Patrick Burns
@terriermanpburns.bsky.social
Retired, former non-profit executive, dogs, bicycles, kayaks, birds, garden. Anti-Trump, pro-democracy, reality-based. Blog at Terrierman.com and Terrierman on Facebook. Words and numbers are my friends.
Assembling Atwater Kent radios, Philadelphia, 1925.
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Assembling Atwater Kent radios, Philadelphia, 1925.
Advice from the farm…
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Advice from the farm…
For sale: Autographed Copy
December 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
For sale: Autographed Copy
Mexican cigarette factory, 1903.
December 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Mexican cigarette factory, 1903.
Johnny Cash, 1959.
December 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Johnny Cash, 1959.
Robert F. Kennedy stops for lunch in Bluefield West Virginia while campaigning for his brother in 1960.
December 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Robert F. Kennedy stops for lunch in Bluefield West Virginia while campaigning for his brother in 1960.
CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE.
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE.
The Green Lantern eating co-op in Madison, Wisconsin was one of my favorite spots in the world. Gone now. It survived Joe McCarthy, but not the IRS.
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The Green Lantern eating co-op in Madison, Wisconsin was one of my favorite spots in the world. Gone now. It survived Joe McCarthy, but not the IRS.
One fart and one giggle away from disaster.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
One fart and one giggle away from disaster.
STILL A KEEPER ⬇️⬇️⬇️
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
STILL A KEEPER ⬇️⬇️⬇️
ERRATUM
An erratum to Gore Vidal's obituary in The New York Times:
“An earlier version misstated the term Mr. Vidal called William F. Buckley Jr. in a television appearance during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. It was crypto-Nazi, not crypto-fascist.”
An erratum to Gore Vidal's obituary in The New York Times:
“An earlier version misstated the term Mr. Vidal called William F. Buckley Jr. in a television appearance during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. It was crypto-Nazi, not crypto-fascist.”
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
ERRATUM
An erratum to Gore Vidal's obituary in The New York Times:
“An earlier version misstated the term Mr. Vidal called William F. Buckley Jr. in a television appearance during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. It was crypto-Nazi, not crypto-fascist.”
An erratum to Gore Vidal's obituary in The New York Times:
“An earlier version misstated the term Mr. Vidal called William F. Buckley Jr. in a television appearance during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. It was crypto-Nazi, not crypto-fascist.”
Bill tries Tinder.
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Bill tries Tinder.
Happy Holidays!
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Happy Holidays!
MOST PEOPLE have dead bodies in their freezer. Just sayin’….
December 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
MOST PEOPLE have dead bodies in their freezer. Just sayin’….
“When Falconry Goes Wrong,” by Peter Paul Reubens
The painting is, of course, “Prometheus Unbound,” about the story of Prometheus. See >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometh...?
The painting is, of course, “Prometheus Unbound,” about the story of Prometheus. See >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometh...?
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
“When Falconry Goes Wrong,” by Peter Paul Reubens
The painting is, of course, “Prometheus Unbound,” about the story of Prometheus. See >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometh...?
The painting is, of course, “Prometheus Unbound,” about the story of Prometheus. See >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometh...?
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
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Rep. Jim Himes tells MS NOW the two survivors of that controversial boat strike did not have a radio, contradicting GOP claims:
"There was no radio. There were two individuals clinging to flotsam, that's what there was. There wasn't weaponry of any kind. There wasn't a radio."
"There was no radio. There were two individuals clinging to flotsam, that's what there was. There wasn't weaponry of any kind. There wasn't a radio."
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Rep. Jim Himes tells MS NOW the two survivors of that controversial boat strike did not have a radio, contradicting GOP claims:
"There was no radio. There were two individuals clinging to flotsam, that's what there was. There wasn't weaponry of any kind. There wasn't a radio."
"There was no radio. There were two individuals clinging to flotsam, that's what there was. There wasn't weaponry of any kind. There wasn't a radio."
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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NEW: Carol Loennig tells Nicoll Wallace on MSNOW that the DOJ intends to try and indict Letitia James a THIRD time.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW: Carol Loennig tells Nicoll Wallace on MSNOW that the DOJ intends to try and indict Letitia James a THIRD time.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
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Abbe Lowell, the attorney who is representing Letitia James: “I can't tell you a time in the federal system...where a federal prosecutor thought a case was strong enough to bring to a grand jury, and the grand jury said no.” @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Abbe Lowell, the attorney who is representing Letitia James: “I can't tell you a time in the federal system...where a federal prosecutor thought a case was strong enough to bring to a grand jury, and the grand jury said no.” @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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"There's nothing to parse. One of them is lying. They saw the same video."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk two senators' reactions to the boat strike video:
@timmiller.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk two senators' reactions to the boat strike video:
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"There's nothing to parse. One of them is lying. They saw the same video."
@timmiller.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk two senators' reactions to the boat strike video:
@timmiller.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk two senators' reactions to the boat strike video: