In which we yet again post yet another ten thousand plus interesting or amusing -or neither- tweets

I doubt whether I could have done any of that “In my Day.”
I could do 10 one handed ones (right only )
though.
Airborne training had a lot to do with that.

Edit: and only 65 years ago.

 

Only the best people...

 

It is so bad, that it is almost funny...

 

Seeing this Strangelove era pic reminded me of this article:

Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True

By Eric Schlosser
January 17, 2014


This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s black comedy about nuclear weapons, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” Released on January 29, 1964, the film caused a good deal of controversy. Its plot suggested that a mentally deranged American general could order a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, without consulting the President. One reviewer described the film as “dangerous … an evil thing about an evil thing.” Another compared it to Soviet propaganda. Although “Strangelove” was clearly a farce, with the comedian Peter Sellers playing three roles, it was criticized for being implausible. An expert at the Institute for Strategic Studies called the events in the film “impossible on a dozen counts.” A former Deputy Secretary of Defense dismissed the idea that someone could authorize the use of a nuclear weapon without the President’s approval: “Nothing, in fact, could be further from the truth.” (See a compendium of clips from the film.) When “Fail-Safe”—a Hollywood thriller with a similar plot, directed by Sidney Lumet—opened, later that year, it was criticized in much the same way. “The incidents in ‘Fail-Safe’ are deliberate lies!” General Curtis LeMay, the Air Force chief of staff, said. “Nothing like that could happen.” The first casualty of every war is the truth—and the Cold War was no exception to that dictum. Half a century after Kubrick’s mad general, Jack D. Ripper, launched a nuclear strike on the Soviets to defend the purity of “our precious bodily fluids” from Communist subversion, we now know that American officers did indeed have the ability to start a Third World War on their own. And despite the introduction of rigorous safeguards in the years since then, the risk of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear detonation hasn’t been completely eliminated

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/almost-everything-in-dr-strangelove-was-true

 

One of the names on this list is undercover l

well, was undercover.

Being entrusted with a security clearance is a privilege, not a right. Those in the Intelligence Community who betray their oath to the Constitution and put their own interests ahead of the interests of the American people have broken the sacred trust they promised to uphold. In… pic.twitter.com/23DUNuVAi0

— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) August 19, 2025

 

The reason it is rare for grand juries to not indict is that the threshold is so low. It's a probable cause threshold, which is basically a cop testifying "I heard someone say that someone did something, and that person has been very reliable in the past" in the US.

 

@Deadtigers

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— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) August 27, 2025

 

You did sense that Grimsby's 7-3 and 6-2 wins over Man Utd in 1933 and 1936 would play on the minds of Ruben Amorim's men, and so it's proving

— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) August 27, 2025

 

If you ever wondered what kind of person would alphabetize a list of names by the first name, now you know.

 

Not liking this Damn Yankees reboot

Big news: I’m ready to go!

As a lifelong conservative who loves this country, I’m running for Congress to fight for the principles that make Texas and America great.

It takes teamwork to win – I’m ready to help defend President Trump’s America First agenda, Texas families,… pic.twitter.com/bVb6j9qP6i

— Mark Teixeira (@teixeiramark25) August 28, 2025

 

It's been a tough week.

 

A Yankee and a Trumpanzee Republican? How many more reasons do you need to hate a man?

 

Texan whose nickname is Tex

 

The have been & always will be...The Evil Empire.

LFGM! We have more fun at games, not nearly as many casuals, we signed Juan Soto and our mascot has quite the badonkadonk

 

Not unhinged at all

I had no clue who this chump was so I googled him fearing he'd be some state representative or something like that.

Turns out he's just another MAGA podcaster chode.

 

Who is clearly working to be in position to take over at the Center for Disease Control after the recent spate of firings and resignations.

 

"Violate the HIPAA laws"

Smart!

 

In 2025, does anything else matter? If you're not a podcaster, an influencer or a "digital creator", what are you? /Sarcasm

 

Most of them don't have the courage to say what is actually happening. I credit him for that alone.

 

Signed by The Law and Order Party!!!!!

 

"No, I won't do that!"

 

Definitely an upgrade. While the first logo implies the spreading of deseases with the sunburst, the second one symbolizes containment. How simple changes can make things better...

 

Gays don't kill people, people do!