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Former NYC Fireman; Yoga Teacher; Published Freelance Writer; Photographer; Retired in Bangkok
New York City, Bangkok
Joined March 2021
The attached, quoted post triggered my skepticism. It reeked of leftie victimization tactics. So I looked into the situation. From Grok: "WaPo is not "stranding" American staff it relocated abroad in the classic sense (e.g., no mass stories of U.S. correspondents suddenly
Former Washington Post reporters launch GoFundMe to help repatriate international staff who was fired and now facing logistical challenges getting out of their countries and back home.
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Rookie Expat Error: My NYC friend Rich is in Asia looking for a country he wants to stay in for a while. In Vietnam he was bitten on the elbow by an evil moth. In S.E. Asia minor wounds need attention, quickly. Two days later, an old massage lady saw Rich's swelling, inflamed
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"Your net worth is a used Honda Click and a jar of coins." Digital democratization has ushered in opportunities for truly creative writers, wordsmiths who can blend blue-collar idioms with proper prose:)
To the English Teacher Who Says He Only Dates “High Society” Women: Sit down, Julian. We need to talk about your league. I heard you at the pub last night, bragging to anyone who would listen: “I don’t date bar girls. I only date educated, Hi-So women. I have standards.” Here
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Laid-Off Journalist Sits On Street Corner With Sign Reading 'Will Call You Racist For Food' https://t.co/mXuTPx6TRf
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I try to avoid overly harsh criticism when I write. But this guy, @grey4626, is pretty good a capturing a blend of vernacular outrage and good writing.
Maria, let’s cut the sanctimonious bullshit right at the throat. You sit there in your manicured Malibu echo chamber, clutching pearls that were paid for by Kennedy blood money and Schwarzenegger box-office millions, lecturing the rest of us about “presidential norms” and
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Dr. Peter Attia: another Blob-adjacent asset bites the dust. I'm part of Dr. Attia's target audience. About two months ago, he was all over social and legacy media talking about how his research would extend the quality of life for old people. I bought his book. Dr. Attia has
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My IG feed is filled with pictures of snowy NYC. In one video showing the empty streets of the Lower East Side, a fire truck rolled by. Gentle morning Bangkok breezes have replaced such scenes for me. There's great pride couched within memories of battles fought, and won,
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Before Ai, there was Arnold Schwarzenegger making a few extra bucks in Japan.
An amazing Arnold Schwarzenegger Japanese energy drink commercial from 1989.
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Proper use of AI.
This is what AI is for.. Ich habe gehört, dass es nicht leicht ist, grün zu sein.😂
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A Kennedy Scion working for a Republican President looks dour in a Fox News clip that sounds like a primer on Narcotics Anonymous. Is he blinking an SOS?
.@KathrynBurgum on the Great American Recovery Initiative: "This is really about looking at addiction as a disease, and focusing on it as a medical disease...then providing the opportunity for recovery and ensuring people understand there is recovery available through treatment."
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I know first-hand what it is like to be surrounded by uncontrollable, antagonistic elements. If you want to know how crazy the US government has become to manage, read @MikeBenzCyber's post about the NGO complex below.
Re-upping this CIA riot guide video I did, not because I think the CIA is any way involved in the Minnesota insurgency, but because in a way the problem now is much worse. This CIA riot guide was made in 1983 — the year NED was created, the year before the US Institute of Peace
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What kind of woman claws her way outta Harvard Law, stacks a fat $70 million, pumps out 6 books, spends 8 years as First Lady of the free world, raises 2 healthy kids… and STILL bitches about EVERY gd thing under the sun? Like, ALL. THE. TIME. Michelle Obama is hands-down
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In 1994, I worked as an aide and speechwriter for NYC Fire Commissioner Howard Safir. Howard had been a Deputy Director of the US Marshals when Rudy was a US Attorney. They were friends. In the year I spent in the Commissioner's Office, I met Rudy a number of times. In meetings,
America's Mayor Live (854): The FBI Seizes 2020 Ballots from the Fulton County Election Center
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A blind guy on a bar stool shouts to the bartender, “Wanna hear a blonde joke?” "In a hushed voice, the guy next to him says, “Before you tell that joke, you should know something. Our bartender is blonde, the bouncer is blonde. I'm a 6' tall, 200 lb black belt. The guy sitting
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Last Saturday, my lunch companion was upset about political tension back in the US. "It's the current thing," said I. "It will be gone by Wednesday. It's Wednesday morning and the ICE outrage on my feed is way down. And it's still Tuesday in NY. What's the next current thing?
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