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Paul Bowes
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Mid-60s straight white male; British, left liberal. Not a fan of selfishness, greed or entitlement: no time at all for cruelty. Arts, politics, the natural world, everything else.
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Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
Turning to Bovino, the Court specifically finds his testimony not credible. Bovino appeared evasive over the three days of his deposition, either providing “cute” responses to Plaintiffs’ counsel’s questions or outright lying. When shown a video of agents hitting Rev. Black with pepper balls, Bovino denied seeing a projectile hit Rev. Black in the head. Doc. 191- 3 at 162:21–165:17; Doc. 22-44 (Ex. 44 at 0:10–12, available at https://spaces.hightail.com/space/ZzXNsei63k). In another video shown to Bovino, he obviously tackles Scott Blackburn, one of Plaintiffs’ declarants. Doc. 191-3 at 172:13–173:7; Doc. 22-45 (Ex. 45 at 0:19–30, available at https://spaces.hightail.com/space/ZzXNsei63k). But instead of admitting to using force against Blackburn, Bovino denied it and instead stated that force was used against him.
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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[23] Allyson Ketchum died by suicide in Mesa, Arizona (USA) on 22 Oct 2024.

She was 29, and had been one of the first US infantry soldiers to transition, but subsequently left the army to become a student journalist. #SayHerName #TransLivesMatter #TDoR

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Allyson Ketchum ("Alex") Age 29 Mesa, Arizona (USA) suicide. 22 Oct 2024
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
paulmbowes.bsky.social
I wonder whether the USCG has been having trouble recruiting people without such tattoos. Standards in the military have been lowered in the past for this reason. Of course, the primary beneficiaries have always been young men on the extreme right. Who would want them?

Oh.
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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This is an extreme view - a rant, as the author says - but he isn't necessarily wrong. We are drifting into a position in which it will no longer matter what most of us think. I believe that this drift can still be stopped: but it will not stop itself.
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM