jim arnold

Cat wrangler, vegan, secular humanist, George Carlin worshipper.

[jim arnold @jimarnold]

@TSLA_Bogdan @na_option

[jim arnold @jimarnold]

@clintoptions You are really going to like the AH price! Down another $6.

[jim arnold @jimarnold]

@rahulsood CT and Roadster and not scaling.

[Robby Roadsteamer @RobbyRoadsteame]

MAGA just doesn't hide it anymore! Lady giving the bad salute at a rally!

Please RT this video so Elon has to pay me TWITTER AD revenue money to show how terrible these MAGA N@zis are!🦒💕

[𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @NashIsHere4It]

Wow

[jim arnold @jimarnold]

@TheCaptainEli I wish Lars was the CEO.

[jim arnold @jimarnold]

@Dogetothemoon @elonmusk @cybertruck Then what went wrong...? Why are Cybertruck sales in the toilet? Who is to blame...? Elon made the CT toxic.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Shared today by Bev Perry in the Expand Dem Values in the House and Senate Facebook group.

I need to say something that's been bothering me for a while, and I'm saying it as a Marine Corps veteran who leans center-right.
This isn't partisan. This is observation.
We've slow-faded into accepting militarized police as normal, and nobody seems to notice or care.
Even as a USMC pilot, I went through six months of infantry training as an officer before flight school. I've worn the gear. The helmet, the tactical vest, the whole kit. And I can tell you from experience, it changes you.
There's a psychological shift that happens when you strap that stuff on. You feel different. You carry yourself different. You start seeing the environment differently. In the Marine Corps, that shift was appropriate because it's a combat culture and organization.
But these are American streets. American citizens. And we've got law enforcement dressed like they're kicking down doors in Fallujah to serve warrants in suburbia.
What happend to high standards and real policing tactics? Think Adam-12...Officers Reed and Malloy. Crisp uniforms. A revolver. A baton. High standards and professionalism. They looked like public servants because they were public servants. They de-escalated. They talked to people. They were part of the community.
Now? Tactical gear, beards, ball caps, Oakley sunglasses, sleeve tattoos, and a tactical kit that would make special operators jealous. And we've turned it into a fetish. We celebrate it. We assume that because someone looks hard, they must be a professional.
They're not.
I loved the Marine Corps. But I'll be honest, I was also blinded by it for a while. Mission first. Unit over everything. And that mentality made sense in that context.
But law enforcement doesn't get that critical examination. "Back the Blue" has become a shield against accountability. A blanket assumption that a badge plus gun equals hero. That tactical gear equals competence.
It doesn't.
Most people who join law enforcement aren't special operators. They're average people who desperately want to belong to something bigger than themselves. I understand that impulse deeply, it's why I joined the Marines. But wanting to belong doesn't make you qualified. Looking the part doesn't mean you can perform under pressure. And wrapping yourself in warrior aesthetics doesn't make you a warrior.
Old school law enforcement represented something. Standards. Bearing. Discipline. Professionalism that was demonstrated, not costumed. A revolver and a baton meant you had to rely on your training, your words, your judgment, not overwhelming firepower.
What I see now in law enforcement is the costume without the culture. The gear without the training. The authority without the accountability.
Are there good people in law enforcement? Of course. I know some personally. But this reflexive "law enforcement can do no wrong" mentality is lazy, dangerous, and intellectually dishonest.
A woman is dead. And before we sort ourselves into teams and start assigning blame, maybe we should ask harder questions:
Why do we accept a militarized police force as normal?
Why do we assume tactical gear equals tactical competence?
Why have we let "Back the Blue" become a substitute for actual standards?
I wore the uniform. I went through the training. I know what that gear does to your head.
It shouldn't be normalized on American streets against American citizens.
And we shouldn't pretend everyone wearing it is qualified to carry it. The fact that he called her a “fucking bitch” after he shot her three times should be a huge red flag for all of us.

[jim arnold @jimarnold]

This is what a miserable prick and a bad neighbor looks like.

[IT Unprofessional @it_unprofession]

I just finished shoveling my driveway. Took me 90 minutes. My back is killing me, and I have to drive to work now.

My neighbor has a snowblower. He did his driveway in 10 minutes, then offered to do mine.
I told him no thanks, I like the exercise.

Real reason? If he does my driveway once, I owe him. Next thing you know, he's asking me to "take a quick look" at his computer because "it's running slow."

I don't do free IT work. Not for family, not for neighbors, not for anyone.

Last year, this same neighbor asked me to help him set up his printer. I told him I'm a "network architect" and I don't work with consumer hardware.

He looked confused. I said, "It's like asking a heart surgeon to check your kid's scraped knee. Different skill set."

He hasn't asked me for tech help since.

So yeah, I'll shovel my own driveway. A sore back is temporary. Becoming the neighborhood Help Desk is forever.

Boundaries aren't rude. They're strategic.

[Boston Smalls @smalls2672]

Nothing new under the sun.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Not unlike Nazism during Hitler's reign of terror, MAGA is a cult. When you surround yourself with ignoramuses, the chance of you being an ignoramus are 100%. 😳👇

[JustTheFacts! ⚓️ 🇺🇸🦅 @JustTheFacts_68]

Nailed it!!!! 👇👇👇👇👇

[Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated]

This is 8 minutes long. It’s twitter so few will watch the whole thing-but I did and I now have a much better understanding of what motivated Tyler Robinson.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This is the most spot-on explanation of what's happened to disaffected Gen Z boys in America I've heard yet. There are a shitload of Tyler Robinsons in the US. Steve Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, Nick Fuentes and Charlie Kirk created a Frankenstein monster that's now out of control.

[Jake Broe @RealJakeBroe]

This is the best explanation I've seen of Tyler Robinson's motives for assassinating Charlie Kirk.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Every motherfucking thing this gentleman said. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👇

[jim arnold @jimarnold]

@Huntington_Bank I see a data filter, but requires knowing the closing date of my CC. Thanks for sharing the feedback.

[jim arnold @jimarnold]

@Huntington_Bank please add the ability to filter the Transaction History to only show transactions since the last credit card statement closing date. Amazing this isn't an option. Poor UX. Thanks.

[jim arnold @jimarnold]

@marrtoffee Canadian humor. 🤗🤣
https://t.co/XA7C3am75H

[🇨🇦🍁SillyRabbitFaFo🍁🇨🇦 @sillyrabbitfafo]

LMAO This is Canada 🇨🇦

#Trump #TrumpTariffs

[🇨🇦🍁SillyRabbitFaFo🍁🇨🇦 @sillyrabbitfafo]

LMAO This is Canada 🇨🇦

#Trump #TrumpTariffs