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Tim Michael
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all enemies, foreign and domestic; Extremis malis extrema remedia
The Republic of Texas Katılım Nisan 2009
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My father, who passed away in February, served in the Air Force just after graduating from medical school. They made him a Captain right off the bat, I assume so he could boss around enlisted men. We lived on Scott Air Force Base in Illinois for 2 years. Mostly the planes we saw were C-119 Flying Boxcars, and I thought they were super-cool. I've seen images of silver-painted ones, but ours were painted green.
This changed during the Cuban Missile Crisis. They flew in B-52s and (I think) B-47s to station them at Scott I assume because it was closer to Cuba than wherever they came from. My dad told me that there was a crew aboard each B-52 bomber 24/7. They lived, slept, and ate on the plane for hours at a time, then got relieved by another crew. The idea I guess was that they could take off immediately if the word came down.
There was apparently not a crew aboard the B-47s if I remember correctly. I've read that the B-47s were dispersed mostly to keep them from being KOed in a Russian attack, as a reserve force. I don't know where the B-58s were stationed.
My dad's role was just to ensure that the ears, and upper respiratory tracts of the aircrew were working but I guess they also serve who only stand and peer up noses.
#MemorialDay
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@miles_commodore Can’t watch. Or listen. I’ve been a Hannity fan since he started on WSB Radio. But he’s just too much.
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I'm done with Hannity interviews. He gets really good guests, but I'm always yelling at the TV, would you please let the man or woman answer the freaking question.
Do you still enjoy his show?
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The United States is a greater good for the world than all other countries combined.
James Lindsay, anti-Communist@ConceptualJames
The United States of America is the greatest force for good on the planet. If you don't think so, name a better one.
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Mortgage demand is now WORSE than the Great Financial Crisis.
Read that again.
Worse than 2008.
Yet sellers are still pricing homes like it’s 2021 with 3% rates.
The math stopped mathing.
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You Sir, can fuck right off. Today is for heroes.
Mayor Jacob Frey@MayorFrey
Today, we remember George Floyd, who was murdered by a former Minneapolis police officer six years ago. That moment changed our city forever.
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Always remember that you are someone’s torment.
Lean into it and act accordingly.
For if the truth you utter shall kill them, then you are obligated to let them die.
The truth requires no quarter, and it gives none in return. Because reality does not negotiate with delusion.
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This is the greatest music video of all time, and it won't be surpassed. It required a specific context that simply can't be replicated, a context that involves Cash's past, and what he had in common with Trent Reznor, plus the exact moment this came along in the former's life.
Ladytron Fan Account@Lady_FanAccount
"Hurt" is not an original by Johnny Cash. The song was written by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) in 1994 for the album The Downward Spiral. Rick Rubin had to insist several times on Cash recording his version, at first Johnny found the idea completely insane because the original version is industrial and noisy. At 71, already very ill, almost blind and with trembling hands, Cash completely transformed the band. The iconic video, directed by Mark Romanek, was filmed at the House of Cash (his own museum). June Carter Cash appears looking at him fondly, the video was shot in February 2003, a few months before she died (May) and Johnny himself (September). Trent Reznor was so moved that he declared, "This song is not mine anymore." It is considered one of the best covers of all time.
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Today is Memorial Day.
Today is also the anniversary of the death of Saint George Floyd, patron saint of criminals, drug addicts and wifebeaters everywhere.
Democrats had a choice.
They could commemorate one or the other.
Remember that ancient Crusader's line in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"?
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@TolentinoTeach Read out loud, in class, in front of everyone, and take correction
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If you want to improve reading scores, you have to get students to read.
It is that simple.
All the other systems, methods, and protocols are fluff.
Gotta get students to put down their phones, and pick up books.
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@jenteach13 There has to be accountability. Admin types turned it into a works program to break the system.
I know this b/c we had valid, useful standardized testing in the 70s and 80s and it didn’t break the system.
You can’t have a curriculum w/o testing.
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Seen this blow up the last few days and get dunked on.
Resi real estate is a foreign land to me.
Especially wholesalers.
Doesn’t exist in CRE - guy would never see another deal again.
More savvy people involved and cost of reputation damage not worth the act I presume?
Jacob Naviaux@Jacob_Naviaux
Fixer upper gets listed for $250k. I offer $180k with 3% commission — I’m a licensed agent and my company is the buyer. Plan is to wholesale it for $190k. Needs $75k in work and will be worth $320k after repairs. Listing agent says too low. 4 weeks later our CRM notifies me the list price dropped to $225k. I follow up. Agent still says $180k is too low. Another month goes by. CRM notifies me again — price drops to $210k. I follow up. Agent says they think it’ll work. I draft the offer, send it over, and it gets accepted. We price the deal at $190k and sell it — signed contract and EMD in hand. While we’re still in DD, I tell the agent my buyer needs a $20k price reduction to move forward, but they’re ready to wire EM and waive the rest of DD. Seller meets us halfway. Price drops to $170k. We make $25k. That’s the exact play we run wholesaling MLS properties.
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My husband @flowidealism went to the University of Chicago to do his PhD specifically to prove the free market economists wrong. He was that committed.
He became depressed for two years... Because he learned he'd been lied to his entire life.
He went looking for ammunition and came back converted.
Most people avoid that risk.
They'd rather keep believing something comfortable than find out it's wrong, because once you see it, you can't go back to not seeing it.
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@revenant_MMXX People keep saying,
“The landlord raises your rent to cover that”
No, they do not. They can only charge market rate, whether they replaced an AC unit last year or not
Market rate.
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We uncovered something far bigger than I ever expected. After seeing coordinated false attacks against the Utah data center project, we brought in an advanced data science team to trace where the content was coming from and the results were shocking. What we found led back to organized networks, political activist groups, and funding trails tied to massive international entities. We dug through IRS 990 filings, tracked IP data from around the world, and uncovered what appears to be a coordinated campaign targeting energy and data center projects across multiple regions.
I shared 90 pages of evidence with federal law enforcement and raised concerns directly with contacts at the White House. This isn’t speculation. The filings, funding records, dates, and connections are documented. There’s a coordinated PR war happening around energy infrastructure and data centers, and we’re not going to ignore it.
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You are right. It did change your city forever, because it made the rest of America know what an evil, criminal anti-American cesspool it actually is. If we could move Minneapolis permanently to Somalia, it would greatly improve the USA.
Mayor Jacob Frey@MayorFrey
Today, we remember George Floyd, who was murdered by a former Minneapolis police officer six years ago. That moment changed our city forever.
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A letter to Elon Musk on what to do with a trillion dollars.
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Judging by the comments, Uber & Lyft are effectively high yield payday loan companies as drivers are aware of the high depreciation rates of their driving but still drive because they need cash today
Alex Feinberg@Alexfeinberg
I thought the same about Uber & Lyft but as it turns out there’s a near infinite supply of questionable drivers who aren’t aware that most of every dollar they earn in fares is lost in vehicular depreciation
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Kids should be unwilling participants in much of their upbringing. I mean they aren’t going to elect into chores, vegetables, bedtimes, and hard work in school if given the choice. That’s why they are kids and that’s why parents need not worry about willing or unwilling participation and instead make their child do what’s best for them.
K.M.R.@Industry3D
@jenteach13 Kids are pretty much unwilling participants in their own education.
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