Patrick Fabian
@patrickfabian.bsky.social
Pomona College, Peace Corps (Türkiye), Army (ROK 1968-69), Berkeley Law. Mostly retired lawyer now in Sonoma County. Worked in San Francisco. Support your local farmers’ market. albertspruce on Threads.
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Patrick Fabian
@patrickfabian.bsky.social
· Dec 17
"Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power." (Shaw)
This looks like what spiders do when given meth.
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This looks like what spiders do when given meth.
In this town of c. 60,000 I think we had at least 4,000 people probably more. We made our 3.5% and a bit. More than June this time.
October 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In this town of c. 60,000 I think we had at least 4,000 people probably more. We made our 3.5% and a bit. More than June this time.
I got a new shirt for No Kings Day. Put it on the bed to admire it and when I came back into the room later it had been commandeered by the cat. He approves. This is cat.
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I got a new shirt for No Kings Day. Put it on the bed to admire it and when I came back into the room later it had been commandeered by the cat. He approves. This is cat.
Antifa manual available for $2.00 each from the GPO bookstore. [bookstore.gpo.gov]
October 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Antifa manual available for $2.00 each from the GPO bookstore. [bookstore.gpo.gov]
From Eliot Cohen in The Atlantic. “There is a certain kind of Army officer who, after the excitement of company command, finds his career stalled, and who perhaps leaves the service as a major in the National Guard filled with bitterness and resentment. 1/
October 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From Eliot Cohen in The Atlantic. “There is a certain kind of Army officer who, after the excitement of company command, finds his career stalled, and who perhaps leaves the service as a major in the National Guard filled with bitterness and resentment. 1/
I just learned (from my doctor, who’s a Navy veteran) that the local market gives a 15% discount to veterans. Good on them. Good for me.
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I just learned (from my doctor, who’s a Navy veteran) that the local market gives a 15% discount to veterans. Good on them. Good for me.
Hey restaurant people; if Trump shows up at your workplace, when you clear, put his dishes and flatware in a ziplock, smile and take it away. It’ll freak him out.
September 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hey restaurant people; if Trump shows up at your workplace, when you clear, put his dishes and flatware in a ziplock, smile and take it away. It’ll freak him out.
Long way to go until 1200 hours EST, January 20, 2029. Stay strong.
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Long way to go until 1200 hours EST, January 20, 2029. Stay strong.
Reagan had Alzheimer’s and he was a terrible president, but much, much better than Trump.
September 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Reagan had Alzheimer’s and he was a terrible president, but much, much better than Trump.
I suppose we’ll get re-runs of The Man Show. You know, community standards. Or maybe the FCC will force Tuckles back on the air.
September 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I suppose we’ll get re-runs of The Man Show. You know, community standards. Or maybe the FCC will force Tuckles back on the air.
AP caption on photo in today’s paper:
“A spotted lanternfly flies past President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One, Thursday at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to New York.”
Trump upstaged by radical left lunatic lanternfly?
“A spotted lanternfly flies past President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One, Thursday at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to New York.”
Trump upstaged by radical left lunatic lanternfly?
September 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
AP caption on photo in today’s paper:
“A spotted lanternfly flies past President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One, Thursday at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to New York.”
Trump upstaged by radical left lunatic lanternfly?
“A spotted lanternfly flies past President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One, Thursday at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to New York.”
Trump upstaged by radical left lunatic lanternfly?
Noticed that the cancelled almost completed RI offshore wind generation project is being built by a Danish company. Trump is mad at Denmark because they won't give him Greenland. Is that another reason for our petty, ignorant, demented, mentally ill president to stop the project?
August 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Noticed that the cancelled almost completed RI offshore wind generation project is being built by a Danish company. Trump is mad at Denmark because they won't give him Greenland. Is that another reason for our petty, ignorant, demented, mentally ill president to stop the project?
"A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies." Thanks R.E.M.
August 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies." Thanks R.E.M.
“Never knew the President to do anything inappropriate”
1. What about Trump when he was not president?
2. What is a perjurious rapist, pedophile’s definition of appropriate?
1. What about Trump when he was not president?
2. What is a perjurious rapist, pedophile’s definition of appropriate?
August 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Never knew the President to do anything inappropriate”
1. What about Trump when he was not president?
2. What is a perjurious rapist, pedophile’s definition of appropriate?
1. What about Trump when he was not president?
2. What is a perjurious rapist, pedophile’s definition of appropriate?
Man! Governor hasn’t even signed the law putting the new districts on the ballot in November and I’m already getting opposition mailers. (Funded by Charles Munger, Jr., a right wing billionaire creep son of a right wing billionaire.)
August 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Man! Governor hasn’t even signed the law putting the new districts on the ballot in November and I’m already getting opposition mailers. (Funded by Charles Munger, Jr., a right wing billionaire creep son of a right wing billionaire.)
After listening to part of Trump's spew this morning, I realized that the AI video of rabbits on a trampoline is a perfect metaphor for what's going on inside Trump's head.
August 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
After listening to part of Trump's spew this morning, I realized that the AI video of rabbits on a trampoline is a perfect metaphor for what's going on inside Trump's head.
There’s a BMW commercial currently airing where the drivers all lie to their bosses or co-workers. I knew BMW drivers were fundamentally dishonest but it seems sorta dumb to brag about it.
August 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
There’s a BMW commercial currently airing where the drivers all lie to their bosses or co-workers. I knew BMW drivers were fundamentally dishonest but it seems sorta dumb to brag about it.
Been laying low for almost 82 years now.
Homan: "Most national security threats don't have a criminal history because they try to lay low until it's time to do things bad."
July 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Been laying low for almost 82 years now.
I can only explain the actions of RFK, Jr. and his anti-science buddies at HHS as a form of eugenics. By cutting back on preventive medicine, they figure that people with “weak” immune systems will be killed off by preventable diseases. 1/
July 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I can only explain the actions of RFK, Jr. and his anti-science buddies at HHS as a form of eugenics. By cutting back on preventive medicine, they figure that people with “weak” immune systems will be killed off by preventable diseases. 1/
Has the House adjourned? Did the Senate agree? If not can the President adjourn both houses until such time as he sees fit? (Art I, §5, Cl 4 & Art II, §3) I don’t think that was the intent, but Trump will try if Congress is acting pesky.
July 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Has the House adjourned? Did the Senate agree? If not can the President adjourn both houses until such time as he sees fit? (Art I, §5, Cl 4 & Art II, §3) I don’t think that was the intent, but Trump will try if Congress is acting pesky.
I ocasionally get notices about class actions in which I may be a member of the class. Some obscure, some not. If I think I might be entitled to participate, I'll fill out the claim form. Yesterday I got a check for $599.00, and a notice that another $180.00 is on the way. 1/
July 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I ocasionally get notices about class actions in which I may be a member of the class. Some obscure, some not. If I think I might be entitled to participate, I'll fill out the claim form. Yesterday I got a check for $599.00, and a notice that another $180.00 is on the way. 1/
NYT has an article on government trying to reduce Medicare spending on skin substitutes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/h...
Is that what was on the back of Trump's hand?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/h...
Is that what was on the back of Trump's hand?
Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
NYT has an article on government trying to reduce Medicare spending on skin substitutes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/h...
Is that what was on the back of Trump's hand?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/h...
Is that what was on the back of Trump's hand?