Eris
@edbecker.bsky.social
Retired math teacher/mathematician, although one can never entirely retire from mathematics .
Raised liberal, and proud of it !
Expatriate Southerner.
Amateur musician, woodworker.
Professional curmudgeon.
Raised liberal, and proud of it !
Expatriate Southerner.
Amateur musician, woodworker.
Professional curmudgeon.
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McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet."
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
July 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet."
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
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Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
Every once in a while, I have to post something that is just plain nice to hear!
Enjoy!
youtu.be/OstTBGKb1Ik?...
Enjoy!
youtu.be/OstTBGKb1Ik?...
Classical Gas on Mountain Dulcimer! (Mason Williams)
YouTube video by GO dulcimer
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Every once in a while, I have to post something that is just plain nice to hear!
Enjoy!
youtu.be/OstTBGKb1Ik?...
Enjoy!
youtu.be/OstTBGKb1Ik?...
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Rep Eric Swalwell walked out in *shock*—and who could blame him?
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
April 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Rep Eric Swalwell walked out in *shock*—and who could blame him?
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
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ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…
April 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…
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Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
Usually the post speech rebuttal is either tedious, or overly dramatic.
Or too long.
Kudos to Senator Slotkin for not being any of the above!
Or too long.
Kudos to Senator Slotkin for not being any of the above!
March 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Usually the post speech rebuttal is either tedious, or overly dramatic.
Or too long.
Kudos to Senator Slotkin for not being any of the above!
Or too long.
Kudos to Senator Slotkin for not being any of the above!
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Season 2 of “The President Trump Show” is a mess. Even worse than Season 1. The writers are increasingly resorting to cheap stunts to get the audience's attention, with no regard to plausibility. A real president would never be this stupid, petty, or irresponsible.
March 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Season 2 of “The President Trump Show” is a mess. Even worse than Season 1. The writers are increasingly resorting to cheap stunts to get the audience's attention, with no regard to plausibility. A real president would never be this stupid, petty, or irresponsible.
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For the record, I didn’t fuck around and I am nevertheless being made to find out.
March 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
For the record, I didn’t fuck around and I am nevertheless being made to find out.
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Yes, as everyone knows, things were so much better for America in the 1930s when one European country, perhaps anticipating Lindsey Graham's suggestion, built up its military.
But Lindsey isn't going to let a little thing like history get in the way of shameless obsequiousness to Donald Trump.
But Lindsey isn't going to let a little thing like history get in the way of shameless obsequiousness to Donald Trump.
March 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Yes, as everyone knows, things were so much better for America in the 1930s when one European country, perhaps anticipating Lindsey Graham's suggestion, built up its military.
But Lindsey isn't going to let a little thing like history get in the way of shameless obsequiousness to Donald Trump.
But Lindsey isn't going to let a little thing like history get in the way of shameless obsequiousness to Donald Trump.
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Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.
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History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
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Donald Trump is not fit to be President of the United States of America. His presence in the Oval Office is a stain on the legacy of this country.
"You've gotta be more thankful" -- remarkable scenes out of the White House as Trump and JD Vance team up to do Putin's bidding and demean Zelenskyy
February 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Donald Trump is not fit to be President of the United States of America. His presence in the Oval Office is a stain on the legacy of this country.
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This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
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You have conspir’d against our royal person,
Join’d with an enemy proclaim’d, and from his coffers
Receiv’d the golden earnest of our death
Join’d with an enemy proclaim’d, and from his coffers
Receiv’d the golden earnest of our death
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You have conspir’d against our royal person,
Join’d with an enemy proclaim’d, and from his coffers
Receiv’d the golden earnest of our death
Join’d with an enemy proclaim’d, and from his coffers
Receiv’d the golden earnest of our death
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Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.
Heroes
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to have Pete Buttigieg's salary reduced to $1 in November 2023. Does she think Sean Duffy should keep his job if planes can't manage to stay in the sky?
February 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to have Pete Buttigieg's salary reduced to $1 in November 2023. Does she think Sean Duffy should keep his job if planes can't manage to stay in the sky?
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This is the ad Washington Post refused. Post it all over the Internet.
February 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is the ad Washington Post refused. Post it all over the Internet.
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Monday thought:
February 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Monday thought:
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“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats”
February 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats”
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Trump’s Chief of Staff with the Deborah Birx Inject Bleach Face as Trump says we are going to invade Gaza.
February 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Trump’s Chief of Staff with the Deborah Birx Inject Bleach Face as Trump says we are going to invade Gaza.
So, tell me again how voting against Harris was going to be good for the Palestinians in Gaza?
February 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
So, tell me again how voting against Harris was going to be good for the Palestinians in Gaza?
Tonight, I spent about 40 minutes listening to a joint presentation by Trump and Netanyahu.
A couple of things struck me:
Trump saying that Palestinians should get out of Gaza. And Trump also indicating that the US will take over the Gaza strip.
A couple of things struck me:
Trump saying that Palestinians should get out of Gaza. And Trump also indicating that the US will take over the Gaza strip.
February 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Tonight, I spent about 40 minutes listening to a joint presentation by Trump and Netanyahu.
A couple of things struck me:
Trump saying that Palestinians should get out of Gaza. And Trump also indicating that the US will take over the Gaza strip.
A couple of things struck me:
Trump saying that Palestinians should get out of Gaza. And Trump also indicating that the US will take over the Gaza strip.