halfbackjack
@halfbackjack.bsky.social
Canadian engineer, marketer, ex rugby player, sometime hockey player, musician, reader, lover of crosswords.
After being thrown to the ground, knelt on, punched in the head, tased, cable-tied, and tossed into a van. On video.
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
After being thrown to the ground, knelt on, punched in the head, tased, cable-tied, and tossed into a van. On video.
The terror of discovery.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The terror of discovery.
Well, Trump said he was going to invest $600 billion, but he was going to try to get that up to $1 trillion. So MBS said "Ok, a trillion." Does that suggest to anyone that the numbers may be sunshine for the posterior in the other seat? Saudi Arabia's GDP is about a trillion, so .....
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Well, Trump said he was going to invest $600 billion, but he was going to try to get that up to $1 trillion. So MBS said "Ok, a trillion." Does that suggest to anyone that the numbers may be sunshine for the posterior in the other seat? Saudi Arabia's GDP is about a trillion, so .....
It is normal for him. It also seems to be normal for the Republicans to stumble along in a Sergeant Schultz fog, never seeing or hearing anything.
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
It is normal for him. It also seems to be normal for the Republicans to stumble along in a Sergeant Schultz fog, never seeing or hearing anything.
Call RFKJr, he's a whale expert. Maybe he can dissolve it in Tylenol.
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Call RFKJr, he's a whale expert. Maybe he can dissolve it in Tylenol.
Soviet style negotiation. What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable. Usually a poison pill is disguised in something sweet. This is all poison pill.
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Soviet style negotiation. What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable. Usually a poison pill is disguised in something sweet. This is all poison pill.
Dumb and dumber. Tariffs on steel and aluminum are killing jobs in manufacturing. As well as needing more housing, there is a lot to replace from fire and flood damage. Tariffs on softwood lumber and sending ICE after the workforce is not helping the housing supply.
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Dumb and dumber. Tariffs on steel and aluminum are killing jobs in manufacturing. As well as needing more housing, there is a lot to replace from fire and flood damage. Tariffs on softwood lumber and sending ICE after the workforce is not helping the housing supply.
So he just lost the house 427 - 1 on the Epstein vote. Is he afraid it might go the same way on an impeachment vote?
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
So he just lost the house 427 - 1 on the Epstein vote. Is he afraid it might go the same way on an impeachment vote?
The voter suppression & gerrymandering is a critical issue. So is the firehose of right wing disinformation. Fox paid $787 M for knowingly lying about 2020. Social media algorithms are WMDs. For more, read The Chaos Machine (Max Fisher).
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The voter suppression & gerrymandering is a critical issue. So is the firehose of right wing disinformation. Fox paid $787 M for knowingly lying about 2020. Social media algorithms are WMDs. For more, read The Chaos Machine (Max Fisher).
And the lying. Never forget that everybody watching Fox is drowning in a sea of lies, which they share and amplify via social media.
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
And the lying. Never forget that everybody watching Fox is drowning in a sea of lies, which they share and amplify via social media.
Interesting concept of what constitutes public service.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Interesting concept of what constitutes public service.
New flag coming for the USCG?
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New flag coming for the USCG?
Or as @sykescharlie.bsky.social would say, a clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Or as @sykescharlie.bsky.social would say, a clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
I know ICE/CBP activity is vicious and is causing all kinds of disruption and terror, but that guy's haircut makes him look like a toilet brush.
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I know ICE/CBP activity is vicious and is causing all kinds of disruption and terror, but that guy's haircut makes him look like a toilet brush.
By the Department of What Used-to-be Justice?
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
By the Department of What Used-to-be Justice?
Watching from Canada, it's an international embarrassment. We have our own issues with sub populations who are MMR vaccine sceptics, but I think we're clear on autism (nee 1911) and Tylenol (nee 1955).
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Watching from Canada, it's an international embarrassment. We have our own issues with sub populations who are MMR vaccine sceptics, but I think we're clear on autism (nee 1911) and Tylenol (nee 1955).
And the Republicans are saying? I guess they caught the fear side of the contagion.
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And the Republicans are saying? I guess they caught the fear side of the contagion.
Please. As soon as he fired all the JAGs you knew there would be illegal orders coming. As soon as he was elected, even.
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Please. As soon as he fired all the JAGs you knew there would be illegal orders coming. As soon as he was elected, even.
Man, he could have just done his usual "I haven't heard about that so I can't comment". Instead, he jumps in with a "violence is great if it's coming from our team" message.
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Man, he could have just done his usual "I haven't heard about that so I can't comment". Instead, he jumps in with a "violence is great if it's coming from our team" message.
And the corollary: he is interested only in what benefits DJT, not in protecting American interests.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
And the corollary: he is interested only in what benefits DJT, not in protecting American interests.
Strong words, totally justified by the abhorrent behaviour of the convicted felon in the white house. Republicans? Anybody? Too busy being quiet, piggies?
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Strong words, totally justified by the abhorrent behaviour of the convicted felon in the white house. Republicans? Anybody? Too busy being quiet, piggies?
His bespoke prosecutions are going so well he wants more of them. Have at it, Donald, the entertainment value is enormous.
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
His bespoke prosecutions are going so well he wants more of them. Have at it, Donald, the entertainment value is enormous.
And his 28 point peace deal for Ukraine was written by Putin.
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
And his 28 point peace deal for Ukraine was written by Putin.