Beach Bound

@MileHighIlya @BenjiBacker Every day, you are thankful to take partisan liars at face value. Me? Not so much. x.com/CalNatResource…

@BenjiBacker Every day I'm thankful to live in Colorado, not California.

Colorado built this wildlife overpass last year for $15 million. It’ll pay for itself within five years from the avoided collisions. California spending $114 million on a failed wildlife overpass is absurd.

The people who spent years calling qualified Black people 'DEI hires' supports a unqualified plumber with an associated degree in construction technology to be the DHS secretary.

🚨Crews at risk in the Gulf🚨 Just heard from a crewmember on one of the 3,200 ships stuck in the Persian Gulf. A ship called the local port authority requested permission to dock as they had run out of water. They were denied permission! Multiple ships are in the same condition, with stores, food and fuel running low. Ports are overwhelmed and security is such that they are refusing permission for ships to dock. Crews cannot get off and reliefs cannot fly in. What is being done to address this matter @POTUS @SecWar @SecDuffy @DOTMARAD @IMOSecGen @IMOHQ.

@TippiYogi They like getting thank yous, too, for those who have reps making great decisions already.

Americans: it doesn’t get much easier than this. Enter your address & zip code and this will pull up a letter to your rep to send to show support for sanctioning russia. amukr.org/support-the-sa…

Last year, Donald Trump Jr. invested in a rare earths startup at a $200 million valuation. Then three months later, the US government announced a huge loan backstop for the company and now it's worth around $2 billion. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Remember that 20 million people saw their health care premiums double because $30 billion was too expensive.

@TippiYogi Thinking you would be good at poker. But that would require facing humans for the tell advantage.

Not only does trump plan to lift russia’s oil sanctions, but he plans to do so after his war sent oil prices parabolic, giving putin a desperately needed cash injection. Also why the fuck didn’t trump fill the strategic petroleum reserve ahead of strikes to help mitigate this?

@TippiYogi I once did a kickboxing exercise class. Not the real fighting thing. A student came for a meeting and asked me what was wrong with my knee, which had a bandage. I told him I hurt it kickboxing. You should have seen his eyes.

@peakstopac After a few kicks to the face you tend to pick up on it 😹

@TippiYogi Noticing the shoulder move takes a lot of experience, I would think.

@peakstopac I could write a book on pattern recognition. I use it in trading. I use it in kickboxing (opponents have a tell like dropping a shoulder b4 a kick). Use it to spot liar (liars tend to overcompensate when lying, have facial cues). Use it in surfing (which wave to pass vs. charge)

@mb_policy @dailychartbook @Redfin Or, hear me out, it’s because people are living longer and the generation that is currently 70+ is extremely large. So way more people are over 70 and able to own property than ever before. Meanwhile the 40-54 group is much smaller. Do these numbers per capita for real info.

@dailychartbook @Redfin This wealth concentration isn't accidental. It's the predictable outcome of restrictive zoning, NIMBYism, and monetary policy favoring asset holders over wage earners.

"For the first time, the oldest Americans (70+) held a larger share of real estate wealth than middle-aged Americans (40-54)." @Redfin

@TippiYogi I’m not bad at that, myself. I think that might have something to do with my beginners luck. I have been very bad at directing my attention there. But my yard looks nice.

@peakstopac Nothin quite like having another legendary day while it’s another bleed🩸 off day in the broader market 😎 Technicals work is the takeaway. These were ALL chart based, technical trade entries. Pattern recognition is my superpower.

@peakstopac Hey slothtrader @peakstopac… how am i doing?

@GasBuddyGuy 😭

PSA: I will always regret getting a German Shepherd. they will steal your heart, be loyal in a way nothing else ever will. they are irreplaceable. don't do it. you'll never be the same. two months later and... one mention/memory and my god. the hurt. akc.org/expert-advice/…

@EconstratPB @WarrenPies @rev_cap Alas, about 1.4m/day. Then they blast the “news” telephone-style to their circle, who repeat it, etc. Until an insane % of ppl believe Hillary ran a pedo ring from a pizzeria, Epstein’s best bud would save the children, & that the guy who wanted to use nukes was the peace guy.

@WarrenPies @rev_cap Yea seriously. Who the fuck watches that shit 😂

Fox News tonight basically pleading with Trump to bail from Iran Even Laura Ingraham blasting Trump for underestimating Iran and not anticipating that they could close the Strait

@agazeblank @annmarie @MontayBayBay Trump: what have you done for me lately?

@annmarie @MontayBayBay "But we bribed him!"™️

WSJ: Arab governments were furious about Israel’s attack and the U.S. failure to head it off, officials said. They had aggressively lobbied the Trump administration to stop U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure and now feel a target has been put on their backs, they said… America’s Arab allies are now fuming that they don’t seem to have any influence with the Trump administration despite heavy investments of time and money.

@evildrummer @NewBlackson @glcarlstrom Hating an entire religion. Has Namaste in the screen name.

@NewBlackson @glcarlstrom Aww gee? Did I offend you? Did talking about your goats fucking pedophiles murdering iranians offend you? Don't you have a cardboard cutout to bow to the feet of?

Because it's often getting lost in the discussion here, this is a partial list of Iran's attacks on energy *before* the Israeli strike on South Pars: - Ras Laffan LNG complex in Qatar - Ras Tanura oil refinery in Saudi - hundreds of drone attacks on Saudi oil fields - Ruwais refinery in Abu Dhabi - Shah gas field in Abu Dhabi - port of Fujairah - Bapco oil refinery in Bahrain The list goes on. Point is that, yes, South Pars was an escalation in American/Israeli targeting, but it comes after weeks of Iranian attacks on GCC energy infrastructure.

@ncitayim Real question: did that happen before Israel bombed the tanks in Tehran and turned a city of millions into a toxic disaster?

🇮🇷 The issue, of course, is Iran has been targeting Gulf energy since the very first days of the war - *before* US/ Israel struck the depots. KSA's Ras Tanura refinery, Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG facilities, Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi refy, Bahrain's Sitra refy to name a few. #oott

@solimanmainz @tabnabs @OJoelsen You’re both right. Seems like Norway and France took almost every one of them. Norway has an insane historic edge, though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_O…

@tabnabs @OJoelsen i have no doubt norvegians have great soldiers capable of shooting very well in the snow...

Denmark prepared for a possible U.S. attack: Flew blood supplies to Greenland and planned to blow up runways Key sources in Denmark and Europe are now revealing for the first time what happened during the most critical days, when Donald Trump threatened to take Greenland “the hard way.” When Danish soldiers were rapidly deployed to Greenland in January this year, they brought explosives with them. The plan was to destroy runways in Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq to prevent American military aircraft from landing troops on the island, should the U.S. president ultimately decide to seize Greenland by force. They also transported blood supplies from Danish blood banks so wounded personnel could be treated in case of combat. This is reported by DR, which over the past year has spoken with central sources in the Danish government, top military officers, and high-ranking officials and intelligence sources in Denmark, France, and Germany. All sources have played—and continue to play—key roles in the international crisis triggered by the United States’ demand for control over Greenland. Together, the sources describe an unprecedented year marked by sleepless nights. None of them had concrete intelligence of specific American attack plans against Greenland. Still, many feared in January that the historically important ally, the United States, could attack at any moment. At the same time, Denmark reached out to its European allies, leading to closer cooperation. “With the Greenland crisis, Europe realized once and for all that we must be able to handle our own security,” said a French senior official involved in the intense period. A rapid-response force consisting of Danish, French, German, Norwegian, and Swedish soldiers was first deployed to Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq. Shortly after, a main force followed, including: -Soldiers from the Danish Dragoon Regiment in Holstebro -Elite troops from the Jaeger Corps -French alpine troops trained for cold and mountainous warfare At the same time, Danish fighter jets and a French naval vessel were sent to the North Atlantic. According to several sources, the goal of having multinational troops on the ground was to ensure that any U.S. attempt to take Greenland would require a large-scale hostile action—thereby deterring such an attempt. “We have not been in such a situation since April 1940,” said a Danish defense source, referring to the days before Denmark’s occupation during World War II. Unlike in 1940, when Denmark chose not to resist militarily, the government and defense leadership this time decided—after extensive confidential discussions—to take the opposite approach: If the U.S. attempted an attack, Danish forces would be armed and ready to fight. Danish F-35 fighter jets deployed north were also fully armed. All this despite the understanding that Denmark could not realistically withstand a U.S. military attack. “The cost for the U.S. had to be raised. The U.S. would have to carry out a hostile act to take Greenland,” said a senior Danish defense source. Source: DR

🧵 1/14: Just days after Paul Ehrlich (the man whose 1968 book “The Population Bomb” predicted billions would starve) passed away, it’s the perfect moment to celebrate the scientist who proved Ehrlich and other doomsayers spectacularly wrong. Meet Norman Borlaug, the Iowa farm boy who launched the Green Revolution and quite literally saved a billion lives. This is the ultimate story of human ingenuity triumphing over scarcity.