Ben Thornton

🇺🇸 Furniture Guy. Buy/Sell Real Estate.

[Ben Thornton @BetBigWinBig]

@Camp4 @JoinCrowdHealth Today, called my PCP - found a tick on me & needed antibiotic. Had to leave msg. Three hours later, called back, left msg, no callback. Called “mini clinic” & asked what office visit cost. “No idea, depends on insurance.” Assume no ins. “No idea”

[Ben Thornton @BetBigWinBig]

There are 2 types of truck drivers - those that wear flip flops/sandals and those that wear real shoes (boots/athletic shoes). The footwear choice tells you everything you need to know.

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@BowTiedBroke Love land for same reasons.

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@sweatystartup Possibly true for Bitcoin, but people finance tracts of vacant land everyday speculatively - with property taxes, insurance, maintenance (mowing, for instance), those have negative cash flow.

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We need term limits, age limits & an annual competency test for politicians.

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@Trask1Bergerson @Investanswers what is fastest & cheapest? is it secure?

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@piersmorgan We’ll pay you to take Minneapolis

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@JayCampbell333 Anything for a 75 year old man with diabetes & bone on bone knee problem? Trying to avoid knee replacement (not a good candidate due to elevated A1C)

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@Budgetdog_ Wife has '25 6.2L Denali w/Tech Pkg, Super Cruise, etc. Awesome. Supposedly (hopefully) engines were "fixed" 2025 but hearing mixed reports. Gas guzzler. I have '23 Yukon Sierra AT4 w/3.0 diesel - love it, but slower than 6.2, not sure I'd want 3.0 in Yukon. Sips diesel tho.

[Ben Thornton @BetBigWinBig]

My wife just had her mother (my MIL) call and request that I call her. My wife was driving & did not want to take her eyes off the road. She has an iPhone, with Siri of course.

When I called, she asked how to turn on defrost for her windshield. She has Google Assistant in her 2025 @GMC Yukon Denali with tech pkg.

Who wants to tell her?

[Jamie Bambrick @j_bambrick]

My dear American friends,

We British Christians would get excited when, once a year, Queen Elizabeth would make a mild but sincere reference to the love of Jesus Christ in her Christmas address.

In Charlie Kirks' Memorial service, watched by tens of millions, I just heard:
- Multiple clear presentations of the gospel from men like @robmccoyus and @DrFrankTurek with clear calls to repentance and faith
- Worship songs full of Scripture sung by tens of thousands live and millions at home
- Personal testimonies of lives transformed by the work of Christ and the witness of believers
- Demonstration and explanation of the value of marriage, child-rearing and family
- Calls to Romans 13 for the government to bear the sword for the protection of good and punishment of the wicked
- Declarations of spiritual warfare on the forces of evil and promises to endure no matter the cost
- Calls to be prophets and call the nation to repent
- More Scripture references and Bible readings than I can count
- And a widow publicly forgiving her husband's killer because Christ forgave his killers on the cross.

All of it done before, and by, the most powerful people in your nation and the world.

You guys should be on your knees thanking God for your country. It is a light to the world.

Never stop fighting for it.

[Ben Thornton @BetBigWinBig]

@GavinNewsom There’s no such thing as FREE

[Flappr @flapprdotnet]

Happy Birthday, America.

[Ben Thornton @BetBigWinBig]

@STLChrisH Make them pay diminished value also. I just went a round with SF on a property damage claim caused by one of their insureds. They were at $5500, we were at $14,500. SF was belligerent for weeks. Paid an atty $435 to send 2 emails - SF paid $14,500 the day after the 2nd email.

[Ben Thornton @BetBigWinBig]

@AdameMedia Iran, Russia & China don’t have to make these statements … their citizens already know.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Simone Biles Calls For All Female Athletes To Just Give Up Like She Did https://t.co/8zKIFEce1y

[Ben Thornton @BetBigWinBig]

@JoeSquawk Make @SenWarren quantify her “anecdotes”. Re: washing machines & dryers going up in price even tho dryers weren’t tariffed, often retailers will raise price of complimentary items a little, rather than assigning full increase to one item. She has great stories tho.

[Ben Thornton @BetBigWinBig]

@mwmoedinger Great post! All excellent points that are vastly overlooked & under appreciated!

[Douglas A. Boneparth @dougboneparth]

I have announced the following tariffs:

Wife: 50%
Kid 1: 30%
Kid 2: 25%
Mother-in-law: 100%
Dog: 0%

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@skylarromines Absurd