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@ronp26.bsky.social

Aging boomer. Here mostly for music, baseball (long time Cubs fan) and news on the daily destruction of the country.

created November 18, 2024

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Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

This will be a disaster.

23/9/2025, 2:05:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Evil is the only word that comes to mind.

23/9/2025, 2:02:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you.

23/9/2025, 2:02:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is there even a flawed study that shows any correlation or was this a complete fantasy by the brain worm?

23/9/2025, 12:15:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

There is no question. 80 different vaccines?

22/9/2025, 11:03:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow, a lot of nothing but Bondi had to do “something”.

22/9/2025, 11:02:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I wasn’t sure. Trump may not know the difference.

22/9/2025, 10:59:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Plus it is a lie. They are not going after the worst. They are going after the easiest so they can keep trying to hit their quota.

22/9/2025, 10:59:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I think there is a misplaced comma. I think it is supposed to be 22 787 Dreamliners. They are buying 22 planes. I wonder if Trump really thinks they are buying over 22,000 planes?

22/9/2025, 10:56:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I doubt it. If he does that then he knows he is gone and they will have something obvious to point at. I'd rather he keep doing what he has been doing and keep grinding away at Trump and his cabal.

22/9/2025, 9:07:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

A cutoff of 24 hours is good otherwise my favorites list could go on forever.

22/9/2025, 3:56:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Glad I didn't watch. I'd be even more depressed by the country than I already am. I've managed to avoid most of the coverage of it yesterday and today.

22/9/2025, 2:05:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

First president in my life (since Eisenhower) that I know hates me.

22/9/2025, 1:53:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I never heard this version before. I saw your description of a "folk/soft-rock harmony trio" and I expected it to be bad. It was as bad as expected. I might have made 15 seconds of the song.

22/9/2025, 1:50:19 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

22/9/2025, 12:25:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

He's already claimed that authority with the two (or maybe three) fishing boats that have been sunk.

19/9/2025, 10:28:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFo...

19/9/2025, 2:36:34 AM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Don't forget ESPN and Hulu too.

18/9/2025, 1:02:45 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

So they are making jokes about killing random people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The humor escapes me.

17/9/2025, 8:54:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

The deification of a podcaster just blows my mind. I don’t remember this sort of adulation when Limbaugh died and he was much more instrumental in the rise of MAGA. He wasn’t killed but I don’t see that as a reason for this worship. I can only imagine what will happen when Trump dies.

17/9/2025, 8:40:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I think it is to keep Donald from attempting to kiss her.

17/9/2025, 7:11:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=wI7p...

17/9/2025, 2:20:31 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

One group claims to follow Jesus.

16/9/2025, 9:02:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

They destroy organizations such as NIH yet there is money for Trump golf weekends and personal birthday parades.

16/9/2025, 8:57:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Plus the Supreme Court has ruled they can be detained especially if they are brown and speak with a foreign accent.

16/9/2025, 8:39:05 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, I thought he had done pretty well considering he is RW. This statement however is pretty bad. In other words “I was hoping it was a brown immigrant from California.”

12/9/2025, 8:51:21 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

There is a reason Republicans fawn over Orban.

11/9/2025, 11:44:28 PM | 28 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

And Limbaugh

11/9/2025, 5:49:26 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

The question now and only time will tell is whether this marks the beginning of a new era or just another event in this Trump nightmare era.

11/9/2025, 4:43:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

So what was she promised this time that will be once again taken away?

10/9/2025, 10:49:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Don't forget there will be a few "This isn't who we are."

10/9/2025, 10:17:43 PM | 24 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Logical would have been last week. Who knows if Ballesteros or Caissie would have made any difference but it wasn't handled well at all.

9/9/2025, 9:44:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Good for Murphy. Someone needs to stand up to Trump since Schumer won’t.

9/9/2025, 12:19:38 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

So what is the new coverup story? Maybe Trump had an imposter for 30 years so he wasn’t really Epstein’s best friend.

7/9/2025, 9:56:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Leave it to Neil. Not his best but it is catchy. "Got big crime in DC at the White House". #Musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B9A...

6/9/2025, 1:20:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

One of his best and still very relevant 62 years later.

5/9/2025, 3:44:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I missed where his Jesus said to protect the pedophiles.

4/9/2025, 8:20:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=AwDN...

4/9/2025, 2:39:31 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rebecca Thompson 🦋 (@rebalynn.bsky.social) reposted

A friend of a dear friend who left North Jersey to live in Australia several decades ago shared this the other day. It absolutely sums it up.

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1/9/2025, 9:41:18 PM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=OmMb...

1/9/2025, 12:54:29 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Someone had to post that one. First one that came to mind.

30/8/2025, 8:03:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump wants another parade instead.

29/8/2025, 8:30:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This song has been on my mind this week. 20 years since Katrina. Not for fans of George Bush #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW1T...

29/8/2025, 7:27:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

What do they think prayer does other than making them feel self-righteous?

29/8/2025, 6:34:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

As you mention in the article, internationally the Cubs haven’t done well in many years. Seems their top signings eventually flame out.

29/8/2025, 5:41:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep, he hasn’t accomplished anything worthwhile in his life other than learn how to live off the Kennedy name.

29/8/2025, 12:57:18 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

For a great many people in the country, unfortunately yes.

29/8/2025, 12:55:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Including cruelty to his wife.

29/8/2025, 12:46:21 AM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m in that older group too but I think it is much worse for those in their 20’s and 30’s. They have decades assuming we don’t get a pandemic that is ignored. The next 3 years or more will take decades to repair if it even can be.

29/8/2025, 12:26:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

So sorry, for me it is dementia. I don’t have it but I have seen too much of it in my life. We need cures not the destruction of NIH and medical research.

29/8/2025, 12:19:49 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) reposted

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

27/8/2025, 6:42:38 PM | 20695 6727 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

"coerced" is a better word. She had two choices, stay locked up or leave.

28/8/2025, 12:36:40 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

It is 100% racism. Miller, Homan and the rest want a white US and are doing whatever they can to get it.

28/8/2025, 12:33:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Has anyone checked Fort Knox lately? Trump is obsessed with gold.

26/8/2025, 12:29:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

So he is drawn to pedophiles?

26/8/2025, 12:26:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Nope. Most of the press is cowering in fear.

25/8/2025, 9:06:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=cB-u...

24/8/2025, 1:15:48 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Same with me. I’m from Chicago so they were part of my early listening days but by the late 70’s in college I grew to dislike them along with other similar groups like REO Speedwagon. My dislike never went away.

23/8/2025, 9:05:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Racism for some, abortion for others.

21/8/2025, 12:39:17 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I grew up believing pedophiles were bad too.

20/8/2025, 11:47:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Pedophiles protect their own. I wonder if this guy is in the Epstein files?

18/8/2025, 4:23:26 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

To me it sounds like a new version of Microsoft Windows.

18/8/2025, 2:26:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

That was my thought too.

14/8/2025, 1:33:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ARii...

14/8/2025, 1:26:55 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

So I went 30 years without knowing there is a song named this. I don’t want to hear it, just knowing it exists is bad enough.

13/8/2025, 11:53:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I enjoyed going back through your feed. I’m sure you have lots more but here are a few favorites that get me that I didn’t see: Hello in There - J Prine Elephant - J Isbell Not Pretty Enough - K Chambers My Only True Friend - G Allman Keep Me In Your Heart - W Zevon Love Has No Pride - B Raitt

12/8/2025, 10:34:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Written about Syd Barrett.

12/8/2025, 10:10:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Up at the top of my sad song list. Linda’s vocal performance here is perfection.

12/8/2025, 10:08:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

They can't wait to see people gunned down in the street by soldiers, police, ICE it doesn't matter, they want dead bodies.

12/8/2025, 6:26:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

This was an obvious one for me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFQK...

12/8/2025, 6:23:54 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

The one that grew the most on me since I listened to it last was "Oh Mercy". I boosted it up on my Dylan album rankings. The one that might have fallen the most was "Tempest". It could have just been the day I was listening to them. On a different day, they might get different rankings. #musicsky

12/8/2025, 5:56:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social)

Finally made it thru the letter "D" as I continue to listen to all my CD's. It took a long time to get through all the Bob Dylan studio albums (minus the recent songbook albums) plus various bootlegs and other CD's. It was fun though to overdose on Dylan for several weeks. #musicsky

12/8/2025, 5:53:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

They know. They don’t care.

8/8/2025, 11:12:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

The answer is no. The moral rot in this country will not be repaired in the lifetime of anyone currently living if it ever is repaired. We have at least three more years of this rot festering and becoming much worse.

8/8/2025, 11:07:54 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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E

8/8/2025, 6:37:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So much for their big free agent signing in Santander. The way they are playing, he can sit out the rest of the year.

8/8/2025, 3:20:36 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

#2 for me behind “Fortunate Son”.

8/8/2025, 12:10:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Not if Robert Kennedy has his wish.

6/8/2025, 6:09:17 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Parroting the Administration’s talking points now, huh?

6/8/2025, 6:06:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

More than enough blame to go around to both of them, the hitters and the bullpen.

6/8/2025, 2:09:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Another from The Jam.

6/8/2025, 12:42:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

OK, the story in the song doesn't match the picture but no rules. It came to mind first. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf4E...

6/8/2025, 12:10:41 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I didn’t realize there were so many “Call Me” hit songs.

5/8/2025, 7:10:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I have never given to all these PAC’s. I never trusted them and glad I didn’t. Democrats are so frustrating these days.

3/8/2025, 7:01:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

A few months ago, I received several invitations to lunch at someone's house. Not sure how that was going to morph into a request for money.

2/8/2025, 1:10:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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California Bloodlines- John Stewart (also covered by Dave Alvin)

1/8/2025, 9:24:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Some Americana-ish songs for something different. King of California - Dave Alvin L.A. Freeway - Guy Clark L.A. County - Lyle Lovett L.A. County Blues - Band of Heathens Streets of Bakersfield- Dwight Yoakam Out in California- Tom Russell

1/8/2025, 9:19:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pirates should now flip Roger’s somewhere. He has to have some trade value.

30/7/2025, 7:10:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In between games of a day-night doubleheader.

29/7/2025, 9:09:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBUR...

29/7/2025, 3:35:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=qARB...

27/7/2025, 2:12:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

I'd rather keep the ceremony during the day. However, do it on Saturday. There is one day game today. That could be moved to the evening.

26/7/2025, 3:07:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

As did Bad Company.

25/7/2025, 7:09:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Return seems a little light but there wasn’t a huge market for him.

25/7/2025, 12:50:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Sure it would still be a problem but maybe not as bad if broadcasts didn’t shove betting in your face all the time and ballparks didn’t have attached betting parlors.

22/7/2025, 11:00:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

They pushed it into overdrive by showing odds all the time in pre-game shows and during the game. You also have ballparks such as Wrigley with betting parlors on site.

22/7/2025, 10:57:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well worth reading.

21/7/2025, 10:12:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Horrible. Many were here legally and working through the asylum process yet were kidnapped by the US government for no reason.

19/7/2025, 5:42:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you for the recommendation. I’d also recommend this book if you haven’t read it. www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

16/7/2025, 6:04:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron (@ronp26.bsky.social) reply parent

This was my first thought. m.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Ep...

16/7/2025, 2:06:19 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view