Thomas Sheesley

What a photo. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Fuck that rat fuck Punxsutawney Phil. Throw his ass in a crockpot

アメリカのベネズエラ大統領の件、色んな意味で凄い。世界の警察が再始動したって感じ。これで大半の国の支配者らとの交渉がやりやすくなる。パワープレーの使い方のお手本。

Hoy nacera un venezolano llamado Deltafors Donaltrom Vasques

Rubio realizing he’s going to be president of Venezuela, governor of Cuba, and the Shah of Iran.

You probably won’t be Napoleon, Rommel, or Alexander. You’re probably not Augustine or Aquinas, Nietzche or Kierkegaard. But you can be George Bailey.

I somehow made it to middle age without ever seeing It's a Wonderful Life. Finally watched it this Christmas and I have to say, it's obviously the best movie ever made, and it's not even close. Merry Christmas!

@inel Great job voicing Sayl. His campaign has been fun!

Thank you to Creative Assembly for trusting me to voice Sayl the Faithless in the latest DLC Tides of Torment for Total War: Warhammer III He is without doubt the evilest character I’ve ever been given the opportunity to play! #TidesOfTorment #TotalWar #Warhammer

One of my occasional hobbyhorses on here is the unreliability of written sources as historical evidence. We read about "fake news" now, and think it's new. It isn't new. And old newspapers, whether digitally stored, or on microfilm, become sources decades and centuries later for historians to tell "the real story." This image here is of a British monk called "Gildas the Wise." He was writing in the early 6th century, about 100 years after the initial Germanic incursions into Roman Britain. He is the first major written source explaining the invasion of Roman Britain from Germanic tribes. He was religious obviously, and he basically had an axe to grind with Romano-British rulers - he condemned them for their lack of piety, which he saw as a cause for their subjugation. The origins of the story of a military conquest of Britain from Saxons, Angles and Jutes starts here - the "Venerable Bede" takes that up a century or so later. What's interesting in modern scholarship - which relies more on DNA analysis and archeological evidence - is that it upsets the written record. We aren't even sure the "Jutes" ever existed now. And the initial Germanic settlements show no sign of military conquest - meaning, they were probably peaceful. Examination of the cemeteries shows all kinds of different artifacts, that indicate people from all over what is today the Netherlands, northern Germany and Denmark were arriving, somewhat haphazardly, here and there in what is now south England and East Anglia. Over time these groups coalesced into what we think of as "Anglo-Saxons." Their relatively mutually intelligible Germanic dialects coalesced into the Old English of Beowulf. So what this means is that our earliest written source of England is just too simplistic and inaccurate, reflects his personal opinions that are directed against the politics and social relations of his own day - they are not aimed at telling posterity any kind of objective truth. Now do all of our historical discussions at the present. They are overwhelmingly political. This WW2 revisionist debate is not just about WW2 - it's about politics in the here and now, people attempting to frame events to justify current views. The constant discussion of slavery and the "1619 Project" are not really about history at all - they are about framing the past in a way to get something here and now through political means. The other day I heard Sam Tanenhaus on a podcast mention his use of newspaper sources in his large biography of William F. Buckley. No doubt looking at those sources is necessary - but must be viewed critically. In all events - what we think of as "the past" is really shifting sand in many ways. We can know the exact date of the Battle of Waterloo, or when Lee surrendered at Appomattox. But once you go beyond sticking down dates, and you begin interpretation, you start to rely on evidence that is itself biased, tendentious. Everything we are writing now about the Trump administration might also become "evidence" about what these times were like - even though almost everything you read is either totally full of lies, or extremely biased.

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Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God. No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other. Numerous countries all around the world are being affected by this horror & it’s dangerous to pretend we don’t notice. Thank you to The President & his team for taking this seriously. God bless every persecuted Christian. Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.

We stand with the Christians of Nigeria who face a silent genocide at the hands of Islamists.

Thank you, @JellyRoll615 for spreading the word 👏👏👏👏

I want to thank my father @realDonaldTrump for his unbending leadership in bringing real hope for lasting peace to a region that has known so much pain and heartbreak. Deeply proud of my husband @jaredkushner and Steve Witkoff, whose vision and perseverance remind us that even in the darkest moments, progress is possible. Their tireless work has given new hope to families who dream of safety, dignity, and opportunity. I won’t fully celebrate until every hostage has been returned and peace prevails. But I hold on to hope that one day we will dance again, and maybe even dance together. Praying for healing, unity, and lasting peace.

What terrifies me is if ISIS were to detonate a nuclear device and kill 50 million Americans. Imagine the backlash against peaceful Muslims?

The panic over a $100,000 fee gives up the game. H-1B was always about suppressing our wages and making us poorer.

There is no such thing as too far Left in America. No one gets canceled for it. The media excuses it. It’s how we got to this moment, where a man was murdered. Elites and entertainers screaming BUT THE RIGHT aren’t reading the room. America is completely out of fucks to give.

God is moving and I think everyone can feel a shift. Stay in the word. Be strong and courageous. Remain BOLD. and with that being said, happy Sunday & happy playoffs!

I want his phone history. Who was he talking to in Discord chats

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today. Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome." Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too. Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man. When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was. Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him. Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas. Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate. He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family. Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government. I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in. God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly. You ran a good race, my friend. We've got it from here.