S.F.K.
@sidstoic.bsky.social
Retired Army LTC, attorney, and philosopher-poet. German Gentleman.
Yeah, murder ain’t the answer, nor is the idolization of Kirk as a saint. You don’t have to use overt words of hate to influence hatred. Creating and us and them mentally, with “them” as a villain, is sufficient. Discourse needs to change.
September 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Yeah, murder ain’t the answer, nor is the idolization of Kirk as a saint. You don’t have to use overt words of hate to influence hatred. Creating and us and them mentally, with “them” as a villain, is sufficient. Discourse needs to change.
Agreed. But murder and hate ain’t the way.
September 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Agreed. But murder and hate ain’t the way.
Polio will once again arise! I fear for our children’s future.
September 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Polio will once again arise! I fear for our children’s future.
It’s almost poetic how one man can embody every red flag in the civic handbook, yet still be treated like a statesman.
At some point, the circus stops entertaining and starts feeling like a hostage situation.
History
will not be kind.
At some point, the circus stops entertaining and starts feeling like a hostage situation.
History
will not be kind.
September 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It’s almost poetic how one man can embody every red flag in the civic handbook, yet still be treated like a statesman.
At some point, the circus stops entertaining and starts feeling like a hostage situation.
History
will not be kind.
At some point, the circus stops entertaining and starts feeling like a hostage situation.
History
will not be kind.
Yes, this is damned hilarious. Ppl are blinded by the B. S. politicians spew. We have been building a SCIF in Colorado Springs that isn’t yet complete, and now appears to be another bridge to nowhere. Millions on $$ tossed to the wayside for more political grandstanding and ego stroking. Bahhh!
September 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Yes, this is damned hilarious. Ppl are blinded by the B. S. politicians spew. We have been building a SCIF in Colorado Springs that isn’t yet complete, and now appears to be another bridge to nowhere. Millions on $$ tossed to the wayside for more political grandstanding and ego stroking. Bahhh!
Good news stories amid a cacophony of bleak and bluster. Thankfully.
August 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Good news stories amid a cacophony of bleak and bluster. Thankfully.
It’s perfectly shameful, but entirely on brand. One felon greeting another, each with a flair for reality distortion and tax evasion. It’s less a pardon than a handshake across the fraudsters‘ banquet table.
August 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It’s perfectly shameful, but entirely on brand. One felon greeting another, each with a flair for reality distortion and tax evasion. It’s less a pardon than a handshake across the fraudsters‘ banquet table.
Our memory is elastic; it stretches to fit the story we prefer, even if it snaps away from the truth. Unfortunately…
August 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our memory is elastic; it stretches to fit the story we prefer, even if it snaps away from the truth. Unfortunately…
There’s only so much bile a man can swallow before he steps out to vomit—Doug Beck‘s abrupt exit from the Pentagon‘s tech helm feels less like resignation and more like revulsion.
August 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There’s only so much bile a man can swallow before he steps out to vomit—Doug Beck‘s abrupt exit from the Pentagon‘s tech helm feels less like resignation and more like revulsion.
Yup. And what kind of priorities have Americans developed that they should concern themselves with a largely innocuous logo?
August 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Yup. And what kind of priorities have Americans developed that they should concern themselves with a largely innocuous logo?
ICE agents and other enforcers of state power need only mask their faces until dissent is no longer viable—at which point anonymity gives way to visibility, and fear becomes not a tactic but the new norm.
August 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
ICE agents and other enforcers of state power need only mask their faces until dissent is no longer viable—at which point anonymity gives way to visibility, and fear becomes not a tactic but the new norm.
So true. Works similarly across the pond as I sit in front of my TV watching Brit Box shows. 🤓
August 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So true. Works similarly across the pond as I sit in front of my TV watching Brit Box shows. 🤓
Once upon a time, compromise happened over drinks in a D.C. bar. Now it’s drowned in tribal loyalty. Don’t tell me „the American people want…“ - half of us weren’t invited to the table, and redistricting only serves to remove the table from the room.
August 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Once upon a time, compromise happened over drinks in a D.C. bar. Now it’s drowned in tribal loyalty. Don’t tell me „the American people want…“ - half of us weren’t invited to the table, and redistricting only serves to remove the table from the room.
The prescient Phil Collins—„I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord.“
The profound Karl Wallinger—„How could it come to this?“
The profound Karl Wallinger—„How could it come to this?“
August 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The prescient Phil Collins—„I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord.“
The profound Karl Wallinger—„How could it come to this?“
The profound Karl Wallinger—„How could it come to this?“
The Order to criminalize flag burning collides with the Eichman ruling and the First Amendment. The Court once reminded us: the flag protects even those who hold it in contempt. When justice is rationed and dissent punished, patriotism becomes performance. Freedom isn’t fragile. It’s fireproof.
August 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Order to criminalize flag burning collides with the Eichman ruling and the First Amendment. The Court once reminded us: the flag protects even those who hold it in contempt. When justice is rationed and dissent punished, patriotism becomes performance. Freedom isn’t fragile. It’s fireproof.
In Louisiana, Mr. Gray seeks freedom and the state resists. Racism isn’t buried; it’s braided into the machinery. A law professor once told us: justice isn’t one size fits all. It’s rationed. The poor get fragments. The rich abundance. We call it a system, but it’s a mirror—cracked.
August 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In Louisiana, Mr. Gray seeks freedom and the state resists. Racism isn’t buried; it’s braided into the machinery. A law professor once told us: justice isn’t one size fits all. It’s rationed. The poor get fragments. The rich abundance. We call it a system, but it’s a mirror—cracked.
It’s as if I woke up in the Upside Down World with a Demogorgon running the place. I don’t understand how even conservatives are okay with this. 
August 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It’s as if I woke up in the Upside Down World with a Demogorgon running the place. I don’t understand how even conservatives are okay with this.