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The English made their position clear in the 1970s. They didn’t want mass immigration then, and they don’t want it now.

When I worked for the Air Staff as a young staff officer, I was involved in programming and budgeting for aircraft and acquisitions. At the time, senior leadership wanted to “retire” A-10s. Thankfully, we convinced them otherwise. That was 1992. Today, A-10s are patrolling the Persian Gulf.

@michaelcurzi Nothing is new under the sun because humanity keeps making the same mistakes. What Plutarch details here is exactly what’s happening all over the West.

If people want to know why Gen X is always mad, it's because we had to replace our record collections with a tape collection and then replace that with a CD collection that we slowly replaced with an MP3 collection and now need a subscription to listen to music.

Average Left Wing approach to politics.

Every single assessment about morality, progress and possible outcome of the Iran war I read is 100% correlated with whether the author likes or hates Trump. It's pretty annoying

such a good tweet

Europe selected against this gene for centuries by hanging about 1% of each generation in a continual, harsh effort against crime All serious crimes were capital crimes, and centuries of effort meant eventually this gene, which amounts to a crime gene, was selected against Notably, the fact that the time this process completed, around the late-18th century, was the start of the second great imperial period in European history, and hardly a peaceful period, so they managed to remain warlike and bold fighters...just without the "criminal behavior" gene The paper on this is called "Western Europe, State Formation, and Genetic Pacification"

@TSmith1867 Ahhhhhh, gotcha, I'm a little slow today lol

@8flat Gravity works only when its turned one way for the hammers to strike the bell. Back up alarm with no wires.. 🤌

** IN SEARCH OF ** Vintage mechanical hub mounted back up alarm. Apparently rarer than hens teeth. Needed for my Rat Rod. * I am also not made of money, but it would be cool to preserve the history and put it out there for others to appreciate. ... dont force me to build one..

For westerners this kind of conversation is unthinkable, but this is how you have to talk and deal with these kinds of people. Esp in the middle east, people only understand violence. There is no morals in this.

𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗝𝗢𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗧 JD Vance just gave the clearest, most disciplined response to the Kent resignation of anyone in the administration — and it lands harder because he says it without malice. Vance knows Kent. He likes Kent. The president likes Kent. None of that changes the fundamental principle Vance articulated with surgical precision: 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. This is how functional governments work. Trump, by Vance's account, is genuinely open to input — from the Secretary of State to the gardener at Mar-a-Lago. He listens. He values different perspectives. That culture of openness is a feature, not a bug. But it operates 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 the decision is made. Once the president decides, the debate is over and execution begins. Kent didn't raise his concerns privately and then faithfully implement the decision. He was cut from briefings months ago as a suspected leaker, was excluded from all Iran war planning, ignored JD Vance's personal counsel to speak to the chief of staff before going public — and then published a resignation letter on government letterhead filled with antisemitic conspiracy theories accusing the president of being manipulated by Israel. That's not principled dissent. That's insubordination wrapped in a press release. Vance closes with the most important line: 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘣. In one sentence he draws the sharpest possible contrast with Kent — and quietly signals to anyone watching that whatever disagreements he may have about foreign policy, he is not going to be the next person throwing a grenade on the way out the door. That's called loyalty. And in this administration, it means something.

@PBoonzaier @dhe3g I've wrestled since 4 years old, and train jiu jitsu and MMA, and I would straight up RUN away from Big country Roy Nelson lol

@dhe3g Roy Nelson, then. Just so we establish, it's not just black dudes...

@ThrillaRilla369 Grass fed STEAK

If you had to eat the same meal every day for 7 days, what would you choose?

@Handre Ummm rural Montana ranchers are not the best example to prove this point, MT telephone co-ops have some of the highest penetration of fiber to the home deployment in the US. In VERY remote areas. Profile pic is view from my house. On fiber!

In 1934, FCC predecessor agency promised to bring telephone service to rural America within a decade. They created elaborate maps, held countless hearings, and distributed subsidies to establish carriers. Bureaucrats calculated optimal coverage areas while farmers waited by empty phone lines. And waited. And waited. Forty years later, many remote areas still had spotty service. The government's solution? More agencies, more studies, more five-year plans. Meanwhile, private telephone companies quietly connected profitable routes first — then used those profits to extend into harder-to-reach places. Fast forward to today: the FCC spent $20 billion on rural broadband programs that barely moved the needle. But Elon Musk launches a constellation of satellites and suddenly ranchers in Montana have faster internet than most of Manhattan. No congressional hearings required — just rockets, satellites, and the profit motive doing what bureaucrats couldn't manage in decades.

Everyone wants me to rip on TrumpRx. Reality is, it’s saving patients money on IVF and a few other drugs. A lot of money. IMO, anything that saves patients money is a win. And they truly do have some great people that are making smart moves. You just don’t know their names. Chris Klomp. Mark Atalla, Abe Sutton and so many more. When you talk to them, and see the work they put in, it’s obvious they are focused on trying to do the right thing for patients. Don’t forget they didn’t give the insurance industry a price increase they wanted, and those stock prices got crushed. TrumpRx is just getting started. @costplusdrugs is just getting started.

@alt_w_v_g @osully1369 I'd really like to hire you.

Update: Wednesday The department-wide meeting I was not invited I went anyway 8am Walked in Legal pad in hand The room was full Not just HR Not just finance The entire floor Someone from marketing was there She had "Identified Adjective: Creative" in her email signature I've never met her HR stood at the front PowerPoint on the screen Slide one: "Email Signature Policy: Clarification & Compliance" I sat in the front row HR looked at me I opened my legal pad She began "Effective immediately, the email signature policy will require identified pronouns only. Adjectives are not included." I raised my hand She said "we're not taking questions yet" I said "it's not a question. It's a point of order. The current policy says 'identified.' It does not specify a part of speech. You're changing the policy, not clarifying it." Legal was in the back of the room He nodded Again HR said "we've updated the language" I said "when" She said "this morning" I said "so the policy I complied with yesterday is no longer the policy today" She said "correct" I said "and I'm the one being non-compliant" The room was quiet The controller raised his hand He said "so do I remove 'Tired' or not" Someone in the back laughed HR did not laugh The analyst was standing in the doorway I didn't invite him He came anyway He was holding a legal pad I looked at him He looked at me I didn't say anything But I noted it HR said "going forward, signatures will include name, title, and identified pronouns. Nothing else." I said "I'll comply with the new policy" She looked surprised I said "effective today. As written. Until someone changes it again." My boss said "I think that's fair" HR closed the PowerPoint Meeting adjourned in 14 minutes I walked out The analyst followed me He said "so the adjectives are gone?" I said "from the signature, yes" He said "that's it?" I said "the policy changed. So I'll change." He looked confused I said "but the policy didn't say anything about the out-of-office auto-reply" He stared at me I stared back He smiled First time I've ever seen that kid smile at work I think he just earned his first adjective Updated my out-of-office to: Thank you for your email. I am currently unavailable. Best, Ethan Brooks Identified Adjectives: Smart / Handsome Identified Chromosomes: XY For urgent matters, please contact HR. They love hearing from people. Sent from my iPhone

@TeslaAiGirl Cool! Is this the one they made with the lotus body?

3-17-2008 they started production on these beauties. This one is our 2010 Roadster in Glacier Blue. She has 32,000 miles and still has the original battery.