CaptainWonkoTheSane
@captainles.bsky.social
Avid sailor. Pirate by ancestry.
Also... USAF Vet, Big Tech guy, yacht design & maritime history enthusiast. Have been known to play a little blues guitar.
If you sail please let me know - we've got a Starter Pack!
Also... USAF Vet, Big Tech guy, yacht design & maritime history enthusiast. Have been known to play a little blues guitar.
If you sail please let me know - we've got a Starter Pack!
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Of this you can be certain:
If Democrat lawmakers treated Republican voters the way Republican lawmakers are treating Democrat voters there would already be gun battles in the streets.
This simple fact is *the* reason they're doing what they're doing. Because they know they can.
If Democrat lawmakers treated Republican voters the way Republican lawmakers are treating Democrat voters there would already be gun battles in the streets.
This simple fact is *the* reason they're doing what they're doing. Because they know they can.
"I may end up with a sombrero on my head for saying that..."
Gotta hand it to Bayou Kennedy - he's probably the funniest Republican in Congress.
Gotta hand it to Bayou Kennedy - he's probably the funniest Republican in Congress.
Sen. John Kennedy on Epstein: "I just don't think this issue is gonna go away until it's addressed and answered to the American people's satisfaction. And I may end up with a Sombrero on my head for saying that, but that's the way I see it."
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"I may end up with a sombrero on my head for saying that..."
Gotta hand it to Bayou Kennedy - he's probably the funniest Republican in Congress.
Gotta hand it to Bayou Kennedy - he's probably the funniest Republican in Congress.
To buy a house you need a mortgage. Which requires a credit check. Which requires, at its most basic level, a valid social security number. Which illegal immigrants don't have.
More dog whistle bullshit from the furniture sex pest.
More dog whistle bullshit from the furniture sex pest.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
To buy a house you need a mortgage. Which requires a credit check. Which requires, at its most basic level, a valid social security number. Which illegal immigrants don't have.
More dog whistle bullshit from the furniture sex pest.
More dog whistle bullshit from the furniture sex pest.
For the record, the official White House record of Donald Trump's Thanksgiving 2017 was that he was spending it at Mar a Lago, during which time "The President made many important phone calls and participated in many important meetings."
BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump spent Thanksgiving together in 2017 — while Trump was in office.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For the record, the official White House record of Donald Trump's Thanksgiving 2017 was that he was spending it at Mar a Lago, during which time "The President made many important phone calls and participated in many important meetings."
Soft secession
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
If we could use nullification for people to get high, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism?
medium.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reposted by CaptainWonkoTheSane
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
If the Army helicopter had its ADS-B turned on and its altimeter set properly, bells and whistles would have started going off.
GIGO.
GIGO.
Trump: "They had hundreds of countries, companies working on it and they were spending billions of dollars and when they turned it on it didn't work. That's why you had a helicopter crashing into an airplane. If we had a great system, bells and whistles would've started going off."
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If the Army helicopter had its ADS-B turned on and its altimeter set properly, bells and whistles would have started going off.
GIGO.
GIGO.
The gales of November remembered...
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The gales of November remembered...
Come November of '26, the most important thing won't be voting out Republicans.
The assignment will be to vote out incumbents.
The assignment will be to vote out incumbents.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Come November of '26, the most important thing won't be voting out Republicans.
The assignment will be to vote out incumbents.
The assignment will be to vote out incumbents.
Not to mention, if Democrats participate in voting to reopen the government then they completely lose the "Trump shutdown" narrative. They assign themselves accountability by default.
This is bad politics and proves that Schumer sucks at the one thing he's supposed to be good at.
This is bad politics and proves that Schumer sucks at the one thing he's supposed to be good at.
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Not to mention, if Democrats participate in voting to reopen the government then they completely lose the "Trump shutdown" narrative. They assign themselves accountability by default.
This is bad politics and proves that Schumer sucks at the one thing he's supposed to be good at.
This is bad politics and proves that Schumer sucks at the one thing he's supposed to be good at.
I am horrified at what this means re: how old I am...
It's Official: ERIC SINGER To Perform With GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY And TOMMY THAYER At 'KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas'
It's Official: ERIC SINGER To Perform With GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY And TOMMY THAYER At 'KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas'
Today it was announced that longtime KISS drummer Eric Singer will join the highly anticipated "KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas", taking place November 14-16, 2025, at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Singer...
blabbermouth.net
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I am horrified at what this means re: how old I am...
Why do conservatives have such low self-esteem? They're always afraid someone else is going to turn them gay or trans or Muslim or Furry or whatever...
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Why do conservatives have such low self-esteem? They're always afraid someone else is going to turn them gay or trans or Muslim or Furry or whatever...
I don't recall ever hearing anything about Jeffrey Epstein trafficking young boys, but it would explain the shit outta Mike Johnson right now.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I don't recall ever hearing anything about Jeffrey Epstein trafficking young boys, but it would explain the shit outta Mike Johnson right now.
"Doctor" Oz predicts that every American will lose 400 lbs in the next year.
Oz: We thought it was 125 million pounds. Our estimate is Americans will lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Doctor" Oz predicts that every American will lose 400 lbs in the next year.
He has absolutely zero instincts related to economics and finance.
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
He has absolutely zero instincts related to economics and finance.
Okay, so... what the fuck is this guy doing?
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Okay, so... what the fuck is this guy doing?
Man standing near Trump overcome by fumes
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Man standing near Trump overcome by fumes
He's so close to getting it...
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
He's so close to getting it...
This is just more 25A fodder. Obviously grocery shopping doesn't require ID. Trump is clueless.
Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is just more 25A fodder. Obviously grocery shopping doesn't require ID. Trump is clueless.
Jack Ciattarelli has called Mike Sherrill to concede the NJ gubernatorial election.
It's over and New Jersey - and America - have won.
It's over and New Jersey - and America - have won.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Jack Ciattarelli has called Mike Sherrill to concede the NJ gubernatorial election.
It's over and New Jersey - and America - have won.
It's over and New Jersey - and America - have won.
Somewhere, tomorrow...
Media: Mr. Speaker, Democrats won some big gains on election day, do you have any comment on that?
Johnson: I haven't seen anything about that yet, I just got in, I know nothing about it...
Media: Mr. Speaker, Democrats won some big gains on election day, do you have any comment on that?
Johnson: I haven't seen anything about that yet, I just got in, I know nothing about it...
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Somewhere, tomorrow...
Media: Mr. Speaker, Democrats won some big gains on election day, do you have any comment on that?
Johnson: I haven't seen anything about that yet, I just got in, I know nothing about it...
Media: Mr. Speaker, Democrats won some big gains on election day, do you have any comment on that?
Johnson: I haven't seen anything about that yet, I just got in, I know nothing about it...
New Jersey understood the assignment.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
New Jersey understood the assignment.
The calls in the NJ governor's race are premature and reflective of new media not understanding NJ voting districts.
Yes, Mikie is outperforming democrats in the last 2 elections, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
I'll let you know when it's time. 😁
Yes, Mikie is outperforming democrats in the last 2 elections, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
I'll let you know when it's time. 😁
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The calls in the NJ governor's race are premature and reflective of new media not understanding NJ voting districts.
Yes, Mikie is outperforming democrats in the last 2 elections, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
I'll let you know when it's time. 😁
Yes, Mikie is outperforming democrats in the last 2 elections, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
I'll let you know when it's time. 😁
There are few things I've wanted to happen more than this.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
There are few things I've wanted to happen more than this.
There was a plane crash at Louisville Int'l Airport a couple hours ago and @msnbc.com hasn't once mentioned it.
Not because their election coverage prevents it - because they no longer have field reporters / producers. They literally can't do anything other than what are basically "live podcasts".
Not because their election coverage prevents it - because they no longer have field reporters / producers. They literally can't do anything other than what are basically "live podcasts".
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
There was a plane crash at Louisville Int'l Airport a couple hours ago and @msnbc.com hasn't once mentioned it.
Not because their election coverage prevents it - because they no longer have field reporters / producers. They literally can't do anything other than what are basically "live podcasts".
Not because their election coverage prevents it - because they no longer have field reporters / producers. They literally can't do anything other than what are basically "live podcasts".
I don't really care *why* MTG is pissed at Trump. It only matters that she is - and that his support is slowly eroding.
👀 REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “Here’s some tea for you — Trump shut down Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal ambitions to run for senate in Georgia, and she has been on a revenge tour ever since.”
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I don't really care *why* MTG is pissed at Trump. It only matters that she is - and that his support is slowly eroding.