David Atkinson

Newly retired in LA, returning to engaging cultural, political and economic thought.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@AlexBerenson It’s Iran’s money. Just Frozen due to sanctions. We are not paying them our money.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@geraldposner @gen_jackkeane The US military needs to stick around, locked and loaded.

One of the strangest saying I hear every so often is "We can't negotiate with a gun to our head."

Wrong. That is the only way to negotiate at times, and this is one of them.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

I think Iran is a tough situation all around. No easy answers IMHO.

Separately, thanks for your work on medicine and the JFK files. I think your greatest mark will be on the gender medicine front and all the insanity there. I am seeing this up close and it is devastating to young people involved, and a generational curse to the "expert class" that has enabled this to happen.

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[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@SwipeWright Made my day. So absurd that it’s hilarious. And I think maybe the best way to get through all this is to just laugh at these people.

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@BorisSpider14 @markchristenson We are just getting warmed up.....a few pitches in the bullpen....aiming to close the game out in time to beat the traffic home...

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@EleganteStache @SwipeWright @spencerpratt For the last year, our daughter has been registered to vote in another state and lives there now, but we still get her absentee ballot sent to us every election, (which we discard). But yeah, elections are really really secure....

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@BorisSpider14 @EithanDHaimMD Agreed. He should apply and be the poster child of this. Very few would argue that he should not be compensated. @HawleyMO was also a big supporter of his.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@Noirchick1 My favorite:

NORM!

Woody: how about a beer Mr. Peterson

Norm: Isn't it a little early?

Woody: For a beer?

Norm: No, for stupid questions.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@BridgetPhetasy yes

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@meghan_daum @OGJordans85 I like all those gents and hope they would be involved in a renewed LA. That said, can there be solid technocrats, to use a much-maligned word, who know how city govt works and chart out an actual path against the horrid incompetence we know now?

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@meghan_daum Probably a lot of individuals whose names we do not know, and that is a good thing. All we want is competence, and many of us know from our own workplaces that some of the best people are not the ones with name recognition.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@buttonslives Maybe find one where the pastor used to be an atheist.....and found God when he realized he wants to be a father.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@buttonslives @realDailyWire I remember when that happened. Glad to see the reconciliation. I have been listening a lot to Ben lately as well, as he is a voice of reason in this conservative split we have been seeing.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@buttonslives @SwipeWright Congratulations. Great news!! (and about time!)

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@IanCarrollShow @tedcruz No we are not.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@The_Random_Obv @ComicDaveSmith I guess there is disagreement in the administration.

[David Atkinson @lamacroguy]

@CVDesertDeals @ComicDaveSmith For now, but this is not over. The US Navy has been clearing mines and can ultimately open the straight. If Iran had nukes, this operation would be much more dangerous.