Hub & Dad. Friend of David ✞. Hi from OC, CA, USA. I use AI for many things, but not to write my posts!
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A little history on this election day:
Our nation's first president, George Washington, was not a member of any political party. He was the only independent U.S. presiden and took office without a formal political party affiliation.
Opposition to parties: Washington believed that political factions and parties would divide the nation and weaken the government. (Pretty smart guy!) He famously warned against the "spirit of party" in his 1796 Farewell Address.
Affinity for Federalist policies: Even though he stayed officially independent, he often agreed with and supported the economic and governmental policies of his Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, which aligned closely with the emerging Federalist Party.
So no matter your party, or if you have no party at all, get out there and vote! George would want you to 🇺🇸
In case people forgot how we got here regarding Ukraine, this is a good refresher.
1/ 10.07.2014: Igor Girkin, colonel of the Russian FSB and first defense minister of the Donetsk People's Republic, confirms that the Russian special forces were sent to eastern Ukraine to start an open rebellion against the Ukrainian state as they did in Crimea.
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I guess the Russian bots are back
That's false.They are not bombed everyday.Russia has not had a bomb in Ukraine for almost half a year.Also if there're election there's no way Russia to bomb civilian building where they are voting.
Actually Russia want Ukrainian to have election because Nazi Zelneski the Bandera worshipper is not legal President of Ukraine.
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Loving your neighbor is so much more important than sports, politics, social media, or whatever. We can just be good to each other.
A choked-up #Lions HC Dan Campbell announced that he’s giving a game ball to team play-by-play announcer Dan Miller, who lost his wife to cancer this week.
Class act by Dan. 🙏
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@SenMikeLee @BasedMikeLee So were you wrong then, or are you wrong now?
10 years ago today
GOP Sen. Mike Lee: “If anyone spoke to my wife, or my daughter, or my mother, or any of my five sisters, the way Mr. Trump has spoken to women, I wouldn’t hire that person, wouldn’t want to be associated with that person, and I certainly don’t think I’d be comfortable hiring that person to be the leader of the free world.”
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I thought that's what we wanted? This is so bizarre.
Trump: "I'm rejecting their deal. They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately ... we're winning tremendously. We have total control of the Hormuz Strait ... that deal would not be acceptable. They want to immediately open the Hormuz Strait."
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Remember when everyone was freaking out about the potential cost increase of rotisserie chicken?
We're gonna be ok. Poor folks eating chicken won't hurt us. A chicken in every pot!
No, rotisserie chickens are not going to skyrocket in price because people can use SNAP benefits to buy them.
"Oh but more demand means higher prices!"
You are assuming supply of rotisserie chickens is fixed. Grocery stores have plenty of chicken. It costs them as much to keep it refrigerated as it does to cook it and sell it. Cooking them also prevents waste when the chicken is otherwise going to expire. This is why we have hot rotisserie chicken available to begin with! Grocery stores already operate large-scale rotisserie ovens and production lines that can ramp up output quickly and cheaply. Chickens are inexpensive commodities, labor and energy costs per bird are low, and stores can adjust roasting schedules daily without major capital investment or supply-chain bottlenecks. The new policy change does not increase the underlying cost of raw materials, labor, or energy for producers. Stores simply sell more of an item they are already equipped to make, spreading fixed costs over higher volume and potentially even lowering per-chicken expense through economies of scale.
The increase in overall demand would also be marginal at best. The share of SNAP users who would switch to hot chicken is small relative to the total nationwide demand for rotisserie chickens. SNAP-eligible households already buy lots of different groceries, and allowing rotisserie chicken simply redirects some of that existing spending power rather than injecting massive new money into the market.
Major grocery chains compete on price for rotisserie chicken, often selling it at near-cost to draw customers who then purchase higher-margin items. Any attempt to raise prices would then risk losing market share to rivals who keep prices steady.
"Oh but what are your sources?!?!"
Past SNAP rule changes (e.g., allowing certain prepared or “hot” items in limited pilots or state waivers) have not produced measurable price spikes in those categories, because retailers respond with supply increases rather than price hikes in a competitive retail food environment.
It's also important to note that this policy is not increasing SNAP Benefits. Benefits are fixed per household and must still be spent on eligible food items; they do not create open-ended government spending that could fuel broad inflation. Retailers cannot “capture” extra profit by raising prices without losing SNAP volume to competitors. This isn't some "free chicken" addition to their benefit, it is simply an alternative to what they are already buying.
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Very sad news. The helicopter in question based on the tail number is a Eurocopter AS350 B2, very common and reliable craft for news reporting and other uses. Sounds like a mechanical failure, and at low news-reporting altitudes there aren't always good options. RIP.
The crew of the KNBC/Telemundo helicopter that went down in Los Angeles.
- George Marciniw (pilot w/ over 14,000 flight hours)
- Eliana Moreno (reporter)
Officials have confirmed that both occupants of the helicopter did not survive. RIP ✝️
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Ah, but do you know when to use this button?
Most people have no idea when to use the recirculate button.
Once the cabin is cool, leave it on. Your AC keeps recycling already-cooled air instead of constantly cooling hot outside air from scratch.
That means less heat load, faster cooling, and less work spent fighting the outside temperature.
Think of it like the difference between trying to cool your house with the windows open vs keeping them closed.
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There is still authentic inspiring content around, please don't tell me this was AI/stolen
Just 7 short weeks ago, I was so stoked to fill up my little yellow laundry bag with orders. Welp, 200x'd this weekend
I've never understood 'founder mode' more in my life, and am still learning every second of every day what it means to be all-in on myself
Skipped my birthday dinner on Friday night, worked 18+ hour days F/S/SUN to get all my customers their orders
Lucky to have the coolest USPS mailman who happily helped me fill up his *entire* truck, literally to the brim. I held the packages in as he pulled the door closed, and as it slammed, he clapped his hands together and in his thick NY accent said "And THAT'S how we do it in New York!"
And I say again, you can just do things 🚀
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Leadership.
We go where we need to be, and today that was @NASAKennedy.
Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at @blueorigin with @JeffBezos and @davill, speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead.
There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems.
We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes.
@NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸
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No, rotisserie chickens are not going to skyrocket in price because people can use SNAP benefits to buy them.
"Oh but more demand means higher prices!"
You are assuming supply of rotisserie chickens is fixed. Grocery stores have plenty of chicken. It costs them as much to keep it refrigerated as it does to cook it and sell it. Cooking them also prevents waste when the chicken is otherwise going to expire. This is why we have hot rotisserie chicken available to begin with! Grocery stores already operate large-scale rotisserie ovens and production lines that can ramp up output quickly and cheaply. Chickens are inexpensive commodities, labor and energy costs per bird are low, and stores can adjust roasting schedules daily without major capital investment or supply-chain bottlenecks. The new policy change does not increase the underlying cost of raw materials, labor, or energy for producers. Stores simply sell more of an item they are already equipped to make, spreading fixed costs over higher volume and potentially even lowering per-chicken expense through economies of scale.
The increase in overall demand would also be marginal at best. The share of SNAP users who would switch to hot chicken is small relative to the total nationwide demand for rotisserie chickens. SNAP-eligible households already buy lots of different groceries, and allowing rotisserie chicken simply redirects some of that existing spending power rather than injecting massive new money into the market.
Major grocery chains compete on price for rotisserie chicken, often selling it at near-cost to draw customers who then purchase higher-margin items. Any attempt to raise prices would then risk losing market share to rivals who keep prices steady.
"Oh but what are your sources?!?!"
Past SNAP rule changes (e.g., allowing certain prepared or “hot” items in limited pilots or state waivers) have not produced measurable price spikes in those categories, because retailers respond with supply increases rather than price hikes in a competitive retail food environment.
It's also important to note that this policy is not increasing SNAP Benefits. Benefits are fixed per household and must still be spent on eligible food items; they do not create open-ended government spending that could fuel broad inflation. Retailers cannot “capture” extra profit by raising prices without losing SNAP volume to competitors. This isn't some "free chicken" addition to their benefit, it is simply an alternative to what they are already buying.
Just picked up lunch from @innoutburger at the District in Tustin. Car line was so long I literally couldn't get in it, so I parked and went inside. Long line inside too, but it was moving quickly. As I waited a few things struck me:
1) Fed the whole fam for $32, not many places you can do that these days.
2) Big kudos to the crew, these peeps were cranking out orders with precision, efficiency, and big smiles. When people see them working so hard it makes everyone patient for their order.
3) In-N-Out is the great equalizer, all manner socio-economic strata converging on the same spot, in the car line there were Bentleys and beaters. Inside all ages and ethnicities, all waiting in the same line because the food is worth it.
4) Lunch was fresh and delicious, of course. This place is a treasure!
