The Upper Cut

Writing Team Mgr @studentsforlife. Fmr Editor-in-Chief @westernjournalX. Husband. Dad. Pastor. Veteran. Bruce Campbell fan. Not necessarily in that order.

[The Upper Cut @georgeupper]

God is far more interested in your heart -- and your actions -- than He is in who's president.

"He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision." Ps. 2:4

If God is laughing at the "kings of the earth," you can probably lighten up a little.

[Bruce Campbell @GroovyBruce]

I made it to 68. Still Shemping!

[David Perell Clips @PerellClips]

The danger of AI is not just the slop, but what we lose in the process. Michael Pollan explains:

"We're moving into this time where we're gonna sub out writing to AI. And AI can write our papers, and professors are dealing with this everywhere now.

But what is lost is a way of thinking.

Writing does something to your brain. It gives you access to things you can't know just walking around or thinking or planning or outlining.

If you were just transcribing what was in your head, it would be kind of onerous. But it really is what you learn in the course of a day spent writing, things you didn't know, ideas that you didn't expect. And that's the thrill of it."

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

We appear to be winning the hearts and minds of Europeans visiting for the World Cup with free refills and bbq ribs.

Wait till we take them to a gun range.

[Cindy Simpson @Simpsonreport]

The deal is structured so that the whole world will be able to see whether Iran complies with what most of the rest of the world views as basic human decency—or reveals that its theology is incapable of it. Jefferson understood this, as does Trump. But understand it or not, it must never have the capability to destroy the world.

[Selene Mariposa @Selene_Mariposa]

The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.

And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.

Here is what they are discovering:

Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.

Then they found the grocery stores.

Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.

The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.

They finally understand why we do not have trains.

We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.

Why would we need trains.

The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.

Welcome to America.
Everything is free, enormous, air conditioned, comes with chips, and has five grocery stores within a mile that will sell you any cut of any animal you have ever imagined.

Write that down. 🦋

[canedaddy @canedaddy]

@BreannaMorello We should elect conservatives next time. That would be awesome.

[Quick Thoughts @lthlnkso]

If humans were to adopt monkey economics, we too could enjoy the luxury and wealth of monkey civilization.

[TONY™ @TONYxTWO]

Father has epic response to this lady 😭🔥

“I also have five boys.”

“Boys, when you go out into school, don’t stab any other kids. You think you guys can do that?”

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

It's the 40th anniversary of Thornton Melon doing the Triple Lindy and winning the National Championship for Grand Lakes University.

Back to School (1986)

[Carol Roth @caroljsroth]

The problem with many non-profits is that they get paid for "trying," not for "succeeding."

That's why profit is a powerful and effective motivator.

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

@BernieSanders Elon Musk creates 4400 millionaires to include hundreds of working-class people in one IPO.

Bernie has created 1 millionaire. Himself.

Stop listening to socialists. They don't know how to create wealth, only how to steal it.

[The Upper Cut @georgeupper]

AI is every bit the solution that paper straws are.

[Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters]

In LOTR, the shire spent so long sheltered from evil that it began to think evil did not exist.

The west is like the shire.

We must save the shire.

[Joshua Lisec, The Ghostwriter @JoshuaLisec]

Senator McCarthy was only wrong in his UNDER-estimation as to the size and scope of the problem.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

'Vacations.'

The word is 'vacations.'

[Old Salty Marine @BamaSaltyMarine]

In 1992 Al Gore predicted that within two decades, Florida would lose 60% of its population due to climate change.

Today, 34 years later, Florida's population is 425% higher than it was in 1992.

[The Upper Cut @georgeupper]

@crwiley1962 I believe @MerriamWebster might concur.

[C. R. Wiley @crwiley1962]

One of the benefits of a real paper and ink dictionary is the possibility of learning the meaning of words you were not looking up.

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

@MikeNellis The same people who will tell you its perfectly ok to kill kids in the womb, want you to believe that the only way to feed kids is to give the government more control over their breakfast.