Once again, a bullet has silenced the most eloquent truth teller of an era. My dear friend Charlie Kirk was our country's relentless and courageous crusader for free speech. We pray for Erika and the children. Charlie is already in paradise with the angels. We ask his prayers for our country.
I saw this video this morning on my feed and I think it so eloquently explains what Charlie Kirk was put on this earth to do.
“When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence, that is when civil war happens”
RIP Charlie Kirk. It doesn’t matter what your opinion is of Charlie or his politics if you don’t view this as one of the darkest days in American history than you are part of the problem.
Great idea by the @Pacers. Fans can pay 20 bucks to get the NBA Finals patch pressed onto their jersey. Quick process they do right in the team store or out here in the concourse. #YesCers@FOX59@CBS4Indy
Rewatched this play and what a spectacular highlight for the ref
—realizes Jefferson is coming his way, stops
—goes 0-60, outsprints 49er defenders to stay out of their way
—backpedals, stops on the goal line to make a potential call on a goal line tackle
This man's name is John Hurley.
Three year ago today, John was shopping in Arvada, Colorado, when someone started shooting. So Johnny found shot and killed the shooter.
Then the @ArvadaPolice killed him.
For days afterwards, the @cityofarvada tried to make it sound like Johnny had been killed by the shooter, but after multiple FOIA requests and investigations, they finally owned up to the fact that their officers killed him.
According to their investigation, Kraig Brownlow is Johnny's killer. He shot Johnny in the back.
Johnny was a hero, and one of the leaders of @WeAreChangeCO, an independent media group who seeks to, in their words "expose the fraud of the left/right paradigm, and reveal that the world truly functions on a top/down hierarchy that threatens to destroy free society as we know it."
Months later, the government announced that Brownlow would not be held accountable for Johnny's killing, despite the fact that he never even attempted to positively ID him as the shooter, or even tell him to put his gun down before killing him.
Johnny was facing away from Brownlow, and had already stopped shooting minutes before.
In their statement, city officials said "this incident illustrates the nearly unfathomable decisions society asks our police officers to make as they go about their everyday work."
It wasn't unfathomable for Johnny. He just identified the shooter and killed him. Apparently that's too much to ask from Johnny's killer.
They then said "We hope our decision not to file charges will bring a small piece of closure to those affected and that in this finality there is some healing."
Imagine killing someone, and then telling his loved ones that you hope your decision not to hold yourself accountable brings them closure and healing.
Worse yet, the shooter apparently hated police and was attempting to kill as many as possible.
Johnny saved the lives of Arvada Police officers. Those same police killed Johnny for saving them, and the government protected his killer.
Johnny Hurley was a hero, even before he saved lives. The Arvada government isn't fit to clean his shoes, and we will not rest until the impediments to holding government accountable for their crimes are removed.
On this day, I ask that you take a moment to remember Johnny's heroism, and the absolute travesty in how his killing was handled by the Arvada government.
RIP Johnny.
Thank you.
@957thegame I would love to build around Steph if I felt they were just a couple pieces short and you don’t have to completely give away the future to do it. Feels like they are quite far away from size and athleticism required now. Especially having to make up for Steph on defense.
@warriorsworld I wish they would be more real and not such cheerleaders in the sidelines. I am sure they have tight relationships with the guys but would be nice if they called them and Steve out more. Maybe casual fan fine if catching game here and there. There has to be worse out there.
@MontePooleNBCS First 3 make sense with eyeball test. Wiggins generally guarding best player, but ideally he would still be better. Generally trying to hide stef and Paul on weakest player. Same with Klay. Can’t hide those 3 if all on the court together which was way too often
Ok kiddos...It's time for Environmental Class!!
YAY !!!!
This is a Tesla model Y battery. It takes up all of the space under the passenger compartment of the car.
To manufacture it you need:
--12 tons of rock for Lithium (can also be extracted from sea water)
-- 5 tons of cobalt minerals (Most cobalt is made as a byproduct of processing copper and nickel ores. It is the most difficult and expensive material to obtain for a battery.)
-- 3 tons nickel ore
-- 12 tons of copper ore
You must move 250 tons of soil to obtain:
-- 26.5 pounds of Lithium
-- 30 pounds of nickel
-- 48.5 pounds of manganese
-- 15 pounds of cobalt
To manufacture the battery also requires:
-- 441 pounds of aluminum, steel and/or plastic
-- 112 pounds of graphite
The Caterpillar 994A is used to move the earth to obtain the minerals needed for this battery. The Caterpillar consumes 264 gallons of diesel in 12 hours.
The bulk of necessary minerals for manufacturing the batteries come from China or Africa. Much of the labor in Africa is done by children. When you buy an electric car, China profits most.
The 2021 Tesla Model Y OEM battery (the cheapest Tesla battery) is currently for sale on the Internet for $4,999 not including shipping or installation. The battery weighs 1,000 pounds (you can imagine the shipping cost). The cost of Tesla batteries are:
Model 3 -- $14,000+ (Car MSRP $38,990)
Model Y -- $5,000–$5,500 (Car MSRP $47,740)
Model S -- $13,000–$20,000 (Car MSRP $74,990)
Model X -- $13,000+ (Car MSRP $79,990)
It takes 7 years for an electric car to reach net-zero CO2. The life expectancy of the battery is 10 years (average). Only in the last 3 years do you start to reduce your carbon footprint, but then the batteries must be replaced and you lose all gains made.
And finally, consider the amount of energy required to process the raw materials and the amount of energy used to haul these batteries to the U.S. sometimes back and forth a couple of times.
This is America! I fully support your right to buy whatever car you want to.
If you want an electric car, get one.
Just don't sell me on how awesome you are for the environment. Or for human rights.
Class dismissed !
@tnoe25612666@957thegame@SteinyGuru957 Warriors fan first, player fan second. It was a great run. If we want the possibility to stay relevant Curry is really the only asset to do that with
@warriorsworld Seems hard to make anything work with current issues. As sucky as it might be, the best thing to secure future success would be to package Steph with some of these bad contracts. Get some young talent to build around