Dirty Harry Potter

Husband, Father of three, Grandfather of two, Educator, Ph.D. Scientist

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@HewittNewton @ForeignPolicy What alliances? Those he formerly had with Panama, Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran are all up in smoke. His rivals (Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Philippines, S. Korea, Japan, Australia) are all moving closer to the US.

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@tanpukunokami For the past 40 years I have been purchasing (and drinking) approximately two gallons of milk every week just for myself. Neither my wife nor my kids (now on their own) ever drank more than a small fraction of it. But then I grew up on a dairy farm.

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@EstergrenSue @peggyflanagan This subsidy only serves to drive up home prices for honest Minnesotans.

[Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY]

My argument that refining constraints are contributing to higher diesel prices was called “silly” and “wrong.” But the International Energy Agency’s September 17 report supports exactly that point:

• Russian diesel production has fallen nearly 30%.
• Lost Russian and Middle Eastern exports have tightened global diesel supplies.
• Higher American shipments only partly filled the gap.
• That shortage has pushed diesel prices higher relative to crude oil.

The IEA also says the OECD refining system is close to its practical limit for diesel and related fuels. And American refineries are running at like 97-98% capacity right now.

That’s why I asked: Who supports building and expanding American refineries?

More capacity here would give us more options when supplies overseas are disrupted. Building takes years—which is precisely why you start BEFORE the emergency, something Democrats have fought tooth and nail over the decades.

The last major greenfield refinery with significant downstream unit capacity built from scratch remains Marathon's facility in Garyville, Louisiana, which came online in 1977.

Read the report for yourself: https://t.co/WG5Xo2vh6q

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@AbdulElSayed How do you get to be "working class" when working less than 20 hours per week?

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@peggyflanagan Illegal migrants are not Minnesotans. Moreover, SNAP subsidies raise grocery prices for everyone else.

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

There's no evidence of bad behavior by Jack Smith, say reporters. But he collected texts from dozens of journalists & Congressmen, and 4,782 cashed checks from donors. Reporters excuse these unprecedented abuses of power because they crave mass prosecution of MAGA Republicans.

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@Olso43142725Max Isn’t it the government’s job to enforce Title IX?

[Young Bob @YoungBobRB]

Britain needs ICE-style deportations in order to get our country back.

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@dufaultformn @peggyflanagan We have been at war with Iran since 1979. Trump is ending a very old war, not starting a new one.

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@peggyflanagan Q: Who shipped pallets of cash to the Iranian mullahs?
A: Obama
Q: Who drained the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to benefit politically from a temporary dip in gas prices?
A: Biden

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@bawsolutions @eduleadership Learning takes work. By definition, work is not "easy".

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@jeremyct What is the half the cost of a two bedroom apartment?

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Hello everyone! I’m Simon, a chemist based in France. 👋

I finished my PhD in chemistry aged 24. Yes, that’s me aged 24 in the photo. I’m in my lab from 22 years ago making a ruthenium based metathesis catalyst.

Since then, I’ve spent >20 years working in science, from making molecules in the lab to innovation in agriculture.

On the side, I play double bass and saxophone and talk about chemistry, food, AI and science on here.

Looking to connect with people interested in science, technology and how the world actually works.

Don’t be shy and say hi! 👋

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@nomadalexander1 @outerspacetoday Time is money.

[Friends of Coal-KY @FriendsofCoalKY]

EPA has repealed the rule that would have closed most of America's coal plants. The grid's own reliability regulator says 13 of its 23 assessment areas face resource adequacy problems over the next ten years. Those plants are staying. #FriendsOfCoal

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: Outrage is erupting after a 22-year-old who runs into BURNING BUILDINGS as a volunteer firefighter was told he isn't qualified to be a paid firefighter...

...because he was HOMESCHOOLED.

Then the city changed the job posting to cover it up.

His name is Andrew Coates. He's 22 years old, in Nebraska.

Right now, today, he runs into burning buildings as a volunteer firefighter for Cedar Bluffs Fire. He is a state-licensed EMT.

He is doing the job. For free.

All he wanted was to get PAID to do it. In his words: "Make a career out of it would be the goal. To get paid to do what you love."

So he applied to the Fremont Fire Department.

And in April, the city rejected him. Why?

Because his high school diploma says he was homeschooled.

That's it. That's the whole disqualification.

Not his EMT license.
Not his fitness.
Not his record.
Not his experience pulling people out of fires ALREADY!!

...how he was educated.

The job posting he applied to said "graduation from high school."

That's all it said.
He graduated high school.
He has a diploma.

And AFTER they rejected him, the city went back and added the word "accredited" to the job description.

His own fire chief, the man who has watched Andrew work, showed up to defend him:

"I feel the city of Fremont is really missing out here, and in my mind, because of his homeschooling, you guys are discriminating against him."

Over THIRTY homeschool families showed up to stand behind this kid.

And the Civil Service Commission? They said it isn't their job to touch city policy.

Homeschoolers are literally a generation of kids who read ABOVE grade level, who work with their HANDS, who volunteer in their communities, who show up for their neighbors.

And this young man is the proof.

At 22, he's a certified EMT and a volunteer firefighter, while plenty of his peers are on a couch.

When your house is on fire at 3 a.m., I promise you will not ask the man dragging your children out where he went to high school.

You will not ask if his diploma was accredited.

You will thank GOD he came.

Andrew isn't even fighting for himself anymore. His words:

"I think now it's turned into we want to make sure that every homeschooler has an equal opportunity."

That's a better man than the policy that rejected him.

Fremont, you have a licensed EMT and an active firefighter begging to serve your city. And you turned him down over paperwork, then rewrote the paperwork to cover it.

Fix this.

Hire him!!!!!!!

[Dirty Harry Potter @profjpdick]

@SamaHoole I drank raw milk daily for 18 years. For the next 10, I drank on a regular basis.

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@jacob_wass Midget Muslim seems awfully touchy about his skimpy beard.

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@ATRightMovies Bought the soundtrack, never saw the movie.