Rory Flynn
@roryflynn808.bsky.social
Writer, retired, ex-government guy, music, baseball, resistance, ti leaves
Hilo, Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
JD can't wait to become President so he can trash talk Europe with a vengeance.
The European Commission announced Friday that it was fining Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, for the equivalent of $140 million, saying his company X had breached Europe’s Digital Services Act.
JD Vance, before the fine was even finalized, slammed the commission.
JD Vance, before the fine was even finalized, slammed the commission.
EU fines Elon Musk $140 million for violations of online safety rules. Vance calls it "censorship."
Don’t expect him to face similar hurdles in the US.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
JD can't wait to become President so he can trash talk Europe with a vengeance.
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Can he pay my heating bill? Health insurance? Grocery costs? How about tightening up gun (safety) laws so I don't have to worry about losing my grandkids before they grow up? Does he have a plan to save the planet from overheating, or from running out of water? Those would be nice things to do.
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Can he pay my heating bill? Health insurance? Grocery costs? How about tightening up gun (safety) laws so I don't have to worry about losing my grandkids before they grow up? Does he have a plan to save the planet from overheating, or from running out of water? Those would be nice things to do.
Sycophant audition No. 57: Go!
Kevin Hassett on Trump: "He's the best communicator I've ever seen ... he's solving it seems all the world's problems, stopping wars and everything else"
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Sycophant audition No. 57: Go!
Do I want to see wealth transfers in the trillions in support of AI? Do I want to back these juiced, super-entitled tech bros? Is this cushion hopper fit to run a data center the size of Manhattan? I mean, if this dude is the future of superintelligence, I got questions!
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Do I want to see wealth transfers in the trillions in support of AI? Do I want to back these juiced, super-entitled tech bros? Is this cushion hopper fit to run a data center the size of Manhattan? I mean, if this dude is the future of superintelligence, I got questions!
Why make a judicial decision when a political one will do?
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Why make a judicial decision when a political one will do?
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight fires its biggest blank yet.
🚨🚨🚨 Breaking: Grand Jury FAILED to indict Letitia James! 😆
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight fires its biggest blank yet.
We are all Jews now with our annual Day of Atonement.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We are all Jews now with our annual Day of Atonement.
A gentle man and a fabulous musician. When the Stax sound erupted in the mid-60s, soul music felt as raw and black as a midnight ramble on the Chitlin' Circuit. But Memphis soul was a creation of an integrated band. A night to play Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.
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Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies
Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was ...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A gentle man and a fabulous musician. When the Stax sound erupted in the mid-60s, soul music felt as raw and black as a midnight ramble on the Chitlin' Circuit. But Memphis soul was a creation of an integrated band. A night to play Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.
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www.npr.org/2025/12/03/g...
BESSENT: I know I come across as a bot, but I'm a prototype, okay?
HANNITY: What does that mean for people at all that maybe still aren't feeling the impact of the economic policies?
BESSENT: I think 2026 is gonna be a great year
BESSENT: I think 2026 is gonna be a great year
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
BESSENT: I know I come across as a bot, but I'm a prototype, okay?
Every 4-5 minutes, a new story breaks. The pace is dizzying. And nearly every story is rooted in a lie, or a lie in development. But, we are earnest and try to keep up, no matter how debilitating the exercise.
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Every 4-5 minutes, a new story breaks. The pace is dizzying. And nearly every story is rooted in a lie, or a lie in development. But, we are earnest and try to keep up, no matter how debilitating the exercise.
Billionaires
YouTube video by Flo & Joan
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December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In 1968, in Budapest, young Hungarian men told me how grateful they were for Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. Their wish list was simple. They wanted more American jeans and more rock 'n roll.
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In 1968, in Budapest, young Hungarian men told me how grateful they were for Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. Their wish list was simple. They wanted more American jeans and more rock 'n roll.
Brings this song to mind.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qycl...
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Brings this song to mind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qycl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qycl...
Megyn Kelly--net worth: approximately $60 million--believes our purported Venezuelan enemies should suffer slow, agonizing deaths at sea.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Megyn Kelly--net worth: approximately $60 million--believes our purported Venezuelan enemies should suffer slow, agonizing deaths at sea.
Reality check: Van Epps margin of victory was 9%. The swing in favor of Democrats--Trump won the district by 22 points in 2024--was 13 points, not 15. Van Epps won 13 of 14 counties. Credit Aftyn Behn with a hard-fought Pyrrhric victory. Democrats still must learn how to win rural voters.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Reality check: Van Epps margin of victory was 9%. The swing in favor of Democrats--Trump won the district by 22 points in 2024--was 13 points, not 15. Van Epps won 13 of 14 counties. Credit Aftyn Behn with a hard-fought Pyrrhric victory. Democrats still must learn how to win rural voters.
22 states, all led by Democratic governors, face USDA cuts.
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Trump administration threatens to yank food stamps funding from Democratic-led states • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins ...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
22 states, all led by Democratic governors, face USDA cuts.
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oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/02/r...
Mama raccoon pitched a subscription to The Atlantic, but junior boy just watched MSNBC incessantly until he snapped.
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Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Mama raccoon pitched a subscription to The Atlantic, but junior boy just watched MSNBC incessantly until he snapped.
apnews.com/article/drun...
apnews.com/article/drun...
Indiana contributed approximately 210,000 soldiers, sailors, and marines to the Union during the Civil War. Indiana's war-related deaths reached 25,028 (7,243 from battle and 17,785 from disease). It would be a shame if their sacrifices were sullied by this plot against democracy.
Republicans in Indiana’s State House unveiled a proposed congressional map that could eliminate two blue districts. While the state House could pass the measure this week, the Senate has insisted it doesn’t have the votes to pass the gerrymander.
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https://bit.ly/3KkXEvW
Indiana Republicans Unveil Map to Eliminate Both Dem Congressional Seats
Read more here.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Indiana contributed approximately 210,000 soldiers, sailors, and marines to the Union during the Civil War. Indiana's war-related deaths reached 25,028 (7,243 from battle and 17,785 from disease). It would be a shame if their sacrifices were sullied by this plot against democracy.
"NPR's Tom Bowman spoke yesterday with a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. This official disputed the White House's account, stating that Hegseth issued the command for 'two strikes to kill' and two additional strikes to 'sink the boat.'"
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National Guard attack suspect's crisis. And, U.S. official sheds light on boat strike
A U.S. official disputes the White House account of the deadly Caribbean boat strike. And, a person familiar with the National Guard shooting suspect says he was suffering a personal crisis.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"NPR's Tom Bowman spoke yesterday with a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. This official disputed the White House's account, stating that Hegseth issued the command for 'two strikes to kill' and two additional strikes to 'sink the boat.'"
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/g...
www.npr.org/2025/12/02/g...
AI datacenters require massive amounts of electricity and water. A small AI datacenter can consume more electricity than 80,000 homes. A large one, like the one Meta is building in Louisiana, is the size of Manhattan and will use as much electricity as 1.2m homes.
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AI poses unprecedented threats. Congress must act now | Bernie Sanders
Despite the speed at which it is progressing, AI is getting far too little discussion in Congress, the media and within the general population. That has got to change
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
AI datacenters require massive amounts of electricity and water. A small AI datacenter can consume more electricity than 80,000 homes. A large one, like the one Meta is building in Louisiana, is the size of Manhattan and will use as much electricity as 1.2m homes.
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Fighting the good fights.
Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at the Starbucks workers' picket Monday to demand the coffee giant reach a fair contract with its unionized workforce after years of delay tactics.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Fighting the good fights.
He makes us accessories to the crimes of his lieutenants and his minions.
Excellent piece. “…What are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale?”
How wretched that so many people acknowledge this truth, yet so few are the ways to remedy the problem.
How wretched that so many people acknowledge this truth, yet so few are the ways to remedy the problem.
“'Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale?' Augustine made this suggestion in The City of God. In the country of Trump, we’re getting a convincing demonstration. Justice has been removed and a gang of criminals are in charge."
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www.thebulwark.com/p/sex-crimes...
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
He makes us accessories to the crimes of his lieutenants and his minions.
Some added context.
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Some added context.
Michael Dell's $73M resort property at Kukio, Kohala Coat, Hawaii. He had separate hallways erected at his property so he does not have to see the Filipino house servants who cater to his every need. He's a monster.
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Michael Dell's $73M resort property at Kukio, Kohala Coat, Hawaii. He had separate hallways erected at his property so he does not have to see the Filipino house servants who cater to his every need. He's a monster.
A useful backgrounder for our times.
The Law of Armed Conflict | Cambridge University Press
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The Law of Armed Conflict | Cambridge University Press
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December 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A useful backgrounder for our times.
The Law of Armed Conflict | Cambridge University Press
assets.cambridge.org/97805218/708...
The Law of Armed Conflict | Cambridge University Press
assets.cambridge.org/97805218/708...