Dan Depari

I'm pretty much awesome in every way

[Pats Pro @PatsPro_21]

One thing to remember. The Chargers wanted the Patriots. They rested everyone in week 18. They scored 3 points.

[Spike Cohen @RealSpikeCohen]

This man's name is Rick Rescorla.

22 years ago today, Rick disobeyed orders, and saved 2700 lives.

Rick was the head of security for Morgan Stanley in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. He warned that the Towers' basements were vulnerable to attack.

His warnings fell on deaf ears.

Then the 1993 attack happened, and people started listening to him.

After that attack, Rick implemented regular evacuation drills, using his megaphone to direct the thousands of employees out of their offices, down the stairwells, and out of the building to safety.

Born in Cornwall, Rick would sing Welsh and Cornish songs from his megaphone, as he directed the employees out of the building.

He would routinely tell all of the employees: in an emergency, no matter what chaos is happening around you, no matter what anyone tells you, leave your offices, go down the stairwells, and leave the building.

Rick told his wife Susan that he suspected another attack on the World Trade Center would happen, this time by air.

And 22 years ago today, on September 11, 2001, that attack happened.

When the first plane hit the North Tower, the Port Authority announced over the South Tower's speaker system "Please do not leave the building. This area is secure."

Rick ignored them.

"The dumb sons of b------s told me not to evacuate," he said to his best friend Dan. "They said it's just Building One. I told them I'm getting my people the f--k out of here."

And so Rick picked up his megaphone as he had done so many times before, told his employees not to listen to the orders, and directed them out of the building.

His Cornish songs helped keep their nerves calm as they evacuated, even after the second plane hit their Tower.

Once he had successfully evacuated his employees, Rick went back to look for survivors.

But first, he called his wife Susan.

"Stop crying. I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I've never been happier. You made my life."

Rick rushed back to the South Tower.

That was the last time anyone saw him alive.

All but 6 of the more than 2700 Morgan Stanley employees survived.

Had they obeyed the Port Authority, they would all be dead.

Thankfully, they listened to Rick instead.

Rest in Peace, Rick. Thank you for your service.

[@amuse @amuse]

She’s coming in hard…

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Man’s best friend, a duck’s worst enemy

[Spike Cohen @RealSpikeCohen]

REMINDER: Biden created the student debt crisis.

The solution is simple: students who truly can't pay back their student loans should be able to have it discharged in bankruptcy court.

That would also force lenders to be less predatory in their lending practices.

And it would force universities to make their tuitions more affordable, as lenders refused to make risky, overly-expensive loans.

But in 1978, Senator Joe Biden supported the "Middle Income Student Assistance Act", which eliminated income restrictions on federal loans to expand eligibility to all students.

He then used that elimination of income restriction to warn of the threat of student debt bankruptcy, and wrote a separate bill later that year to block students from filing bankruptcy on those loans.

The income restrictions were reinstated in 1981.

He then went on to vote for bills which extended loan eligibility to students with no parental financial support.

In 1984, Biden used his senior position in the Judiciary Committee to extend bankruptcy exemptions to vocational schools as well.

And now that he's created the debt crisis that everyone with common sense warned would happen, he's trying again to use it as an excuse to assert powers that his office does not have.

Because that's what politicians always do: create a crisis, and then grandstand on your suffering that he caused in order to push for more power and more of your money.

To this day, he still won't push for Congress to end the bankruptcy exemption for student loans, for a very simple reason:

He doesn't want the crisis to end. He wants it to worsen, so he can exploit it for more power.

Read all about Biden's role in the crisis here:

https://t.co/YZs0Mm01D7

[David Zweig @davidzweig]

1. THREAD:

THE TWITTER FILES: HOW TWITTER RIGGED THE COVID DEBATE

– By censoring info that was true but inconvenient to U.S. govt. policy
– By discrediting doctors and other experts who disagreed
– By suppressing ordinary users, including some sharing the CDC’s *own data*

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Entire Professional Soccer Team Dead After Team Bus Goes Over Slight Speed Bump https://t.co/wu3OYsmbTr

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

This is perfect 😂

[Dan Depari @DanDeParty]

@alpo845 @dunkindonuts I mean... I kinda feel like you did this to yourself

[Conan O'Brien @ConanOBrien]

Thankfully, we get all 162 games of the MLB season. Any less than 162 full games, or 486 hours of baseball per team, just doesn’t feel reasonable.

[Dan Depari @DanDeParty]

@barstoolsports He also avoids mirrors

[Dan Depari @DanDeParty]

@RapSheet You mad bro?

[Newegg @Newegg]

We're considering accepting @dogecoin as a payment option. RT this if you want this to happen. #DogeDay #dogecoin 🌜

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[Dan Depari @DanDeParty]

@theNybizzness Well.. I know for a fact you've spilt a beer on a seafood buffet...

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

🎶 Who let the Doge out 🎶

[Conan O'Brien @ConanOBrien]

Ironically, the Sheriff of Nottingham app is letting people trade whatever they want.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Emergency Press Conference - Everybody On Wall Street Who Had A Hand In Today’s Crime Needs To Go To Prison

[Dan Depari @DanDeParty]

@alpo845 They actually did make him DB Cooper... that's awesome

[Dan Depari @DanDeParty]

#XSXFridgeSweeps maybe my second tweet of 2020 has come to this

[XBOX @XBOX]

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