Pat Allen

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[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

@BleacherNation We've been here before - and not just 1969. Check out 1973, 1977, and 1978 - and that is just one decade.

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

@asymmetricinfo I have pizza for breakfast and I have toast and granola cereal for lunch. Perhaps, most importantly, I don’t care what anybody thinks about it.

[Redeemed Zoomer @redeemed_zoomer]

C.S. Lewis was genius for using Turkish Delight as a metaphor for sin

It looks delicious but is disgusting after the first few bites and makes you feel sick

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

@WilliamShatner It is an old Vulcan saying that only Nixon could go to China.

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

@ATabarrok Yes - and let the transfer into the blind trust and out of it, when they leave office , be tax-free (subject to taxing the gains when they are ultimately sold).

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

@OleTimeHardball Lou Whitaker and Stan Hack.

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

@OleTimeHardball Vince Lloyd.

[Timothy B. Lee @binarybits]

People who say "we need to figure out a plan to prevent AI from putting people out of work" don't seem to understand that what they're really saying is "we need a plan to ensure AI doesn't drive economic growth." They're two sides of the same coin.

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

@HotSotin Forty years might be enough, especially if there is a Wall.

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

@aaron_renn @jemimajoanna This is an absolutely great column - on so many different levels: political, societal, and most importantly, personal.

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

"Is the 'Child Penalty' Really a Penalty?" #childpenalty https://t.co/kYy2e4jkyU

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

"Donald Trump As a Wartime Leader?" @realDonaldTrump #Iran #IranWar‌ https://t.co/CDbAmKihB8

[Richard Nixon Foundation @nixonfoundation]

President Nixon. Now More Than Ever.

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

@matthennessey writes in @WSJFreeEx: “when historians of the future … look with clear eyes on what Mr. Trump has done, [l]ike all presidents, he will be judged by the results.” Maybe. But Richard Nixon still isn’t because, as RN said ‘[i]t depends on who writes the history.” @nixonfoundation

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

"Cuba: Here’s Hoping.  The Cuban People Have Suffered Long Enough." #Cuba @yoanisanchez @marcorubio https://t.co/UQVCxKeou4

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

"RFK Jr.’s and the Trump Administration’s War on New Drugs" @US_FDA @realRFKJr @SecKennedy @HHS https://t.co/D7vZQA4ptY

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

"Adam Smith and “The Wealth of Nations” at 250" @adamsmithinst https://t.co/rzLgBKRcEY

[Milton Friedman Quotes @MiltonFriedmanW]

POV: It’s debate night and your team is

- Milton Friedman
- Thomas Sowell
- William F. Buckley Jr.

[Pat Allen @PatAllen_VfRF]

"Are the Attacks on Iran a Good Idea?  Check Back in Five Years." #Iran #IranWar @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/aJZy2MxGBX

[Peter Meijer @PeterMeijer]

In times like this I’m very grateful that we are the world’s largest producer of oil and gas. Thank you fracking!