Dcn. Pat
@thetechydeacon.com
Roman Catholic deacon, father, ham radio operator NE4PO, occasionally an accidental theologian, Deacon Affiliate of the Paulist Fathers, other geeky stuff
Moved in September just before the Government shutdown. An agonizing 51 days between pay checks (43 days plus the 8 it took to get pay processed) later we can finally begin exploring the new to us local restaurants.
Today's pick, Doc Rocco's Deli and Market.
Today's pick, Doc Rocco's Deli and Market.
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Moved in September just before the Government shutdown. An agonizing 51 days between pay checks (43 days plus the 8 it took to get pay processed) later we can finally begin exploring the new to us local restaurants.
Today's pick, Doc Rocco's Deli and Market.
Today's pick, Doc Rocco's Deli and Market.
This wouldn't be necessary if we were an actual first world country and had universal Healthcare.
www.newsweek.com/veterans-set...
www.newsweek.com/veterans-set...
Veterans set for $272m boost
Potential medical bills will be cancelled for veterans who accrued debt due to a technical issue with an internal government tool.
www.newsweek.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This wouldn't be necessary if we were an actual first world country and had universal Healthcare.
www.newsweek.com/veterans-set...
www.newsweek.com/veterans-set...
We are going backwards. @schumer.senate.gov this is on you for not fighting last March. We already struggle to get enough qualified individuals, especially teachers and nurses.
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Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin
Certain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how much they get.
www.newsweek.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We are going backwards. @schumer.senate.gov this is on you for not fighting last March. We already struggle to get enough qualified individuals, especially teachers and nurses.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
Funny - when I went through basic training, we were told several times that must refuse to obey illegal orders.
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Trump says Democratic lawmakers' video is 'seditious behavior, punishable by death'
The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Funny - when I went through basic training, we were told several times that must refuse to obey illegal orders.
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Dollars to donuts, Mango Mussolini signs the Epstein files bill and the DOJ immediately sues for some outlandish reason to stop the release.
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Dollars to donuts, Mango Mussolini signs the Epstein files bill and the DOJ immediately sues for some outlandish reason to stop the release.
You do not "send legislation to the other chamber" hoping they will "correct serious deficiencies in the bill."
You write a good bill to start. If you don't agree with everything in the bill, vote against it.
Unfortunately this seems to be the way the current congress believes you operate.
You write a good bill to start. If you don't agree with everything in the bill, vote against it.
Unfortunately this seems to be the way the current congress believes you operate.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
You do not "send legislation to the other chamber" hoping they will "correct serious deficiencies in the bill."
You write a good bill to start. If you don't agree with everything in the bill, vote against it.
Unfortunately this seems to be the way the current congress believes you operate.
You write a good bill to start. If you don't agree with everything in the bill, vote against it.
Unfortunately this seems to be the way the current congress believes you operate.
OPM is a disaster. I work for a legislative agency. The flexible spending account administration is by FSAFEDS.gov. They recently added "identity verification" to their website using login.gov (another opm initiative).
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
OPM is a disaster. I work for a legislative agency. The flexible spending account administration is by FSAFEDS.gov. They recently added "identity verification" to their website using login.gov (another opm initiative).
I just has Google Gemini AI-splain to me that my Nest hub "doesn't support streaming" the radio station I have been streaming on it for months. Google needs to fix it's crap AI.
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I just has Google Gemini AI-splain to me that my Nest hub "doesn't support streaming" the radio station I have been streaming on it for months. Google needs to fix it's crap AI.
As a step toward a more united country and world, how about we stop using phrases like "left leaning" and "right leaning" especially with respect to people? Just <name> is enough, then describe the situation and let the person receive the information without the pre-bias bias.
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As a step toward a more united country and world, how about we stop using phrases like "left leaning" and "right leaning" especially with respect to people? Just <name> is enough, then describe the situation and let the person receive the information without the pre-bias bias.
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"The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash in Victoria gathered 374 players to perform the song at Federation Square, just a few blocks from where the music video for the Australian rock band's original version was filmed in 1976."
#weirdnews #weird #classicrock
www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...
#weirdnews #weird #classicrock
www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...
Watch: 374 bagpipers play AC/DC song together to break world record - UPI.com
An ensemble of 374 bagpipers playing "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" by AC/DC broke a Guinness World Record in Australia.
www.upi.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash in Victoria gathered 374 players to perform the song at Federation Square, just a few blocks from where the music video for the Australian rock band's original version was filmed in 1976."
#weirdnews #weird #classicrock
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#weirdnews #weird #classicrock
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Over 40 days shutdown, they voted 15 times. 40 > 15. They did not "vote everyday."
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown search.app/7fSLr
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown search.app/7fSLr
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown
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November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Over 40 days shutdown, they voted 15 times. 40 > 15. They did not "vote everyday."
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown search.app/7fSLr
Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown search.app/7fSLr
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Here is a snip from a recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring Marissa Papula, the Director of Campus Ministry at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles:
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here is a snip from a recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring Marissa Papula, the Director of Campus Ministry at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles:
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A new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped today!
In this installment, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates speak with America Media's @colleendulle.com about her new book "Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter" from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
Please listen here:
In this installment, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates speak with America Media's @colleendulle.com about her new book "Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter" from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
Please listen here:
Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter – Colleen Dulle
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped today!
In this installment, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates speak with America Media's @colleendulle.com about her new book "Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter" from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
Please listen here:
In this installment, the Paulist Deacon Affiliates speak with America Media's @colleendulle.com about her new book "Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter" from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
Please listen here:
Seems like a design flaw that there is no way to recall a senator
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Seems like a design flaw that there is no way to recall a senator
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com you can't spin this. The Republicans didn't change their position. The Dems got nothing that wasn't already passed in the Senate. The RIFs during the shutdown were already found illegal in court and backpacking was guaranteed in the 2019 law.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com you can't spin this. The Republicans didn't change their position. The Dems got nothing that wasn't already passed in the Senate. The RIFs during the shutdown were already found illegal in court and backpacking was guaranteed in the 2019 law.
@kaine.senate.gov claims he's getting overwhelming support from his constituents for his vote. I'm a constituent. I don't support his vote. I suspect most, like myself, realize the futility of contacting his office. He's not listening anyway.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
@kaine.senate.gov claims he's getting overwhelming support from his constituents for his vote. I'm a constituent. I don't support his vote. I suspect most, like myself, realize the futility of contacting his office. He's not listening anyway.
The US Government need never shut down again. Making an automatic CR on appropriations expiration would remove the shutdown threat. Requiring both houses to remain in DC until all appropriations bills are passed and signed into law would also help solve the problem.
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The US Government need never shut down again. Making an automatic CR on appropriations expiration would remove the shutdown threat. Requiring both houses to remain in DC until all appropriations bills are passed and signed into law would also help solve the problem.
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To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
It is unconscionable that the so called "richest country in the world" is playing games with a basic food benefit for the Poor.
It is equally unconscionable that the same country does not provide health care and higher education for everyone.
"promote the general welfare" my rear end.
It is equally unconscionable that the same country does not provide health care and higher education for everyone.
"promote the general welfare" my rear end.
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It is unconscionable that the so called "richest country in the world" is playing games with a basic food benefit for the Poor.
It is equally unconscionable that the same country does not provide health care and higher education for everyone.
"promote the general welfare" my rear end.
It is equally unconscionable that the same country does not provide health care and higher education for everyone.
"promote the general welfare" my rear end.
How effective do you think Senate minority whip Durbin was in rallying the democrats to vote against the deal when he voted for it?
He needs to be removed from the leadership.
He needs to be removed from the leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
How effective do you think Senate minority whip Durbin was in rallying the democrats to vote against the deal when he voted for it?
He needs to be removed from the leadership.
He needs to be removed from the leadership.
I wouldn't bet on this after the Senate's Sunday night capitulation. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I wouldn't bet on this after the Senate's Sunday night capitulation. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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FYI - the "minibus" package attached to the CR was approved in the Senate August 1, 2025.
THE "DEAL" GOT NOTHING
www.congress.gov/crs-appropri...
THE "DEAL" GOT NOTHING
www.congress.gov/crs-appropri...
www.congress.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
FYI - the "minibus" package attached to the CR was approved in the Senate August 1, 2025.
THE "DEAL" GOT NOTHING
www.congress.gov/crs-appropri...
THE "DEAL" GOT NOTHING
www.congress.gov/crs-appropri...
Ultimately, this vote by the democrats goes back to the vote last March that postponed the government shutdown until October. The Democratic party leadership seems to have a pathological fear of success.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Ultimately, this vote by the democrats goes back to the vote last March that postponed the government shutdown until October. The Democratic party leadership seems to have a pathological fear of success.
So much for the support shown to the democrats in last week's elections.
We suffered for nothing. Cruelty is the point.
We suffered for nothing. Cruelty is the point.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
So much for the support shown to the democrats in last week's elections.
We suffered for nothing. Cruelty is the point.
We suffered for nothing. Cruelty is the point.
People want to know their sacrifices are not on vain. Federal employees have suffered and sacrificed for over 40 days only to be told it was for nothing. @schumer.senate.gov needs to get a grip on the caucus or step aside. @kaine.senate.gov may find reelection challenging.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
People want to know their sacrifices are not on vain. Federal employees have suffered and sacrificed for over 40 days only to be told it was for nothing. @schumer.senate.gov needs to get a grip on the caucus or step aside. @kaine.senate.gov may find reelection challenging.