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@PithyThought @tomselliott @SecWar Yeah, no joy rides ever involve going fast.

@tomselliott @SecWar Valid question, in general. Also, I would argue that any time you see a boat like this traveling in the middle of the ocean, it’s being used for drug runs. Those type of boats are not for joy rides, they’re for speed only.

Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics - headed to America to poison our people.   Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!

@FeedMyGeese @geomydid @Cameron__CM @SarahisCensored Exactly. Plus, Teachers Pay Teachers (basically Etsy for classrooms for those unaware) exists as well.

@geomydid @Cameron__CM @SarahisCensored Looks like the teacher made this for her classes.

I like Lucy’s mom.

@SeanCBass I don’t think we’d be doing this without a roof.

@ctbrd1019 After the parade it seems.

@SeanCBass at the Ranger game today for the first time this year. When did the Rangers get dancers?

@midwestbellee @joecox4pres @saraloonarian @19eightytwomatt The Trinity River Forest would be very sad to hear you say there isn’t any nature in Dallas (if trees had feelings).

@joecox4pres @saraloonarian @19eightytwomatt Dallas sucks. I’ll say it as someone who’s lived in bishop arts, city place, uptown, and now lakewood. You don’t need to be so defensive about it. It’s hot and no nature at all. Flat concrete jungle with nothing outside of sports to do or shopping or eating

@SportsSturm On the other end of the court, that was a moving screen.

This just got quite a bit more complicated.

@SkylarJameson1 @BruceLeeVegas @VitalVegas No shuttle anymore. Not even to Orleans.

@BruceLeeVegas @VitalVegas It went to to Harrahs and to their sister property Orleans. Didn’t know if it stopped. Maybe it only goes to the Orleans now

The neighborhood is definitely being spruced up. The casinos (including Palms) are also in communication about collectively improving security in the area as well.

@jackal84728450 @LibertyCappy I was looking at it from just the employee “contribution” since if the tax goes away my expectation would be the business would just pocket the money (at least that has been my experience over the last 20 years).

@ctbrd1019 @LibertyCappy Have you omitted max on employer side in your calc? That's why I was using 12.4 instead of 6.2 Regardless, this argument is so played. 1.Retail LOSES money in the equity and credit markets. 2. If FICA deduct wasn't mandatory, people would spend it instead Self direct SS is dumb

@jackal84728450 @LibertyCappy Plus the max tax for 2024 is $10,453 (maximum has never been higher). He would have had to pay the 2024 maximum (which would be wrong) each year for the pst 57.4 years to pay in $600k. My math says that would have made him 10 when he started.

@LibertyCappy $600K / 12.4% = $4.839M lifetime wages. Yeah, right, lol.

@bennyjohnson Unlike Carlson and Stone, all of the rest are journalists.

When a lib calls Tucker Carlson a traitor for interviewing Putin, remind them: 2013– John Daniszewski interviewed Putin for AP 2016– John Mickelthwait interviewed Putin for Bloomberg 2017– Oliver Stone interviewed Putin for Showtime 2017– Megyn Kelly interviewed Putin for NBC 2021- Keir Simmons interviewed Putin for NBC 2021– Hadley Gamble interview Putin for CNBC Are they traitors too?

@oldwaver @dfwticket something nice

P1s! I have 2 free tickets to the @dfwticket 30th anniversary party tonight. reply by saying something nice and I’ll choose one lucky winner to join us at the House of Blues!

@RobertWilonsky Andre Braugher was great in “Men of a Certain Age” as well.

@GregAbbott_TX @netanyahu @GovStitt Yet another meeting that should have been an email.

An honor to meet with Prime Minister @Netanyahu in Jerusalem today. I’m in Israel to reaffirm Texas’ unwavering support as the Israeli people defend their nation against Hamas’ heinous acts of war. More information on today’s trip: bit.ly/3QIavZx

@AudreyMadisonSM @JasonSouthwell @__leMel__ @Bitterlee @VitalVegas So do you tip share based on an assumed amount of tipping regardless of what was actually tipped or do you share based on the tips you report as received?

@JasonSouthwell @__leMel__ @Bitterlee @VitalVegas It’s called tip share and it’s calculated on the total of all sales after tax in places where there is tax like Vegas

Short version: If you tip on the pre-tax total at a restaurant, you’re free to visit somewhere not Las Vegas.

@SeanShafershark @Crashdavis565 @VitalVegas @John_Mehaffey I was playing last week and a guy proceeded to double down on hard 12 against a 9, split 3s against a 10 count and then double both of them after they were hard 13s, and then just hit on 11 against a dealer 8. I was very confused. These were the first three hands of 2 deck table.

@Crashdavis565 @VitalVegas @John_Mehaffey That's what I was thinking. But they're out there. Guy at my table told me his strategy was to never hit when he could bust. He was so proud of his epiphany. I told him smarter guys than me have already done the math, and left to find another table.

The lower the number, the better for you. (h/t @John_Mehaffey)

@Notbillsandweg @StripWalking @VegasDuffy @SmallWhale13 @TheVegasVice @VitalVegas @LasVegasLocally @VegasTravelNews @Vegasconfesspod @TravelZork @VegasLocal1 I’m a fire bet fan, but then again I’ve been playing twice when a shooter hit 5 different points.

To all of our Craps-loving friends…which feature bet do you prefer? The All/Tall/Small or the Fire Bet??? @VegasDuffy @SmallWhale13 @TheVegasVice @VitalVegas @LasVegasLocally @VegasTravelNews @Vegasconfesspod @ThatCasinoLife @TravelZork @VegasLocal1

@TEXPAMAN are there any stalls that still sell funnel cake fries like at the temple?

@GregAbbott_TX Carlson is as much a journalist as I am a professional athlete. His show wasn’t news, it was entertainment.

If the public reporting is accurate that Dominion Voting Systems demanded that Tucker Carlson be fired as part of a litigation settlement, then I am happy that Dominion does not operate in Texas, and I don’t think that they should do so in the future. We may disagree with other’s positions, but we should never try to improperly silence views contrary to our own. If Dominion wants to do business with Texas in the future, they should first answer questions about what role, if any, they played in silencing a prominent conservative journalist. The answers to those questions, and other factors, should guide whether we want them to operate here. axios.com/2023/05/09/tuc…

@tedcruz Thoughts and prayers are getting shorter and shorter everyday.

The Left’s first objective: Delegitimize the Supreme Court. The Left’s second objective: Attack Justice Clarence Thomas personally because they hate him because he dares to be a conservative. It’s condescending and completely racist.

@SeanCBass I was really hoping for something that said Arlington on it, but I should have known better.

Everything from the waist up is great