James Thatcher

Retired/Married/Conservative/Free Speech! Kayak & golf. Massive reduction of Fed Gov't Nat'l Debt/employees/agencies. States over Feds. NO CHATS

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

When people fear the Government, there's tyranny. When the Government fear the people, there is liberty!

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@ProtonMail No!

[Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey]

In 1985 I made the USA World Championships Gymnastics Team. I placed 3rd at the Trials, my highest placement to date as a young gymnast.

At Worlds, on my 8th and final event I fell. It was a devastating fall. I missed a release move and tumbled to the ground. My right foot was stuck while my body spun around the knee. I knew it was bad. I screamed, or thought I did. No one came. It felt like forever on the raised platform, no coach, no trainer, no doctor while I writhed.

Eventually my coach realized I wasn't getting back up. They rushed to me. The trainer thought my knee was dislocated and he attempted to push it back in place. It wasn't dislocated though. My femur was broken - we didn't know that yet - and he was pushing bone against bone.

My dad joined me in the ambulance. I remember sobbing -- "What am I going to do now? I don't know how to do anything else. This is all I want to do."

He cried too. We assumed my career was over. He said: "You can do anything you want to do. You're smart and you can be anything you want to be. You're just getting started." He was right in so many ways.

But all I wanted then was to be a gymnast.

I was taken to the nearest hospital and rushed into surgery. It was a French speaking hospital and we didn't fully understand what anyone was telling us.

When I came out of surgery a doctor who spoke English told us "It was a broken femur. Not her knee." We cheered. We were all so happy. My coaches, my parents, me. Bones often heal better than joints.

I left Canada on crutches with a full leg cast. When I got home to Pennsylvania, my doctor changed the cast to a lighter one, with a hinge at the knee. And I went back to the gym. I started training right away.

8 months later, in June 1986, I walked into the arena in Indianapolis for USA Championships. No one thought I'd be there. Everyone thought I was done. Forever.

I knew I wasn't done. Not yet.

I won. I became the National Champion less than a year after breaking my femur on the world's stage.

Never give up. Never.

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@FoxNews Yet, Trump wanted Massie, spent a lot of time, effort on it. Why? And he wants Rand Paul out! Why not these folks?

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

The water is ON, the Reflecting Pool is reflecting, and D.C. is looking better than ever.

We are so back. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP. 🇺🇸

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@jim_thatcher I agree!

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

A perfect shot... almost ☹️

Jack Nicklaus gets a brutal break at the 2004 @MemorialGolf.

#TOURVault

[Proton VPN @ProtonVPN]

Number of times Proton VPN was legally compelled to hand over user logs:

🥇 2021 — 121
🥈 2022 — 80
🥉 2023 — 60
4⃣ 2025 — 59
5⃣ 2024 — 53
6⃣ 2020 — 37

Number of times Proton VPN has actually handed over user logs:

Zero. We don't have any.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

I tried to end welfare for refugees and illegal aliens one month ago. 30 Republicans voted against me. Every single Democrat opposed it.

This is the problem. There's no desire to address this issue.

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@adamsteen I appreciated you as a candidate. Thank you for running!

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@DeaceOnline And yet came soooo close to winning. Whew!!! I changed my vote to Lahn after Steve Deace suggestion to beat Feenstra!

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@SteveDeaceShow It did with me, sent messages suggesting Lahn to family and friends. After your message, I changed my vote to Lahn. I didn't want Feenstra!!!

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@SteveDeaceShow @ZachLahn Yayyyyy! Whew!!! NO to Feenstra! Because of your suggestion, I changed my vote to Lahn.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

I don't care if it's military spending or welfare spending. Spending is spending, and we cannot keep adding to the debt. Tax cuts? I'm in. More spending disguised as a win? I'll vote no. Washington has a spending addiction, and I'm not feeding it. @MariaBartiromo

[Ella Frei @EllaFrei17]

I remember exactly how it felt realizing girls were being told to stay silent and accept things that were clearly unfair.

When my high school let boys use the girls bathrooms, I went through shock, denial, fear, anger, and eventually determination. That determination turned into action, because I knew staying quiet would never protect girls like me.

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

Thomas Massies Kentucky House race was the most expensive race in the history of the United States! Why would just one person be so important to oust? Especially, when we have many, many Republicans that need to go!

Loved his whole speech. I played it 2.0 speed and could hear it fine.

The reasons I think Thomas Massie was so financially attacked... starts at ~13 minutes 50 seconds in, until ~17 minutes 20 seconds.

https://t.co/7dzlcR5J6d

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@jim_thatcher Winston :-)

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@ChuckGrassley E15 can't be used w small engines; E15 gets less mpg and power than E10; E10 gets less mpg and power than No Ethanol! Friends 2016 4 cylinder car knocks w E15. Iowa resident.

[James Thatcher @JamesLThatcher]

@TulsiGabbard @KelleyAshbyPaul Yes!!!

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

The CIA spied on the Senate when Feinstein was investigating torture memos. Nobody went to jail. Now they're spying on whistleblowers looking into the origins of COVID.

If intelligence agencies can spy on Congress itself, no one is safe.