The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't "consider," DO. And don't do any "tit for tat" bullshit. Crush the Republican vote. Make sure they never recover. Because it's what they will do if you don't. No high road, no mercy.
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Don't "consider," DO. And don't do any "tit for tat" bullshit. Crush the Republican vote. Make sure they never recover. Because it's what they will do if you don't. No high road, no mercy.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Vote accordingly. And DON'T FORGET.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
We flew Frontier to and from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for a vacation. It was OK, rather like a charter flight -- for cattle. We didn't expect much, and we got what we expected.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
The short answer is "no." The long answer is "noooooooooo."
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Not the defenestration that we were expecting.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't sully the death of a monstous global despot by comparing it to a sniveling, cheap, grifter.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Did people not see what Stalin was doing? What Berlusconi was doing? What Orbán was doing? Of course they did. And what were they supposed to do about it? Go to a concentration camp to die?
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't get a fucking Samsung.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Murder the natives. Take over the land. Build what you believe to be a paradise. The literal American dream.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
I've always wanted to call and ask when you're hosting on The Line: You are quiet tall, aren't you? Like, over six feet? You, like Jimmy, appear shorter to me on the shows...
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Tick tock tick tock...
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
Forgotten photos - B sides: USGS marker on the disintegrating rocks at Laupahoehoe Beach on the big island. The additional photos are for context.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
H5N1 is here, just not being reported, because, you know...
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice knowing y'all.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
...especially for work.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Only painted our side. That faces mostly north. That doesn't get much direct sun. Genius.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Why have they abandoned basic decency? Oh, wait. They did that a long time ago.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
You're welcome.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Can't wait for the English language Qurans. One for every classroom...
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
"Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!" Too bad he was such a racist and xenophobe.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
The current Congress couldn't give a fuck what you think. Remember that next election.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
I found it hilariously unrealistic but very entertaining. Just like "House."
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. They'll just shrug with their flaccid, overpaid, underdeveloped, barely useful shoulders.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember!
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
Remember: If you're an asshole nicknamed Big Balls, and you get beat up by a couple random teenagers, you are more worthy of federal protection than the entire legislative branch of the government. This is how low the United States has sunk.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
This right here is what I fear most. And if it happens, we will have truly lived through the end of democracy.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Not sure this is satire. Welcome to the US.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Brownies are arguably my favorite bird.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
So, the US is in line to be as much of a theocracy as Afghanistan, but as a bonus, we'll have the economy of Venezuela. Nice.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
...and there's a dead body on the other side of me with my talons buried deep inside.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm 65 in a month and a half. I wonder what my severance package will look like?
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
An overcooked string of angel hair pasta.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Tell me you don't remember your monologues without telling me you don't remember your monologues.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck you, CBS. Fuck you in the ass. With a red hot poker. God damned craven fucks...
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
O'Ka Lua recommend the film "Flow." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(2...
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
This is why the US can't have nice things.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
Forgotten photos - B sides: Our rule is if there's an up, always go to the top. Views from the top of the tower at the de Young Fine Arts Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. April 2023.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
Forgotten photos - B sides: Bermuda, January 2019. This is part of one of the Tribe Roads, which used to define parishes. I'm pretty sure this is Tribal Road No. 6 looking from Railway Trail towards Middle Road. It's located about a mile east of Gibbs Hill Lighthouse.
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When you get me to agree with the Catholic Church, you know you've fucked up bad.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Just wow. Go back to where you came from, you whiny bitch.
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The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
This is how Jill Stein operates and why people who support her are morons. She just collects a pile of free money every four years.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Tots and pears. That's all you've got? You've worthless.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably true. And the quality of services will reflect that. Then, the insurance companies will take all their years of premiums and say "fuck off!"
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't worry. FEMA will swoop in with a massive search and rescue effort, and lots of funding and support for the eventual clean up. Oops...
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
"First they came for..."
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
The first time I've regretted having an Android phone.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett, and the lowest worm of all, Roberts. History will remember them forever as the vile, craven, toadys they are right now.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
See, the thing the Nazis didn't concentrate on was ECONOMICALLY DESTROYING THEIR BASE.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
A lot of us have been warning of this since at least 2023.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
If we lived in a civilized, non-shithole country, that'd all be free, subsidized by everyone to help everyone.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
"You will die. Of an easily preventable condition. Early, broke, and hungry. And you will like it." -- The Republican agenda
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Need to buy this for my spouse to try to address her long enduring Catholic trauma.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
...and the faithful don't even realize it.
Maia (@maiamindel.bsky.social) reposted
Funny how the US has basically the government of Iran now: Supreme Leader who rules by decree, priestly council with token opposition that decides whether the decisions are okay or not on arcane scriptural grounds, and completely ceremonial legislature
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
But we're all going to die. And, well, we'll get over it.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
OK, OK. Stay with me here. The face of actress Gwyneth Keyworth: From about the middle of the nose up - Audrey Hepburn. From the middle of the nose down - Katharine Hepburn. Prove me wrong.
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I'm sure RFK Jrs HHS is planning ahead for this.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
MSM is making themselves as irrelevant as possible as quickly as possible. "Why is or ad revenue drying up? People just don't want to watch nesw anymore..."
PoliticsGirl (@politicsgirl.bsky.social) reposted
How are these guys not the criminals? This is insane.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Sadly, this is true.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the best.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
This is truth.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
The most galling part of this is that if the wealthy paid their fair share, they wouldn't even notice. And their lives as well as everyone else's would be demonstrably better off.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
The irony. It burns.
Yakov Feygin (@buddyyakov.bsky.social) reposted
He’s so cool
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup. We'll definitely be landing on Mars next year.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
As an old white man, I have to say: We gotta get all the old white men out of politics. What a shitshow.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Did she pay for that ride? Should have cost around $5000 out of pocket. Even if it was approved by insurance.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
And they are a significant portion of our tax base despite not being able to use the resources those taxes pay for. Unlike rich people...
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure Elon. Suuuuuuure... Dark sunglasses inside are just a fashion choice. And you neck is just so weak that your head helplessly rolls around.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
As a US citizen: Thank you to the members of the G6 for keeping you elbows up, supporting Ukraine, and pissing on Putin. Sorry that you had put up with the smell and incontinence -- er -- incompetence.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
CLAP CLAP CLAP-CLAP-CLAP
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow. Next, we'll be using nukes against Iran. No. No, we won't. Oops. Yes, yes, we are. Oh, and we'll drop a few on Ukraine, too. Or not. Maybe.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Damn it. I already used W. T. A. F...
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
W. T. A. F?!?!?!
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Our No Kings weekend will be the first non-downpour protest. Yay.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Shameful. Unlawfully deployed troops detaining a veteran on his way to the VA.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Laws. How quaint. I think we need to ask Germany for some guidance on how to handle all of this.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
The house is the only wood frame house in the area. Presumably the original farmhouse before the city got there.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
Forgotten photos - B sides: The first house I lived in. And the first school I attended.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
I literally had to mute myself in a work meeting because I was laughing so hard. You were in fine form Seth.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
This. Is. Important. Which is why the bosses will never read it.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Props with guns. See specifically, Checkov's Gun.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
"...federal personnel and federal property." So we won't see any Kent State style images. Right? Right?
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
::SIGH:: They thought leopards understood what "bad" people are. The only problem is that leopards will eat anything.
dag (@davidallengreen.bsky.social) reposted
Dear USA Deploying troops against civilians will not go well. Yours Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social)
Out of spoons today. So here's the cardinal who tried building a nest in the hibiscus outside our kitchen during the lockdown at the end of the before times.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Here we go. Martial, or not, will depend on the clear heads of the military leaders and, more importantly, the front line soldiers.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
In the US, they'll just run over the kid without a second thought. Unless the military understands reason, knows ICE and their contractors are hacks, and the president is not giving legal orders.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah. This is pretty scary. Not the first time this country has seen this, but the first time we've seen this with a sociopath as president.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
Because that'll make it go away.
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president. And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict. This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
I know a company that is working towards complete AI integration *and* moving the majority of development staff offshore. 3 observations: Management is dumb and/or in a death spiral trying to appease shareholders. Customer service is dead. Nobody cares about the world left to their grandkids.
The greyrat (@jonherrin.bsky.social) reply parent
They go to Walmart, dumbass.