John Faucett
@jafaucett.bsky.social
Retired, liberal, UU. Current avocations: volunteer museum docent, hiking, ballroom dancing. Formerly, an experimental physicist (10 years), software developer (33 years).
Considering the current management, JFK's name shouldn't be associated with it. Just call it the Trump Center. We can fix it later.
December 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Considering the current management, JFK's name shouldn't be associated with it. Just call it the Trump Center. We can fix it later.
Happens all the time.
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Happens all the time.
Happens all the time.
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Happens all the time.
You can engineer a case. Happens all the time.
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
You can engineer a case. Happens all the time.
So if a party in power wants to eliminate any plausible opposing candidate for office, they just have to engineer a conviction?
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
So if a party in power wants to eliminate any plausible opposing candidate for office, they just have to engineer a conviction?
From 2021. A bit misleading. See www.snopes.com/fact-check/t....
Was Trump Statue Removed From Floor of Wax Museum Because People Kept Hitting It?
It's not easy being a wax president.
www.snopes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
From 2021. A bit misleading. See www.snopes.com/fact-check/t....
This is inaccurate. The quote is engraved into a stone wall at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. See leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2....
Fact Check: Plaque Quoting FDR About 'House Owned By All The American People' Was NOT In White House East Wing -- At FDR Memorial | Lead Stories
Was a plaque quoting President Franklin D. Roosevelt about "a house owned by all the American people" torn down by...
leadstories.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is inaccurate. The quote is engraved into a stone wall at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. See leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2....
Perhaps Trump did say that, but I could only find an August 16, 2024 story about CNN's Jennings saying "If you like bread lines, ..." then Harris "has has a plan for you."
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Perhaps Trump did say that, but I could only find an August 16, 2024 story about CNN's Jennings saying "If you like bread lines, ..." then Harris "has has a plan for you."
It's also good to check whether they contributed to both campaigns, y'know, are they just covering all the bases.
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It's also good to check whether they contributed to both campaigns, y'know, are they just covering all the bases.
First check if they have a "I bought this before..." bumper sticker.
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
First check if they have a "I bought this before..." bumper sticker.
And wants to restart testing of nuclear weapons. (Anyone can test weapons. What's really hard is to understand them scientifically so that testing is not necessary, as the US has been doing for thirty years.)
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
And wants to restart testing of nuclear weapons. (Anyone can test weapons. What's really hard is to understand them scientifically so that testing is not necessary, as the US has been doing for thirty years.)
Think of it as a transification.
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Think of it as a transification.
It seems like a transification, too.
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It seems like a transification, too.
Such a rule about felons would encourage the ruling party to convict promising opposition party candidates. So either way we're dependent on voters' intelligence and good will.
October 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Such a rule about felons would encourage the ruling party to convict promising opposition party candidates. So either way we're dependent on voters' intelligence and good will.
It is incorrect to think that "religion" just means a set of beliefs about the supernatural. Reading a post about science doesn't help one get along with others or with the earth. There are religions that focus not on "beliefs" or authority but on mutual covenants about how we treat each other.
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It is incorrect to think that "religion" just means a set of beliefs about the supernatural. Reading a post about science doesn't help one get along with others or with the earth. There are religions that focus not on "beliefs" or authority but on mutual covenants about how we treat each other.
The second post I read (yours was the first) was a long and interesting discussion about bluesky politics, something I never even suspected existed.
October 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The second post I read (yours was the first) was a long and interesting discussion about bluesky politics, something I never even suspected existed.
I appreciate this post because it leads us to the real problem.
October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I appreciate this post because it leads us to the real problem.
Or rather, it is once again the US.
August 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Or rather, it is once again the US.
Is O'Donnell implying that Trump doesn't already have dementia?
August 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Is O'Donnell implying that Trump doesn't already have dementia?
You mean, when did our society start being misogynist?
August 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
You mean, when did our society start being misogynist?
Future Alligatorville National Historical Park.
July 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Future Alligatorville National Historical Park.