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James M
@dotrat47.bsky.social
Dot-born, Aussie living love on Boonwarrung land. USN Viet vet. Stage 4 C survivor. Career in org change, now garden, fam, spirit growth, pets, politics (US and Aus), BBQ, Boston sports and the Carlton Blues. Left as and 420.
Red Sox fan for 70 years. ❤️
Pinned
Rest in peace son.
We'll miss you dearly. 😢💔
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If you asked me the single scariest thing Mark Carney has done I would say it was something very few people know and had never been reported on and that is his partnership with 🇺🇸 Palantir for domestic surveillance of Canadians.
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This is Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard soldier who was shot & killed in D.C.

I realize all politicians have an ego. I never dreamed that one day America would have a president who required human sacrifice to feed his.💔
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:

Zero.

Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:

Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places

CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon

HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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If Black Friday has taught me anything, it’s that I have given my email address and phone number to far too many companies.

Fuck me.
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Real photo.
So yes, this pic (and the enlargement) was taken today.

Yikes!

🧟‍♂️
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The beast is done. 😊
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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That thundering sound you can hear? Pennies dropping everywhere.

Great journalism from Jason Koutsoukis @jksocrates.bsky.social @thesaturdaypaper.com.au.

satpa.pe/2Z5OhOg
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Leopards never change their spots...

“They are like the mafia. Their business model is to come sniffing for work and hook the client before they realise it’s too late to change course when things start going wrong. And they always go wrong.”

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/11...
Inside the Bureau of Meteorology’s $96m website fiasco
Global IT consultancy Accenture has been accused of ‘strip mining’ the Bureau of Meteorology during its years-late delivery of a redesigned website not fit for purpose.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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DOJ press release from 2024:

Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute More Than 400 Tons of Cocaine and Related Firearms Offenses
Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute More Than 400 Tons of Cocaine and Related Firearms Offenses
The former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, 55, also known as JOH, was sentenced today to 540 months in prison and 60 months of supervised release for cocaine importation and related weapons offenses. The former two-term president was in office until weeks before his extradition to the United States in April 2022. Hernández was convicted on March 8 following a
www.justice.gov
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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WaPo: Hegseth gave an order on the first Caribbean boat strike, saying to leave no survivors.
"As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to kill."

THIS IS WHAT FOLLOWING ILLEGAL ORDERS MEANS.
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Sigh

Listen.

Vote for democrats.
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Left the convent on Thursday and noticed a woman struggling with luggage. Six pieces plus her walker and her tripod cane. We asked if we could help and after much dialogue, we got her the 2 blocks to her destination. Turns out she was out paying a bill. With all of her stuff.
(Not homeless.)
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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That Jair Bolsonaro is serving a 27 year prison sentence in Brazil for attempting a coup, while an America president who did the same thing is not only free, but trying to help him escape is exactly the kind of thing that makes the U.S. a third world country.
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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He's gonna have to write a $1 million check to Hillary Clinton, and that makes me happy.
NEW: A $1 MILLION DOLLAR SANCTIONS order against Felon Trump & parking lot lawyer, Alina Habba, has been upheld by a federal appeals court.

I've got the details of that order, incl. the affirmation that Trump has a “pattern of misusing the courts” for bad faith litigation.

youtu.be/TCK_WP0b6XA?...
Trump BLINDSIDED as His OWN Judge ORDERS HUGE PAYOUT
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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the MSM in this country lap up anything to do with joyce and continue to platform him and his ideas as though he's a man to aspire to. in fact he's a bullying slob of a creature and it's to our shame that he can claim to be an ex australian deputy PM
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Called it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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The NACC AGAIN apologises to Parliament for incorrect information provided about the actions of Commissioner Major General Brereton. For the NACC to have any chance of doing its job properly he has to go.
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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From the time Trump sent National Guard troops to DC, there have been 62 murders (not zero as Trump has claimed).

Hopefully the (previously reported dead) guardsmen recover.
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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It’s not that complicated, people.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Getting my “swagger” back by murdering millions of seniors
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Saturday at the car show in Williamstown with Dylan and his pride and joy. 😂
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Convent garden ticking along. Finally, success growing iceberg lettuce! Corn almost waist-high. Pumpkins, squash and cukes flowering and the tomatoes have started.
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM