Jim Lang

Runner, technology, politics and life.

[NASA @NASA]

Happy vernal equinox! 🍀

Today marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

After today, the Sun will shine more directly on the Northern Hemisphere than on the Southern Hemisphere until the autumnal equinox.

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@ParallaxRadian @HeinleinSociety Wonderful selection.

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@Jringo1508 @PeterDiamandis Wish there were more in this series. Excellent. Needs to be made into a movie with Tyler Vernon quotes intact.

[AnthroVet50 @spooked75]

I grew up Republican. Still am in many ways. But MAGA pushed the party so far right that I get called a liberal now.

Let me explain the difference:

Traditional Republicans believe in:

• Fiscal responsibility (balanced budgets, not exploding deficits for tax cuts)
• Limited government (actual small government, not big government that punishes your enemies)
• Strong institutions (courts, elections, constitutional norms matter)
• Personal responsibility (your actions have consequences)
• Free markets (not tariffs and trade wars)
• Strong alliances (NATO, international partnerships)
• Rule of law (no one is above it, including the president)
MAGA Republicans believe in:

• Whatever Trump says today (even if it contradicts yesterday)
• Loyalty tests (agree 100% or you're a traitor/RINO)
• Conspiracy theories over facts (stolen election, deep state, QAnon adjacent stuff)
• Grievance politics (owning the libs > actual policy)
• Personality cult (Trump loyalty above party, above country, above truth)
• Performative outrage (culture war theater instead of governance)
• Ends justify means (storm the Capitol, ignore election results, whatever it takes)
I didn't move left. The party moved off a cliff.

I still believe in conservative principles. But when you say "maybe we should respect election results" or "fiscal responsibility matters" or "rule of law applies to everyone," you get called a liberal.

That's not conservatism. That's a cult.

[Allie ✞ @allie__voss]

They did it. They made the perfect month.

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I win. My daughter had a friend in trouble. She stepped in and did the right thing. I could not be more proud right now.

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@JET24FOX66 School. Singular. There used to be four. There should be at least three.

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@rnw1126 @KurtSchlichter @DocStrangelove2 Grandfather for me. And I wouldn't be here.

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@elonmusknews30 Absolutely Yes.

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@nypost Actual sound leveling. Get rid of assigned seating.

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@blinkist Not at all. After a few weeks I had to shut it off. Summaries of books are not the same as the books, and it left so much out I could not stand it.

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@FoxNews Won't be 3 years. He'll lose the senate in 26

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@bonchieredstate @FormerlyCBM Perhaps because todays conservative, isn't.

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@theblaze No. The fillibuster is as necessary as any other check or balance.

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@AmericanThinker No. No good comes of this. Keep the fillibuster.

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Be the reason someone smiles today.

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@FoxNews I like that guy

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@BBSoFL @CalltoActivism Ninth response I see. First that agrees with the senator. And with me, for that matter.

It starts with the president. It ends with us.

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@chasster123 @realLizUSA Isn't 80,000 votes still a problem?

While I agree that analysis estimates are not good evidence, any overage is a problem. There should be zero over votes if the election is fair.

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@FormerlyCBM Caveman.