Dale
@dalejohn.bsky.social
I am an amateur economist and I am still a veteran. I have been through enough and I have lived a full life. Success isn’t happiness, happiness is success.
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My previous lead fell through, so...
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
My previous lead fell through, so...
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away?
I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.
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For those who stand against ICE and their violations of laws, rights, unprofessional conduct and criminal activities, here are some resources to help educate folks to be safer.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#AbolishICE #HelpfightICEcrimes #staysaferfromICEthugs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#AbolishICE #HelpfightICEcrimes #staysaferfromICEthugs
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
For those who stand against ICE and their violations of laws, rights, unprofessional conduct and criminal activities, here are some resources to help educate folks to be safer.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#AbolishICE #HelpfightICEcrimes #staysaferfromICEthugs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#AbolishICE #HelpfightICEcrimes #staysaferfromICEthugs
Credit Bank of Moscow has assets of 5.45 tn rubles and has 668 bn rubles of overdue loans (12.3% of its assets). By comparison the Washington Mutual collapse of 2008, had 3.8% of overdue loans. Although the bank currently has 21.9 bn in profits for the first three quarters, there was a one-time
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Credit Bank of Moscow has assets of 5.45 tn rubles and has 668 bn rubles of overdue loans (12.3% of its assets). By comparison the Washington Mutual collapse of 2008, had 3.8% of overdue loans. Although the bank currently has 21.9 bn in profits for the first three quarters, there was a one-time
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🙄 This is bad. Congress should not be allowed to have closed hearings or inquiries. Unless it’s required for national security.
But for a fishing expedition to try political enemies in the court of public opinion? No closed committee. 🤷🏻♂️🇺🇸⚖️
But for a fishing expedition to try political enemies in the court of public opinion? No closed committee. 🤷🏻♂️🇺🇸⚖️
NEW: Jim Jordan and House GOPers refused to let the American public hear directly from Jack Smith, per his attorney.
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🙄 This is bad. Congress should not be allowed to have closed hearings or inquiries. Unless it’s required for national security.
But for a fishing expedition to try political enemies in the court of public opinion? No closed committee. 🤷🏻♂️🇺🇸⚖️
But for a fishing expedition to try political enemies in the court of public opinion? No closed committee. 🤷🏻♂️🇺🇸⚖️
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In this one, I drew the world's shittiest beard on my face because I'd been jobless and alone in my apartment for 18 months and nothing mattered anymore
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mrl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mrl...
Hallmark Christmas Protagonist Saves the Family Business
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In this one, I drew the world's shittiest beard on my face because I'd been jobless and alone in my apartment for 18 months and nothing mattered anymore
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mrl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mrl...
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During the lockdowns, I went a little insane and made a few holiday videos starring Hallmark Protagonist Kerriamber. I still love her. I might bring her back this Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=smkw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=smkw...
Hallmark Christmas Protagonist Quits Her Job
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
During the lockdowns, I went a little insane and made a few holiday videos starring Hallmark Protagonist Kerriamber. I still love her. I might bring her back this Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=smkw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=smkw...
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TOMORROW: I’ll be streaming with the incredible Corinne Fisher! Make sure to tune in Thursday, Dec 4 at 6:30 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube
Drop any questions I should ask below!! @corinnefisher.bsky.social
Drop any questions I should ask below!! @corinnefisher.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
TOMORROW: I’ll be streaming with the incredible Corinne Fisher! Make sure to tune in Thursday, Dec 4 at 6:30 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube
Drop any questions I should ask below!! @corinnefisher.bsky.social
Drop any questions I should ask below!! @corinnefisher.bsky.social
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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And so it begins. Please remember (just like in Chicago, LA, and Charlotte) get organized and protect your communities. We’re already hearing that people are traveling to New Orleans to help, just as many did in Charlotte.
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
And so it begins. Please remember (just like in Chicago, LA, and Charlotte) get organized and protect your communities. We’re already hearing that people are traveling to New Orleans to help, just as many did in Charlotte.
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Is there a resource for legal vetting of memoirs about GWOT and the costs of war? #veterans #milspouse #booksky #writers
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Is there a resource for legal vetting of memoirs about GWOT and the costs of war? #veterans #milspouse #booksky #writers
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Hegseth has a high school football player's understanding of the Law of War.
Professionals understand that protecting civilians on the battlefield is a moral and legal obligation that often entails enhanced risk to combatants. That's part of the job.
Professionals understand that protecting civilians on the battlefield is a moral and legal obligation that often entails enhanced risk to combatants. That's part of the job.
“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Hegseth has a high school football player's understanding of the Law of War.
Professionals understand that protecting civilians on the battlefield is a moral and legal obligation that often entails enhanced risk to combatants. That's part of the job.
Professionals understand that protecting civilians on the battlefield is a moral and legal obligation that often entails enhanced risk to combatants. That's part of the job.
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“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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Trump has no real peace plan. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Russia just to make business deals with the Russians to enrich themselves and their friends in exchange for selling out Ukraine and NATO countries.
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Trump has no real peace plan. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Russia just to make business deals with the Russians to enrich themselves and their friends in exchange for selling out Ukraine and NATO countries.
I know Trump’s numbers won’t match, but private companies shed 32,000 employees in November.
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I know Trump’s numbers won’t match, but private companies shed 32,000 employees in November.
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Young Republicans chapter plans to host far-right German leader after ‘I love Hitler’ chat
Young Republicans chapter plans to host far-right German leader after ‘I love Hitler’ chat
The New York Young Republican Club will host Markus Frohnmaier, an AfD deputy chairman, at its annual gala after calling for a ‘new civic order’ in Germany.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Young Republicans chapter plans to host far-right German leader after ‘I love Hitler’ chat
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Even though we didn’t win in TN, the race was far closer than anyone expected. Incredible work, everyone!
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Even though we didn’t win in TN, the race was far closer than anyone expected. Incredible work, everyone!
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My prediction.
The Epstein files will not be released. They will be leaked. By a woman as there are no brave men left.
The Epstein files will not be released. They will be leaked. By a woman as there are no brave men left.
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
My prediction.
The Epstein files will not be released. They will be leaked. By a woman as there are no brave men left.
The Epstein files will not be released. They will be leaked. By a woman as there are no brave men left.
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the U.S. government illegally killed him. His relatives say Alejandro Carranza was on a routine fishing trip, and his wife told reporters he left home to fish and had no ties to drug trafficking.
Colombian killed in U.S. strike was on a fishing trip, wife claims: "Why did they just take his life like that?"
Alejandro Carranza's family is questioning U.S. claims that he was carrying narcotics aboard a small vessel targeted last month.
www.cbsnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
the U.S. government illegally killed him. His relatives say Alejandro Carranza was on a routine fishing trip, and his wife told reporters he left home to fish and had no ties to drug trafficking.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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A petulant child is in charge of the FBI.
Damning Leaked Report Reveals Embarrassing Demand Kash Patel Made After Charlie Kirk Assassination
www.comicsands.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A petulant child is in charge of the FBI.
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Trump: Jack Smith classified documents report should remain secret
Trump: Jack Smith classified documents report should remain secret
Trump’s request is a break from the Justice Department’s handling of all special counsel reports in recent decades.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Trump: Jack Smith classified documents report should remain secret
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There have been reports of volunteers in TN being harassed, and those incidents have been forwarded to local authorities. Everyone deserves to participate in our democracy without fear or intimidation. If you ever find yourself in a situation that feels unsafe, don’t hesitate to reach out for help.
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There have been reports of volunteers in TN being harassed, and those incidents have been forwarded to local authorities. Everyone deserves to participate in our democracy without fear or intimidation. If you ever find yourself in a situation that feels unsafe, don’t hesitate to reach out for help.
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Pete Hegseth at cabinet meeting: "We've only just begun striking narco boats and putting narcoterrorists at the bottom of the ocean"
"We've had a pause on striking boats because we're struggling to find boats to strike right now"
"We've had a pause on striking boats because we're struggling to find boats to strike right now"
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Pete Hegseth at cabinet meeting: "We've only just begun striking narco boats and putting narcoterrorists at the bottom of the ocean"
"We've had a pause on striking boats because we're struggling to find boats to strike right now"
"We've had a pause on striking boats because we're struggling to find boats to strike right now"
From the Moscow Times, "Iraq decided to transfer Lukoil's local assets to American oil companies"
An estimated 12 bn barrel oil reserve of Lukoil's stake in West-Qurna - 2 field is currently being negotiated as a potential sale to U.S. companies.
Also Bloomberg created a graph of vessel tracking
An estimated 12 bn barrel oil reserve of Lukoil's stake in West-Qurna - 2 field is currently being negotiated as a potential sale to U.S. companies.
Also Bloomberg created a graph of vessel tracking
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
From the Moscow Times, "Iraq decided to transfer Lukoil's local assets to American oil companies"
An estimated 12 bn barrel oil reserve of Lukoil's stake in West-Qurna - 2 field is currently being negotiated as a potential sale to U.S. companies.
Also Bloomberg created a graph of vessel tracking
An estimated 12 bn barrel oil reserve of Lukoil's stake in West-Qurna - 2 field is currently being negotiated as a potential sale to U.S. companies.
Also Bloomberg created a graph of vessel tracking