Beagle Fury

Conservative public school teacher in a very blue state.

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

Happy 100th birthday, Mel Brooks! 🌟

May the Schwartz be with you today and every day!

[Beagle Fury @BeagleFury]

@mindinpanic @fasc1nate "attempted to snowboard down Mount Everest" is what gets me. Darwin Award poster boy.

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

Trump needs to have trash cans like this at the National Mall! 😂😂😂

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@redsteeze @caroljsroth and...?

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

BREAKING: Ilana Gritzewsky, who was held hostage by Hamas, just took the floor at the United Nations to confront Reem Alsalem, the UN rapporteur on violence against women. Her dramatic testimony:

Special Rapporteur, your report speaks about violence against women. Why is there no mention of Hamas?

On October 7, terrorists stormed our Kibbutz — murdering, kidnapping, and burning.

I was beaten and mutilated before blacking out.

I woke up half naked with seven terrorists standing over me, not knowing what happened to me in those lost moments.

I went through days of pain and horror in captivity, and even now the feeling of being powerless and violated still lingers.

I came back with a broken hip, a broken jaw and a shattered soul.

People see my face and think I’m free. But freedom is not a switch. Trauma doesn’t vanish once you are released.

Now, every air-raid siren, and every rocket from Iran, throws me back into that hell.

On October 7, and in captivity, Jewish women were raped, abused, and humiliated.

And you, Special Rapporteur, you chose silence and denial.

Ms. Alsalem, you said there was no evidence of sexual violence on October 7.

I am standing here today — not as a report, not as a statistic.

I am a woman who survived. I am the living proof of sexual violence by Hamas.

When I and other Israeli women begged not to be raped, why were you silent?

Please look at me. Do you believe us now?

Will you apologize?

[Beagle Fury @BeagleFury]

@brianoflondon I'm guessing that it was a moistened bint who lobbed a scimitar at him. But, supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

[Beagle Fury @BeagleFury]

@Ruckus2017 @fasc1nate Former Salem tour guide here. His wife Martha was hanged 2 days after he died.

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@foster_type Also, I will forever pronounce it "Kwe-beck" and NOT "Ke-beck"! Screw the French pronunciation.

[David Hoffman @TrustlessState]

If USA beats you in the World Cup

That country has to call it Soccer until the next World Cup

New rule I just made up

[Selene Mariposa @Selene_Mariposa]

The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.

And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.

Here is what they are discovering:

Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.

Then they found the grocery stores.

Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.

The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.

They finally understand why we do not have trains.

We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.

Why would we need trains.

The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.

Welcome to America.
Everything is free, enormous, air conditioned, comes with chips, and has five grocery stores within a mile that will sell you any cut of any animal you have ever imagined.

Write that down. 🦋

[Tweetoleon @Tweetoleon]

Kudos to Great Britain for keeping minors safe in cyberspace while they're being raped in the real world.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Here’s what a deal negotiated from a position of strength looks like:

Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. lifts its naval blockade.

Iran dismantles its nuclear program.
The U.S. provides phased sanctions relief.

Iran stops funding and arming its proxy network.
The U.S. provides additional sanctions relief.

Iran abandons its long range missile program.
The U.S. provides additional sanctions relief.

Iran ends its systematic human rights abuses and opens the country to meaningful reform.
The U.S. and its allies support economic reconstruction and investment.

Hezbollah withdraws from southern Lebanon and disarms.
Israel fully withdraws from Lebanon.

Everything is based on performance.

No upfront rewards. Iran acts first. The benefits come after.

[James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames]

Just got this from a reliable source, second-hand. If this is true, Trump better rethink this "deal" because how played we're getting is a lot bigger than it looks.

From an Arab source: "China offers post-war reconstruction assistance to Iran and Lebanon.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced its willingness to help rebuild Lebanon and Iran. Beijing expressed concern about the humanitarian crisis resulting from the regional conflict and called on the international community to help deal with its consequences.

This initiative by China demonstrates the country's goal of strengthening its political influence in the Middle East through economic presence. By positioning itself as a humanitarian partner, China presents its diplomatic strategy as an alternative to US and Israeli actions. Support for infrastructure reconstruction allows Beijing to consolidate its position as a major regional player capable of offering an alternative to Western involvement.

China's willingness to invest in post-war reconstruction could accelerate the stabilization of the affected countries. In the long run, this will increase Tehran and Beirut's dependence on Chinese capital and technology."

[Beagle Fury @BeagleFury]

@AvivaKlompas By what metric is there evidence that "They are not radicalized, and they're looking to help their country.”? None that any sensible person can see.

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@LibraTarian @JeremyTate41 @Kalifornia4Cruz I had to read that in high school. It was a poor man's "Catcher in the Rye" without the dirty word(s).

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@abbythelibb_ Read the article, then that book. History Channel did a show based in part on that book (interviews Popular Mechanics writers included), with an awesome debunking of the myths.

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

I think we've failed as a society to fully educate our Theater Kids how fucking tired we are of their bullshit

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@emilykschrader Yup. This Churchill quote seems appropriate: "You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour and you will have war."

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@awstar11 @EdMarkey Reason 4,896,431 why I need to move out of Massachusetts. I'm represented by clowns.

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@PolitiBunny @FordFischer The average age is deceased.