Jim DuBos

Entrepreneur | Recovering Geek | Author | Pirate | Dad | Speaker | 10x Inc. 5000

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@realpeteyb123 Hey @realDonaldTrump this is a fantastic idea. @SpeakerJohnson take a look.

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@LAGovJeffLandry So why fire Woodward? He loves the institution and brought great coaches who have won National championships. Kelly failed but if you look back there weren’t many great options on the board.

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@mcuban I’m a happy Cost+ customer!

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@ImMeme0 Every Catholic Church should ring the Angelus bell 3 times a day.

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@GuntherEagleman Pay down the debt

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@EricLDaugh 100% yes

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@JeremyTate41 Been to several of these. I’d add Cologne, Santiago, Monserrat, Mary Minor in Rome to the list.

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@tanzela_ As a former college bartender I know this drill well. Wednesday night $.50 Heineken and $.25 Jägermeister shots. Not a pretty picture!🤣🤣

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@PGuy77 Amen. Heisman voting is not the same as a national championship. What’s more important?

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@MattMoscona Dude. Shut him down for southeastern. If you can win it with your backup we have bigger problems.

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@BeniRaeHarmony @wics_abc20 Hey @FoxNews and @seanhannity maybe give this some coverage.

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@JacobHester18 Honest to goodness I looked at my son during a 3rd and 2 and said “Just give me a power I and Jacob Hester”.

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@Cauble Keep asking. We all saw it. Can’t spin it anymore.

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Written by Fr. Clinton Sensat:

I admired Charlie Kirk a great deal.

I didn’t always agree with what he said, though I did agree with most of it. But there are two things Mr. Kirk held as absolute values, and with them I completely concur:

He believed in our Lord Jesus Christ.
And he believed in the power of rationality.

The second is not unrelated to the first.

Mr. Kirk made a living, it is true, but I believe he had something deeper. I believe he experienced a vocation, a mission, a duty.

I watched video after video of him welcoming challenge, welcoming correction, and yet piercing the bubbles of contemporary idols. I watched him pivot, argue, listen, respect, and offer rejoinder. He was a fierce debater, but an honest one.

And again and again I watched as people did more than disagree with him.

They hated him.

In their eyes, he wasn't "wrong." He wasn't mistaken. He was an infidel. He was a blasphemer against the current godless orthodoxy. That's how they treated him.

I've been sitting with the news of his attack and death for a little while. My thoughts have been jumbled and emotional. (I'm really sick too, which doesn't help.) But I think I finally know who he reminds me of:

Charlie Kirk was a latter-day Socrates.

Athens was prosperous, liberal, enlightened, educated. Sophisticated people from around the world moved to her streets. She was everything that the West today aspires to be.

And Athens killed Socrates. For "corrupting the youth."

Why?

Because Socrates was uneducated. He was a blue collar military vet, ugly and offensive, who asked impertinent questions. Again and again he exposed the pretensions of those who believed they knew. And he did it under a divine calling, according to his own testimony.

Socrates is a great man, carrying the aureate halo of classic magnificence, the mellowing patina of centuries of veneration. But everything we can see tells us most of his fellow citizens found him annoying, irritating, frustrating, and ultimately worthy to be murdered.

Had we walked the streets of Athens 2400 years ago, we wouldn't have known Socrates's later greatness. We would have merely seen an opinionated man, tricksy in logic, fierce in debate, uncomfortably pressing society on its assumptions. Who does that remind you of?

I think Charlie Kirk is a latter-day Socrates. And I do not say that lightly.

Pray for Mr. Kirk's family. Pray for his soul. Pray for his murderer. Pray for all the witnesses, who will now be traumatized. And pray for our nation.

It is a dark day when a man is murdered simply because he asks uncomfortable questions. May God have mercy on us all.

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The following text was written by Fr. Clinton Sensat

I admired Charlie Kirk a great deal.

I didn’t always agree with what he said, though I did agree with most of it. But there are two things Mr. Kirk held as absolute values, and with them I completely concur:

He believed in our Lord Jesus Christ.
And he believed in the power of rationality.

The second is not unrelated to the first.

Mr. Kirk made a living, it is true, but I believe he had something deeper. I believe he experienced a vocation, a mission, a duty.

I watched video after video of him welcoming challenge, welcoming correction, and yet piercing the bubbles of contemporary idols. I watched him pivot, argue, listen, respect, and offer rejoinder. He was a fierce debater, but an honest one.

And again and again I watched as people did more than disagree with him.

They hated him.

In their eyes, he wasn't "wrong." He wasn't mistaken. He was an infidel. He was a blasphemer against the current godless orthodoxy. That's how they treated him.

I've been sitting with the news of his attack and death for a little while. My thoughts have been jumbled and emotional. (I'm really sick too, which doesn't help.) But I think I finally know who he reminds me of:

Charlie Kirk was a latter-day Socrates.

Athens was prosperous, liberal, enlightened, educated. Sophisticated people from around the world moved to her streets. She was everything that the West today aspires to be.

And Athens killed Socrates. For "corrupting the youth."

Why?

Because Socrates was uneducated. He was a blue collar military vet, ugly and offensive, who asked impertinent questions. Again and again he exposed the pretensions of those who believed they knew. And he did it under a divine calling, according to his own testimony.

Socrates is a great man, carrying the aureate halo of classic magnificence, the mellowing patina of centuries of veneration. But everything we can see tells us most of his fellow citizens found him annoying, irritating, frustrating, and ultimately worthy to be murdered.

Had we walked the streets of Athens 2400 years ago, we wouldn't have known Socrates's later greatness. We would have merely seen an opinionated man, tricksy in logic, fierce in debate, uncomfortably pressing society on its assumptions. Who does that remind you of?

I think Charlie Kirk is a latter-day Socrates. And I do not say that lightly.

Pray for Mr. Kirk's family. Pray for his soul. Pray for his murderer. Pray for all the witnesses, who will now be traumatized. And pray for our nation.

It is a dark day when a man is murdered simply because he asks uncomfortable questions. May God have mercy on us all.

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@holdhlee Old Nuss came out. Under thrown, no runs, out of rhythm with the receivers. No run game put it on his back tonight. He won but man it wasn’t pretty.

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All ACA did was drive up insurance premiums. We operate in a disconnected payor system. We need direct pay primary care, inexpensive labs, generic pharmacy, eliminating PBMs and allow for major medical policies to protect from large exposure. Companies could get reinsurance from a federal government agency to backstop loss. It requires legislation and a willingness to address the problem.

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@MattMoscona While Olympic sports are being crushed across the country. We need a change to support ALL student athletes in ALL sports.

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@dandydonlsu Sadly lots of the old Nuss came out. No runs when had clear lanes and the sack was just him holding the ball. OL couldn’t create running lanes. Florida is looming large. Not a great showing from the tigers.

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@tcgoldrush It was terrible. Yes, they won. Major injuries. Team looked underwhelming. BK needs to coach up quickly or Florida will be a problem. Tech played 3 high. OL couldn’t block. No interior run lanes.