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Andrew Donaldson
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Made by West Virginia. Writer, sometimes a talking head, frequent VA patient

Writer/M.E. https://ordinary-times.com/
Commentary for WV Watch https://westvirginiawatch.com/
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Editor/Writer @ordinarytimes.bsky.social

Commentary @westvirginiawatch.com, the outstanding @statesnewsroom.com outlet for the great State of West Virginia

Food fun #blueskysupperclub

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In Canada this has a high likely hood of being a epochal moment. Going to be a very consequential, and ugly, aftermath.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
10 dead, including suspect, in mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. | CBC
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Awful, awful story out of BC www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
RCMP providing update on mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. | CBC
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I PASSED MY MATH TEST TODAY!!!!!

This is the makeup from the one I missed while in hospital so I didnt get the review days and I thought I was going to go bombs over Baghdad on it...but nope, pulled it out

Praise me, ye peoples of the earth
February 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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I have a fool-proof method for you to join me in never having to spend a dime of money on coffee ever again, and I'll share this secret with my premium subscribers...

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Column | Buy-it-for-life coffee makers can save money, reduce waste, brew better
That new $50 drip coffee maker on your counter? Destined for the landfill after a few years of dispensing mediocre coffee.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Actions tell you the truth about what folks really think. Team Blue downplays guns when worried about swing voters. Pushing gun laws this hard & fast w/Gov Spanberger & Dem majorities means they see Youngkin as aberration & VA is staying blue for a while
www.13newsnow.com/article/news...
Restrictions on assault weapons, ghost guns among bills passed by Virginia Senate
Virginia's Senate passed significant gun control bills aimed at tightening regulations and expanding industry accountability.
www.13newsnow.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Enjoyed talking some West Virginia politics with the great @radiomonroe.bsky.social this morning including the income tax cut debate, Gov Morrisey's political situation & relationship with the legislature, how the GOP supermajority is & isn't working together, & more
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Morning Show 02-10-26 Hour 2 Andrew Donaldson on Tax cut--discussion on State of the City
News. Sports. Talk.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Banning crab rangoon - fake or otherwise - will radicalize me to a previous unforeseen level...

You leave my processed fake crunch goodness alone you tyrants
westvirginiawatch.com/2026/02/10/e...
Effort to ban lab-grown meat — and maybe crab rangoon — underway in WV House • West Virginia Watch
The House is set to consider a measure that would ban the manufacturing and sale of cell-cultured food products in West Virginia.
westvirginiawatch.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
What, you thought the Moroun family chipped in all that money to the Trump and other GOP causes just for kicks and giggles?

Always follow the money, gets you as close to the truth as you get in politics
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump threatens to block opening of bridge between U.S. and Canada
As the Gordie Howe bridge nears completion, Trump, in his latest salvo against Canada, suggested he would “not allow” it to open, saying Canada had treated the U.S. “very unfairly.”
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Populist politics only works with a "them" to rile up us, the great unwashed masses, in a controllable fury.

The "them" is variable to the purpose.

Opt out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Without a Border ‘Invasion,’ Texas G.O.P. Turns to an Old Enemy, Islam
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Evenin'
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Well crap. You know how you’re supposed to soak salted cod to get the salt out (and rehydrate it)? Yeah, we didn’t. It was SAL-TY! Good thing we made extra broccoli and rice. So is there any way to save baked, un-soaked cod? #blueskysupperclub
February 8, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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A two course dinner - sockeye and Sheboygan style bratwurst #blueskysupperclub
February 8, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Another NYT cooking experiment tonight, and another success - Chicken Fried Rice. Ground chicken, 1/2 brown rice and 1/2 brown rice, green pepper, pea pods, carrot, celery, bok choy, garlic, and green onions. Needed ginger, and SO said it needed more veggies! #BlueSkySupperClub
February 8, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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As I noted earlier this week, because the Seahawks are in the Super Bowl I am making a comically large amount of food for what is going to be either three or five people total.

This pan of (mostly) habaneros will become Piri Piri sauce for hot wings.

#blueskysupperclub
February 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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The aforementioned party wings, which were dry brined over night and have now been dusted with Kankankan, a tangy, slightly peanut-y spice blend - kind of like a West African version of garam masala.

#blueskysupperclub
February 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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The completed Piri Piri sauce.

#blueskysupperclub
February 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Manwich and tater tots for #SuperBowlLX eats
#blueskysupperclub
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Why no, I'm not going to spend one iota of bandwidth on grifting content creators hyping up what Olympic atheltes-who they didn't even those folks know existed last Thursday-acting like the foundations of the Republic can't survive the quote du jour

More productive things to do
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ALT: a man wearing headphones and a pink shirt with a cartoon character on it
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February 8, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Let's go
February 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Cathead bacon, egg, and cheese from the biscuits I made this morning
#blueskysupperclub
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The corruption ocean lifts all grifting boats www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...
For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM