OMWAC
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Just an old man with a camera/cat, whichever works for you.
Sole caregiver to my disabled wife. Retired military. Apparently one of the "enemy within". Proud member of "Generation Jones".
Sole caregiver to my disabled wife. Retired military. Apparently one of the "enemy within". Proud member of "Generation Jones".
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I'm not loving a country that pays its adults half as much to teach children to spell as it does to kidnap them.
July 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I'm not loving a country that pays its adults half as much to teach children to spell as it does to kidnap them.
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JUST IN: Multiple firefighters shot in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, while responding to a brush fire, CNN affiliate reports
Multiple firefighters shot in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, while responding to a brush fire, CNN affiliate reports | CNN
Multiple firefighters have been shot while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s office, CNN affiliate KHQ reported.
www.cnn.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
JUST IN: Multiple firefighters shot in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, while responding to a brush fire, CNN affiliate reports
The "Check Engine" light on my 2001 Toyota Tacoma came on for the 1st time ever a few days ago. Turned out to be an oxygen sensor. You really can't beat those old Toyotas for reliability. One repair in 24 years, other than the usual fluid changes and new tires, that's all I've ever put into it.
May 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The "Check Engine" light on my 2001 Toyota Tacoma came on for the 1st time ever a few days ago. Turned out to be an oxygen sensor. You really can't beat those old Toyotas for reliability. One repair in 24 years, other than the usual fluid changes and new tires, that's all I've ever put into it.
So the suspicious mole I had carved off my face by the VA turned out to be cancer. The mildest type of skin cancer, least likely to spread, so I've got that going for me.
Sunscreen - I should have used it all those years of working in the desert.
Sunscreen - I should have used it all those years of working in the desert.
March 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
So the suspicious mole I had carved off my face by the VA turned out to be cancer. The mildest type of skin cancer, least likely to spread, so I've got that going for me.
Sunscreen - I should have used it all those years of working in the desert.
Sunscreen - I should have used it all those years of working in the desert.
After 24 years of flawless performance, my 2001 Toyota Tacoma has a check engine light on. Hopefully it's nothing major. Kinda attached to the old thing.
March 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
After 24 years of flawless performance, my 2001 Toyota Tacoma has a check engine light on. Hopefully it's nothing major. Kinda attached to the old thing.
Looks like Elon and his minions have worked their evil on the Veterans Administration website. I can't log in to check on my prescription status, order refills, make appointments, or anything else.
March 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Looks like Elon and his minions have worked their evil on the Veterans Administration website. I can't log in to check on my prescription status, order refills, make appointments, or anything else.
Just back from the VA hospital where I had a suspicious mole carved off my face. Lucky for me there were still people there. I wasn't so sure there would be, what with current events and all.
I love the VA hospital - it's one of the only places I can go where I'm part of the "young" crowd.
I love the VA hospital - it's one of the only places I can go where I'm part of the "young" crowd.
March 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Just back from the VA hospital where I had a suspicious mole carved off my face. Lucky for me there were still people there. I wasn't so sure there would be, what with current events and all.
I love the VA hospital - it's one of the only places I can go where I'm part of the "young" crowd.
I love the VA hospital - it's one of the only places I can go where I'm part of the "young" crowd.
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I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
February 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
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I fear there is deep truth here.
January 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I fear there is deep truth here.
Today I have been married 40 years. A new personal record!
December 19, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Today I have been married 40 years. A new personal record!
Posting something just so I don't look so much like a bot. I've already been blocked for that. Problem is, I have nothing to say that others haven't said more eloquently. I am my wife's only caregiver so I rarely leave the house, so no adventures, no photos, nothing to post.
December 19, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Posting something just so I don't look so much like a bot. I've already been blocked for that. Problem is, I have nothing to say that others haven't said more eloquently. I am my wife's only caregiver so I rarely leave the house, so no adventures, no photos, nothing to post.
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pete hegseth doesn't want women to serve in combat roles yet he has his mother out here fighting his battles....
December 5, 2024 at 1:23 AM
pete hegseth doesn't want women to serve in combat roles yet he has his mother out here fighting his battles....
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Plutocrats have no real ties to any country because they have the resources to live anywhere, which makes their outsized influence in politics even more aggravating.
They have no skin in the game they're constantly rigging.
They have no skin in the game they're constantly rigging.
Peter Thiel says he might leave the United States and finally take advantage of the New Zealand citizenship he bought over a decade ago.
Peter Thiel, eccentric billionaire patron of JD Vance, says he is thinking about leaving the US
Thiel compared California liberalism to Saudi Arabian Wahabbism — but it was sort of a compliment
www.yahoo.com
August 18, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Plutocrats have no real ties to any country because they have the resources to live anywhere, which makes their outsized influence in politics even more aggravating.
They have no skin in the game they're constantly rigging.
They have no skin in the game they're constantly rigging.
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Frederick Douglass on what happens when black people don’t fit racist stereotypes:
July 31, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Frederick Douglass on what happens when black people don’t fit racist stereotypes:
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Orwellian situation where many of the "anti-semitic" protesters are Jews and the "pro-Israel" protesters are explicitly anti-semitic nazis and apocalytpic evangelical freaks
Sean Feucht, the COVID-spreading, singing hate-preacher and grifter who blows shofars / "battle trumpets" at his "worship protests" - will march at Columbia today at 6:30PM
More on Feucht 👇
More on Feucht 👇
Sean Feucht, man: “‘It’s all part of The King coming back,’ Feucht told the audience. ‘That’s what we’re practicing for,’ he insisted, before adding, ‘That’s why we get called “Christian nationalists.”’”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 26, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Orwellian situation where many of the "anti-semitic" protesters are Jews and the "pro-Israel" protesters are explicitly anti-semitic nazis and apocalytpic evangelical freaks
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Reminder: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
April 2, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
This has always been my experience. Despite what you may hear about the VA, it is overall a very good organization.
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01...
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01...
January 20, 2024 at 1:59 AM
This has always been my experience. Despite what you may hear about the VA, it is overall a very good organization.
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01...
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01...
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Several times in my career an infringement of my music - in a movie, tv show, off-broadway play, major ballet, commercial - was noticed by a fan and I was then able to demand a retroactive license from the infringing party. If you see something, say something. Independent artists need you
January 13, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Several times in my career an infringement of my music - in a movie, tv show, off-broadway play, major ballet, commercial - was noticed by a fan and I was then able to demand a retroactive license from the infringing party. If you see something, say something. Independent artists need you
Iceland eruption started about 2 hours ago. Link goes to live feed from a geologist giving a play by play.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqF5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqF5...
Shawn Willsey's Iceland Eruption Livestream
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2023 at 12:28 AM
Iceland eruption started about 2 hours ago. Link goes to live feed from a geologist giving a play by play.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqF5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqF5...
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You don't have to go back in time and kill baby Hitler to make the world a better place.
What you can actually do is prevent the NEXT Hitler and you don't even have to smother any babies. Just show up and vote. And bring your friends.
Want a better future? Be a better citizen.
What you can actually do is prevent the NEXT Hitler and you don't even have to smother any babies. Just show up and vote. And bring your friends.
Want a better future? Be a better citizen.
December 17, 2023 at 6:25 PM
You don't have to go back in time and kill baby Hitler to make the world a better place.
What you can actually do is prevent the NEXT Hitler and you don't even have to smother any babies. Just show up and vote. And bring your friends.
Want a better future? Be a better citizen.
What you can actually do is prevent the NEXT Hitler and you don't even have to smother any babies. Just show up and vote. And bring your friends.
Want a better future? Be a better citizen.
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It's incredible how accurately Shel Silverstein predicted AI decades ago
December 7, 2023 at 3:00 AM
It's incredible how accurately Shel Silverstein predicted AI decades ago