retired police sergeant at the Trinidad Police Dept. Former student of political theory & philosophy at CSU and CU.

Joined August 2024
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Stealing a manโ€™s horse used to be a hanging offense in the West. What should the penalty be for stealing an election? The right to vote is the essential difference between citizen & subject or slave. It is no small matter.
๐‚๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐๐ˆ๐€ ๐‘๐„๐‰๐„๐‚๐“๐’ ๐‘๐„๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐ ๐๐€๐‹๐‹๐Ž๐“๐’ ๐–๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐„ ๐€ ๐’๐Œ๐ˆ๐‹๐„๐˜ ๐…๐€๐‚๐„ ๐๐€๐’๐’๐„๐’ ๐’๐ˆ๐†๐๐€๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐•๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ Spencer Pratt voters in California are reporting their ballots have been rejected. Liz Wheeler breaks down why ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ defending the California election system are lies, one by one. โ€œ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ 200,000 ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ 2020. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜‹.โ€ They say, โ€œWe check signatures.โ€ OK โ€” but does a smiley face count? ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ. And are those checks applied to Republican ballots the same way? Reports from L.A. election workers suggest the answer is no. They say ballots must be postmarked by Election Day. Actually, under California law, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ. You can handwrite any date on or before Election Day and the ballot counts. They say ballot harvesters must sign the envelope, creating a chain of custody. But if a harvester skips the signature? ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐. No rejection. No accountability. โ€œ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€”๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โ€ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ.
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The Ark was a very big boat. Both are dwarfed by their mission.
Starship is a very big rocket
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Is @elonmusk the next Noah? Must a miracle defy the possible or just probable? Totalitarians are threatening to swamp The West, and crush mankind. Musk is building an interplanetary ARK to preserve humanityโ€ฆ. He is probably right to do so.
Occasionally I get shit for being so pro-Elon. 3 big reasons why: #1 He's done more for free speech than Congress who swore to defend it -- both parties. This matters because America sets the global Overton. And without free speech humanity are sheep to the slaughter. #2 He's our greatest innovator since Thomas Edison. When I used to teach MBA Steve Jobs was the ultimate innovator. Jobs -- who invented nothing -- can't touch Elon. #3 The problems Elon's tackling are among most important. A lifeboat for humanity, existential risk from AI, the survival of truth, demographic collapse. This isn't colored Macs.
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Is @elonmusk the next Noah? Must a miracle defy the possible or just the probable? Totalitarians are threatening to swamp The West, and crush mankind. Musk is building an interplanetary ARK to preserve humanityโ€ฆ. He is probably right to do so.
Occasionally I get shit for being so pro-Elon. 3 big reasons why: #1 He's done more for free speech than Congress who swore to defend it -- both parties. This matters because America sets the global Overton. And without free speech humanity are sheep to the slaughter. #2 He's our greatest innovator since Thomas Edison. When I used to teach MBA Steve Jobs was the ultimate innovator. Jobs -- who invented nothing -- can't touch Elon. #3 The problems Elon's tackling are among most important. A lifeboat for humanity, existential risk from AI, the survival of truth, demographic collapse. This isn't colored Macs.
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I seem to recall @elonmusk saying This is the most entertaining timeline. Perhaps to God. I find the wave of totalitarianism threatening to swamp The West rather distressing. And Musk is building an interplanetary ARK for humanityโ€ฆ. He is probably right to do so.
Occasionally I get shit for being so pro-Elon. 3 big reasons why: #1 He's done more for free speech than Congress who swore to defend it -- both parties. This matters because America sets the global Overton. And without free speech humanity are sheep to the slaughter. #2 He's our greatest innovator since Thomas Edison. When I used to teach MBA Steve Jobs was the ultimate innovator. Jobs -- who invented nothing -- can't touch Elon. #3 The problems Elon's tackling are among most important. A lifeboat for humanity, existential risk from AI, the survival of truth, demographic collapse. This isn't colored Macs.
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Astute metaphor!
In LOTR, the shire spent so long sheltered from evil that it began to think evil did not exist. The west is like the shire. We must save the shire.
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Either a spoof or the C Suite at Lincoln has been smoking the hard stuff. Iโ€™m afraid itโ€™s the latter. The futura styling and impracticality suggests a level of entitlement that would make Marie Antoinette blush, and the rest of us root for the peasants. My overall impression of this Sci-Fi extravaganza is that itโ€™s not actually intended to be used outdoors, just to take you between wings of the palace or airport. Is it the upscale car for the Boring Companyโ€™s envisioned subsurface road network?
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Either a spoof or the C Suite at Lincoln has been smoking the hard stuff. Iโ€™m afraid itโ€™s the latter. The futura styling and impracticality suggests a level of entitlement that would make Marie Antoinette blush, and the rest of us root for the peasants. My overall impression of this Sci-Fi extravaganza is that itโ€™s not actually intended to be used outdoors, just to take you between wings of the palace or airport. Is it the upscale car for the Boring Companyโ€™s envisioned subsurface road network?
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It may take a miracle for a Free & Secular Republic to emerge in Iran, but it certainly wonโ€™t happen if no one is willing to help the Iranian people. So far it looks like only the U.S. and Israel actually want this to happen. Even Europe seems more comfortable with the Islamic Republic developing nuclear weapons they can already deliver to every European capitol, than with opposing this.
๐Ÿšจ DIRECT FROM IRAN: "Arm us." The Iranian people are demanding the weapons to defend themselves against a brutal regime, and the videos keep coming. Ordinary citizens inside Iran are sending a steady stream of these videos directly to me, risking everything to break through the silence. This person is completely exposed, standing on a public sidewalk in broad daylight right next to active traffic. Holding an illegal sign like this is punishable by death, but they are doing it anyway. Look closely at the paper. Written in broken English, it reads "please army us." That grammatical error is exactly what makes this so undeniably real. This is not a polished PR campaign. It is a raw, unedited plea from an ordinary citizen on the street. For the millions they represent, this is no longer a political debate. It is a tactical necessity for survival. Peaceful protest against live ammunition has proven impossible. They aren't asking for foreign boots on the ground. They are asking for the basic means to defend themselves against a systemic slaughter. They risked their life to bypass the blackouts and deliver this proof straight from the streets. More people need to amplify their calls. Do not let the regime bury their bravery.
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1) Just want to encourage you to keep at it. Your posts ought to be followed by tens or hundreds of thousands! 2). The only way that I can imagine a Supreme Architect & Creator is by them standing outside of time & space, being able to see the entirety of the course of creation at once. Out of an infinity of possibility only that which works can be brought to exist.
Every decade our institutions grow more certain that materialism is the only serious worldview. Every decade the culture grows colder and less beautiful. At some point you have to ask whether those two facts are related. A civilization becomes what it believes about itself.
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Iโ€™m thrilled to hear it! I realize that our domestic opposition is the Islamic Republicโ€™s greatest ally. That there are real limits to what Trump can accomplish! I would pray for the demise of the Islamic Republic and the liberation of the Iranian people. But the complete destruction of their nuclear program is an absolute minimum unless we are willing to fight a nuclear war within decades.
May 25
President Donald Trump on Monday blasted "Dumocrats, RINOS, and Fools" who have criticized a potential deal with Iran, and he guaranteed that any eventual agreement "will either be a great and meaningful one, or there will be no deal." MORE: bit.ly/49k3QO0
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I care about UTK because I care for the USA. Liberty, self rule, & individual rights must survive across the West. We are all in danger from totalitarians & tyrants now as in the 1930โ€™s & 1950โ€™s. Losing the UK would be devastating. Raise the Colours again & again! Take them for walks after dinner and shopping downtown on weekends. You donโ€™t need an organized march. Stand & Fight! Your grandchildren deserve their heritage.
MILLIONS OF PATRIOTS MARCH THROUGH LONDON! The establishment said nobody would come. The media tried to ignore it. But the streets of London were PACKED. This aerial footage from the Unite The Kingdom rally shows the TRUE scale of the march. Millions of people standing together for Britain, freedom of speech, and national identity. WATCH. SHARE. LET THE WORLD SEE IT. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ”ฅ
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Only a fool would assume that the leaders of the Islamic Republic are as deceptive as Western politicians. They are devout Shia Muslims who believe itโ€™s a religious duty to destroy the Great Satan and Little Satan. They have been at war with us since 1979. We can fight them at great cost later, or when we have reasonable cost with good prospects now. Like it or not we have a deadly struggle to fight against that regime unless you wish to submit to Islam and Islamic rule.
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The U.S. House just voted on a War Powers Resolution to limit Trump's military action against Iran. The result: 212 for, 212 against. The resolution failed in a perfect tie. Half of Congress is openly asking for the war to end. The other half is still defending it. This is the seventh attempt by Schumer and House Democrats to force the issue...
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Iโ€™ll suggest Next Steps: Unless we have real prospects that the Islamic Republic will be overthrown, be conquered, or fail, we ought to take off the kid gloves re: Iranโ€™s oil & ind. infrastructure. If Iran canโ€™t export oil for 5-15 years, China suddenly has to restrain Iran from attacking the oil production of the gulf states. China must get oil from somewhere - and they have leverage with Iran. As an industrial & economic basket case, they are de-fanged longer from producing their own ballistic missiles (already able to threaten all of Europe & Diego Garcia). The ability of the Islamic Republic to survive long enough to ever resume its quest for nuclear weapons is in grave doubt. Time becomes our friend. Rebuilding itself, Iran will have little interest and less ability to support and direct its proxies. Unless they find resources from other states, itโ€™s likely they will fade into irrelevance. Finally, the people of Itan, at least those we have any reason to sympathize with, are not likely to be significantly worse off than they are and will be under continued Shia theocratic rule. Hope for freedom and a better future should not be undervalued. In building, sometimes it is far easier and cheaper (practical & do-able) to raze a structure and replace than to try piecemeal fixes. And there is no reason they would have to rebuild on their own, any more than Germany after WWII.
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Iran and Oman reportedly met in Muscat to jointly assert sovereign control over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Abbas Bagherpour, the director general of International Law Affairs at the FM met with Omani FM Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi to stress their territorial rights over those waters. With the U.S. and Israel circling the region, Tehran is starting to lock in allies to control the one lever that could bring global energy markets to their knees. Source: Islamic Republic News Agency
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Iโ€™ll suggest Next Steps: Unless we have real prospects that the Islamic Republic will be overthrown, be conquered, or fail, we ought to take off the kid gloves re: Iranโ€™s oil & ind. infrastructure. If Iran canโ€™t export oil for 5-15 years, China suddenly has to restrain Iran from attacking the oil production of the gulf states. China must get oil from somewhere - and they have leverage with Iran. As an industrial & economic basket case, they are de-fanged longer from producing their own ballistic missiles (already able to threaten all of Europe & Diego Garcia). The ability of the Islamic Republic to survive long enough to ever resume its quest for nuclear weapons is in grave doubt. Time becomes our friend. Rebuilding itself, Iran will have little interest and less ability to support and direct its proxies. Unless they find resources from other states, itโ€™s likely they will fade into irrelevance. Finally, the people of Itan, at least those we have any reason to sympathize with, are not likely to be significantly worse off than they are and will be under continued Shia theocratic rule. Hope for freedom and a better future should not be undervalued. In building, sometimes it is far easier and cheaper (practical & do-able) to raze a structure and replace than to try piecemeal fixes. And there is no reason they would have to rebuild on their own, any more than Germany after WWII.
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If the Trump admin. is serious about restoring the free flow of international commerce, it should resume and sustain the operation until Iran agrees to unrestricted transit rights for all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, writes @MarkCMontgomery: fdd.org/analysis/2026/05/11/โ€ฆ
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At the time I found this, roughly 1/1,000 viewers reposted. How America reacted to October 7th demands some serious soul searching - for our own sake.
Full depravity of Hamas during October 7 revealed for the first time: New report details how terrorists performed almost unimaginable horrors upon Israeli families trib.al/olj7tnv
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Whoever thought history could be dull??!! Well worth the 50 min exploration of the rise of the Christian Church up to the full emergency of Protestantism. The development of true totalitarianism followed by the struggle for freedom from tyranny. Immense food for thought, reflection & argument! As relevant for todayโ€™s life & death political struggles as it was in the 16-18th centuries. x.com/WatchGorillaSci/statusโ€ฆ

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Would America have been able to defeat the Nazis if the UK had not stood firm and held?! Would the U.S. have remained Free?! I have good reason to wish Tommy Robinson Unite The Kingdom well.

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A brutal reality check for Motherโ€™s Day. This clip may focus on Palestinians & the Jews but Devout Muslims, who know and believe the Quran, are just as determined to wage Jihad (and martyr themselves) against all of us Infidels - Until all the world is for Allah. Let that sink in. x.com/GAZAWOOD1/status/20538โ€ฆ

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One of my favorite Iranians.

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Ideological Bias & Corruption, the self-reinforcing effects of Propaganda, & the intellectually Lazy habits of the species. Did I miss anything significant?
Why does no one ever refer to Muslims as colonizers, oppressors, genociders, slave traders, or imperialists?
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