Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
From your keyboard to god’s timeline.
Retired Prof of History at Troy Univ. Dothan Campus, Director of the Wiregrass Archives. My opinions are absolutely my own. #NOKINGS
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From your keyboard to god’s timeline.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social)
Trump is going to feel SO left out.
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Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social)
Sad news.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Can I, a Boomer, pile on, too?
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Christ on a crutch. Trump degrades everything.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social)
Mostly self-respect.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Makes me hope Melania doesn't go all Edith Wilson on the presidency.
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
University of South Wales in Cardiff appears to have a blanket ban on Palestinian students. Is this acceptable?
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Cantor is one of those guys who it’s satisfying to say, when hearing his name, “wait a sec while I try to remember who that was.”
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
The very definition of bad-faith.
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
This is worth sharing far and wide. Federal Employees and contractors oral history project. Im not involved in this. Just got the link, idea seems to be to create a record of the assault on the American Repuvlic after Jan 2025. www.fecohp.org
Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) reposted
Lots of people with questions about this The government said there were 76 putative class members (children) loaded on planes yesterday But the putative class covered by the judge’s order isn’t limited to kids that were loaded on planes for imminent deportation That’s why the ~600 estimate
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Lutnick’s “economic vigor” was always a pipe dream or, more accurately, a crack pipe delusion.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
One of ‘em. He’s into MBS and Xi, too.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
How much of Developer 2’s ideas are sparked by management’s “You’re done? Well, we don’t need you anymore, bye!”
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s okay for a nation to live up to its highest ideals even in the face of its harsh history.
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Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
There’s been a long-term contretemps in the U.S. between those who live to eat and those who eat to live. We settled that by creating an industrial feeding system so that we eat to die young.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Given how god-awful he is when he’s around, I’m kinda happy for the break. It’s a lot like the joy we feel when the Alabama Legislature adjourns sine die. It can’t do any more damage until next year.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
If you’re missing those threats, I could make a sock puppet account to revive them. Just sayin’.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
I worked for a decade in restaurant and hotel kitchens, so I worked every holiday and, for the big ones, the better part of a week on each side.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry.
Riggsveda (@riggsveda.bsky.social) reposted
If you can’t get to the Museum, watch John Sayles’ “Matewan” instead, a remarkable film with incredible mountain scenery, and a message that’s even more relevant now. Fraternity. Sorority. Eternity. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5RSa...
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
As long as they’re suffering . . . WDE.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s just weak AF.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why I argue that Trump is working for Xi as well as Putin.
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Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Rudy will do anything to stay in the news.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
They arrested and incarcerated the monument?
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Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
As you know, the same is true of white supremacists in the U.S., but that simple truth hardly penetrates. OTOH, white supremacists have double standards in racial things to balance out their complete lack of standards in other things, like leaders.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
People who think Putin is smart confuse criminal wiliness with sagacity.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social)
Happy (US) Labor Day. See you at the “Workers Over Billionaires” rallies later today.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m afraid that once his nemesis Trump is out of the picture, the most recent iteration of war-mongering Bloody Bill Kristol will reemerge.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t think Bill will stick with his new-found liberalism, but a boy can dream.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Heritage = a myth constructed about the past to support a current, usually defensive, identity. That myth depends on cherry-picking and misconstruing past events to support an a priori claim.
Sarah J. Jackson (@sjjphd.bsky.social) reposted
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Resegregation is exactly what it is.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Your theory is “great,” too, right?
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social)
Any day is a good day to celebrate trout.
Peter Morley ♿️ (@petermorley.bsky.social) reposted
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t know if throwing ourselves over the cliff counts as slipping.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
"BREAKING: Giuliani's Back. Literally," was right there!
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, "the mayor is in great spirits": no kidding, he's ripped to the gills on painkillers.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Who are we to stop Florida Man and Florida Woman from choosing to be medicated by DeathSantis?
Ian Boudreau (@ianboudreau.com) reposted
I also miss things that aren't actually gone, such as my mother's face when she hides it behind her hands
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Blame “woke,” become a joke.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
What? And blow up the clickbait narrative?
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Please tell me it Kevin Klein or Richard Dreyfus, both of whom have theatrical experience playing presidential / generalissimo doubles!
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Who’s playing Trump in this production?
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Combined with our 40 year apotheosis of the autocratic CEO . . .
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
For a long time, I’ve gone back to edit yesterday’s work before beginning on today’s, almost like I’m giving myself a running start.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m unsurprised by Stein but expected much more from West and am sadly disappointed.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
But, but, but . . . LA was overrun with human rights!
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Dersh’s most significant legal brief in recent times is the underwear he left on during his illicit massage.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
James Crow, Esq.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Bro, in Alabama we have a long-time politico named Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh and our state treasurer is named Young Boozer IV.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
“Thus it is written, thus it shall be done.” ~ Yul Brenner as Ramses
Tori (@toti66.bsky.social) reposted
links.rawstory.com/s/c/H_hep1Jp... Anyone know this guy?!? he’s a real piece of shit
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Why? Because to so many ppl (and most of The Media™️), NOTHING exists beyond the past week. They exist only to compare events, not to analyze in light of long-standing legalities or traditions. It’s like corporately-sponsored social Alzheimer’s.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social)
This is the largest load of bullshit I’ve heard in a while, which given everything going on is really saying something. I mean, this is “load of manure in Biff Tannen’s convertible” large.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
So, Dersh is so far gone into salving his dinner-invitation/pierogi-less ego that he’s attacking Sullivan?
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Good luck taking the NYT into THAT.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Not even the NYT can normalize bullshit all at once. It has to begin by implying that the bullshit has some vague legitimacy.
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Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Hers committed suicide.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Looking back, I have to agree.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Her image should appear only with the word TRAITOR emblazoned across it.
old fruit pictures (@pomological.xor.blue) reposted
imperial epineuse plums, painted by amanda almira newton, 1916
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like the kitchen is sharing control of the means of production with the cabinets. An oligarchy of culinary space, so to speak.
Regina Schrambling (@gastropoda.bsky.social) reposted
Great @hcrichardson.bsky.social on one more way Trump & billionaires are taking us back to the dark ages, and literally disempowering workers, on renewable energy. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-30-...
Kevin M. Levin (@civilwarmemory.bsky.social) reposted
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Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Hint: who else in leadership is a person of color?
Josh Kluever (@joshkluever.bsky.social) reposted
🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Lissette Espinoza-Garnica is a California politician who served on the Redwood, CA city council from 2021 to 2024. She lost her re-election in 2024 by just 14 votes. Espinoza-Garnica is a member of DSA.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Me, too.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
The dead and wounded just didn't believe enough? This is the theology of snake handlers.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Just been doing this to myself the past couple of days. Great fun.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Donate to help them keep going.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
As long as they severely damage each other.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Rapturous news! Or not . . .
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Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Those fields are a remarkable surprise when you drive into view unexpectedly.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Better yet, fucking PERPwalker. Stephen would look GREAT in a Federal-orange jumpsuit.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
He IS puffed up on his own ego.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Same here.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
No.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s always upside down day in the addicted, addlepated world of Bobby The Lesser.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
I’d contemplate returning to a belief in god if the speculation over Trump’s death made him so irate that he died from apoplexy.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Hard to trust many state govts to distribute the block grants equitably . . . or for the purposes intended. Hi from Alabama.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Some of us did.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
I wasn’t sure and don’t know how extensive it it. But that’s a good start and I hope someone’s on it.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
Except the prison puts money into the pockets of the state’s MFC (Most Favored Corporations).
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
These two things — counties can’t raise revenue and many of the most needy are majority Black — go hand in hand.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
You don’t “push the boundaries” when you take a jackhammer to an institution.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
If I was that high up in that tree, I bet I could puke all over the guy on the ground.
Marty Olliff (@martyolliff.bsky.social) reply parent
This just screams for a FOIA-like records request for the expense. And if FL doesn’t supply such records, it screams for media attention. Will either of these things happen? Magic 8 Ball says . . .