Larry Joshua Slone

Im a UK loving, H2O treating, golf playing fool.

[Documenting Saylor @saylordocs]

Tim Dillon on MAGA: “It’s the greatest con in history, truly. To run as America First and you’re gonna take care of America and then turn around and go all of these things daycare, Medicare, we have nothing to do with that, we’re fighting wars."

"It is the greatest scam in history”

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

$6 gas
$40 steak
$20 charcoal
$30 beer
$4 ice
$1.5 Trillion for Pete Hegseth to live his wildest dreams.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This video should unsettle anyone who takes the United States seriously as a nation.

Because it exposes something dangerous: the trivialization of the world's most consequential office. It shows how carelessly the power, credibility, and accumulated moral authority of a superpower can be squandered for a few seconds of viral attention.

In any other major democracy, this behavior from a head of state would trigger a constitutional crisis. Paris would burn. Berlin would convene emergency sessions. In the Nordic countries, resignation would follow within hours. Across functioning democracies, the public, institutions, and political class would recognize this for what it is: an assault on the dignity of the state itself. Leaders are not free to perform as entertainers without consequence. National honor is not personal property, it's held in trust.

But the United States is not just another country with a provocateur in charge. It is the linchpin of global order. It maintains formal alliances and security guarantees with forty to fifty nations. It underwrites the financial architecture, trade systems, and diplomatic frameworks that billions of people depend on daily. When the American president speaks—or posts—it doesn't land as satire, meme, or personal whim. It reads as a signal about what the country is becoming.

American power has never relied solely on carrier strike groups or economic output. It has rested on something more fragile and more valuable: trust. The belief that beneath domestic turbulence lies institutional seriousness, predictability, and a baseline commitment to dignity. That belief is now disintegrating in real time.

Millions of American companies operate globally. They negotiate multibillion-dollar contracts in environments where reputation is currency. Boardrooms in Frankfurt, Singapore, and Dubai aren't debating whether a post was clever—they're asking whether the United States remains a reliable partner. Whether agreements signed today will be honored tomorrow. Whether American leadership has devolved from institutional to purely theatrical.

Consider tourism, which sustains millions of American jobs—airlines, hotels, restaurants, museums, entire regional economies. Soft power isn't an abstraction. It materializes in flight bookings, conference locations, study-abroad programs, and decades of accumulated goodwill. A quiet, decentralized boycott doesn't require government action—only a collective sense that a nation no longer respects itself.

Now picture this image being studied by foreign ministers, central bank governors, defense strategists, and sovereign wealth fund managers. Picture them asking a coldly rational question: How do we write binding thirty-year agreements with a country whose public face will be this, relentlessly, for years to come? How do we plan for the long term when the tone is impulsive, mocking, and unbound by the gravity of office?

This is where the real calculus begins. Trillions in foreign capital depend on confidence that America is stable, credible, and rule-governed. That confidence is now being traded for what, exactly? Applause from an online mob? A dopamine rush from manufactured outrage? Content designed to dominate the news cycle rather than serve the national interest?

Every serious nation eventually confronts this choice: burn long-term credibility for short-term spectacle, or safeguard the reputation previous generations bled to build. The United States spent eighty years constructing an image of reliability, restraint, and leadership under pressure. That image wasn't born from perfection—it came from a visible commitment to standards that transcended impulse.

This isn't a partisan issue. Europeans who value democratic norms recognize something ominously familiar here. Americans—Democrat and Republican alike—who believe in responsibility and restraint should see it too. Power attracts scrutiny. Leadership demands discipline. A superpower cannot behave like a reality TV contestant without paying a price.

The presidency is not a personal broadcast channel. It's a symbol carried on behalf of 330 million people and countless international partners who never voted but whose lives are shaped by American decisions anyway. Every post either reinforces or erodes the idea that America can be counted on when it matters most.

So the question is no longer whether this is offensive. The question is whether this is who America chooses to be: a nation that trades a century of hard-won reputation for viral moments. A country that replaces statecraft with content creation. A republic governed like a season of reality television.

History offers a harsh lesson here. Great powers don't fall because enemies mock them. They collapse when they begin mocking themselves—publicly, proudly, and without grasping the cost until it's far too late.

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[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

Interesting read. No wonder the talking heads have been upset with Barnhart openly. Might be time for whole sale changes

[KSR @KSRonX]

Inside Kentucky’s Recruiting Roadblocks: A Deep Dive into JMI, NIL, and Closing-Table Drama

KSR's @PolacheckKSR and @JackPilgrimKSR talked to numerous sources for a behind-the-scenes look at Kentucky's ongoing struggles on the recruiting trail.

READ: https://t.co/hxx6pF9uym

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@BigBlueDylan @DraftExpress @BleedBlueCasey @kentuckyhoopsig @BleedBNetwork @BleedBluePaul @DrewByousBBN @CatsBy90edits He will never play a single minute. And off the the league.

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@Mike_kim714 @Binary_Defense @Titleist Good stuff this year

[Michael S. Kim @Mike_kim714]

Masters Giveaway!

Nothing crazy, just a couple golf shirts and some hats from the ANGC pro shop.

(I know it’s super late but I’ve been busy 🤷🏻‍♂️)

Only 1 winner and I’ll be picking today.
I’ll throw in some of my stuff as well like the @Binary_Defense hat and @Titleist prov1X

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@AdamLuckettKSR Much less boring than watching a team that can’t throw the football year after year.

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@VivaLaStool @ConnerHKnapp @barstoolsports @stoolgambling @MacrodosingPod @BarstoolBigCat @MeganMakinMoney @Jerrythekid21 Look how close his eyes are together. You can’t make fun of someone like that.

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@AlumniHallUK @UKSportsNetwork What’s on the small card you are carrying in your pocket on the sidelines?

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@CharleeRice He ain’t that dude.

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@RiggsBarstool This is great. Takes balls to put yourself out there like that. I’d roll you up and put you in a bodybag. But that doesn’t matter. These videos are different from anything else….that matters.

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@livgolf_league @AnthonyKim_Golf @racheldrummond I’d be willing to bet there are 1 million people that would stomp this dude 9 days out of 10.

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

Maybe I didn’t love the hire at first. But….I did get Mark Pope’s autograph once as a 13 year old. Cut my teeth on those 96,97,98 teams. Made me a fan for life. So let’s go. It is about the name on the front. #BBN

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@KellyCraftKY Congratulations. Go get us a new winner

[Mitch Barnhart @UKMitchBarnhart]

We're appreciative of John Calipari leading our program for the last 15 years, adding to the legacy of championship success at Kentucky. We're grateful to John for his many contributions to the University, and our state, both on and off the court.

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

@pburgpapi Kinda crazy right? People need to pick up a history book. Learn something.

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

Pretty much

[Larry Joshua Slone @thirdshifty]

It’s so funny people think UK can’t get this guy or that guy. LOOK AT YOUR FEED. There is a natty to hand out tonight. Not a word about it. People care more about who’s gonna coach UK. Clown people on here think they are super connected to this and that. They aren’t. Just clowns.

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

The minute Cal talked to Arkansas he could never go back to Kentucky. Its done

But honestly it’s a blessing for Kentucky. Instead of a couple more years of tourney failures you’re going to get a great coach and win right away. Kentucky is 1 billion times bigger than Cal