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Taught everything from economics to CQC, sold everything from yaks to yachts, used communication for shinjitsu to subversion. Natsec, policing, urban warfare, markets, learning.WW1 ME&Asia.Trad COTUS Conservative. "Seen some stuff; done some things."
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Lost a friend today. Hit hard for a minute, & I’ve only just realized how much it was with me all day. I suspect it will be with me in some ways forever.
Smile. Hide a rainbow in every slide. Shake hands like you mean it & won’t ever let go. Say “Poop!” with humor and conviction. Love & be loved.
Smile. Hide a rainbow in every slide. Shake hands like you mean it & won’t ever let go. Say “Poop!” with humor and conviction. Love & be loved.
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Lost a friend today. Hit hard for a minute, & I’ve only just realized how much it was with me all day. I suspect it will be with me in some ways forever.
Smile. Hide a rainbow in every slide. Shake hands like you mean it & won’t ever let go. Say “Poop!” with humor and conviction. Love & be loved.
Smile. Hide a rainbow in every slide. Shake hands like you mean it & won’t ever let go. Say “Poop!” with humor and conviction. Love & be loved.
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Won't the whole SOF community be relieved when doing water survival training that properly packed cocaine acts as a flotation device. Bradley "I was shooting the remains of the boat, the people just got in the way."
A true seal special
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Won't the whole SOF community be relieved when doing water survival training that properly packed cocaine acts as a flotation device. Bradley "I was shooting the remains of the boat, the people just got in the way."
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We want the Western Hemisphere reasonably stable after we pardon a convicted drug kingpin former president and commit some more crimes off the coast of Venezuela. Is that too much to ask?
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
We want the Western Hemisphere reasonably stable after we pardon a convicted drug kingpin former president and commit some more crimes off the coast of Venezuela. Is that too much to ask?
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Larry for the win.
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Larry for the win.
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“The US president again stressed that his envoys believed Russia wants peace and that Zelensky should have reached an agreement in February, during the violent altercation between him, US Vice President JD Vance and the Ukrainian president.”
(Says it all)
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
(Says it all)
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
War in Ukraine: Europe finds itself sidelined and humiliated by the Trump administration
Steve Witkoff, the US president's special envoy, and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, chose to meet the Ukrainian negotiators in Miami after canceling their Brussels stopover on their return ...
www.lemonde.fr
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
“The US president again stressed that his envoys believed Russia wants peace and that Zelensky should have reached an agreement in February, during the violent altercation between him, US Vice President JD Vance and the Ukrainian president.”
(Says it all)
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
(Says it all)
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Analysis: War and Peace by Donald Trump | CNN Politics
The President of Peace is back.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I read it.
I think I now could do with a stiff Scotch.
I think I now could do with a stiff Scotch.
Giving myself a pep talk before I start reading the new US National Security Strategy
a woman is smiling and says `` i can do it '' .
ALT: a woman is smiling and says `` i can do it '' .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I read it.
I think I now could do with a stiff Scotch.
I think I now could do with a stiff Scotch.
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Beaux providing overwatch for my niece. 😂
Sad that I missed her visit but awfully proud of her — she graduates from Harvard Dental School in May.
Sad that I missed her visit but awfully proud of her — she graduates from Harvard Dental School in May.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Beaux providing overwatch for my niece. 😂
Sad that I missed her visit but awfully proud of her — she graduates from Harvard Dental School in May.
Sad that I missed her visit but awfully proud of her — she graduates from Harvard Dental School in May.
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Damn girl, you had a lot of issues!
It’s Spotify Wrapped season again, and every place seems to have its own imitation—now including your therapist.
It’s Spotify Wrapped season again, and every place seems to have its own imitation—now including your therapist.
Your Therapy Wrapped
Damn! You had A LOT of issues this year!
www.chortle.blog
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Damn girl, you had a lot of issues!
It’s Spotify Wrapped season again, and every place seems to have its own imitation—now including your therapist.
It’s Spotify Wrapped season again, and every place seems to have its own imitation—now including your therapist.
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Blockbuster refused to buy Netflix for $50 million. Now Netflix buys the studio that supplied Blockbuster with hits for $72 billion.
Tech companies officially own the film industry now.
Algorithms will now decide which movies get made.
Tech companies officially own the film industry now.
Algorithms will now decide which movies get made.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Blockbuster refused to buy Netflix for $50 million. Now Netflix buys the studio that supplied Blockbuster with hits for $72 billion.
Tech companies officially own the film industry now.
Algorithms will now decide which movies get made.
Tech companies officially own the film industry now.
Algorithms will now decide which movies get made.
I'm afraid there's a good probability of that no matter who bought them...
Blockbuster refused to buy Netflix for $50 million. Now Netflix buys the studio that supplied Blockbuster with hits for $72 billion.
Tech companies officially own the film industry now.
Algorithms will now decide which movies get made.
Tech companies officially own the film industry now.
Algorithms will now decide which movies get made.
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm afraid there's a good probability of that no matter who bought them...
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I consider the mobility challenges that poor terrain creates, and options for implementing a small high mobility vehicle in the mould of the Universal Carrier.
Click to read my thoughts ➡️
Click to read my thoughts ➡️
A Modern-Day Universal Carrier — UC23 - Think Defence
The Bren Gun Carrier, or Universal Carrier, was a class of WWII-era vehicles unique to British and Commonwealth armies used for logistics and support weapon
www.thinkdefence.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I consider the mobility challenges that poor terrain creates, and options for implementing a small high mobility vehicle in the mould of the Universal Carrier.
Click to read my thoughts ➡️
Click to read my thoughts ➡️
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Bonne Maman Advent Calendar
First up: Wild Blueberry Maple Syrup Spread
First up: Wild Blueberry Maple Syrup Spread
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Bonne Maman Advent Calendar
First up: Wild Blueberry Maple Syrup Spread
First up: Wild Blueberry Maple Syrup Spread
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Did someone unplug the magic bean machine?
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Did someone unplug the magic bean machine?
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Why does this just look like Glee wrapped up in Star Trek clothing?
🚨 BREAKING - New Star Trek: #StarfleetAcademy Poster!
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Why does this just look like Glee wrapped up in Star Trek clothing?
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Historians, friends, community at large, just spoke with a man and his father fought in SWW as a tank commander in the Philippines 🇵🇭 . Any good books about tank battalions / units that fought there? #skystorians #milsky #histbookchat
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Historians, friends, community at large, just spoke with a man and his father fought in SWW as a tank commander in the Philippines 🇵🇭 . Any good books about tank battalions / units that fought there? #skystorians #milsky #histbookchat
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After hosting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Monday on the eve of a new meeting between Americans and Russians in Moscow, French President Emmanuel Macron said there was no plan for peace at this stage.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
US-Russia talks fuel skepticism in Europe and Ukraine
After hosting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Monday on the eve of a new meeting between Americans and Russians in Moscow, French President Emmanuel Macron said there was no plan for p...
www.lemonde.fr
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
After hosting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Monday on the eve of a new meeting between Americans and Russians in Moscow, French President Emmanuel Macron said there was no plan for peace at this stage.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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January 2000: AOL buys Time WARNER
December 2025: NFLX buys WARNER brothers
December 2025: NFLX buys WARNER brothers
December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
January 2000: AOL buys Time WARNER
December 2025: NFLX buys WARNER brothers
December 2025: NFLX buys WARNER brothers
"Susie Derkins wouldn't be much help in the case. She had something on Jack and Joe...But wouldn't spill it..
Plus she was as dangerous as Mom's 'Tofu Surprise'..."
Plus she was as dangerous as Mom's 'Tofu Surprise'..."
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Susie Derkins wouldn't be much help in the case. She had something on Jack and Joe...But wouldn't spill it..
Plus she was as dangerous as Mom's 'Tofu Surprise'..."
Plus she was as dangerous as Mom's 'Tofu Surprise'..."
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December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As if one death mobile isn't enough...
"I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America.” - President Trump on social media
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
As if one death mobile isn't enough...
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Updated artist's impression of the mysterious submersible trimaran built ny China -> www.hisutton.com/Chinese-Semi...
Lots still unclear. It is a healthy reminder that Chinese naval programs are under no obligation to make sense to us.
Lots still unclear. It is a healthy reminder that Chinese naval programs are under no obligation to make sense to us.
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Updated artist's impression of the mysterious submersible trimaran built ny China -> www.hisutton.com/Chinese-Semi...
Lots still unclear. It is a healthy reminder that Chinese naval programs are under no obligation to make sense to us.
Lots still unclear. It is a healthy reminder that Chinese naval programs are under no obligation to make sense to us.
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V.T. Hamlin's “Alley Oop” first appeared on December 5, 1932. It was distributed by the tiny Bonnet-Brown syndicate, which soon folded. But NEA picked it up and reintroduced it the next year, which for some is the strip’s “true” start date. Here are the first strips from its initial launch in 1932:
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
V.T. Hamlin's “Alley Oop” first appeared on December 5, 1932. It was distributed by the tiny Bonnet-Brown syndicate, which soon folded. But NEA picked it up and reintroduced it the next year, which for some is the strip’s “true” start date. Here are the first strips from its initial launch in 1932:
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NBC - The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol told the FBI he believed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NBC - The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol told the FBI he believed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...