James Jones
@jljones0618.bsky.social
A presence inside the Beltway since the Kennedy administration. Proud stoic with varied interests in politics, art, American history, cinema, whiskey, and comedy. Living spontaneously without goals. So much to laugh at, so little time...
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I get exhausted hearing complaints from people on the left and the right (and their media harpies) who only see the issues from a myopicly limited perspective. No one in a leadership role has a perspective sufficiently broad to effectively lead. What happened to all the statesmen?
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I get exhausted hearing complaints from people on the left and the right (and their media harpies) who only see the issues from a myopicly limited perspective. No one in a leadership role has a perspective sufficiently broad to effectively lead. What happened to all the statesmen?
Here’s why I loathe The Birchmere: you can arrive more than two hours before the show and yet still get a shitty seat. It’s the perfect venue for people who don’t value their time or who have plenty of it to waste.
#birchmere
#birchmere
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Here’s why I loathe The Birchmere: you can arrive more than two hours before the show and yet still get a shitty seat. It’s the perfect venue for people who don’t value their time or who have plenty of it to waste.
#birchmere
#birchmere
The new @netflix.com limited series Death By Lightning is astonishingly good. Well acted, exceptionally well written, with spot-on production values and seamless CG. This show reminds us of a time when men of integrity could still be found in politics. #deathbylightning
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The new @netflix.com limited series Death By Lightning is astonishingly good. Well acted, exceptionally well written, with spot-on production values and seamless CG. This show reminds us of a time when men of integrity could still be found in politics. #deathbylightning
“For once one possesses happiness, duration does not make it any happier. Ah, when will the day come when you will realize that time doesn’t matter for you, and will be at peace, caring nothing for the future, completely satisfied with what you are!…(1)
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“For once one possesses happiness, duration does not make it any happier. Ah, when will the day come when you will realize that time doesn’t matter for you, and will be at peace, caring nothing for the future, completely satisfied with what you are!…(1)
Evan Dando wearing his 9:30 swag in the November issue of MOJO. Always fun to spot one in the wild. @930club.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Evan Dando wearing his 9:30 swag in the November issue of MOJO. Always fun to spot one in the wild. @930club.bsky.social
@robinince.bsky.social I enjoy following your travels via BS posts but the continued absence of news on a new Christmas Compendium of Reason makes me sad. Has a stake officially been driven into its heart or is it simply resting comfortably in its box awaiting an eventual sanguinary infusion?
October 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
@robinince.bsky.social I enjoy following your travels via BS posts but the continued absence of news on a new Christmas Compendium of Reason makes me sad. Has a stake officially been driven into its heart or is it simply resting comfortably in its box awaiting an eventual sanguinary infusion?
I’m confused. As a historically significant government structure, aren’t there layers and layers of approvals needed before anyone can legally tear down part of the Executive Mansion?
October 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I’m confused. As a historically significant government structure, aren’t there layers and layers of approvals needed before anyone can legally tear down part of the Executive Mansion?
“Always remember how noble it is to complete your life before death arrives, so that you can peacefully await the rest of your time, asking for nothing more because you already have a happy life. A happy life isn’t made happier by being longer.” — Seneca
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“Always remember how noble it is to complete your life before death arrives, so that you can peacefully await the rest of your time, asking for nothing more because you already have a happy life. A happy life isn’t made happier by being longer.” — Seneca
I tried to watch Who Killed The Montreal Expos? on @netfl.com but the audio was shockingly out of sync in many if not most of its compiled clips. Every other Netflix show is perfect, so what’s up with this one?!? Unwatchable.
October 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I tried to watch Who Killed The Montreal Expos? on @netfl.com but the audio was shockingly out of sync in many if not most of its compiled clips. Every other Netflix show is perfect, so what’s up with this one?!? Unwatchable.
What my friends and I were yelling at the screen 45 years ago at the Key Theater in Washington DC appears today almost verbatim as a caption track on the new Rocky Horror Picture Show 4k disk. So wild! #RHPS
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
What my friends and I were yelling at the screen 45 years ago at the Key Theater in Washington DC appears today almost verbatim as a caption track on the new Rocky Horror Picture Show 4k disk. So wild! #RHPS
I spent the last few furlough days entering my trading card collection into the Trading Card Database (TCDb) website. Let's see which person appears on the most cards in my collection…
@barackobama.bsky.social
@barackobama.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I spent the last few furlough days entering my trading card collection into the Trading Card Database (TCDb) website. Let's see which person appears on the most cards in my collection…
@barackobama.bsky.social
@barackobama.bsky.social
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October 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Spending Furlough Day #8 at James Madison’s Montpelier trying yet again to renew my faith in our system of government. No better place than the home of the architect of our Constitution.
@jmmontpelier.bsky.social
@jmmontpelier.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spending Furlough Day #8 at James Madison’s Montpelier trying yet again to renew my faith in our system of government. No better place than the home of the architect of our Constitution.
@jmmontpelier.bsky.social
@jmmontpelier.bsky.social
I can understand when a public person blocks those who wish to argue with them on social media, but they seem quite happy to initiate such arguments. I assume knowing that you can block anyone who disagrees with you is quite freeing.
October 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I can understand when a public person blocks those who wish to argue with them on social media, but they seem quite happy to initiate such arguments. I assume knowing that you can block anyone who disagrees with you is quite freeing.
I’m continually puzzled by how easily people choose to define themselves as this or that. It’s as if individuals see themselves as nothing more than a Starbucks drink order. I don’t know how to define myself as anything. Am I this? Well, yeah but I’m also some of that.
October 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I’m continually puzzled by how easily people choose to define themselves as this or that. It’s as if individuals see themselves as nothing more than a Starbucks drink order. I don’t know how to define myself as anything. Am I this? Well, yeah but I’m also some of that.
Spending Furlough Day #4 renewing my faith in our nation at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. A perfect reminder that our ancestors still had it much worse.
@va250.bsky.social
@va250.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Spending Furlough Day #4 renewing my faith in our nation at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. A perfect reminder that our ancestors still had it much worse.
@va250.bsky.social
@va250.bsky.social
Reposted by James Jones
I WISH TO SEE A VIRGIN ON-SCREEN
October 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I WISH TO SEE A VIRGIN ON-SCREEN
Hey @bencollins.bsky.social, any chance that admission to Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile will be free for furloughed federal workers? Asking for 750,000 friends.
September 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hey @bencollins.bsky.social, any chance that admission to Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile will be free for furloughed federal workers? Asking for 750,000 friends.
I’m listening to each National Lampoon albums in sequence starting with Radio Dinner (1972). My, how humor standards have changed in just 50 years…
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Radio Dinner - Wikipedia
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September 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I’m listening to each National Lampoon albums in sequence starting with Radio Dinner (1972). My, how humor standards have changed in just 50 years…
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_D...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_D...
My all-time favorite quote, by Epicurus:
“I’ve never tried to please the crowd; because what I know, they do not approve and what they approve, I do not know.”
“I’ve never tried to please the crowd; because what I know, they do not approve and what they approve, I do not know.”
September 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My all-time favorite quote, by Epicurus:
“I’ve never tried to please the crowd; because what I know, they do not approve and what they approve, I do not know.”
“I’ve never tried to please the crowd; because what I know, they do not approve and what they approve, I do not know.”
Being immersed of late in all things Spinal Tap, I am reminded of the comedic genius of Christopher Guest. From his early days with the Lampoon thru Tap, roles like Princess Bride, and as director of his own drop dead funny films, he should easily be in line for a Mark Twain Prize. Easily.
September 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Being immersed of late in all things Spinal Tap, I am reminded of the comedic genius of Christopher Guest. From his early days with the Lampoon thru Tap, roles like Princess Bride, and as director of his own drop dead funny films, he should easily be in line for a Mark Twain Prize. Easily.
So I guess the advice is for pregnant women to take generic acetaminophen?
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
So I guess the advice is for pregnant women to take generic acetaminophen?