Bob G.
@bobg.whizbang.me
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Bob G.
@bobg.whizbang.me
· Aug 1
Don't tell people why they're wrong. Show them a new way to be right.
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Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
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Maybe an awkward time to point this out, but the jackbooted thugs who will be taking away our freedoms will also be wearing this nation's uniform.
Thank you specifically to those servicemembers with the honor and courage to do their duty under the UCMJ with respect to illegal orders.
Thank you specifically to those servicemembers with the honor and courage to do their duty under the UCMJ with respect to illegal orders.
May 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Maybe an awkward time to point this out, but the jackbooted thugs who will be taking away our freedoms will also be wearing this nation's uniform.
Thank you specifically to those servicemembers with the honor and courage to do their duty under the UCMJ with respect to illegal orders.
Thank you specifically to those servicemembers with the honor and courage to do their duty under the UCMJ with respect to illegal orders.
It takes just one senator to deny unanimous consent. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@padilla.senate.gov Please help to save us from the disastrous Democratic cave-in. It's not over yet, and there are things you can do, procedurally and behind the scenes. Please do them. I've got your back.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
@padilla.senate.gov Please help to save us from the disastrous Democratic cave-in. It's not over yet, and there are things you can do, procedurally and behind the scenes. Please do them. I've got your back.
There is still a chance.
Please make your senators do the right thing. I really enjoyed those few days of feeling not totally demoralized.
Please make your senators do the right thing. I really enjoyed those few days of feeling not totally demoralized.
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
There is still a chance.
Please make your senators do the right thing. I really enjoyed those few days of feeling not totally demoralized.
Please make your senators do the right thing. I really enjoyed those few days of feeling not totally demoralized.
Finally brought a gun to a gunfight.
Traded it for a knife.
Traded it for a knife.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Finally brought a gun to a gunfight.
Traded it for a knife.
Traded it for a knife.
My usual mode of engaging on social media is to post whimsical observations.
When current events make whimsy impossible, I wrote political posts.
After this week's blue wave, I was finally inspired to be whimsical again for the first time in many months. I consider this post a "green shoot."
When current events make whimsy impossible, I wrote political posts.
After this week's blue wave, I was finally inspired to be whimsical again for the first time in many months. I consider this post a "green shoot."
One of life's unsung pleasures is restoring the polarity of a roll of 2-ply toilet paper that was started wrong, and has been separating the plies as it unwinds.
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My usual mode of engaging on social media is to post whimsical observations.
When current events make whimsy impossible, I wrote political posts.
After this week's blue wave, I was finally inspired to be whimsical again for the first time in many months. I consider this post a "green shoot."
When current events make whimsy impossible, I wrote political posts.
After this week's blue wave, I was finally inspired to be whimsical again for the first time in many months. I consider this post a "green shoot."
Betteridge's law of headlines says, "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteri...
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Betteridge's law of headlines says, "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteri...
One of life's unsung pleasures is restoring the polarity of a roll of 2-ply toilet paper that was started wrong, and has been separating the plies as it unwinds.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
One of life's unsung pleasures is restoring the polarity of a roll of 2-ply toilet paper that was started wrong, and has been separating the plies as it unwinds.
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
It's no accident that people are comparing Mamdani's victory speech to Obama's electrifying appearance at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
In this country, if you're white and you win an election, you might be OK. But if you're brown and you win, you must have been exceptional.
In this country, if you're white and you win an election, you might be OK. But if you're brown and you win, you must have been exceptional.
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It's no accident that people are comparing Mamdani's victory speech to Obama's electrifying appearance at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
In this country, if you're white and you win an election, you might be OK. But if you're brown and you win, you must have been exceptional.
In this country, if you're white and you win an election, you might be OK. But if you're brown and you win, you must have been exceptional.
I can definitely see how billionaires, accustomed to being able to bend reality to their will, might feel outrage at the ineffectiveness of their focused, prolonged attacks on Mamdani.
The poor, poor babies.
The poor, poor babies.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I can definitely see how billionaires, accustomed to being able to bend reality to their will, might feel outrage at the ineffectiveness of their focused, prolonged attacks on Mamdani.
The poor, poor babies.
The poor, poor babies.
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“We won because we insisted that politics is no longer something that is done to us. Now it is something we do.”
Every single word of this Mamdani speech is fucking fire.
Every single word of this Mamdani speech is fucking fire.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“We won because we insisted that politics is no longer something that is done to us. Now it is something we do.”
Every single word of this Mamdani speech is fucking fire.
Every single word of this Mamdani speech is fucking fire.
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We have friends everywhere
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We have friends everywhere
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Free, printable No Kings Day signs. Use them as-is, or as inspiration for your own sign. sites.google.com/view/nokings...
October 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Free, printable No Kings Day signs. Use them as-is, or as inspiration for your own sign. sites.google.com/view/nokings...
Free, printable No Kings Day signs. Use them as-is, or as inspiration for your own sign. sites.google.com/view/nokings...
October 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Free, printable No Kings Day signs. Use them as-is, or as inspiration for your own sign. sites.google.com/view/nokings...
We've all heard, and many of us have repeated, "The cruelty is the point." But why? Aren't people basically decent?
Yes, but so was Col. Kurtz. Confronted with enough horror, he snapped, believing the only way to cope was to embrace horror himself.
I think this explains a lot of today's GOP.
Yes, but so was Col. Kurtz. Confronted with enough horror, he snapped, believing the only way to cope was to embrace horror himself.
I think this explains a lot of today's GOP.
October 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We've all heard, and many of us have repeated, "The cruelty is the point." But why? Aren't people basically decent?
Yes, but so was Col. Kurtz. Confronted with enough horror, he snapped, believing the only way to cope was to embrace horror himself.
I think this explains a lot of today's GOP.
Yes, but so was Col. Kurtz. Confronted with enough horror, he snapped, believing the only way to cope was to embrace horror himself.
I think this explains a lot of today's GOP.
Remember Netflix: you can't appease a bully, you can only teach them what works on you... and what doesn't.
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Remember Netflix: you can't appease a bully, you can only teach them what works on you... and what doesn't.
Headline: "Pressure on Democrats grows to end shutdown." My message to Democrats:
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Headline: "Pressure on Democrats grows to end shutdown." My message to Democrats: