@Rez_Lizard @TW8170 I checked with Grok…a Mexico City dish that celebrates Tampico. Very cool story. thanks for posting as I pass through Roswell every now and then!
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If it has a jet engine, it is visible as a hot object on IR. You can try to mitigate it, but there is no way to have jet propulsion without heat. Logically, the GOAT would be the jet that is the best given this inherent limitation. But come on, you knew that and were just baiting us, weren’t you? LOL
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Can I get a military expert to weigh in?
How was the F35 considered the goat when it’s perfectly visible in IR?
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@bgcts @scratchyjohnson Thank you for the fast reply. I didn’t know the English conducted slave raids, but I suppose it would have been normal for the time.
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@Steve_Reich @scratchyjohnson Capt Thomas Hunt, not John Smith. My mistake which i corrected see below. He captured and sold Squanto
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Tom Ruby@bgcts
*sold by Capt Thomas Hunt (not John Smith)
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This morning @scratchyjohnson tweeted an important factoid. Squanto, the Indian who spoke English and helped the pilgrims survive, was sold by John Smith to a Spaniards and the deed exists in the city we're in for Excursion.
Rather than rolling our eyes, Alan, Gavin & I went to the state archives in Málaga to see if we can find said recorded deed of 20 Indians sold by John Smith to Juan Bautista Reales.
We get to the Archives (see Alan's picture below), and a small genial white lab coat wearing gentleman who speaks no English says this is impossible to find. His new boss, the head archivist, Carmen, comes in and says it certainly exists but may be difficult to find. If you only had the year. We tell her it was 1614. She pulls up a list of the books from 29 notaries whose work they have from 1614. She asks who the notary was. We have no idea. They say they can't go through 29 archives to look for it. Also it's all in old Spanish which nobody speaks and it'll be hard to locate even if they know the Notary.
So Alan and Gavin get to work. Gavin finds an article in the internet archive that seems to have a partial picture of the document. Carmen and the other archivist decipher the name after 15 min. They find that name in their cross reference. Carmen goes to the vault to look while the lab coat gentleman asks for my life history, driver's licence number and a lien on my grandchildren. Totally worth it.
Carmen comes back to say she found the volume. It is tremendously delicate. Opening it may break some pages. Does it have to be today because if so the answer will be no. We ask her if this is interesting to them. Both very seriously nod their heads. We tell them this is very important to the United States and many of our friends. Carmen tells us she will find it but that it takes time. White linen gloves and patience. We tell her to take her time. She says she will take a picture and email it to me.
So here's why all this is important: after Squanto was sold by an Englishman to a Spaniard names Reales, said Spaniard brought Squanto and 19 other "inios" to Málaga. He recorded the deed in the state archives. Then a Franciscan priest ransomed Squanto. Squanto became Catholic. Was baptized and confirmed in Málaga. He then made his way to England where he worked and learned English. He paid his passage back across the ocean and found his Wampanoag tribesmen. Then when the Pilgrims landed they found a Catholic English-speaking native who helped them survive their first winter.
It is entirely possible that but for a Franciscan priest who ransomed Squanto, the Pilgrims may not have survived their first winter in New England. That's history. American history. And the record of it is in Málaga. In a book. One of 29 books kept by notaries in Málaga in 1614. That are still searchable.
This image, when it comes, belongs in the US National Archive.
This is Cultural Debris.
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Alan Cornett@alancornett
Currently on an unexpected treasure hunt.
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@Kaho_Nouchi Thank you for sharing your art. Can you tell me how it differs from Iaido, which I practiced for many years? I would like to understand.
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I would like to introduce one of the traditional Japanese cultures I deeply love, called TATE.
I have been devoted to this art since the age of 8, when I became a disciple of my father, who is also my master.
I would be very happy if you come to love TATE as well.
I will continue to share its many beautiful aspects with you.
#女殺陣師
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@havivrettiggur Haviv, thank you for this. I’ve been shocked that most commentators (even brilliant ones) seem to ignore the branch in the decision tree labelled “Israel and America Win”. We can argue over the probability, but still must admit that it is a possible outcome.
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What if -- sorry if I'm spoiling the party -- what if America's tyrannical enemies all feel themselves on the run? What if it's working?
What if Trump's basic foreign policy strategy -- not every element, and you may reasonably argue that some significant mistakes are being made -- is overall turning into a massively successful surge in American influence? What if the radical regimes, whether outright Marxists like Venezuela and Cuba or hybrid Marxist-Islamists like Iran, are either in retreat or desperately trying to reform from within to avoid that fate?
I try not to comment on America's domestic politics. It isn't my place and I frankly don't know enough. But on the world stage, it's starting to look like Trump may have cut through the dumbest, oldest assumptions of the foreign policy brahmins and delivered through sheer grim determination a serious new direction for American policy.
Yes, it may all go to the dogs. From Iran to Venezuela, it could all still fail. We're going through history for the first time, as it were. We don't know how the story ends.
But the data points are piling up that suggest it's possible this could all succeed. What if China's alliance system breaks down, the Middle East emerges in a year or two (or perhaps ten) more stable and less radical than it is now, Venezuela begins to rebuild from the ruins of Chavezism, and even resilient little Cuba begins to reconsider its commitment to eternal poverty and dictatorship?
What then?
BowTiedMara@BowTiedMara
🇨🇺 The Cuban dictatorship has just announced PERESTROIKA on national television. The same death decree that accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union. The measures will be as follows: - Allowing Cuban exiles, without effective residency in Cuba, to participate in or own private companies in Cuba. - Cuban exiles can partner with Cuban private companies through their businesses. This includes not only small businesses but also infrastructure and large-scale enterprises. - Participation of Cuban exiles in the country's financial and banking system. Cuban participation in the business and financial sectors is now open. - Cuban exiles will be able to open foreign currency bank accounts in Cuban banks. - Regarding land-related businesses, usufruct rights will be granted. - Cuban exiles will be able to establish alliances with Cuban state or private entities. All too little too late
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@JohnLeePettim13 Pretty easy to grow here in AZ. I’m getting berries now as it’s unusually warm. If they can overwinter the next year’s crop is bigger. Spread DE for pill bugs. Little SOBs chew holes in them
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Consider a personal trainer. They can help your motivation and get you up to speed on weight training. I've been using one for over a year, and it has made all the difference. I thought I knew how to lift, and have discovered that a trainer's knowledge of both technique and anatomy will really lift your game!
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After a lifetime of viewing exercise as a chore, something changed in me recently. I love to walk. It makes me feel great. I love the results. It’s “me”
time, in a life largely spent supporting or advocating for others. It’s my favorite time of the day. Sometimes twice a day!
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@HarmeetKDhillon @jerrycurld Ignore them. You are doing the one thing that matters: showing up to practice! And for the record, I wouldn’t want you shooting at me!!!!😁
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@jerrycurld Oh no how shall I recover from these put-downs
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This is MASSIVE: @DrOz has officially launched an investigation into New York’s $124 BILLION Medicaid program - and we can expect a huge meltdown from Mamdani and Hochul!
“New York’s average Medicaid spending per resident was the highest in the country — nearly 80% HIGHER than the national average,” Dr. Oz said.
Let's dive into the numbers: New York’s average spending on each Medicaid beneficiary is $12,528 — WAY higher than most states.
Dr. Oz, last week: In New York, the single most prominent job is a PERSONAL CARE SERVICE. Retail is NOT the top job in New York anymore.”
The house of cards is about to totally collapse.
REPOST for widespread exposure!
#thinblueline #lawenforcement
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U.S. farmers are intentionally flooding their fields to revive ancient "prairie potholes," creating temporary "pop-up" wetlands that deliver a huge boost to migratory birds while improving soil health.
In regions like California's Central Valley and the Mississippi Delta, innovative programs—most notably BirdReturns (launched by The Nature Conservancy in 2014)—pay farmers to strategically flood low-lying or post-harvest fields at precise times during bird migrations. These short-term wetlands mimic the natural prairie potholes and seasonal marshes that once dotted the landscape but were largely drained for agriculture.
By timing floods to align with peak migration periods (e.g., spring and fall for shorebirds, waterfowl, and sandhill cranes), farmers provide essential stopover habitat: shallow water, mudflats, and abundant food for millions of birds traveling along flyways like the Pacific Flyway. The approach has transformed tens of thousands of acres of working farmland into critical refueling stations, with studies showing dramatic increases in bird use and numbers—sometimes 3.5 times higher in these managed pop-up wetlands compared to standard fields.
Farmers also gain practical benefits. Seasonal flooding enhances soil structure, boosts nutrient cycling (as bird activity and water help break down residues), recharges groundwater, reduces erosion, and supports long-term land productivity—often without hurting crop yields in subsequent seasons.
This win-win model proves that modern agriculture and wildlife conservation can reinforce each other, turning productive farmland into flexible ecological assets that sustain both birds and resilient farming systems.
[The Nature Conservancy. BirdReturns: Creating Dynamic Habitat for Migratory Birds. The Nature Conservancy California]
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@Rainmaker1973 You are overlooking the efforts of Ducks Unlimited and Delta waterfowl, both hunter funded organizations. We have been working on habitat for nearly a century. Please acknowledge our contributions!
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"The Saxon is not like us Normans. His manners are not so polite.
But he never means anything serious till he talks about justice and right.
When he stands like an ox in the furrow – with his sullen set eyes on your own,
And grumbles, 'This isn't fair dealing,' my son, leave the Saxon alone."
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If ethnicity exists at all, which it obviously does, then English is an ethnicity.
This is a simple statement of fact. It is possible to be culturally English or French or Japanese, etc, but ethnically be different. The first is “software”, the other is “hardware”.
This should not be license to be cruel or unfair to people of a different ethnicity. I believe we should be fair to all ethnicities, but not pretend that one or another does not exist.
Rupert Lowe MP@RupertLowe10
If I moved to Japan, and lived in Japan for decades, speaking the language, integrating into society, contributing to the economy. Would I be ethnically Japanese? No. No I would not. I would never pretend to be. Nor would that apply to India, Thailand, Mexico, Denmark or anywhere else. So why is England different? Of course there is an English ethnicity. I am entirely bemused by how so many argue against that. It’s just a fact. Politicians who say otherwise are cowards. This is painfully obvious. Restore Britain’s position is clear. English ethnicity exists - it’s the only sodding data point that the Government collects on anything. Of course someone who is not of that ethnicity can be British, obviously. But it equally does not mean that the English ethnicity is imaginary. Those two things can be true at the same time. I got in trouble years ago for suggesting that the footballer Paul Pogba was French, but not ethnically French. It’s insanity. That is just a factual position. Common sense, clearly. Separately, Restore Britain has said from the very start - owning a British passport does not make you British. We have seen how lazily those documents have been frittered away. Holding that piece of paper does not automatically make you British, we are very clear on that. Is the Egyptian lunatic Alaa Abd El-Fattah British? He has a passport. Restore Britain says NO. No, he is not and he should be stripped of that paper and deported. Being British encompasses so much more than that, it means so much more than that. It is not simply a piece of paper. It is culture, shared beliefs, patriotism, language, a common understanding of what is right and wrong. That has nothing to do with ethnicity, obviously. But for even daring to suggest that English ethnicity exists I’ll be roundly attacked. It is just a fact. Every other country in the world manages to acknowledge ethnicities exist without descending into hysteria. England should be able to do the same.
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@ScottPresler Both of my Arizona Senators are Libtards. Will I have any impact if I call/email them?
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Tomorrow, we need as many voters as humanly possible to call their Senators
1) on behalf of fully funding the Department of Homeland Security &
2) to support bringing the SAVE America Act to the Senate floor for debate.
👉Will you accept this peaceful challenge?👈
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Steve Reich retweetledi
The Anomaly Hangover
For eighty years, the West lived inside a historical anomaly with unmatched American dominance. Expanding prosperity, insulated borders, wars fought far away etc. It all felt normal. Well... it wasn’t.
Call the aftermath Anomaly Dependence Syndrome if you will. A cultural addiction to the comfort bubble of 1945–2026. Not a medical term, but a civilizational one.
The symptoms are VERY easy to spot. And they cause hysterics in the weakest among us. To the point where they leverage threats against the strong.
Bubble Blindness: Treating the “rules based order” like gravity instead of what it was: Power, enforced. Shocked when other powers ignore it.
Strength Atrophy: Mistaking prosperity for permanence. Demanding outcomes without accepting incentives, tradeoffs, or sovereignty. Assuming abundance is just... automatic.
Force Phobia: Reacting to the mere presence of power (military, strategic, deterrent) as if it’s a moral failure instead of a historical constant. Forgetting that stability is secured, not wished into being.
Institutional Worship: Believing bureaucracies are self executing guardians rather than tools that only function when backed by real capability.
The anomaly insulated entire generations from scarcity, rivalry, and consequence of any type. Schools taught linear progress. Media framed power as suspect. Comfort became identity. Many are to blame here. But the insulation is thinning.
There’s no cure except exposure to history. Read beyond the post war era. Study empires before Pax Americana. Build personal resilience instead of institutional dependency.
The prognosis is bleak for those who mistake comfort for permanence. The bubble won’t hold. History is resuming. Become ok with this. Because it's happening with or without our consent.
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@ChefGruel I have a local source for halibut cheeks when available. Really enjoy them, but suspect there are not restaurant quanties. Learned from a sushi chef friend
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And just like prime rib… there’s only so much of it. 80% comes from Alaska. It takes a decade to mature. Strict quotas protect the stock. We export a lot of it to Japan because they pay much more for higher-quality seafood.
Aaron Weiss@AaronAweiss
@ChefGruel There isnt enough halibut (the prime rib of fish) on the menu
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@AZJohnnyC @RubenGallego always a correct response to him. After the release of his divorce records
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I don’t need revenge and I don’t want another generation of Veterans dealing with the consequences of war in my name.
Jim Sciutto@jimsciutto
U.S. veterans of the Iraq war will remember the Supreme Leader for the fact Iran supplied advanced IEDs to Iraqi militants which killed and maimed hundreds of US servicemembers. Many are likely welcoming these strikes tonight.
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@stavridisj The Israelis announced today that they are shifting to air delivered bombs rather than standoff missiles. That should create more magazine depth, shouldn't it?
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As both the US and Israel expend hundreds of precision weapons-- from JDAMs to Tomahawks to Patriots--it is time to start focusing on logistics. How deep are the stockpiles? In wars, the true professionals are ultimately the logisticians.
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