Sherif Hashem

Foe unvanquished, I won't perish in the field; I'll be born again, to take up the halberd seven more times.

[Robert Anderson @ProfRobAnderson]

The gratuity trend at every store is so prevalent now that I'm worried we've reached a tipping point.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I needed to move a sofa.

I mentioned this to an American. He said, "You know anybody with a truck?"

I did not know anybody with a truck.

He looked at me with real concern. Not pity. Concern. The way you look at a man who has told you he does not have a name.

"You gotta know somebody with a truck."

I asked how one acquires such a person.

He said, "You just do."

This is the third time I have received that answer in this country. It is the answer to everything here. You just do. There is no process. There is only the eventual fact of having.

He said, "Ask Kevin."

I do not know a Kevin. He said Kevin like I should. He said it the way you say a shared uncle.

I met Kevin four days later. Kevin owns a truck. Kevin does not own a truck for himself. Nobody owns a truck for themselves. Kevin owns a truck for a fifteen mile radius.

Inside I said: THIS MAN HAS TAKEN A VOW. HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT. HE SIMPLY PURCHASED A BED AND ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES.

Kevin arrived on Saturday. He brought the truck. He also brought a second man.

I had not asked for a second man.

The second man's name is Tony. Tony came because Kevin came. Tony did not know me. Tony did not ask what we were moving. Tony brought gloves.

They moved the sofa in eleven minutes.

I offered them money. Both of them laughed at the same time, which felt rehearsed and was not.

I asked what I owed them.

Kevin said, "Buy the pizza."

That is the price. That is the entire economy. The truck costs one pizza and the pizza is not negotiable and the pizza is also not expensive and everyone knows what size.

Inside I said: THE FEE IS FIXED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND WAS SET BY NO ONE.

We ate on the floor because the sofa was against the wall and none of us wanted to be the first to sit on it.

Tony told me his daughter plays soccer. I asked if she is good. He said, "She's aggressive."

I still think about that.

Three weeks later, Kevin texted me.

"You free Sunday? Helping Tony move a fridge."

He did not ask if I wanted to. He informed me of a fridge.

Inside I said: I HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. I DID NOT ENLIST. THE PAPERS WERE FILED ON MY BEHALF.

I went. I moved the fridge. I have no truck. I contributed only arms.

Afterward, a man I had never met asked me if I knew anybody with a truck.

I said, "Yeah, I got a guy."

I have a guy.

I am somebody's guy now, too. Tony has told two people about me.

He describes me as "the guy who's strong for his size."

I have never been prouder of a sentence in my life.

[Sherif Hashem @SherifHashem]

Wrong. Authority for the Air Force One pilot is primarily established through federal aviation regulations, specifically 14 CFR § 91.3. This law dictates that the pilot-in-command of any aircraft has absolute, final authority regarding its safe operation, overriding all other ranks or titles aboard.

[Sherif Hashem @SherifHashem]

@AmitFudim @JerryDunleavy At 18 years old.

[SCOTUS Wire @scotus_wire]

"Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards. They did not fear political change. They did not exalt order at the cost of liberty."

- Justice Brandeis, Whitney v. California (1927)

Happy 250th Independence Day. 🇺🇸

[Sherif Hashem @SherifHashem]

@LokiJulianus “Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.”

[Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine]

If the courts may deem the President’s determinations to be “pretextual” and thus invalid, may the President deem the courts’ decisions to be pretextual and thus invalid?

[Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine]

@EWess92 54 opinions in 6 cases today

[Ben @Financialtailor]

This is unfair, they're taxing my unrealized gainz.

[Sherif Hashem @SherifHashem]

@OrinKerr @CassSunstein What if we reduce that consciousness and emotions are mainly what your body does with two amino acids L-Tyrosine and Tryptophan?

[Sherif Hashem @SherifHashem]

@paulg @robertskmiles “The rule of law as the law of rules.”

[Brandon Herrera @TheAKGuy]

Higher T levels will cost the Democrats more votes than the SAVE Act.

[Sherif Hashem @SherifHashem]

@readswithravi Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

[Sherif Hashem @SherifHashem]

@TimothySandefur What is your argument outside the ad hominem?

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

The best advice for financial investments: Do the boring basics for a long time

The best advice for fitness, health and longevity: Do the boring basics for a long time

The best advice for mastering a craft: Do the boring basics for a long time

Stop chasing hacks and shiny objects!

[Sherif Hashem @SherifHashem]

Calling this “Price Gouging” is communist speak.

Price gouging is the practice of raising the prices of essential goods, services, or commodities to an excessively high level, particularly during a state of emergency, natural disaster, or supply shock.

Which does not apply here.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

We misunderstand elite performance.

It isn't a puzzle of tiny tweaks. It's a game of fixing glaring holes.

Decades coaching top athletes taught me: 99% of success is mastering the fundamentals.

Stop chasing marginal gains; master the basics.

[Sherif Hashem @SherifHashem]

@otavioericson @Dea_rMen “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Secretary Rubio on the hope for America. 🇺🇸

"It is a unique and exceptional country. And as we come upon this 250 year anniversary, I think we have a lot to learn and be proud of in our history." MUST WATCH ⬇️

[MTS @MTSlive]

15 years ago today, a man in Abbottabad live-tweeted the bin Laden raid without knowing it.

OG situation monitoring.