I have committed myself to read my family’s voluminous war correspondence. I picked this letter out of the pile of some 200 letters. This one written by my Grandfather, Major E.R. “Robbins” Kimball Jr. M.D. to my Grandmother Alicia Barber Kimball on the 16th of June 1945.

The difference between a smuggler and a commodity trader is about $500 million in annual revenue and a very good lawyer.

I didn’t expect The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis to hit so hard..

George Orwell on The Road to Serfdom: “Hayek’s thesis is that socialism inevitably leads to despotism, and that the Nazis were able to succeed because socialists had already done most of their work for them, especially the intellectual work of weakening the desire for liberty.”

Chicagohenge during Saturday's Sunrise. Today in Chicago. #weather #news #ilwx #chicago #vernalequinox #chicagohenge

"I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large, there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad." — Alexis de Tocqueville

The sheer number of "celebrities" that submit to being photographed like this isn't some crazy collection of coincidences caught on camera. How could it be given the number of them doing the EXACT SAME THING. In this case, they are straight-up signaling publicly, via the

Afroman is the hero we all need right now.

Afromans attorney is hilarious. What did he just say?

TOP 10 REASONS TO VOTE DEMOCRAT #10. I vote Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my refrigerator. #9. I vote Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing

Sam Bankman-Fried had the best venture portfolio in history What SBF bought vs. what it's worth today: • Anthropic: $500M → $30.4B (+5,980%) • Robinhood: ~$546M → $5B (+816%) • Solana: 60M SOL at ~$8 → $5.3B at $89 (+1,012%) If he did nothing illegal, he'd be worth $40

WEAPONIZATION: Illinois Gov Pritzker just explained Project 2029. Democrats plan to criminally prosecute Trump officials through a weaponized DOJ and use NGO civil suits to bankrupt Republicans through lawfare. They are not hiding it. They are announcing it. h/t @VigilantFox

Secret stash of chocolate in your home bar when you have a win & people don’t have the time When you’re defeated & people don’t have the time

Me trying to predict oil prices

Just so we are all on the same page... There was never a housing problem. There was an illegal immigration problem. There was never a debt problem. There was a fraud problem. There was never a border problem. There was an enforcement problem. There was never a crime

Good evening. Kat Abughazaleh for IL-09 was a 12 month sociological experiment conducted by Northwestern University. The study is now complete, thank you for your participation.

Here are the beautiful words of the St. Patrick’s Breastplate prayer: I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of

F/A-18 Hornet headed to Iran. Loaded with AIM-120 AMRAAMs (medium range air to air), AIM-9 Sidewinders (short range IR), conformal fuel tanks for extended range, and external drop tanks for long range missions.

USAF F-15E Strike Eagle headed to Iran Loaded with AIM-120 AMRAAMs (medium range air to air), AIM-9 Sidewinders (short range IR), conformal fuel tanks for extended range, and external drop tanks for long range missions.

The Leprechaun is on the loose!

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