William Simons

@McFranchisee Rush’s in the Columbia SC area

I usually try regional QSRs that are only available in that particular area: Braum’s, Jack’s, Cook Out, INO, Runza, Culver’s, Del Taco, Milo’s, etc Any that I missed & need to try?

@freemarkettiger In her defense, she has a long history of being an apologist for authoritarians. So this is fairly consistent

“Oh, and my pal Vladimir really really wants me to keep it as well - so hey what ya gonna do?”

Translation: “I used to have a coherent, consider philosophy on foreign policy that led me to becoming one of the biggest “doves” on Iran in either party (and I’ve been in both)… but then see I got this really cool job from @POTUS and I really really want to keep it!

@freemarkettiger He’s a raging statist.

Floridaman thinks he’s Bill Buckley!?!?! 😂 😝 😆

@McFranchisee @McDonalds Tried it today. The sandwich got better as I ate it. Prefer DQP over this one. Still a pretty good sandwich.

This video will probably get half a billion views, worth millions in free advertising. It’s like getting a Super Bowl commercial for free. I bet @McDonalds will sell at the high end of the range because of this. It officially drops tomorrow. BTW, can’t wait to see Chris’s next video.

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces. But I see everything. Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments. One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?" "6:15," he said, confused. "Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it." He blinked. "You... you can do that?" "I can now," I said. Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?" "Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing." He cried. Right there in the parking lot. Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic. But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!" "Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel." He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us." The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over." Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it. But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note, "Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends" People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket. I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece." So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones. Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees. It's not glamorous. But it's everything." Let this story reach more hearts.... Credit: Mary Nelson

A German-Jewish WWI veteran wears his Iron Cross while a Nazi soldier stands in front of his shop for intimidation, 1933... This photo was taken in April of 1933, during the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses. It was the expression on the shopkeeper’s face that captivated MyHeritage’s Research team: proud, unafraid, smiling wryly, he exudes a quiet power that contrasts starkly with the hunched body language of the Nazi standing nearby. Who was this man? And what became of him in the dark days that followed? The Research team had to find out — and what they uncovered about the rest of the man’s story blew them away. The man’s name was Richard Stern. After being awarded the prestigious Iron Cross for his service in the German army during World War I, he was driven out of his home country by the hateful Nazi regime. The Research team discovered records of Richard arriving at Ellis Island at the age of 40 in May 1939 — narrowly escaping the beginning of the war. In 1942, when Richard was 43 and not yet an American citizen, he enlisted in the U.S. Army to join the war efforts. And not only did he fight against the country he had once been decorated for defending, he was awarded a Silver Star in 1944: the third-highest combat award in the U.S. Army. Research team discovered a newspaper clipping from The Long Island Star-Journal printed on July 6, 1944, describing his service: “The victim of German brutality, 45-year-old Sergeant Richard F. Stern, earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action during an assault Jan. 7 on the slopes of Mount Porchio when in the face of heavy enemy fire he addressed the Germans in their own tongue and demanded that they surrender, convincing them they were hopelessly outnumbered.” Richard did not have any children of his own, but his great-nephew Jack Romberg, a rabbi living in Florida, is well aware of his great-uncle’s actions in the war. He reports that his uncle kept the Silver Star in a box at the bottom of a drawer in a back bedroom — but he did not keep the Iron Cross. Instead, he gave it to the U.S. Army, which was collecting metal to melt down and make into ammunition. That’s right: he turned his German military award into bullets to shoot the Nazis. © The Jewish Observer #archaeohistories

This guy has an unattended fresh egg stand where people in his community stop by, pick up eggs, and leave money in a box But recently, someone decided to steal the money. Fortunately, this guy had cameras set up and managed to capture both the car and the person responsible.

Did you ask him how many meds in Junior Seau’s medicine cabinet were prescribed by him when he died of suicide? This dude is the guy that gave me my first pain pills, how much toradol did he pump into his players. Stop giving this fraud a platform!! #FakeDr

The Moldovan people have spoken. Sunday’s election results are clear: the Moldovans are united in our desire for peace, democracy, and Europe — and in the courage to defend them. This is not just a party’s victory — it is Moldova’s victory. The European path is our way forward.

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@drewcollins Who has been saying that?

Delegation isn't about offloading work. It's about developing people while focusing your attention on the highest value activities.

@jwesleydonehue The best possible way to bring back Pub Politics. This would make more news than the Jakie Knotts episode

@realEstateTrent Absolutely!!! I almost let ego cost me a nice chunk of $$$ on a recent deal. Grateful to not have had to pay yet another installment of stupid tax.

Nothing more expensive than an ego.

@ThinkAppraiser $PLTR $CRWV $META $SPY $QQQ $PNFP $COST plus $IEP and $ACRE for dividends

@billy_simons that's really good, what do you hold?

How are my buy and holders that check their portfolio 1 time per month doing this fine day?

@ThinkAppraiser Salmon, asparagus, and sweet potatoes. I put the salmon and asparagus in foil packets and cook on the grill, then roast the cubed sweet potatoes in the oven. Quick and easy meal

Besides chicken breast, rice and veggies What are some other healthy meals?

This underrates the main issue with these regimes, which is proliferation. You saw these massive long-range ballistic missiles that crashed into Beersheba the other day? Yeah, Iran handed those to the fucking *Houthis* to fire at international civilian airports.

“We shouldn’t have spent all the air defence money on Jackson Hinkle.”

@jamiedupree youtu.be/tZ4Z-F1xaP0?si…

Per the NYT, this is the new ICE guidance for immigration raids: "Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels."