Twitter
Twitter Mommy censorship is annoying. I routinely back up my tweets with sources. So there was a tweet about the US backing Ukraine with arms, etc. So I respond with how Russia backed up North Vietnam/Viet Cong with arms citing a (RUSSIAN!) source via an Internet search.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
The LP Twitter feed is making points not even claimed by Kyiv or Moscow. "All vehicles crossing the bridge undergo checks for explosives by state-of-the-art control systems." Two of the 3 lives lost were in a passenger car near the exploding truck (plus the truck driver?).
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
Well, Russia does BOTH, so whoever devised your poll is stupid.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
The Mises Caucus crackpots are trying to recharacterize Western military aid to Ukraine as "sponsoring terrorism". No, I'm fairly sure that US aid isn't focusing on conventional explosives. And more to the point, the bridge in question is a key target.https://t.co/cemk8UABCi
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
Who is "DFG"? I think the leftist troll MEANT "TFG", i.e., "An abbreviation most commonly used on Twitter to describe the disgraced, double impeached, 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump...Biden described Donald Trump as “the former guy.”" https://t.co/RgyQwI8KtZ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
Rubbish! I'm a critic of both Trump and Biden.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
$4.2T of Trump's 7.8T added to the debt occurred in FY2020--most of which was related to Dem-House pandemic spending and drops in revenue, mostly by state shutdowns. OP disregards LFPR is below pre-pandemic & soaring inflation.
Rubbish! You are making this up. First of all, the bridge is a conduit to Russian occupation in southern Ukraine. It's a legitimate military target. The 2 people killed in a nearby passenger car were incidental to the at. You don't fundamentally understand the concept terrorism.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
This is pretty stupid. Reparations are a key demand of the Black Lives Matters movement. The movement leadership is embroiled in financial scandal. Pandering to leftist trolls by repeating trite allegations of "racism" is pathetic.https://t.co/hXuxGZzQe5
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
Don't be stupid! Said bridge to occupied Crimea is a military target, a key link to southern Ukraine occupation forces. There were 2-3 incidental casualties. Stop tweeting like a Russian propagandist.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
"Russia’s Kerch Strait Bridge has been the economic and military lifeblood of its occupying force on the Crimean Peninsula since its opening in 2018, and more recently a vital conduit for its troops in southeast Ukraine." - WSJ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
NOPE. Any taxpayer doesn't have to explain his opposition to dubious spending of public funds to the satisfaction of the corrupt people spending them. For example, I don't feel the need to review child pornography to object to its funding.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
I'm tired of the control freak leftists who conveniently forget that money doesn't buy an election; among examples, Hillary Clinton didn't win the 2016 election, and Bloomberg didn't win a single 2020 primary. McCain in the 2008 GOP campaign was flying coach.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
"Citizens United"
I think I must be the only person on Twitter agreeing with referee Boger's call of roughing the passer; it's not that Jarrett tackled him but the unnecessary force in slamming him to the turf. If Tom's helmet had hit the turf, he could have been hurt. A body slam.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 9, 2022
"Brady"
Except maybe for personal legal paperwork, everything else is owned by the USG, nothing by the twice-impeached dimwit. https://t.co/ga98OwA8NH
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 10, 2022
Maybe if we were talking unsold copies of "The Art of the Deal". But the USG owns all Presidential records. https://t.co/V1hDrqBaGr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 10, 2022
Once again, Biden proves to be a counterproductive petty amateur in diplomacy. Ir's not Saudi Arabia's fault that the US is dependent on OPEC oil. Biden's hostile policies to energy production and transport have consequences. https://t.co/vye9MoCGvy
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 10, 2022
George HW Bush never got impeached, lost his own reelection without a public meltdown, no election lawsuits, no shutdown of Congress confirming Clinton's election, no stolen Presidential records.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 10, 2022
Like every loser you meet, Trump tries to deflect attention from his misconduct. https://t.co/Nh9kJfPhdm
NARA picked up 15 boxes of stuff Trump stole in January. That doesn't count the stuff picked up in June in response to the subpoena or the other stuff recovered in the FBI search. His description of "small" only applies if you compare it to the national debt accumulated under him https://t.co/V1hDrqBaGr
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 10, 2022
The Kerch Bridge is a military target. It's part of the supply chain from Russia to occupied southern Ukraine.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 10, 2022
Nuclear attacks on other nations are not morally acceptable, period. I and other Americans reject the rationalization of them against Japan.https://t.co/QYrXEAzNw1 https://t.co/IEJhFP83k3
I wish you would have kicked his ass in 2016.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 10, 2022
Stop blaming the victim! Russia's aggression is totally egregious.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 10, 2022
This is TOTALLY bogus, and if you weren't economic illiterate, you would know it. This is an artifact of how labor force is defined; they don't include long-term unemployed part of the labor force. If you look at LFPR, it's still a point below pre-pandemic.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 10, 2022
What do you call climate alarmist BS?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
Our federal government was never meant to be a direct democracy. The power of the people is vested in the US House, but we have a bicameral legislature as a check on the excesses of volatile public opinion, not to mention certain super-majority requirements & a Presidential veto.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
This is Soft Rock America. Hannity is trending; he reminds me of a classic Beatles tune: https://t.co/VzuMk99DC7
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
"Sean Hannity"
Joe Biden was a "good" father? The Obama Administration had a policy against Ukraine corruption, the VP was in charge, and junior took a lucrative board position for an oligarch under investigation. This had the APPEARANCE of a conflict of interest.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
"Fox News"
I instantly knew when I saw this tweet in my feed who was being targeted by the trend "Bye Felicia". Tulsi has been one of the few interesting Dem politicians to push back on party groupthink, more of a foreign interventionist skeptic. Still too much of a social liberal for me. https://t.co/JKAhhtdrgh
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
Somehow in Putin's twisted world view a truck bomb on a key supply route Kerch Bridge is a "terrorist" attack, but a children's playground in Kyiv is apparently being used to stage attacks on the Russia motherland. #PutinWarCrimes https://t.co/APJl4qUteJ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
This is rather stupid. Russian oil competes against Saudi oil and has been discounting their oil in the face of the Biden-led boycott. Saudi Arabia can also arbitrage price differences by reselling Russian oil, exploiting the Biden Price Hike. https://t.co/ZsCsH83RBs
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
Russia is engaging in state-sponsored terrorism. These attacks don't affect the reasons why the Russian military is losing ground in eastern Ukraine. https://t.co/TcqULdf5c2
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
Interesting. I wonder what Ms. Gabbard going to do: join a third party, like Yang's 'Forward Party'? I don't see her joining the LP; she still is a social/economic progressive. https://t.co/Nv7jGapyWz
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
Biden is reaping the consequences of his war on fossil fuel. Trying to bribe midterm voters by draining the strategic reserve isn't keeping the price of oil down. His war is a long-term economic assault on Saudi Arabia, and they know it. https://t.co/pB7vfRSNXY
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
Is it any surprise that Sen. Sasse is facing cancel culture from progressive students over his prospective appointment to head the University of Florida?https://t.co/nAgjTmq2Mf
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
Hillary Clinton is still looking for scapegoats to explain how she managed to lose to Trump in 2016. She just was too toxic to win the White House.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
"Russian Asset"
I have my political differences with Reagan and the Bushes, but Reagan's tribute to our national heritage of free immigration is inspiring. That the unprincipled Trump, who had blamed Romney's 2012 defeat on his immigration restriction policies, became poster boy for nativism? https://t.co/QhJZ3MpKd6
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
We don't need SCOTUS intervening on policing policies in the states. We need to reject the legal fiction of the incorporation doctrine. I personally accept the scientific fact that human life begins at conception. https://t.co/aCryh95jXt
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
No! We need to stop engaging in counterproductive diabolical economic sanctions and related policies. The reason our economy still depends on some imports of OPEC oil is a reflection of Dem anti-fossil fuel policies. https://t.co/1yQiVXKTQ1
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
This is sad. You know what's even sadder? Criminalizing nonviolent transactions instead of treating addiction. Unfortunately, Sen. Biden spent his adult life pursuing the failed War on Drugs. https://t.co/luF76Sqi6P https://t.co/2KUscQW5L8
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 11, 2022
My latest essay explains why I continue to honor Columbus Day, which is no longer politically correct. https://t.co/YpCkFae8Xk
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
Unconstitutional to add additional criteria not embedded in the Constitution itself.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
Trump has lied about prior Presidents also violating the Presidential Records Act. https://t.co/XTKi4deEzB
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
I don't have a lot of hard data on breakthrough infections, but I know of families among relatives where prior to vaccines, all caught the disease, and I know of vaxxed relative families where some, but not all, got infected. That's anecdotal evidence; your mileage may vary.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
We do know that the initial vaccines were designed against the archetypal version of COVID-19 (not against subsequent more contagious variants), that natural or acquired antibody protection wanes after several months.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
Extrapolate hospitalizations and deaths among the unvaxxed.
But the reasons for sky-high prices on the Left Coast has more to do with a cluster of refineries out for maintenance and logistics issues shifting supplies there. It's the old fashioned story of supply and demand, and political whores are scapegoating low-margin station owners.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
Of course the economic illiterate Congresswoman is a Democrat. That was obvious by her targeting Republicans in her tweet. I first inferred she was talking about allegations in the recent hurricane damage. But no--it's gas prices.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
There are multiple reasons why gas is higher.
The 2024 primaries? Who's diagnosing candidate strokes 2 years in advance?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
We know that the original vaccines weren't tweaked for subsequent variants (until the new bivalent boosters). Also we know antibody protection wanes after 6 months or so, particularly among older people, and up to half or more haven't taken boosters post primary vaccination.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
The leftists really want to make Trumpism a capital crime. If Ms. Babbitt had been a woke progressive, they would be making her a Floyd-type martyr. Seeing hypocritical leftists rationalize a cop murdering an unarmed protester is nauseating. Note: I'm NeverTrump
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
"Ashli Babbitt"
Twitter Mommy does not allow us to speak frankly about mental disabilities. There are too many idiots playing the victim card for not doing the right thing for themselves & other people during the pandemic & are delusional enough to consider themselves principled.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
#unvaccinated
To what extent Fetterman is able to function after his stroke is speculative; we remember former Sen. Mark Kirk. One thing we know, though, is Fetterman is a professional politician and a Biden rubber stamp, both out of step with Pennsylvania's interests.https://t.co/RisuOlvotu https://t.co/c8M1eXaVJN
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
To what extent Fetterman is able to function after his stroke is speculative; we remember former Sen. Mark Kirk. One thing we know, though, is Fetterman is a professional politician and a Biden rubber stamp, both out of step with Pennsylvania's interests.https://t.co/RisuOlvotu https://t.co/c8M1eXaVJN
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
As if we needed further evidence of Biden's dementia... I know he's trying to imitate Trump-like hype, but no matter how much you put lipstick on a pig.... He entered office with 2 approved vaccines, he wanted trillions more spent on "infrastructure" and "Build Back Better". https://t.co/OGSmGGctYb
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
Elon Musk is hopelessly naive over politics; it's one thing to solve engineering problems, but issues between Russia and Ukraine predated the USSR, and Musk really is not cognizant of Ukraine's perspective. Thank God he is constitutionally blocked from running for POTUS. https://t.co/jlyYloYcRy
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
This is Soft Rock America. Kamala Harris, who insists no one should go to jail for smoking pot, oversaw more than 1900 marijuana convictions as SF DA, has lost her memory seeking higher office. Bur I bet Eric Carmen knows who did it: https://t.co/dGndP30WlC https://t.co/J2WYEZhbcj
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 12, 2022
I know I'm showing my age when Twitter starts talking about a cover of "Breakaway" and I'm thinking Art Garfunkel, not Kelly Clarkson.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
Nope, economic illiterate. Trump wasn't anti-fossil fuel. And the inflation story goes beyond energy. You need to start looking at monetary policy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
No, Comey did not cause Hillary Clinton's defeat. She was hugely unpopular, & she caused her own problems by going against policy to use her own personal email account. I've never heard a single Trump voter cite Comey's references to Clinton's emails. You all are still in denial.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
I Thank GOD for another day! I just received my Annual Flu Shot and COVID-19 Moderna updated Booster, and I Feel Good!
— Mr. T (@MrT) October 13, 2022
Not. Not a fan of Alex Jones or his crackpot conspiracy theories, and I don't think he should have exploited a tragedy for personal gain. I just don't think his lies amounted to that kind of damage. The real damage was caused by the original mass murderers.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
Well, I think it is difficult to explain how stolen classified documents ended up in his own desk at MAL without his knowledge and consent. AFTER his lawyers didn't include them in response to the subpoena. I need to know more about the specifics of the boxes he moved. https://t.co/bFqJBuouWY
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
What the hell is wrong with you people? You are deliberately burning bridges with rational libertarians like me. You are blatantly republishing war criminal Putin's talking points of "denazification", the Azov Battalion, etc. https://t.co/912GTWRbrZ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
What "slander"? All I know is he lied about a mass shooting. I don't see how that form of a lie destroys a victim's or survivor's reputation. Everyone knows Jones is a conspiracy theorist. The real damage was done by a mass murderer.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
You do realize this was a civil, not criminal case, right?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
Yes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
Correction: Biden died in 2015, not 2016. I misread the year in small print.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
So the idea is that moving boxes were moved out of the range of surveillance cameras. The concern is the relevant moved boxes may have contained Presidential records versus Trump's personal property. I think the concern is the timing of the moves relative to USG meetings.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
Ha! At first, I thought he was playing a game on words, talking about musk cologne for men (which I loathe). Nope. It turns out he is marketing his branded perfume "Burnt Hair" costing $100/bottle. You've got to sell a lot of perfume to finance $44B. https://t.co/lxBu5uKoq2
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
By some accounts, interest rate hikes could add a $1T more to USG debt service expenditures over the coming decade.https://t.co/G9Bv8RZldG
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
And I thought I had a weight problem... How did the dude spend $28? From what I could see, their combo meals sell for under $10.https://t.co/pJ0ESs7v8D https://t.co/cNROu5GIIt
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
Kaepernick lost his job on the field because he didn't do his job as quarterback sufficiently well. Stop playing the victim card.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
It's amazing Twitter allows your racist crap. Favre did not have control over MS disbursements. If MS state officials vetted expenditures...
No one in Ukraine's government represents the Avoz ultra-nationalists. Their leader Biletsky was defeated in his reelection attempt. The group has gotten some non-ideological support (including some wealthy backers, including Jewish).
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
"Ukrainian Nazis"https://t.co/xwZTAK8ZMT
Why don't women who know their husbands have anger issues leave their relationships before spousal abuse? I don't think anyone could predict Trump's behavior in his post-election meltdown. He prides himself in being unpredictable. Bottom line: don't blame the victims.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
I don't know Pence himself knew until the challenges made their way through the courts what the electoral facts were. The fact is Pence publicly rejected Trump's attempts to have him intervene against Biden's confirmation, even at the risk of his own personal safety.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
"The justices denied Trump’s relatively narrow emergency request in a brief unsigned order. There were no noted dissents."
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 13, 2022
So much for leftist claims that conservative justices have Trump's back. https://t.co/n5hLmAn4wD
Clearly they need to boost their ratings. I'm sure Trump holds them in contempt. What do they expect from his appearance? Another string of "Amendment 5"s? I've heard the dude debate. He ignores the rules.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
"January 6 committee votes to subpoena former president Donald Trump"
I'm sure the Orange Man would say he's the Greatest Pumpkin ever, Linus. https://t.co/rqxyAZ2zI5
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
I'm really bored with endless partisan troll sniping. For years, Trumpkins have fantasized of Hillary Clinton in an orange pantsuit. The Trump Derangement Syndrome trolls daily gripe that AG Garland doesn't have the Great Pumpkin in prison stripes yet.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
"Donald John Trump"
Oh. the unvaccinated feel discriminated against, because employers may not allow policy noncompliance, except for tolerance issues, or public travel options may be restricted. Why do you think workplaces have sick day policies?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
Minor wording correction: in the last sentence, I intended to write breakthrough not crossbreak infections, i.e., the primary vaccinated who get infected. The prior statement clearly implies COVID-19 infection is more serious among the unvaccinated.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
The scientific fact and empirical evidence is that vaccines work. Do any crossbreak on infection rate, hospitalization and deaths for the unvaccinated. We know crossbreak infections are shorter and less serious, less likely to transmit the disease.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
It's too bad Pelosi didn't agree in advance to having the (offered) National Guard augment the outmanned Capitol police force, despite repeated warnings about Trump's scheduled rally before the Jan. 6 vote.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
You mean (GASP!) Musk is a crony capitalist!
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
I don't think Musk liked Ukraine's feedback on his "peace plan". https://t.co/KeEowziiUv
So Biden did learn something from serving under Obama. Remember when Obama told Russia he would be more flexible after the 2012 election?https://t.co/HvwFdjxC1X https://t.co/55S0nbuDsF
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
Let's hope this is the start of a trend. https://t.co/XlnvSzT36H
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
Gov. DeSantis has been tweeting furiously about the state's efforts in hurricane recovery, Policies like not mutually recognizing state licensing are a counterproductive form of protectionism that obstructs timely repairs in neighborhood recovery. https://t.co/cGsaTQ725e
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
It's like Elon Musk has adapted the business model of drug dealers. You get customers hooked on cheap products and services, and once they're dependent on you, you raise your prices.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
Starlink
Is this the latest Alex Jones conspiracy theory? #sarcasm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
Don't you long for the days when Trump was limited to 280 characters? https://t.co/B94IL2BPFG
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
As a former professor, I have an issue with government micromanaging instruction. I believe in the principle of Subsidiarity.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
I'm not fully versed on new state guidelines. But I think there's a difference from proactively planning a class based on age-restricted topics. https://t.co/4OrpVhZoGg
This is Soft Rock America.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
Bob Dylan had a lot to say about rainy day women; everybody must get Roger Stoned.https://t.co/E7WkSDrHxb https://t.co/dUWasVSOur
My latest post rants on libertarians and other idiots repeating Russian propaganda points over the recent Kerch Bridge attack.https://t.co/Vw81nBsM2Z
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 14, 2022
Personally I as a voter don't about celebrity political opinions. I was a Springsteen fan before he became overtly political. But I remained a fan of Elton John and Manilow after they came out of the closet.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2022
This isn't a valid comparison. Kaepernick violated the NFL code of conduct back then regarding on-field behavior during the anthem. LeBron James didn't want supporters of Hong Kong protesters endangering lucrative NBA contracts in Chinese coverage https://t.co/yAXTORoFuu
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2022
I love seeing Trumpkins getting their ass kicked.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2022
Hillary Clinton also has an honorary doctorate. You want to bet Erick doesn't call her "Dr. Clinton"?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 15, 2022
Seriously, dude? Isn't it bad enough the GOP has stolen valor issues with Majewski? Doesn't Walker have enough problems without flashing a phony police badge? https://t.co/YcPUVF0yOn
Yeah, like when Doug Jones won Sessions' old Senate seat? Trump went 2-for-2 in backing losing candidates. Or when his attempt to primary Congressman Massie failed? Or how about when he did primary Congressman Sanford's seat, only to lose the seat to the Democrat? Trump=loser
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2022
Who would I trust near my daughter?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2022
Never Trump.
Never Biden.
"Creepy Joe"
Unlike the REAL RINO, Donald J. Trump, who was not only a registered Democrat in 2008 but supported BOTH Hillary Clinton and Barry Obama.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2022
Paul Ryan read Ayn Rand. Trump is still waiting for her comic book to come out.
Paul Ryan is right; Trump is unelectable in 2024. Trump lost the overall popular vote in 2 straight elections. He may be able to convince enough stupid GOP voters in a state of denial to win the nomination but not independents. https://t.co/2vwoPVzuu4!
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2022
"Paul Ryan"
My latest essay takes on a recent pro-abort episode of "Law and Order".https://t.co/6ktKD5QL6r
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 16, 2022
