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My experience with outsourcing to India, a thread.

@AndrewCFollett I like how the include water in the upper left corner to make it look more reasonable.

You literally drew this atrocity.

@BarackObama What did you have to say about what VA just did?

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach. The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

@Will_Tanner_1 What did he do to his wounded men in front of Vicksburg that were in no mans land?

Grant interceded to fight the Reconstruction regime, which wanted to try both Lee and Jefferson Davis, along with other Confederate leaders, for treason Grant fought them particularly hard on their attempts to persecute Lee, as he understood the peace he struck with Lee forbade such barbarities Whatever his other faults, he was a man of his word, and a gentleman in that regard, which is much of why he was liked He also wasn't a war criminal like Sheridan or Sherman, who delighted in destroying civilian property

@EV_Shortbus @FuentesUpdates Not until I was well out there. Highly curated content. Went deep into the Civil War and boy did they leave a lot out of that one as well. It's almost like they make history and other topics focus on certain things to push narratives.

@Geo_Slack_Bot @FuentesUpdates Did you hear about a lot of IQ type studies? Geographic IQ studies? IQ inheritance studies? Studies that might be politically incorrect?

Case dismissed, bitch 😈

@EV_Shortbus @FuentesUpdates Not sure why I didn't hear about that study in high school or college psych.

@Geo_Slack_Bot @FuentesUpdates If I recall correctly there was an IQ study that showed that around 80 iq, people could not combine actions and consequences if they were more than a few minutes apart. If they robbed someone more than 5 minutes ago they literally cannot comprehend why they are being arrested.

@FuentesUpdates *their

@FuentesUpdates Large segment of the US doesn't understand action and consequences. Then when the consequences come, it's not there fault and they are the innocent victims.

@kensethology Get some Larry Mack in there for color. Love that guy and gives the role a lot of credibility and down home likability.

on the flip side nbc bringing in a commentator with genuine qualifications immediately correlating with the best play by play the sport's seen in decades, possibly ever, is not coincidental

@AP These people are sick in the head.

Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Kim Jong Un and other global figures roam around a Berlin museum in an exhibit by American artist Beeple. Read more: bit.ly/42BDBic

Old World.

@JackCarrUSA Any chance on getting a MACV-SOG television show? One that respects and honor's these men's talents and bravery?

Getting ready to head home from Vietnam with the Best Defense Foundation and our MACV-SOG veterans. Honored and humbled to have shared some time with these guys where they established the reputation that would inspire the next generation of SOF during a watershed moment in special operations history - Vietnam. bestdefensefoundation.org

This "theory", description, or creation has never made sense to me other than something to keep the state's rights cause demoralized. It's a mental frame. Just because the northern aggressors won, the south's stand was a lost cause and not worth remembering? I see honor in many Southerner's stand during the war defending their homelands from invaders who were there to destroy, confiscate, and loot. All because they wanted to be left alone and live their life as they see fit.

Contrary to the common portrayal of the “Lost Cause” as a post-war Southern invention designed to whitewash defeat, no such monolithic mythology ever existed in isolation. The core ideas now lumped under that label—emphasis on states’ rights and constitutional principles, the tragedy of brother-against-brother conflict, and the recognition that both sides fought with honorable conviction—were openly championed by Northerners and Southerners alike before, during, and long after the war. Leading Northern historians such as James Ford Rhodes, Edward Channing, and even Carl Degler produced major scholarly works that aligned closely with these interpretations. Their writings treated the conflict as a complex constitutional crisis rather than a simple morality play, demonstrating that what is today reflexively branded “Lost Cause” was once mainstream historical consensus across sectional lines. The American public still senses this older scholarly agreement on virtually every aspect of the war except its fundamental cause. That shared foundation makes the modern rewriting of the conflict’s origins stand out as an unusually blatant case of activist-driven distortion. When people observe respected historians of the past being retroactively dismissed or censored for failing today’s ideological litmus test, a natural suspicion arises: if gatekeepers could so thoroughly reshape something as well-documented as the Civil War, might they be doing the same elsewhere? This mental shortcut pulls some observers toward conspiracy theories on unrelated topics. Yet the logic does not follow. One instance of historical revisionism—no matter how egregious—does not automatically discredit every other claim; each must still be judged on its own evidence and reasoning. As a result, those who simply wish to honor their ancestors’ heritage and understand the war on its own terms are swept into the same category as fringe conspiracy theorists. Media outlets and academic institutions eagerly exploit the association, using guilt by proximity to marginalize and isolate anyone who defends the older consensus. This dynamic is exactly why factual precision matters so intensely—even when it means disagreeing with supposed allies. In the long run, a reputation for unflinching honesty will carry the heritage cause farther than any temporary boost from conspiracy-minded supporters whose real agenda lies elsewhere. Truth, not tactical alliances, is what ultimately withstands scrutiny and earns lasting credibility. -Staff of Jefferson Davis

The irony of an aggressive reporter hiding and refusing to answer questions for 22 days is rich.

@jjfThompson @Sergeant_Dubs The Texas and Alabama boys worked hard that day. Pretty sure they marched most of the day and were ordered up that hill. Hot July day. Tough men.

@Geo_Slack_Bot @Sergeant_Dubs I did those exact things. It was humbling. I traced the 15th Alabama’s steps up Little Round Top. I planned to do the same on the field in which Pickett’s Charge occurred, but it was cold and wet that day.

What are some essential Civil War monuments, museums, battlefields, forts, etc that I should visit? I recently visited the Beauvoir House in Biloxi Mississippi and I'd love to visit more.

@jjfThompson @Sergeant_Dubs Really brings home what those men did. Walking amongst the Devil's Den, standing on the left flank on little round top, seeing the stones the regiments put of their location, seeing the open field of Pickett's charge. Reading about it is just no substitute to seeing it.

@Sergeant_Dubs Gettysburg was like a religious experience.

@The_JBS I do. And I think I know why they are saying "threat to democracy" so much. By rebranding us as a democracy, they can vote in marxism with 50.1%.

Do you know the difference between a republic and a democracy?

@NFLFrascella They are cleaning things up behind the scenes aren’t they?

But WHY did he step down, specifically…

@ChrisCillizza The law isn’t dumb. And we are supposed to be treated equally under it.

Come on, man. So dumb. Politics is just beyond ridiculous.

@ChuckFBass Whatever they hiding must be incredibly damaging.

It never occurred to me that NBC fired Chris Simms not long after he admitted live on air that group chats involving the wives of NFL coaches had a lot more to say than what's already been reported.

Americans should be able to buy the type of car they want, not the car that government demands.