhi razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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Based on what I have seen on NBA League Pass of shots of the crowd at Spurs games, San Antonio seems to be a very cool place.
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We gonna need bigger jails.
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If you want Marines on your side, don't call them soldiers.
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Someone please ask the protesters to pick up their trash when they leave.
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Depends. Newsome needs to do more than talk. Can he inspire?We'll see.
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How about physical fitness?
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The worst thing about sports talk TV and radio is how common it has become to render judgement that this or that player, coach, GM, etc. should be fired. That shit is cruel, and it's no one's business but people within the organization.
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Why "poor working stiff?" Why not "schmo?" How about "economic backbone?" The 99% don't all work at McDonald's.
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How can the party of FDR pretend not to know how to win elections?
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“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.” - Confucius razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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It feels wrong to me when politicians tell us how bad they feel when a senseless tragedy occurs.
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” - James Baldwin razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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“Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” - Bruce Lee razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
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And too many thought, "Why vote? They're all the same."
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I understand the sentiment but I don't like to associate one of my favorite foods with one of my least favorite people. Maybe we could come up with a slogan around sushi or eggplant.
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Best speech ever.