Old Trooper
@oldtrooper.bsky.social
Toby the Wonderdog's dad. Uxorious hubby. Vietnam vet. Retired fed. Great-grandpappy. Civil War buff. Hater of GOPtards.
Guess we're gonna need a couple more verses when this is over. (If there's anybody left to write them.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqY5...
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We Didn't Know
YouTube video by The Mitchell Trio - Topic
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January 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Guess we're gonna need a couple more verses when this is over. (If there's anybody left to write them.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqY5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqY5...
Considering who works at Hilton (& all other major) Hotels, letting ICE in puts them in a target-rich environment.
January 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Considering who works at Hilton (& all other major) Hotels, letting ICE in puts them in a target-rich environment.
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Toby wants everybody to know there are way too many cat pics on bksy and this offends him.
December 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Toby wants everybody to know there are way too many cat pics on bksy and this offends him.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
TWO religious holidays? in THIS Republican-battered economy? Gotta combine 'em to save some cash.
December 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
TWO religious holidays? in THIS Republican-battered economy? Gotta combine 'em to save some cash.
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Just added a few more long overdue names profiting from ICE's big ad budget and several staffing companies subcontracting to fill jobs in ICE detention facilities. List in comments.
Several companies with MAJOR NEW ICE CONTRACTS added to the map of ICE enablers this week. Details below 🧵
View map from browser, not app. Key on bottom (mobile) or side (computer). Click on pins for more info. Happy to answer any questions in comments.
View map from browser, not app. Key on bottom (mobile) or side (computer). Click on pins for more info. Happy to answer any questions in comments.
Who's Profiting from ICE? - Google My Maps
ICE depends on a web of private companies, local law enforcement, and elected officials around the country to support its work.
This map includes:
• Organizations receiving funding from ICE from FY...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Just added a few more long overdue names profiting from ICE's big ad budget and several staffing companies subcontracting to fill jobs in ICE detention facilities. List in comments.
One of these days, movie bad guy minions are going to figure out that when you outnumber the hero you can just dogpile him. Thereafter action flicks will be much shorter.
December 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
One of these days, movie bad guy minions are going to figure out that when you outnumber the hero you can just dogpile him. Thereafter action flicks will be much shorter.
That ballroom is never going to be built. The money is going to disappear down Trump Family- & crony-shaped holes. The Jan '27 Inauguration will leave the US with a pit, a pile of substandard building materials, & scads of lawsuits. And, oh yes, a wrecked democracy & a shattered Republic.
Trump’s ballroom went from $200 million to $250 million to $300 million to $350 million to $400 million to …
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
That ballroom is never going to be built. The money is going to disappear down Trump Family- & crony-shaped holes. The Jan '27 Inauguration will leave the US with a pit, a pile of substandard building materials, & scads of lawsuits. And, oh yes, a wrecked democracy & a shattered Republic.
So many school shootings that we're now into student reruns. 2nd Amendment is Constitutional cancer.
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So many school shootings that we're now into student reruns. 2nd Amendment is Constitutional cancer.
My fab granddaughter, 12, made a PowerPoint presentation to her parents on why she should have an English bulldog. It worked. Approved. She's living up to her end. Very proud of her.
Then she tried for a quad bike. A brief too far. Denied.
Then she tried for a quad bike. A brief too far. Denied.
December 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My fab granddaughter, 12, made a PowerPoint presentation to her parents on why she should have an English bulldog. It worked. Approved. She's living up to her end. Very proud of her.
Then she tried for a quad bike. A brief too far. Denied.
Then she tried for a quad bike. A brief too far. Denied.
Antifa, June 1944
December 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Antifa, June 1944
Word comes of fake ICE in Woodbridge, VA. Masked individual in tactical turn-out w/ICE patch on shoulder banging on apt door demanding entry. No warrant. Resident kept door locked. Indiv left. Cops couldn't locate. ICE says "Not ours."
December 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Word comes of fake ICE in Woodbridge, VA. Masked individual in tactical turn-out w/ICE patch on shoulder banging on apt door demanding entry. No warrant. Resident kept door locked. Indiv left. Cops couldn't locate. ICE says "Not ours."
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces her campaign for U.S. Senate for Texas with an ad that uses Trump’s own words against her.
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces her campaign for U.S. Senate for Texas with an ad that uses Trump’s own words against her.
I doubt it will be long before RFK Jr endorses Thalidomide.
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I doubt it will be long before RFK Jr endorses Thalidomide.
When my son was 25, he turned to me and said, "Hey, Dad, you know all that stuff you talked to me about when I was growing up? I get it now." One of the proudest moments of my life.
Keep talking, parents. They may just whine, eye roll or grunt back, but info IS getting through.
Keep talking, parents. They may just whine, eye roll or grunt back, but info IS getting through.
December 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When my son was 25, he turned to me and said, "Hey, Dad, you know all that stuff you talked to me about when I was growing up? I get it now." One of the proudest moments of my life.
Keep talking, parents. They may just whine, eye roll or grunt back, but info IS getting through.
Keep talking, parents. They may just whine, eye roll or grunt back, but info IS getting through.
I have no clue what to get the wife for Christmas. She already has a mop and a broom, so I'm fresh out of ideas.
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I have no clue what to get the wife for Christmas. She already has a mop and a broom, so I'm fresh out of ideas.
At the laundromat this morning, I met a Vietnam vet (173rd Airborne Brigade), an American of Mexican descent. Also met his wife, an American from Vietnam of Chinese descent. You will notice the lack of hyphens. An American is an American is an American. I love this country. I hate MAGA.
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
At the laundromat this morning, I met a Vietnam vet (173rd Airborne Brigade), an American of Mexican descent. Also met his wife, an American from Vietnam of Chinese descent. You will notice the lack of hyphens. An American is an American is an American. I love this country. I hate MAGA.
In the rush to bulk up ICE, Noem is bringing on grossly overweight guys, guys w/gang & white supremist tats, people w/open criminal charges, drug test failures, sexual predators, functional illiterates, psychos, kids & gramps. Many can't pass an open-book test. Half are flunking training.
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In the rush to bulk up ICE, Noem is bringing on grossly overweight guys, guys w/gang & white supremist tats, people w/open criminal charges, drug test failures, sexual predators, functional illiterates, psychos, kids & gramps. Many can't pass an open-book test. Half are flunking training.
There are real lessons to be learned from the Guard shooting in DC. But not from politicians and posters on all sides who are just being shit-throwing monkeys.
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
There are real lessons to be learned from the Guard shooting in DC. But not from politicians and posters on all sides who are just being shit-throwing monkeys.
ICE goons wearing their masks to hide their identities from future prosecution. But there are records. Pay, assignments, employment, job evaluations, etc. Scads of them. Can't hide from documentation. Can't get rid of them all. Just like the Nazis found out. So will they.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
ICE goons wearing their masks to hide their identities from future prosecution. But there are records. Pay, assignments, employment, job evaluations, etc. Scads of them. Can't hide from documentation. Can't get rid of them all. Just like the Nazis found out. So will they.
Just a truncated family for T'giving this year. 4/5 kids won't make it for various reasons, the ungrateful whelps. We decided to skip home cookin' & will be dining out. French bistro, prix fixe 3-course menu.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Just a truncated family for T'giving this year. 4/5 kids won't make it for various reasons, the ungrateful whelps. We decided to skip home cookin' & will be dining out. French bistro, prix fixe 3-course menu.
In the ante-bellum South, the average plantation slave would have ~4 "masters" over a lifetime. "Masters" changed due to inheritance, estate settlements, gifts, wedding presents, real estate deals, favors, debts, profit, punishment, etc. One slave reported having 14 "masters" from birth to freedom.
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In the ante-bellum South, the average plantation slave would have ~4 "masters" over a lifetime. "Masters" changed due to inheritance, estate settlements, gifts, wedding presents, real estate deals, favors, debts, profit, punishment, etc. One slave reported having 14 "masters" from birth to freedom.
Worldwide condemnation of the US for bombing fishermen in the Caribbean. But has anybody bothered to ask the Caribbean fish's opinion?
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Worldwide condemnation of the US for bombing fishermen in the Caribbean. But has anybody bothered to ask the Caribbean fish's opinion?
Let's not spend a lot of time and energy on the demise of MTG. Let's concentrate on facing down the remaining Trumpers, MAGAts, GPers and ICE thugs.
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Let's not spend a lot of time and energy on the demise of MTG. Let's concentrate on facing down the remaining Trumpers, MAGAts, GPers and ICE thugs.