SOME D*MN RANDO
House-husband of @marypezzulo.bsky.social (who has more interesting things to say than I do.)
Not quite an academic.
Latin Catholic/internal critic of that tradition.
Congenital Tee-totaler.
Possibly (?) a Skeksis.
Hatred of neighbor is hatred of Christ
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOElias van den Broeck tries some fruit & oysters along with the flowers. Looks good! Lemon peel curled around the wine glass is also a nice touch. Today is his day.
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- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOTrump market tested his campaign with Birtherism and inaugurated his run calling Mexicans “rapists and murderers.” There’s no new information in the latest outrage. But there is further confirmation that commentators who denied racism was Trumpism’s central motivating factor should be shunned.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOWas driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDO1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOWOW! WHITE HOUSE SAYS TRUMP DOESN’T WRITE HIS OWN TWEETS??? AUTOPEN!
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOQueen Isabella, famed for the Spanish Inquisition, was the Woke Mob. Also, if I'm being picky, there are two American continents and Columbus never came to the one in which the United States is located.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOWhich will distract from the fact that he shoulda been in the Supermax for the stolen classified documents and also inciting a coup attempt but Justice Roberts says we can't have nice things...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOI realize that we’ve never had a society where everyone was treated as an equal, but we’ve been struggling towards that goal for 250 years, and the struggle is how we’ve kept what little freedom we’ve had. substack.com/home/post/p-...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOPolitically speaking, I think that democracy can stand up to quite a few rich people, if they are rich within normal parameters. But we cannot have a democracy if there are billionaires. Millionaires, if we’re careful, but not billionaires. marypezzulo.substack.com/p/you-cant-h...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOThe boilerplate. Utility bills are going to be gigantic with this polar cold snap, so leaving a tip in the tip jar just now will be very welcome. Thank you! www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOIn addition to her enormous coat, this little girl was burdened with gigantic toy horse she had to carry with both hands, and she was crying. “What’s the matter?” I asked. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOWhat is it about this part of the country that causes people to lose their humanity and hurt their children? How do these people go on for generation after generation, hurting their children? www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOThe angel remained where he had always been, hovering over the wine-dark Ohio, guarding the gate to paradise. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOConspiracy theorists would rant that the freckles were all a Big Pharma plot to sell sunscreen. Bootstrappy people would snarl that you should stop claiming your kid has freckles when all they really need is a spanking... marypezzulo.substack.com/p/this-artic...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOBut to set up a dichotomy that people who work with their hands don’t need an education infuriates me. Plumbers deserve to go to college. Maybe they’re not going to Harvard, maybe the local community college, but they deserve an education. substack.com/@marypezzulo...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOThe American poor believe that since they work so hard to make a pittance, the rich must work that much harder to make a great big pile of money. They think that since they have to be so clever to prevent ruin, the rich must be exponentially cleverer to live in luxury. substack.com/home/post/p-...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOI have learned that an alarming number of powerful men are sexual predators. And an alarming number of less-powerful men, upon learning this, will continue to pal around with and fawn over sexual predators... www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOIt was so impossibly cold that I opened the basement side door for the cat, who had been an outdoor cat her whole life and was shocked to be suddenly living underground, and she bounded up to it happily– and then cringed and bounded right back downstairs to safety. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOOne of the internet trolls who pushed the urban legend was J. D. Vance. Vance’s only claim to fame prior to going into politics was writing a patronizing memoir about his own childhood where he portrayed the citizens of Ohio as fat, lazy, freeloading hicks... www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOAnd then, of course, I made the mistake of scrolling though the comments. It’s not the openly sadistic people that alarm me the most anymore. There is nothing remarkable about a sociopath. What chills me to no end is the ordinary people who brush it off as nothing. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOWhen human beings are being persecuted, it’s our job to stand up and protect them. Our place, as Christians, is to stand with the marginalized and the oppressed against the powerful. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOdoing promo is physically painful for me but i really would love it if you bought or read my newest book that came out a few months ago. i think it’s the best thing i’ve ever made and im so immensely proud of it. simplicitybook.xyz
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOThis week's newsletter! DIE #4 preview for next week! Tales of Hobbit tales (and others)! DIE #6 coming! DIE RPG stuff! Other stuff! Cheese sauce mis-use! Also, things!
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDODo they all get deported now? Is that how this works?
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOAOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOI hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOIf this proposal happens there will be ZERO reforms to Border Patrol or ICE. Nothing will ever change. Once something like this is agreed to, that will be the end of all negotiations as far as Republicans are concerned. Dems will get no reforms on immigration enforcement.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOEvery American needs to watch this:
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOUnderstatement of the century
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDO"Extraordinary circumstances" A judge ruled Elon Musk can be forced to testify in a lawsuit brought by government workers and contractors who accused him of unlawfully directing the dissolution of USAID while he was a senior Trump adviser www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOHeads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOOur founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOA newborn baby has died in New Mexico from a Listeria infection that state health officials say was likely contracted from raw (unpasteurized) milk that the baby’s mother drank during pregnancy.
- "Although the Constitution gives control of elections exclusively to the states, at a bill signing in the Oval Office today, Trump doubled down on his call for Republicans to “nationalize” elections."
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOworth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDORemember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDO"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed." A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends. Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOUpdate: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA. Facts that bear repeating.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOThis cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDO[This post could not be retrieved]
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOI will be on my Substack in about fifteen minutes, at 8 PM Eastern, reading a bedtime story for half an hour! Free to all! substack.com/@marypezzulo
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOAnd now, with the release of so many of the Epstein Files– far past the deadline and far too heavily censored– we learn the same lesson we learned with abusive priests. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOThe boilerplate as always. The utility bills are going to be a disaster with this cold and Michael lost a day of work to the snow day, so this would be a great time to tip me for my writing! Thank you! www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOMichael and I ran to the basement to try and find the shutoff. The cat was at the top of the steps, desperately trying to warn us like Lassie. The basement ceiling was raining indoors. We ended up having to shut off the water for the whole house all night... www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOVance’s only claim to fame prior to going into politics was writing a patronizing memoir about his own childhood where he portrayed the citizens of Ohio as fat, freeloading hicks. But he didn’t seem to like that another group of people was now living in Ohio either. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOI did not know that so many brutal, cold, ruthless people existed in my country. And no matter what happens to this administration, they will still be here after it’s gone. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDODon’t be a person who decided to accept some evils for a greater good. The Lord puts before you life and death. What kind of Christian are you going to be? www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOSometimes the dampness freezes and sometimes it thaws, but whatever it does, there’s no color at all. It wouldn’t be enough to become an atheist on a day like this, after news like that. You’d have to believe in God, and believe He was a tyrant. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOI ate another frozen dinner. There was another knock. To my surprise, it was the kindly neighbor one more time. “Do you need some flushable water? It’s not for drinking!” www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
- Reposted by SOME D*MN RANDOThere are those who say that learning about nature freed them of the belief in God, and I’m not better than those people. For me, though, it’s the opposite. The more I learn, the more I see, the more I believe. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...
