Jim Ahrens
@oldguy99.bsky.social
I hope a journalist asks Mr. Johnson if he thinks the officer reacted to the taunting, and if he does not think so, followup by asking him why he brought it up.
January 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I hope a journalist asks Mr. Johnson if he thinks the officer reacted to the taunting, and if he does not think so, followup by asking him why he brought it up.
If your 9 year old punches your 7 year old in response to teasing, you give the older one a time out and a lecture. Tom Homan’s boys draw and use guns in response to taunts. Maybe at least a mild rebuke is in order, Tom?
We have armed emotional children and let them loose in the streets.
We have armed emotional children and let them loose in the streets.
January 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
If your 9 year old punches your 7 year old in response to teasing, you give the older one a time out and a lecture. Tom Homan’s boys draw and use guns in response to taunts. Maybe at least a mild rebuke is in order, Tom?
We have armed emotional children and let them loose in the streets.
We have armed emotional children and let them loose in the streets.
And yet Trump’s “presidential wall of fame” in the White House substitutes an auto-pen for the portrait of Joe Biden.
Oh well, sic transit gloria mundi.
Oh well, sic transit gloria mundi.
January 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
And yet Trump’s “presidential wall of fame” in the White House substitutes an auto-pen for the portrait of Joe Biden.
Oh well, sic transit gloria mundi.
Oh well, sic transit gloria mundi.
So if it turns out the pipe bomb was part of general J6 mayhem intended to delay certification, is he pardoned?
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
So if it turns out the pipe bomb was part of general J6 mayhem intended to delay certification, is he pardoned?
Quaecumque sunt vera (not).
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Quaecumque sunt vera (not).
Since both of my children were international adoptions and both married immigrants, I feel like Mr. Trump is personally insulting the majority of my immediate family.
I hope all eligible voters among the 25 million foreign born Americans all vote out the hateful Republican Party that supports him.
I hope all eligible voters among the 25 million foreign born Americans all vote out the hateful Republican Party that supports him.
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Since both of my children were international adoptions and both married immigrants, I feel like Mr. Trump is personally insulting the majority of my immediate family.
I hope all eligible voters among the 25 million foreign born Americans all vote out the hateful Republican Party that supports him.
I hope all eligible voters among the 25 million foreign born Americans all vote out the hateful Republican Party that supports him.
Members of the Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Trump pardoned them or commuted their sentences. Part of this tirade is Trump's continuing effort to devalue the real consequences of his prior actions by bombast.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Members of the Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Trump pardoned them or commuted their sentences. Part of this tirade is Trump's continuing effort to devalue the real consequences of his prior actions by bombast.
Trump pardoned J6 participants convicted of seditious conspiracy. His misuse of the term and exaggeration of the penalties is another effort by him to claim complete and unchecked power and contempt for those who do not support him.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Trump pardoned J6 participants convicted of seditious conspiracy. His misuse of the term and exaggeration of the penalties is another effort by him to claim complete and unchecked power and contempt for those who do not support him.
A gold bone saw to be presented as a gift to Mr. Trump.
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A gold bone saw to be presented as a gift to Mr. Trump.
He has the Senate locked up against releasing the files, so he he can pretend to be for the House voting for release. He will claim he was transparent.
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
He has the Senate locked up against releasing the files, so he he can pretend to be for the House voting for release. He will claim he was transparent.
Where is Dr. Strangelove when you need him?
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Where is Dr. Strangelove when you need him?
Sic transit gloria mundi?
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Sic transit gloria mundi?
Ok, since I am a simpleton, am I correct in assuming Bondi is trying to inoculate the indictments of Comey and James against the possibility of an adverse ruling on Halligan’s appointment, or is there something else?
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ok, since I am a simpleton, am I correct in assuming Bondi is trying to inoculate the indictments of Comey and James against the possibility of an adverse ruling on Halligan’s appointment, or is there something else?
Trump will sue them for the parts they left in.
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Trump will sue them for the parts they left in.
A wild guess is that Dr Oz was referring to Medicare premiums and not ACA, showing his ignorance rather than his mendacity. Fool or liar? What a choice!
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A wild guess is that Dr Oz was referring to Medicare premiums and not ACA, showing his ignorance rather than his mendacity. Fool or liar? What a choice!
As a Northwestern alum and friend, ouch.
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
As a Northwestern alum and friend, ouch.
I thought this was an Onion piece until I went to the Times and read it. I guess the gist is Trump unilaterally can tear down the East Wing because Ross hates Obama’s architectural preferences.
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I thought this was an Onion piece until I went to the Times and read it. I guess the gist is Trump unilaterally can tear down the East Wing because Ross hates Obama’s architectural preferences.
Maybe it would be easier to raise taxes on rich people and have congress appropriate the proceeds to pay military salaries.
October 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Maybe it would be easier to raise taxes on rich people and have congress appropriate the proceeds to pay military salaries.
Does calling on someone to put a noose on Mike Pence’s neck count as a figurative bounty, and if so, why a blanket pardon for J6 participants? Selective prosecution gets more selective, I guess.
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Does calling on someone to put a noose on Mike Pence’s neck count as a figurative bounty, and if so, why a blanket pardon for J6 participants? Selective prosecution gets more selective, I guess.
I have 2 kids adopted from Korea as infants. One has a Mexican American wife, the other an Afghani American partner. All are citizens. All live in areas where border patrol is operating. I feel your fear. We have discussed “what-ifs”. What a country these days!
October 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I have 2 kids adopted from Korea as infants. One has a Mexican American wife, the other an Afghani American partner. All are citizens. All live in areas where border patrol is operating. I feel your fear. We have discussed “what-ifs”. What a country these days!
I’m old enough to remember when many Republicans thought that the IRS flagging applications for review of political activity for “Tea Party” organizations applying for 501c3 was grounds to impeach Obama.
October 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I’m old enough to remember when many Republicans thought that the IRS flagging applications for review of political activity for “Tea Party” organizations applying for 501c3 was grounds to impeach Obama.
Richard J. Daley: "The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder."
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Richard J. Daley: "The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder."
“Joe Biden should be put in prison and/or given the death penalty.”…Charlie Kirk.
September 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“Joe Biden should be put in prison and/or given the death penalty.”…Charlie Kirk.