Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if that applies when she’s traveling / on tour outside of the state.
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I wonder if that applies when she’s traveling / on tour outside of the state.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
The President has •NO• authority over election law — full stop. Also, mail-ins are paper ballots, for crying out loud. 🤦🏽
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Was that taken in Madrid? (I can’t quite make out the flag.) Oh, they’re right about the dress, of course — stunning look, composition, and backdrop.
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U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams; agreed on the salute👍🏻🥳! Tragically, Supreme POTUS is entirely too narcissistic, and insufficiently self-aware, to step down (or do anything else) for the good of the country. Personal Gain > People, of course.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
“Ipsa scientia potestas est.”
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
🤔 “non-working holidays,” as opposed to… Working holidays? & “The workers don’t want it either!” ? 🤪 Wow. Besides, Labor Day w/b a Union/ Marxist plot, no doubt! (He did post that for MLK, Jr. Day, right? Not that he’s at all racist, though!)
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practitioner at this point, by the way. Surely you’ve considered such things already, though.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
…but then you’re denying very many citizens a fundamental civil right. It’s a matter of personal FREEDOM, and not only a matter of opinion*. Also, this Utopian •state• would have to define what does and doesn’t qualify as religion (organized or not)! *I say this as an agnostic and as a non- …
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practitioner at this point, by the way. Surely you’ve considered such things already, though.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
…but then you’re denying very many citizens a fundamental civil right. It’s a matter of personal FREEDOM, and not only a matter of opinion*. Also, this Utopian •state• would have to define what does and doesn’t qualify as religion (organized or not)! *I say this as an agnostic and as a non- …
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or simply Unify with Maryland.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
You do mean, BACK to Mexico, right? 😉
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
One conceivable response (I’ve begun pondering): • Tax Strike! • As Federal troops continue to show up and occupy major cities, perhaps the blue states could withhold their remittances of Federal taxes. Surely Trump, HIS Congress, the red states and MAGA in general would appreciate that. Possible?
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Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Q: Have the 1-6-21 police officers who died, and their families, received all of the same honors and benefits? Sick. Twisted. Thinking.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
…including the cavitation effects and the exit wounds? It might make some people sick, and traumatize others, but it might be worth it.
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Oh, why don’t we just fly all of our flags half-mast now, permanently, or until this problem is someday (?) solved?
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, why don’t we just fly all of our flags half-mast now, permanently, or until this problem is someday (?) solved?
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Here’s the thing, though: Wasn’t that question settled — at great cost & after devastating losses — in 1865?
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
longer than that for the U.S. to turn back to the Dark Side.🖤⬛️⚫️🏴
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, it’s possible — & I hope that you’re right. The American voters, however, have a notoriously “short memory.” • Even after enduring 2020, incredibly, only 4 years later enough of them were willing to give Trump another shot! After he (& then Vance ?) is (are) gone, it might not take any …
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Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
I expect that people will forget w/i about 4 years, & then elect more of the same.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
They s/b added to Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. — but with paint, not chalk!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Noem & Homan 1st! ⛓️🔒
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I’d nearly forgotten about “Dr. Death.” Makes you wonder… Oh, it seems that Jack Kevorkian died in 2011, after being released on parole 4 years earlier. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ke...
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Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
A psych. doctor could only be an improvement.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Profits > People (evidently)
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
& Trump has the emotional development of a 5 year old. (Sorry, again, 5 year olds!) Therefore, à propos. The whale undoubtedly had a higher IQ.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump owed him, big time!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Profits > People (evidently)
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s a trick question, though. A: Their boss is the most unqualified member of his administration.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
& have “Dr. Oz” deliver the care.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
& for backing DT. (Perhaps mostly) Trump owed him a plum job!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Profits > People (evidently)
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
& that judge, from what I’ve heard, is a Trump appointee!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
& receiving treatment from “Dr. Oz?”
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social)
A simple metaphor for Trump accusing others of committing fraud:
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
If they’re really going to dispose of trash… they should start in the White House.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Final 2¢: I’ve long maintained that if “dogs are the best people,” it’s because •loving unconditionally• is simply in their nature. We have to learn to do that.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Great for you (and for her)!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
A Newfoundland named Juliette (L) & a newbie Newfie PUP (R), at only 9 weeks!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
OK — sorry — just couldn’t resist! Hang on…
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, Jake’s no Leonardo, but he is very informative! 😎
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, but what island w/b large enough for all of… Oh, of course: Greenland!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps an image of Putin’s face will form next, on DT’s other hand… & begin saying “sweet nothings” to him. 🤪😍
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
💔 What’s more, the child gave birth virtually on her own, w/o medical assistance. If it’s any consolation, child molesters are typically beaten (or worse), even killed, in prisons. My guess is that he’ll go to “Big Mac,” at McAlester, Oklahoma, for a VERY long time.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
May I suggest, also, “On Civil Disobedience” Thoreau / Arendt, & possibly “How Fascism Works” by Jason Stanley?
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
“I know, right?” To me, superimposing the image of an assault rifle on the flag is equally profane. 🕊️💞🤔
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
…Seems he’s well on his way to having his own country!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
No one ever thinks that (s)he will be next. You’re familiar with Martin Niemöller’s FIRST THEY CAME?
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
🍆🥔? “I’m so confused!”
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
…or unless you plan to declare martial law, sooner than later. My question: would that be nationwide, or in the blue states only?
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Um-hm. He also claims “I don’t like a dictator…” Sooooooo.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
0️⃣ credibility to anything she said — ➕ no one present to represent the interests of the victims!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, I’m no Eliot, but Old Possum’s great fun!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
…also the bacon, & so on. The loaves & fishes were quite acceptable, of course. He ordered matzo & wine, for himself & his friends; but they politely apologized, as they had neither to serve. He thanked them… & before leaving, advised those listening to “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.” 🤷🏻
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
& their cults’ activities resulted in far fewer deaths, actually.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
(As much as I hate even to discuss this:) That image does remind me of my father around the time, in his 90s, when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer (CLL) — only without the cap, with much less weight… and with far better hair!
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If it happens to be a stormy night They will practise a caper or two in the hall. If it happens the sun is shining bright You would say they had nothing to do at all: They are resting and saving themselves to be right For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle Ball.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
… They're quiet enough in the morning hours, They're quiet enough in the afternoon, Reserving their terpsichorean powers To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon. Jellicle Cats are black and white, Jellicle Cats (as I said) are small; …
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Would he have a reflection? 🧛🏾♂️
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
MJWA = Make Jesus Weep Again?
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
…where Simon Legree is the hero.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
As Jay Leno once quipped, “Well what do you expect from a place with the word CRACKER in its name?!”
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
😆 Whatever; but he did have to avoid the biscuits with sausage gravy, the greens with ham hocks, etc.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait … isn’t he at Tim Horton’s?!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
I can really only imagine Donalds being the molester.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure, it’s commonplace… (Does KFC ever mention Kentucky, now, e.g.?) Maybe their marketing team just decided that it was time to simplify their logo. 🤓 🤑
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Woke and DEI (etc.) are the new… Political Incorrectness (simply put).
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Gosh, Byron! In the parking lot, that day, did Christ tell you anything about their logo?! MJWA = Make Jesus Weep Again!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Will one of the tracks be of — Himself! — singing “I beg your pardon, I never promised you a Rose Garden…” ❔
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
"They call it...an ocean." “Oh, good save, Sir!” He’s just way, way out. 🤤
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, yes, but he has had that all along.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
I would nominate him for the Schnobel Putz Prize, certainly. Anyone second that?
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you! I’ve heard Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” album, but now should check this 👆🏻 out.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ve always thought that if squirrels didn’t have bushy tails, and look “cute,” then we would call them Tree Rats, or some such.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
because… THAT’S WHAT PUTIN WANTED!
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www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... & yet, many millions of Americans voted twice more for him, regardless; & even now, STILL don’t see him as a threat to our constitutional system of democracy! Heavens help us.
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He wasn’t joking, in 2020 (I believe), when he claimed that Article II of the Constitution gave him the right to • “do whatever I want!” Nor that April, when he spoke the 12 most frightening words of any president: “When somebody is President of the United States, the authority is TOTAL.” (more…)
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💔
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m confused. Roger Stone never met Donald Trump?
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Abuse… & flagrant, massive conflicts of interest.
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
Respectfully, couldn’t you deploy your Guard to Duval Co.-Jacksonville 🚩FLORIDA🚩? They certainly need assistance — plus it would at least make an amusing, newsworthy offer!
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😂🤣🙃
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
And there was no one left to speak for me. That’s good: no one thinks they’re next!
Tim the Enchanter (@tim-the-encourager.bsky.social) reply parent
and I did not speak out — Because I was not an educator. Then HE came for major law firms, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a lawyer. Then HE came for CULTURE… & HISTORY… & VOTING RIGHTS… & CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION… & CITY GOVERNANCE… Then they came for me — (more…)
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(With apologies to Martin Niemöller,) FIRST THEY CAME for the immigrant laborers, and I did not speak out — Because I was not an immigrant laborer. Then HE came for the news media, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a news journalist. Then HE came for higher education, (more…)
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Supreme POTUS doesn’t care: It makes for good political theater.