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Old Trooper

Old Trooper

@oldtrooper.bsky.social

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Toby the Wonderdog's dad. Uxorious hubby. Vietnam vet. Retired fed. Great-grandpappy. Civil War buff. Hater of GOPtards.

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Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 2h

I miss the old-style mechanical voting machines. Where you pulled the big handle to close the curtain, clicked in your vote, then pulled the handle back again to register it. "Take THAT, you bastard!"

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 8h

"No man can consider himself truly rich who cannot afford to buy his own army."

-- Marcus Licinius Crassus

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h

The Pentagon accepted a $130 million anonymous donation to pay active-duty troops during the government shutdown, a move that raises questions about private funding.

The contribution will only cover a small amount of the funds needed to pay the troops.

Pentagon to use $130 million anonymous donation to help pay troops

The amount is less than a day’s worth of salaries. Fiscal policy experts say the move also raises legal questions.

www.washingtonpost.com

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 1d

As i read it,
1. The AI reported "Gun!"
2. School called the cops.
3. THEN the school double-checked the AI, found a false positive & called the cops off.
4. But the cops were already responding & followed thru. Strikes me as proper procedure by the cops.

Lucky it wasn't Skittles in Florida.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 1d

Observing him & as a Vietnam vet, I'm sorta glad that ol' Donnie TACO ducked out of military service. If he'd gone in, I'm sure he'd have been an incompetent Milo Minderbinder wannabe. And probably gotten some good men killed.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 1d

We've been seeing several examples of non-detonating Russian FPV's. Shoddy workmanship, shitty parts, untrained operators, Chinese con job or ... sabotage?

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 1d

Coffee prices soaring.

GOP can take our jobs, our health care, our schools, our votes. Put goons on the street, split families, exile citizens.

Half the country: meh.

But take our coffee & there'll be REVOLUTION in the air.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone really think the Bigass Ballroom will be built?

Trump is going to leave it a worksite, partial build not up to code, tied up in lawsuits, money gone, donors withdrawn, the next First Lady's or Gentleman's office homeless.

A white elephant gotcha on America.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 1d

🎶 🎵 Miller has only one big ball.
Desantis has two but very small.🎺
🎵Abbott can't even find 'em.
And Donnie TACO has no balls at all.🎷📯📯🎶

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 2d

I've been saying this for years. As I watch inflation shrink my fixed income retirement. As I worry about access to medicine. As children go hungry. As mothers work to pay for childcare so they can work. As people are murdered daily. I say what we really need is a big ass ballroom.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 2d

National Holiday! Semi-unserious answer.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 2d

When will Trump supporters realize that he doesn't need them any more so fuck 'em?

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure there was a disgruntled SS train guard or two. But they still guarded the trains. And the trains still arrived.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, if's probably all those after-church covered dish suppers.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 3d

I'm almost certain there now exists in Venezuela a planning group working on how to take out a cruise ship loaded with Americans.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 4d

File this with the rest of them.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 5d

I have a similar back problem. Using a TENS unit on the road & after I stop gives me a lot of relief.

Long, long ago, I once drove 987 miles in one day , GA-TX, in a flippin' Volkswagen. Stopped for the night, ordered a beer w/dinner. Waitress: "We're dry." Saddest words ever.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 6d

Not shown in photo: stealthed American attack sub which has been tracking it since the moment it sailed.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 7d

Good morning.

#NoKings
#Epstein
#Ribbit

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 8d

It bothers me that some comments here follow the line that he should be treated more harshly not for what he did but for who he is. No. That's fascist logic.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 8d

PAID PROTESTER

Where's my money?

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 8d

At 0:05, we see the original Confederate national flag (Mar-Dec, 1861). Deliberate or oops?

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 8d

Add Switzerland (Geneva) to your list.

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 10d

Exactly what section of the US Criminal Code covers "political crime"?

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 10d

Translation: "We've always been at war with Eastasia."

Old Trooper @oldtrooper.bsky.social · 10d

I was Army Intel in the late 60's - early 70's. We monitored anti-war activities & actors as possible threats to Army bases & personnel. We were repeatedly told "Good Job." That suddenly changed to "OMG! What are you doing?!!" & the hammer came down. Heads rolled. Current security types take heed.