Don Hilliard
electromotive645.bsky.social
Don Hilliard
@electromotive645.bsky.social
"I've Decided I Want My Seat Back." - by Bill Mauldin.

Marine engineer, past journalist. Servant of the Fuzzybutt Empire.
Did anyone say we wanted someone to rule our country?

(I mean other than most of the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal editorial writers.)
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I'm using this too much, probably, but:
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
And this is the Warren Zevon Skull, aka "Old Velvet Nose". Definitely not a Nazi skull.
October 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This fellow at the site of the Louvre robbery seems to have bought with a certain sense of style (dark blue with a quiet pattern, traditional crook).

(This is a real photo, though the gent is not actually a detective investigating the case as some have claimed.)
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
And continues to.
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Ever seen a portrait of J P Morgan?
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
BSM Williams sends regards.
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Winsome Earle-Sears suddenly has a lot of spammy fundraising going. Wonder where from?
October 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
No Kings. Yachats, town of 1,000 on the Oregon coast: turnout was over 1,000. Allowing for the nearest communities that didn't have their own, that was still something like 30% or more of the local population.
October 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
One of my favorites today:
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
October 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
October 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Indeed:
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Or possibly the capybara:
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
October 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast:
October 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Via the Financial Times/Getty, here's the Commandant of the USMC looking like he's wanting to rip Kegstand's head off. (I believe that's the Sergeant Major of the Army next to him looking not much happier.)
September 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We'll let Ms Halligan speak for herself:
September 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
September 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
OK, ONCE more:

The only Mauser 98 rifles that have been chambered in .30-06 were made from 1999 onward.

This is a snapshot of the cheapest version on Mauser's website.
September 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Now that you mention it...
September 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Or another from _Private Eye_ magazine:
September 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There's also this one from PRIVATE EYE magazine:
August 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM