Chad

girl dad, farm tech nerd

[Chad @chuedepohl]

Very good summary. If your 🧠 can’t handle this…you’re the problem. Get educated on the details beyond the activists propaganda. The public has been misled by public school officials and the media.

[Shane Vander Hart @shanevanderhart]

I'm going to write more about @iastateauditor @RobSandIA's latest press release re. ESAs for @IowaACE, but some initial thoughts... 🧵 #SchoolChoice #StudentsFirst 1/

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@Hassel_Chris @DonHassel Now that’s a dive bar!

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@jhansman 40%. It’s insane the lack of follow through people have

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@AaronNuzum @ChrisMWilliams This x1000

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@cyclonefanatic Drew surges missed on EVERY play of that drive 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Mark_Martini @mark_martini_]

@matt_vanswol

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@Nickmess4 @PardonMyTake Not turnover; but rather ‘return to the previous spot, unless begins LOS, then out as marked’. Essentially a downfield fumble out of bounds is akin to an incomplete pass. Also, a fumble through EZ shouldn’t be a turnover/touchback, but rather an automatic 4th & goal from 35

[Hazel Appleyard @HazelAppleyard]

Help desk for men 🤣

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@Farm_Lift Swap 2&3….

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@jeffdbentley I bet you could grow a good organic potato crop over there, maybe some squash or wheat too!

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@Sorrels97 @maphumanintent you know any workarounds for this guy?

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@ealyone Same with their canned fruit. A can of peaches has as much corn syrup as it does actual peaches. 🤮

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@drunkbrianapp Make sure it doesn’t flop or it’ll turn into a hammer until it’s scratched your bike and self destructed.

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@Farm_Lift …where Florida was routinely bailed out from 14:07 through the 6ish time frame… 🙄 you watching the game as it is or through your action?

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@Farm_Lift Florida getting bailed out routinely.

[Max Winders @mwindersmax]

1. US imports of beef have risen 47% in last 5 years.
2. Forecast to import 15% of total beef supply in 2025.
3. 75-80% of all grass fed beef (sold as premium in grocery stores) is imported.
4. All imported beef sold as Product of USA
5. Need to reinstate Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) to fix this ‘obfuscation’
6. USA cattle herd at lowest point in 73 years!
7. Low cattle numbers = high beef prices in the store. Import cheap beef and sell it as Product of USA at premium price = record profit for retailers selling imported beef.
8. As long as US can keep importing cheap beef and masquerading as US Beef and selling for high price there is zero incentive for change by retailers and big packers
9. Big 4 packers import the majority of the beef
10. US cattlemen have little economic incentive to increase herd size
11. Until imported beef identified as such, all sectors of the system are profiting from imported beef
12. Except US Consumers and US Cattlemen…
@BetterFedBeef

[Tom Kratman @TKratman]

Martyn Iles

Having lived in the USA for nearly two years, I've realised something.
The USA and the remainder of the Western world are no longer aligned.
We all laugh and mock when the Americans say, "Freedom!" because we truly think we're as free as they are.
Wrong. We're not. Not even close. The laws, the mindset, and the behaviour, is totally different in this regard.
Most of all, the governments are totally different. The USA's convictions around core freedoms are on a scale we do not share.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump wins the popular vote, the electoral college, the House, and the Senate... a man who, in every other Western country, is held in open derision, if not contempt.
For these and other reasons, we are not the same.
Yet the West, including Australia, fully expect to rely on the USA for our very survival.
If the world turns bad (which will happen - only a question of time), then the whole West, without America, is toast.
So, you may ask - if we're not very aligned ideologically, then it must be that we bring something to the party militarily?
Well, no... actually... we don't matter that much militarily.
The USA has about 470 ships in its navy, including 11 aircraft carriers, 69 submarines, 75 destroyers... plus 110 new ships in the pipeline.
Australia has about 30, including 3 destroyers, 7 frigates and 7 outdated submarines. The UK does a little better, with about 60.
Meanwhile, the US has over 14,000 military aircraft. A staggering number.
Australia has 252 military aircraft. The UK has 556.
The US army has just shy of 1,000,000 uniformed personnel in its military. Australia has about 45,000.
The USA spends 3.4% ($968 billion) of its GDP on defence. Australia spends 2% ($36.4 billion). The US spends as much as the next 15 largest military-spending countries (including China) combined.
The USA has a fighting culture. The men shoot things (a lot) and hunt things, the veterans get favoured in everything from parking spots to boarding planes. A uniformed young man is thanked in the street a dozen times a day.
"Oh, the Americans and their guns!" we say, in our smug way. Yes, they have a warrior culture. We do not. We don't have to, because we're a leech on theirs.
How many young British men are willing to fight for their country? Now ask the same regarding young American men. The difference is about as wide as it could be.
Militarily, we don't offer squat.
Meanwhile, look at the way Australia works against America's interests by loving on China. China made us rich and we stay close. This is a Marxist regime with expansionist aims.
Again, you have to spend time in the USA to realise just how vast a gulf there is between us on China.
Europe, too. They let China have their way everywhere from Germany to Greenland, all the while importing Islam and sending their own people to court for saying hurty words.
Somehow, we have landed the deal of a lifetime with the USA that says, "when the baddies come, you'll save us ok?" Because we can't save ourselves.
And we live in peace. But we keep gnawing away at freedoms, keep enabling China, and get flabby and disinterested about our military because Uncle Sam's got it.
And, let's be honest, Americans are widely looked down on. To add insult to injury, we don't think that highly of our protectors.
So, the USA is finally saying "enough." I am here, I can tell you what the vibe is, and that's it. Trump is doing what people want in this regard. They're over it.
And we come across all shocked and hard done by. We behave like people with no self-insight at all.
Yes, the global alliance system is all over the place now. From America's perspective, it's about time.
And I must say, though I be a proud Australian, I am forced to agree. Something has to change.

[John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre]

Headline: DOGE is slashing medical research funding.

Reality: After you eliminate the bureaucratic and administrative skimming and kickbacks, actual medical research funding goes up.

Headline: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits are being taken away.

Realty: Benefits and services to intended recipients go up after the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse.

Rinse and repeat this theme across the entire government to the tune of trillions of dollars in savings and efficiencies.

Any person who opposes DOGE at this point is dishonest, stupid, or mad because they are in on the grift.

[Chad @chuedepohl]

@Hassel_Chris Easy to tell which one has more T!