Mike McCandless
@mikemccandless.bsky.social
Retired educator; aviation enthusiast; museum tour guide. Interested in engaging with well informed interesting people on any subject; deaf to ignorant, ill- informed Right Wing provocateurs!
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
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The Pentagon has launched a review of "serious allegations of misconduct" against Senator Mark Kelly after he told service members to refuse unlawful orders.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Pentagon has launched a review of "serious allegations of misconduct" against Senator Mark Kelly after he told service members to refuse unlawful orders.
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I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
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Two step plan to help the UK move towards sanity.
1. Investigate Farage.
2. Sack Gibb.
1. Investigate Farage.
2. Sack Gibb.
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Two step plan to help the UK move towards sanity.
1. Investigate Farage.
2. Sack Gibb.
1. Investigate Farage.
2. Sack Gibb.
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Sir Robbie Gibb says he has ‘no intention of resigning’
Then the the public who pay the BBC honcho responsible for ‘impartiality’, having been an early founder of GB News, owner of the Jewish Chronicle when its standards evaporated, should make sure he’s sacked. What a rip off
Then the the public who pay the BBC honcho responsible for ‘impartiality’, having been an early founder of GB News, owner of the Jewish Chronicle when its standards evaporated, should make sure he’s sacked. What a rip off
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sir Robbie Gibb says he has ‘no intention of resigning’
Then the the public who pay the BBC honcho responsible for ‘impartiality’, having been an early founder of GB News, owner of the Jewish Chronicle when its standards evaporated, should make sure he’s sacked. What a rip off
Then the the public who pay the BBC honcho responsible for ‘impartiality’, having been an early founder of GB News, owner of the Jewish Chronicle when its standards evaporated, should make sure he’s sacked. What a rip off
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
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Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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🎤 Nothing more to say.
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🎤 Nothing more to say.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
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Reform UK’s Chris Large, Leader of Staffordshire Council, has been boasting that they have repaid £15m of debt, giving the impression they are making savings.
This repayment is a routine decision councils make when interest rates are reviewed on these types of loan.
This repayment is a routine decision councils make when interest rates are reviewed on these types of loan.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Reform UK’s Chris Large, Leader of Staffordshire Council, has been boasting that they have repaid £15m of debt, giving the impression they are making savings.
This repayment is a routine decision councils make when interest rates are reviewed on these types of loan.
This repayment is a routine decision councils make when interest rates are reviewed on these types of loan.
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CANADA RANKED NUMBER 1 THE MOST DESIRABLE COUNTRIES TO MOVE TO IN 2025.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
CANADA RANKED NUMBER 1 THE MOST DESIRABLE COUNTRIES TO MOVE TO IN 2025.
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The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
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This is the same Zia Yusuf who said no one in senior Reform UK leadership knew Nathan Gill…
Jailed ex-leader of Reform in Wales is 'ancient history', says Yusuf
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jailed ex-leader of Reform in Wales is 'ancient history', says Yusuf
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf calls Nathan Gill 'ancient history' - BBC News
The party's head of policy says he has never met Nathan Gill, who served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales in 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is the same Zia Yusuf who said no one in senior Reform UK leadership knew Nathan Gill…
Jailed ex-leader of Reform in Wales is 'ancient history', says Yusuf
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jailed ex-leader of Reform in Wales is 'ancient history', says Yusuf
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at welfare cuts.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at more welfare cuts after previous rebellion - but authority on shaky ground
The government's earlier efforts to reform welfare and save £5bn ended in an inglorious failure.
news.sky.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at welfare cuts.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
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This is a small, rocky planet where three dictators are fighting to become the most powerful of them all.
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is a small, rocky planet where three dictators are fighting to become the most powerful of them all.
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
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This is the MAGA lot summed up in one picture. 🤦♂️🤡
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This is the MAGA lot summed up in one picture. 🤦♂️🤡
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Italian Senator Carlo Calenda:
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Italian Senator Carlo Calenda:
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
“The President of the United States is simply an asset of Vladimir Putin… Europe will be born at this moment if it has the strength to fight two enemies - one to the East and one to the West.”
“The battle for Ukraine is a battle for Europe.”
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It's not going away
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It's not going away
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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"Boris Johnson was branded a coward as it emerged he could face legal action over failures during the pandemic that led to 23,000 excess deaths. His actions during the pandemic amount to 'one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in modern history'."
#CovidInquiry
#CovidInquiry
Boris Johnson could face legal action over pandemic failings after damning report
Nadine Dorries and Michael Gove have led attempts to undermine the damning report by Heather Hallett after it found inaction by Boris Johnson’s government may have cost 23,000 people their lives
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"Boris Johnson was branded a coward as it emerged he could face legal action over failures during the pandemic that led to 23,000 excess deaths. His actions during the pandemic amount to 'one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in modern history'."
#CovidInquiry
#CovidInquiry
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge