SuMo
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@RiverOaksPrblms River Oaks gotta be up there on elective surgery rankings …
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I’m not saying he might be invading Cuba to avoid his son’s wedding, but I did schedule an elective surgery once to skip an annoying cousin’s wedding.
Nick Sortor@nicksortor
🚨 NOW: President Trump is now BACK in Washington, DC after CANCELLING his weekend plans in New Jersey CBS is reporting intelligence officials have ALSO canceled Memorial Day plans, and are on standby. Something may be imminent 👀
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My thoughts go out to Tulsi Gabbard and her family, as her husband battles this serious health problem. I hope and pray that he makes a speedy and full recovery.
While the circumstances around her departure are deserving of our sympathy, let’s be clear: Tulsi Gabbard’s only positive contribution to our nation's national security is her resignation.
She politicized intelligence. She dismantled critical agencies keeping Americans safe. She weaponized the IC to pursue baseless election fraud claims. And more.
We must ensure that her tenure — marked by a devotion to the person of the president and not to the security of the country — represents a terrible exception at DNI and not the new normal.
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@marcorandazza Yes, so you are saying that the way to solve it is for Government to get into the bathmat construction, distribution, installation and maintenance business?
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Here's the problem: if we do this, this $11 bathmat will be purchased from some crony for $25 each, only after commissioning a "study" to determine which bathmat, which will cost $10 per mat.
Then we will hire some fraudulent "nonprofit" to distribute them, for about $20 per mat.
Then there will be follow up visits at $50 each to go check on how the bathmats are doing.
Meanwhile, we could just say "find a bathmat and you can get $11 reimbursed" -- but if we did that, there would be 1000 "Bathmat centers" in Portland Maine.
Senator Angus King@SenAngusKing
Prevention measures like an $11 bath mat could save Americans tens of thousands of dollars. If Medicare would send these out to every recipient in America, I’ll bet the investment would pay for itself in under a year.
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@SenAngusKing Plot twist, who owns the largest bath mat company in the US? @chasedownleads
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@veritasium Listen bro, I love this approach, but you could have just done this with a toy helicopter, a string and your backyard.
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On the first day of the Iran War, the Israeli Air Force carried out a strike on the Tehran home of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former president of Iran known for his hard-line, anti-Israel and anti-American views, which was designed to free him from house arrest and place him in a position to take over the country following the elimination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Plans to place Ahmadinejad in power after the weakening of the current Iranian regime had been developed by the Israelis with the knowledge of the United States, and had been briefed to Ahmadinejad, though quickly went awry after the strike on his home, according to the U.S. officials who were briefed on the matter and spoke to The New York Times.
Ahmadinejad was accidentally injured in the Israeli strike on his home, which destroyed a security outpost at the entrance to his street and killed several members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that were holding him hostage, and though he survived, after the near miss he became disillusioned with the regime change plan and halted further communication with Israel. He has not been seen publicly since then and his current whereabouts and condition are unknown.

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@ananthkrishnan For those struggling: its the ol' orientalist snake-charmer trope/stereotype depicting the person with more electoral votes than anyone in the history as a snake charmer Indian: backward, manipulative.
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@Mr_Derivatives It’s called free will and Darwinism, nothing wrong with people having the choice if they understand the risks
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HOW WE MAKE OUR TRIPS MAGICAL
- Cooking classes. In Mexico City, our guide took us to the market, then we all made extra-spicy salsa together. This is a beautiful way to visit places you wouldn't know about and get involved in a tactile activity. Perfect for families and older parents and very inexpensive.
- The $325 underwear. We'd been traveling for weeks and needed to do our laundry. Our hotel, Aman Kyoto, would have charged $325 for a small bag of laundry (standard price for all ultra-luxury hotels). I said "NO WAY!!!" and we decided to go into town and find a laundromat. It turned into an adventure (as we stumbled into place after place that wasn't quite right -- one lady translated for us and said, "Are you trying to wash your clothes? This isn't the right place. This place restores kimonos"). We finally found a local laundromat, took our best guess if it would work, and went to lunch. Now this is a fun ritual for us every time we travel. Sometimes cheaper is way more fun
- We hire a local photographer. We love our memories of our trips and local photographers know the best spots/time to take photos. Find the best ones on Instagram. In Tokyo, we use the same photographer every year
- On complex trips, I work with a travel advisor. I used a larger firm for a 6-week trip across multiple continents, which was invaluable: They helped us navigate different transportation, recommended which safari lodges to visit (and in what order), and even suggested where to economize & where to splurge. Sometimes I know exactly where I want to go so I call a more surgical travel advisor. In the video, he got our NYC hotel triple-upgraded. Or sometimes I just do it myself. TAs are especially helpful for Disney trips, honeymoons, and multi-generational trips. (They also cost you nothing, but you should look into how they work. I find them very valuable)
- 1 major activity every two days. The ultimate luxury is time, so we have a rule: 4+ days in any location. We also book 1 major thing (food tour, museum, etc). The rest of the time, we've pinned a bunch of stuff and we wander where we feel like that day
- We know exactly what we DON'T want to see. When I'm attending a private tour, I tell them what I want to experience and what I'm not interested in. Most tour guides will take you to the usual hotspots because it's safe and people can say they saw X or ate Y. I know exactly what I want to see. For example, on a coffee tour, I told them the exact kind of beans I wanted to try and what I was not into. People in hospitality love someone who knows what they want!! This level of intentionality means you get to experience magic (it's not rude)
I travel several months per year and I want my travel to be incredibly meaningful for my loved ones and me. These are some of the ways I do it
If you want to know more, let me know in the comments
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