Paul Elgin

My burner account. Tech. Autism Dad. Army in Desert Storm and Bosnia.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@txsalth2o Haven't searched the thread but have you seen this tweet before? https://t.co/oNKpdKlX3j

[Justin Hart @justin_hart]

For 160 years, "Nahom" in the Book of Mormon was a name that didn't exist anywhere on Earth.

Joseph Smith dictated it in 1829 — the desert place where Ishmael was buried in 1 Nephi 16:34. The text uses the passive: "the place which was CALLED Nahom." Lehi (a prophet in the BofM) didn't name it. It was already there.

In 1988, German archaeologists excavating the Bar'an Temple at Marib in Yemen recovered three votive altars donated by men of the NHM tribe — dated to the 7th–6th centuries BC. Same name. Same century. Same region.

In Hebrew, NHM means "to comfort." In Arabic, NHM means "to mourn." Both meanings collapse onto the very moment a father-in-law was buried in the wilderness.

How could a 23-year-old farmboy in upstate New York have named an Arabian tribal burial ground in 1829 that wasn't excavated until 1988?

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

How fucking stupid do you have to be to think people living in the most diverse city on Earth are prejudiced just because they won't vote for someone that is actively destroying their city?

If you like Raman because she checks the same ethnicity box you do - the prejudice is YOU.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@awstar11 Its normally 50% and its rare to see it at 100% unless the person has a long history of problems. But she worked at the VA so I'm not saying she scammed the system.....but she scammed the system.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@CynicalPublius In Los Angeles, north of 50% of the gay community refer to themselves as "normal gays" and agrees with you.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@ShamusChang @KeenanPeachy Agree on Becerra, the literal definition of "Empty Suit with the right ethnicity box checked" but if Pratt does nothing but turn off the NGO funding spigot its a huge win.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@A_Sober_Drunk @AndrewDevoss @infantrydort Most of the Tech world agrees with you, PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper) have their uses but most companies want a "GSD" (Gets Shit Done) instead.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@ShamusChang @KeenanPeachy I'm not sure about Hilton because I don't think he has a real shot of winning the general election. But Pratt is an existential threat to the machine and billions of tax dollars they pull out to feed it. He is the one certain to get aced out by cheating.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@Urbanite107 @mtomasky No one will remember Pelley by July.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@ShamusChang @KeenanPeachy I told my wife Tuesday night that this is exactly what we would see until Pratt is in third place. Then the other votes will get counted in a big hurry and the results finalized.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

The next chapter in the Nazi Platner saga is that the vast majority of combat veterans come back with survivors guilt and/or avoid talking about it.

The guys who spend years shittalking on Redditt are guys who either did nothing or were the guys the rest of the unit carried when the pressure was on.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

The unstated part of this (so far) is that the vast majority of combat veterans come back with survivors guilt and/or avoid talking about it. The guys who spend years shittalking on Redditt are guys who either did nothing or were the guys the rest of the unit carried when the pressure was on.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@SeanBannion "Where did you land?"

"On my third point of contact"

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@peejc25 @neerajadeshp If the new Apple Cart is woman-beating literal Nazis, the old one is just fine.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@neerajadeshp I agree with Mamdami on literally nothing but he is smart and charming, anyone can see that. Platner is like Tim Walz, real guys think he is a dbag but democratic consultants have convinced donors he is the "real man" type that moderates will love.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@MattWhitlock He can clear a Million if he threatens to invade Poland.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@flapprdotnet You could land an airplane on that forehead.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@neerajadeshp I take that as an admission you have never met Schumer, Van Hollen, Durbin, Whitehouse..... OK, just google the list yourself.

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@SnakeyJake @RealSKeshel @mels_mom Reagan swept the same states when he won big, was that cheating too?

[Paul Elgin @lfmhpj]

@RealSKeshel @mels_mom I told my wife Tuesday night the (fake) votes will slowly push Raman into second place. I don't think Steve Hilton worries them in a two man race but Pratt is an existential threat - just like you said.