Husband, dad, history fella, CLE & Boro fan, stage 4 cancer pt, Lord of Sealand. Author of “Toledo’s War,” publishing May ‘23 w/ UT Press. Semper P. WW8MLL
This is Joe. I died yesterday. Thank you all so much for your friendship & laughs over the years. I still love you. Please hug your families today & look for obit info here soon. Thanks 2 @bigwagz8 for taking care of this 4 me.
The Supreme Court's rightward tilt has the Christian right dreaming of upending public education. But it could come at the expense of conservatives' big ideas, @AdamLaats writes. trib.al/psP4Rw2
Have NEVER seen this on Capitol Hill:
While talking to @RepTimBurchett after the GOP conference meeting, former @SpeakerMcCarthy walked by with his detail and McCarthy shoved Burchett. Burchett lunged towards me. I thought it was a joke, it was not. And a chase ensued...
Anyone who makes "ridiculous" assertion Trump is echoing fascists will find their "entire existence crushed" if he's president again, his spokesman says
Spokesman denies that Trump rhetoric echoes that of dictators like Hitler and Mussolini and declares that those who say it does will find "their entire existence will be crushed when President Trump returns to the White House." @marianne_levine washingtonpost.com/politics/…
This article is really interesting. I attended a parish with a RadTrad pastor some 16 years ago. I see all of this in him, and the traveling circus that follows him.
Fascinating article (especially in light of the Strickland events) which "demonstrates how the praxis of traditionalism directly parallels the modus operandi of Protestantism." “Traditionalism” is the New Protestantism wherepeteris.com/traditional… via @Where_Peter_Is
If rust on a ship is like yellow in the eyes - an indicator of deeper problems - then I’m not sure what’s keeping the MV BLACKY afloat. That’s a Cyprus-flagged bulker in Toledo today and, whoa, is she a rust bucket. Worst I’ve ever seen in this port.
In honor of Stephen Vogt’s introductory speech, name a random Cleveland baseball player (one for each category) who’s been…
A. Released
B. Traded
C. The worst player in baseball
D. One of the best players in baseball
E. A prospect
F. A nobody
Misleading: there is no known mechanism for distributing fentanyl via rocket that wouldn't instantly vaporize/destroy it, as chemical weapons are dispersed via explosive. Ergo, the preparations do NOT indicate an actual threat/capability by *anyone.*
Per article's own sources:
armscontrol.org/factsheets/Che…
NEWS: The Vatican announced Nov. 11 that Pope Francis had effectively fired Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland, a firebrand prelate who called synodality "garbage" and endorsed a video that attacked Francis as a "diabolically disoriented clown.” ncronline.org/news/pope-fran…
This is an actual press release from the Ohio House Republican Caucus.
They're claiming Ohio's new constitutional right to abortion access doesn't repeal the abortion bans passed by the legislature
Bowsher High School’s Veterans Day program included the unveiling of an Honor Wall dedicated to Bowsher grads who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. #TPSProud
To be very blunt, in 2022, we hired him; we set the state’s priorities for literacy, absenteeism, and workforce development; we developed a budget that matched these priorities. All the takeover has done is steal credit for this hard work and repeatedly called us “incompetent”.
It was such an honor for this @BGSU Falcon to talk about Toledo's War this afternoon @UToledo. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to hear the stories of a handful of UT alumni who exemplified what it means to be a Toledoan, and a Rocket - then, and now.