Benjamin Colby

looking for civil discourse in all the wrong places

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

There is some merit in Twitter,
So I won't be a full quitter,
But in meter and rhyme,
I'll tweet all the time.
Signed, Conscientious Transmitter.

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

@Medtronic We have made multiple attempts to get an order status from the Diabetes Therapy team, with only minimal details in response. It's unprofessional to leave customers hanging for 3 weeks for a simple order. We are waiting.

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

@GHBass expected more of my favorite wool sweater... ☹️

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

@AttorneySyed Yeah, there's always that nagging fear that they'll deliver it early, as sometimes they'll deliver a 2nd day shipment the next day. Anyway, glad it works for you! Congrats on getting through cap season!

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

#NoPhoneforaYear #contest

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

@immigrationgirl I guess we're just waiting for the comment period now?

[Crimestoppers Scotland @CrimestopSCOT]

Our volunteers in the north are looking forward to visiting the beautiful Kyle of Lochalsh on Thursday, to chat to the local community and let you hear about the power of anonymity! @LochabSkyePol @Castlegroup92

[Scott Paterno, Shabbos Goy @ScottPaterno]

The greatest threat to poverty is capitalism. Really. Look it up.

[XKCD Comic @xkcdComic]

Indirect Detection https://t.co/Fp5dBemInz https://t.co/3dFWjo0Bb6

[Alyssa Bohon @AlyssaBohon]

Oh there's nothing like a velvety baby head - Dietrich Lewis Bohon, born today, we love all 7 lbs 5 oz of you, little piece of God's goodness.
https://t.co/HSyR5YxGyT

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

@j_jcolby All the pancake batter at once. Sauted oinions and no sugar made it savory.

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

Happy Saturday!

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps.
"If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines."
https://t.co/Sbw0NIsPS2

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

30 Healthy Soups That'll Warm You Right Up https://t.co/vooChPVTjc

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

The global #coffee bean-growing belt. The product many people in the west care most about is grown in the regions that many people in the west care least about (or at least know least about). Source: https://t.co/dt5fSHdsBP

[Emanuel Miller ✡️ @emanumiller]

This is brilliant.

May 1981. President Ronald Reagan is giving a speech at an Air Force base in West Berlin when a balloon pops loudly. Only two months previously, the President had been shot in an attempt on his life, not long after beginning his first term.

Reagan's response:

[Newberry Library @NewberryLibrary]

Mighty Mississippi indeed. More souvenir than navigational tool, this 11-ft “ribbon map” (1866) allowed steamboat passengers to track their progress along the Mississippi. We’ll be discussing this tmrw at 3 CT Live on our FB page.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

CDC: This Year's Uggs Season Could Be The Worst In A Decade
https://t.co/RqnhZCU5VD

[Benjamin Colby @BenjaminColby]

The opposite of love is not wrath but indifference, just as the opposite of wrath is also indifference.

From, Read / Mark / Learn: Romans (on 1:18)

[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

Now, if either of these things come true, I'll RT this later, and it will get an enormous number of likes. Pundit prediction is often a form of this scam. Pick one crazy thing right, and there's no penalty for being wrong on many crazy things. Rely on data, get slammed.