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@gregkellyusa what about handling diplomacy through psycho tweets/

Everyone so “Horrified”at President TRUMP and his language. GIVE ME A BREAK. This is the way people TALK. Get Over it. It’s barely lunch Time and I’ve heard the F word on the streets of NYC a dozen times. TRUMP is Keeping it Real—-WE ARE GOING TO WIN!

@rationalyankee the management of that loss doesn't concern you? boone is so convinced pinch hitting works, he doesn't care who it is

We have the most miserable fanbase on planet Earth. The Yankees are going to fall to 7-2 and the doomers are frothing at the mouth to talk shit about their favorite team. I honestly have no idea how people live their lives this way.

@Jomboy_ absolutely awful

its louder now than ever. bleeds through the broadcast like crazy

@grudz2 Why do they start 7:05, 7:10, 1:35, 1:40, 6:10, 6:45. That is just the next 2 weeks.

I'm perplexed as to why today's game is a 7:05PM start rather than a 1:05PM start. Yanks usually play their Saturday home games at 1, unless national TV is involved. Especially in April, when nights are very cold. And the night game tonight conflicts with the NCAA Final Four.

@HistoryBoomer People in rural areas cannot tell if you are being genuine or making fun of NYC. They cannot fathom your examples

This is simply not my experience of New York. I've often heard people say, "You dropped something," and I've looked, and sometimes it was me! I've regularly done the same for others. I'm not afraid to look. Daniel and I live in the same city, but somehow we don't. This is not denying that street smarts are useful. We New Yorkers do tend to avoid eye contact until we've done a scan and scoped out that you seem mostly sane. A certain base-level alertness is wise. But every week, I encounter strangers and exchange little friendly moments. Sometimes it might be me and a dude sighing at running down the stairs and just missing the train. On another day, it'll be a few folks huddling under an awning in a fierce rainstorm and wondering to each other if we think it's letting up. And then there's the classic, help a lady up the subway stairs with her stroller. Yesterday, I'm picking up sushi from a takeout place. As I walk out, a guy says something I don't quite hear. I give the quick side-eye once-over, neat shoes, work clothes, seems solid, so I look up with a question on my face. He says, "I ate there yesterday, it's great!" I smile, "Yes, it is! Have a good one!" And we go off to our respective days, just a smidgen cheered by friendly contact with a stranger.

@WhiteHouse Most socialist potus in 50 years

THE AMERICAN DREAM. President Donald J. Trump signs two executive orders to help American citizens achieve the dream of homeownership. 🇺🇸

@nkulw Fantastic tweet

that “the” is carrying a lot on its shoulders

@abookofsymbols What temp was it served at? If 205 or below ahe was wrong.

nobody understands the “McDonalds coffee too hot” tort case and it bugs me so much. a 79 year old woman suffered third degree burns on 6% of her skin when she spilled the coffee she just bought! she was right!

@whitefeelimgs It is a term for the mentally challenged. When it is used on someone who is not mentally challenged as an insult it is hurtful to those who have the diagnosis.

Not to beat a dead horse, but I’ve never seen “retard” used as a slur. That is, hate speech intended to degrade folks with intellectual disabilities

@EdithOgbuagu I don't think I have ever seen a black water tower. I thought they were light colored for the same reason

This is beautiful, but there is a reason water tanks are black.

@wsliger @BrianCox_RLTW @RonColeman @SecWar @PeteHegseth His entire argument is that you have to read intent into what Hegseth said and can't just trust his words

@BrianCox_RLTW @RonColeman @SecWar @PeteHegseth Thank you for being honest and not reading intent into it to satisfy partisan ends.

Retired Army JAG here. And former infantry soldier & officer. And current law professor. And YOU are full of shit. No quarter ORDERS do violate #LOAC. Giving that order is a war crime even if it's not carried out. But that is NOT an order @SecWar @PeteHegseth gave. And that is why you are full of shit. See, I've also trained hundreds of soldiers on LOAC in the applied context. Thousands, actually. And I've advised commanders & decision makers on LOAC in combat, in Afghanistan as Chief of International & Operational Law for CJTF-101/RC-E (OEF XIV). That's why I know the difference between what SECWAR said in a press briefing yesterday & a war crime. Apparently you don't - so I'll do you a favor & spell it out for you step by step, in simple language that you'll hopefully understand. Let's start off with what Hegseth ACTUALLY said: "It's a mess for them. Who's in charge? Iran may not even know. With every passing hour, we know and we know they know, that the military capabilities of their evil regime are crumbling. They can barely communicate, let alone coordinate; they're confused and we know it. Our response? We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing, no quarter, no mercy for our enemies." (war.gov/News/Transcrip…) Alright, if we consider this "no quarter" observation in context, we see Hegseth's intent is to convey that @DeptofWar is going to exert max pressure on our adversary. We know their military capabilities "are crumbling" & we're not going to back off. Keep pushing, keep advancing. "No quarter. No mercy." See, content & intent are important. This is how we differentiate political rhetoric from war crime. Reality from...bullshit. If we go all the way back to Hague, II (1899) & Hague, IV (1907), the Regulations annexed to both Conventions make it forbidden, "To declare that no quarter will be given" (pic 1, from Hague, IV). Seems legit, right? Isn't that what SECWAR just "declared"? Well, if LOAC development stopped at 1907, maybe you could make that argument. But, it didn't. In negotiations for later treaties, delegates decided to be more clear about what exactly that prohibition should entail. So, next we'll consider 2 later treaties 🇺🇸 hasn't ratified but we were deeply involved in shaping - Additional Protocol I (1977) to 1949 Geneva Conventions & Rome Statute @IntlCrimCourt (1998). As we'll see below, these sources confirm Hegseth's political rhetoric is NOT a LOAC violation or war crime...and US DoW doctrine is consistent with relevant text of these treaties. Let's start with AP I. As we see from art. 40, this treaty clarifies (7 decades after Hague IV), "It is prohibited to ORDER that there shall be no survivors, to THREATEN an adversary therewith or to CONDUCT hostilities on this basis" (pic 2). So, 3 specific verbs to highlight + 1 condition. No ordering, threatening, or conducting (verbs) armed hostilities under condition(s) of NO SURVIVORS. Now, reach all the way back in your memory - like 2 minutes ago - when you read actual text of Hegseth's remarks. Do you genuinely believe SECWAR just ordered or threatened there will be no survivors, even if an enemy IRGC member tries to surrender - or that we are now as a result conducting hostilities on that basis? Be honest. Of course not. And no one in the military is going to hear/read his remarks and think, "SECWAR just ordered me to take no prisoners." Seriously. Moving on from AP I, art. 8(2)(b)(xii) of Rome Statute essentially copies text of Hague IV, art. 23(d) to make "declaring no quarter will be given" a war crime (not pictured). BUT the elements of crimes follows AP I (pic 3), as does DoD Law of War Manual (pic 4). Yes, actual no quarter ORDERS do violate LOAC. Just the order alone is a war crime. But max pressure political rhetoric is not the same as an ORDER "that there shall be no survivors." Which means Sec Hegseth's comments are neither LOAC violation nor war crime. Which also means Rep Vindman is full of 💩.

@SuaKCravens I paid 1 year of my rv insurance for $600. Got a crack in my windshield and they paid $5500 to fix it. Next year my insurance was $700. Pretty good deal in my opinion

Insurance … Any and all types. They just charge you monthly and make it illegal for you to operate in any capacity without it and then actively try to find a way to undermine their own coverage once you need to cash in on the monthly service they DO NOT want to provide … It’s literal stealing lol

@FixingEducation 2% raise and no step? Then most likely your union leaders got a much bigger raise. Sad truth is the ones in the room decide on the distribution. I have seen it many times.

My home insurance rate increased by 12.5% and I didn’t make a claim. My auto insurance rate increased by 15% and I didn’t make a claim. My health insurance premium increased by 8%. 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 2% 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞. 🤔😐😔

@cmills4370 @freedomamerica A credit card company canceled your card for a late payment?

@freedomamerica Synchrony is absolutely horrible. They canceled our card because we had a payment arrive 2 day late even though it was mailed 10 days in advance.

My wife went to Lowe’s to buy a bathroom vanity. The sales person seemed confused when entering the order. The vanity never arrived at our new lake house in NH. Of course, the credit card charge went through and my wife paid it off in full. We didn’t really want the credit card, but the salesman pushed for us to apply for the Lowe’s credit card. So we did, and my wife paid it off immediately. For some reason, the bank canceled the credit card at the same time Lowe’s supposedly issued a refund. In order to get a refund, they had to watch videotape of my wife and I in the store to make sure we did not take the vanity with us in our car. Now my wife is out $1300. Synchrony Bank is forcing us to dispute the missing money, if they decide in our favor, the refund might happen within 60 days. We have to send them bank records and everything! Are you kidding me? Is this the way you run a business? I would love to hear from someone at synchrony Bank or Lowe’s to explain how this happens. Now my wife and I are about $1300 and neither your company or the bank will stand behind your mistake! Disgraceful! @Lowes @synchrony PLEASE share this to help my wife get her money back. 🙏🙏❤️❤️

@scrollpastthis Everyone should have the freedom to choose their own time

Since some of you want all Standard Time and others want all Daylight time and none seem willing to budge, I have a Solomonic compromise: Let's do each for half of the year.

@DivaQBBQ I used pre shredded cheese a lot. But when I have time to really cook, there is nothing like shredding your own. It is 100% better, melts better, feels better, tastes better

I don’t understand the videos of people taking their shredded cheese home - rinsing it with water then patting it dry it to remove the anticoagulants. If you had time to do that you had time to shred a regular block of cheese on a box grater. 🤷‍♀️

@bdquinn what State capped that?

My favorite Republican tax policy of the last decade or so has been the capping of the sales tax on boat sales so that you only pay sales tax up to the first $300,000 of the sales price. Just the most ludicrous thing.

@HodlFlorida Discounts are not offered as a thank you. They have the money because they dont waste it. So they're offered a discount to incentivice spending. If 20 year olds stopped buying dunkin, dunkin would probably offer them a discount to get them back

Can we stop with the Senior discounts? They have all the money. Give 20-40 year olds discounts.

@Unite_80 @heresyfinancial Nightmare for a small business owner. We had 2 tax rates based on product and that was a pita

A progressive sales tax broken down even into direct product markets is best. Example: buy a T-shirt for $50 or less it’s a 5% tax. Rich and buy a $300 T-shirt? 30% tax. Step up the tax all the way in between. 0% tax on basic food items, healthcare, etc. Rich pay more in raw dollars and % and can’t evade. Tax consumption (progressively like income brackets), not labor.

How to fix everything: 1. Replace the entire tax code with a flat 15% sales tax 2. Abolish the Federal Reserve 3. Freeze federal spending growth permanently. 2026 budget is now the spending ceiling forever. Sit back and watch prosperity for all sweep the nation

@kausmickey Trump doesn't fire anyone, too chicken. As long as you can stand the abuse, you can stay. Noem held out for a different job that pays well and no work, no responsibilities

Also, who is stupid enough (after Jeff Sessions' experience) to give up a Senate seat for a chance to be fired from the cabinet by Trump?