Stephen Jenkins
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Learning Exp. Designer / Adj. Prof / Arsenal ⚽️ Supporter
BG, OH / AA, MI
Joined April 2008
We do not have a representative government. We have not had one for a while. We have an oligarchy with the ornamentation of representative government.
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Unprincipled people cannot fathom principled people. https://t.co/2Jd3xyDlRs
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@justinamash Would you repost your opposition to Barack's killing U.S. citizens abroad or Biden defying supreme court/Constitution on Covid mandates, landlords, student loans, etc..., we'd like to evaluate your opinion then honest friend.
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98-04 was the greatest team in my lifetime. This one is a couple of big trophies away from being that - and maybe more. Frighteningly good. Arsenal fans experiencing this level for the first time: Savour it. Don’t take it for granted. Go as often as you can. It’s special.
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People routinely underestimate the likelihood that an apparatus of the state deployed ostensibly for the purpose of going after alleged terrorists and criminals will become a normal tool to be used against law-abiding citizens, including them and their family.
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If the Fed and the government bail out this non banking related crap…well…what’s left of capitalism will finally be dead.
After the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank & Co., lenders, regional banks, and other banks including, but not limited to, public companies - realized that taking risks with leverage would be acceptable, since, in the worst case, they would receive a bailout. That’s why we see many
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💊 Introducing Immunity™: The Legal Drug That Erases Consequences 💊 Now available in a variety of powerful formulations: 👉 Qualified Immunity 👉 Absolute Immunity 👉 Municipal Immunity 👉 Prosecutorial Immunity 👉 Judicial Immunity Take your pick — there’s a dose for every
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For most of human history, you would’ve argued with people in your community about things that would directly impact you all. Now, you almost exclusively argue with strangers in other cities and countries about things that may barely impact either of you.
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For anyone still confused, here’s a simple chart showing why I don’t subscribe to MAGA, Inc. Me: Limited government Economic freedom Individual liberty MAGA, Inc.: Unlimited government Economic cronyism Up in everyone’s business
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So few people read nowadays that if you read just 5 books on one subject, you’ll be in the top 0.1% of experts on that topic.
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The cost of lying to yourself is becoming ever more incapable of discerning reality from your false ideas. There is no false idea that's worth sacrificing your grip on reality to guard.
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it terrifies me how many talented people are contributing to a future they wouldn't want to live in. building something addictive. exploitative. destructive. something they'll ban their own kids from using. and for what? a paycheck? surely there's a better way to use your gifts?
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⚡️This is the beginning of neo-feudalism in America. The ruling class has realized that debt and wages are no longer enough to keep extraction growing - so they are moving directly to land. Land is the ultimate choke point. You can move banks, you can renegotiate wages, but you
A Real Estate company is now working with private equity firms nationwide to sell Americans homes but not the land. You can buy the home and they’ll rent the land your home sits on back to you for life Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse Jubilee Homes Leasehold
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I’d never trust anyone on the right or the left who is inconsistent on free speech. A person willing to abandon this fundamental American principle for short-term politics—justifying their own hypocrisy by citing the other side’s hypocrisy—can’t be counted on to uphold anything.
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Coexisting positions: ✅Political violence is totally unacceptable ✅It's perfectly acceptable for a private company to punish an employee for what he says about political violence ✅It's totally unacceptable for the federal gov to pressure a company into making that decision
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Opening a blank new Safari window in MacOS 26 results in 2-3 second lag before the window pops up. I disabled all blank window features like Favorites, etc... Anyone else seeing this?
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The NFL is filing copyright claims on X from any user (including those in the media) who posts video of the missed false start by the Eagles 👀 People have ALWAYS posted NFL clips on X for years. The NFL has never done this before 🤣
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