Alan Colon

@RheinAmacher @ICEgov The left has taught people that they don't have to comply with laws they don't agree with, and that they can physically and violently resist enforcement of laws they don't agree with.

Folks—this is precisely what you get when you attempt to obstruct and interfere with a federal @ICEgov investigation!🫡🇺🇸

@Sassafrass_84 Online allows you to say things that in past years would get you punched in the mouth. Not enough people get bitchslapped anymore.

It's 11 in the morning, and so far, I have been called a stupid b*tch, a wh*re, and a c*nt. Was told to suck more c*ck. Is it me, or are people becoming more unhinged as they go unchecked online? It amazes me how comfortable people are being absolutely vile and horrible to others just because they dont agree with their political views. Civil discourse is dead.

@MilitaryCooI Needs more pistols. Props for the .30cal machine gun, though!

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@KBBColorado The Colorado I've loved for 30 years is dead. This is reason # 482,649 we're moving to Florida or Texas. The fiscally conservative, socially libertarian, live-and-let-live Colorado that stole my heart is long, long gone. The woke left killed it.

Welcome to the 2026 edition of the most ridiculous bill run in Colorado… Meet SB26-146, the NAPKIN BAN. If this passes, your local Taco Bell can be fined up to $1,000 for giving you a napkin with your order if you didn’t request it. Yes, you read that right. Oh, and Taco Bell is also banned from giving you hot sauce packets if you didn’t ask or confirm you wanted them. But pho restaurants will get no penalty for giving you hoisin sauce packets. Arby’s sauce is also ok, but your local coffee shop’s creamer or sweetener will be subject to the fine. The bill sponsors chose to make a list of which condiments can’t be given out without being requested, and they clearly don’t frequent certain types of restaurants. Oh yes, they’re also banning cup sleeves on hot coffee unless you ask. So feel free to burn your hands in the name of saving the planet. And no straws with your Coke or Frappuccino either - unless you remember to ask. If Door Dash doesn’t *clearly* communicate what utensils and sauces you want to the restaurant, and the restaurant packs a single unwanted napkin for you, Door Dash AND the restaurant can be fined up to $1,000. Socialist rule at its finest. #copolitics

@cdrsalamander This is the clarity of message that leaders live by, and bureaucrats avoid like the plague.

LtGen Anderson, USMC, MARFORRES/MARFORSOUTH -- gave one hell of a weekend safety brief.

I spent 25 years in pandemic preparedness. We have millennia on experience managing epidemics/pandemics. 1 - Isolate the sick 2 - Quarantine the exposed 3 - Protect the vulnerable 4 - Build herd immunity in the healthy. I saw with my own eyes as decades of planning and centuries of knowledge was ignored, and new processes/rules were created on the fly, without scientific basis. The entire national pandemic plan was ignored. I saw with my own eyes as CDC played "hide the ball", refusing to share information with the rest of HHS, hiding infection rates and percentages of significantly sick patients in controlled populations. We ignored infection-acquired immunity, which has always been the absolute cornerstone of herd immunity. I saw no cross sectional studies of the general population, to determine the actual rate of spread in the public, and determine what percentage of the population has asymptomatic cases or infection-acquired immunity. Instead, reports were based on the self-selected population who either were tested because they had symptoms, or went for testing based on prior exposure. They had no value in determining actual spread and secondary attack rates. COVID was initially stated to NOT be airborne, without data, and against the history of almost our knowledge of every respiratory coronavirus in history. The "6 foot rule" that governed our lives was pulled out of someone's ass at CDC, as admitted by Fauci. Isolation and lockdown orders prohibiting outdoor activities were without scientific basis. Anyone with the least knowledge of viral spread knew that outdoor, open air spread is almost impossible, especially within healthy populations (see the first paragraph, protect the vulnerable and build herd immunity among the healthy). Sending the most vulnerable (elderly) out of hospitals and back to nursing homes was CRIMINALLY negligent, and should have resulted in criminal charges. Health departments around the nation had wildly divergent guidance, based on no appreciable science, but based on fear mongering and control. I saw health executives refuse to share data with policymakers and elected officials, resulting in open conflict between them in front of the public. That's a small, non-exhaustive sample of why I lost my trust in public health personnel.

A question for everyone: survey data suggests that by the end of the Covid-19 emergency trust in public health institutions had decreased significantly. If you are among the people who reacted that way, why specifically? I'm hoping for long, diverse, individualized answers.

@marcus_gilbert @XFreeze Agreed. Have had Jaguars (XJ8L, XF, XJ), Mercedes (C300, E550, CLS550, GLS550, E400 Cabrio). The Tesla is the best combination of comfort, utility, driver aids, and value for money.

@XFreeze The Tesla Model Y is probably the best car I have ever owned. (from an ex Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Ford, Vauxhall, Toyota, Mini, Bedford, Austin owner).

Tesla Model Y is the world's best-selling car for 3 consecutive years 2023: #1 2024: #1 2025: #1 Cumulative global sales: 4,000,000+ units Not best-selling EV. Best-selling car. Period. Beating every gas, hybrid, and electric vehicle on Earth

@garydfaulkner @Rockternal @wmorrill3 Yes, but then anyone can get in your car and drive away.

@Rockternal @wmorrill3 In my Model Y if you leave your phone on the charger the car doesn't lock when you exit and walk away.

I know there are a lot of Cybertrucks doing work out there - those using it for business, any feedback?

One concern is a future (how far is murky) where AI 'discovers' the next level of Relativity, or Quantum Mechanics, so some such. And the skill and knowledge level is so high that it takes more than a lifetime for a human to simply learn the skills, material, and background to even begin checking the findings. It could literally be impossible for humans to validate the findings. AI can learn a body of information essentially instantly, bypassing 20, 30, 40 years of a human learning a subject and building skills.

He is somewhat ahead of time, but in few years that will become a real concern x.com/PeterDiamandis…

I find this unlikely. More likely he left his pistol in the truck, went back and grabbed it, and was trying to surreptitiously reholster it (i.e., in a non-standard way) and AD'd it.

@susancrabtree @RCPolitics I find this unlikely. More likely he left his pistol in the truck, went back and grabbed it, and was trying to surreptitiously reholster it (i.e., in a non-standard way) and AD'd it.

🚨SECRET SERVICE SCOOP: New details about the agent who shot himself earlier today while accompanying Jill Biden to the Philly airport. The agent was apparently rushing and fumbling around after forgetting his cell phone in the SUV, sources told @RCPolitics. The agent was only one week on the job with the Jill Biden detail. He was in the SUV behind the one Biden was traveling in. He left to accompany Jill Biden through the airport, but soon realized he forgot his cell phone. The agent rushed back to get it, and his pistol fell out of the holster and was lying on the seat. He grabbed his pistol quickly and negligently fired it as he was trying to put it back in the holster. The agent shot his butt cheek. He went to the hospital where he is recovering and is expected to be released later today.

@gunfanatics1 M4 just based on familiarity, parts on hand, ability to service and repair, etc. It would take be 15 years to build the familiarity on something else.

Which one for combat?

Just yesterday a guy in a truck busted the red arrow and turned left in front of us. My spidey-sense was already on alert, I hit the brakes and took an evasive swerve, but FSD has already on the brakes and making exactly the swerve I took. I have over a million miles of pursuit and emergency vehicle driving, and FSD was already making exactly the evasive maneuver I would have. The advantage is it already knew the lane to right was clear (because it's always watching in all directions, whereas I had to take a glance to make sure (which takes 1/2 a second longer).

Tesla FSD saves a school bus full of children! My Model Y Performance braked so hard that everything on my seats ended up on the floor. It infuriates me that school bus drivers are allowed to be this bad at driving. In an autonomous future, more lives will be saved like this.

@Colton_Skorupan "They're a bit of anachronistic, but they are a good teaching tool, because you can SEE the math." That's an excellent way to say it. You're SEEING the relationship between MPH and KTS, between GAL and LBS, between crosswind speed and crosswind component. That sticks with you.

@PilotAlan1 Good details. For practical use... I have no idea how accurate the gauges in my plane are, but I DO know they'd better not read half full when empty. This started about whiz wheels. They're a bit of anachronistic, but they are a good teaching tool, because you can SEE the math.

A fuel gauge is only required to be accurate when empty.

@Colton_Skorupan Agreed. If the gauges in my Cherokee say they're 3/4ths when my calls expect 1/2, it's 1/2. But if my calcs say 1/2 and the gauges say 1/4, it's 1/4. Fuel gauges are a PITA to keep working correctly, and many flight schools don't bother. I pay to keep mine working properly.

@dmbkparker I would remind everyone that Gordon Cooper used manual calculations, a grease pencil, his eyes, and his watch to bring his Mercury space capsule back from orbit after catastrophic electronics failure. Tech is fine, but you'd better have a backup plan.

You need to know that in the year of our Lord 2026 these are still used to train pilots to calculate fuel consumption, wind drift, and ground speed.

@dmbkparker That's exactly why it's relevant. You calculate fuel burn by time (pounds or gallons per hour), and endurance by fuel onboard divided by burn rate. You don't rely on fuel gauges that require power. And you can find problems when they disagree.

It’s wild on here. People thinking E6B is still relevant. “Requires no batteries, not susceptible to, etc” The fuel gauge my friends, which also shows the fuel burn rate, requires power. No power = No Fuel Quantity, No Fuel Quantity = No Fuel Calculation on E6B.

@karlykingsley The building is largely vacant. Why keep paying rent on an empty building?

The Department of Education is abandoning the headquarters it’s occupied for 40 years, citing a savings of $4M in annual rent. This is another effort to dismantle the entire agency. Meanwhile, the US is spending ~ $1B/Day on bombs in Iran which could cover that rent for 250 years

@dmbkparker I think there's value in learning the manual/analong method, so you understand the WHY and the HOW before depending on electronics. It builds the ability to estimate the answer, and realize when the electronics are giving the wrong answer (usually due to data input errors).