Jim Gifford
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Jim Gifford
@seniorskeptic1.bsky.social
Retired radio guy
Wannabe fair minded soul
Fixer Upper
Dog guy
Humor seeker
I wonder if in the future there will be Reenactor Clubs who will show the young 'uns of the future how ICE saved us in World War Woke.
June 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hard to call what they're doing 'governing.' I do believe they think their primary responsibility is disrupting, dismantling, resetting. Consequences, and certainly the people effected, are irrelevant.
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
February 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Since a growing number of DC attention whores and media blowhards have been characterizing federal govt workers as freeloaders, parasites, and ticks, not “deserving of their jobs or their paychecks” (quote from MTJ), how about if all federal workers just stay home for a week and see what happens.
February 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I can't keep up - does this one go in the win column?
Also - might wanna think about hiding colored potatoes for the kids this Easter.
apnews.com/article/reco...
Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan unveiled
The Trump administration believes a renewed emphasis on biosecurity can help in the battle against bird flu and ease egg prices, but the Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices are g...
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Remember kids – when presenting your point of view here on the socials, anything presented in Meme form is true. 1/3
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The purpose of federal jobs is not to "produce revenue," you moronic harpy hack.
Greene: Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paycheck
February 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.

www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I see they’ve come up with a name for the proposed luxury development in the Middle East – Gaz-A-Lago!

AND for the place where all the displaced Palestinians will be sent – Upper YourNotWorthington.
February 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Beloved comedy actor Martin Short has finally won his first SAG Award.

Short received the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series for playing Oliver Putnam in “Only Murders in the Building.”
#SAGAwards
Martin Short Wins First SAG Award at 74 Years Old
Martin Short from "Only Murders in the Building" won the 2025 SAG Award for best actor in a comedy series, his first SAG Award ever.
variety.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Why doesn't he just build a FOX News studio next to the Resolute Desk, put them all on the payroll and be done with it?
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...
Trump taps conservative podcaster Dan Bongino to be deputy FBI director
President Donald Trump announced the selection of conservative commentator and former Fox News host Dan Bongino to serve as deputy FBI director.
www.yahoo.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Got a brain teaser for the MAGA crowd: Is Trump Derangement Syndrome real, or just another health hoax drummed up by the CDC and cable news?
February 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I’ve added the missing parenthetical to Trump’s rallying slogan: AMERICA FIRST (but some of us more firster than others
February 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I heard Canada and Mexico have scheduled a summit to put an end to the ‘tariff wars’ and have decided that the United States doesn’t warrant a seat at the table.
February 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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February 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
American Pickers, the reboot: one man picking unnecessary fights, one man picking our pockets and a child picking his nose. 'Murica!
February 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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This says it all
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”

Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
February 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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February 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Not only are the Chiefs not going to three-peat, they might subtract one of their previous Super Bowl wins.
February 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Shane Gillis is awesome as Big Man on the Cul-de-Sac!
February 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Awesome!
I'm in Canada and in case anyone from the US is wondering what's in our Superbowl ads, I just watched one in which an ensemble of overly polite people decided they were tired of saying "sorry" and a man turned a blowtorch on a pile of snow while a beaver cheered him on. It was for Doritos, obviously
February 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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This energy.
February 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Two thoughts;
1. Leave Christians the hell alone
2. Christians: leave everybody else the hell alone.

www.newser.com/story/363881...
Trump Forms Task Force Against 'Anti-Christian Bias'
President says DOJ will root out so-called 'targeting' of Christians
www.newser.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nice chat there Mitch. Just go home. No respect for the Party Over Country crowd.
February 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM