Hartley Patterson
hartleypatterson.bsky.social
Hartley Patterson
@hartleypatterson.bsky.social
Fortean, SF fan, Liberal Democrat, Suppressive Person, Second Life resident, Tesla shareholder.
Location: an English village
Website: http://www.newsfrombree.co.uk/
Doing good makes you happy. Try it out and see!
The 'extinction burst' is here. The White House is going to go down fighting. However MAGA will stay on their couches watching on TV.
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
It will have to be purged.
However laws that are on the statute book but are not or cannot be enforced bring government into disrepute. Some organization has to enforce the immigration laws.
January 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The more Reform and the Conservatives separate, the less likely they are to agree to form a coalition government should the next election provide that possibility.

Don't interrupt your opponents while they are making a mistake!
January 26, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The Gestapo were the official secret police of the Third Reich.

A better match for ICE would be the bully boys used by Hitler before he came to power, the Brownshirts. He purged them, violently, in 1934.
January 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
A few movies are better than the book. I refrain from naming them, as that would set off howls of outrage!
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Of all the evil regimes that have ever existed in history, how many are alive and well today?
The Thousand Year Reich lasted for 12 years.
Soviet Russia for 69 years.
These things too shall pass.
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
In Elder Scrolls Online, I am convinced I am the ONLY player whose avatar does not run everywhere.
I walk, I enjoy the views, I chat to NPCs. There's a ton of content there that most everyone never experiences.
January 26, 2026 at 12:35 PM
No, they are not covering up any more. You can't 'cover up' videos that have been widely circulated.
They are flat out lying. They have decided to go down fighting.
January 26, 2026 at 12:26 PM
They have stopped excuses, evasions, the rest of political discourse now. It's flat out lying.
The media cannot cope with this. They are not allowed to say "you are lying".
January 26, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Servants of evil convince themselves that the regime will never lose power. They will fight to the end.
Also, Trump has been throwing Pardons out like confetti. They are I am sure not aware that these are only for Federal crimes.
January 26, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Well he would say that wouldn't he! Leaders are all in favour of people not plotting to get rid of them. Goodness.
January 26, 2026 at 12:09 PM
However, for me the annoying comma is the one in this sentence. Grammar checkers insist it must be used. However if, as in this sentence, there are other commas present that is wrong.
Clarity should trump rules.
January 26, 2026 at 12:06 PM
He's insane, whether you like his word salad today or not.
September 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
They no longer give a damn. There will be a coup or they will be pardoned.
September 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Let's all fly one.
September 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It was her claiming to believe the Judge AND the lady who claimed he assaulted her because of mistaken identity that did it for me.
This does not happen. She was lying. No one called her out on this. No one.
September 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Life isn't that simple. Say no to war includes appeasement, refusing to help, dogma.
So if I see banners like that, I start asking questions. Usually I get annoyance, incomprehension, rejection back. People who have thought this out are, sadly, a rarity.
August 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Lazy journalists do this. It is the responsibility of editors to give them firm rules about attribution, and enforce them.
August 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM