This is me standing in front of a HAWK Air Defense missile launcher in Germany, part of $30M worth of equipment I signed for as a lieutenant... the exact same (PIP III) equipment that we have donated to Ukraine to use, once again, against an invading Russia.

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“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder.”
― John F. Kennedy
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This bit from Jim Jefferies in 2016 aged liked fine wine: youtu.be/L-98RjrmqO4?...

Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out

Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades

Love this - Happy 2025

AI is ruining the content of the internet and has already ruined enjoying pictures on social media.

My boy and I created a “carpet bombing” rule modification where you choose three positions in a row for a turn, either horizontal or vertical: so Golf-4,5,6 or Niner-D,E,F which has nicely sped up the game and made it more fun. Try this over the holidays and let me know what you think!

If we can’t read passages from our favorite classic novels aloud to one another whilst enjoying dark chocolate tiramisu and a bottle of Château Margaux in front of a crackling fire in a Victorian mansion during a full moon on a cold winter’s night, then what’s the point?

Picard said it best in "First Contact" --
"The economics of the future are somewhat different. Money doesn't exist in the 25th century. The accumulation of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work for the betterment of humanity."

Scriptural mandate to Keep Right Except when Passing while driving this holiday season - biblehub.com/luke/14-10.htm | legal mandate: www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.h...

Nationalism is an infantile disease.
It is the measles of mankind.
~ Albert Einstein

Remember: colonizers branded those defending their ancestral lands as hating White people, enslavers framed abolition as harmful to White people, lynchers cast Black empowerment as White disempowerment, segregationists labeled desegregation as anti-White. 1/2

Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.

“I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don't give a shit.

It is quite the fragile god who needs political power to preserve and enforce their will.

It is quite the powerful God who is born in poverty, partners with the poor, washes feet, heals the sick, advocates for the oppressed, is unjustly killed and still changes the entire world.

I’ll never forget my New Testament professor telling me that sometimes God’s wrath in the Bible looks like just letting people have the king they demanded. The world they wanted. The reality they voted for.

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

A dozen bands/artists to get to know me:

BT
Yes
Toto
Sting
Pat Metheny
Seven Lions
Depeche Mode
Nickel Creek
Snarky Puppy
Trent Reznor
Porcupine Tree
Taylor Swift