WonderMutt

Renaissance oaf with dogs and shotguns in a truck. Browning/ Benelli.

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Hacks @Wsj say “clamping down on immigration” - just the illegal kind. The Great American Job-Creation Machine Comes Back to Life https://t.co/cg0oiAP71n

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Thank you for the post!

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

"And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day."

--- Henry V, Act IV, Scene III

Dave's Car ID Service remembers D-Day on its 82nd anniversary today. A bit of a melancholy remembrance, as the sun continues to set on those Greatest Generation men who fought it. It's estimated that only 45,000 American WWII veterans remain, perhaps fewer than 100 D-Day veterans. Their numbers relentlessly decrease. And one day, in the not distant future, there will be none.

That's inevitable. But what isn't inevitable is forgetting what they did. It's our societal obligation, even among those born in this century, to keep that flame of their memory alive so that it persists 100, 500, 1000 years into the future.

These silly car ID threads I host have that as a serious goal: they're sort of a rage against the dying of memory. And there's no memory more worthy of preservation than the Americans, Canadians, Brits, and others who fought on the beaches of Normandy that early morning, June 6 1944. I have a reverence for those men, and am grateful to have known a dozen or two who were there. And you can bet your ass that I hold my manhood cheap when I think about what they did that day.

Over my stint as an online car identifier, I am honored to have received several photos of D-Day veterans with their mystery cars. And those IDs I approach with a special reverence. As a thread starter today I'm going to rerun a few.

Below is @minhagim's grandfather. He was a helped plan out the D-Day invasion as a mapper in Army intelligence. How he even got to that point was a miracle. Per his grandson's note:

"Grandfather maimed or killed two Gestapo officers when they came for his parents (he was an amateur boxer). Took his parents and two siblings and immediately left. Made it to France. Fought with the French resistance. Mid-war emigrated to USA."

In #3 he's postwar in his civvies with his new bride and a 1946-48 Chrysler.

Incidentally, Grandpa's brother landed on Omaha beach that day and survived, later working in the CIA.

https://t.co/2L4cPEV2Mp

https://t.co/z0u0HxFLY5

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@outdoorswi1 I had that poster, along with Farrah.

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@annbauerwriter @davidzweig @WSJ Subscriber since 2004, reader since 1984. Now if they would only bring back straight news reporting on the front, it would be nice. FYI, threaten to quit and they’ll discount the next year.

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@VintageRockN_85 Ward. Mitchell.

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@outdoorswi1 @GovPritzker @ChicagosMayor If only they hadn’t given billions to illegals …

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@JuForthePeople I shoulda won the lottery and been able to jump like Michael Jordan. That didn’t happen, and neither will your choo choo.

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@Oilfield_Rando WonderMutts would buy you a drink and listen to Mouse tales.

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Happy I busted my ass this week Friday.

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There is no “may” - his childish ass got fired and you stain the AP legacy.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Scott Pelley may have lost his job after publicly blasting CBS management. But for many workers, he lived out a fantasy. https://t.co/Qch15n0CfX

[WonderMutt @WonderMutt20]

And this is why we won’t see humanoid robots in the home anytime soon.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

A robot kicked a little boy in the stomach

We're officially one software update away from Terminator

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@N_Boyajian @StatisticUrban @EricMGarcia Moved to Milwaukee 35 years ago. City itself has a lot more going for it now.

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I love welding

[Sal the Agorist @SallyMayweather]

22 yrs ago today, after a long zoning dispute with local officials that ruined his business, welder Marvin Heemeyer had enough & created the Killdozer.

He destroyed the mayor’s house, the judge’s house, town hall, the police station, & the bank - while avoiding hurting civilians or their property.

Happy Killdozer Day to those who celebrate 🎊

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Would you rather use a cup from an Amtrak train or lick the sole of your shoe after a visit to the dog park?

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@Magnum_CK Oooh, and she blocked me already. Probably didn't want to learn I was raised by wolves or could write straight news.

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@Magnum_CK She cannot think correctly.

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@StaceyJSpiehler I was raised by wolves.

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@StaceyJSpiehler Journalism exists to report the news. If you want to see dumb people, try a mirror.

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@ITGuy1959 I vote for straight news

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And in 2022, Wisconsin voted retain the leaders that failed them, just as LA and CA will. Idiots.

[Jean Twenge (author of 10 RULES, GENERATIONS) @jean_twenge]

Reading scores, 3rd graders to 8th graders, 2015 to 2025. This is a national tragedy.