Bill Thorne

Posts are mine and do not reflect those of my company. Retweets are not an endorsement. #UGA 01/10: “On the Mountain top. Demons be gone, the drought is over.”

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

An MLB player tosses a ball to a kid wearing his jersey.

The kid makes the catch… then hands it to his little sister and gives her a hug. How can you not love baseball

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

Happy to set you up with someone who can walk you through why your assertions are just, plain, wrong. And then you can report the facts instead of fear mongering. (Appreciate the one sentence nod to John Zhang, followed by a legal scholar who agrees with your narrative and is obviously smarter and more informed, according to, well, you.)

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

Sometimes, there is a new problem you need to solve for. And then, sometimes, there is a problem that has existed for years and no one seems to care. Dropping off and getting picked up at Washington’s Union Station is a decades long debacle. Fix it! #DCgov #Amtrak #NortheastCorridor #DDOT

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Sentiments of Venezuelans

I’m going to say this once, and I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable.

If you have never lived in Venezuela
If you did not grow up there
If you did not watch your country collapse in real time
If you did not stand in food lines
If you did not watch your parents lose everything they built
If you did not have to leave your home with nothing

Then shut the fuck up.

You do not have an opinion.
Your opinion does not matter.
And you don’t get to lecture anyone about what’s happening there.

I’m Venezuelan.
I lived there most of my life until my early twenties.
I watched my country go from a functioning democracy to full blown socialism right in front of my eyes.

This is not politics to me.
This is trauma.

Before socialism, Venezuela was not perfect, but it worked.
There was trade.
There was money coming in.
There was investment from the US.
There were jobs.
There was food.
There was medicine.

My family had five businesses.
We had our home
We had investments.
We had a future.

Then the government started nationalizing everything.
Private companies were taken.
Foreign investors were pushed out.
Imports were blocked.
Price controls destroyed production.
Corruption exploded.

And everything died.

Not slowly.
Violently.

People didn’t suddenly become poor because of “capitalism” or “the US” or whatever bullshit slogan people like to repeat online.

They became poor because socialism destroyed incentives, destroyed production, destroyed trust, and destroyed hope.

People today in Venezuela are not debating ideology.
They are trying to survive.

They are trying to find food.
Trying to find medication.
Trying to keep their families alive.

So when I see people in the West posting from comfortable homes, full fridges, stable currencies, and safe streets talking about “imperialism” or “US bad” or “Trump this or that”

No.
It’s not complicated.
You’re just ignorant.

China is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Russia is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Cartels are not rebuilding Venezuela.

They are stealing.
They are extracting.
They are draining what’s left.

If the US comes in and reinvests
If refineries get rebuilt
If infrastructure gets restored
If imports open back up
If food, water, and medicine become accessible again
If people can work and earn with dignity

Then yes.
Let them take all the oil they want.

Because at least something gets built instead of destroyed.

This is something to celebrate.
Not because it’s perfect.
But because for the first time in a long time, there is hope.

Hope that families can eat.
Hope that people don’t have to flee their country.
Hope that Venezuela can function again.

If you’ve never lived through a country collapsing
If you’ve never watched socialism destroy everything around you
If you’ve never had to leave your home because staying meant starvation

Then again
Shut the fuck up.

This isn’t theory.
This isn’t politics.
This is lived experience.

By Stephen Subero

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

@nicksortor Bullshit.

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

@financedystop Are you really a real estate agent? Who the hell would hire you? Especially after posting this video making Charleston sound like a dystopian nightmare. The best sale you could make is your home as you head to the Catskills.

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

I am near wits end. On June 24 I ordered furniture from IKEA. And paid for Taskrabbit. The bed and two nightstands were supposed to be put together today. The only thing I got from @Taskrabbit after six weeks was an email saying they could not find a Tasker and that I could respond to a link to reschedule. When I clicked on the link, I got an ERROR 404 notification. I had an email exchange with the help desk @taskrabbit_help . They said they would find someone. And yet, the only call I got was from someone who said they could not do it. No straight answers, and I am left with a project I cannot complete myself. So incredibly disappointing. And I still don’t know what to do.

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

@NavyYardNats A couple of weeks ago, the Savannah Bananas were able to do something the Nats haven’t been able to do in years — fill the stadium with an enthusiastic and engaged crowd.

For the love of God Mark, please, please sell this team.

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

@EmoPhilips @jk_rowling Common sense.

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

@ABC Looking forward to Meryl Streep playing Ghandi in the remake of the 1982 movie, “Ghandi.”

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

@GayPatriot Song? What song?

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

@MattWalshBlog Songs?

[Walmart News @WalmartNews]

The first Huddle episode of 2025 is here! John Furner sits down with National Retail Federation President Matt Shay for the inside scoop on the NRF and what to expect at this year’s “Big Show.”

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

So Florida’s Emergency Management Director says that they are preparing for the largest evacuation in the state since 2017. Yet I cannot change my spouse’s flight tomorrow without incurring a change fee of over $250 because @AmericanAir #americanairlines #aa isn’t allowing anyone to change without a fee until the 8th. Why? There is a hurricane, and it’s heading to Florida.

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

@KOBCOB2

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@OliLondonTV

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@MrAndyNgo

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Let’s make sure to remember and honor the fallen on Monday.

Many of us, myself included, enjoy the long weekend with our families without giving sufficient consideration to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can leave free.

We owe them everything.

Let’s never forget.

[Food & Friends @foodandfriends]

The New Year is here, but we wanted to celebrate all we achieved in 2023 - thanks to you! With your support, we served 1.9 million medically tailored meals, supported almost 5,500 neighbors in need, grew our volunteer team to 4,000 members, and so much more.

[Bill Thorne @billthorne]

@clownworld Work.