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[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

The reason you do not verbally attack a dead person, no matter how vile and morally offensive he was, has to do with you & not with him. He is no threat to mankind any longer; have some skin in the game & go focus on living assholes.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

No nation, no society, and no international order can call itself just and humane if it measures its success solely by power or prosperity while neglecting those who live at the margins. Indeed, Christ’s love for the least and the forgotten compels us to reject every form of selfishness that leaves the poor and the vulnerable invisible.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

The undisputed valor of our troops and the tactical brilliance of our military operations do not equal strategic success.

If they did, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, and Yemen would look very different today.

We can bomb and blockade Iran, or get dragged into something far worse, but none of it will force Iranian leaders to behave the way we want.

We can accept this reality now and clearly define what our actual interests are in the region, or we can be forced to accept it later—after losing more American lives and trillions of taxpayer dollars.

Yes, our military can sustain operations and crush any enemy in nearly any battle (while losing the war). But to what end? What’s in it for the American people?

It's foolish to think we can keep launching these senseless foreign interventions and maintain our status as the world’s most powerful nation.

This is the glaring blind spot that our foreign policy has failed to address for decades.

[mark normand @marknorm]

Comedy! New special out now on @Netflix folks. #nonetoopleased

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“The only thing an old man can tell a young man is that it goes fast, real fast, and if you’re not careful it’s too late. Of course, the young man will never understand this truth.”

— Norm Macdonald

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

No. Lol. I join a long list of capitalists in the HC industry that are not Dogmatic and make an effort to actually understand how the big insurance companies work.

We don't have a market for healthcare. We have a few companies that set the rules.

Make them divest and the market can be efficient. Until then, I'll take the DMV or Canada

Feel free to show me how I'm wrong.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Just a reminder to everyone that wants “catastrophic “ health plans for $10k.

Yes. Premiums will be lower. But realize, the deductible is so high, you are just telling the insurance carriers that your premiums are free money that won’t they won’t have to pay out

INsurance companies love high deductible plans. When you can’t afford your deductible , you don’t get care. Which means no money from the carrier

Now if you combine it with a guarantee of a loan from the Feds to cover your deductible , then maybe

[Ron Paul @RonPaul]

Politicians are vigorously arguing over who’s responsible for the lack of affordability for most goods and services with prices skyrocketing.

President Trump says “The word affordability is a Democrat scam.” Without turning this into a “team” sport, it’s more accurate to say that both “teams” are guilty for the sharp increase in prices, the unpayable debts, and lower standard of living for Americans.

Republicans and Democrats spend money (that they don’t have) with reckless abandon, and it’s the American people who suffer the most. It’s not wages or profits that are the cause; but the loss of purchasing power for the dollar. That is the problem that politicians and special interests will always avoid mentioning.

It’s the unconstitutional and immoral Federal Reserve System that makes government’s outrageous spending possible. The ability to counterfeit dollars should never be permitted to exist. But it does, and it’s at the very root of the affordability problem.

In order to fix our problems (endless wars, corporate welfarism, “foreign aid,” and affordability)politicians would be required to cut back spending in all areas.

But as we can see, with Big Beautiful Bills, politicians don’t want to cut back on spending; in the same way that they always resist giving up power once it’s granted to them.

We have a choice. Cut back voluntarily under our own will … Or be forced to cut back in a severe financial crises, that not even The Fed will be able to save us from.

Empires throughout history tend to always go out in financial ruin.

I’m afraid The American Empire may end up doing the same.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

The bullshit propaganda that one "defends" a regime by opposing US war there is one of the most destructive warmongering lies:

If you oppose the invasion of Iraq, you support Saddam.
If you oppose war in Libya, you support Gaddafi, etc.
Oppose war in Syria = "pro-Assad."

Also:

[Balaji @balajis]

The cost-of-living crisis is really a sovereign debt crisis.
You can only print and borrow for so long.
It causes problems in the long run.
And the long run is here.

[Saagar Enjeti @esaagar]

Boomers simply dont appreciate the radicalizing nature of the last 5 years. For them its a blip in their overall decent life. For those in 20s it was the time to lay a foundation, to buy a house, meet a spouse, have a child. Destroying those years destroys hope for a decent life

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

.@ZohranKMamdani, congrats on the win. Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

No briefing. No evidence. No names.

Just people blown up in the Caribbean and called “drug dealers.” That’s not law enforcement. That’s extrajudicial killing.

The Constitution says only Congress can declare war. Until then, these strikes are as wrong as what China or Iran does.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

It's the system.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I doubt I’ll run for POTUS, but I appreciate the support @jack. I’d be happy if we could just get 4 or 5 more voices in Congress who don’t always just do what their party tells them.

[Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees]

The American Flag is only valuable as a symbol of principle.

It's supposed to be the principle of individual liberty.

It's become, over the past century, emblematic of the opposite; of state-worship.

If you send someone to prison for burning the flag, you have committed the far greater crime, for you've incinerated the principle on which America was founded.

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

If you're going to criticize the socialist Mamdani for wanting to own grocery stores, you better criticize Republicans who want a share of Intel, of Nvidia or U.S. Steel. Owning even part of the means of production is a step toward socialism. It's a bad idea and a dangerous precedent.

[Matt McCusker @mattwritesbooks]

Wishing everyone the best of luck today. May you utterly humiliate and destroy your political opponents online. You are completely right about everything. Don’t ever forget that.

Have a great day.

[@jason @Jason]

Spending: out of control
Wars: never ending
Censorship: relentless
Inflation: on the rise
Employment: concerning
Alliances: fading

Stocks: soaring

We can do better.

We need a 3rd party.