Boomertarian Norm
@timberati.bsky.social
Libertarian. An Okay Boomer. Prefer guidelines to laws. Pro-vax. Hanlon's razor. Nullius in verba. Retired forester. Humboldt State alum. Go 'Jacks!
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Boomertarian Norm
@timberati.bsky.social
· Dec 15
My thoughts on prohibitions: prohibitions don't work.
Prohibition of alcohol? Didn't work out well.
Prohibition of drugs? Didn't work out well.
Prohibition of sex work? Didn't work out well.
Prohibition of immigrants?
You get the idea.
Prohibition of alcohol? Didn't work out well.
Prohibition of drugs? Didn't work out well.
Prohibition of sex work? Didn't work out well.
Prohibition of immigrants?
You get the idea.
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Bad stuff about Orwell: hated gays and vegetarians; anti-wife guy (didn't credit wife for editing his work or saving his life in Spain); turgid fiction writer.
Good stuff: consistent about totalitarianism, to the point of being shot by a fascist sniper and almost liquidated by the Soviet NKVD
Good stuff: consistent about totalitarianism, to the point of being shot by a fascist sniper and almost liquidated by the Soviet NKVD
There are a number of tankie tendencies that truly piss me off but criticism of Orwell for not being hardcore enough is up there for me
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Bad stuff about Orwell: hated gays and vegetarians; anti-wife guy (didn't credit wife for editing his work or saving his life in Spain); turgid fiction writer.
Good stuff: consistent about totalitarianism, to the point of being shot by a fascist sniper and almost liquidated by the Soviet NKVD
Good stuff: consistent about totalitarianism, to the point of being shot by a fascist sniper and almost liquidated by the Soviet NKVD
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There isn’t a pretense of a fake justification for a made up war. No washed think tankers making an argument, no wack op-ed commentary, no reason at all, nothing.
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There isn’t a pretense of a fake justification for a made up war. No washed think tankers making an argument, no wack op-ed commentary, no reason at all, nothing.
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feels stupid to say at this point but how the fuck isn't anyone invoking the 25th amendment.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
feels stupid to say at this point but how the fuck isn't anyone invoking the 25th amendment.
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It's "Trump files a ridiculous lawsuit which serves no purpose but to harass and intimidate" day, which is to say, Tuesday.
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president's Jan. 6 speech
President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
apnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It's "Trump files a ridiculous lawsuit which serves no purpose but to harass and intimidate" day, which is to say, Tuesday.
Chances are he won’t survive to the end of his 2nd term. He’ll be a head in a jar like in Futurama.
Miriam Adelson encourages Trump to serve an illegal third term during a Hanukkah celebration at the White House. The crowd chants "four more years!"
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Chances are he won’t survive to the end of his 2nd term. He’ll be a head in a jar like in Futurama.
NB Trump is stupid and thinks he’s smarter than you.
A reminder tonight that Venezuela has nothing to do with fentanyl. The vast majority of the fentanyl supply begins as precursor chemicals in China, is manufactured in Mexico, and makes it to the U.S. by land, mostly smuggled by U.S. citizens hiding it within lawful trade and traffic at entry points.
Fentanyl smuggling: Most seizures occur at ports of entry where U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers - American Immigration Council
Most fentanyl enters the U.S. through ports of entry, not via migrants. U.S. citizens are the primary smugglers, often recruited by criminal networks. Effective solutions focus on better screening at ...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
NB Trump is stupid and thinks he’s smarter than you.
This is the blathering of a lunatic. With nukes.
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is the blathering of a lunatic. With nukes.
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The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.
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A real affordability agenda would unleash free markets, not constrain them.
17 ways politicians can make things cheaper, starting with food, health care, and appliances
High costs stem from up in supply-choking regulation. To lower costs, officials should cut the red tape that inflates these prices.
reason.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A real affordability agenda would unleash free markets, not constrain them.
That makes two of them that know nothing.
Trump admits that his envoy for Russia-Ukraine, Steve Witkoff, "knew nothing about" Russia
December 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
That makes two of them that know nothing.
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According to C-SPAN, the occasion for these remarks is "President Trump Hosts Hanukkah Reception"
Trump: "The only time anybody could see those planes was when those bomb chutes open up, because it becomes totally un-stealth. You're going in, you go like this. As soon as it goes like this, for some reason the plane is totally visible. Not good. I watched it happening. I watched it go bing bing"
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
According to C-SPAN, the occasion for these remarks is "President Trump Hosts Hanukkah Reception"
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Pete ‘Twinklage,’ a low class writer who I don’t know and never even heard of, has been very unfair to “TRUMP” lately. 100% percent negative coverage (probably Illegal). Nasty Peter has no clue! Meanwhile, your president (90 percent approval rating among women!!) keeps WINNING - lowest….
😭 MAGA and the 5 Stages of Grief
@petertwinklage.bsky.social on GOP despair over the election results, the Supreme Court likely taking an axe to Trump’s tariffs, and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s plan to run for president?
Read today's 'First Draft':
zeteo.com/p/first-draf...
@petertwinklage.bsky.social on GOP despair over the election results, the Supreme Court likely taking an axe to Trump’s tariffs, and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s plan to run for president?
Read today's 'First Draft':
zeteo.com/p/first-draf...
😭 MAGA and the 5 Stages of Grief
Peter Rothpletz on GOP despair over the election results, the Supreme Court likely taking an axe to Trump’s tariffs, and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s plan to run for president?
zeteo.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Pete ‘Twinklage,’ a low class writer who I don’t know and never even heard of, has been very unfair to “TRUMP” lately. 100% percent negative coverage (probably Illegal). Nasty Peter has no clue! Meanwhile, your president (90 percent approval rating among women!!) keeps WINNING - lowest….
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A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.
September 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.
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Dam. I was there ... before the cops came.
October 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Dam. I was there ... before the cops came.
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From https://theonion.com/trump-spends-entire-u-k-trip-trying-to-figure-out-where-he-knows-prince-andrew-from/
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From https://theonion.com/trump-spends-entire-u-k-trip-trying-to-figure-out-where-he-knows-prince-andrew-from/
Trump is not a kind; Trump's word is not law.
"[L]et a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king...." Thomas Paine, 1776
"[L]et a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king...." Thomas Paine, 1776
October 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Trump is not a kind; Trump's word is not law.
"[L]et a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king...." Thomas Paine, 1776
"[L]et a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king...." Thomas Paine, 1776
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
What the fucking fuck?
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: 'It’s not fair...I'm a resident' www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: 'It’s not fair...I'm a resident' www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What the fucking fuck?
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: 'It’s not fair...I'm a resident' www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: 'It’s not fair...I'm a resident' www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
Hungover Hegseth Struggling To Remember How He Ended Up In Room Full Of Generals — theonion.com/hungover-heg...
Hungover Hegseth Struggling To Remember How He Ended Up In Room Full Of Generals
QUANTICO, VA—Racking his brain for answers as he gazed out at the high-ranking officers gathered before him, a visibly hungover Pete Hegseth reportedly struggled Tuesday to remember exactly how he end...
theonion.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hungover Hegseth Struggling To Remember How He Ended Up In Room Full Of Generals — theonion.com/hungover-heg...
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Relatedly: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
August 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Relatedly: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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This was a fun conversation, about Trump's second term as an effort to roll back the legal and cultural changes of the civil rights movement. Look for it on a future episode of The UnPopulist's Zooming In podcast.
Live podcast taping at #LibCon2025 with these legends: @aaronrosspowell.com, @radleybalko.bsky.social, @sykescharlie.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This was a fun conversation, about Trump's second term as an effort to roll back the legal and cultural changes of the civil rights movement. Look for it on a future episode of The UnPopulist's Zooming In podcast.
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“Once the door has been opened for regulating one type of content that door is cracked open for any other kinds of content that the government wants to touch." — @jmiers230.bsky.social
Age verification laws are sweeping the US, changing the future of online speech
Age verification laws have been passed in at least 24 states. Some say it’s an effort to protect kids, while others say it restricts protected speech.
www.tennessean.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“Once the door has been opened for regulating one type of content that door is cracked open for any other kinds of content that the government wants to touch." — @jmiers230.bsky.social
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the thing that signalgate revealed is that there’s no actual chain of command. does hegseth take this as a formal order? is there any legal backing here?
June 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
the thing that signalgate revealed is that there’s no actual chain of command. does hegseth take this as a formal order? is there any legal backing here?
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Still true
Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
June 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Still true