Mitch McConnell is retiring. Weāre losing a moderating force on right-wing extremism ā and thatās a statement on the dire condition the US is in.
Another āstatement on the dire condition the US is inā is to describe him as a āmoderating forceā.
@manton totally not wrong ā¦ as Steve says - saying no over and over is valuable - and as we are finally coming to understand the money world is a double edged sword.
@chrisd sitting in my favorite coffee haunt in 29 Palms ( no - I havenāt counted to check ) even as I type - and heading back down in an hour to go see Captain America at Mary Pickford.
@johnphilpin.bsky.social so far itās all ok
@johnphilpin.bsky.social I didnāt and am still there
@kaa I have no idea how to play the game - totally random result with a throw away line that should have just died like everything else does
The story continues ~ with no conclusion
@johnphilpin.bsky.social The story continues ~ with no conclusion
john.philpin.com/2025/02/19/sā¦
@toddgrotenhuis do ā¦
@hawaiiboy well yes .. but the pattern is clear - history forgotten and a story replaces what went down ā¦ sometimes itās a coup, sometimes fascists in congress, sometimes locking people out of society .. Japanese internments, segregation, wiping out populations, insisting that .. THAT bit of land belongs to āmerica ā¦ the overall pattern is clear ā and the history books donāt tell the story .. which is why we are always surprised!