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Shawn Means

@shawnmeans.bsky.social

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Appalachian by Birth and by Choice. Boomer. Retired Non-Profit Executive turned Tourism Entrepreneur. Covert Operations Director at the West Virginia Hot Dog Blog since 2006.

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Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · 7h

I think George Soros might be flat broke after he pays all of the Antifa protestors who came out today for #NoKings

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · 7h

About 2,500 at the state capitol for #NoKings in Charleston, WV

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Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · 5d

You know what we don't need more of? Well, a lot of things but mostly I was talking about streaming services. We definitely do NOT need more streaming services.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · 12d

The Dark Side from Eddie and the Cruisers.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · 13d

Yes, absolutely. And I hate to give the devil his due, because after all, he is still the devil. But this one thing is rather bold and brilliant. Or just lucky.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · 13d

If you were depending on tourism for your livelihood you might not think it a waste of money. Morrissey got it right this time. Even a blind MAGA squirrel can occasionally find an acorn.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · 18d

The handles were engineered with the tightest of tolerances. They would break if the ice had been frozen about one minute too long, requiring the purchase of a new one. Truly visionary planned obsolescence.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · 22d

Innocent of these charges, but guilty of felony bad judgement vis-a-vis the whole Hillary email thing.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · 23d

Yeah, it's kinda like when they frame up a mob boss. Maybe he didn't do this crime, but boy, he's arguably the worst thing to happen to democracy in generations.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Sep 17

Saying the loud part louder.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Sep 10

"I think it's worth it to have some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." - Charlie Kirk, 2023

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Sep 6

I like the caps, but the stipes are slimy and stringy.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Sep 4

You have a warped sense of humor, and I couldn't be more proud.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Sep 2

My wife and her "doll eyes" (aka "Baneberry") found yesterday in the New River Gorge National Park.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Sep 2

I've never harvested them ripe, usually wait until early winter and get them naturally dried and add them to turkey tail tea.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cutleaf Coneflower and an iridescent friend. Today in the New River Gorge National Park.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Sep 1

What will you do with the spicebush berries?

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Aug 21

ICE is on the job in the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston WV. Four brownshirts asleep in the car parked at the corner of 53rd and Noyes, apparently drowsy from watching out for nonexistent illegals.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Aug 19

No fair! Jim Justice did worse and he got elected to the US Senate!
www.wowktv.com/news/west-vi...

Putnam County man sentenced for failure to pay employment taxes

A Putnam County man was sentenced on Monday to time in prison and a restitution of more than $430,000 after failing to pay over employment taxes on behalf of his business.

www.wowktv.com

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Aug 18

Related: When the ACA premium tax credit is allowed to expire at the end of the year, hospitals and doctors will be out of work because thousands of WVians will not have insurance.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Aug 12

So, if they need any input on the hot dog chapter I'm a DM away. 😂

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Aug 4

Saw this book in a coffee shop in West Virginia and immediately thought of @theauthorguy.bsky.social

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Jul 19

Fair is fair.

Shawn Means @shawnmeans.bsky.social · Jul 12

But that would have left me with nothing to snark at!