Tom von Alten
@fortboise.org
I like the e.g.: Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader. I mean, aren't we all? Retired engineer s/w dev, writer, bicyclist, former newspaper boy.
A mind full of cant and Fox News disaster-fotainment is a terrible waste.
As the MAGA grifters cover their theft and sabotage with authoritarian theater. Some saw it coming... 24 years on, we're still reaping the whirlwind.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
As the MAGA grifters cover their theft and sabotage with authoritarian theater. Some saw it coming... 24 years on, we're still reaping the whirlwind.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Before the Shooting, Some Troops and Officials Worried About the Guard’s Safety
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A mind full of cant and Fox News disaster-fotainment is a terrible waste.
As the MAGA grifters cover their theft and sabotage with authoritarian theater. Some saw it coming... 24 years on, we're still reaping the whirlwind.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
As the MAGA grifters cover their theft and sabotage with authoritarian theater. Some saw it coming... 24 years on, we're still reaping the whirlwind.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Ft. Boise weblog, November, 2025
Views from fortboise on politics, religion, economics,
engineering, life. November, 2025 edition
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November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
More from it on my blog:
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When a turkey who wanted a pardon pardons another turkey, it's called "a professional courtesy."
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
When a turkey who wanted a pardon pardons another turkey, it's called "a professional courtesy."
And the cloud of suppurating actors are the vilest creatures of the swamp, working side deals in crypto, oil, arranged murder and genocide...
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3/3
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
And the cloud of suppurating actors are the vilest creatures of the swamp, working side deals in crypto, oil, arranged murder and genocide...
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Donald Trump "is clearly very desperate to make a deal with Russia on terms that are favorable to Russia."
But the "hard reality of it is that the Russians aren't necessarily as fond of Trump as he is of them."
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But the "hard reality of it is that the Russians aren't necessarily as fond of Trump as he is of them."
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November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Donald Trump "is clearly very desperate to make a deal with Russia on terms that are favorable to Russia."
But the "hard reality of it is that the Russians aren't necessarily as fond of Trump as he is of them."
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But the "hard reality of it is that the Russians aren't necessarily as fond of Trump as he is of them."
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One wonders if it's true that they weren't paid. Under the table, maybe? A related donation to whatever? Discovery about how their professional services were "arranged" for "free" should be interesting.
Not that having fascist volunteering would make the assault less assaulty.
Not that having fascist volunteering would make the assault less assaulty.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
One wonders if it's true that they weren't paid. Under the table, maybe? A related donation to whatever? Discovery about how their professional services were "arranged" for "free" should be interesting.
Not that having fascist volunteering would make the assault less assaulty.
Not that having fascist volunteering would make the assault less assaulty.
Thanks for covering this!
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thanks for covering this!
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Here is the proposal that wins Nobel Prize: Russia leaves Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Here is the proposal that wins Nobel Prize: Russia leaves Ukraine.