Bob Loblaw
@stevetrunk.bsky.social
We live in the Dunning-Krugerest of times.
Mostly I like nerdy techie stuff. My fridge tells me when I forget to close the door, and frankly, it's way nicer about it than my wife is. But yeah, enough is enough. I don't need a dishwasher with 11 digitally controlled cycles.
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Mostly I like nerdy techie stuff. My fridge tells me when I forget to close the door, and frankly, it's way nicer about it than my wife is. But yeah, enough is enough. I don't need a dishwasher with 11 digitally controlled cycles.
That is exactly how Christianity works.
If you do whatever the king's service demands, not only will God completely exonerate you of any wrongdoing, you'll also spend eternity in paradise.
If you do whatever the king's service demands, not only will God completely exonerate you of any wrongdoing, you'll also spend eternity in paradise.
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That is exactly how Christianity works.
If you do whatever the king's service demands, not only will God completely exonerate you of any wrongdoing, you'll also spend eternity in paradise.
If you do whatever the king's service demands, not only will God completely exonerate you of any wrongdoing, you'll also spend eternity in paradise.
Yeah. Should have said senior enlisted and up.
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yeah. Should have said senior enlisted and up.
As Carlin said, "it's one big club, and you ain't in it."
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As Carlin said, "it's one big club, and you ain't in it."
Always seemed a little weird to me for a guy that white to be singing those lyrics.
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Always seemed a little weird to me for a guy that white to be singing those lyrics.
Yes. This is the big catch 22 with the whole illegal order thing. The soldier with his finger on the trigger is not really in a position to make that decision.
Refusing illegal orders is something that should be squarely on the shoulders of senior enlisted.
Refusing illegal orders is something that should be squarely on the shoulders of senior enlisted.
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Yes. This is the big catch 22 with the whole illegal order thing. The soldier with his finger on the trigger is not really in a position to make that decision.
Refusing illegal orders is something that should be squarely on the shoulders of senior enlisted.
Refusing illegal orders is something that should be squarely on the shoulders of senior enlisted.
The creators whose work is used without compensation or credit don't get to choose.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The creators whose work is used without compensation or credit don't get to choose.
Or didn't update a certificate in a "timely manner."
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Or didn't update a certificate in a "timely manner."
Because that's how hush money works.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Because that's how hush money works.
Seems like every sex scandal involves a misshapen member.
I am very grateful to have been gifted with a normal one.
I am very grateful to have been gifted with a normal one.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Seems like every sex scandal involves a misshapen member.
I am very grateful to have been gifted with a normal one.
I am very grateful to have been gifted with a normal one.
If just one of those guys had said something as simple as, "Sir, that was out of line."
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If just one of those guys had said something as simple as, "Sir, that was out of line."
When I succeed you, as the Grand Exalted Poobah of the World, I will eliminate the need for hold music by requiring call centers to hire enough people to answer the phone.
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When I succeed you, as the Grand Exalted Poobah of the World, I will eliminate the need for hold music by requiring call centers to hire enough people to answer the phone.
Starting to feel like there should be a mandatory retirement age of like 68 for absolutely everybody.
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Starting to feel like there should be a mandatory retirement age of like 68 for absolutely everybody.
The marijuana arrests are not the only thing making us hate you.
But props for moving in the right direction.
But props for moving in the right direction.
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The marijuana arrests are not the only thing making us hate you.
But props for moving in the right direction.
But props for moving in the right direction.
There is no way he won the popular vote and all seven swing states.
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There is no way he won the popular vote and all seven swing states.
That's how it's supposed to be, yes. Except it's not. In a construction defect case, the first jurors excused was anyone who knew anything about the construction trades.
If I'm a contractor being sued, there is no way I'm going to be judged fairly by people ignorant of business.
If I'm a contractor being sued, there is no way I'm going to be judged fairly by people ignorant of business.
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
That's how it's supposed to be, yes. Except it's not. In a construction defect case, the first jurors excused was anyone who knew anything about the construction trades.
If I'm a contractor being sued, there is no way I'm going to be judged fairly by people ignorant of business.
If I'm a contractor being sued, there is no way I'm going to be judged fairly by people ignorant of business.
It was never any of that .
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It was never any of that .
By the time radio and TV were invented, the Fairness Doctrine was a law so powerful that it didn't need any real enforcement mechanism. No one dared to cross the path of the FCC.
That was true until Reagan.
That was true until Reagan.
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
By the time radio and TV were invented, the Fairness Doctrine was a law so powerful that it didn't need any real enforcement mechanism. No one dared to cross the path of the FCC.
That was true until Reagan.
That was true until Reagan.
Not many people know this, but the Fairness Doctrine first appears in the Magna Carta.
Thomas Payne wrote in a letter to the Danbury Broadcasters "the Fairness Doctrine in no way permits factual inaccuracies or political bias in any media."
Thomas Payne wrote in a letter to the Danbury Broadcasters "the Fairness Doctrine in no way permits factual inaccuracies or political bias in any media."
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Not many people know this, but the Fairness Doctrine first appears in the Magna Carta.
Thomas Payne wrote in a letter to the Danbury Broadcasters "the Fairness Doctrine in no way permits factual inaccuracies or political bias in any media."
Thomas Payne wrote in a letter to the Danbury Broadcasters "the Fairness Doctrine in no way permits factual inaccuracies or political bias in any media."