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Miguel Caball retweeted
Photographer Kostiantyn Liberov laid soldiers of the 28th Mechanized Brigade down next to everything they carry.
This is what one job on the front line actually takes.
ALT Ukrainian soldier lying on the ground surrounded by all of his equipment, photo by Kostiantyn Liberov
ALT Ukrainian soldier lying next to a weapon case and gear, photo by Kostiantyn Liberov
ALT Ukrainian combat medic lying on a stretcher next to medical gear, photo by Kostiantyn Liberov
ALT Ukrainian soldier lying on a drone platform with bombs around him, photo by Kostiantyn Liberov
Miguel Caball retweeted
Tesla stellt den Cybertruck ein.
Idiot Thelen schrieb zum Verkaufsstart vor drei Jahren, es gäbe eine Million Vorbestellungen und fünf Jahre Wartezeit.
Jeder mit 50 Zent Verstand konnte sehen, dass das Schwachsinn ist. Bis heute wurden rund 70.000 Stück verkauft.
Paul Dans, Project 2025, on BBC World Service explaining how the ‘incompetent’ people around Trump lost the mid-terms
Not Trump.
Nor the American people rejecting his ideas
If the Democrats can get into fruitful negotiations with Iran & it’s proxies, maybe stable lower energy prices
Oil is near a two-month low, Brent is around $95 & WTI near $88, more than 20% below October highs as markets price a lower near-term risk of renewed US-Iran escalation.
Miguel Caball retweeted
Lolz, this headline @TheAtlantic.
As a Hungarian-American this decade has been incredibly frustrating and painful. At every turn, there was a cringey, populist dictator-wanna-be staring back at me.
Delighted that both America and Hungary are back on the path to sanity.
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Trump going to speak for 1st time after results in
Subjects:
Reflecting Pool
Ballroom
How much of a winner he is
It’s all xx’s fault
Change xx’s for whatever you want
This is true
Democrats, the real work begins now
This is part of Spain that people getting off the Santander ferry drive past on their charge to Malaga.
It’s well worth planning a few nights there.
Not many tourists, lovely soft scenery & easy walking
Those of us of ‘a certain age’ will relate to all of this
There is no fix
The fix was do everything in your 20s
Miguel Caball retweeted
"Even if Democrats sweep the midterms, Trump will still be president, and his closing act will likely involve trying to tear the country apart. We can’t allow him to do that."
- @Peter_Wehner
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
When any politician of any type talk about reshoring any industry, what this geezer explains, prevails.
I used to say to my clients, get big, get niche or get out, even that isn’t a guarantee
“RESHORE MANUFACTURING”
machine shops are quietly being put up for sale across the country.
Why?
Owners are done
Skilled machinists are disappearing
Banks want their cut
Customers want cheaper parts
Everyone wants “Made in America” until they see what American manufacturing actually costs.
Keep letting these shops die and soon we won’t be reshoring anything.
We’ll be importing the capability we used to own
This thread is about how much skilled, experienced general & precision machinists earn. OK it’s in America but the same applies pretty well across Europe.
How do we change this?
I'm a 17 year Journeyman of Heavy Industry Maintenance. Experience in Lathe, Mill, Surface Grinding, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Pumps (variable and positive displacement), Driveline. Training in electrical controls and PLC. EPA 608 Certification. I'm trained to drive a loader, a forklift, a crane, aerial lift. I can weld stainless, aluminum, and T-1 plate.
My price is $50 dollars an hour and four weeks of vacation.
*crickets*
Trump1 didn’t descend into the mess we see now because of the institutions, but now he has Project 2025 people running the show.
Hanson, almost as far from a tree hugger as you can get, details Trump2
Hoover Senior Fellow @VDHanson says that President Trump is waging a 360-degree counterrevolution aimed not at Congress or the courts, but at the institutions where he believes progressive power actually resides—the media, the corporate boardroom, universities, K-12 schools, sports, and entertainment.
Watch the latest episode of @UncKnowledge with @P_M_Robinson on Hoover+: hoover.org/plus/research/cou…