Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed, but I assure you my resolve has never been stronger. The war is over. The Separatists have been defeated, and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled.
Representative from the great state of Texas.
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The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed, but I assure you my resolve has never been stronger. The war is over. The Separatists have been defeated, and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled.
m (@keptsimple.bsky.social) reposted
"trump died" discourse was actually good because it tricked the white house into posting photos of trump looking like a complete wreck
Dinner is 6 pm (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted
Trump's contribution to our politics was exposing that conservatives don't care about any of the principles they've said are sacrosanct for 100 years, and all they wanted was to be openly evil instead of circuitously evil. The Democrats who win will be the ones who understand this and act like it
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted reply parent
a bunch of you really believe that trump is the unstoppable god king who can do whatever he declares and it is dumb as hell
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
My money is on him using the long weekend as cover to undergo a major medical procedure to deal with whatever is going on without disclosing any of this.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
all the gold shit on the oval office wall will be covered in leather upholstery on day 1
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
what choice do they even have? a lot of gop house members can't survive a primary without mr. president trump sir's endorsement
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
with how much they've already spent on gold spray paint? unlikely.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
let's not trouble ourselves with "why." let's just enjoy this moment
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Supreme Court shadow docket opinion saying he can do whatever tariffs he wants is probably already screaming through the atmosphere like a meteor.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
um, maybe call the police instead of tweeting about it????
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
See, "gratitude" is when you personally give something shiny to Mr. President Trump Sir.
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Imagine being a fired federal employee and receiving notice that you've been called to serve on a federal grand jury for the next 18 months. I bet that's a pretty hot gig these days.
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
Day 7 of trying to be hired by Andrew Cuomo
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
It starts with forcing in-person voting. Then masked guys lurking around the polling places. Not enough? Send in someone to start trouble and give them a reason to pull a few people out of line. Not enough? Start cracking skulls, burn the place down, whatever it takes. Nothing will be off the table.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
I mostly agree, but they're going to be strategic. They just need to keep the House, not disrupt the entire midterm. To do that, they just need to suppress turnout at the right polling places in the right districts. Whether it works or not, I think they'll have the manpower to at least attempt it.
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Somebody get these two a tiny tandem bike.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
I really want to believe that's the case, but it doesn't seem like something we can know until after the order comes down. Tens of millions of Americans are certain their neighbors are the enemy within. Is enough of the military immune from this delusion to prevent some seriously bad outcomes?
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Bluesky normies are undefeated.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Starting to suspect this guy ain't all there.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
I notice his hands are in his pockets
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
FAA regulations require at least one Harry Potter movie to be playing in every fourth row.
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I bet Godot shows up
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a pattern with literally every accusation they throw at the left. Make you think.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
We had 150ish people due to relatives and such we felt obligated to invite. Seating was the only big concern because we held it at a non-wedding hall venue. It's been 16 years and it still gets great reviews from friends. I still kind of wish we just went small and saved a ton of money.
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me when my back is acting up
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
I love that when the friend is screaming, she's not even trying to get words out. She's just making sounds. And she's absolutely nailing it.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s an argument that plenty of people sincerely make about the leader of a certain country that’s in the news these days.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
I think there's also some irony in repeating "at least he made the trains run on time." They're really saying "he couldn't even make the trains run on time."
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RETVRN
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
How many people are tethered to jobs they hate because of insurance? How many people would start a business if the threat of death or financial ruin didn't accompany every mild employment-related risk? Lots, I'd bet! There are real benefits, even if there may be costs. We just need to sell it!
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
My contribution towards health insurance is $366 every paycheck. My employer contributes $1,466. Yeah, we may higher taxes, but it would be more than offset by not having that chunk of money deducted. The guarantee of healthcare when you don't have a job would be worth any potential higher costs.
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guess it's time to take you off the short list for the next ceo of target
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
The key to ever making any progress in this country will hinge on convincing the average person that the common sense safety nets found in virtually every functioning nation are not, in fact, loony left things that we can't possibly afford. I think Pritzger can make that case.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Mocking him works. Calling him weird was working last summer but the consultants didn't have the stomach for it. Hell, if they're pretending to be offended, mock them for being a bunch of pissy little diaper babies.
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Staring@TheAbyss (@tommysalami420.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is just using Epstein's g-g-g-ghost to distract us from the Epstein files!
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
LinkedIn ass tweet
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Not now, Marak!
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
i hate having to hand it to gavin fucking newsom. everybody else needs to step it up or this guy is going to meme his way to the nomination
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
One of the many things we're looking into very strongly, I'm sure.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
ah, well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
People on the spectrum are not without agency. Nobody’s going to get it right 100% of the time, but they are no more compelled than anyone else to blast out a credulous response without taking a moment to evaluate what they are seeing. That is what happens on this site, time and time again.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, unrelated to this post, but relevant to you — I commented on one of your TikToks and very quickly received follow requests from two fake Jamelles. There’s no real way for others to report these, but as the real account, you probably could. Do you want to get a heads up about these imposters?
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
New campaign issue just dropped for Democrats running in Alaska: "Trump will trade Alaska to Russia the second he thinks he can get something better in exchange."
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah my chihuahua mix is coming up on 17, and has doggie dementia. She sleeps 20 hours a day, and spends the other four hours ping ponging around wherever someone is trying to stand, like four-legged DVD screensaver.
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This is the best possible outcome and I'm really looking forward to the screenshots.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
It's not often that the best possible outcome happens these days.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
Trump has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
What is the charge? Sharing a meal? A succulent Subway meal?
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Kashana (@kashana.bsky.social) reposted
Amazing how peak masculinity for a Republican is swearing that you’re too afraid to go outside
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
Too afraid to go a few blocks up 14th to Columbia Road. Sad!
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd say Rock Creek Park in DC also counts as nature (maybe not quite as much as LA).
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Crazy for a president to do this, but to be fair, it seems like a totally normal thing for a king to do.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Lil' Kim Basinger
bakoon (@bakoon.bsky.social) reposted
they are going to close it after hours so the president can molest children next to that big elephant skeleton
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
I think it's great that our best bet of survival involves the wolves being so busy eating each other that they forget to eat some of us.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social)
I made this today and I don't think anybody saw it but I think it's hilarious for some reason.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Buying a second-rate alternative wasn't going to change shit when Shake Shack buys hundreds of thousands of buns a day. I'd only be denying myself a good burger, and frankly, a good burger goes a very long way these days.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
I tried to give up Martin's after I heard about the family's Trump and Doug Mastriano support, but the product was simply much stronger than my desire to boycott.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Crime is down in DC, which is already a problem for their "crime is out of control in DC narrative," so any action that could potentially further reduce crime is *completely* out of the question. This is 100% about putting on a show for Fox News, and hassling a few libs and black and brown people.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, let’s be quick about it. We need to get this furniture back to the prop house by 6, or they’re going to charge us for another day.
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Woke is dead. It’s time to return America to greatness — a time when we could all agree on the Classics, and anal beads were the size of tennis balls.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
DC statehood, Puerto Rico statehood, US Virgin Islands statehood, Guam statehood, Midway atoll statehood…
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
We’re getting so close to the 15 year mark
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
They had to use giant fake books because regular books were throwing off the scale of the oversized anal beads. This is set dressing 101.
Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted
TRUMP: Violent crime in DC is spiraling out of control so I'm deploying the National Guard REALITY:
irishoutsider (@irishoutsider.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
No you see, if you don’t have a choice the money doesn’t count. If you have a choice, and you give it to literally anyone but me personally, that’s communism
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, a lot of those tourists are coming from red states with pretty bad crime rates. They’re not sending their best.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Unlike in remote situations, I cannot stress enough that it’s virtually impossible to drop a deuce during a meeting.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
This reminds me that in the snowboarding magazines I used to read in the 90s, there were always ads for D.A.R.E shirts — Drugs Are Really Expensive.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Vice City is small, but it nailed grounding the game in a specific place where you could really learn your way around, instead of a sprawling world. If I could change it, I'd keep the same basic plan but scale it up to be closer to a real city's size, and maybe add some wetlands near the airport.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Neutral journalism is calling Epstein's house his "lair" but tap-dancing around acknowledging that the president is a deranged lunatic.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
This explains why whenever I call, you only ever want to talk about insurance, and not why bedtime is 10 p.m.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
This is borderline @thelouvreof.bsky.social territory.
Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith.com) reposted reply parent
And also, can’t believe people keep falling for this — incels don’t want to have sex. Sex is very easy to have. Almost everyone you know is the product of sex. Incels want to be part of a community that enables their poisonous reveling in grievance. They do not want their “problem” to be “solved.”
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In college, a friend of mine from high school would post on a forum that was essentially an online wrestling league. Competitors would write monologues and mods would base storylines and vote on match winners based on who talked the best trash. The web used to be interesting in 1999.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
I knew he did a lot of schmalzy religious work, but I had no idea what a lunatic the guy was. His insane Wikipedia entry does nothing to convince me he was actually religious. It reads like a recipe for someone would be making regular appearances on OAN today if he had lived long enough.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
It's so cool that drab green, sky-ish blue, or tan can make inconvenient objects and structures completely inconspicuous unless you're staring directly at them. I'd be willing to bet most attempts at perfect camouflage would fall into the uncanny valley and end up calling *more* attention to things.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reposted
This sign has the exact grammar and capitalization of a Trump tweet
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The replies on every Acyn and Aaron Rupar skeet is a gateway to an alternate version of Bluesky where everybody who puts a blue heart emoji in their bio is automatically granted 15,000 followers on the condition that they only ever post about Trump like it's late 2015.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
So sick of Marc Andreessen
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If he brings back this haircut, I promise I'll consider what he has to say about AI Robin Williams.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
I honestly really like that I can enjoy these movies without feeling compelled to think about them all the time. The Flight of Passage ride might be my favorite thing in all of Walt Disney World though.
Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Since it's obvious that his brain is broken in six different ways, I feel compelled to entertain the possibility that at this point he has no fucking clue why he stopped being friends with Epstein.
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Cool Rick (@reptavner.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh Roger Waters hated Margaret Thatcher? The same Margaret Thatcher who said it would be OK if he flew is pig over critical municipal infrastructure? Hypocrite much????