Dirkbender.bsky.social
@dirkbender.bsky.social
Raised KS Mennonite. NJ, DC, now following UU's 7 principles in Metro ATL
Physically disabled due to Multiple Myeloma lesions in 15 vertebrae + multiple compression fractures. Treatment's kept MM at bay
Believe Barney's got a Colt .38, BTW
Physically disabled due to Multiple Myeloma lesions in 15 vertebrae + multiple compression fractures. Treatment's kept MM at bay
Believe Barney's got a Colt .38, BTW
What the actual fuck?
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
What the actual fuck?
It's what's expected of the vain, horrible people who populate the World's Worst Deliberative Body.
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's what's expected of the vain, horrible people who populate the World's Worst Deliberative Body.
Oh come on, I'm sure the Baileys thought it was a thigh-slapper.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Oh come on, I'm sure the Baileys thought it was a thigh-slapper.
I'm not sure how many times I'm going to have to call the Senate "the world's worst deliberative body" before the day is out, but I sure ain't done yet.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I'm not sure how many times I'm going to have to call the Senate "the world's worst deliberative body" before the day is out, but I sure ain't done yet.
Yeah, that pay for about a...
What was I saying? Oh right. That's how much money you'd save, it'd pay for about a half-second of PPACA subsidies. If that.
Let's not go there.
I want my representative, if I ever get one again (Carolyn Bourdeaux was ok) to be decently compensated.
What was I saying? Oh right. That's how much money you'd save, it'd pay for about a half-second of PPACA subsidies. If that.
Let's not go there.
I want my representative, if I ever get one again (Carolyn Bourdeaux was ok) to be decently compensated.
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Yeah, that pay for about a...
What was I saying? Oh right. That's how much money you'd save, it'd pay for about a half-second of PPACA subsidies. If that.
Let's not go there.
I want my representative, if I ever get one again (Carolyn Bourdeaux was ok) to be decently compensated.
What was I saying? Oh right. That's how much money you'd save, it'd pay for about a half-second of PPACA subsidies. If that.
Let's not go there.
I want my representative, if I ever get one again (Carolyn Bourdeaux was ok) to be decently compensated.
Is there an elected Republican medical doctor who isn't a complete and utter dick?
Speaking of which, one of my favorites, someone who is actually *named* "Doctor Dick"!
mccormick.house.gov
Speaking of which, one of my favorites, someone who is actually *named* "Doctor Dick"!
mccormick.house.gov
Representative Mccormick
mccormick.house.gov
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Is there an elected Republican medical doctor who isn't a complete and utter dick?
Speaking of which, one of my favorites, someone who is actually *named* "Doctor Dick"!
mccormick.house.gov
Speaking of which, one of my favorites, someone who is actually *named* "Doctor Dick"!
mccormick.house.gov
"I piss on your FSAs."
The only appropriate response.
The only appropriate response.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"I piss on your FSAs."
The only appropriate response.
The only appropriate response.
Cruel, but fair.
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Cruel, but fair.
Better not be.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Better not be.
Always gonna have some crooks.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Always gonna have some crooks.
Do you maintain a residence in one the most expensive metro areas in the country + a separate residence elsewhere, for where your family lives full time while you're away?
Also, if you think they don't need qualifications, you can probably count on representatives living down to your expectations.
Also, if you think they don't need qualifications, you can probably count on representatives living down to your expectations.
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Do you maintain a residence in one the most expensive metro areas in the country + a separate residence elsewhere, for where your family lives full time while you're away?
Also, if you think they don't need qualifications, you can probably count on representatives living down to your expectations.
Also, if you think they don't need qualifications, you can probably count on representatives living down to your expectations.
Reposted by Dirkbender.bsky.social
C’mon now, My Sharona clearly sounds more like a Republican’s anthem.
“I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind.”
“I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind.”
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
C’mon now, My Sharona clearly sounds more like a Republican’s anthem.
“I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind.”
“I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind.”
As long as MAGAts keep deluding themselves, they're gonna have to take that particular incoming fire, which is always gonna be true
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As long as MAGAts keep deluding themselves, they're gonna have to take that particular incoming fire, which is always gonna be true
Yeah please don't repeat that nonsense. They draw a shit income as it is (based on their living expenses and necessary qualifications) and we should pay them like*professionals* rather than making them dependent on graft.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yeah please don't repeat that nonsense. They draw a shit income as it is (based on their living expenses and necessary qualifications) and we should pay them like*professionals* rather than making them dependent on graft.
Screenshot from Wednesday's Fox News coverage.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Screenshot from Wednesday's Fox News coverage.
Oooh I'm bad at math, must participate.
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Oooh I'm bad at math, must participate.
So she says.
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So she says.
Concur.
Regarding what his contact with the NYT yielded, it was:
"a piece making the various more or less bovine noises of studious grey-lady impartiality, with the labor of anything resembling 'appraisal' surgically excised."
Apparently. I sure as shit ain't reading it.
Regarding what his contact with the NYT yielded, it was:
"a piece making the various more or less bovine noises of studious grey-lady impartiality, with the labor of anything resembling 'appraisal' surgically excised."
Apparently. I sure as shit ain't reading it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Concur.
Regarding what his contact with the NYT yielded, it was:
"a piece making the various more or less bovine noises of studious grey-lady impartiality, with the labor of anything resembling 'appraisal' surgically excised."
Apparently. I sure as shit ain't reading it.
Regarding what his contact with the NYT yielded, it was:
"a piece making the various more or less bovine noises of studious grey-lady impartiality, with the labor of anything resembling 'appraisal' surgically excised."
Apparently. I sure as shit ain't reading it.
The LOL-phunn-iest part of Wal*Mart Turkey-Daygate, of course, was Donnie pretending that this particular retail marketing package was a rock-solid economic indicator.
When we know it's just something one of his butt-boys brought up during a briefing, dimly remembered and messed up in delivery.
When we know it's just something one of his butt-boys brought up during a briefing, dimly remembered and messed up in delivery.
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The LOL-phunn-iest part of Wal*Mart Turkey-Daygate, of course, was Donnie pretending that this particular retail marketing package was a rock-solid economic indicator.
When we know it's just something one of his butt-boys brought up during a briefing, dimly remembered and messed up in delivery.
When we know it's just something one of his butt-boys brought up during a briefing, dimly remembered and messed up in delivery.
...and that's what his FRIENDS call him!
Oh wait, that joke doesn't work. He has no friends.
Oh wait, that joke doesn't work. He has no friends.
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
...and that's what his FRIENDS call him!
Oh wait, that joke doesn't work. He has no friends.
Oh wait, that joke doesn't work. He has no friends.