markjonesjr
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Was it the sun, the sky, The gentle breeze Or puffy cloud floating by, That made the perfect day? Or was it the when I heard him say, "Dad, will you come swim and play?"
Fun fact: with that kind of head start, you should be better at it, including general knowledge of airpower. USN: shoots down own fighters, dumps own fighters into sea... USAF: Op Midnight Hammer, Doolittle Raid
Fun fact. The Navy has been flying fighters longer than the Air Force.
Maybe as a representative you could do real work. Balancing the budget. Cutting spending. Holding other members of the House accountable. We don't need ridiculous medals
🚨 JUST IN: Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) files legislation creating a new MEDAL for servicemembers who have served by protecting the American southern border during the border crisis. "The new legislation requires the Secretary of Defense to design and award a new medal to members of…
Non-concur. We have too much flair already.
🚨 JUST IN: Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) files legislation creating a new MEDAL for servicemembers who have served by protecting the American southern border during the border crisis. "The new legislation requires the Secretary of Defense to design and award a new medal to members of…
In a decent society, denying markets work would be the equivalent to being a flat earther or geocentrist
Markets aren't efficient or rational. They're playgrounds that indulge the greed & decadence of the ruling class. Our economy should serve real human needs. It's time to stop subsidizing these monuments to inequality & tax the rich to revitalize NYCHA & expand social housing.
One of them was still worried about the covid pandemic that had happened a few years earlier
Not a re-enactment; not a movie scene, this is WWI war-photography at its most immediate. I've cleaned-up this remarkable auctochrome by Stéphane Pessat, taken 110 years ago on Saturday 24th July 1915. It depicts French soldiers from the 98th battalion at an artillery…
BREAKING: The nation's largest teachers union just scrubbed their 2025 handbook from their website. Too bad for them, I saved the 434-page document. 👇🧵
But it was worth it.
Add to these very sobering figures, the astoundingly high accident rate in wartime flying training; both from trainee aircrew yet to appear on this chart and instructors who'd been selected from amongst the few survivors!
Kill them all
It doesn’t matter what the Americans promise. Hamas will never willingly release the last of the live Israeli hostages. They are Hamas’s most valuable assets. Hamas doesn’t care if Gaza is destroyed or how many children die. That is our tragedy.
NEW: DOGE vows to reduce Pentagon to Triangle duffelblog.com/p/doge-vows-to…
One day, not long from now, historians will ask why Hamas dug in for so long, inflicting unspeakable pain even upon its own people. The consensus will emerge from the historical evidence that it was because of the encouragement and misplaced sympathy Hamas received from the West:…
Vichy France 🇫🇷 1940: Happily collaborating with those exterminating Jews Macron France 🇫🇷 2025: Happily collaborating with those exterminating Jews
Just so we’re clear — a Durham County elected official is actively trying to obstruct federal law enforcement just because she disagrees with it… #ncpol
❗️ Everyone be aware: ICE agents in plain clothes are at the Durham County Courthouse. I’m heading there now.
Oh, France found another homicidal, antisemitic death cult to which to surrender?
France’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state is a gift to Hamas and a blow to peace. I’ve just arrived, and I’m deeply disappointed. @EmmanuelMacron – I hope to change your mind before September. Free the hostages. Focus on a ceasefire. This is the path to lasting peace.
Before midnight, let's congratulate ourselves for having survived another special day: Today, 7/24/25, is a Pythagorean Date, because 7^2 + 24^2 = 25^2 There are only 10 such triplets in this Century, and the next one is 10/24/26. Take advantage! Before its too…
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Are fighter pilots heading for extinction with AI? Food for thought from @HelsingAI on the sidelines of #GlobalAirSpaceChiefs with @gregbagwell (Telegraph £) #avgeek #defence telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/2…
Florida has no income tax, sports the smallest state government per capita, has reduced spending year over year for two years, and has paid down nearly 50% of the state’s all-time debt. Florida is the model for fiscal responsibility at the state level—and we want our local…
Macron's unilateral "declaration" of a "Palestinian" state didn't say WHERE it would be. I can now exclusively disclose that France will offer the French Riviera & the new nation will be called "Franc-en-Stine." thehill.com/policy/interna…
The United States strongly rejects @EmmanuelMacron’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the @UN general assembly. This reckless decision only serves Hamas propaganda and sets back peace. It is a slap in the face to the victims of October 7th.