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โRussia has been accused of strapping a landmine to an African mercenaryโs chest and ordering him to run through no manโs land as a human bomb to target Ukrainian fortifications.
โRussia has been accused of strapping a landmine to an African mercenaryโs chest and ordering him to run through no manโs land as a human bomb to target Ukrainian fortifications.
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Widely shared video purporting to show preparation for the attack shows the black mercenary being marched through a trench at gunpoint and being ordered to storm Ukrainian positions.
Widely shared video purporting to show preparation for the attack shows the black mercenary being marched through a trench at gunpoint and being ordered to storm Ukrainian positions.
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A Russian uses racist insults, telling the recruit he is being used as a ยปcan openerยซ to blow himself up to ยปopenยซ an enemy bunker.
A Russian uses racist insults, telling the recruit he is being used as a ยปcan openerยซ to blow himself up to ยปopenยซ an enemy bunker.
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โ @SecRubio [...] before joining the @realDonaldTrump Administration, he spent his career advocating for America as the leader of the worldโs democracies; the son of Cuban immigrants, he was a champion of aid to impoverished countries.
โ @SecRubio [...] before joining the @realDonaldTrump Administration, he spent his career advocating for America as the leader of the worldโs democracies; the son of Cuban immigrants, he was a champion of aid to impoverished countries.
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Some observers believe that Rubio is working to provide consistency and balance in a tumultuous Administration.
โ ยปHeโs doing his best to moderate Trumpโs worst impulsesยซ โ a European foreign minister told me. โ ยปHe understands the stakes.
Some observers believe that Rubio is working to provide consistency and balance in a tumultuous Administration.
โ ยปHeโs doing his best to moderate Trumpโs worst impulsesยซ โ a European foreign minister told me. โ ยปHe understands the stakes.
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Heโs whispering in Trumpโs ear. But he has only so much influenceยซ.
Heโs whispering in Trumpโs ear. But he has only so much influenceยซ.
The time for negotiations are over. The time is here to support the brave indigenous Iranian people dying in the streets in protest, who seek to lift off the heavy yoke of the Islamist colonizers that have enslaved them for 47 years.
Thank G-d President Trump has heard their cries. Iran is the largest state sponsor of t3rror in the Middle East. Supporting the Iranian people in their latest quest for freedom from this regime makes us closer to achieving real peace in the Middle East.
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This is Peace Through Strength.
The Trump America First doctrine is not non-interventionist. We are in the midst of naming various terrpr groups foreign terorist organizations which will enable us to deal more easily with these groups in the US and
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The Trump America First doctrine is not non-interventionist. We are in the midst of naming various terrpr groups foreign terorist organizations which will enable us to deal more easily with these groups in the US and
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Thomas Aquinas College โSleight of Handโ: Marketing vs. Reality
1/9 The Humility Paradox Or The Virtue of Self-Regard
TAC markets itself as a place of โformation,โ โdiscipleship,โ and โseeking wisdom with humility.โ In reality, this language is a sleight of hand, masking a closed, self-congratulatory circle that prizes its own methods as uniquely โclose to the truth,โ breeding subtle elitism and groupthink.
1/9 The Humility Paradox Or The Virtue of Self-Regard
TAC markets itself as a place of โformation,โ โdiscipleship,โ and โseeking wisdom with humility.โ In reality, this language is a sleight of hand, masking a closed, self-congratulatory circle that prizes its own methods as uniquely โclose to the truth,โ breeding subtle elitism and groupthink.
2/9 Siege Mentality in Disguise
The website praises โparticipation in ecclesial and political communitiesโ and โfriendship in the pursuit of truth,โ yet the actual culture is one of siege: us versus the world, the โremnantโ against the compromised. Whatโs claimed as community is really an echo chamber that insulates, not engages.
The website praises โparticipation in ecclesial and political communitiesโ and โfriendship in the pursuit of truth,โ yet the actual culture is one of siege: us versus the world, the โremnantโ against the compromised. Whatโs claimed as community is really an echo chamber that insulates, not engages.
3/9 Sophistry in the Syllabus: Rigor Theater
The curriculum dazzles with a mile-wide, inch-deep reading list: Bible, Plato, Aquinas, Newton, Marx, Freud, and more. The appearance is of comprehensive mastery.
In practice, the Socratic โdiscussion methodโ is so inefficient that only snippets or selections can possibly be covered. Thereโs zero transparency on how much is read, deliberately. This is rigor theater: all the gravitas, little substance. โFormation in wisdomโ is code for time-sliced, shallow, prestige signaling.
The curriculum dazzles with a mile-wide, inch-deep reading list: Bible, Plato, Aquinas, Newton, Marx, Freud, and more. The appearance is of comprehensive mastery.
In practice, the Socratic โdiscussion methodโ is so inefficient that only snippets or selections can possibly be covered. Thereโs zero transparency on how much is read, deliberately. This is rigor theater: all the gravitas, little substance. โFormation in wisdomโ is code for time-sliced, shallow, prestige signaling.
We'll be fact checking President Trump's lies at the Detroit Economic Club, stick around to get the truth's about Trump's lies
Trump fact check 1: No, the election was not in fact rigged, you just lost the 2020 Election by the largest popular vote margin in history
Trump fact check 2: No, companies are not "roaring back," last year was by far the weakest year for job growth since the 2020 pandemic year 
1๏ธโฃ Percentage-based margins = an automatic choke point
With CME Group switching margins to a % of notional value:
โข Higher price โ higher margin
โข Higher volatility โ higher margin
โข No cap, no relief
Futures become capital-inefficient overnight.
Paper markets depend on leverage.
Remove leverage โ liquidity dies.
#Silver
#SilverSqueeze
#SilverStackers
#PhysicalSilver
#PreciousMetals
With CME Group switching margins to a % of notional value:
โข Higher price โ higher margin
โข Higher volatility โ higher margin
โข No cap, no relief
Futures become capital-inefficient overnight.
Paper markets depend on leverage.
Remove leverage โ liquidity dies.
#Silver
#SilverSqueeze
#SilverStackers
#PhysicalSilver
#PreciousMetals
2๏ธโฃ Margin calls force paper liquidation
As margins rise:
โข traders must post more cash
โข weaker hands canโt
โข positions are forced closed
That means:
โ contracts are liquidated
โ open interest drops
โ paper supply collapses
This is not selling physical metal.
Itโs unwinding paper promises.
As margins rise:
โข traders must post more cash
โข weaker hands canโt
โข positions are forced closed
That means:
โ contracts are liquidated
โ open interest drops
โ paper supply collapses
This is not selling physical metal.
Itโs unwinding paper promises.
3๏ธโฃ Shorts get trapped
Most shorts rely on:
โข rolling contracts
โข cash settlement
โข never delivering metal
Higher margins make rolling expensive.
Eventually:
โ shorts must close
โ or post massive collateral
Either way:
the paper short mechanism breaks.
Most shorts rely on:
โข rolling contracts
โข cash settlement
โข never delivering metal
Higher margins make rolling expensive.
Eventually:
โ shorts must close
โ or post massive collateral
Either way:
the paper short mechanism breaks.
@CheyCab Thank you.
I have focused my attention on one thing that Minnesota state and local elected officials have the power to decide:
Whether to honor federal detainer requests so that persons of interest can be safely transferred to federal custody directly at the prison or jail.
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I have focused my attention on one thing that Minnesota state and local elected officials have the power to decide:
Whether to honor federal detainer requests so that persons of interest can be safely transferred to federal custody directly at the prison or jail.
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@CheyCab In the past, if Minnesota or Hennepin County ignored a detainer request, nothing happened.
Now, federal authorities seek out those people in the community, placing others at risk.
Elected officials should consider whether the longstanding policy is still realistic.
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Now, federal authorities seek out those people in the community, placing others at risk.
Elected officials should consider whether the longstanding policy is still realistic.
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โWhen a respected public servant is being accused of wasting taxpayer dollars and lying to Congress by a president whose extravagant White House renovation has already doubled in cost in just three months,
โWhen a respected public servant is being accused of wasting taxpayer dollars and lying to Congress by a president whose extravagant White House renovation has already doubled in cost in just three months,
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and whose inexhaustible capacity for lies has essentially broken every fact-checking medium, one almost wonders if the criminal allegation was chosen for its absurdity, to demonstrate that @realDonaldTrump can make the law mean whatever he wants it to.โ
Jan. 12, 2026
and whose inexhaustible capacity for lies has essentially broken every fact-checking medium, one almost wonders if the criminal allegation was chosen for its absurdity, to demonstrate that @realDonaldTrump can make the law mean whatever he wants it to.โ
Jan. 12, 2026
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@TheAtlantic archive.ph/eMvQN
@TheAtlantic archive.ph/eMvQN
RIP to @ScottAdamsSays, an unflinchingly honest sage and wit who also showed me great kindness.
In honor of him, here are 10 of my favorite Scott Adams quotes:
In honor of him, here are 10 of my favorite Scott Adams quotes:
โCreativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.โ
โThe Dilbert Principle (1996)
โThe Dilbert Principle (1996)
โPeople think they follow advice but they donโt. Humans are only capable of receiving information. They create their own advice. If you seek to influence someone, donโt waste time giving advice. You can change only what people know, not what they do.โ
โGod's Debris (2001)
โGod's Debris (2001)
@GrageDustin
If Minnesota deserves judicial retention elections, @mngop should remove this language (now in its 2022 platform and still in effect) from its platform for 2026.
There are internal contradictions; judicial retention elections allow voters to remove a judge.
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If Minnesota deserves judicial retention elections, @mngop should remove this language (now in its 2022 platform and still in effect) from its platform for 2026.
There are internal contradictions; judicial retention elections allow voters to remove a judge.
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No challenger required.
I have concluded that this judge was threatened.
She should be challenged in the November 2026 election.
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I have concluded that this judge was threatened.
She should be challenged in the November 2026 election.
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People with Long COVID often describe brain fog, mental fatigue, slowed thinking.
For a long time, we lacked direct biological evidence that something measurable was wrong in the brain.
Now we have one๐งต
For a long time, we lacked direct biological evidence that something measurable was wrong in the brain.
Now we have one๐งต
This new study used 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Unlike standard MRI, it doesnโt look at brain structure - it looks at cellular energy metabolism.
Unlike standard MRI, it doesnโt look at brain structure - it looks at cellular energy metabolism.
Specifically, it measures the balance between
ATP, the cellโs immediate energy currency
phosphocreatine (PCr), a fast energy reserve - basically a buffer/backup battery
ATP, the cellโs immediate energy currency
phosphocreatine (PCr), a fast energy reserve - basically a buffer/backup battery
Russian blogger Alexei Chadeyev continues his criticism of the Russian military by examining the drone forces.
โAs for the unmanned systems troops - the doubts and concerns expressed by some combat-hardened officers when the troops were stillโฆ
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โAs for the unmanned systems troops - the doubts and concerns expressed by some combat-hardened officers when the troops were stillโฆ
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โโฆjust a โprojectโ are being confirmed. In fact, we see that experienced operators are being pulled out of existing "combat units" and placed under their own separate command.
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โAs a result, if earlier a battalion or brigade commander could give targets to the drones during the battle and coordinate their work with ground operations, now, even when they are physically present in his sector, he has to go throughโฆ
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