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Andrew Wong 🇺🇸

@ayankeeoriginal

US Army Reserve (MSG/E8, MOS 25 series, retired), space exploration advocate, patriot, science fiction/fantasy fan, runner, coffee lover, American 🇺🇸🦅☕🚀👽🏃

Katılım Kasım 2012
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Patrick Bet-David@patrickbetdavid·
Call me old school, but I want manual transmissions to make a comeback. Anyone who can drive a stick shift uphill without stalling is made for greatness.
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Andrew Wong 🇺🇸@ayankeeoriginal·
I'm in the all-in camp because the traditional DC half-ass Mideast policies have regularly and constantly failed under both parties and both conservatism and liberalism. Nothing works with the theocracy. How can you compromise and trust a theocracy that believes they're on a holy mission from Allah? You can't. I don't arrive at this conclusion overnight. I grew up from the very start of the theocracy when they took our people hostage, the failed Op Eagle Claw, the Marine barracks bombing, more hostage taking/murders, Iran/Contra, etc. to today. Nothing works except either all-in in removing them or resign ourselves to dealing with another N. Korea with nukes. The latter is unacceptable and too dangerous for me to accept as official US policy.
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Eric Schwalm
Eric Schwalm@Schwalm5132·
I dont necessarily agree/disagree with how this conflict started. If you ask me, we could have kicked this thing off in 2007 and I would have started it by dropping a HMMWV (with an EFP IED hole in its side) from a couple grand, without a parachute, through the roof of their theocratic leaders home. In any case...it's started, so here we are. The Iranians will never negotiate in good faith, it's not in their nature, and they will play games indefinitely. They also will declare "a win" if there is even one person left of the regime when we are done. With those as your options we are forced to either obliterate the regime completely or else we need to pack our toys and go home. Total annihilation of the regime or go home. There is no in-between and people need to stop pretending that some sort of compromise can be achieved. Make a decision.
The Calvin Coolidge Project@TheCalvinCooli1

🚨Just in: U.S. forces have struck missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to place naval mines in southern Iran

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Andrew Wong 🇺🇸@ayankeeoriginal·
@BuzzPatterson True. White knuckle driving while your blood pressure will spike at any time. The Sepulveda area is a adventure all by itself.
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Buzz Patterson
Buzz Patterson@BuzzPatterson·
DRIVING IN LA Here’s the deal. You’re driving home from work. You put your game face on and lock in. It’s Thunder Dome time. You execute your classic maneuver. You merge across 6 lanes of bumper-to-bumper with your blinker flashing like its a declaration of war, dodge three Teslas with “Coexist” stickers fighting over one exit, dodge a Mexican gardener in a hoopty pickup with his ladder dangling who decided to brake for absolutely no reason, and you interpret freeway signs covered in graffiti faster than you identified bogies in combat. The 405 changes people…🤣
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Andrew Wong 🇺🇸@ayankeeoriginal·
We are seeing the same at the state level. In CA, Blanco is behind Hilton but refuses to drop out thus splitting the GOP vote and helping continue the Democratic occupation of CA. Liberating CA and other blue occupied states could be made easier if the GOP unite against a common political opponent, but too many prefer to play fiddles while America burns.
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The Rabbit Hole
The Rabbit Hole@TheRabbitHole·
"The State is not the solution. The State is the problem." — Javier Milei
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Andrew Wong 🇺🇸@ayankeeoriginal·
Turning a non-partisan day of mourning for the nation's fallen, who gave their last full measure of devotion to our country, into a partisan attack on Trump is SOP for the 21st century Democratic Party. Nothing is off limits for them, no red lines exist for them, no safe spaces are recognized if it allows them to attack their political enemies, opponents, and adversaries.
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Happy Captain
Happy Captain@EODHappyCaptain·
My little dude surprised me with this American flag he made me for Memorial Day. I love it. He wanted you all to see it too
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Kevin Whalen
Kevin Whalen@DetWha·
On this Memorial Day, I want to remember CW2 Jon Farmer. I met him in 2010 when were both in the same company. He was a fresh faced SSG and just out of the schoolhouse. A former college basketball player, he was such a big guy that the only place he fit in a Humvee was in the turret. I had the honor of mentoring him in some of the specialized work we do. When we went to Afghanistan in 2012, we switched jobs and I can say without reservation that he was one of the few guys I taught that was better at what we did than I was. After I left the Army, he went Warrant so he could get more time on a team and be a mentor to HIS guys. But things happen even to the best of us. He was on a mission in Basij, Syria in 2019 and somehow ISIS managed to get suicide bomber in a room with him and two other Americans. To my knowledge, he is the last Green Beret to officially fall in the Global War on Terror (correct me if I'm wrong). He leaves behind a beautiful wife, four amazing kids and a legacy most of us in 5th Group will never forget.
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Andrew Wong 🇺🇸@ayankeeoriginal·
Late 80s, early 90s. Coincidentally, parallels with the fall of the Evil Empire and the passing of its evil heritage to Western universities faculty and staff to carry on its vile, toxic, and evil ideology. Yale's ultimate success in not teaching Western Civilization, which was to be funded by a multimillion dollar donation by a deep pocketed donor, thru sabotaging, foot dragging, and internal resistance was, in hindsight, one of the first outbreaks of the woke mind virus. A huge red flag which would have been given a lot of attention if we knew then what we now know. x.com/i/grok/share/5… x.com/i/grok/share/6…
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Cynical Publius
Cynical Publius@CynicalPublius·
I'm working on an article and could use some help. When did the Ivy League and other "prestigious" universities stop teaching students HOW to think and start teaching students WHAT to think? I'm primarily thinking about liberal arts programs but would love to hear examples in STEM too. Thanks in advance.
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陈剑Jason
陈剑Jason@jason_chen998·
随着SpaceX即将上市创下2万亿美金市值,最大的受益人是陪伴马斯克整整24年,一直站在他背后的女人Gwynne Shotwell,也就是现在SpaceX的COO首席大管家。如果说马斯克负责提出载人航天殖民火星的梦想,而她则负责从把火箭造出来到卖出去实现梦想,马斯克多次公开坦言如果不是Gwynne的话SpaceX早都破产了,在当初马斯克收购推特时遭到外界不务正业的质疑时,他直言“SpaceX完全不用担心,有Gwynne在那盯着呢”,那Gwynne这位女性到底是谁?为什么能够撑起SpaceX的半边天? @Gwynne_Shotwell 出生于1963年的一个美国中部普通家庭,没有航天世家的背景,也更没有传奇神童的经历,只能说成长轨迹中规中矩,在西北大学的机械工程专业毕业后,进入了一家汽车公司做工程师,随后觉得很无聊,于是加入了美国航空航天公司,这是一家非盈利性质公司,为美国政府在航天相关领域提供独立客观的监督服务,从而避免浪费纳税人的钱。 但这个过程也让她深刻感受到传统航天工业的缓慢、官僚和低效,越干越无趣。 直到2002年命运的转折到来,那一年刚卖掉PayPal的亿万富豪马斯克@elonmusk提出了疯狂的想法:制造私人火箭去火星殖民! 整个航天业都觉得这人刚赚了点臭钱就疯了,而Gwynne作为一家需要负责对美国航天领域进行监督的第三方评估机构,职责所在她也必须得去和马斯克这个“疯子”聊一聊。 在严丝合缝按部就班的传统航天领域浸泡多年的Gwynne,对马斯克的第一句评价是“我觉得这家伙要么是个天才,要么就是真的疯了”,按理说她应该直接转身离开给个差评,但她做了一个改变人生轨迹甚至整个人类航天史的决定:加入! 她成为了前10号员工,但真正进入SpaceX后,她很快就发现这里根本谈不上是一家公司,而是一个持续在崩溃边缘徘徊的实验室,在一个破旧仓库里挣扎,连着3次发射失败,钱已经快烧光了,火箭却毫无进展,投资人开始撤退,更别提客户从哪来,越来越多的人失望的从公司离开,但是Gwynne没有,因为过去工作的经历,使得她对于整个航天体系都非常熟悉,于是开启了刷脸模式,她像推销员一样满世界跑,NASA、五角大楼、卫星公司等等一切人脉关系全部约出来聊一遍,帮助马斯克贩卖梦想。 在2008年SpaceX进入了生死时刻,第4次猎鹰发射,如果失败,公司必将直接破产,但这一次命运选择站在了SpaceX这边,发射成功入轨,NASA选择签下了16亿美金的合同。 早期NASA很多人其实不喜欢马斯克,觉得他完全是个什么都不懂的外行,相反具有同样话语体系的Gwynne却很对他们胃口,NASA的官员说“我们当初是因为 Gwynne,才敢相信 SpaceX。” 除了对外做推销员,Gwynne的价值更体现在对内做翻译官,马斯克是一个典型的极限施压型领导,经常抛出一些看起来不可能的任务,也就是现在很多人吐槽领导的“我不看过程只要结果”,但Gwynne则负责将这些任务拆解到可以具体实施落地的,让工程师团队能听懂理解往下干,而不至于一头雾水的直接崩溃。 很多SpaceX的员工评价:马斯克像暴风雨,而Gwynne则是压舱石。 从2002年到2026年,整整24年她一直都陪伴在马斯克旁边,SpaceX的整个运营体系、员工体系、销售体系、工程体系等等全部都由她一手搭建,而作为回报,其持有的股票已经价值30亿美金,并入选美国国家工程院院士,Time100最具影响力人物,福布斯全球最有权力女性。 Gwynne的故事,没有那么多波澜曲折的苦难,也没有草根逆袭的神话,但是却好像每一家成功的公司,都会有这样的组合,一个负责天马行空,一个负责脚踏实地,马云遇上了蔡崇信,马斯克遇上了Gwynne。
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John Reese - Person of Interest
I don't mean to be a downer, but I think this year (2026) could be our last chance to save the once beautiful State of California and City Of Los Angeles. The State of my birth and home for the past 65 years (minus deployments). Please vote: Steve Hilton - Governor, State of California Spenser Pratt - Mayor, City of Los Angeles Michael Gates Jr - Attorney General, State of California
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Seneca Scott
Seneca Scott@SenecaSpeaks21·
Are you noticing the more average people are wake up to the insanity of the “progressive” Democrats, the more violent their rhetoric and actions are? Pay attention, the next step is mask off and open violence, even genocide if they EVER get power again. America needs a post-partisan movement or we won’t make it much longer.
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Andrew Wong 🇺🇸@ayankeeoriginal·
@SGTWipper1Each Space Force because the recruiter promised I can pilot a X-Wing.🤣 Seriously, Army again but full time.
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Christopher Wipper
Christopher Wipper@SGTWipper1Each·
You go back in time and join the Military again, but you're forced to choose a different branch. Which one do you pick?
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New York Post@nypost·
'Trump House' owner dies after brutal attack outside Escondido home trib.al/8I49ySS
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Andrew Wong 🇺🇸@ayankeeoriginal·
"The United States also enlisted several Latin American countries to arrest their people of Japanese as well as German and Italian descent and bring them to America to be interned." The Democrats got countries to kick down the doors of their citizens homes, drag them to ships, sail them to a country most have never been before, and interned them behind barbed wire with armed guards patrolling the camps. Most don't know this part of WW2 because it's not widely publicized, probably for shameful reasons by the govts involved. x.com/i/grok/share/3…
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Cynical Publius
Cynical Publius@CynicalPublius·
Republicans do not need to call Democrats "Nazis," because "Democrat" is bad enough. -The Trail of Tears. -Slavery. -The Civil War. -Jim Crow. -The KKK. -Concentration camps for Americans of Japanese descent. -Opposition to all civil rights legislation. -Embrace of Marxism. -Racial eugenics via 66 million aborted babies. -The Re-Racialization of American society in the 21st Century. In most nations throughout history, that's enough for a political party to be outlawed.
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