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@jamesdeantx

Hillbilly temperament. Texan attitude.

Tomball, TX Katılım Aralık 2011
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Braxton McCoy@braxton_mccoy·
Father-in-law just said when he wins the lottery the first thing he's going to do is buy Mike Lee's house and kick him out of Utah. 😂
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Braxton McCoy
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and there's less people to complain about rising energy costs, infinity H1Bs, excess water consumption, light and noise pollution, etc. These companies tend to make all kind of promises they don't keep too. If being a luddite means putting your town and county first then so be it.
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Amy Nixon
Amy Nixon@texasrunnerDFW·
We basically did NINJA loans again but this time with non-US citizens Many homebuilders, such as Bloomfield Homes in Celina, TX offered access to FHA loans for H-1B visa holders through their preferred lenders until May of 2025, when Trump had HUD shut these lending practices down Some of these FHA loans offered 100% financing through a combination of a standard FHA loan and access to State assisted first time homebuyer grants for the 3% downpayment Yes, you read that correctly, your tax dollars funded home-buying grants for non-US Citizens during the Biden administration Is it just a coincidence that home prices began falling at a rapid pace in Celina, TX almost immediately after Trump shut this program down? How many people bought a brand new home with zero money down at peak 2022-2024 pricing? You won’t see an impact at a national level, but you WILL see it in certain markets with a lot of H-1B tech workers and new construction
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Thane Eichenauer, born Vahid Thane Lee Eichenauer
Epic. Likely better than the movie.
Athenaeum Book Club@athenaeumbc

One of the Odyssey's most important lessons comes when Odysseus and his men encounter the Cyclops Polyphemus. At first the situation does not seem dangerous. They land on an island, discover a large cave filled with food and livestock, and begin helping themselves. Odysseus says they should stay and wait for the owner of the cave, because he expects the man to follow the Greek custom of hospitality. In the ancient world a traveler could rely on that custom almost anywhere. Instead, something very different happens. When Polyphemus returns, he blocks the entrance to the cave with a massive stone and begins asking questions. Odysseus explains that they are travellers and reminds him of the sacred duty to treat guests well. Polyphemus laughs at the idea, and tells Odysseus that Cyclopes care not for the gods or their laws. Then he reaches down, grabs two of Odysseus's men, smashes them against the ground, and eats them. The true horror of the scene is the calm way in which Homer describes it. Polyphemus eats the men as casually as someone might eat bread and cheese. Odysseus has wandered into a world where the rules of civilization no longer apply. Now Odysseus faces a serious problem. He cannot simply kill the Cyclops, because the stone blocking the entrance is so large that only Polyphemus himself can move it. If the giant dies, everyone in the cave will remain trapped there forever. The next evening Polyphemus returns again and devours two more men. This time, Odysseus offers him wine that he brought from the ship. The Cyclops has never tasted wine before and drinks it greedily. When Polyphemus asks for Odysseus' name, Odysseus gives one of the cleverest answers in all of literature: he tells the giant that his name is "Nobody." The wine soon takes effect. Polyphemus collapses into a drunken sleep, and Odysseus and his men put their plan into motion. They sharpen a massive wooden stake, heat it in the fire until it glows, and then drive it straight into the Cyclops' single eye. Homer describes the sound of the burning wood hissing inside the eye like iron plunged into cold water. Polyphemus screams so loudly that the other Cyclopes come running to the cave and ask what is wrong. The giant shouts that "Nobody" is attacking him. Hearing this, the other Cyclopes assume he must be sick or mad, and they leave him alone. In the morning, Polyphemus rolls the stone away from the entrance so his sheep can leave the cave. He runs his hands over their backs to make sure the men are not escaping. What he does not realize is that Odysseus has tied each man underneath the sheep, hanging beneath their woolly bellies. The animals walk out of the cave and carry the Greeks with them. It is a brilliant escape, but Odysseus makes one mistake. Once the ship has sailed safely away, he cannot resist shouting back at the Cyclops. He reveals his real name and boasts about what he has done. Polyphemus then prays to his father, the sea god Poseidon, asking him to punish Odysseus for the injury. That single moment of pride ends up shaping the rest of the Odyssey. Poseidon hears the prayer, and from that point on the sea itself seems determined to keep Odysseus from ever reaching home. His intelligence saves him and his men from certain death, but his pride creates new dangers that follow him for years. Even the cleverest man can ruin his own victory if he cannot resist the temptation to pride... --- Join our online book club and study the classics with us! We are working through the great texts of the Western canon, including the Homeric epics: athenaeumbooks.com/welcome To preserve a culture, you must continually study the books and ideas that created it. If the schools and universities won't teach the great books of the West, we will do it ourselves... We are an independent group funded ENTIRELY by the members of this community. If you'd like to support us, please consider a paid membership. You'll get: - Live book club discussions (biweekly) - Essays to guide you through the books we're reading - The full archive of discussions and essays - Access to the community chat room See you inside!

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4nt1p4tt3rn 🏴‍☠ Appalachistan Wolf Lodge #47
Know why Hollywood doesn't care that their woke BS is tanking their box office numbers? Because moviemaking is, by and large, a money laundering operation. Don't believe me? Look into how movies are financed, where the money goes, and how payouts based on box office numbers occur (hint: they usually don't).
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Braxton McCoy
Braxton McCoy@braxton_mccoy·
A Canadian investor is now going around in public wearing a "Utah National Security" hat while shifting around like a kid who got caught lying by his parents. That's all you really need to know who's the bad guy in this situation.
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Tucker’s heated debate with Kevin O’Leary

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YourFavWestVirginian
YourFavWestVirginian@wvfunnyguy·
Good morning from West Virginia 👍☀️
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🇺🇸 Kyle Bass 🇹🇼
Another title for this Bloomberg piece (‘Chinese MSS officers sit inside Bloomberg’s China newsroom’) could be: China’s state-subsidized bid to dominate America’s green energy sector has failed—Trump’s administration caught them red-handed. 🇺🇸 @POTUS @WhiteHouse @SecScottBessent @JoeSquawk
Bloomberg@business

Chinese green manufacturers are abandoning ambitions in the US as Trump's policies sour investments bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱
Here we have an excellent summary of what is happening between The U.S., Europe, the London banking system, Canada and other Countries. We are watching a dismantling of the old system, one that central banker Carney would have preferred to continue but is now as we watch him fly around the world is desperately trying to help create a system or what he likes to say a “new world order” What’s diabolical is he’s willing to sacrifice Canadians jobs to do it.
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