Tom Short

Husband, Dad, Engineer, Sports Fan, Recognizer of Absurdity

[Tom Short @t13short]

@PhinsMSP @backt0nature I am rarely serious on this god forsaken app

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@MoEgger Doing it in a 3-piece suit made it extra special

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@dotsonc And all prospects are still under a tight embrace!

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Let me tell you what just got reported, because you will not believe it until you see it laid out.

The Trump administration cut a billion-dollar tungsten deal with Kazakhstan. Tungsten is the metal we need for missile warheads, fighter jets, and computer chips. Trump himself got on the phone to close it. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick worked it from the inside, sending letters, leaning on the Kazakh president, lining up as much as $1.6 billion in federal financing.

Within weeks of those negotiations, investors tied to a firm partly owned by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump took a 20% stake in an entity connected to the very same Kazakhstan project their father was negotiating. Around that same time, Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm run by Lutnick’s own sons, raised $210 million for a partner in the deal and pocketed the fees.

The fathers set the policy. The sons cashed in.

Six days after the Trump sons and their partners moved their money, Lutnick signed the final deal.

The reporting found one or both families have financial ties to at least 14 companies working with the government on critical mining deals.

The total federal funding flowing toward those companies tops $8.9 billion.

This is your tax money.

It is supposed to secure our supply chains and protect our troops, not pad the portfolios of the President’s children and the Commerce Secretary’s children.

This is the most corrupt administration in American history. It is not close.

We must keep digging, and keep asking the questions they do not want asked. Republicans in Congress are unwilling to lift a finger. Mike Johnson is running a protection racket.

Either we will end the corruption, or the corruption will be the end of us.

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[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Here’s my point - 1,200 Israelis were butchered, burned, mutilated, raped, killed & kidnapped on Oct 7th. That’s the equivalent of a country bordering the U.S. invading the U.S. & killing 39,000 Americans. In one day. If that happened, what the fuck do you think would happen to that neighboring country? Be honest. I’ll tell you what I think - we’d act with way less restraint & care for civilian life than Israel did.

[CNBC @CNBC]

Trump bought as much as $5 million in Axon stock before ICE sought $220 million Taser deal https://t.co/uZzUecDemi

[Tom Short @t13short]

@dotsonc Reds’ front office whenever a mediocre player with ties to the region hits the market.

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@Bruce_Wilson2 @themattbank This is the way

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@RedsTalkSI @ItsRickyLogan Exorcise

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@GolfChannel 2-putt no putt

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Mickelson looks like he’s about to tell James Spader someone let a poor kid on the course.

[Tom Short @t13short]

@LanceMcAlister First 3 innings were fine. Then came the 4th.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Doctor say that vaccines are one of the greatest breakthroughs in medical history. A nepo baby who snorts cocaine off toilet seats, bathes in raw sewage, and takes raccoon penises home for “further study“ says they cause autism. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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@JamesRapien And looked awful doing it. Suarez had no chance on any pitch he swung at.

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@MattsTake1 And proceed to leave the bases loaded and give up the lead the next inning.

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@menworking @TheShotgunStart @BrendanPorath @TheRealPJClark @AndyTFE Was the LA tournament sponsored by the Old Testament back in the 1940’s?

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@bryce_spalding No bullpen. No chance.

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@bryce_spalding No Strikes Crew is a great name for a bad bowling team

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@NateSilver538 The Fab Five of the NBA. Hopefully Wemby doesn’t call for a timeout when they are out of them.

[Andrew Fleischman @ASFleischman]

The sort of guy who cheats on his wife cheats at other things.

Conscientiousness is consistent across a person's lifetime.

It's a perfectly fine reason to think less of a candidate for public office.

[Tom Short @t13short]

@CBoxSports I’m just glad the Mets didn’t sign Castellanos. He would’ve homered during that bit for sure.