Byates
@byates.bsky.social
Retired after a 40-year career in Health Care executive management. Vietnam veteran, US Army. Former Republican now a 15-year blue independent.
Whoever brokered a cease fire in the "war-ravaged" City of Portland so 12,000 people could run in the Portland Marathon deserves to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Whoever brokered a cease fire in the "war-ravaged" City of Portland so 12,000 people could run in the Portland Marathon deserves to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Some earn it, some disgrace it. The men and women I spoke to on this day earned that right in the jungles, rice paddies and hills of Vietnam. I've known many Troopers who, with blood, sweat and death, have earned that Trooper Stetson and you deserve no such honor. Take off that hat!
September 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Some earn it, some disgrace it. The men and women I spoke to on this day earned that right in the jungles, rice paddies and hills of Vietnam. I've known many Troopers who, with blood, sweat and death, have earned that Trooper Stetson and you deserve no such honor. Take off that hat!
Eighty years ago, today at 5:29:45 a.m., the first atom bomb was successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Every person alive that day and everyone born after that day has lived under the threat of that mushroom cloud. “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” - Robert Oppenheimer
July 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Eighty years ago, today at 5:29:45 a.m., the first atom bomb was successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Every person alive that day and everyone born after that day has lived under the threat of that mushroom cloud. “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” - Robert Oppenheimer
Obituary-The Republican Party, 180, passed away without a whimper July 3, 2025. Predeceased by Abaraham Lincoln and John McCain and survived by Jeff Flake and Bob Corker who tried to mend the fractured family but eventually gave up and went home. Cause of death has been ruled a suicide.
July 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Obituary-The Republican Party, 180, passed away without a whimper July 3, 2025. Predeceased by Abaraham Lincoln and John McCain and survived by Jeff Flake and Bob Corker who tried to mend the fractured family but eventually gave up and went home. Cause of death has been ruled a suicide.
For decades Clyde Butcher and his camera have captured the beautiful landscape of the fragile Florida Everglades. Today his words capture a fragile society where human dignity is in danger of being lost. www.facebook.com/share/p/1HK4...
July 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For decades Clyde Butcher and his camera have captured the beautiful landscape of the fragile Florida Everglades. Today his words capture a fragile society where human dignity is in danger of being lost. www.facebook.com/share/p/1HK4...
On Sunday, during an interview Trump said that he loves farmers and taking away people that have been working our fields would destroy farmers. Yet the raids continue. Question, does Trump want to stop raiding and rounding up farm workers, and if so, has ICE gone rouge?
July 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
On Sunday, during an interview Trump said that he loves farmers and taking away people that have been working our fields would destroy farmers. Yet the raids continue. Question, does Trump want to stop raiding and rounding up farm workers, and if so, has ICE gone rouge?
So are we back to the only deporting criminals again? I can’t keep up with the chaos.
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So are we back to the only deporting criminals again? I can’t keep up with the chaos.
Chancellor Merz planned his visit to the Oval on this particular day to play Trump in front of entire country. Well played Chancellor Merz, well played.
June 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Chancellor Merz planned his visit to the Oval on this particular day to play Trump in front of entire country. Well played Chancellor Merz, well played.
Yesterday Trump told us Q1 and Q2 economy belonged to President Biden. Thanks, Joe, for the 177,000+ jobs added in April and the strong market rally today.
May 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yesterday Trump told us Q1 and Q2 economy belonged to President Biden. Thanks, Joe, for the 177,000+ jobs added in April and the strong market rally today.
On April 22nd the Trump Administration launched the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias. On April 28th the Christian pastor Rev. William Barber and two others were arrested for praying in the U S Capitol. Pray for Trump, good. Pray for the poor bad.
April 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
On April 22nd the Trump Administration launched the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias. On April 28th the Christian pastor Rev. William Barber and two others were arrested for praying in the U S Capitol. Pray for Trump, good. Pray for the poor bad.
In a moment of clarity Trump admits Putin might be playing him. “It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently." Was it a private meeting with Zelenskyy, or WSJ Op-Ed? Or a fortune cookie? Policy change? Who knows!
April 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
In a moment of clarity Trump admits Putin might be playing him. “It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently." Was it a private meeting with Zelenskyy, or WSJ Op-Ed? Or a fortune cookie? Policy change? Who knows!
When I retired, I gave away all my suits except one, my black one. Why do you think I kept my black suit?
April 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
When I retired, I gave away all my suits except one, my black one. Why do you think I kept my black suit?
Sen. Van Hollen meets with Garcia!
April 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Sen. Van Hollen meets with Garcia!
“Everybody wants to go the heaven, but nobody wants to go right now.” Kenny Chesney.
It seems the same sentiment applies to manufacturing jobs in America, everybody wants more manufacturing in America, but Americans don’t want to work in those manufacturing jobs.
It seems the same sentiment applies to manufacturing jobs in America, everybody wants more manufacturing in America, but Americans don’t want to work in those manufacturing jobs.
April 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“Everybody wants to go the heaven, but nobody wants to go right now.” Kenny Chesney.
It seems the same sentiment applies to manufacturing jobs in America, everybody wants more manufacturing in America, but Americans don’t want to work in those manufacturing jobs.
It seems the same sentiment applies to manufacturing jobs in America, everybody wants more manufacturing in America, but Americans don’t want to work in those manufacturing jobs.
Trump lost the election in Greenland. The Demokraatit party received 30% of the vote and will form a coalition government resulting in opposition to Greenland becoming a possession of the United States. Just another crazy Trump fever dream meeting reality. Sorry Don.
March 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Trump lost the election in Greenland. The Demokraatit party received 30% of the vote and will form a coalition government resulting in opposition to Greenland becoming a possession of the United States. Just another crazy Trump fever dream meeting reality. Sorry Don.
The difference between a protest and an insurrection. Can you tell which is which?
February 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The difference between a protest and an insurrection. Can you tell which is which?
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the songs of angry men?
It is the music of the people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Singing the songs of angry men?
It is the music of the people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
February 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the songs of angry men?
It is the music of the people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Singing the songs of angry men?
It is the music of the people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Meanwhile on yesterday's episode of "Who's the Boss."
February 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Meanwhile on yesterday's episode of "Who's the Boss."
Anyone out there want to buy the movie rights to this guy’s new Speculative Fiction work? Might sell bigly.
February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Anyone out there want to buy the movie rights to this guy’s new Speculative Fiction work? Might sell bigly.
Perhaps we could all read this book and be as brave as she is!
January 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Perhaps we could all read this book and be as brave as she is!
A Bishop delivers a sermon based on Matthew 5:7. Trump demands an apology and Congressman Mike Collins wants the Bishop deported. These guys ever read the First Amendment? Guess not.
January 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A Bishop delivers a sermon based on Matthew 5:7. Trump demands an apology and Congressman Mike Collins wants the Bishop deported. These guys ever read the First Amendment? Guess not.
Okay folks, time to start all the way back to 1789 and study our way through 236 years of progress.
January 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Okay folks, time to start all the way back to 1789 and study our way through 236 years of progress.
This is Choco. He’s not winking at you, he only has one eye.
January 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is Choco. He’s not winking at you, he only has one eye.