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@LisaMei62 @SebGorka Happiness is a choice. So is misery. Choose wisely.

@TheDemocrats Good work. Nearly 250 years and counting. Fools.

NO KINGS TODAY. NATIONWIDE.

@chriswithans @KurtSchlichter You know that weasel isn’t reading all of that, if any. But we appreciate the effort to get the facts out there. One thing, though: Remember, 7-1 Maryland is trying to go 8-0. So if anything, MD might tell the VA dems to “hold my beer” over their redistricting plan.

Because Texas was in response to New York as well as necessary because of a court decision, which we’ve discussed ad nauseam. Texas also never had an independent commission. And finally, Texas is an R+14 state that drew a couple more red seats. Virginia is following California and drawing a 10-1 map that wouldn’t even be suitable for Maryland. It’s a D+5.7 state that just had a bipartisan moderate Republican governor who respected the will of voters. Voters went +33ish for an “independent commission” in 2020. Virginia’s New Democrat fakemajority is trying to gerrymander the state with a deceptively worded off-cycle referendum being held in April, so they’re not even getting the Real Voice of all voters. And they broke multiple laws to get that ballot measure, to boot.

@Gormogons No more gerunds! (Sadly, that also means no more icing or frosting.)

MN Drove past the local no kings rally in my town, and what a clown show. The icing on the cake was the guy waving the Mexican flag .

@DataRepublican @CynicalPublius @Acosta Jim’s opinion made possible by the Chubb Group.

@CynicalPublius @Acosta They seriously think that government-funded media is the only true independent media. Media financed by "neutral" institutions = independent of strongmen & independent of corporations, y'see.

Trump’s media henchman doesn’t realize this but what millions of people take away from this is that they SHOULD watch PBS and listen to NPR and turn to independent media. Americans don’t like the government telling them what they can and cannot watch.

@charlescwcooke One can. But not that one. And most of those in his club.

“You’re on your own.” Are you kidding? Have you seen federal social spending in this country? It’s basically the entire budget, except for the 16 percent we spend on defense. One can oppose spending more without brazenly lying like this.

@jondelarroz Wait, the people who looked at the previews and said no thanks, choosing not to watch it or to bail after an episode or two, THEY killed it. But the intended audience, which showed up in such small numbers that the show never cracked the streaming top ten, THEY are the heroes?

Did we really kill Starfleet Academy? Good job, chuds.

@OrdnancePackard Sorry. It clearly said *ONE* movie. #Disqualified

The Hunt for Red October Zardoz Medicine Man Outland The Name of the Rose

@alt_w_v_g Happy ending Or beginning Either way, good news

Last night Laid out my clothes for tomorrow Cargo shorts I stared at all seven pairs in the closet They're identical I picked the third one Gut feeling Also laid out a mask My wife has COVID Can't be too careful My analyst texted at 10:14pm I said "tomorrow is important" He said "trust me I know. Get some rest boss man" First time he's ever told me to do anything Something about the way he said it felt off But I was tired So I let it go Friday 3:47pm Therapy Cargo shorts All six pockets loaded Pocket one had my talking points Pocket two had the clean version of my wife's list that my analyst reformatted this morning because I can't read anything with inconsistent punctuation Pocket three had a printed copy of the home warranty redline for reference Pocket five had a granola bar You never know how long these things go I was wearing the mask My analyst drove separately He was already in the parking lot when I pulled in Engine off Legal pad on the dash Third iced coffee of the day He looked at the mask He didn't say anything I said "you ready" He said "I've been preparing since Tuesday boss man" I didn't ask what that meant My wife's car was already there That was expected There were two cars next to hers That was not We walked in The therapist was seated $250 an hour I negotiated that My wife was on the left couch Stanley cup in hand She saw the mask Her face changed I assumed she was nervous about the session She was not alone Karen from HR was sitting next to her Arms folded Lanyard still on I stopped walking My analyst stopped behind me He whispered "boss man that's Karen from HR" I said "I know" Then I saw the chair in the corner My son's teacher Folder in her lap Color-coded tabs Same ones from both parent-teacher conferences I looked at my wife She said "you brought your analyst" I said "you assembled a panel" She said "I made some calls" The therapist looked at Karen Karen looked at the teacher The teacher looked at me I sat down My analyst sat behind me On the floor against the wall There were no more chairs Legal pad in his lap Pen ready Four against two I counted the therapist on her side The numbers were not in my favor But I've closed deals with worse odds The therapist said "I think we should establish some ground rules" Karen said "I brought some" She pulled out a folder Also color-coded Two folders in the room with color-coded tabs Neither of them mine I respected the organization I did not respect the ambush The therapist said "this is a safe space" I said "it was until HR showed up with a lanyard" The therapist said "can you remove the mask so we can have an open conversation" I said "my wife has COVID" The room went quiet My wife said "I don't have COVID" I said "you left a positive test in my lunchbox yesterday" She closed her eyes Karen looked at the teacher The teacher looked at the therapist The therapist looked at my wife My wife said "we'll come back to that" I took the mask off I didn't understand why everyone was acting strange But I noted it Karen said "I'm here as a friend" I said "you scheduled mandatory fun at 5pm on a Friday and trapped yourself in an escape room for 14 hours" She said "that's not relevant" I said "the door was open the entire time" The teacher said "I'm here because your wife asked me to come" I said "last time we spoke you requested I not come to meetings" She said "this is different" I said "how" She said "because this time I was invited" The therapist said "let's focus on the relationship" My wife pulled out the list Two pages Single spaced Still no consistent punctuation I pulled the reformatted version from pocket two She looked at it I said "my analyst cleaned it up this morning. Same content. Better structure." She didn't take it She started reading from hers "Line one. He negotiated the therapy rate during our first session" The therapist looked at me I said "I saved us $25 an hour. Over a six-session commitment that's $150. You're welcome." My wife continued "Line four. He visited a divorce lawyer without telling me" The therapist said "is that true" I said "it was diligence. I needed to understand the downside exposure to properly value the upside." My wife said "the upside of what" I said "you" She didn't respond to that Karen made a note I don't know what she wrote But her pen was the same one she uses for incident reports I recognized it "Line seven. He calculated the cost per sip of my wine at my own birthday dinner" I said "it was a 147% markup. That's not opinion. That's math." The therapist said "do you hear how that might feel to your wife on her birthday" I said "she ordered the bottle anyway. The ROI on that dinner was negative before the entrees arrived." My wife looked at the ceiling Some things never change "Line twelve. He crashed our son's parent-teacher conference. Twice. The second time with his analyst." The teacher sat up She said "can I add something" The therapist said "go ahead" She opened her folder Pulled out the test The multiple-choice question Fifteen gender options My son selected none of them Wrote "Not applicable" Below that: "Identified: Chromosome XY" Below that: "Source: Biology textbook, page 217" With a footnote The teacher said "he cited a source. On a multiple-choice test. In second grade." I said "I'm not seeing the issue" My wife said "he's becoming you" I said "thank you" She said "that wasn't a compliment" The therapist said "I think I'm beginning to understand the pattern" Karen said "now you see what I deal with" I said "you write policies nobody reads and enforce rules that don't make common sense. Even my five-year-old knows the door was unlocked." Karen looked at the therapist The therapist did not intervene I respected that "Line nineteen. He asked our financial advisor why he'd pay a 1% fee when he could buy VOO and do the same thing from his phone" I said "the therapist provides more value at $250 an hour. I stand by that." The therapist looked at me differently I think I just gained a vote Three against three now My analyst nodded I told him not to do that The therapist paused She said "I want to ask about communication between you two. Outside of this room. How do you express things to each other" My wife was quiet I said "she's been expressing herself through alternative channels recently" The therapist said "what does that mean" I declined to elaborate My wife looked at me I looked straight ahead We moved on The therapist asked my wife what she needs from me My wife was quiet Karen started to answer for her My wife put her hand up Karen stopped The teacher put her folder down My wife said "I need you to stop treating every part of our life like a deal that needs to close" I said nothing She said "I need you to sit in a room with me without an agenda" I said nothing She said "I need you to be in this marriage like a person. Not a CFO." The room was very quiet My analyst stopped writing First time all session Karen put her pen down The teacher closed her folder The therapist looked at me I sat there for a while I said "I don't know how to do that" The therapist said "that's the first honest thing you've said today" I said "I'm honest every day. I told a car dealership I had comps on every Tahoe sold within 50 miles. I told a home warranty company their own contract contradicts itself on page 91 and page 104. I told a realtor her brochure had three different fonts and no financials." The therapist said "those are transactions. I'm asking about your wife." I looked at her She was looking at me Not at the ceiling Not at the therapist Not at Karen Not at the teacher At me I said "I went to a divorce lawyer three weeks ago" Karen's eyebrows went up The teacher looked at my wife My wife said "I know. You told me. Asset protection." I said "I went because I needed to know what it would cost to lose you. So I could understand what it means to keep you. The retainer was $15,000. I didn't sign. Because the model couldn't capture what I'd actually be losing." The therapist was quiet My wife was quiet Karen was writing something I said "I don't know how to be in a room without an agenda. But I know I want to be in every room you're in. Even the ones I'm not invited to. That's why I keep showing up." My wife looked at me Then she said "that's why I keep letting you in" The therapist teared up Karen teared up The teacher teared up My analyst did not tear up He was taking notes I did not tear up either But I made a note The therapist said "I think that's a good place to stop" My wife said "there's one more thing" The room was still She reached into her purse Not the list Something else She placed it on the table I looked at it Two lines Positive I said "I already saw this. You put it in my lunchbox yesterday." She said "I know" I said "we should talk about quarantine. I can't afford to be sick before the board deck is due." Nobody spoke Karen covered her mouth The teacher looked away The therapist took her glasses off My analyst stood up He said "boss man" I said "not now" He said "boss man that's not a COVID test" I looked at it again Two lines Positive I looked at the fine print I missed yesterday I looked at my wife She wasn't looking at the ceiling She was looking at me And she was smiling I have never seen her smile in a therapist's office before The therapist said "do you understand what she's telling you" I said "yes" I did not say anything else for approximately forty-five seconds My analyst said that's the longest he's ever seen me go without speaking Including board meetings I looked at the test Then at my wife I said "unbudgeted headcount" The therapist said "excuse me?" I said "she's adding a resource to the org chart without a requisition" My wife laughed First time she's laughed in therapy I said "I'll need to update the sensitivity analysis" She said "why" I said "the model at the divorce lawyer's office only accounted for two dependents and a golden retriever. The downside just got significantly worse." She said "is that your way of saying you're happy" I didn't answer right away I said "I'm saying I didn't budget for this. But some of the best investments I've ever made were ones I didn't see coming." She looked at me I looked at her Karen was crying The teacher was crying The therapist was crying My analyst was not crying He was on page four of his notes I was not crying either But the room was blurry Must have been the mask The therapist said "now that's a good place to stop" I said "we still have seventeen minutes. I paid for the full hour." My wife stood up Grabbed her purse Grabbed the test Looked at me Said "let's go home" First time she's said that after one of these and meant it Karen stayed behind I think she's booking her own session The teacher left without saying goodbye Third time she's done that I got in the car My wife was already in the passenger seat She didn't say anything I didn't say anything I put my hand on hers I don't do that But I did Some meetings could have been an email This one couldn't $250 One hour No redline No debrief One new line item I didn't see coming Plz don't fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone

@OrdnancePackard @iGardon @GovPressOffice Without projection, the left would have nothing to say at all.

Anyone else think it's weird that @iGardon keeps making homophobic references like this? @GovPressOffice

@ScottJenningsKY @ConnieMcLou Two-part question, two-part answer: A, Jimmy’s writers are ignorant, shitty people. 2, Jimmy is an insincere, insecure, ignorant, shitty person.

Why is a late night host having to apologize so often, and why does he always screw it up and make it worse?

@JimmysSeafood @G_Henderson2 Love the halo over Gunnar. 😇

Represent Team USA - secure Opening Day victory - eat at Jimmy’s! 🇺🇸 ⚾️ 🦀 Always a tremendous pleasure serving @G_Henderson2 & his amazing family at Jimmy’s! Old timers will call this Gunnar and the Hendersons.

@tvyesteryear And that’s the back of Bill Mumy’s head, I believe. #DangerWillRobinson

Jim helps a woman whose father was murdered, after LAPD abandoned the case. The Rockford Files debuted on this date in 1974 with episode "Backlash of the Hunter".

@JoeConchaTV @HollywoodInToto Well they put “Rep.” right there so that you can accidentally make an incorrect assumption.

Thanks guys. What party is she from again?

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Rx Boutros Boutros Ghali* *Not really, I just like saying Boutros Boutros Ghali

@jpodhoretz Okay, Boomer. jk

Nobody is named "Bud" any longer. No one calls anyone else "Champ." Or "Ace."

Let’s do an opening day ⚾️giveaway Rules 1. Follow 2. Repost Will random both lots pictured So two winners this time Lot 1: unopened Topps promo pack, Randy gold, + Harper & Johnson Lot 2: two unopened packs, Schwarber & CJ Plus some Bonus cards

@WilliamShatner @awstar11 It has long been one of my favorite cosmic convergences that you two were born just days apart, then became connected for so long. Happy 95th to you both.

Remembering Leonard on what would have been his 95th Birthday 🎂

@AHC1776 @HistoryWJacob Okay, I'm in. Nice to meet you. F cancer (you can make that "Fight" if you prefer).

Thanks to @HistoryWJacob, I picked up some new followers over the past few days. Here are 15 things I will share about AHC. 1. I have opinions. I rarely share them here. If I do, chances are it has something to do with events before 1899. 2. I have come to really like Teddy Roosevelt. Like him, I am an independent historian. I studied journalism/advertising/history, and have spent 35 years in the business. 3. I read old books and use text/images from them in the entries on the website. 4. Howard Pyle is a genius. Followed closely by NC Wyeth. I really enjoy art and will go on streaks where I post artwork. 5. I am fascinated with old graveyards. The oldest one I've visited is probably in Salem, Mass. Also, battlefields. My favorite battlefield I've visited so far is Kings Mountain. The two big ones I need to get to are Lexington & Concord and Saratoga. 6. My people have been in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Virginia since the Colonial Era. Because of this, I know there are two sides to every story (I'm looking at you, Civil War), but I try not to take sides unless I feel I've done enough research. Case in point, I believe the British fired first at Lexington (read the eyewitness accounts). 7. The Freemasons kicked Benedict Arnold out in a meeting that was held at an ancestor's house in New York. I have a few other really cool stories about my ancestors, who were often standing in the background while important events unfolded. 8. I love baseball and the Cincinnati Reds. Unfortunately, I also love the Cleveland Browns. 9. I have no one to talk to about history, so people on here are my 'history friends.' 10. I have built more online encyclopedias than any one person. 11. AHC is the legacy of my professional career, but it is a work in progress. I have thousands of entries that are waiting to be reviewed, expanded, and published. 12. I have been fighting cancer for 6+ years, which makes #11 a little difficult at the moment. 13. Facts are stubborn things. 14. My favorite books are Cold Mountain, Lord of the Rings, John Adams, and 1776. My favorite essay is In Distrust of Movements. 15. My favorite movies are Star Wars, Godfather, Lord of the Rings, Cold Mountain, Gettysburg, and The Patriot.