Richard Benedict

Audiophile, energy expert, more-or-less happily married, Dad. All opinions are my own

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

I thought maybe the vaulted fact checkers @NewYorker had missed it, but there really was a draft for the US Navy in WW2. Should have known better to doubt them or Roz Chast. Happy #fathersday https://t.co/saErD2bmia

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

@AK_Organizer @Garrett_Archer It is very profitable and you can have multiple crops harvested each year.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

@XMartinsMusicX Twist and Shout - the Beatles

[Buffalo Sabres @BuffaloSabres]

Sabrehood bringing the energy back home 🫶

#LetsGoBuffalo | @SenecaBuffalo

[David O'Brien @DOBrienATL]

The Beatles were so fantastic, they released a compilation of non-album singles and b-sides — Hey Jude in 1970 — and had it go multi-platinum and stand as a better LP than most bands even dream of making. “Rain” was a b-side. The pics were from their last photo session. #beatles

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

@rscottri @mattyglesias The conventional wisdom is that these are high-income professionals, especially doctors and dentists, who are making aggressive investments which are often ill advised.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

@giulio_mattioli Gen Mark Clark led the Allies when they liberated Rome from the Nazis. The office he found in Rome only had one working telephone but three espresso machines.

[Michael Wear @MichaelRWear]

It’s just important to understand that Trump posts what he posts on Christian holidays because he loves to emasculate, humiliate and shame the Christians around him. They openly claim Trump is their vehicle to advance their agenda, but on their own holidays and at their own events, he can’t help but make it openly, plainly clear to them that he is using them and they are his vehicle—not the other way around.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

@CurtisHouck I listen to it regularly on the top of the hour on the @SIRIUSXM POTUS channel in my car. A nice modern touch for a trusted institution.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

@BobGolen Honest to Betsy, I looked up the value of a beater Honda we own and it asked if we still had both keys/key fobs.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

@NolanAnalyst Why is this wrong? Isn’t the goal of international travel to learn about other cultures? He visited Kyoto and was aware of its importance and cultural significance.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

@spidersoze99133 @BobSongs @covie_93 Right on the first part, wrong on the second. We have civilian control of our military. Trump is a civilian. A civilian man does not wear a ball cap during a solemn and reverent event.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

The US had an unpopular peacetime draft before Pearl Harbor because of Hitler. My father joined the US Army in 1940 (before Pearl Harbor) and then made 5 amphibious landings in Europe fighting Nazis. Please get your facts right before lecturing us. (See also Lend-Lease).

[Madelaine Hanson @MadelaineLucyH]

It's shocking to me as a Brit that Americans aren't taught that they only entered the war against the Nazis AFTER Nazi Germany sided with Japan after pearl harbour and declared war against the USA. At no point did the USA decide to 'save democracy from Nazism'.

[Herb Lawrence @Ecnerwal23]

No mention of Frank Thomas, the best player in franchise history

No mention of Jermaine Dye, the only World Series MVP in team history

No mention of Tim Anderson, one of only 3 men to win a batting title in franchise history (Appling, Thomas)

These missteps are so White Sox

[Christopher Kratovil @chris_kratovil]

Honest question from someone who has been a @SouthwestAir A-List Preferred flyer and loyalist for more than a decade: what’s the case for flying SWA now? With the abolition of open seating and “Bag Fly Free” SWA is now just another legacy carrier—albeit one without true first class, lounges, or meaningful international routes. The “new” Southwest offers all the downside but none of the upside of Delta/United/American. What’s SWA’s best argument why I shouldn’t park my butt at AA’s Admirals Club at DFW while waiting for my assigned seat from here on out? Persuade me.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

Couldn’t agree more. Just as important, pricing @SouthwestAir “use to be” reasonable. Often the cheapest but never with price gouging fares. That ended two years ago and now they screw the customer whenever they can.

[Christopher Kratovil @chris_kratovil]

Honest question from someone who has been a @SouthwestAir A-List Preferred flyer and loyalist for more than a decade: what’s the case for flying SWA now? With the abolition of open seating and “Bag Fly Free” SWA is now just another legacy carrier—albeit one without true first class, lounges, or meaningful international routes. The “new” Southwest offers all the downside but none of the upside of Delta/United/American. What’s SWA’s best argument why I shouldn’t park my butt at AA’s Admirals Club at DFW while waiting for my assigned seat from here on out? Persuade me.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

@BeschlossDC Working in a hospital in Chicago - my 1st job after college. Our boss had a TV in his office. He called several of us in and we watched in horror. Hard to get back to work after that.

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

Wow @VerizonSupport my daughter could not talk with her doctors last week because of your cellphone outage on Wednesday. Tried to take advantage of your $20 credit. Your chat told me to call 800 number and 800 number cut me off. How do I get the $20 credit?

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

. @VerizonSupportmy daughter could not talk with her doctors last week because of your cellphone outage on Wednesday. Tried to take advantage of your $20 credit. Your chat told me to call 800 number and 800 number cut me off. How do I get the $20 credit?

[Richard Benedict @Bientot57]

Wow @VerizonSupport my daughter could not talk with her doctors last week because of your cellphone outage on Wednesday. Tried to take advantage of your $20 credit. Your chat told me to call 800 number and 800 number cut me off. How do I get the $20 credit?