Matthew Hargraves

Attorney in the Florida Panhandle. University of Tennessee fan in exile. Christian, husband, right of political center. Guardian of Baby Yoda. This is The Way.

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@d08890 Does Brooke Baldwin know the difference?

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@redsteeze @IMAO_ Yep, bringing RDJ back as Doom reeked of "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"

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@SonnyBunch RIP Sonny, he had a good run.

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@KurtSchlichter Fetterman, but he's kind of the exception that proves the rule.

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@d08890 What's your take on demons possessing code?

[Benjamin Domenech @bdomenech]

“Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great men too — great enough to give fame to a great age. It does not often happen to a nation to raise, at one time, such a number of truly great men. The point from which I am compelled to view them is not, certainly, the most favorable; and yet I cannot contemplate their great deeds with less than admiration. They were statesmen, patriots and heroes, and for the good they did, and the principles they contended for, I will unite with you to honor their memory.

“They loved their country better than their own private interests; and, though this is not the highest form of human excellence, all will concede that it is a rare virtue, and that when it is exhibited, it ought to command respect. He who will, intelligently, lay down his life for his country, is a man whom it is not in human nature to despise. Your fathers staked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, on the cause of their country. In their admiration of liberty, they lost sight of all other interests.

“They were peace men; but they preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage. They were quiet men; but they did not shrink from agitating against oppression. They showed forbearance; but that they knew its limits. They believed in order; but not in the order of tyranny. With them, nothing was “settled” that was not right. With them, justice, liberty and humanity were “final;” not slavery and oppression. You may well cherish the memory of such men. They were great in their day and generation. Their solid manhood stands out the more as we contrast it with these degenerate times.

“How circumspect, exact and proportionate were all their movements! How unlike the politicians of an hour! Their statesmanship looked beyond the passing moment, and stretched away in strength into the distant future. They seized upon eternal principles, and set a glorious example in their defense. Mark them!

“Fully appreciating the hardship to be encountered, firmly believing in the right of their cause, honorably inviting the scrutiny of an on-looking world, reverently appealing to heaven to attest their sincerity, soundly comprehending the solemn responsibility they were about to assume, wisely measuring the terrible odds against them, your fathers, the fathers of this republic, did, most deliberately, under the inspiration of a glorious patriotism, and with a sublime faith in the great principles of justice and freedom, lay deep the corner-stone of the national superstructure, which has risen and still rises in grandeur around you.

“Of this fundamental work, this day is the anniversary. Our eyes are met with demonstrations of joyous enthusiasm. Banners and pennants wave exultingly on the breeze. The din of business, too, is hushed. Even Mammon seems to have quitted his grasp on this day. The ear-piercing fife and the stirring drum unite their accents with the ascending peal of a thousand church bells. Prayers are made, hymns are sung, and sermons are preached in honor of this day; while the quick martial tramp of a great and multitudinous nation, echoed back by all the hills, valleys and mountains of a vast continent, bespeak the occasion one of thrilling and universal interest — a nation’s jubilee.”

- Frederick Douglass

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One of the many downstream costs of ceding so much local control of education to national teacher unions.

[Adam Singer @AdamSinger]

Economists have done such a poor job explaining free-market capitalism that we're now re-litigating it with a generation taught socialism is preferable. It's like the medical profession having to convince people bloodletting isn't good medicine and to stop asking for leeches

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@d08890 Great, buzz about a mid mutant with disco powers. Meanwhile, Marvel still can't figure out how to write a story for Blade, the simplest money-printing property Marvel has.

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@SonnyBunch

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@d08890 The fatal flaw is that This Way depends on Congress to exercise the powers of the Legislature, when they have clearly demonstrated a preference for not.

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@IMAO_ They did a spinoff set years after Jack is captured, 24: Legacy, but he is never mentioned or alluded to.

[AAE Teachers @AAEteachers]

This is one of those “good to know before you need it” resources.

We’ve put together a clear guide to help educators know their rights when it comes to workplace support. Tag a colleague who might be curious or weighing their options, it’s worth skimming. https://t.co/jCRBW4t6Uq

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Missed it in theaters back in February, but took the opportunity to watch GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE on Hulu yesterday. I must report that Sonny Was Right™. Banger from start to finish.

[Sonny Bunch @SonnyBunch]

GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE is streaming for free now on Hulu. I liked it quite a bit; you should check it out. If for no other reason than Sam Rockwell’s epic opening monologue.

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@monsterhunter45 Read this tweet to my wife who owns pretty much everything by Sarah J Maas, and "A Kingdom of Angst and Boning" got a huge laugh and "yep, that's about right!"

[Susana Imaginário @Chronodendron]

Men DO read.

Something interesting happened last weekend.
I set up shop at a craft market. It was my most successful day selling in person so far. About halfway through, I noticed that most people who either approached the table or even looked at it were men (many glancing over their shoulders wishfully or with curiosity while their girlfriends/wives dragged them over to the stands with jewellery, beauty stuff, and knick-knacks).
Only three women bought books from me, and one of them did it for her son (not her daughter, the daughter didn’t read books, she said).
More importantly, the men who came over to the table knew exactly what they wanted (mostly sci-fi) and what they didn’t (romantasy, smut, feminist retellings, LGBT stuff, basically all the things trad publishing is forcing onto the shelves).
One even said that he used to read a lot more before "women appropriated publishing." There was no misogyny in his tone, only sadness and a hint of resentment.

The fact that I'm a woman didn't put them off, though. Not in person. And once I described my work and they realized I read the same stuff they did, they were willing to try it.

Anyway, this is getting too long.

TL:DR – Men read. They read quite a lot, actually, maybe even more than women, and they’re starved for new and interesting stories that aren’t distorted by narcissism/feminism, bad writing, 'reimaginings', and/or woke ideology.
They want to read more. They just don't want to read more crap.

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@d08890 What an (unintentional) indictment of Europe, that normie Europeans stand in awe of the more "mundane" aspects of American culture.

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