Chris Hamer

Realtor in Westport & Prof @FairfieldU #FamilyBiz #Entrepreneurship #GlobalStrategy; Fndr @CrowdFlik; Inventor w/ 15 patents,Investor,Interdisciplinary Thinker,

[Chris Hamer @ChrisHamer]

Everyone should watch this. Everyone.

[Newt Gingrich @newtgingrich]

After spending this week reviewing the Iranian war I am now convinced President Trump is on the edge of an historic victory. The real breakthrough for me came as I reviewed President Trump’s decisions and maneuvers not from the standpoint of American unilateralism but from the standpoint of the leader of a remarkable historic coalition, the largest coalition ever put together in the modern Middle East. Everyone understands that Israel is an important ally. What is little discussed is the depth of support from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region. It has to be sobering for the Iranian dictatorship to realize that it does not have a single ally willing to challenge the American naval blockade. Slowly, gradually, timidly, our European allies are lining up to help with the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. A great deal of President Trump’s maneuvers against Iran make sense once he is seen as a coalition leader and not just as a unilateral American President. I spent a lot of the last couple weeks reviewing kinetic options including wining the battle of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and if necessary using the shocking and shattering level of force President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger used against Hanoi and Haiphong in Christmas 1972 (which both leaders believed convinced the North Vietnamese to agree to a truce and the freeing of American POWs). If this were a unilateral American campaign I could enthusiastically support a more aggressive kinetic campaign. However it is also clear it would shatter the coalition because our Arab allies are convinced Iran could still do enormous damage to their oil fields and infrastructure. Coalitions are inherently slower than unilateral campaigns. However coalitions ultimately bring vastly more power to the fight. I am as frustrated as everyone else by the pace of talking with the dictatorship but having reviewed the correlation of forces and the options available to the coalition on one side and the Iranian religiously motivated dictatorship on the other I am prepared to assert that President Trump’s coalition leadership (something almost none of his critics want to acknowledge) is within reach of an enormous historic victory. And if the Iranian dictatorship ultimately proves it is hopelessly committed to a suicidal position there will be plenty of time for a kinetic campaign of enormous power and effectiveness. Either way we are on the edge of an astonishing victory for our values and for a safer Middle East.

[Chris Hamer @ChrisHamer]

@Betsy_McCaughey Awesome!!

[Chris Hamer @ChrisHamer]

@mchooyah I hope that this true. You have a lot to live for and mountains to move but the ‘Or else’ was in the way. Thank you for your service. Now get back to work!!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

SpaceX is actively hiring world-class engineers/physicists for SpaceXAI, even if you have zero prior experience in AI. Smart humans figure it out fast.

Please send an email with ~3 bullet points demonstrating evidence of exceptional ability to [email protected].

[Stephen Miller @StephenM]

Reminder: even though nearly half of New England is conservative/Republican, Democrats have gerrymandered the GOP to zero house seats in the entire region.

[Chris Hamer @ChrisHamer]

@Betsy_McCaughey Great to see you in Westport this week. Very impressive and focused on the great people of CT!!

[Chris Hamer @ChrisHamer]

Important message from Mary Barra.

[The Wrestling Room (Pat Mineo) @MrPatMineo]

Public Post by Stanford Coach Chris Ayres:

[Mark R. Levin @marklevinshow]

Mr. President:

I am beyond humbled by your words and graciousness in writing such a beautiful note and sharing it on Truth Social. I am honored that you took the time to write it.

Your courage, strength, and moral clarity are truly unparalleled. And your leadership has made our country and the world much safer. Both you and what you are doing deserve our support. And I will not be intimidated or bow to threats.

Through your insight and steady hand, America has been made great again. It is an enormous honor to know you as my family and I do and call you, Mr. President, our friend. You're one of a kind. Truly remarkable.

Please be safe and God bless.

[Chris Hamer @ChrisHamer]

@pieceofmind03 OMG!! I saw Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush in the mid 1970’s when they opened for either BTO or The Guess Who. Frank blew the roof off the place with his wild guitar and his crazy long hair. No one had ever seen anything like him - ever.

[Lemma’s Animal Desk @DoctorLemma]

In 1999, Pepsi aired a television commercial featuring child actress Hallie Kate Eisenberg, the younger sister of actor Jesse Eisenberg. In the ad, she enters a diner accompanied by an older man, who appears to be her grandfather. He places an order for a large pepperoni pizza, while she requests a Pepsi to drink.

When the waiter brings her a different cola brand, implied to be Coca-Cola, she responds by imitating Marlon Brando’s character Don Vito Corleone from the film The Godfather. She uses a deep, raspy voice to say, “You’ve insulted me and my entire family by offering me this whatever it is,” but offers him a chance to correct the mistake by serving the Pepsi instead.

[Elizabeth MacDonald @LizMacDonaldFOX]

U.S. economy under Trump is posting 5% growth. It should be no surprise the Atlanta Fed GDP Now model shows 5.4% US GDP growth. Stronger-than-expected real personal consumption expenditures, which is a major component of GDP, as inflation moderates. Labor productivity up 4.9%. Sharp narrowing of the U.S. trade deficit down 39%, exports have risen and imports have fallen relative to previous months, adding positively to GDP growth. Stronger ISM services also contributed to the higher estimate, indicating broader economic activity than previously captured.

U.S. labor productivity growing 4.9% annualized (recent print) is considered very strong, and it matters for inflation because of how it affects unit labor costs — one of the most important drivers of price pressure in an economy.

When workers generate more output per hour, firms:
•get more goods/services from the same labor input
•don’t need to increase prices to cover costs
•can expand supply, which reduces scarcity-driven inflation pressure

So higher productivity = inflation cooling through the supply side.

[Elizabeth MacDonald @LizMacDonaldFOX]

Atlanta Fed GDP model now at 5.4% growth double prior forecast

[Elizabeth MacDonald @LizMacDonaldFOX]

BREAKING Venezuela has effectively stopped shipping oil to China. China switching to more crude from Iran. Trump’s removal of communist dictator Maduro major setback for China’s Belt & Road push to dominate global infrastructure/mkts DEVELOPING https://t.co/N3rfs5V7Vy

[Fairfield Women’s Basketball @StagsWBball]

1st ever triple double in school history 🤘

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

That’s why we did @DOGE

[Camus @newstart_2024]

This 7-minute exchange between Elon Musk and Joe Rogan is quietly one of the most important conversations of the decade.

Elon lays it out plainly:
AI is a “supersonic tsunami” already erasing every purely digital job—coding, emails, spreadsheets, customer support—faster than any shift in history.

What survives longest? Anything that moves real atoms: welding, plumbing, electrical work, cooking, farming, building. Hands-on stays human.

Then he drops the line that stops you cold:
“In the best future, work becomes optional. We don’t get universal basic income… we get universal high income. Abundance so extreme that anything you want costs almost nothing and poverty effectively disappears.”

He compares it to the 1900s when entire skyscrapers were filled with human “computers” doing math by hand—then digital computers arrived and those jobs vanished overnight… while the world exploded with new opportunity.

This isn’t sci-fi. It’s the trajectory we’re already on.

Watch these 7 minutes. It’ll change how you see your career, money, and the next 20 years.

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