EMcBear
@emcbear.bsky.social
Fmr. Navy NCO
UC Berkeley x2
Loving Dad & Partner
Community focused
Civics is about constitutional behavior -not religion.
Supernatural belief is personal; as such, it has no place in civil policy.
Be wise
Think critically
Ignore fools
UC Berkeley x2
Loving Dad & Partner
Community focused
Civics is about constitutional behavior -not religion.
Supernatural belief is personal; as such, it has no place in civil policy.
Be wise
Think critically
Ignore fools
Pinned
I have voted in every election since 1978, nearly 50 years.
In that time, I have not encountered a Republican argument that caused me to consider voting for a single Republican candidate or proposition; not one.
I think this speaks volumes about Republicans' inability to reach everyday Americans.
In that time, I have not encountered a Republican argument that caused me to consider voting for a single Republican candidate or proposition; not one.
I think this speaks volumes about Republicans' inability to reach everyday Americans.
Mark Kelly is an authentic American leader.
Pete Hegseth is a joke. Not only is Hegseth unfit to serve the office he holds, but he is unfit to be in the same room with Mark Kelly.
The absurdity of imagining a drunken Bozo-the-Clown trying to prosecute Odysseus is a good start.
Homer would vomit.
Pete Hegseth is a joke. Not only is Hegseth unfit to serve the office he holds, but he is unfit to be in the same room with Mark Kelly.
The absurdity of imagining a drunken Bozo-the-Clown trying to prosecute Odysseus is a good start.
Homer would vomit.
Sen. Kelly says Pete Hegseth 'totally unqualified' after being bashed over display of medals
In an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. blasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him unqualified, saying he wants to please Trump.
abcnews.go.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Mark Kelly is an authentic American leader.
Pete Hegseth is a joke. Not only is Hegseth unfit to serve the office he holds, but he is unfit to be in the same room with Mark Kelly.
The absurdity of imagining a drunken Bozo-the-Clown trying to prosecute Odysseus is a good start.
Homer would vomit.
Pete Hegseth is a joke. Not only is Hegseth unfit to serve the office he holds, but he is unfit to be in the same room with Mark Kelly.
The absurdity of imagining a drunken Bozo-the-Clown trying to prosecute Odysseus is a good start.
Homer would vomit.
Shooting National Guard servicemembers is behaviorally scraping the absolute bottom of the moral barrel. Ugh!
These servicemen and women give of themselves in the worst conditions, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and more.
It's not their fault they've been abusively deployed under this president.
These servicemen and women give of themselves in the worst conditions, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and more.
It's not their fault they've been abusively deployed under this president.
Washington DC shooting: video suggests ‘lone gunman’ shot two national guard members near White House, say Washington DC police – latest updates
Gunman ‘ambushed’ troops and both guardsmen are being treated for gunshot wounds, says assistant chief of DC’s Metropolitan police department
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Shooting National Guard servicemembers is behaviorally scraping the absolute bottom of the moral barrel. Ugh!
These servicemen and women give of themselves in the worst conditions, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and more.
It's not their fault they've been abusively deployed under this president.
These servicemen and women give of themselves in the worst conditions, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and more.
It's not their fault they've been abusively deployed under this president.
I will feel relief only when the entire "wretched hive of [MAGA] scum and villany" are gone from power for good.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I will feel relief only when the entire "wretched hive of [MAGA] scum and villany" are gone from power for good.
Good cooking here at Chuck Taggart's "The Gumbo Pages".
Thanks, Chuck. Your recipes have given us many good meals.
Cheers!
Thanks, Chuck. Your recipes have given us many good meals.
Cheers!
The Gumbo Pages, by Chuck Taggart
www.gumbopages.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Good cooking here at Chuck Taggart's "The Gumbo Pages".
Thanks, Chuck. Your recipes have given us many good meals.
Cheers!
Thanks, Chuck. Your recipes have given us many good meals.
Cheers!
Cooking down the red beans, for red beans and rice. Another 2-3 hours to creamy goodness.
Shout-out to Chuck Taggart and his Gumbo Pages. I've been cooking (and corrupting) Chuck's recipes for nearly 30 years.
Thank you, Chuck!
Shout-out to Chuck Taggart and his Gumbo Pages. I've been cooking (and corrupting) Chuck's recipes for nearly 30 years.
Thank you, Chuck!
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Cooking down the red beans, for red beans and rice. Another 2-3 hours to creamy goodness.
Shout-out to Chuck Taggart and his Gumbo Pages. I've been cooking (and corrupting) Chuck's recipes for nearly 30 years.
Thank you, Chuck!
Shout-out to Chuck Taggart and his Gumbo Pages. I've been cooking (and corrupting) Chuck's recipes for nearly 30 years.
Thank you, Chuck!
"Dad diddley office...
Mum diddley washing...
You're all full of ball.
Let me hear you lies, we're living this up to the eyes."
- Genesis, 1972
Mum diddley washing...
You're all full of ball.
Let me hear you lies, we're living this up to the eyes."
- Genesis, 1972
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Dad diddley office...
Mum diddley washing...
You're all full of ball.
Let me hear you lies, we're living this up to the eyes."
- Genesis, 1972
Mum diddley washing...
You're all full of ball.
Let me hear you lies, we're living this up to the eyes."
- Genesis, 1972
Hang in there shipmate. Let's hope the law firm of Jacob Sapochnick successfully represents you.
Navy wife detained by ICE during green card interview
An active duty Navy sailor in San Diego is in disbelief after Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained his wife during what was supposed to be a routine green card interview.
m.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Hang in there shipmate. Let's hope the law firm of Jacob Sapochnick successfully represents you.
In the event you may need legal support in our present highly irregular legal environment.
This may be a good place to start.
This may be a good place to start.
The Institute for Justice
Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice litigates to end widespread abuses of power and secure vital constitutional rights. IJ litigates in state and federal courts around the country on behalf of ...
www.ij.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In the event you may need legal support in our present highly irregular legal environment.
This may be a good place to start.
This may be a good place to start.
You're paying for these License Plate Surveillance Readers (LPRs) and Flock Surveillance Cameras with your taxes.
Go to your City/Town/County council or Board of Supervisors with a group of other dissatisfied residents and demand their immediate removal.
Keep showing up. Keep up the pressure.
Go to your City/Town/County council or Board of Supervisors with a group of other dissatisfied residents and demand their immediate removal.
Keep showing up. Keep up the pressure.
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You're paying for these License Plate Surveillance Readers (LPRs) and Flock Surveillance Cameras with your taxes.
Go to your City/Town/County council or Board of Supervisors with a group of other dissatisfied residents and demand their immediate removal.
Keep showing up. Keep up the pressure.
Go to your City/Town/County council or Board of Supervisors with a group of other dissatisfied residents and demand their immediate removal.
Keep showing up. Keep up the pressure.
You are paying for these License Plate Surveillance Readers (LPRs) and Flock Surveillance Cameras with your tax dollars.
You can go to your local City/Town/County council or Board of Supervisors with a group of other dissatisfied residents and demand their immediate removal.
Keep showing up.
You can go to your local City/Town/County council or Board of Supervisors with a group of other dissatisfied residents and demand their immediate removal.
Keep showing up.
Takeaways from AP report on how Border Patrol monitors US drivers for ‘suspicious’ travel
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
You are paying for these License Plate Surveillance Readers (LPRs) and Flock Surveillance Cameras with your tax dollars.
You can go to your local City/Town/County council or Board of Supervisors with a group of other dissatisfied residents and demand their immediate removal.
Keep showing up.
You can go to your local City/Town/County council or Board of Supervisors with a group of other dissatisfied residents and demand their immediate removal.
Keep showing up.
As if November, 2025, 74% of Americans demand the Affordable Care Act subsidies continue.
It's a tiny expense when compared to the trillions given as subsidies to already profitable multi-national corporations.
By a similar margin, most say we should have a single payer, Medicare-for-All system.
It's a tiny expense when compared to the trillions given as subsidies to already profitable multi-national corporations.
By a similar margin, most say we should have a single payer, Medicare-for-All system.
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Weighs in on Health Care Debate and Government Shutdown | KFF
This poll finds that public support remains high for extending the enhanced ACA tax credits set to expire at the end of the year. Three quarters of the public favor of extending them, though support a...
www.kff.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
As if November, 2025, 74% of Americans demand the Affordable Care Act subsidies continue.
It's a tiny expense when compared to the trillions given as subsidies to already profitable multi-national corporations.
By a similar margin, most say we should have a single payer, Medicare-for-All system.
It's a tiny expense when compared to the trillions given as subsidies to already profitable multi-national corporations.
By a similar margin, most say we should have a single payer, Medicare-for-All system.
"Take what you can, give nothing back."
- International White Collar Criminal Code
The greedy frauds take what they will, until the populace rises to depose them.
- History
- International White Collar Criminal Code
The greedy frauds take what they will, until the populace rises to depose them.
- History
Paradise Papers: Secrets of the Global Elite
A global investigation that reveals the offshore activities of some of the world’s most powerful people and companies.
www.icij.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Take what you can, give nothing back."
- International White Collar Criminal Code
The greedy frauds take what they will, until the populace rises to depose them.
- History
- International White Collar Criminal Code
The greedy frauds take what they will, until the populace rises to depose them.
- History
True story (see followup comment below for DoJ official report).
There are some seriously disturbed people out there seeking to harm others, even if it means harming -and even disfiguring- themselves.
There are some seriously disturbed people out there seeking to harm others, even if it means harming -and even disfiguring- themselves.
She said she was attacked for loving Trump, prosecutors say she did it to herself
YouTube video by TizzyEnt
youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
True story (see followup comment below for DoJ official report).
There are some seriously disturbed people out there seeking to harm others, even if it means harming -and even disfiguring- themselves.
There are some seriously disturbed people out there seeking to harm others, even if it means harming -and even disfiguring- themselves.
I have voted in every election since 1978, nearly 50 years.
In that time, I have not encountered a Republican argument that caused me to consider voting for a single Republican candidate or proposition; not one.
I think this speaks volumes about Republicans' inability to reach everyday Americans.
In that time, I have not encountered a Republican argument that caused me to consider voting for a single Republican candidate or proposition; not one.
I think this speaks volumes about Republicans' inability to reach everyday Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I have voted in every election since 1978, nearly 50 years.
In that time, I have not encountered a Republican argument that caused me to consider voting for a single Republican candidate or proposition; not one.
I think this speaks volumes about Republicans' inability to reach everyday Americans.
In that time, I have not encountered a Republican argument that caused me to consider voting for a single Republican candidate or proposition; not one.
I think this speaks volumes about Republicans' inability to reach everyday Americans.
Sad Sack: I invaded Mexico by mistake?! 🥴 Oh shit, I must have been drunker than normal that day. Hicup.
Who knew that a compulsive drunk like me could have caused such catastrophe?
Don't blame me, you're the one who hired a drunken lush to run your Department of Defense...I mean War.
Who knew that a compulsive drunk like me could have caused such catastrophe?
Don't blame me, you're the one who hired a drunken lush to run your Department of Defense...I mean War.
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sad Sack: I invaded Mexico by mistake?! 🥴 Oh shit, I must have been drunker than normal that day. Hicup.
Who knew that a compulsive drunk like me could have caused such catastrophe?
Don't blame me, you're the one who hired a drunken lush to run your Department of Defense...I mean War.
Who knew that a compulsive drunk like me could have caused such catastrophe?
Don't blame me, you're the one who hired a drunken lush to run your Department of Defense...I mean War.
Then GTFO.
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Then GTFO.
There will be Friday beans; Boston baked.
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
There will be Friday beans; Boston baked.
First, he fell in love with The Dear Leader Oppressor, Un.
Then he apologized for The Blood-Soaked War Criminal Putin.
Today he embraced The Cold-Blooded Murderer Mohammed bin Salman.
Trump: courting the festering black hearts and decayed filthy minds of despots since 2016.
Tired of winning yet?
Then he apologized for The Blood-Soaked War Criminal Putin.
Today he embraced The Cold-Blooded Murderer Mohammed bin Salman.
Trump: courting the festering black hearts and decayed filthy minds of despots since 2016.
Tired of winning yet?
Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean
In the Oval Office the US president dismissed the murder of the columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying: ‘things happen’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
First, he fell in love with The Dear Leader Oppressor, Un.
Then he apologized for The Blood-Soaked War Criminal Putin.
Today he embraced The Cold-Blooded Murderer Mohammed bin Salman.
Trump: courting the festering black hearts and decayed filthy minds of despots since 2016.
Tired of winning yet?
Then he apologized for The Blood-Soaked War Criminal Putin.
Today he embraced The Cold-Blooded Murderer Mohammed bin Salman.
Trump: courting the festering black hearts and decayed filthy minds of despots since 2016.
Tired of winning yet?
People do anguishing & spiteful things, sometimes unexpectedly. While I try my best to understand the incursions & excursions, the truth is I remain mystified.
I think the best one can do is maintain one's own commitment to human decency, and do one's best to uphold human dignity, regardless. Ugh.
I think the best one can do is maintain one's own commitment to human decency, and do one's best to uphold human dignity, regardless. Ugh.
Doing vs. Allowing Harm (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
People do anguishing & spiteful things, sometimes unexpectedly. While I try my best to understand the incursions & excursions, the truth is I remain mystified.
I think the best one can do is maintain one's own commitment to human decency, and do one's best to uphold human dignity, regardless. Ugh.
I think the best one can do is maintain one's own commitment to human decency, and do one's best to uphold human dignity, regardless. Ugh.
Apologizing for, and defending, cold-blooded murderers, in our White House.
"You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question."
South Park really got the Satan/Trump relationship right, didn't it?
"You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question."
South Park really got the Satan/Trump relationship right, didn't it?
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over question about killing of Khashoggi
President Trump lashed out a reporter in the Oval Office who was asking about allegations the crown prince orchestrated the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Apologizing for, and defending, cold-blooded murderers, in our White House.
"You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question."
South Park really got the Satan/Trump relationship right, didn't it?
"You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question."
South Park really got the Satan/Trump relationship right, didn't it?
Cults: their initial seemingly harmless appeal, their rising zealotry, their crescendos of irrational fervor, their catastrophic meltdowns, and -sadly- their aftermaths...
Today in History: November 18, over 900 die at Jonestown
1928: Mickey Mouse cartoon debuts 1999: Texas bonfire tragedy 2021: Exonerations in Malcolm X killing
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Cults: their initial seemingly harmless appeal, their rising zealotry, their crescendos of irrational fervor, their catastrophic meltdowns, and -sadly- their aftermaths...
I don't ever want to need defending that badly.
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I don't ever want to need defending that badly.
Hardcore, factual juxtaposition is rarely this sobering.
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
H/T @sher12.bsky.social
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
H/T @sher12.bsky.social
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hardcore, factual juxtaposition is rarely this sobering.
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
H/T @sher12.bsky.social
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
H/T @sher12.bsky.social