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deaconblues555
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Former COTH alum. Booted for speaking truth to hate.badge of honor. No I did not learn to play sax. For longest time I thought lyrics said " we called our Pamela" well no. Those were not the lyrics.
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marrickg.bsky.social
A few reminders about the SCOTUS immunity decision for Presidents:

It does not provide immunity for prior crimes.

It does not provide immunity to the President's cabinet.

Similar to Roe v. Wade, it can be overturned in the future.
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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josstified.bsky.social
Waterfall, John Knox's pulpit, Fife.
December 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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notquiteold.bsky.social
Some folks thought I got a little feisty
yesterday -
insulting Santa so close to Christmas.
So let me apologize:
Dear Santa,
I know you are very jolly
and your squeaky toys are wonderful,
but, please, please, please -
consider bringing me a
fresh juicy
pork chop.
December 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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ashlieweeks.bsky.social
The Epstein files are redacted so hard they look like televisions when they're turned off.
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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notquiteold.bsky.social
Rusty.
#watercolor #art #dogs #line&wash
December 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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dankaszeta.bsky.social
Today's episode of Real or Fake:
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
deaconblues555.bsky.social
I am watching trumps speech and he is delusional. Where is he getting these numbers? And he's yelling. If you were playing a drinking game, and took a drink every time he said Biden, you would be passed out and we 18 minutes in.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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tidypony.bsky.social
Piketty gets it.
#BanBillionaires
#TaxtheRich
Conclusion of Piketty’s recent column: In reality, the true enemy of the nationalist and extractivist right embodied by Trumpists is the global social-democratic left. That left can win, provided it learns to organize and move beyond the liberal ruts of the past. Trumpist brutality is a sign of weakness. The US is losing its grip on the world. Across the Atlantic, some believe they can escape this decline by brandishing weapons and instructing Europeans to preserve their racial purity to maintain the Western alliance. All they will do is further tarnish their country’s image and convince the rest of the world that the future will increasingly be written without them.
December 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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dmgoforth.bsky.social
I interviewed @cliftonhowze.bsky.social about his story for @readfrontier.bsky.social about the proliferation of data centers popping up across Oklahoma.
Listen Frontier: Inside Oklahoma’s data center surge and the potential hidden costs
Frontier reporter Clifton Adcock unpacks how state leaders are selling the data center boom, what utilities are asking regulators to approve, and why ratepayers feel left in the dark.
www.readfrontier.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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notquiteold.bsky.social
Rugie.
#watercolor #dogs
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
deaconblues555.bsky.social
If these timid republicans are so afraid of Trump and being primaried at his direction, it is high time voters primary them all. Make them face consequnces for their action.
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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angryblacklady.blacksky.app
this rob reiner news is grim
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Sen. Jack Reed: "This is really outrageous. Mark Kelly is a veteran, he's fought in combat, he's an astronaut. And even was simply repeated what the law is. If a US senator can't do that, then this country is in profound difficulty."
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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rebba.bsky.social
* WHAT?...Very cold wind chills as low as 34 below zero.

Severe Weather Alert ⚠️

Alberta Clipper is arriving a bit early this year…🌬
Thanks, Canada 🇨🇦
🙂

I'm fine…
a statue of a person wrapped in a blanket standing on a stage .
ALT: a statue of a person wrapped in a blanket standing on a stage .
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December 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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notquiteold.bsky.social
Sometimes
Someone ridicules something
You love.
A movie, song, hobby.
It can make you feel bad -
Like someone is saying
You’re dumb to like what you like.
You’re not. You’re smart.
You’ve discovered what makes you happy.
Some people never do.
Henry's feelings are a little hurt.
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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la-avion7.bsky.social
When I was in College and on the family ranch alone, I let the cows come into the house & follow me upstairs to bed, I was a little drunk but wth. That really happened.
a brown cow with a rope around its neck is standing in a grassy field .
ALT: a brown cow with a rope around its neck is standing in a grassy field .
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December 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social
[pic of woman smiling] Studies have shown, intelligent people swear more than stupid motherfuckers
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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notquiteold.bsky.social
I’m not a morning person.
But today when I got out of bed
(finally)
I got heaps of praise and hugs.
I’m not saying that folks should
should be rewarded for doing
just the bare minimum of what they should.
But I am saying,
once in a while,
Why not?
Henry - comfy and lazy
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
We all deserve the same healthcare we provide to Congress…
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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mschechak.bsky.social
Thanks. Separate from utilities there was a podcast with Steve Eisman interviewing an analyst at MoffitNathanson who commented there is more data center construction in private markets than public markets. How this debt financing gets sliced, diced and siphoned off will be interesting.
December 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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oldchickopinions.bsky.social
I'm sure you've seen this, but I found the most heartwarming rescue that allows the dogs to pick their hoomans. If you can get through a video without crying, I'd be surprised. 🐾
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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gazansrterrorists.bsky.social
youtu.be/n7JV_DaBFXk?...
"The next big crisis in financial markets is going to be private credit. It has the same trappings as subprime mortgage re-packaging had back in 2006"
Long T- bond yields always decline when the FED cuts rates.
But, Not this time"
- Jeff Gundlach
Jeffrey Gundlach Says Almost All Financial Assets Are Now Overvalued | Odd Lots
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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November 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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marchogan.bsky.social
Wrote again about what seems to me like one of the year's big stories, life insurers pouring money into credit vehicles that are less liquid and more opaque, for The Allocator newsletter. This time the news peg is a Moody's report. Subscription details: pardot.pageantmedia.com/l/284832/202...
Dance Like It’s the Last Day of Solvency Life insurance companies are rushing to credit’s center stage even as fresh scrutiny puts them under a spotlight, according to Moody’s research. Following the September collapse of subprime auto lender Tricolor Parts and car parts manufacturer First Brands, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon remarked that like cockroaches, more troubles lurked in the credit markets. Since then, BlackRock has acknowledged a 100% loss on a private loan, the chair of UBS warned of “looming systemic risk” from private credit ratings, and terms like “bad PIK” are mainstream. Large U.S. corporate bankruptcies are on pace for a 15-year high amid “credit jitters,” as Reuters delicately put it. Nevertheless, private credit — which tends to offer higher yields than publicly traded bonds — continues to expand, and life insurers keep gorging on it. Investments with private ratings, no formal rating from a credit agency, and with valuations based on significant unobservable inputs made up $685B — 18% — of the industry’s $3.8 trillion in fixed-income holdings at year-end 2024, according to Moody’s latest research. In the first half of 2025, those first two categories accounted for $118B or 23% of the US life insurance industry’s total bond spend (data on the third type, so-called Level 3 investments, wasn’t available). In other words, the broader financial and regulatory system sees what’s going on and alarms are sounding about the risks. Insurers know they’re under scrutiny and have kept at it, fattening their portfolios with private credit. The three life insurance companies with the most exposure to less-liquid credit as of year-end 2024, according to Moody’s, were: Security Benefit Life, owned by investment firm Eldridge Industries; Delaware Life, part of insurance holding company Group 1001; and MassMutual. Manoj Jethani, vice president and senior credit officer at Moody’s Ratings, told The Allocator in an interview that the question is which of these investments could come under pressure during an eventual downturn. “And the bigger question,” he said, “is which are the companies that are going to be holding these assets in some of those, and is there a correlation?” Moody’s is watchful – but the music is still playing, and life insurers dance like no one’s watching.
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM