Don Hilliard
electromotive645.bsky.social
Don Hilliard
@electromotive645.bsky.social
"I've Decided I Want My Seat Back." - by Bill Mauldin.

Marine engineer, past journalist. Servant of the Fuzzybutt Empire.
And are claiming, as usual, that he was attempting to obstruct/assault them. (And by at least one earlier report, trying to file obstruction charges against his older brother for - checks notes - showing up with his documents and getting him out of detention.)
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I don't know when Macaroni & Cheese became a regular thing at Thanksgiving, but it was never part of mine. (Noodles Romanoff at Christmas, yes, but you have to squint really hard to compare the two.)
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
A "fun fact" addendum: the 4-acre site at the airport that ICE's contractor wanted to lease was previously considered as a space for a new County animal shelter, and rejected by the planning commission and the Sheriff's office (which runs the shelter) due to excessive noise exposure for the animals.
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
As noted elsewhere, ICE is f*cking around other places in Oregon - like trying to build a concentration camp on the central coast without any consultation with local or state officials, and apparently setting up an extortion scheme to do it:

yachatsnews.com
Lincoln Chronicle
Lincoln Chronicle
yachatsnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I don't have the skills, but someone should put a bunch of these videos together to "Baby Shark" replaced by "Kavanaugh" and send them to his email continuously.
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"Moons Over Mamdani" sounds like something on a Denny's menu.
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
First thing you might do is get the USCG rescue helicopter put back at the Newport airport _as required by law_, since DHS suddenly decided to move it to North Bend and empty out the support facility.

Lives depend on that helo, Ms Hoyle. Congress passed a law to keep it here, but DHS is ignoring it
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It's the intellectual look.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Thanks. I know that Oregon generally doesn't matter, but txs for noticing.
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
In a fight over relocating the helo 10 years ago, Congress legally required that it be kept in place - so DHS is quite likely violating Federal law by removing it, and there's now a lawsuit to that effect. 3/3

lincolnchronicle.org/federal-laws...
Newport Fishermen's Wives, Lincoln County go to federal court Friday trying to stop Coast Guard helicopter's move • Lincoln Chronicle
Newport Fishermen's Wives, Lincoln County go to federal court Friday trying to stop Coast Guard helicopter's move
lincolnchronicle.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is putting lives at risk: half of the local economy is commercial fishing & crabbing, and we're getting into the busiest and most dangerous season. DHS and USCG are refusing to answer questions from local and state officials about any of this, just putting out chest-thumping releases. 2/
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There's more sh!t going on in Oregon with ICE right now: they appear to be trying to put in a detention center on the central coast, and have pulled the local Coast Guard rescue helicopter out of the local airport, either as blackmail or to use the granted Federal property. 1/
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Oopsy.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Bye, Felicia.
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is not the technocrat billionaire that G. Harry Stine, Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle, and others, tried to make us SF fans believe in.

This is the monster that Spider Robinson wrote in _Stardance_ - only worse.
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Quelle surprise.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yeah, no such thing. I needed an ambulance trip for the first time in 50+ years a month or two ago: insurance did not pay a negotiated price, just the part of the fee that I wasn't required to pay.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
About damn time.
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Duncan would be a great name.
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Ugh. And I can see the resemblance.
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Having had a cat who liked to sit in my lap and then nibble on my fingers when I was trying to type, I get you.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
@dieworkwear.bsky.social someone hath need of thee
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM