cmikeyfri 🖇️✊
@cmikeyfri.bsky.social
Wannabe Vulcan since 1966.
"I have been a Stranger in a Strange Land."
Retired Achiever.
Thinks "grumpy old man" is a compliment on his self-restraint.
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Drops in a bucket? Enough drops break levees.
Replies are tells.
DMs rarely get one.
"I have been a Stranger in a Strange Land."
Retired Achiever.
Thinks "grumpy old man" is a compliment on his self-restraint.
Signal Amplifier🖇✊
Drops in a bucket? Enough drops break levees.
Replies are tells.
DMs rarely get one.
My mature, professional response to FAUX news regarding this story:
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My mature, professional response to FAUX news regarding this story:
"Robert O. Paxton defines fascism as a form of political behavior characterized by an obsessive focus on community decline, humiliation, or victimhood, along with a cult of unity and purity.
Paxton argues that fascism emerges in societies that are dysfunctional..."
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Paxton argues that fascism emerges in societies that are dysfunctional..."
(Had to truncate, not enough char
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Robert O. Paxton defines fascism as a form of political behavior characterized by an obsessive focus on community decline, humiliation, or victimhood, along with a cult of unity and purity.
Paxton argues that fascism emerges in societies that are dysfunctional..."
(Had to truncate, not enough char
Paxton argues that fascism emerges in societies that are dysfunctional..."
(Had to truncate, not enough char
"Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth."
George Orwell 1984.
(Alt text)
George Orwell 1984.
(Alt text)
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth."
George Orwell 1984.
(Alt text)
George Orwell 1984.
(Alt text)
A simple search of "Kaiser Family Foundation on ACA costs" revealed their projection of premium increases from 26% to more than doubled depending on state & plan.
Of course, to these lying spinmeisters, cherry-picking the lowest projections & ignoring the higher ones "proves" their points.
Of course, to these lying spinmeisters, cherry-picking the lowest projections & ignoring the higher ones "proves" their points.
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A simple search of "Kaiser Family Foundation on ACA costs" revealed their projection of premium increases from 26% to more than doubled depending on state & plan.
Of course, to these lying spinmeisters, cherry-picking the lowest projections & ignoring the higher ones "proves" their points.
Of course, to these lying spinmeisters, cherry-picking the lowest projections & ignoring the higher ones "proves" their points.
I take it that in this context "sadder" is a synonym for "pathetic" as I shed no tears at all over this one.
Indeed, it evoked a derisive snorting chuckle.
Indeed, it evoked a derisive snorting chuckle.
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I take it that in this context "sadder" is a synonym for "pathetic" as I shed no tears at all over this one.
Indeed, it evoked a derisive snorting chuckle.
Indeed, it evoked a derisive snorting chuckle.
Indeed.
It is really quite sad to watch someone lose... no, throw away their journalistic integrity in real time.
It is really quite sad to watch someone lose... no, throw away their journalistic integrity in real time.
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Indeed.
It is really quite sad to watch someone lose... no, throw away their journalistic integrity in real time.
It is really quite sad to watch someone lose... no, throw away their journalistic integrity in real time.
Indeed.
Actual* photo of a MAGAGOPer dealing with the resulting cognitive dissonance.
(* Satiric liberties may apply.)
Actual* photo of a MAGAGOPer dealing with the resulting cognitive dissonance.
(* Satiric liberties may apply.)
October 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Indeed.
Actual* photo of a MAGAGOPer dealing with the resulting cognitive dissonance.
(* Satiric liberties may apply.)
Actual* photo of a MAGAGOPer dealing with the resulting cognitive dissonance.
(* Satiric liberties may apply.)
10 minutes are well spent in watching this video.
See also:
See also:
October 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
10 minutes are well spent in watching this video.
See also:
See also:
"I don't like spam!"
October 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"I don't like spam!"
The MAGA GOP is NOT a conservative party.
Having a mad king has not been a conservative position in the USA since 1776.
That falls more under the heading of radical reactionary.
Just sayin'...
Having a mad king has not been a conservative position in the USA since 1776.
That falls more under the heading of radical reactionary.
Just sayin'...
October 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The MAGA GOP is NOT a conservative party.
Having a mad king has not been a conservative position in the USA since 1776.
That falls more under the heading of radical reactionary.
Just sayin'...
Having a mad king has not been a conservative position in the USA since 1776.
That falls more under the heading of radical reactionary.
Just sayin'...
Lots of word salad just to not say...
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Lots of word salad just to not say...
8 years for Jessica Reznicek for vandalizing a pipeline.
6 months for Robert Preston Morris for sexual abuse of a child.
Commutation of sentence for George Santos.
"Justice for all" eh?
6 months for Robert Preston Morris for sexual abuse of a child.
Commutation of sentence for George Santos.
"Justice for all" eh?
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
8 years for Jessica Reznicek for vandalizing a pipeline.
6 months for Robert Preston Morris for sexual abuse of a child.
Commutation of sentence for George Santos.
"Justice for all" eh?
6 months for Robert Preston Morris for sexual abuse of a child.
Commutation of sentence for George Santos.
"Justice for all" eh?
"I'd like to request a transfer to Portland, sir."
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"I'd like to request a transfer to Portland, sir."
It's only Thursday?
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's only Thursday?
Indeed, the resemblance is striking.
And btw, Max was right about almost everything...
And btw, Max was right about almost everything...
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Indeed, the resemblance is striking.
And btw, Max was right about almost everything...
And btw, Max was right about almost everything...
It's only Tuesday??
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's only Tuesday??
This administration lied?
October 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This administration lied?
Oh wait, that's what Trumpism is...
"Very bad, not good."
One of my all time faves is starting to seem allegorically prophetic.
"Very bad, not good."
One of my all time faves is starting to seem allegorically prophetic.
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Oh wait, that's what Trumpism is...
"Very bad, not good."
One of my all time faves is starting to seem allegorically prophetic.
"Very bad, not good."
One of my all time faves is starting to seem allegorically prophetic.
Lexington KY. The tail end of a march that stretched 3-4 times longer than what I caught.
Not bad for a purple city in a red state.
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Not bad for a purple city in a red state.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Lexington KY. The tail end of a march that stretched 3-4 times longer than what I caught.
Not bad for a purple city in a red state.
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Not bad for a purple city in a red state.
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Oh my!
Lying again...
Lying again...
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Oh my!
Lying again...
Lying again...