Old Trooper
@oldtrooper.bsky.social
Toby the Wonderdog's dad. Uxorious hubby. Vietnam vet. Retired fed. Great-grandpappy. Civil War buff. Hater of GOPtards.
Let them eat fruit cake.
December 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Let them eat fruit cake.
Antifa, June 1944
December 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Antifa, June 1944
Let's not spend a lot of time and energy on the demise of MTG. Let's concentrate on facing down the remaining Trumpers, MAGAts, GPers and ICE thugs.
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Let's not spend a lot of time and energy on the demise of MTG. Let's concentrate on facing down the remaining Trumpers, MAGAts, GPers and ICE thugs.
Wanna buy a soybean?
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Wanna buy a soybean?
Less food + more poor, hungry people =
October 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Less food + more poor, hungry people =
File this with the rest of them.
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
File this with the rest of them.
If one has a need to protect Democracy & the Constitution from, er ... birds.
Available on Amazon.
Available on Amazon.
October 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If one has a need to protect Democracy & the Constitution from, er ... birds.
Available on Amazon.
Available on Amazon.
Mr. Farneman? You wanna buy a soybean?
October 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Mr. Farneman? You wanna buy a soybean?
On left: Biden-era bread slice. On right: Trump slice.
Same brand, same single loaf product from same store. Price is up, size is down. But, hey, we sure showed those Venezuelan fishermen, right?
Same brand, same single loaf product from same store. Price is up, size is down. But, hey, we sure showed those Venezuelan fishermen, right?
October 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
On left: Biden-era bread slice. On right: Trump slice.
Same brand, same single loaf product from same store. Price is up, size is down. But, hey, we sure showed those Venezuelan fishermen, right?
Same brand, same single loaf product from same store. Price is up, size is down. But, hey, we sure showed those Venezuelan fishermen, right?
Helen Dortch Longstreet, 2nd wife and widow of Confed LtGen James Longstreet. Shown working in a defense plant during WWII. Environmentalist, Progressive, civil rights advocate. Antifa.
September 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Helen Dortch Longstreet, 2nd wife and widow of Confed LtGen James Longstreet. Shown working in a defense plant during WWII. Environmentalist, Progressive, civil rights advocate. Antifa.
My Mom & Dad, 1942. He flew in the back seat of dive bombers. She tested machine guns. Antifa.
September 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My Mom & Dad, 1942. He flew in the back seat of dive bombers. She tested machine guns. Antifa.
A black bear entered a Dollar General store in Vernon NJ, bit a woman. Had to be put down by wildlife cops. Witness said bears had been feeding on unsecured dumpsters/garbage cans behind local businesses. A FED BEAR IS A DEAD BEAR.
September 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A black bear entered a Dollar General store in Vernon NJ, bit a woman. Had to be put down by wildlife cops. Witness said bears had been feeding on unsecured dumpsters/garbage cans behind local businesses. A FED BEAR IS A DEAD BEAR.
In 1776, pro-British Loyalists (AKA: Tories) gathered north of Wilmington, NC in anticipation of meeting a British amphibious landing. A Patriot force met them at Moore's Creek Bridge. The Loyalists - mostly Scots - attacked waving claymores. The last Highland charge. They were shot to pieces.
September 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In 1776, pro-British Loyalists (AKA: Tories) gathered north of Wilmington, NC in anticipation of meeting a British amphibious landing. A Patriot force met them at Moore's Creek Bridge. The Loyalists - mostly Scots - attacked waving claymores. The last Highland charge. They were shot to pieces.
George Washington wanted very much to be a British Army officer. After his services to the Crown during the French & Indian War he applied for a commission. He was told, essentially, Thank you for your service, vile colonial, now GTFO.
Bad mistake. Bad. bad mistake.
Bad mistake. Bad. bad mistake.
September 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
George Washington wanted very much to be a British Army officer. After his services to the Crown during the French & Indian War he applied for a commission. He was told, essentially, Thank you for your service, vile colonial, now GTFO.
Bad mistake. Bad. bad mistake.
Bad mistake. Bad. bad mistake.
Von Steuben had been portrayed on postage stamps, given his name to naval vessels and several places in the US, has annual parades in his honor (incl the one shown in "Ferris Bueller"). His statue is at Valley Forge, PA and Lafayette Square, DC. Von Steuben was almost certainly gay.
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Von Steuben had been portrayed on postage stamps, given his name to naval vessels and several places in the US, has annual parades in his honor (incl the one shown in "Ferris Bueller"). His statue is at Valley Forge, PA and Lafayette Square, DC. Von Steuben was almost certainly gay.
When the war moved south, von Steuben was sent by Washinton to VA where he organized & dispatched the supplies and reinforcements that enabled the Americans to successfully oppose the British & then recapture N & S Carolina & GA. Von Steuben was almost certainly gay.
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When the war moved south, von Steuben was sent by Washinton to VA where he organized & dispatched the supplies and reinforcements that enabled the Americans to successfully oppose the British & then recapture N & S Carolina & GA. Von Steuben was almost certainly gay.
Not only did von Steuben train America's troops in battlefield drill from the individual soldier to the full regiment, but he instituted camp sanitization measures that reduced losses from disease & death. Von Steuben was almost certainly gay.
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Not only did von Steuben train America's troops in battlefield drill from the individual soldier to the full regiment, but he instituted camp sanitization measures that reduced losses from disease & death. Von Steuben was almost certainly gay.
Without Friedrich Wilhelm "Baron" von Steuben, the American Revolution would have been longer, harder and perhaps unwinnable. He turned a pick-up army into a trained force able to stand up to the British best. Von Steuben was almost certainly gay.
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Without Friedrich Wilhelm "Baron" von Steuben, the American Revolution would have been longer, harder and perhaps unwinnable. He turned a pick-up army into a trained force able to stand up to the British best. Von Steuben was almost certainly gay.
We could really, really use a political skeptic version of James (the Amazing) Randi (RIP 10/20/2020) now to effectively expose to the public just how warped things have become. I note, however, that despite Randi's best efforts, many people still believe in bent spoons and chatty tomb dwellers.
September 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We could really, really use a political skeptic version of James (the Amazing) Randi (RIP 10/20/2020) now to effectively expose to the public just how warped things have become. I note, however, that despite Randi's best efforts, many people still believe in bent spoons and chatty tomb dwellers.
White Santa as we imagine him was invented by the Coca-Cola Company. Just like Jesus as imagined by the right is a product of King James I's propagandists overlain with Aryan fever dreams.
September 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
White Santa as we imagine him was invented by the Coca-Cola Company. Just like Jesus as imagined by the right is a product of King James I's propagandists overlain with Aryan fever dreams.
Not the only mad ruler to pull this stunt. It didn't end well for the first one.
September 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Not the only mad ruler to pull this stunt. It didn't end well for the first one.
The capture of Redoubt No. 10 doomed the besieged British army at Yorktown. Among the attacking American troops were a number of free black soldiers from Rhode Island. These men tend to get left out of the paintings and dioramas and re-enactments for some unknown reason.
September 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The capture of Redoubt No. 10 doomed the besieged British army at Yorktown. Among the attacking American troops were a number of free black soldiers from Rhode Island. These men tend to get left out of the paintings and dioramas and re-enactments for some unknown reason.
I vaguely remember something from my American History class about what happens when the Federal Government sends soldiers from some states to invade others.
September 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I vaguely remember something from my American History class about what happens when the Federal Government sends soldiers from some states to invade others.