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Rick Opland

@RickOpland

Lecturer Emeritus of Human Resources. Former CBP/INS officer. USMC veteran. Retired at 55 and I now travel around the world full-time with my wife.

Hokkaidō, Japan เข้าร่วม Aralık 2022
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Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@SharylAttkisson I’m surprised China didn’t tell the world what really happened so everyone would hate the US and cause chaos.
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Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️‍♂️💼🥋
Let me break it down in a simple way that I’ve been reporting from the beginning. To invent a vaccine for a disease that didn’t exist, our scientific Einsteins used taxpayer money to partner with communist China to create the dangerous virus in a lab—So that they could create a vaccine for it. Covid was a result of primarily US funded vaccine research, and that’s the thing they could not let you know. They stopped at nothing to obfuscate, misdirect, cover their tracks, protect themselves, and controversialize anyone telling the truth. The scientific establishment and media aided and abetted. I can think of no more impactful, crimes and violations that have occurred in our lifetime.
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Rick Opland
Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@japan_nobunaga I’d call the manager and show them the note, then I’d get my $60 back and if the manager wasn’t helpful leave a one star review.
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NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依
The bill was $577. The customer left a $60 tip. The waitress handed back a handwritten note: "With this total I expected about $120. Thanks." Ten percent. Below the 15-20% Americans are told is normal. The photo hit TikTok. Half the internet called her greedy. Half called tipping culture insane. Who is wrong when the math and the manners both feel broken?
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Grushenka
Grushenka@AlohaGrushenka·
One jihab in Patagonia its A LOT.
Rick Opland@RickOpland

@realMaalouf Argentina. Spent a month in Patagonia and saw only 3 blacks and 1 hijab. It feels more European than Europe does anyway.

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Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@TheAKGuy Any male wanting estrogen or puberty blockers should instead be put in testosterone.
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Rick Opland
Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@realMaalouf Argentina. Spent a month in Patagonia and saw only 3 blacks and 1 hijab. It feels more European than Europe does anyway.
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Dr. Maalouf ‏
Dr. Maalouf ‏@realMaalouf·
I want to take a trip to Europe, but I don’t want to see Muslims. Which countries should I visit?
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FischerKing
FischerKing@FischerKing64·
My guess is 90% of people with ‘MBAs’ are worthless pieces of shit who should be mowing lawns.
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Rick Opland
Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@FischerKing64 As someone that taught in a b school with an MBA program, I can say that if you are admitted you will also graduate. Even assigning a C is a huuuuge deal and you’ll spend hours having to justify the grade so it’s not worth it.
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Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@DrClownPhD The Japanese spent over 1200 years perfecting sushi. They and their ancestors would cry looking at this abomination.
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Dr. Clown, PhD
Dr. Clown, PhD@DrClownPhD·
The best part about being back in Quebec is getting to go back to restaurants I haven’t been to in a long time. Sushi just isn’t as good in Mexico, and I’m not lying when I say I know the best sushi place in the world, and it's in Quebec. I swear to you. Fvck, it’s good.
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Cynical Publius
Cynical Publius@CynicalPublius·
@DavidJHarrisJr This is an untrue AI hoax and dishonors both the faithful K9s who have served so well and so bravely, and the Congressional Medal of Honor. Please delete this.
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David J Harris Jr
David J Harris Jr@DavidJHarrisJr·
This is K9 Valor. He saved 47 soldiers. He survived a suicide bomber, then went on to stop three more, fighting tooth against knife. In the end, he placed himself between an explosion and his handler. The blast shattered half his face. He lost his left eye and ear. He was flown to Germany, where surgeons worked to rebuild his jaw. At the Pentagon, he was honored with a standing ovation that lasted over eight minutes. A true American hero🇺🇸
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Rick Opland
Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@Polymarket Insurance is still the bottleneck as they have their own guidelines.
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Polymarket@Polymarket·
JUST IN: Trump administration to ease restrictions on testosterone therapy.
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Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@SenRandPaul Just charge him and let their side prove the pardon is valid instead of the other way around.
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Senator Rand Paul
Senator Rand Paul@SenRandPaul·
Biden's pardon of Fauci is unconstitutionally vague, covers 10 years of potential crimes, and was signed by autopen without Biden's direct authorization. You can't pardon someone for crimes never specified. This should be challenged in court. justthenews.com/government/fed…
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Rick Opland
Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@Devon_Eriksen_ Why do drug dealers combine the two? 1 or 2 grams of coke, then an 8 ball is 3.5 grams, then a quarter ounce is 7, etc…?
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Devon Eriksen
Devon Eriksen@Devon_Eriksen_·
Okay, time to explain the Imperial system, the metric system, and why attempts to replace either with the other are all retarded. They have two different purposes. The metric system is designed around precise measurement of objects. Its goal is to make engineering and scientific calculations simple. The Imperial system is designed around humans. Its goal is to make calculation unnecessary. 100 degrees is really hot. 0 degrees is really cold. Anything that starts with a 5 is cool, anything that starts with an 8 is warm. No computation. 6 feet is tall, 5 feet is short. 100 pounds is light, 200 pounds is substantial, 300 pounds is heavy. A 1000 square foot house is small, a 2000 square foot house is medium, a 3000 square foot house is large. 1 mile is a short walk, 2 miles is a medium walk, after that it takes a while. 1 acre of land is a homestead, 10 acres is an estate, 100 acres and up is a ranch or a farm. Do you see now why it is so strange and awkward to convert from miles to feet? It's because converting from miles to feet is not something you're supposed to do in the first place. Yes, they are both measures of length, so they are technically convertible, and yes, on rare occasions, you might need to do that. But feet are for measuring humans, and things built around humans, like doorways, and mattresses. Miles are for measuring travel distance. You wouldn't measure the distance between Seattle and Portland in feet for the same reason you wouldn't measure the distance between Tokyo and Osaka in mattress-lengths. It would be silly. This is why Americans so fiercely resistant to any notion of "conversion" to the metric system. Because it makes no sense. We already use the metric system for what it's good for, which is doing physics and chemistry and whatnot. But converting everyday measurements to the metric system would be less useful, generally inconvenient, and serve no purpose other than to make petty government bureaucrats happy that everything is now tidy, orderly, and worse, three qualities that bureaucrats love. I thought about this carefully when I wrote my first science fiction novel. In the world of the 22nd century, extraterrestrial settlers ("Orbitals") use three systems of measurement. They measure themselves in feet, inches, and pounds. They measure the spacecraft and habitats they build in meters and centimeters, grams and kilograms. And they measure space travel distances in light-seconds and light-minutes. Each system has its own natural scale. The sole exception to this is when Marcus doses himself with drugs for high-g resistance, Miranda objects that he has taken too much, and Marcus responds by stating his mass... in kilograms. Why? Because they're talking about drug doses, a engineering measurement. Drugs are dosed in milligrams per kilogram. So, yes, the Imperial system makes perfect sense when you understand what it's for, and no, we ain't changing. And, as a general rule, when an entire civilization of smart people does something for centuries, and it makes no sense to you, they're probably not being silly. It's more likely there's something you don't know.
NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依@japan_nobunaga

Genuine question for Americans 📏 Miles, feet, inches, pounds, ounces, gallons… how do you keep them ALL straight? In Japan it's just meters and kilograms. Done. Be honest — do you actually KNOW how many feet are in a mile? 😂 No Googling. Drop your guess + your state.

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Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@Polymarket Google search is a waste of time. Just use grok or ask it for a link
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Polymarket@Polymarket·
JUST IN: European Parliament replaces Google with French search engine Qwant to reduce reliance on U.S. tech.
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Rick Opland
Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@Notwokenow I hope the US starts offering UK whites an option to come to the US as refugees like we are doing in South Africa.
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If someone in the UK sent you something to post because they were afraid of persecution and retaliation, would you post it for them?
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Tiffany Fong
Tiffany Fong@TiffanyFong·
I have no idea how to use a dishwasher. I hand wash all my dishes because my Korean mother always told me, “dishwashers are for white people.”
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Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@BBCWorld Please settle the Trump libel lawsuit and go bankrupt already.
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Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@9mmsmg It’s hard for Americans to understand with our easy access to guns, ammo, and many of us trained to shoot from a young age.
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Rick Opland@RickOpland·
@9mmsmg The tolerance of the British people is unbelievable. The fact that hundreds of fathers didn’t get revenge and take out as many as possible is something I can’t comprehend.
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9mmSMG@9mmsmg·
Whats happened in the UK is so repulsive that I don't even like thinking about it. What these Pakistanis have done can't be undone, but it can never happen again. Our government needs to make the UK feel the pressure from this. Honestly if they weren't a nuclear country I'd say the United States should completely take them over. This horror needs fixing. Everyone involved in the government and media needs to face justice. They all need to go back.
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