Mike from Burke (now Cville)
@mikefrburkecville.bsky.social
Refugee from the birdsite. Retired commercial real estate attorney. Giants and Yankees; UVA sports. Haverford College; UVA Law. Bourbon and craft beer. Commish of HMMRBL (fantasy baseball, founded 1985). Westie dad. Semi-repentant TK Little.
Preach!
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Preach!
OK, this is funny.
Thank you ACC for always being yourself
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
OK, this is funny.
Wisdom.
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wisdom.
This seems bad.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This seems bad.
Suckers.
NBC investigated Trump Mobile,Tech Insider checked what the phone will be....
Apparently it's by Wingtech Technology, a partially state-owned publicly-traded Chinese company.
A rebranded T-Mobile Revel 7 Pro you can buy new for $99.99 that Trump's going to sell for $500.
The grift keeps going....
Apparently it's by Wingtech Technology, a partially state-owned publicly-traded Chinese company.
A rebranded T-Mobile Revel 7 Pro you can buy new for $99.99 that Trump's going to sell for $500.
The grift keeps going....
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Suckers.
I can hear the MAGAs screaming that the Macy’s parade made “Beyond The Sea” ghey.
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I can hear the MAGAs screaming that the Macy’s parade made “Beyond The Sea” ghey.
Nice!
Wankerpanzer bites the dust,
Doo-dah, doo-dah.
Wankerpanzer bites the dust,
Doo-dah, doo-dah.
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Nice!
Wankerpanzer bites the dust,
Doo-dah, doo-dah.
Wankerpanzer bites the dust,
Doo-dah, doo-dah.
As she said (paraphrasing) this is where most Americans are?
Nooooooooooot really.
Nooooooooooot really.
This is the person whose voice Bari weiss believes should be elevated.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As she said (paraphrasing) this is where most Americans are?
Nooooooooooot really.
Nooooooooooot really.
Early morning run to one store (cookies and pie) and one bakery (bread). All efficiently handled, but I do feel bad for the little older lady who was in front of me in the bakery line. She probably wasn’t 5’, and we exchanged nods, and she chatted away with the woman in front of her. 1/3
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Early morning run to one store (cookies and pie) and one bakery (bread). All efficiently handled, but I do feel bad for the little older lady who was in front of me in the bakery line. She probably wasn’t 5’, and we exchanged nods, and she chatted away with the woman in front of her. 1/3
Thiel is crazier than a shithouse rat on crack.
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Thiel is crazier than a shithouse rat on crack.
The plaque says what it says.
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The plaque says what it says.
It’s the Heavily-Armed Amateur Hour.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It’s the Heavily-Armed Amateur Hour.
If only we had a way to prevent this.
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If only we had a way to prevent this.
I’m sorry, what?
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’m sorry, what?
I see the WP editorial board has determined that all other problems in the world have been solved.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I see the WP editorial board has determined that all other problems in the world have been solved.
Pete Hegseth is a petty little shit, among his many other character flaws.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Pete Hegseth is a petty little shit, among his many other character flaws.
If you don’t think the Yankees make money, I can’t help you.
Never become a billionaire failson, folks. It makes you think everyone else in the world is a fuckin' idiot.
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If you don’t think the Yankees make money, I can’t help you.
Is this all that this stupid MFer has to occupy his time?
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Is this all that this stupid MFer has to occupy his time?
Delicious.
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Delicious.
I note that UVA football is favored by 11.5 points over Virginia Tech for this Saturday’s game.
I am a huge UVA fan, and I wouldn’t lay 11.5 points against Tech if their entire team had been replaced with the Radio City Rockettes.
#Wahoowa
I am a huge UVA fan, and I wouldn’t lay 11.5 points against Tech if their entire team had been replaced with the Radio City Rockettes.
#Wahoowa
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I note that UVA football is favored by 11.5 points over Virginia Tech for this Saturday’s game.
I am a huge UVA fan, and I wouldn’t lay 11.5 points against Tech if their entire team had been replaced with the Radio City Rockettes.
#Wahoowa
I am a huge UVA fan, and I wouldn’t lay 11.5 points against Tech if their entire team had been replaced with the Radio City Rockettes.
#Wahoowa
All-star thread.
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
All-star thread.
American Exceptionalism!
Good morning. In the past 24 hours, more Americans have Googled “felching” than have searched for “turkey recipes”
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
American Exceptionalism!
“Magical” as in “it’s not science.”
“Unique” is not necessarily a compliment.
“Unique” is not necessarily a compliment.
“‘We are in this magical, unique time,’ Sinema said of Trump’s health department, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn
In a new interview, the one-time Democrat says the movement for psychedelic medicine should capitalize on the Trump administration.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Magical” as in “it’s not science.”
“Unique” is not necessarily a compliment.
“Unique” is not necessarily a compliment.
The explanation is, “These are stupid people who have active disdain for expertise.”
Yesteady a colleague I hadn’t spoken to in a while, once a Reagan Republican, called me asking to explain why the Comey indictment had gone the way it did. He’s an ex-AUSA too. Why would they do it this way and not the right way, he was asking. There must be a strategic explanation.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The explanation is, “These are stupid people who have active disdain for expertise.”