Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Well now you go and tell me.
Raised KS Mennonite. NJ, DC, now following UU's 7 principles in Metro ATL Physically disabled due to Multiple Myeloma lesions in 15 vertebrae + multiple compression fractures. Treatment keeps the MM at bay Believe Barney's got a Colt .38, BTW
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Well now you go and tell me.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
Only one living editorial cartoonist can make an Anne Frank joke work. Stan #Kelly needs to win all the awards.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Ouch. Y'all aren't taking any prisoners and I'm here for it.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
They ARE using that slur, as far as I'm concerned. Whenever I've seen #DEI the past two years, given that it's ALWAYS surrounded by conservative whining, I've heard "n****r" Who doesn't? These (almost entirely white) ignor-anuses have successfully appropriated the term. Congratulations, Whitey!
TrumpsTaxes (@trumpstaxes.com) reposted
Photo of the Three Stooges promoting the polio vaccine for kids in 1961. You know your country’s in trouble when Moe, Larry and Curly Joe understand more about public health than the Secretary of HHS.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Dunno! Something must color that decision not to return to his homeland, huh? It's a mystery though.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Edge-lordy.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
...and hung.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
You're also good at saving our Republic as a voting bloc. Belated thanks for that.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Brought back fond memories of my siblings' high school theatrical efforts, it did.
Martti Nelson, Lady Author (@martti.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It’s a shame that he won’t keep, but it’s summer and we’re runnin’ out of ice.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Whenever I think my country sucks dead donkey rectum I have to remind myself that at least I don't have the UK's waffletwats to account for.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
And I'm the bad guy for saying these "men" should be in work camps because they'd be happier after a few months.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
That's pretty bad. You're about 80% more likely to have died at the hands of Officer Friendly in Bangladesh last year than you were here in the U-S-A. U-S-A!
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
Rarely is the question asked (and answered): Q: Is our children learning? A: No. Put another way: White people! Amirite? #Trump #Felon apnews.com/article/trum...
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
"Save us, commie press!" Seriously. Do try to imagine being the butt-boy who had to deliver the news to Kegsbreath that the libturds exposed a gaping security hole that any competent government oversight would've nipped in the bud. www.propublica.org/article/micr...
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Well remember, Biden was old!
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
Foreign Affairs magazine isn't exactly what I'd ever call "alarmist" but they're certainly sounding an alarm here. Worth the long read.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Anything less than this agenda will doom this Republic to failure. I hope Team Blue understands this. Yes, Democrats must become staunch (lowercase) republicans.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
This account rarely gives us accounts of those who survived, but I appreciate them coming up for air now and again.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd add "their Oath of Office" but it might be cluttered already.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Homan seems unaware of a concept entitled "the Chicago way."
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
At the risk of piling on the ickiness, ask yourself what denomination of paper money would he carry on his person and make available for certain services? It sure as shit wouldn't be C-notes. 20s would be more in his range of generosity. And thus... (Off to gargle with chlorine bleach, BRB.)
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
If I may, it seems not unlike the divisions within the slavery abolition movement. There was a noble, common goal among the masses forces, but different factions had different motivations.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd hoped knowing this dreadful bloke's villainous role, standing in our way of women's suffrage, would enhance folks' understanding Woodrow Wilson wasn't just misogynistic, he was horribly racist & arguably America's worst President Not nearly enough folks know just how FUBAR he left everything
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
1. Yes. 2. No. I'd never deny the utter bravery of those who endured not just imprisonment but beatings to fight for civil rights 1/2
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
All true. (Andrew Jagoff is supposedly DJT's favorite prezzie BTW.)
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
As terrible as our current President might be, we've had worse. Particularly this piece of garbage, Wilson. Racist and misogynist AF, and he sent 116,000 brave Americans to die in a meat grinder.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Woodrow Wilson was a horrible man, a vile racist, misogynist, and warmonger, whose reputation as some kind of progressive needs to be burnt to a crisp.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a painful read.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm trying not to vomit reading this. He needs to be left in the desert without water.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
The world simply doesn't regard certain people as human. That's my only explanation for the continued, massive shrug over the loss of life, month after month.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a AAA team they're playing
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hey hey rfk how many kids did you kill today
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
I regret to inform this would be an American conservative dream come true: Starving those commie Yurpeens.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
I believe the Fawlty Towers quote was "there's enough there for an entire psychiatric convention".
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Earth-Hating Administration Issues Stay of Execution.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
What effect would #RFK Jr. being strapped to a rocket and launched into outer space have on violence? Many people are asking: Isn't that worth funding to find out?
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Problem is, even Donnie Two Scoops isn't stupid enough to take that lunatic's advice.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
How about lunacy?
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
With ground glass for lube.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
Ed talk. You listen.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
No. (THBAEOSATSQ.) Unless by "thinking individuals" you mean "armed leftist militia members." I don't think there are enough at present to perform what's necessary but, as they say, watch this page.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Resign, and be forced to submit to being kicked while prone on the ground. By you.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh you nervous nellies. It's totally worth it so I can have a machine text me my grocery list
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
In fairness, this deranged lunatic has no concept of what constitutes the truth. All sane folks need to know is the one basic rule of life in the past half century: American conservatives relentlessly redistribute wealth and income upward. apnews.com/article/rura...
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
I'm of an age that has been blissfully unaware of just how ugly lunch boxes became after they stopped making them out of metal. Crikey!
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sure Dayen sometimes gets something wrong, but I have yet to see it.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Yebbut imagine how these schmucks would actually go about it. I'm sorry for making light of a serious diplomatic breach, but I think the execution would*have* to be comically inept.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Knowing these stealthy stable geniuses, they probably approached the Greenlanders by claiming we had "heap good idea!" to battle "bad palefaces".
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, it makes sense if only to cover all the circuits thus.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Just here to say I'm so glad "expanding SCOTUS" has become utterly sane, normal discourse. (I prefer "un-packing the Court" but it's all good.) I can't help but add: Back when I started carrying on in November 2016 about updating the Judiciary Act of 1869, people looked at me like I had two heads.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
True, if we're continuing to assume that it's got to be legal and non-violent. We all have our bright red lines at which point those two Big Ones get defenestrated. For the sake of remaining online and not booted from this platform, I'll keep mine under wraps for now.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
I listened to the clip. I was assuming that the "great case" meant knowing you'd never have to encounter her frightening, worked-to-death face in real life.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
I learned a new swear! "Amodei said he & other House Republicans were concerned about the impact, especially when looking at where some stations fell on the electoral map 'Jesus crackers — these people voted for the president,' he said" So GOPers aren't useless. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
"I want to bond with cowardly white people. Vote for me because you're a coward too."
Dreamweasel (@dreamweasel.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
“But what about the people who aren’t racist, but truly and sincerely wanted to rid of the country of illegal immigrants by any means necessary?” Shut up. These people do not exist.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
I feel pretty horrible laughing at this.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Not sure why that's so hard for otherwise sensible people to figure out.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
So desperate of late. Golly I sure hope he's not about to stroke out.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
I saw exactly one episode of The Sopranos and wondered how people subjected themselves to such boring, predictable crap.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
Not sure who at #CrackerBarrel needs to see this, but I've gone and pulled up an image that might be more to some traditionalists' liking as the company finds a path to a redesigned logo
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
As Madge would say: "1984? You're soaking in it!" youtu.be/2dFlJikh0PY?...
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
It's only surprising when you consider what kind of psychopath regard them that way.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
This is a reminder that getting cancelled is actually a great thing to happen to assholes who deserve it. Like #Snoop, who is at present lower than whale shit on the scale of human decency. Not looking too good, his prospects for rising above, at this point. FTG. #LGBTQIA+
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
We really need to get them to learn how to talk themselves into eating a Glock. Um, hypothetically.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Let's not ever forget that the Nazis took their cues from the successful slaveowners' rebellion of 1861 to, well, the present, here in the USA.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually I think those comparisons are wrong because they're using the wrong historical figure for their similes. It should be Stalin, not Hitler.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Sounds like a very smart way to run foreign policy! By any chance are you a billionaire?
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Curious: Does your autocorrect do that to all recurrances of "Stalin" and you've not managed to fix it yet?
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Put another way: A lot of white cisgender guys like me are going to find out pretty soon that our privilege didn't really count for as much as we'd thought.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
With the #Roberts court deciding anything and everything their boss DJT does is constitutional, your statement is hilarious. They'll say it's ok for him to run for a third term. (And that'll be that for this Republic, barring multiple brain transplants that'd effectively un-pack the Court.)
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
I've heard rumors that you're an actual human being. But with messages as phenomenally clueless as this I'm beginning to think you're some improv guy's character.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Jeez, Hakeem, how hard is it to say "Can you believe this? fuck that guy!" That's all you gotta say, every day and maybe twice on Sundays.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Our current SecDef excluded of course!
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
As I was just saying about the #ChamberOfCommerce? They've been terrorizing us for a very long time. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
Hear "Chamber of Commerce", think "domestic terror cell," and you're rarely too far off, I'm afraid. #Entrepreneur www.propublica.org/article/memp...
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
He'd say "World Wars One through Six," apparently.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
So, five of the six states were such candy ass cowards they wouldn't go on record to respond to a simple question. About what I'd expect.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
Jason #Torchinsky nearly succumbed to a serious heart ailment a year ago. Blessedly he survived to give the world brilliant lived-experience journalism such as this. "The rich are no better than the brokest-asses out there in the world." www.theautopian.com/how-a-13-hat...
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
If I'm ever to be a published #Autopian author, they tell me, I have to know this work backwards, sideways, and frontwards. I guess it's worth the effort for what could be fame, the respect of fellow feature article authors and a BIG payday worth dozens, perhaps scores, of dollars? #AP
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
There've been several books written about it, actually. Here's the one I've read: www.amazon.com/Sum-Us-Every...
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
"To Serve Man"?
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
"None of 'em, Katie!" --the ghost of Caribou Barbie
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
Bunch of dumb shit #MAGAts are too stupid to realize their taxes have been raised massively. And I'm the bad guy somehow for pointing out that they're dumb shits.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
They had to destroy the city in order to save it? Or was that some other war?
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Nor do the vast majority of internet users.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
To quote Rick from Casablanca: "There are some neighborhoods... I recommend that you don't occupy"
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
The only way we'll keep American safe will be to send the entire Administration to a gulag. Maybe a #GatorGulag, if the land's cheap.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a lonely but noble fight. The pigs know "reliable" conservative counties can turn left with an absolute vengeance. Mine (Gwinnett) went from solid red in 2000, to +16.5 for Kamala. I guaran damn tee that Trump knows this GA county and hates it; it's just low on his revenge list for now.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
It remains as much a write-off as America's Dong. But we could cede the latter back to Spain. Maybe France or England would be interested in annexing OH but it's doubtful.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
In earlier times such individuals as these white citizens might have some mercy bestowed, after a significant number were summarily dispatched. I *guess* it's on balance a good thing that ours aren't earlier times, but I do wonder sometimes.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey Springfieldians? How's it feel, not getting properly lubed beforehand?
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Alligator Auschwitz, folks.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
Another bad one gone.
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
In all seriousness, one does what one can do. For example, ~30 years ago while on foot from the Port Authority en route to Radio City Music Hall, I made a point of visiting Trump Tower to take a leak in its restroom. Just so I could say I pissed on Trump Tower. (Yeah, he and I go back a ways.)
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social) reply parent
I think you scope it out first; if there are cameras, you tuck away, discreetly collect a sample, and return to drain said sample from its container. (Not that I've spent a lot of time plotting this work.)
Dirkbender.bsky.social (@dirkbender.bsky.social)
I understand that there are still good options available for those looking to commit assault with a deadly sammich