Bob Bruttell
@robalanb.bsky.social
Cdl. Dolan just appointed to religious liberty commission should follow in the footsteps of the first Archbishop of NY, John Hughs, insist that prayer not be in the public schools. Same problem then and now.
May 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Cdl. Dolan just appointed to religious liberty commission should follow in the footsteps of the first Archbishop of NY, John Hughs, insist that prayer not be in the public schools. Same problem then and now.
I am
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia
Pass it on.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia
Pass it on.
April 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I am
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia
Pass it on.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia
Pass it on.
I think it has become clear that the men we call the Tech Bros lack empathy and are likely somewhere on the autistic spectrum. They are dangerous lacking any sense of how their actions might harm others.
March 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I think it has become clear that the men we call the Tech Bros lack empathy and are likely somewhere on the autistic spectrum. They are dangerous lacking any sense of how their actions might harm others.
Why do I find myself thinking so much these days about the phrase “there is no way to protect yourself against fools because fools are so ingenious!“ And today so dangerous for our communities.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Why do I find myself thinking so much these days about the phrase “there is no way to protect yourself against fools because fools are so ingenious!“ And today so dangerous for our communities.
First they came for the Tren de Aragua…
March 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
First they came for the Tren de Aragua…
So much for meritocracy.
So much for the competence of random, white, cronies chosen due to their blind loyalty.
So much for the competence of random, white, cronies chosen due to their blind loyalty.
March 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
So much for meritocracy.
So much for the competence of random, white, cronies chosen due to their blind loyalty.
So much for the competence of random, white, cronies chosen due to their blind loyalty.
The Spirit of America is being murdered before our eyes. We should not underestimate how important the democratic faith is to what we hold as true. Rule by the self-dealing wealthy is nobody’s idea of an American Dream and is not ever what makes America exceptional. Franklin is roiling in his grave.
February 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Spirit of America is being murdered before our eyes. We should not underestimate how important the democratic faith is to what we hold as true. Rule by the self-dealing wealthy is nobody’s idea of an American Dream and is not ever what makes America exceptional. Franklin is roiling in his grave.
When cruelty is the point. Some states are creating bounties to hunt immigrants.
February 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When cruelty is the point. Some states are creating bounties to hunt immigrants.
While reading Hafiz this morning it occurred to me that cruelty is a sign that a person does not know or sufficiently know God.
February 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
While reading Hafiz this morning it occurred to me that cruelty is a sign that a person does not know or sufficiently know God.
I’m sad that at first Lawrence O’Donnell thought DOGE/Musk would be constrained by law and the Constitution. Nope. Who knew it would be Nike rules “Just do it” Swoosh! Gone. Was either designed to constrain such a mass outbreak of criminality?
February 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’m sad that at first Lawrence O’Donnell thought DOGE/Musk would be constrained by law and the Constitution. Nope. Who knew it would be Nike rules “Just do it” Swoosh! Gone. Was either designed to constrain such a mass outbreak of criminality?
When chaos, fear and gleeful harm are the point it’s silly to say they stupidly blundered into chaos, fear, and gleeful harm.
February 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
When chaos, fear and gleeful harm are the point it’s silly to say they stupidly blundered into chaos, fear, and gleeful harm.
Gleefully breaking up all the furniture. So sad, so painful to watch. So harmful to us all.
February 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Gleefully breaking up all the furniture. So sad, so painful to watch. So harmful to us all.
The noble idea of America - that all people are created equal and endowed by a Creator with certain rights - is being dismissed in favor of a coarse, corrosive sense of dominance and winner take all. The hopeful, noble majority must persevere so that noble idea does not perish from the earth.
February 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The noble idea of America - that all people are created equal and endowed by a Creator with certain rights - is being dismissed in favor of a coarse, corrosive sense of dominance and winner take all. The hopeful, noble majority must persevere so that noble idea does not perish from the earth.
Today, I have been having a mental debate about whether I should be more concerned about the ethics of biotech/AI or the ethics of oligarchs/plutocrats/anti-egalitarians? Both are threats to human agency and collaboration.
January 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Today, I have been having a mental debate about whether I should be more concerned about the ethics of biotech/AI or the ethics of oligarchs/plutocrats/anti-egalitarians? Both are threats to human agency and collaboration.
The stubborn pattern of American history is that there is always a backlash to egalitarian public policy. Happy to see that a few mega corps see that DEI leading to respect and belonging is a corporate strength. Besides being right it shows up on the bottom line.
January 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The stubborn pattern of American history is that there is always a backlash to egalitarian public policy. Happy to see that a few mega corps see that DEI leading to respect and belonging is a corporate strength. Besides being right it shows up on the bottom line.
Simple observation: the full fury of the law can come down on desperate immigrants seeking refuge in our country but violent people who beat on police with pipes and vandalized the Capitol are home free. Lord have mercy!
January 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Simple observation: the full fury of the law can come down on desperate immigrants seeking refuge in our country but violent people who beat on police with pipes and vandalized the Capitol are home free. Lord have mercy!
Had bfst with my ebullient friend Doc. Decided to put the prez who would be king in a gray box. Can’t let the next 4 years be about that. Deprive him of oxygen and stay positive with friends who do not bring us down.
January 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Had bfst with my ebullient friend Doc. Decided to put the prez who would be king in a gray box. Can’t let the next 4 years be about that. Deprive him of oxygen and stay positive with friends who do not bring us down.
What’s up with Zuckerberg? Blaming Sanberg for a neutered culture at Meta? Hard to feel sorry for this powerful boy/man. He needs therapy. Isn’t he projecting his own feelings of inadequacy? Isn’t that what’s going on in BroMasculine culture generally - their dysfunction is dangerous for all of us.
January 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What’s up with Zuckerberg? Blaming Sanberg for a neutered culture at Meta? Hard to feel sorry for this powerful boy/man. He needs therapy. Isn’t he projecting his own feelings of inadequacy? Isn’t that what’s going on in BroMasculine culture generally - their dysfunction is dangerous for all of us.
I cannot grasp fully as I sit comfortably in my intact kitchen contemplating how absolutely devastated the people of LA must feel. No one can be unmoved. So many are now middle class homeless refugees, lost in shelters, without their favorite cup.
January 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I cannot grasp fully as I sit comfortably in my intact kitchen contemplating how absolutely devastated the people of LA must feel. No one can be unmoved. So many are now middle class homeless refugees, lost in shelters, without their favorite cup.
Before and after Donald Trump’s election in 2016 journalists struggled with whether to call much of the stuff Mr Trump says a lie. Now that is common place but it does not sting. Self-serving fabrication and pretense at industrial scale requires a new term.
January 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Before and after Donald Trump’s election in 2016 journalists struggled with whether to call much of the stuff Mr Trump says a lie. Now that is common place but it does not sting. Self-serving fabrication and pretense at industrial scale requires a new term.
Just left Dr Melisande Womack’s viewing. Imagine a brilliant Black woman graduating as an MD in 1958…imagine the resilience. She persisted and the children at Children’s Hospital and our community were so much the better for it. God rest your soul Dr. Womack!
January 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just left Dr Melisande Womack’s viewing. Imagine a brilliant Black woman graduating as an MD in 1958…imagine the resilience. She persisted and the children at Children’s Hospital and our community were so much the better for it. God rest your soul Dr. Womack!
I am hopeful that over time Coney Barrett’s Catholic values will migrate more toward Sotomayor and less toward Alito and Thomas.
January 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I am hopeful that over time Coney Barrett’s Catholic values will migrate more toward Sotomayor and less toward Alito and Thomas.
The Sufi poet says “when the violin can forgive the past it starts singing.” His advice is to free up, my and our cords, allow them to vibrate freely, unshackled to the past. But what about the present? Can the violin forgive the present -the petty and powerful hatred, the lack of compassion? I ask.
January 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Sufi poet says “when the violin can forgive the past it starts singing.” His advice is to free up, my and our cords, allow them to vibrate freely, unshackled to the past. But what about the present? Can the violin forgive the present -the petty and powerful hatred, the lack of compassion? I ask.
I doubt my Roman Catholic Church would canonize a Baptist, but I want to be on record as putting up Jimmy Carter for sainthood. Nobody’s perfect. He would say he was a sinner but it would be hard to name anyone who lived a more faithful life.
January 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I doubt my Roman Catholic Church would canonize a Baptist, but I want to be on record as putting up Jimmy Carter for sainthood. Nobody’s perfect. He would say he was a sinner but it would be hard to name anyone who lived a more faithful life.
What can we make out of the fact that some significant number of our countrymen are willing to deny the malignancy of Jan 6? How did we get to a place of mass illness of some sort, willing, wanting, it seems, to be gaslighted. To what end?
January 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What can we make out of the fact that some significant number of our countrymen are willing to deny the malignancy of Jan 6? How did we get to a place of mass illness of some sort, willing, wanting, it seems, to be gaslighted. To what end?