Mark Paul - Deep Thots

Retired. Family Man. Odd Duck. 🦆
Confessional Lutheran Catholic.
Deep Thinker when my Mitochondria allows.

[Mark Paul - Deep Thots @mark1paul]

@WmWeedon This is Blackie. In retirement, my wife's father made one for each of his current and future grandchildren.
At a small craft store in SoCal, he sold these for $150 20 years ago.

[Mark Paul - Deep Thots @mark1paul]

@uscfan981 It's windy there

[David Cox, CMT, CFA @DavidCoxRJ]

what are the most important values we should be teaching young people today?

for me: hard work, discipline, responsibility, integrity, and gratitude...

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Cute theory, let's play it out.

A monkey hoards a trillion bananas. The troop, enraged, beats him to death. They gather around the pile to feast at last.

But... oh wait, there is no pile.

It turns out the "bananas" were shares in a banana-launching company the dead monkey founded.

The shares were worth a trillion because he was alive to run it.

Now he is dead and the stock is worth $0.

The retarded monkeys have clubbed their way into a recession.

But it gets worse.

Half the "bananas" were tied up in a rocket that supplies bananas to monkeys on the far mountain who had no bananas at all.

Another chunk was tied up in a little satellite dish that beamed banana coordinates to the troop after a flood took out their trees.

So now they realized they beat to death the only monkey who knew how the dish worked.

So the monkeys sit there.

No bananas.
No rockets.
No coordinates to get more banananas.

Just a dead body and a powerful sense of fairness as they all now became infinitely poorer.

OH

And somewhere a smaller monkey watches the whole thing and quietly decides he will never build anything in front of these animals again.

[Jack Prandelli @jackprandelli]

🛢️🚨Shell, in a single day:

-Pauses its $3B share buyback.
-Prepares to sell $1B of offshore wind farms.
-Pushes toward closing a $16.4B gas acquisition, its biggest deal in a decade.

That's one company telling you its thesis.

💰The deal:

The ARC Resources acquisition is Shell's largest since BG in 2016 and the logic is geographic.

ARC's gas sits next to Shell's fields feeding LNG Canada (Shell: 40%).

LNG Canada ships to Asia without touching Hormuz, Suez OR Panama. The shortest safe route on the map.

Why Shell needs it?

Shell's quiet problem are aging fields and dwindling reserves.
Analysts said it needed a big discovery or a big deal.
It chose the deal paid 75% in shares, at a 20% premium.

When a supermajor pays up with its own equity, it's telling you which assets it thinks outlast the cycle.

Same day: wind farms for sale, India renewables under review, buyback already cut from $3.5B to preserve cash after war-related strain.

Under Sawan, Shell isn't an "energy company" anymore. It's becoming a gas-and-LNG machine with an oil business attached.

Follow the full year: Gunvor buys US shale gas.

Shell signs in Venezuela, blocks rivals at Browse, now $16.4B for Canadian gas while selling wind.

The biggest players have stopped debating the transition's pace.

They're positioning for a long gas era.

[Mark Paul - Deep Thots @mark1paul]

@molsjames @james_clinic Dr James, do you know of a list of Doctors like yourself in Wisconsin? Thanks.

[Ariel Hernandez @RealSimpleAriel]

@TedHZhang @AOC @IfindRetards You literally called this out a month ago. The wealth tax is such a terrible idea. Imagine thinking our government knew how to spend money better than our billionaires. We would have 4000 learing centers if that happens

[nico @nicochristie]

Pretty crazy that Elon is only worth $1 Trillion

Thats like 200 miles of California high speed rail

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Medicare fraud is a trillion dollar industry. Notice not one Democrat is trying to end this fraud and reallocate the money to serving the poor. That’s because they and their staff and friends and family are all in on it. Skimming and scamming.

[Mark Paul - Deep Thots @mark1paul]

@jeffreytucker Why? @SecKennedy @DeniseKShull

[DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard]

Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.

In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.

https://t.co/pLMD0krc69

[The Corridor News @CorridorScanner]

Congratulations Wisconsin: Home to 5 of the Top 40 Safest Midsize Cities in America. 🇺🇸
#8 Waukesha
#10 Appleton
#11 Eau Claire
#30 Kenosha
#37 Oshkosh

📸
Kenosha PD, Waukesha PD, Appleton PD, Eau Claire PD
Complete list;
https://t.co/g39k7PbjPI

[Alex Berenson @AlexBerenson]

Deaths in the US so far in 2026, by cause:

Drowning: approximately 1000 (22 kids in Texas alone)
Mushroom poisoning: 4
Rattlesnake: 3
Lightning: 2
Marathon: 1
Measles: 0

And, oh yeah, overdose: approximately 30000

Let's try to scare people some MORE about measles, huh?

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Hitting the blank buttons was like being in a beverage casino. Maybe you’ll get an Orange Crush. Maybe an A&W. Hell, it was the 70s, you might pull a Busch out of there.

[Mark Paul - Deep Thots @mark1paul]

@brim006 Cool, great for the kids.

[Debbie @ Genetic Lifehacks @GeneticLifehack]

https://t.co/Bc6rznqm7H

[Mark Paul - Deep Thots @mark1paul]

@DutchRojas The things we ponder while waiting at the airport...

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

Happy pride month to Home Depot for not selling a single piece of straight wood.

[Mark Paul - Deep Thots @mark1paul]

@Fynnderella1 Absolutely

[Joseph Srigley @joe_srigley]

From Samantha Busch on Instagram:

Watching Brexton back at the track is both heartbreaking and beautiful all at once because there are moments when I catch a glimpse of Kyle in him, the same determination, the same passion, the same spark, and for a second it feels like a piece of him is still right here with us. These moments are incredibly hard, but they also remind me that Kyle's story isn't over. It lives on through the dreams he inspired and the two children he loved more than anything.

In the hospital, I made Kyle a promise. I promised him that I would do everything I could to help our children pursue their dreams no matter what.

For Brexton, that dream is racing.

It wasn't a dream Kyle chose for him. It was something they shared. They spent countless hours talking about race cars, working together, dreaming together, and building a bond around something they both genuinely loved. Racing is what lights Brexton up and as long as it's the dream in his heart, I'll be right there beside him, cheering him on every step of the way.

And if one day his dreams take him somewhere else, that's okay too. And it Lennix wants to get behind the wheel (we just bought her a kart for her 4th bday) it won't be the same as having Kyle by her side but we will do our absolute best.

The racetrack has been home for our family for nearly 20 years. It's where some of our greatest memories were made, where our kids grew up, and where so much of our life together happened. Right now when so much of our world feels unfamiliar it's also one of the few places that still feels like home.

Every time we get to the track, we're reminded that a piece of our team is missing. The person who should be standing beside us isn't there. That part is heartbreaking. But it's also where we feel closest to him, surrounded by the memories, the people, and the dreams he helped build.

So, we race on. ❤️

[Mark Paul - Deep Thots @mark1paul]

Trump has canceled new strikes on Iran... for now.