Jim Treanor
@jimtranr.bsky.social
Navy vet; Labor/employee relations professional; IT administrator; Retired; History buff; Audio junkie.
No "perhaps" about it.
December 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
No "perhaps" about it.
Brought to us by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater.
December 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Brought to us by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater.
Just think of the deals this Commerce Secretary must be cutting.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just think of the deals this Commerce Secretary must be cutting.
It's a decision reflecting the political-consultant/elite mentality that drove so many eligible voters to stay home in 2024. When will they ever learn?
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It's a decision reflecting the political-consultant/elite mentality that drove so many eligible voters to stay home in 2024. When will they ever learn?
And that's on a *good* day.
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And that's on a *good* day.
He's Rimsky-Korsakov's King Dodon in the flesh.
December 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
He's Rimsky-Korsakov's King Dodon in the flesh.
He could have ditched the "perhaps".
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
He could have ditched the "perhaps".
He's apprehensive that Santa considers him naughty, not nice.
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
He's apprehensive that Santa considers him naughty, not nice.
One aspect of this that should not be ignored is that 2028 presidential candidate Marco Rubio is joined at the hip to Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth in promoting and executing this irresponsible use of US power. Will he campaign on the slogan "I have blood on my hands"? Ultimately US blood, at that?
December 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
One aspect of this that should not be ignored is that 2028 presidential candidate Marco Rubio is joined at the hip to Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth in promoting and executing this irresponsible use of US power. Will he campaign on the slogan "I have blood on my hands"? Ultimately US blood, at that?
Susie's wiles turned out not to be all they were cracked up to be...except for maybe the crackup part.
December 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Susie's wiles turned out not to be all they were cracked up to be...except for maybe the crackup part.
She's been in the game long enough to know better and to realize that we do, too.
December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
She's been in the game long enough to know better and to realize that we do, too.
Garbage is offended by the comparison.
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Garbage is offended by the comparison.
Trump cannot resist the impulse to make everything about himself. Which tells us just how profoundly and irretrievably broken he is.
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Trump cannot resist the impulse to make everything about himself. Which tells us just how profoundly and irretrievably broken he is.
Trump's barrel is bottomless.
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Trump's barrel is bottomless.
Translation: "Up is down, in is out, red is green."
How long before we get to "war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength"? The next edition, maybe?
How long before we get to "war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength"? The next edition, maybe?
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Translation: "Up is down, in is out, red is green."
How long before we get to "war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength"? The next edition, maybe?
How long before we get to "war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength"? The next edition, maybe?
If only his "bad" were limited to business.
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If only his "bad" were limited to business.
"Embarrassment" is too kind. He's a disgrace.
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Embarrassment" is too kind. He's a disgrace.
"It'll be a new concept in health insurance where one size doesn't fit all. We call it Double-Tap."
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"It'll be a new concept in health insurance where one size doesn't fit all. We call it Double-Tap."
Calling Friedrich Nietzsche. Did *you* do this?
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Calling Friedrich Nietzsche. Did *you* do this?
Totalitarianism lurks somewhere within that proposal.
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Totalitarianism lurks somewhere within that proposal.
Republicans are in fact laser-focused on affordability. For their big-ticket donor friends--and them alone. They deem the rest of us expendable. And that's all one needs to know in order to understand Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Republicans are in fact laser-focused on affordability. For their big-ticket donor friends--and them alone. They deem the rest of us expendable. And that's all one needs to know in order to understand Republicans.
Your tax dollars at what this administration fantasizes is work.
December 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Your tax dollars at what this administration fantasizes is work.