@lenpastick.bsky.social
Connecticut Yankee in Southern California. Go UConn Huskies. Politics = John McCain, circa 2000.
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke
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It's the opposite of "the buck stops here". He is selling out Admiral Bradley and sending chills down the spines of his chain of command, who now know their boss will sell them out if he is taking heat. A case study in how not to lead.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's the opposite of "the buck stops here". He is selling out Admiral Bradley and sending chills down the spines of his chain of command, who now know their boss will sell them out if he is taking heat. A case study in how not to lead.
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Monday, 12/1: I'll be on @kqedforum.bsky.social to discuss tech's Antichrist-obsessed fascism cult and Silicon Valley's pitch deck for replacing democracy with corporate dictatorship.
10 a.m. pacific—and you can listen live and call in with questions.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
10 a.m. pacific—and you can listen live and call in with questions.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
‘Nerd Reich’ Author Gil Duran on the Tech Authoritarian Movement | KQED
Airdate: Monday, December 1 at 10 AM Journalist Gil Duran’s newsletter “The Nerd Reich” documents the latest developments in anti-democracy extremism within Silicon Valley. These extreme views include...
www.kqed.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Monday, 12/1: I'll be on @kqedforum.bsky.social to discuss tech's Antichrist-obsessed fascism cult and Silicon Valley's pitch deck for replacing democracy with corporate dictatorship.
10 a.m. pacific—and you can listen live and call in with questions.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
10 a.m. pacific—and you can listen live and call in with questions.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
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Ella Baron on Virginia Giuffre – cartoon
Ella Baron on Virginia Giuffre – cartoon
The posthumous publication of Giuffre’s memoirs is bringing ongoing scrutiny of the former Duke of York’s links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Ella Baron on Virginia Giuffre – cartoon
I’m a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here’s how to reach young men like me | Josh Sargent
I’m a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here’s how to reach young men like me | Josh Sargent
Masculinity is almost always presented as toxic on my feed – but we need constructive alternatives to give hope to those who feel lost, says Josh Sargent
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Scott Bessent, aka Mr. Green Jeans.
With apologies to the memory of Captain Kangaroo and his pals.
With apologies to the memory of Captain Kangaroo and his pals.
If Dems can’t come up with a “Pocahontas” equivalent on this one .. 🙄
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Scott Bessent, aka Mr. Green Jeans.
With apologies to the memory of Captain Kangaroo and his pals.
With apologies to the memory of Captain Kangaroo and his pals.
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Here's the complete video.. Trump can't sing, but I'm sure he considered it the "greatest version of the Green Acres theme ever performed."
youtu.be/6JoJ2HnMt6Q?...
Host Ellen DeGeneres intentionally misidentifies Megan Mullally as part of the joke.
youtu.be/6JoJ2HnMt6Q?...
Host Ellen DeGeneres intentionally misidentifies Megan Mullally as part of the joke.
Donald Trump and Megan Mullally singing the "Green Acres" theme song at the 2005 Emmy Awards
YouTube video by Paulo Corceiro
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Here's the complete video.. Trump can't sing, but I'm sure he considered it the "greatest version of the Green Acres theme ever performed."
youtu.be/6JoJ2HnMt6Q?...
Host Ellen DeGeneres intentionally misidentifies Megan Mullally as part of the joke.
youtu.be/6JoJ2HnMt6Q?...
Host Ellen DeGeneres intentionally misidentifies Megan Mullally as part of the joke.
Remember what a decent President sounds like.
Back in the 1960s, the Smothers Brothers made fun of President Lyndon Johnson and his policies many times on their popular television show. The president wrote them a letter in response.
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Remember what a decent President sounds like.
These protests in Portland are creative and funny. No wonder Trump and MAGA hate them.
October 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
These protests in Portland are creative and funny. No wonder Trump and MAGA hate them.
A father's grief for his fallen son.
There are no words.
There are no words.
A father mourns his son, killed by the russians. Ukrainians are paying the highest price for their freedom. The free world must stand with Ukraine — and provide everything needed to defeat russian evil.
October 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A father's grief for his fallen son.
There are no words.
There are no words.
"Let them eat cats, let them eat dogs."
(Paraphrasing Queen Marie Antoinette)
(Paraphrasing Queen Marie Antoinette)
October 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"Let them eat cats, let them eat dogs."
(Paraphrasing Queen Marie Antoinette)
(Paraphrasing Queen Marie Antoinette)
General McCaffery calls it like it is:
"An Outrage"
"An Outrage"
October 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
General McCaffery calls it like it is:
"An Outrage"
"An Outrage"
Regular electricity customers are not benefiting from artificial intelligence but getting stuck with higher electricity bills.
Let's keep it Real (Intelligence, not Artificial)!
Let's keep it Real (Intelligence, not Artificial)!
“.. They’re going up and up,” he said. “You wonder, ‘What is your breaking point?’”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Regular electricity customers are not benefiting from artificial intelligence but getting stuck with higher electricity bills.
Let's keep it Real (Intelligence, not Artificial)!
Let's keep it Real (Intelligence, not Artificial)!
Utah Governor Cox is a clear voice on the dangers and damage done by social media.
Crickets from the President and not much from Congress.
Keep it up Governor, you are fighting the good fight!
Crickets from the President and not much from Congress.
Keep it up Governor, you are fighting the good fight!
“Social media is a cancer,” says Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. “It is taking all of our worst impulses and putting them on steroids. It is driving us to division. It is driving us to hate.” cbsn.ws/46Yu1c9
September 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Utah Governor Cox is a clear voice on the dangers and damage done by social media.
Crickets from the President and not much from Congress.
Keep it up Governor, you are fighting the good fight!
Crickets from the President and not much from Congress.
Keep it up Governor, you are fighting the good fight!
"Democracy is a spiritual practice"
These are inspired words that motivate me.
Thank you, James Talarico.
These are inspired words that motivate me.
Thank you, James Talarico.
Democracy is not just voting in elections; it's not just institutions and laws.
Democracy is a spiritual practice.
It requires a deep love for our neighbors — especially our neighbors with whom we disagree the most.
Democracy is a spiritual practice.
It requires a deep love for our neighbors — especially our neighbors with whom we disagree the most.
September 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Democracy is a spiritual practice"
These are inspired words that motivate me.
Thank you, James Talarico.
These are inspired words that motivate me.
Thank you, James Talarico.
Besides being a great country and the best neighbor a country could hope to have, Canada has one helluva National Anthem.
Know that many of your southern neighbors are working hard to make the United States worthy of your friendship, hopefully someday soon.
Know that many of your southern neighbors are working hard to make the United States worthy of your friendship, hopefully someday soon.
This is by far the best version of
O Canada I have ever heard!
What a great way to start off a home game for the BlueJays!
I am so proud to be Canadian❤️🇨🇦
#ProudCanadian
#BluejaysAreCanadasTeam
O Canada I have ever heard!
What a great way to start off a home game for the BlueJays!
I am so proud to be Canadian❤️🇨🇦
#ProudCanadian
#BluejaysAreCanadasTeam
September 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Besides being a great country and the best neighbor a country could hope to have, Canada has one helluva National Anthem.
Know that many of your southern neighbors are working hard to make the United States worthy of your friendship, hopefully someday soon.
Know that many of your southern neighbors are working hard to make the United States worthy of your friendship, hopefully someday soon.
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It's like they made a clone of Goebbels but somehow the volume got stuck on "screeching banshee"
“What do YOU HAVE? You have NOTHING, you are nothing. You are wickedness, you are jealousy, you are hatred, YOU ARE NOTHING. You can build nothing, produce nothing, create nothing."
September 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It's like they made a clone of Goebbels but somehow the volume got stuck on "screeching banshee"
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex trafficker, is getting VIP treatment in prison due to intervention by Trump and Bondi's Department of Justice?
Where is the Ameican media? Why do we need to get this news from the British
Where is the Ameican media? Why do we need to get this news from the British
Why does it take a BRITISH newspaper to break a story like this? Where the hell is the American media? 🤨
September 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex trafficker, is getting VIP treatment in prison due to intervention by Trump and Bondi's Department of Justice?
Where is the Ameican media? Why do we need to get this news from the British
Where is the Ameican media? Why do we need to get this news from the British
Good job, Montana. Looks like "Big Sky Country" is showing the way to get dark money out of politics, or at least to reduce it.
“The Montana Plan,” as local organizers have dubbed it, is moving toward the state’s 2026 ballot as a constitutional initiative. Its language leaves no doubt: Montanans want corporations out of their politics, and they intend to make that decision stick." www.usatoday.com/story/opini...
Americans want dark money out of politics. We don't have to wait for Supreme Court. | Opinion
Corporations are not born; they are built. And the Supreme Court has always held that the power to build them belongs to states alone.
www.usatoday.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Good job, Montana. Looks like "Big Sky Country" is showing the way to get dark money out of politics, or at least to reduce it.
As a US citizen, I thank God that Canada is our neighbor. There are many reasons, but most importantly, in these times, Canada sets the clear example of what leadership in the free world looks like.
Thank you Canada.
Thank you Canada.
If we want a safer world, we need a stronger Canada❤️🌎
Canada stands together, resilient against Russia. Sometimes the wisest move is to detour and fortify. Pause, protect, & come back stronger ❤️🇨🇦
Prime Minister Mark Carney offers strength, security, and protection for Canada and the world 🌎❤️🇨🇦
Canada stands together, resilient against Russia. Sometimes the wisest move is to detour and fortify. Pause, protect, & come back stronger ❤️🇨🇦
Prime Minister Mark Carney offers strength, security, and protection for Canada and the world 🌎❤️🇨🇦
September 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As a US citizen, I thank God that Canada is our neighbor. There are many reasons, but most importantly, in these times, Canada sets the clear example of what leadership in the free world looks like.
Thank you Canada.
Thank you Canada.
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Longing for the year where the country isn’t still being harmed by Roy Cohn
September 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Longing for the year where the country isn’t still being harmed by Roy Cohn
Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe only poked at each other to provide laughs for the rest of us.
Trump's department of HHS is actively destroying what works to keep us from getting sick and dying.
The Stooges are the good guys.
Trump's department of HHS is actively destroying what works to keep us from getting sick and dying.
The Stooges are the good guys.
Photo of the Three Stooges promoting the polio vaccine for kids in 1961.
You know your country’s in trouble when Moe, Larry and Curly Joe understand more about public health than the Secretary of HHS.
You know your country’s in trouble when Moe, Larry and Curly Joe understand more about public health than the Secretary of HHS.
September 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe only poked at each other to provide laughs for the rest of us.
Trump's department of HHS is actively destroying what works to keep us from getting sick and dying.
The Stooges are the good guys.
Trump's department of HHS is actively destroying what works to keep us from getting sick and dying.
The Stooges are the good guys.
It's not so hard to comprehend when it's narcissistic fascists doing it. It's Un-American.
Leaving Kilmar Abrego Garcia alone wouldn't hurt or cost anyone anything. This level of cruelty is hard to comprehend
August 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's not so hard to comprehend when it's narcissistic fascists doing it. It's Un-American.
Good advice from @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
If someone insists that they're a federal agent but won't give you their name, show their badge and/or produce a warrant, just inform them that you are, in fact, the Duke of Saxony.
August 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Good advice from @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
The death of free market capitalism.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
August 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The death of free market capitalism.