John Ballard
@hootsbuddy.bsky.social
Octogenarian blogger at Hootsbuddy's Place and Hootsbuddy's New Place -- scrambled collections of notes and observations. My long-form writing days are over but these relics are now helpful resources for my fading memory.
Blue Sky is my latest playground.
Blue Sky is my latest playground.
March 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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i think shutting the government down is preferably to nullifying article i of the constitution
The weeks of performative “resistance” from those in my party were limited to undignified antics.
Voting to shut the government down will punish millions or risk a recession.
I disagree with many points in the CR, but I will never vote to shut our government down.
Voting to shut the government down will punish millions or risk a recession.
I disagree with many points in the CR, but I will never vote to shut our government down.
March 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
i think shutting the government down is preferably to nullifying article i of the constitution
This 90 minute video might test your patience but Col. Baud has a world-class grasp of diplomatic protocol that will blow you away.
Prepare to pause from time to time and reflect on what he says or do a web search to understand some of the details.
www.youtube.com/live/8h-GqlB...
Prepare to pause from time to time and reflect on what he says or do a web search to understand some of the details.
www.youtube.com/live/8h-GqlB...
Col. Jacques Baud: Syria: Black Hole of Chaos - EU & US at a Crossroads: Ukraine's Defining Moment
YouTube video by Dialogue Works
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This 90 minute video might test your patience but Col. Baud has a world-class grasp of diplomatic protocol that will blow you away.
Prepare to pause from time to time and reflect on what he says or do a web search to understand some of the details.
www.youtube.com/live/8h-GqlB...
Prepare to pause from time to time and reflect on what he says or do a web search to understand some of the details.
www.youtube.com/live/8h-GqlB...
Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.
March 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.
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Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent just gave away the con, admitting that Trump repeatedly lied to the American people while on the campaign trail. If Trump supporters (suckers) are waiting for lower prices, they're going to be waiting a long fucking time. 😳👇
March 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent just gave away the con, admitting that Trump repeatedly lied to the American people while on the campaign trail. If Trump supporters (suckers) are waiting for lower prices, they're going to be waiting a long fucking time. 😳👇
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“On both sides of the road, hundreds of military vehicles lay abandoned, burning or destroyed.”
How did the Syrian army finally collapse? An insider account traces rapid disintegration into the days leading up to Bashar Al-Assad’s fall.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
How did the Syrian army finally collapse? An insider account traces rapid disintegration into the days leading up to Bashar Al-Assad’s fall.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Disintegration of Assad’s Army
How political decisions, internal conflicts and external pressures led to the downfall of a once-powerful military force in Syria
newlinesmag.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“On both sides of the road, hundreds of military vehicles lay abandoned, burning or destroyed.”
How did the Syrian army finally collapse? An insider account traces rapid disintegration into the days leading up to Bashar Al-Assad’s fall.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
How did the Syrian army finally collapse? An insider account traces rapid disintegration into the days leading up to Bashar Al-Assad’s fall.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
This is very unsettling.
Here is my search response when I posed the following question:
~ Do space station crews need to worry about their safety returning in an exploding starship?
Here is my search response when I posed the following question:
~ Do space station crews need to worry about their safety returning in an exploding starship?
March 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is very unsettling.
Here is my search response when I posed the following question:
~ Do space station crews need to worry about their safety returning in an exploding starship?
Here is my search response when I posed the following question:
~ Do space station crews need to worry about their safety returning in an exploding starship?
This is the most intelligent conversation I have heard recently about current events.
These men give me hope for constructive alternatives to the chaos we face in the world.
Col. Wilkerson & Amb. Chas Freeman on Trump’s Plans & NATO's Future
www.youtube.com/live/yawRhqO...
These men give me hope for constructive alternatives to the chaos we face in the world.
Col. Wilkerson & Amb. Chas Freeman on Trump’s Plans & NATO's Future
www.youtube.com/live/yawRhqO...
Col. Larry Wilkerson & Amb. Chas Freeman on Trump’s Plan to End the Ukraine War & NATO’s Future
YouTube video by Dialogue Works
www.youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is the most intelligent conversation I have heard recently about current events.
These men give me hope for constructive alternatives to the chaos we face in the world.
Col. Wilkerson & Amb. Chas Freeman on Trump’s Plans & NATO's Future
www.youtube.com/live/yawRhqO...
These men give me hope for constructive alternatives to the chaos we face in the world.
Col. Wilkerson & Amb. Chas Freeman on Trump’s Plans & NATO's Future
www.youtube.com/live/yawRhqO...
Reposted by John Ballard
Rep. Al Green D-TX just told reporters in the Speaker's Lobby that he didn't plan to yell at President Trump. Green said he was getting ready to walk out - 'and a moment of spontaneity occurred.'
Green: "I'm willing to suffer the consequences for what I have done."
Green: "I'm willing to suffer the consequences for what I have done."
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Rep. Al Green D-TX just told reporters in the Speaker's Lobby that he didn't plan to yell at President Trump. Green said he was getting ready to walk out - 'and a moment of spontaneity occurred.'
Green: "I'm willing to suffer the consequences for what I have done."
Green: "I'm willing to suffer the consequences for what I have done."
I was an incarcerated nursing assistant during Covid. This is what I saw www.statnews.com/2025/03/06/c... via @statnews.com
I was an incarcerated nursing assistant during Covid. This is what I saw
“It’s not an understatement to say prisoner CNAs are the backbone of the prison medical system. For this work, we earned $1.75 a day,” writes Abraham Santiago.
www.statnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I was an incarcerated nursing assistant during Covid. This is what I saw www.statnews.com/2025/03/06/c... via @statnews.com
This is the moment a deaf girl tried on a pair of high-tech glasses allowing her to "see" conversations in real time.
Kendyl Pool, 10, was born profoundly deaf due to malformations in her inner ears and has used American Sign Language since she was six months old.
youtu.be/rDEBwHAJlSk?...
Kendyl Pool, 10, was born profoundly deaf due to malformations in her inner ears and has used American Sign Language since she was six months old.
youtu.be/rDEBwHAJlSk?...
Deaf girl tries caption glasses that lets her "see" conversations in real time | LOVE THIS!
YouTube video by SWNS
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March 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This is the moment a deaf girl tried on a pair of high-tech glasses allowing her to "see" conversations in real time.
Kendyl Pool, 10, was born profoundly deaf due to malformations in her inner ears and has used American Sign Language since she was six months old.
youtu.be/rDEBwHAJlSk?...
Kendyl Pool, 10, was born profoundly deaf due to malformations in her inner ears and has used American Sign Language since she was six months old.
youtu.be/rDEBwHAJlSk?...
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I'm old enough to remember when for nearly six years Trump falsely claimed Obama was born in Africa. Now he has someone who was actually born in Africa running everything. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
March 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I'm old enough to remember when for nearly six years Trump falsely claimed Obama was born in Africa. Now he has someone who was actually born in Africa running everything. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
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Department Of Greedy dipshits who couldn’t run a food truck let alone an Efficient government
March 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Department Of Greedy dipshits who couldn’t run a food truck let alone an Efficient government
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
Cold-blooded genocide.
March 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Cold-blooded genocide.
Col. Larry Wilkerson (b.1945) is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.
This the most satisfying conversation I have heard since I started listening to this series.
www.youtube.com/live/pG1bHAF...
This the most satisfying conversation I have heard since I started listening to this series.
www.youtube.com/live/pG1bHAF...
Col. Larry Wilkerson: Trump Fires Back at Zelensky: The US Won’t Tolerate This!
YouTube video by Dialogue Works
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Col. Larry Wilkerson (b.1945) is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.
This the most satisfying conversation I have heard since I started listening to this series.
www.youtube.com/live/pG1bHAF...
This the most satisfying conversation I have heard since I started listening to this series.
www.youtube.com/live/pG1bHAF...
It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled.
~ Mark Twain
~ Mark Twain
March 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled.
~ Mark Twain
~ Mark Twain
Breaking the Silence Thread
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x.com/BtSIsrael/st...
March 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Breaking the Silence Thread
x.com/BtSIsrael/st...
x.com/BtSIsrael/st...
This interesting link was published in 2023...
~> Early ancestral bottleneck could’ve spelled extinction 800,000 years ago. Only 1,280 of our ancestors survived.
EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
~> Early ancestral bottleneck could’ve spelled extinction 800,000 years ago. Only 1,280 of our ancestors survived.
EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Early ancestral bottleneck could’ve spelled the end for modern humans
An unexplained gap in the African/Eurasian fossil record may now be explained thanks to a team of researchers from China, Italy and the United States. Using a novel method called FitCoal (fast infinit...
www.eurekalert.org
March 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This interesting link was published in 2023...
~> Early ancestral bottleneck could’ve spelled extinction 800,000 years ago. Only 1,280 of our ancestors survived.
EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
~> Early ancestral bottleneck could’ve spelled extinction 800,000 years ago. Only 1,280 of our ancestors survived.
EurekAlert!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
March 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
What does it mean to ask someone for forgiveness?
In this episode Mpho Tutu van Furth, daughter of Desmond Tutu, explores the deep impact of apartheid in South Africa, the meaning of true forgiveness, and the profound philosophy of Ubuntu.
nosmallendeavor.com/mpho-tutu-va...
In this episode Mpho Tutu van Furth, daughter of Desmond Tutu, explores the deep impact of apartheid in South Africa, the meaning of true forgiveness, and the profound philosophy of Ubuntu.
nosmallendeavor.com/mpho-tutu-va...
Mpho Tutu van Furth: The Tutu Legacy of Forgiveness and Reconciliation
What does it mean to ask someone for forgiveness? In this episode Mpho Tutu Van Furth, daughter of Desmond Tutu, explores the deep impact of apartheid in South Africa, the meaning of true forgiveness,...
nosmallendeavor.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What does it mean to ask someone for forgiveness?
In this episode Mpho Tutu van Furth, daughter of Desmond Tutu, explores the deep impact of apartheid in South Africa, the meaning of true forgiveness, and the profound philosophy of Ubuntu.
nosmallendeavor.com/mpho-tutu-va...
In this episode Mpho Tutu van Furth, daughter of Desmond Tutu, explores the deep impact of apartheid in South Africa, the meaning of true forgiveness, and the profound philosophy of Ubuntu.
nosmallendeavor.com/mpho-tutu-va...
