Zachary Parise

Civil Engineer | UK Alumni | VA-KY | Former @KYDodgeball #7 | #LFGM | Believer of the Great Pumpkin

[Zachary Parise @DocP_13]

#FuckCancer

[BrickCenter @BrickCenter_]

Mike Brown: "Over here you called it a foul, but over there you called it a travel."

Ref Marc Davis: "Ah sh*t you're right."

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[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

Ok. The second half deserves all the complaining by Knicks fans.

[Zachary Parise @DocP_13]

@mercy_stjames @DannyAbriano Second half is 22-6 spurs.

[Danny Abriano @DannyAbriano]

This absolute punk Victor Wembanyama shoved Jalen Brunson to the ground. Easy flagrant foul. No foul was called

Absolutely filthy play from a whiny loser

The officiating in this series has been an abomination in favor of the Spurs

[Jed Drenning @TheSignalCaller]

The D-Day invasion was 82 years ago yesterday. This might be the most intense five minutes you’ll ever hear. I find it impossible to listen to this and not be overwhelmed by a profound sense of debt and appreciation.

[Abhishek @MSDianAbhiii]

Declare this the photo of the year already.

[Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree]

WHAT WE GIVE ISRAEL

The standard US military aid package is $3.8 billion per year $3.3 billion in Foreign Military Financing plus $500 million for joint missile defense programs. Israel must spend most of this on US-made products and services, and by 2028 essentially all of it must be spent in America.

WHAT ISRAEL GIVES BACK

1. F-35 R&D Savings: 55 billion
Israel resolved multiple technical issues during the F-35’s early development, reducing US R&D costs by an estimated $55 billion and accelerating deployment timelines.  The total F-35 program cost was $55 billion in R&D Israel’s combat testing effectively saved the US from having to discover and fix those problems on their own dime.

2. Intelligence Value: equivalent to 5 CIAs (75 billion/year)

General George Keegan, former Chief of US Air Force Intelligence, stated that Israel’s intel value equals “5 CIAs” providing a 400% return on investment on the $3.8 billion aid package. One CIA budget runs approximately $15 billion.  Five times that equals roughly $75 billion worth of intelligence annually for $3.8 billion in aid.

3. Strategic Base Value: $15–20 billion/year

As stated by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and General Alexander Haig, Israel is the largest US aircraft carrier that does not require US military personnel on board, cannot be sunk, and is deployed in a critical region sparing the US the need to manufacture, deploy, and maintain real aircraft carriers with ground divisions, which would cost the US $15–20 billion annually. 

4. F-35 Export Multiplier: $40 billion in sales, $173 billion backlog
Israel’s battle-tested performance and upgrades to the F-35 contribute to $40 billion in US exports and a $173 billion backlog for US industry.  Israel essentially serves as the world’s most credible advertisement for American weapons.

5. Jobs and Economic Output: 255,000 jobs, $72 billion annually
The F-35 economic engine alone supports 290,000 US employees and $72 billion in annual economic output.  Israeli stakeholders hold contracts with over 1,000 American companies across 48 states, DC, and Puerto Rico.

Why do people need to lie about this?

Because they have nefarious reasons.

There’s no other reason to lie about this stuff.

[Mark Delaney @markbdelaney]

This is one of the wildest D-Day related stories I know.

I was in the 82nd Airborne during the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Our unit was asked to send a few people to the celebration that was happening in Normandy, including a demonstration jump into Normandy by active duty paratroopers.

We sent a guy from our unit who was actual born in Germany. Spent time in the German army before coming to the US, becoming a citizen, and joining the American army.

Well, this guy did some research and figured out that his grandfather was actually at Normandy in 1944, fighting for the German army.

Once he found this out, he dug a little deeper and not only was his grandfather in Normandy fighting for the Germans, but the part of Normandy he would be jumping into for the 75th anniversary was the same area his grandfather was posted 75 years earlier.

So here was this German-born, American army paratroopers, jumping into Normandy for a 75th anniversary of D-Day, jumping into the same area his grandfather was posted with the German army 75 years earlier.

Wild.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

The heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy to fight against tyranny must never be forgotten.

Generations have enjoyed freedom thanks to those in uniform and all who helped.

On the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, and always, we continue to remember and honor their legacies. 🇺🇸

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

Newsreel footage of paratroopers from the 101st airborne boarding planes for the Normandy invasion. It was happening right now in 1944.

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

82 years ago today, paratroopers bound for Normandy. 🇺🇸

[Cons @CaptainCons]

Read this letter and contemplate what those men must’ve been thinking going into the largest invasion in human history

[Noah Taylor @ByNoahTaylor]

June 5, 1944 —

“Tonight is the night of nights.

Tomorrow throughout the whole of our homeland and the Allied world the bells will ring out the tidings that you have arrived, and the invasion for liberation has begun.”

[alex kershaw @kershaw_alex]

D-Day is underway. Some would argue that what's happening right now is the most daring and ultimately successful operation in the history of military Alliances.
Note: the majority of troops are friends of the US from eight countries. Eisenhower has been told that three-quarters of the 23,400 airborne troops will be lost. He's hoping that the prediction will be wrong.

[shay 🇮🇱🇺🇸 @judeanceo]

Israel giving Gaza away in 2005 for “peace” was one of their biggest mistakes.

[Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree]

Israel dropped 200,000 bombs. If they wanted to commit a genocide they would have wiped every person in Gaza from existence.

They have a kill percentage of 3.2%.

WWII killed approximately 4% of the global population.

The Siege of Leningrad killed approximately 25% of the city’s population.

The atomic bomb killed approximately 30-40% of Hiroshima’s population instantly.

The firebombing of Tokyo killed approximately 5-8% of the city’s population in one night.

The bombing was not optimized for killing people. It was optimized for destroying infrastructure tunnels, weapons storage, command nodes, and the physical environment Hamas operated in.

They warned civilians before strikes documented:

They dropped leaflets, made phone calls, sent text messages telling people to evacuate (documented)

They allowed 112,000 aid trucks into Gaza during active combat

They facilitated field hospitals

They targeted Hamas commanders specifically documented kills of senior Hamas leadership including Yahya Sinwar.

No military in history has done more administrative work to avoid civilian casualties while simultaneously fighting an enemy that deliberately hides in hospitals, schools, and mosques and uses its own population as shields also documented, on Hamas’s own video.

Tucker Carlson is a moron and a coward and in a debate with someone who’s not aligned with Russian, Iranian and Chinese propaganda he wouldn’t survive one round.

Of course all these people are cowards who only invite each other to discuss this issue because anyone with half a brain would wipe the floor with them.

[Let The Truth Ring Out @SayNoToTerror7]

Question: Which of these are genocides?

3% = Percent of populace of Gaza killed in the war

2.5% = Percent of populace of US killed in the civil war

4% = Percent of populace of Europe killed in WW2

33% = Percent of Muslim men in Srebrenica killed in 12 days

50-75% = Percent of Armenians in Turkey killed by the Young Turks

67% = Percent of European Jews killed by the Nazis

Do you get it now or do you need to call a friend for help?

[Nazi Hunters @HuntersOfNazis]

I would boycott Palestinian products but the only thing they have invented is their history.