Jim Laney

@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!

@jameszimmermann Cream and sugar?

A DoorDash driver just pulled into my driveway, walked across my yard, and delivered two cups of coffee to my neighbors. Kind of thing that leaves you wondering if there’s any hope of restoring a real society.

@FloppingAces @NanHayworth I don’t for a moment think all of the progressives believe their own rhetoric. There is a part of that crowd who know theu are destroying the West.

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)

@lsanger Gotta give the Devil his due….

I know and care nothing about soccer, but the fact that this guy scored the goal by kicking the ball with deliberately crossed legs (so as to stay balanced) is very impressive. Practice!

@TheBabylonBee I have to fight the temptation to say, “Moo…”

@ThrillaRilla369 We did, except for that odd looking bit of hardware near the bottom right….

Did anyone else’s family used to get together like this?

@NFL_DovKleiman We also called it “Tackle-loco”

What is this game called? 🤔

@sportsrapport Nothing controversial about it.

My most controversial middle aged sportswriter take: Bob Seger has better songs than Bruce Springsteen

@EdMarkey What is Big Ed’s net worth?

A 5% tax on Elon’s net worth would fund every community health center in America for the next 26 years. I’ll say it again. Tax the rich.

@toga_party_ @FreddyLA7 Let’s face it, they do have some great names over there.

@FreddyLA7 Yet Europeans will say their 8,000 seat stadium is better because it’s in a neighborhood and called “Hingle McCringleberry Stadium”

Omg this is insane

@nursekat597 @LUFC1992_v2 The food isn’t always good, but it’s a sight to behold. Even angry rednecks are polite to each other at a Bud-ee’s. It’s like Disney World. A happy crowd.

@LUFC1992_v2 I’ve never been to a Buc-ee’s. Am I missing out?

Made it to my first Buc-ee’s! 🙌 Going in now… 📍 Springfield MO

@AuthorGFAllen I think so, if you’re comparing reading to not reading at all….

Does reading a lot naturally improve writing ability?

@DefiantLs This guy must stop his daydreaming in public.

Kyle Kulinski: “Left wing politics actually have masculine values." "Right wing values are what? P*dophilia? R*pe? Sucking off Israel? Selfishness, greed, manipulation, lies, endless war?"

@chefsevenn Yes they do. I didn’t used to know, but corn is good in there too….

Be honest…….. do beans belong in chili? 🤔

@LeahRay44 Driving through Atlanta yesterday, and the was lots of tailgating with nary a chicken leg in sight!

What is tailgating and why does everyone in America talk about it?

@VlynnQ @SkylarSkye3 @MasonD3 We have a story for everything.

@SkylarSkye3 @MasonD3 Are you in the South? There is no “small talk” in the South- there are full on life story conversations with strangers in the grocery store line though.

I didn’t expect this but Americans are ridiculously good at small talk. In the UK if a stranger starts chatting to you, you immediately assume they want something or want to rob you. Here people are just… nice?

@ColaSCWatchDog If they’d have it in early March I might attend. What’s it outside today- 98?

The question we all should be asking—why are we not hosting World Cup game in Williams Brice?

@NFL_DovKleiman Larry Czonka.

Age yourself by naming an NFL running back you grew up watching. I'll start, Brian Westbrook.

@SkylarSkye3 Every time I go to Europe, I lose weight. It might be the walking, but I suspect the food is different.

Why does everyone call Americans fat? Most people I see here are handsome and athletic. Yes there’s loads of fast & processed food but everyone seems to work it off Where has this myth come from…

@shaunvlog_ People in the Northeastern US drive like Italians, except they lack that weird gene that allows Italians to not kill themselves.

About to pick up my rental and drive from New York to Foxborough MA to see Scotland tonight. Any tips for the roads here? 😅