David (he, him)
@davidmt.bsky.social
Proud Dad, and husband, merchant mariner, left of Gene Debs, cheap whiskey connoisseur, avid reader, especially Herb Caen, Martha Gellhorn, Kerouac, Jack London, Steinbeck, Hunter Thompson...
I do a lot of shopping at used bookstores, Harbor Frieght...
I do a lot of shopping at used bookstores, Harbor Frieght...
If you support the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation, there is little point in discussion.
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If you support the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation, there is little point in discussion.
The merchant marine is private industry, like commercial airlines or railroads.
Yes both the U.S. domestic economy and national defense are dependent on commercial shipping.
The sad thing is that most people in the U.S. have no idea what the Merchant Marine is, or how dependent they are on it.
Yes both the U.S. domestic economy and national defense are dependent on commercial shipping.
The sad thing is that most people in the U.S. have no idea what the Merchant Marine is, or how dependent they are on it.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The merchant marine is private industry, like commercial airlines or railroads.
Yes both the U.S. domestic economy and national defense are dependent on commercial shipping.
The sad thing is that most people in the U.S. have no idea what the Merchant Marine is, or how dependent they are on it.
Yes both the U.S. domestic economy and national defense are dependent on commercial shipping.
The sad thing is that most people in the U.S. have no idea what the Merchant Marine is, or how dependent they are on it.
There are U.S. flag ships that import.
If you really think deregulation and supply economics will benefit you...
If you really think deregulation and supply economics will benefit you...
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There are U.S. flag ships that import.
If you really think deregulation and supply economics will benefit you...
If you really think deregulation and supply economics will benefit you...
Will it?
Do you personally believe the port is important to Seattle?
Or do you believe the city has moved past that and no longer needs a port?
San Francisco doesn't really have a port anymore, as almost all cargo moves through Oakland.
Do you personally believe the port is important to Seattle?
Or do you believe the city has moved past that and no longer needs a port?
San Francisco doesn't really have a port anymore, as almost all cargo moves through Oakland.
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Will it?
Do you personally believe the port is important to Seattle?
Or do you believe the city has moved past that and no longer needs a port?
San Francisco doesn't really have a port anymore, as almost all cargo moves through Oakland.
Do you personally believe the port is important to Seattle?
Or do you believe the city has moved past that and no longer needs a port?
San Francisco doesn't really have a port anymore, as almost all cargo moves through Oakland.
It also changes Ian Flemming's creation.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It also changes Ian Flemming's creation.
And during the war they were often derided as draft dodgers and cowards.
After the war in the early red scare many had their seamen's papers revoked for being "communists"
After the war in the early red scare many had their seamen's papers revoked for being "communists"
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
And during the war they were often derided as draft dodgers and cowards.
After the war in the early red scare many had their seamen's papers revoked for being "communists"
After the war in the early red scare many had their seamen's papers revoked for being "communists"
Happy Edmund Fitzgerald day?
Seriously?
29 people died when she was lost.
Seriously?
29 people died when she was lost.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy Edmund Fitzgerald day?
Seriously?
29 people died when she was lost.
Seriously?
29 people died when she was lost.