Jim Laney

@DanHolbrook @TheRabbitHole I’ve thought such about the UK and other places. I’ve changed my mind. People struggle to fully realize a con job or a malicious actor, even when they’ve been bitten before. Honest people struggle with mendacity, especially in the face of propaganda

@TheRabbitHole The UK is going to hit a boiling point. People voted for this crap for years, and now they get police at the door over retweets while real criminals walk around laughing. At some point even the people who asked for it realize they screwed up.

The UK arrests people over retweets. Crazy.

@BuckSexton @ClayTravis @ToddPiro For years I got teased by friends for preferring vanilla iced cream. ( young people care about silly things) So one day I rocked their world; I ordered French Vanilla. Living the dream….

@ClayTravis @ToddPiro Nobody expects the Todd's of the world to appreciate such flavorful greatness. They are vanilla people.

Please don’t lump all Todd’s into this. Thank you. Todd. @ClayTravis

@JeremyTate41 The problem is how to keep the bad guys from hijacking the system. Absolutely yes we teach morality, but let’s not neglect to teach reasoning skills.

Even the people who are melting down and acting like they don’t agree with this, really do agree with this. If you agree that we should teach students that randomly stabbing or shooting people is wrong, then that is teaching them WHAT to think. We need to teach students what to think and how to think.

@NanHayworth He looks bad, like he has cancer.

Why'd you turn off replies, Mayor of London, to such an optimistic post? The question is, of course, rhetorical. London is dying under your poisonous *leadership*--and you do know it. It's your goal. Giving voice to your critics is antithetical to your authoritarianism.

@farzyness @pmarca That was a very optimistic take. It’s worth a follow. I hope you’re right!

My theory is that the American empire is JUST getting started. US has a stranglehold on Space with SpaceX, which is the next frontier for defense/war. It has a comically large lead. No one will be close for at least 20 years. It is the leading power in AI by far - both in models and chips. China is catching up fast, but the US has an inherent mechanism that will increase the likelihood that it will win in the end - a free market + capitalism + free speech. A free market + capitalism allows for brutal competition between companies. Free speech allows for AI models to be maximally truth seeking, which means that AIs CAN and WILL BECOME smarter than humans to the point where they can tell the truth about its leaders. This is literally impossible in China. Try having a Chinese model that says Xi Jinping is corrupt. Good luck with that. Then, you have a country that has more guns than people and surrounded by two massive oceans and two friendly neighbors, which means any sort of kinetic take over of the country is literally impossible. Not to mention the US has BY FAR the best and strongest military. The only way adversaries can hope to defeat the US is by tearing it from within by pitting us against each other. This is why it's virtually guaranteed that all the division/hatred/polarization you see within the country is fomented by China/Russia Psy Ops + propaganda efforts. I'm not saying these aren't naturally happening in spots - America is far from perfect - but it would be naive to think our adversaries aren't pouring millions of gallons of fuel on a fire. As long as the American public a) has the ability to exercise its free speech b) has a protected 2nd amendment c) capitalism and free markets continue to function and d) the populace is aware of how awesome America really is, it is literally impossible to stop the US's trajectory to global domination in the coming decades, especially as China's demographics continue to collapse. It's the bottom of the 9th, the game is tied, and the US has the bases loaded. It's a 3-2 pitch. All we need is a home run, and we win the rest of the century.

@Oilfield_Rando @redsteeze Woody Guthrie spinning in his grave. The Left used to have better music….

“You see what happens Larry?! You see what happens when you defund USAID and scrutinize ActBlue’s payment processing system?!”

@megbasham When he was little, I read Amelia Bedelia ( not sure which book) to my son. Amelia does silly things, and my son commented it made him want to smack her. This video is even worse. Amelia was a genius next to these poor people.

If you had asked me to guess how Nordic countries address the problem of migrant sexual assault, this is about what I would have pictured.

@themaddierune If they say, “You all..” it’s fake. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a native southerner use that, instead of “Ya’ll”.

No actor has ever successfully done a Southern accent. Not a single one. I swear they have invented an entirely new dialect that no human being has ever spoken on earth. As someone who was born and raised in the deep south, I literally cringe when I hear it, and I immediately stop watching. We feel it in our BONES. Something about it is deeply personal and I can't fully explain why.

@jameszimmermann @KeenanPeachy God isn’t checking our resumes, He wants us to know Him, obey and trust Him to make things work. Our striving almost always falls short. It’s funny how such usually leads to good long term outcomes like emotionally healthy children and good relationships.

This @KeenanPeachy post really resonates, as it feels like in the six years I’ve been out of the symphony industry I haven’t done much with my life. I used to feel like I was fulfilling my purpose and making an impact, I don’t feel anything like that now. But in these last six years my children have grown up splendidly. My software job makes me able to provide them a perfectly decent life, they’re happy and healthy and a joy to be around. They bring me no grief. I chose them over living a lie to stay doing what I love, because I love them more than what I do for a living. You reap what you sow and while I may have less than I did before on many levels, I’m rich in what matters most.

@SkylarSkye3 When I was in high school ( 1970’s) in SC, it was legal to have a beer in the car. So, in a boring small town, we’d ride around and drink beer. It’s crazy to think about, but that’s what we did…

Why does every car in America have enough cup holders for an entire family?

@japan_nobunaga When I was 13, I had a hunting license. I could take my shotgun, walk a mile and be in a field where I could hunt doves. My friends and I did this fairly often. Nobody thought anything about it.

Be honest with me, Americans 🇺🇸 Do you actually own a gun? In Japan, I have never seen a real one. Not once. Not at a friend's house. Not in a drawer. Never. But online, every American just goes "oh, mine's in the nightstand" like it's a phone charger 🔌 So now I'm genuinely curious: What's YOUR gun? The very first one you ever got? Is this normal everywhere in the US? Or just some states?

@ShadowbanSlam @FloppingAces @NanHayworth I see your point. Some likely are sociopaths, some might be gullible fools, some might be going along with their particular crowd. Many probably don’t think they’re screwing anyone over, but pursuing something good.

Unless youre a *complete* sociopath, you need to hate the people you're screwing over. If they had some fondness for a White guy who lost his job at ghe plant to outsourcing or immigration or DEI, they would do something for him. They need seething contempt, a story as to why he deserved it: "dismantling whiteness" and "global equity" and "punishment for colonialism" and "what about 30 years ago" are their go-tos.

They really thought this was going to work forever, didn’t they? Run the country into the ground with idiotic energy policies, import millions of people to do the jobs the natives used to do, tell young men their entire heritage is a crime, then act confused when those same young men stop politely asking for a seat at the table. Brilliant strategy. Truly visionary leadership. In Canada they handed the keys to a guy whose main talent appears to be moving money from regular citizens into BlackRock-linked funds while smiling about “climate.” He helped engineer an economy where the only people getting ahead are the ones connected to the right funds and the right NGOs. Everyone else? Enjoy your higher costs and shrinking prospects. It’s for the planet, after all. Meanwhile the cultural class spent decades producing books, films, and academic theories whose main purpose was to make the people who actually built the civilization feel like villains in their own story. Worked great until it didn’t. Now the same young men who were supposed to quietly accept being replaced are looking around and realizing the people in charge have been running a very long, very profitable con. They broke family formation on purpose, flooded everything with propaganda about how awful normal life is, then imported a new population to keep wages down and social cohesion fractured. All while making sure their own kids would never have to compete with the results of their policies. The really funny part is they still think this is about “hate” or “extremism.” It’s not. It’s about noticing. And once enough people notice that the people running things have been actively hostile to their existence, the conversation stops being polite. The jokes are running out. The class that spent two decades treating the builders like a punchline is about to learn they weren’t laughing with them. (article below)

@megbasham I have a friend who works with a German engineering firm. On a visit the German noted the gas lights on the front porch and couldn’t believe that was legal. An opinion I read is the ability to drive is part of what makes our lives good. Waffle House helps…

What the World Cup has brought to the United States could not have been more providentially perfect for our 250th anniversary. The rest of the world is coming here and reminding us what makes America so great. Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Yes. Yes it does.

@mirandadevine That is very true. Perhaps it’s not that Europeans don’t know us but that we listen to the wrong Americans.

A big reason the world has a negative image of America is neg-journalists like this

@SECUnfiltered It shouldn’t be. Any time you go to Omaha you have something to celebrate.

A brutal end to a promising season for the Rebs. At times this group looked as if it had the makings of a National Title contender. Alas, not meant to be. Going to be a long offseason in Oxford.

@dandarling People are indeed tired of the cultural bullying.

These players couldn’t wear something that communicated something that violated their deeply held beliefs. Why force it?

@megbasham @shaunvlog_ Maybe he’s on a diet? Where’s the sausage and eggs?

@shaunvlog_ Nah if you were in the promised land there would also be fried chicken on that plate

I have found the promised land 🦅

@FreddyLA7 I hope you aren’t planing to see the Southwest too. You’ll be on the Heatstroke Express with an itinerary like that.

It’s sooo hot🥵

@QCQuietCatalyst @Fascinate_Hist You take your kids to the Beer Store? 😉

@Fascinate_Hist In Canada, the Beer Store is now also a grey utilitarian box. In the province of Ontario, anyway. Same look. All the fun sucked out of lunch with the kiddos (not that I would ever feed mine McD's) and summer cold ones.

McDonalds of the 1990s vs. Today. Which era wins?

@data_republican I don’t have a good photo, but one used to like to perch on my neighbor’s mailbox, while the neighbor’s cat, George, would stalk him. We hear them hootin’ and hollerin’ all the time.

This will be my very last owl post for awhile. I promise. I just had to share this because the whole family was out this morning, and I love them!