Bob Barlow
@aeroscout58.bsky.social
Husband of Shirley, father of Amanda. Restorer of historical aircraft and tanks. Infantryman and Army Aviator. Avid cyclist 🚴 I love to talk aviation, cycling, and increasing fairness and justice for everyone! 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇷🇼 💙
I was there, a brand new 2nd lieutenant platoon leader thinking we were about to go to war over the Berlin Wall breach. The alliance held. Much of Eastern Europe was freed and experienced a cultural and economic Renaissance.
Massie can do a whole lot of fucking off.
Massie can do a whole lot of fucking off.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I was there, a brand new 2nd lieutenant platoon leader thinking we were about to go to war over the Berlin Wall breach. The alliance held. Much of Eastern Europe was freed and experienced a cultural and economic Renaissance.
Massie can do a whole lot of fucking off.
Massie can do a whole lot of fucking off.
By basing forces in Western Europe we could project kinetic power over half the globe. It strengthened our "soft power" in the region. NATO solidarity and resolve led directly to the breakup of the Warsaw PACT in 1989.
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
By basing forces in Western Europe we could project kinetic power over half the globe. It strengthened our "soft power" in the region. NATO solidarity and resolve led directly to the breakup of the Warsaw PACT in 1989.
We have gotten far more out of the alliance than we have put into it. The social and economic recovery of Western Europe owes much to the alliance. Our commerce with Europe (until destroyed by that halfwit Trump) was mutually beneficial and spurred innovation.
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
We have gotten far more out of the alliance than we have put into it. The social and economic recovery of Western Europe owes much to the alliance. Our commerce with Europe (until destroyed by that halfwit Trump) was mutually beneficial and spurred innovation.
NATO officer here 👋 . Advisor, HQ NATO 2004-2007. Senior combat officer. Five combat deployments. NATO does more than "Defend socialist countries." Massie is an arrogant, uninformed douchenozzle. NATO has protected the peace in Europe since 1945, yes, but it brings so much more.
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
NATO officer here 👋 . Advisor, HQ NATO 2004-2007. Senior combat officer. Five combat deployments. NATO does more than "Defend socialist countries." Massie is an arrogant, uninformed douchenozzle. NATO has protected the peace in Europe since 1945, yes, but it brings so much more.
Fucking hell. It never ends.
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Fucking hell. It never ends.
That is a distinct possibility.
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
That is a distinct possibility.
Oh no! I hope the remainder of prep goes smoothly. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Oh no! I hope the remainder of prep goes smoothly. Happy Thanksgiving!
We're doing lasagna, Mediterranean salad, and panettone!
Something different this year.
Something different this year.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We're doing lasagna, Mediterranean salad, and panettone!
Something different this year.
Something different this year.
Exactly. People forget all that.
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Exactly. People forget all that.
The never ending grift and classlessness is breathtaking. The Trump/MAGA crowd has a relentless talent for the tacky.
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The never ending grift and classlessness is breathtaking. The Trump/MAGA crowd has a relentless talent for the tacky.
I don't know where he went to school or anything much about him, for that matter. However, I met plenty of his type at Columbia, people who think that smugness and arrogance equates to intelligence and competence. It's a type of bullying, truth be told. Lies are a form of violence.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I don't know where he went to school or anything much about him, for that matter. However, I met plenty of his type at Columbia, people who think that smugness and arrogance equates to intelligence and competence. It's a type of bullying, truth be told. Lies are a form of violence.
For fuck's sake how is it that lightning doesn't strike these people? They lie shamelessly with totally feigned conviction. I sometimes wonder just who they think they're fooling, but then I remember that 73 million+ voted for him knowing full well what he is.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
For fuck's sake how is it that lightning doesn't strike these people? They lie shamelessly with totally feigned conviction. I sometimes wonder just who they think they're fooling, but then I remember that 73 million+ voted for him knowing full well what he is.
Abusers often try to buy off their victims. We’re the victims. He wants to buy our acceptance. That is, even if this materializes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Abusers often try to buy off their victims. We’re the victims. He wants to buy our acceptance. That is, even if this materializes.
Exactly. People need to wake up and stop imagining that this was a fair fight. It was always going to end this way. Dems fight a hostile media as well as the GOP.
It's difficult to negotiate in good faith when the other side is prepared to burn everything down.
It's difficult to negotiate in good faith when the other side is prepared to burn everything down.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Exactly. People need to wake up and stop imagining that this was a fair fight. It was always going to end this way. Dems fight a hostile media as well as the GOP.
It's difficult to negotiate in good faith when the other side is prepared to burn everything down.
It's difficult to negotiate in good faith when the other side is prepared to burn everything down.
I can’t tell for sure, just going on his past track record. The original was removed several months back for restoration, so the story goes.
I’m willing to bet a lot that this is the original. He thinks he owns the WH and everything in it.
I’m willing to bet a lot that this is the original. He thinks he owns the WH and everything in it.
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I can’t tell for sure, just going on his past track record. The original was removed several months back for restoration, so the story goes.
I’m willing to bet a lot that this is the original. He thinks he owns the WH and everything in it.
I’m willing to bet a lot that this is the original. He thinks he owns the WH and everything in it.
100% that's the actual desk and a copy is in the Oval Office. That idiot thinks everything belongs to him.
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
100% that's the actual desk and a copy is in the Oval Office. That idiot thinks everything belongs to him.
That’s great!😊
Here’s hoping…
Here’s hoping…
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
That’s great!😊
Here’s hoping…
Here’s hoping…
Lebensborn Programm come again.
It's so unbelievably creepy.
It's so unbelievably creepy.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Lebensborn Programm come again.
It's so unbelievably creepy.
It's so unbelievably creepy.
That is the truth. Trump seemingly defaults to cruelty because he’s lazy, and because his primitive brain just doesn’t have the bandwidth to process right and wrong. He takes the path of least intellectual resistance.
It’s also a symptom of his state of perpetual outrage.
It’s also a symptom of his state of perpetual outrage.
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
That is the truth. Trump seemingly defaults to cruelty because he’s lazy, and because his primitive brain just doesn’t have the bandwidth to process right and wrong. He takes the path of least intellectual resistance.
It’s also a symptom of his state of perpetual outrage.
It’s also a symptom of his state of perpetual outrage.
I sometimes get the impression that he’s only dimly aware of the fact that he’s alive.
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I sometimes get the impression that he’s only dimly aware of the fact that he’s alive.