Michael Martin
@pinemikey.bsky.social
Canadian Structural/Piping Nav Arch Designer/Draftsman, Project & Field Engineer & photographer & hubby of Teresita. Born in Newfoundland- have been in Texas for almost 30 years.
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Michael Martin
@pinemikey.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Got my very first electric vehicle, a 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 AWD SE. So far so good.
More abuse of the 1st Amendment by Texas Republicans & this particular lawless scumbag.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues EPIC to stop Muslim housing project
Paxton began investigating the East Plano Islamic Center in March for potential violations of consumer protection laws.
www.texastribune.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
More abuse of the 1st Amendment by Texas Republicans & this particular lawless scumbag.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/t...
Only a complete moron thinks there is any sane or cohesive foreign policy from the Trump administration.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Trump’s National-Security Strategy Softens Language on China
The White House document maintains some tough talk on Taiwan but drops references to Beijing as America’s main challenger.
www.wsj.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Only a complete moron thinks there is any sane or cohesive foreign policy from the Trump administration.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
So we can expect a pardon from Donald Trump soon?
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case search.app/mm5UN
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case search.app/mm5UN
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So we can expect a pardon from Donald Trump soon?
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case search.app/mm5UN
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case search.app/mm5UN
Business centric opinion is only good from people who live in a glass house. The reality is government is NOT a business and shouldn't take a "screw you I got mine" cutthroat business opinionator attitude.
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Business centric opinion is only good from people who live in a glass house. The reality is government is NOT a business and shouldn't take a "screw you I got mine" cutthroat business opinionator attitude.
If you even have to propose this report as "Did Kelly break the law?", you already prove you don't know the Constitution or a functional brain.
The Pentagon is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over a video reminding the military not to follow illegal orders. What did he say? And did it violate the law?
The Pentagon said on Monday that it is investigating the retired Navy pilot, one of six Democratic lawmakers President Trump said had engaged in “seditious behavior.” Kelly said he's "given too much ...
www.yahoo.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you even have to propose this report as "Did Kelly break the law?", you already prove you don't know the Constitution or a functional brain.
Democracy be damned to the insane Republicans of Texas.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/21/g...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/21/g...
Greg Abbott vows to spend mightily to turn Harris County red
The county, which includes Houston, is critical to both parties' statewide ambitions, but has been blue for about decade.
www.texastribune.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Democracy be damned to the insane Republicans of Texas.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/21/g...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/21/g...
And with that so ends another media circus until the next vote that they want to make a story of. Leave it to the NDP to voice that they were against the budget but made sure it passed anyway. That'll lose them even more anarchists upset they didn't all vote no, not worried about funding an election
Carney government wins crucial confidence vote on budget | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
And with that so ends another media circus until the next vote that they want to make a story of. Leave it to the NDP to voice that they were against the budget but made sure it passed anyway. That'll lose them even more anarchists upset they didn't all vote no, not worried about funding an election
The first thing Newfoundland & Labrador needs to do is to IGNORE the pedantic advice from the arch-conservative Fraser Institute. But Tories are weak so, here we go again with a west coast mainland conservative political approach.
www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/h...
www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/h...
Here’s how the next government can fix Newfoundland and Labrador’s fiscal mess
Up until recently, the government funnelled 100 per cent of oil and gas revenue into the provincial budget each year.
www.fraserinstitute.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The first thing Newfoundland & Labrador needs to do is to IGNORE the pedantic advice from the arch-conservative Fraser Institute. But Tories are weak so, here we go again with a west coast mainland conservative political approach.
www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/h...
www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/h...
This hardly seems to be the "big scandal" the Nfld media pushed it as. The person resigned with "two main reasons behind Wilson's decision: assertions over how the work of the panel should be done, and that the scope of the oversight didn't reach far enough."
More like a squabble over scope
More like a squabble over scope
Wakeham releases resignation letter of former Churchill Falls oversight panel member | CBC News
A once heavily redacted resignation letter, now released by Premier Tony Wakeham, shows accountant Michael Wilson had concerns over the scope of work asked of the Churchill Falls MOU Independent Overs...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This hardly seems to be the "big scandal" the Nfld media pushed it as. The person resigned with "two main reasons behind Wilson's decision: assertions over how the work of the panel should be done, and that the scope of the oversight didn't reach far enough."
More like a squabble over scope
More like a squabble over scope
This is what fascism looks like. A state university willingly spitting on the US Constitution & in particular, the first Amendment.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Texas A&M OKs "race and gender ideology" restrictions
Faculty are also prohibited from teaching material inconsistent with approved syllabi. The changes come in response to a recent controversy over gender identity classroom discussions.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is what fascism looks like. A state university willingly spitting on the US Constitution & in particular, the first Amendment.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t...
Thanks for that analysis....weeks after the fact. Good job!
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thanks for that analysis....weeks after the fact. Good job!
Why should I see this in my feed if replies are blocked?
I do not like Bond movies or have any interest in Bond drama, but it IS very funny that this character has been played by like, half a dozen different guys over more than half a century and everyone's accepted that, but rebooting him from the dead has somehow stumped the writers.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why should I see this in my feed if replies are blocked?
This is how authoritarian Republicans in Austin will start losing votes in rural counties & towns. Forcing ideological crap instead of dealing with reality.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
Cash-strapped Texas city defies AG warning not to raise taxes
Citing a new state law, Attorney General Ken Paxton told four cities to cancel planned tax hikes. But La Marque leaders say their tax increase is critical to keeping the city afloat financially.
www.texastribune.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is how authoritarian Republicans in Austin will start losing votes in rural counties & towns. Forcing ideological crap instead of dealing with reality.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
@marcosantana.bsky.social Fuck off and thanks for giving the country Donald Trump....again.
Useless tithead.
Useless tithead.
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
@marcosantana.bsky.social Fuck off and thanks for giving the country Donald Trump....again.
Useless tithead.
Useless tithead.
Not to mention, I thought Trump was "weighing" an invasion of Nigeria?
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Not to mention, I thought Trump was "weighing" an invasion of Nigeria?
Normally, such names come from multi-million dollar sponsorship despite the local city or county paying for the stadium to be built. So is Trump going to pony up money to get his name up, or does he, probably, think the team is going to do it for free?
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Normally, such names come from multi-million dollar sponsorship despite the local city or county paying for the stadium to be built. So is Trump going to pony up money to get his name up, or does he, probably, think the team is going to do it for free?
Everything about that room screams tacky
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Everything about that room screams tacky
This is what corporate cultism is like. Musk gets 1 trillion if goals are met in the future, but he can't sell his cars NOW. What does he think can turn around his losses? More gimmicks, saying "company on the cusp of perfecting cars that will be able to drive themselves without human supervision."
Tesla’s Profit Falls 37% After It Cut Car Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is what corporate cultism is like. Musk gets 1 trillion if goals are met in the future, but he can't sell his cars NOW. What does he think can turn around his losses? More gimmicks, saying "company on the cusp of perfecting cars that will be able to drive themselves without human supervision."
Imagine your politics being so poisonous that would demand a halt to a federal order to feed people.
abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
Appeals court says it won't block order to fully fund SNAP as states begin issuing benefits
A court has denied the administration's request to lift a judge's order that it fully fund SNAP for November, as several states have already begun issuing benefits.
abcnews.go.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Imagine your politics being so poisonous that would demand a halt to a federal order to feed people.
abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
And Rabble, being along the lines who believe in boutique political takes, doesn't give a rat's ass if an election is forced... because maybe they have some harebrained idea that if the CPC wins & burns down the country, the heroes on the left will stroll in and pick up the shreds of the country.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
And Rabble, being along the lines who believe in boutique political takes, doesn't give a rat's ass if an election is forced... because maybe they have some harebrained idea that if the CPC wins & burns down the country, the heroes on the left will stroll in and pick up the shreds of the country.
A conservative calling anything a "Liberal scandal" is yet another example of these assholes going to the well too often. They have a chance to ditch the Trumpian/Harper/Reform Party politics, but they won't or can't. They are dialed in to fascism and Canadian voters know it. Their base is thin.
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A conservative calling anything a "Liberal scandal" is yet another example of these assholes going to the well too often. They have a chance to ditch the Trumpian/Harper/Reform Party politics, but they won't or can't. They are dialed in to fascism and Canadian voters know it. Their base is thin.
What is wrong with AP? This article is a pathetic kiss Trump butt piece.
There's no such thing as peace thru chaotic dementia.
apnews.com/article/trum...
There's no such thing as peace thru chaotic dementia.
apnews.com/article/trum...
With bombs and bravado, Trump puts his own stamp on Reagan's 'peace through strength' mantle
It wasn’t so long ago that President Donald Trump spoke of building a legacy as a peacemaker. In his inaugural address, he said he would in part measure his success by “the wars that we end — and perh...
apnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What is wrong with AP? This article is a pathetic kiss Trump butt piece.
There's no such thing as peace thru chaotic dementia.
apnews.com/article/trum...
There's no such thing as peace thru chaotic dementia.
apnews.com/article/trum...