Hart Cunningham (@hpsc24.bsky.social) reposted
8/29/25šāBloomberg has donated $8.3 million to Fix the City, a super PAC founded to elect Cuomo and defeat Mamdaniā truthout.org/articles/the...
Atypical, non-partisan. US Govt. Out of North America POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. A. Bierce
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view profile on Bluesky Hart Cunningham (@hpsc24.bsky.social) reposted
8/29/25šāBloomberg has donated $8.3 million to Fix the City, a super PAC founded to elect Cuomo and defeat Mamdaniā truthout.org/articles/the...
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
They are so afraid of socialism but the Republican political Party has been socialist since before any of them were born. They seem to like it. Iām getting a passport.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
The 2A, the Constitution, It is mute on driving an automobile as well. Try banning that and people would be up in arms. Pardon the pun. The privilege to cook that isnāt in there. But it is very harmful to kids, not only when the houses explode, the kids rescued from labs had parents from hell
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Someone or some algorethym (he invented the internet) found this fine artwork of Athenian citizens dying āsexually suggestive.ā An algo into snuff films? Or a person⦠Elon got run out of Texas for this.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
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ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Hurry up and defund the Philadelphia Police, progressos before they arrest ICE! Or were you about to take matters into your own hands with brightly colored marital aids and arts like code pink.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Since you asked nunya fucking business
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Not like weāve become numb to the homeless.
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Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Thatās when I left party politics. When feckless Democrats like Tipper Gore were acting like MAGA does today about rap lyrics and kept giving in like they do today. It wasnāt Rove, it was The Southern Strategy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Parties. Snicker Snicker These folks all used call themselves Republicans even when they shared little or no values of a Republican like Franklin or Adams or Jefferson. Theyāre as naive as Tom Nichols. Make it a war party, kids. Bring a Nerf weapon, at least a Nerf weapon.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Democracy is the rule you followed to get here. Iāll pass.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
This is less western medicine And more western science like Genetics etc. Geneticists are doctors, just not medical drs. They may or may not have the talent for diagnoses, an art and a skill. The worm in his brain was killed by his mighty male mitochondria. my.clevelandclinic.org/health/disea...
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Federalism vs states rights. Same dilemma. This is why I agree with the Framers. They understood how dangerous democracy is and leads to tyranny. That man should never have been allowed back and Biden sat on his ass until told to leave by Trump. Thanks, Joe.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Join The US Army! Travel to Washington, DCās cherry blossomed streets to pick up the Trash and Garbage in Dear Leaders front yard
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Thatās been going on since colonial times and the founding era. Agrarians vs. city dwellers. History
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Would marry it, too. If only they knew how to do it 'Twere easy to do. They're working by night and by day On their problem, like moles. Have mercy, O Heaven, I pray, On their meddlesome souls! āRo Amil
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
PEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. O, what's the loud uproar assailing Mine ears without cease? 'Tis the voice of the hopeful, all-hailing The horrors of peace. Ah, Peace Universal; they woo itā
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
āPEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.ā A.B Most of the fools on the planet believe āpeaceā is the default state or even achievable. Suckers. Iāll have peace when I am dead, like the rest of us, except the rich. Do them first
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reposted
#NYT: #Russia or its #proxies are flying surveillance drones over routes that the U.S. and its allies use to ferry military supplies through eastern #Germany, collecting intelligence that could be used to bolster the Kremlinās #sabotage campaign and assist its troops in #Ukraine, officials said.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
This is good. But it is a map referring to population density by political party control. Who thinks they own that land, red or blue? Americans used to own it
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Who owns and controls more of America? The Saudis or the Chinese? Iāll waitā¦
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Land ownership votes in direct opposition to John Locke and Thomas Jefferson. Land is not āpropertyā until you dig it up and put it in a dump truck and haul it away. Jim Crow? Donāt forget the carpetbaggers. press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/doc...
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Au contraire, Madam. Landowners vote. Just like at the founding. Homeless people canāt vote.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
No itās not.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
I know. People still call me a sick freak. Iām both. And humans are not angels.None of us. āOut of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.ā Immanuel Kant
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Grampa never did that for me. I had to get my own. He never kicked down. Glad he kicked off
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
Russians are sharing videos on Telegram of their military plants asking Ukrainians to bomb āem since they havenāt been paying salaries for over 2 months. š
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Jesus was Jewish, not Christian, not Catholic. MAGA Isnāt Christian but most Hispanics are definitely hard core Catholics
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
I try to avoid most of the so-called houses of worship. Whatever fantasy one has about supreme beings it is hardly likely you find it there. It does not exist. This does not make one an atheist. Pagans refuse to believe in One God. Against or contra monotheism.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
He has no idea what a ārightā actually is and entails. Neither do many Americans and thatās how this idiot pulled it off. Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium. Common Law case Ashby vs. White, (1703), wherein the court opined that for every right vested in the plaintiff, there must also exist means to protect it.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
The POTUS has the authority and discretion to act and let the SCOTUS sort it out, like Biden, who had the right to do nothing but run for another term. Or stop this shit. Even that. Just like La Cosa Nostra but donāt whack a a boss without the commissionās approval. Their scotus.
The Verge (@theverge.com) reposted
Thereās plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that misleading, it also takes the focus away from solutions that might actually address the leading causes of death ā vessel strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.
Bloody Disgusting (@bloody-disgusting.com) reposted
We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most. Learn more:
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Kids are getting shot here, there and everywhere these days. It has never been this bad since the holocaust. Bad habit
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
GOPMAGARBAGE?
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
The Dystopia in the Sci Film āElysiumā is already taking shape here. Terminal worriers about Cyborgs and Robots inhabit a fantasy world like most people. AI and even the robots must be able to survive an EMP. That is a non negotiable and this is yet to be achieved. m.imdb.com/title/tt1535...
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
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I Post Animal Vids... š (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
Sheep dog puppy's first day on the job... š #dog #dogday #bluesky
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Not when you consider that privatizing it was the former intent. Now they want it abolished completely. The scandal is both parties have to eat this shit sandwich
Public Citizen (@publiccitizen.bsky.social) reposted
A whistleblower revealed that DOGE put the personal data of millions of Americans onto a vulnerable cloud server. If this data is leaked or hacked, the government could be forced to reissue every American a new Social Security number. This should be a national scandal.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Athenian Democracy was a bloody clusterfuck that failed. Like Weimar. Democracy is the rule you followed to get here. Like in Weimar. We donāt even have Athenian Democracy. We have Plutoās Republic, Mickey Mouse's pet dog. Dās know this.To claim otherwise is duplicity. Putin had to get good grades.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
We keep making the same mistakes over and over again. If you say it loud enough⦠you may get āgreasedā but no grease for being the āsqueaky wheel.ā The Chinese see it like this: The uneven nail gets pounded down. It usually eads to tyranny. Democracy. www.scientificamerican.com/article/eins...
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTEL... They had college degrees. Iād burn them since flags are off limits. They are both as useful as tits on a bull
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Thatās what she said, over and over again. Sometimes it may work, mostly just ignored. How much is enough? Itās not how many that counts. One man had the power and sat on it.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Nazis back in the FBI? As if they ever left
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Sounds like that "Clausewitz Bullshit."
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Donot deport available labor for fruit picking janitorial work in flop houses and other menial labor. They'd make great hod carriers.
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Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
One more "plant" is necessary. Jefferson's Tree of Liberty needing the blood of tyrants. He included the blood of patriots; not many "modern minds" understand that the "patriots" he referred to included subjects of the Crown and he did not believe gods but assumed something else sorts them out after
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Terror and ridicule are a prelude to it when many depose the few relying on the same to maintain their unearned privilege. Peaceful transfers of power are somewhere in a hopium pipe like laws, constitutions and institutions fail is what the establishment political class and feckless media deserve.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
They're terrified. As are many of the establishment Dems.
James (@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social) reposted
For the sake of posterity, the reading lists I made for military theory and war related literature.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
That's not a crime; Clyde Tolson and his girlfriend J. Edgar Hoover loved underwear too. And lacey lingerie
MAKS 25 ššŗš¦ (@maks23.bsky.social) reposted
šŗš¦ā¼ļø Zelensky: Itās time to confiscate Russian assets, not just freeze them ⦠to use them to serve peace, not war. š£ļøāIf the world doesnāt aim to change the regime in Russia, that means, even after the war ends, Moscow will still try to destabilise neighbouring countries.ā
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
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Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) reposted
Genocide in Gaza: Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza, marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths. Life expectancy at birth reportedly declined by approximately 35 years in 2024.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Biden's choice. If Trump could sit there in the WH refusing to leave so could Biden. That would make people join that party instead of leaving it.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
Warehousing surplus population. Prof. John Irwin Google him. Taught at SFSU Angela Davis too. There are a few things about Marx that are more useful than Marxian analysis: Warehousing surplus populations. They have actually capitalized on Marx by rent-seeking, where Marx never imagined it possible
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
It is even more cost effective to let them die and this is what happens.Especially if they can't hold a job. I know this from experience
Mötley Süe (@realmotleysue.bsky.social) reposted
Ding Dong the witch is dead. #FDT #Project2025 #TheWickedWitchIsDead
Dorothee V. Plessis (@dorotheevplessis.bsky.social) reposted
@ellinidata.bsky.social Goodnight Angeliki.šš
Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) reposted
Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of immigration matters. Only 43% of US adults said they approved of his handling of immigration, down from the 49% who supported his work on the issue in March.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reposted
šØāSee You in Courtā: #Newsom Moving Forward with $787M #Lawsuit Against #Fox News Despite #Wattersā On-Air #Apology.
bjchesterfield.bsky.social (@bjchesterfield.bsky.social) reposted
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MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Epstein victim Maria Farmer: āIvana was [Ghislaineās] best friend⦠Sheād drive by schools⦠get [girlsā] phone numbers⦠Everybody knew what they were doing.ā To shut her up, āthey gave me one of those cheap bracelets Ivana was selling on QVC.ā
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
True and I'm just a Protestant
Irish Literary Times (@irishlittimes.bsky.social) reposted
Frank McCourt who died July 19, 2009: āThe happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.ā
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
A Navy SEAL? I do not like leaving the house. I can't run fast anymore.
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reposted
A kite surfer on a South American adventure. A Navy SEAL whose family said he had traveled south for romance. A gay makeup artist who fled north for a better life. All of these men were part of a prisoner swap conducted Friday between the U.S. and Venezuelaās governments.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Don't know her name, don't want to. She's awful
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
#MSNBC wants Democrats to Play Possum. I think she meant Play Dead
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Trumpās Epstein cover-up continues to backfire as more details emerge. War breaks out between Murdoch and Trump, and how Trump's defamation suit was a major misstep. Plus, SCOTUS enables more MAGA destruction. Watch Legal AF at 8p ET/5p PT!
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Even Starfleet takes the disabled. Fuck Space Force
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
The "I alone can fix it" threat or the flubbing of the "Nukyular Tripod" He should never have been a candidate. People are greedy and selfish and stupid.
Alex Cole (@realalexcole.bsky.social) reposted
CNN: Epstein MSNBC: Epstein ABC: Epstein NBC: Epstein Fox News: OBAMA IS BLACK!!!
Pets Against Trump⦠(@trumph8ters.bsky.social) reposted
Momma and her fur babyā¦. No DNA test neededā¦. So freaking adorable⦠š„°
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Meiselas: First offāpeople who are alpha donāt go around calling themselves alpha. Look, where I grew up, my dad would say: Being a man means standing by your word. Being a man means you push back against the bully, and you uplift people. You donāt punch down at marginalized communities.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
I'd like to take credit for their success by not joining them when I was approached asked over on Twitter. One of my banned accts. I am not a joiner, really. And had I they most likely would have been banned along with me. Congratulations, guys. You deserve it.š
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Nothing stays hidden for long. "Parties" are not individuals. RFK and JFK were both assassinated. Both Democrats. I was once too
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Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Yeah, but we're exceptional. It helps keep the poors down.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social)
Democrats should play possum? #MSNBC Yeah, that works. Fire her.
Al Cioppino (@thebeallcurve.bsky.social) reply parent
I got that vibe. Some connection to the artš
danistone73.bsky.social (@danistone73.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Doubtful that living longer is a plus esp w/ Alzheimerās
GiGi Angel (@gigiangel.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I agree with you. š
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[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I spent 14 months in Tel Aviv. Military mission.