John Shaplin

"Never does the thinking observer have the right to remain silent, just because he knows for now only a few will be listening."- Friedrich Lange

@ProudSocialist Display of their impotency more than anything and they seem very satisfied to be so, signal virtue, take on no real responsibility.

The largest data center in the world was just approved in Utah. The county commission voted for the data center despite massive resistance from residents and one commissioner mocked residents: “For hell’s sake, grow up.” The people responded by chanting: “PEOPLE OVER PROFITS!”

@MarkAmesExiled It’s true, they go after her for physical decline but want to ignore the fact that her arguments for voting one way or another are essentially private. She doesn’t feel obliged to justify her actions to voters.

Naturally this is the one Republican that so many DNC surrogates are stanning for. it’s not just the centrist politics, but also the requisite geriatric enfeeblement and the promise of rapid decline that lights them up

@Acyn He means back to before Trump and Rubio fucked it up.

Rubio says the goal now is to return the Strait of Hormuz back to the way it was: But our preference is for these straits to be opened to the way they're supposed to be open— back to the way it was—no mines in the water. Nobody paying tolls. That’s the goal.

💥 Brussels-backed Romanian government overthrown by unlikely alliance 🟠 Romania Strikes Back and Humiliates the EU After Their 2024 Electoral Coup - READ MORE: 21stcenturywire.com/2026/05/05/rom…

@RT_com He’s trying to stir up jingoism, their only hope for public support their disastrous policies.

Rubio accuses Iran of killing 10 sailors in Strait of Hormuz

@vick55top Just normal attrition for any large scale operation

There is a high probability that the United States has lost another Stratotanker aircraft this morning. A US Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker tanker aircraft squawked emergency code 7700 about an hour ago while flying over the Persian Gulf conducting refueling operations. 7700 is the emergency code for a serious situation such as an attack or technical failure. The aircraft's transponders failed before reaching Qatar. It is possible that the aircraft crashed into the sea before reaching Qatar. Two US Army helicopters are searching for this aircraft! IRIran_Military

@Glenn_Diesen It’s nice to see Yanis going over to Glenn’s analysis

Yanis Varoufakis: Europe Entering a Century of Humiliation? youtu.be/jW3RnY_7GYk

@mitchellvii lol, go ahead MFs

🇸🇦 🇦🇪 🇮🇷 SHOULD SAUDI AND UAE INVADE IRAN? Iran is attacking Saudi Arabia and the UAE. These two nations possess a standing army of 322,000 men! The IRGC is only 150,000 active personnel! If Saudi Arabia and UAE invade Iran at the same time with US airpower, they could swiftly overthrow the regime! I don't think the Iranian Artesh (350,000 soldiers) will fight with the ferocity of the IRGC. Plus Saudi and UAE has air cover, Iranian forces do not.

@QudsNen He’s insane

US War Secretary Pete Hegseth, “The United States has established a powerful red, white, and blue dome over the strait.”

@VideosVuvu @SeVariasCosas You give him an allowance.

@SeVariasCosas he is your brother you must share

Tus padres te dejan toda la herencia a vos porque no confían en tu hermano con adicción 😵‍💫 Él te suplica que la compartas. Qué hacés...??? 🫠🫠

@kenklippenstein New Balance is not recommended for the aged.

Here's 73-year-old Senator Susan Collins vibrating like an electric toothbrush in her re-election campaign announcement 😬

@kenklippenstein The remarkable thing is that all her reasons for voting for the nominee are strictly private.

Can we talk about how 73-year-old Senator Susan Collins is clearly in physical decline? Audio up on this video - she speaks at 0.5x speed, voice quavering + head shaking. Parkinsons? Essential Tremor? We don't know because she refuses to address it, insisting she's healthy

@WGME How do they express their pain and what are they going to do about it? my guess is they’ll just cry like babies and do nothing. Then they’ll reelect Susan Collins.

Drivers across Maine are feeling the pain at the pump as gas prices continue to climb. The average price for a gallon of gas in Maine is now $4.41. wgme.com/news/local/mai…

@alon_mizrahi He got a blowjob from Lewinski while supervising the bombing of Serbia, you call that ‘adult?’

Clinton was flawed in many way, but he was the last president that the US had; I'd bet his was the last time Americans felt their country was being managed by an adult. Electing the idiot clown Bush and starting the wars of the 2000s ended it all, and it would not surprise me one bit Bush was hand-picked for this by a certain lobby, as well as everyone who followed him. The change in the US between the Clinton and the Bush eras is almost the difference between life and death

@atrupar Even on his death bed Barney Frank doesn’t understand the absolutely uselessness of mainstream media.

CNN brought on Barney Frank this morning and suffice it say he's in pretty tough shape

How to pick real avocados: • Choose ripe, firm fruit • Avoid shiny, wax-coated ones • Test ripeness with a gentle thumb press When selected properly, avocados are highly nutritious, packed with potassium, magnesium, and healthy fats.

Here’s the ugly truth about avocados (that you won’t like): I used to think they were the most amazing superfood you could possibly eat. I even recommended them to my patients… Until I found this out: 🧵

@TFTC21 Baloney

Saylor on what gets demonetized in the AI era. "Hard work and talent are getting demonetized. Human capital is getting demonetized." "If you think the glass beads are money and someone comes along with gold then the glass beads get demonetized and you'll be poor if you hold onto them."

@joshua_landis Just another fake peace plan asserting US and Israeli hegemony over the region and the apartheid Zionist state. The US is in no position to hold Iran to account for standards of international law it routinely violates.

The Price of Peace With Iran By Tom Pickering , Gabrielle Rifkind, and Paul Ingram They write that Washington will finally have to: "accept that Iran has fundamental rights as a sovereign state, including to enrich uranium for civilian, peaceful purposes. The United States will also need to help Iran reconstruct by letting states along the Persian Gulf, Iran included, impose surcharges for certain petroleum-related goods that depart from ports in the Persian Gulf and transit south through the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has proven it can choke off. The resulting funds can help finance the region’s reconstruction in accordance with needs, and Iran, obviously, requires the broadest support. Finally, the United States needs to ensure that Israel will refrain from attacking Iran and help the two countries forge stable, if still unfriendly, relations. Tehran, in turn, will have to agree to new limits and severe oversight of its nuclear program so that Washington can be sure it will never build a nuclear weapon. Iran will also need to accept that it cannot extract funds for the very passage of ships through the strait, in contravention of international law." foreignaffairs.com/iran/price-pea…

@ehtangen Read Red Star in a senior high school history course in 1965.One.of the most remarkable experiences of my life.

In 1937, Red Star Over China introduced the Chinese Communist movement and its charismatic leaders, including Mao Zedong as they struggled against Japan’s invasion. Eric Foster, Edgar Snow and Helen Foster Snow's nephew fills in the backstory and observations they made

@vick55top Instead of examine himsself critically

Why are you insulting Chancellor Merz? 😂 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: On social media, anyone can say whatever they want, anonymously, in whatever tone they choose, often in language that I find very difficult to bear. I have to endure it. I can’t change that. I find it regrettable. It's poisoning part of the political climate in our country.