Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Mayors and Governors, please take note: This is how you do it.
Dad to awesome daughter, animal lover, gun toting Liberal, multiple disabilities, MSD Zoey's Sugar Daddy. Rights come with responsibilities. I try to treat every person I meet with respect and kindness until they demonstrate that they deserve less.
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Mayors and Governors, please take note: This is how you do it.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Gonna give that a like, but only because I'm hungry.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
I'm about to spend the afternoon thinking about our Dear Leader whilst doing Dad stuff. I am a Patriot!
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
If I were serving in the NG, I would personally be much happier picking up trash and spreading mulch than I would be directly supporting ICE. Either way, I would be really pissed off that I was there, and likely thinking really hard about not re-upping.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Israel has no qualms about killing heads of state. I wonder how they'd feel if that happened at home?
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry. Same with my Dad.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I refuse to inflict that stuff on my kid. Those are not the memories I want her to retain.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
This is how you do it... This is the way!
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I love the guy up front, presumably the instructor, clapping along.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
In my Mom's last weeks, she had issues with impacted stools. Thankfully, my sister drew that straw. I'm much better with blood, guts, and vomit , as compared to feces.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Without Refugee, favorite Tom Petty song? youtu.be/H5i7j0VhEHw?...
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Hiking in a swamp, dammit!
Qenny (@akbrews.bsky.social) reposted
Some of you might need this today
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
If the police had to follow me everywhere, I'd take up new hobbies just to make their lives hell. Cops in full dress/uniform? We're going hiking in a Ball games, k-pop concerts, rafting, scuba diving, jet skis... You could build a social media empire just filming them looking dumb.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Boom!
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
If you grew up working with tools in places that were definitely not OSHA (or Child Services) approved, you might enjoy this video of skilled craftsmen making air rifles with state of the art (circa 1920 maybe) tools. youtu.be/bUSWR4tzm5w?...
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Agreed, 100%
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Every Democrat in elected office should read this article. I'm going to email it to my Senators & yes, I'll send it to Rep Ciscomani as well, though I don't think it will measure a difference. If you read it and agree, send it to your elected representatives as well.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Zoey, enjoying the morning sun. She will lay out there until she is too warm, then want to come in and get scritches. The problem is that her fur is so hot from the sun that it is almost painful to touch. She's a double coat so her skin isn't nearly as hot. Weather station for reference.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Kudos for not actually counting.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Not if there's a hatch on and fish are rising.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
My goal as a parent is to die before my daughter (a nurse) has to get too familiar with my bowels.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
It's heart-breaking. I went through it when our daughter was younger & her mother (ex-wife) was a VP in the same school. I always worried about my daughter and sometimes was concerned her mother sometimes, as well.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Very cool. It's great when animals help earn their keep.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Much like fraternities that have a pig roast for rush.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
The more you learn about Tesla and Musk, the less likely you should be to ever do business with either. Tesla (and others) is using the nation's roads as testing ground for their experimental tech, placing the public at very real risk for harm. Socialize the costs & privatize the profits.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Maybe they should build a memorial for Babbitt in the park. Veterans could use another place to piss.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Corporations socialize their losses and privatize their gains.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Steven Miller would like a word
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Is that why you cropped out half the plate?
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
IDK Carla. I think true love would have used heavy cream instead of milk, but I'm happy for you anyways. I'm also a bit hungry, and envious, so maybe it's just me and milk is fine.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
You're just a kind soul, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
You are much nicer than I am...
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Awesome! Thank you.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
You'd love the cactus near me that looks like a circumcised penis. It's in front of the library, which is a real bonus multiplier.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe just implant a little valve in the vas that could be flipped from regular to unleaded.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not a registered student, but try to learn new skills so the time. Is there any way for people like me (disabled, little disposable income) to access the materials?
EIL (@emipsaloquitur.bsky.social) reposted
Everyone happy about the sandwich guy not getting indicted has to agree to not try to duck jury duty the next time their name comes up. It's one of the few ways you as a random citizen can say "no, this is not justice" in our system. (Do not tell the court you know about jury nullification)
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Tinker, Tailor, Garbage Man, Spy.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I am not assuming. The article doesn't mention any details about where the soldiers were assigned or what command. I find that interesting and perhaps intentional.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it's the 2nd Regiment based out of Lewis-McChord
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Now I'm picturing the USMC drill team in dress blues, with chrome plated rifles/bayonets, stabbing at trash in perfect synchronization.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
This! Corporations need to be held accountable and pay ALL costs associated with their quest for profits.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Interesting how there is no mention of what unit they were. Rangers trying to stay out of the press, maybe?
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry, Dave. It's never easy to say goodbye. I hope the pain of loss soon fades and is replaced by 15 years of happy memories.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Me too.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
You nailed this!
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Space X now destroying a fishery near you...
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
So Israel killed 20 people to blow up a surveillance camera in a hospital?
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
There are some enterprising Mexicans who make these cool brackets that strap to your shoes and let you climb the wall. Those would probably be useful to CBP for painting the top half.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Trump pardoned someone who defrauded Medicaid for $1.3B. Curious if they were also a pedophile?
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
This is a good one to bookmark.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Hank sounds like a special boy. I hope he gets quiet soon.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if this will also backfire with juries. Jury nullification can be a wonderful thing.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Sounds like the judge is trying to limit our government's fuckery by requiring ICE give the court 3 days notice before taking any enforcement action.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Fire trucks should be fitted with a "cow catcher" like a locomotive and should have standing authority to run any driverless vehicle off the road if necessary.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA. I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe. What's going on right now is not normal.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Have another and you'll forget it's rum.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Bunker busting will be the 22nd Century version of tomb raiding, but with treasure and loot that may help you survive.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
This looks so incredibly peaceful for you. Whenever I've tried, it ends up with 90-100# of wet Labrador pretending to be cliff diving in Acapulco.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe just go full size on the skull tattoo. Really badass would be some ink that could only be seen with NVGs.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Praeger University - Trump / MAGA putting out 'educational material' to replace PBS. Animated Christopher Columbus, to kids, "Slavery is as old as time and has taken place in every corner of the world." & "Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no?"
scubapopeye.bsky.social (@scubapopeye.bsky.social) reposted
Paul telling it like it is. As always.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I spent Sunday afternoon going through my Mom's house with my daughter. I know what you're feeling.
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Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Because Putin has his own copy/version of the 'Epstein files' on Krasnov. As long as Donnie is a good boy, he gets to stay in power.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry, Jack, but you lost me. Is Trump the overstretched, limp, useless hose or the pale, thin, noxious liquid?
Philip Bump (@pbump.com) reposted
164 years later, South Carolina finally occupies Washington.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
If you're going to risk it all, go big and hit with a Footlong Double Meat.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
That's because all cops in a 30' radius will suffer a form of fentanyl poisoning known to medicine as 'a panic attack' and will be unable to work for weeks.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Were they more successful, as well?
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
So, Putin has the Epstein Files and Hannity knows all about it.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
That's a lot of miles...
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
How many miles on the Outback, and which engine?
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I had the Big Bambu LP, but Mom didn't find it amusing and disappeared it before I got to use the rolling paper. Out $7 for an album I didn't even get to enjoy.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Fair point. Inanimate objects either: A) don't hurt people without human intervention. or B) have powers of their own that must be regulated. It doesn't change depending on your argument.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
He was imagining the questioner falling from a 5th floor window.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
A 74 year old alcoholic cos-playing as a 45 year old (ok, 68 year old) Maga sycophant. The last time her hair was that color, the Beatles were still together and that outfit was cool.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
The Secret Service will be knocking on your door in 5,4,3...
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
If only Zoey were so eager to please...
flinthillchick.bsky.social (@flinthillchick.bsky.social) reposted
THIS 👇🏼
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Could be worse... GRITS!
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Imagine the fear in that cop as he gripped his ballistic shield, his knuckles Whitening (Nationally), a bead of sweat slowly descending his brow, & the pre-assault briefer's last words. "Intel reports DoorDash just delivered a $40 Jersey Mike's order. God be with you."
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
That's just one of those character flaws that you grow to love.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
This is the way.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Is there a sentencing enhancement for double meat?
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
Being disabled isn't a great plan either.
Animals R Us… 🐾 (@animalsrus.bsky.social) reposted
The cuddles…. 🥹🫶🏼
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry. I'm waiting for that hit myself.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
"Based on US conviction rates, are pedophilia & child pornography more commonly practiced by self-identified Christians or non-Christians?"
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Someone with access to top AI platforms: Please ask AI this and post Questions & Answers for all to see. "Based on US conviction rates, are pedophilia & child pornography more commonly practiced by Republicans, Democrats, or Independents?" What variations of this question should be asked?
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social)
Folks in Oklahoma: Maybe a spineless pussy wasn't the best choice to represent your interests in Washington.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
In the sandwich's defense, it's not actually pork, but a meat alternative that identifies as ham yet technically remains kosher.
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
IANAL and wonder if said sub was cut in half, with both halves wrapped in one piece of paper, would that count as a single act? (Assuming one does not unwrap the sub before 'feeding' the Feds.)
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
"No more than you, Phil."
Bob Ratz (@ratman1967.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm so glad my dance dad days are done. For so many reasons. You have my sympathy and respect.