Liberty and Justice for ALL! Former Chair @LPNYOfficial, Affiliate Support Chair @LPPAOrg, opinions mine, disagreement is not hatred.
Pennsylvania, United States
Joined March 2016
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I guess it's time for me to update this.
Hi, all my new followers and people stumbling upon me. Let me tell you about me:
- I am a Libertarian. Big L. NOT a Republican. NOT a Democrat. NOT a Liberal or Conservative. I guess you can technically call me a Classic Liberal. Some have called Libertarians "socially liberal and fiscally conservative" and yeah, that lines up with me pretty nicely.
- Yes, I know my party - which is the Libertarian Party - has problems. I acknowledge them and try to help make them better.
- I talk about politics and both agree and disagree with people you love and hate. If you came here to find an echo chamber, you're in the wrong place. I have some takes that not everyone is going to love.
- I am very respectful in disagreement and debate. I'm not the one who's going to devolve into calling you names in a debate. I also welcome respectful debate.
- Likewise, I am going to mostly ignore you calling me names. However, mistaking my kindness for weakness is a mistake.
- I firmly believe that disagreement (on almost every subject) is not hatred. I follow a lot of people with whom I disagree sharply.
- I'm an IT guy by trade - leadership currently, but I came up through the sysadmin and netadmin ranks.
- I also talk about music of all types and I like most things. There is one huge exception that someone who knows me will almost always mention in the replies.
- I also talk about sports, and am a fan of the @NHLFlames (#CofRed), @RedSox, @OhioStAthletics
and @BuffaloBills (#LetsGoBuffalo📷📷) - and there are other teams I like, so we'll probably talk about that.
- I live and work in@GoPSUsports (#WeAre) Country and in fact drive by Beaver Stadium on the way to work some days. So, we'll probably talk about
@penn_state too
- The sport I talk about most is curling, for sure, and I am what you would call a former curler at this point. That's worth more than just a list entry. - I have been called The Minister of the Pants by @curling. I talk a little more about that on my @redargyle profile but I'm talking about it more here.
- I do have a LinkTree (in my bio) where I give you links to all my socials, and I have a lot of them, but I'm most active here.
- I live in Central Pennsylvania, but I have lived in Rochester NY (#585represent), Enfield CT, and for shorter times in Buffalo NY, Calgary AB, Raleigh NC, Olean NY (@StBonaventure graduate), Vernon CT and Columbus OH - and I've been to lots of other places.
- I majored in Mathematics and Spanish Literature in college and have done significant Masters level work in Information Technology and Romance Linguistics. Sí, hablo un poco de español... e estou tentando aprender português no momento.
- Yes, I'm American, and yes, I talk a LOT about Canada, too. Our two countries are both great and we have a lot to learn from each other. Our two countries are also not perfect, and we do well to accept that.
- I talk about other countries, too. I am most likely following your country's election, and if anyone doubts that, ask Brazil.
- Yes, I criticize the government. Of just about every country :D. I am fighting for a world set free in our lifetime.
- I talk a lot about places trying to break away and gain their sovereignty - Bougainville, Catalonia, New Caledonia, West Papua, among others - and places where there are significant independence movements - Quebec, the Basque region, Scotland, Greenland.
- I think the U.S. territories should be granted statehood or sovereignty. I definitely don't think American Samoans should be denied citizenship. - I am never going to be for the annexation of another country.
- I am never going to be in favor of the death penalty, for many reasons.
- I'm #AlreadyAgainstTheNextWar.
- Poutine is the greatest food on the planet and I will die on that hill.
- You can disagree with any or all of that and we can still be friends.
- I'm a real person. I promise. I am happy to connect and converse with you and with anyone - so feel free to tell your friends, connect, ask questions, whatever.
Ask me anything.
The photo below was taken by me of a sunset in Calgary in late 2019.
I was expecting Jensen Huang to resign.
I was not expecting a 2nd affair, this time with a company executive.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned amid reports of a second affair with a company executive.
The announcement came after a board meeting. Nvidia’s shares have fallen sharply since Huang admitted an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.
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China bullying the world into not recognizing Taiwan - or calling them Chinese Taipei in an Olympic sense - has been their tactic thus far, but if they are actually preparing to blockade Taiwan, that's a whole new level, and it will result in war - that the United States should stay out of.
The world should recognize Taiwan as an sovereign nation, though.
MORE: The scale of these deployments suggests that the PLA is conducting a major exercise that simulates isolating Taiwan. The number of vessels involved and the geographic range of their deployment are greater than the PLA’s most recent exercise around Taiwan — Justice Mission 2025.
The coordination of surface forces from the Eastern, Northern, and Southern Theater Commands is rare. Major PLA exercises targeting Taiwan since 2022 have largely centered around the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command, the organization primarily responsible for Taiwan-focused operations.
The presence of four major surface groups beyond the first island chain from three separate theater commands could represent an effort to coordinate the principal surface combatants of all three coastal theater commands in a single far-seas operation.
The positioning of major PLAN combatants in the West Pacific, between Guam and Taiwan, and combined PLAN and CCG forces conducting a closer encirclement of Taiwan also follow patterns from previous PLA exercises. Strait Thunder 2025a, for instance, involved an “inner” encirclement of Taiwan alongside a carrier strike group operating between Taiwan and Guam.
The recent PLAN maneuvers could improve the PLA’s ability to effectively deter or prevent outside forces from reaching Taiwan during a contingency by preparing its coastal theater commands to coordinate their forces during such an operation.
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This was bound to happen. The PRC has wanted the ROC to be under its thumb for a long time.
Taiwan would probably welcome it under their democratically governed system.
However, we've seen with Hong Kong that reunification doesn't result in more liberty for the citizens.
Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for the peaceful “reunification” of Taiwan with China, describing it as an “unwavering historical mission.” China claims Taiwan as its territory, a position rejected by the democratically governed island. nbcnews.com/world/asia/china…
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It’s been more than a week.
Alaska, I understand - there are logistics issues and they have ranked choice voting that requires additional work.
No other race should have logistics issues. I could have counted them by hand by now.
Please finish this.
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YOU DID NOT JUST FIND THAT OUT @StevenNekhaila 😂🤣😂🤣
I have been using Twitter/X for 14 years, and I just know found out you can fight the duopoly by signing up at @LPNational
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You see? He knows HOW to observe and maintain silence and respect.
He just CHOSE not to when at the tomb.
Happy Veterans Day — to our best Americans.
The Hegseth’s are honored to celebrate our veterans this morning at Arlington with @POTUS, @VP & @SecVetAffairs.
Thank God for our warriors, past and present.
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I have been using X for three millenia and I just discovered that I'm going to keep doing screenshots just like I always have.
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Read what my friend @StevenNekhaila wrote. He understands the American voter.... and has a couple of real ways to fix politics in America.
In 2024, many Americans voted for a president who promised to end the wars, restore prosperity, and put America First.
Two years later, Republicans have suffered a historic electoral defeat, the economy has been battered by another Middle Eastern war, and the very people who sold Americans on this disaster are now desperately searching for someone to blame.
Consider how we got here.
In 2025, the administration announced that Iran’s nuclear enrichment program had been obliterated. In March 2026, Tulsi Gabbard testified before Congress that Iran had made no effort to rebuild that capability.
Yet somehow, Iran had once again become an imminent nuclear threat requiring immediate American military intervention.
Sound familiar?
We have seen this performance before. Iraq’s nonexistent WMDs were once an existential threat demanding immediate action. Twenty years and trillions of dollars later, the architects of that catastrophe are still treated as respectable authorities on American foreign policy.
This time, the consequences reached Americans almost immediately. The war disrupted global energy markets and sent transportation costs soaring. Inflation followed, compounding the effects of tariffs and years of monetary recklessness.
When asked whether Americans’ financial suffering motivated him to negotiate an end to the war, Trump answered: “Not even a little bit.”
Perhaps the most revealing statement of his presidency.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, which enthusiastically supported military intervention, now laments Trump’s economic failures while minimizing the consequences of the war it advocated.
And what of Israel? Netanyahu has spent decades warning of an Iranian nuclear threat and advocating military action. Washington has repeatedly accommodated Israeli security priorities, yet Americans are apparently not entitled to question whether those priorities coincide with their own national interests.
The political donor class poured hundreds of millions into preserving Republican control of Washington. It didn’t matter. Ordinary voters struggling with their bills proved considerably less enthusiastic about financing another geopolitical adventure.
Even J.D. Vance has acknowledged the obvious: “The reason we lost is the war.”
There is something remarkable about watching an entire political establishment rediscover the consequences of its own decisions only after suffering an electoral defeat.
And Democrats should hardly celebrate. Their own record of foreign intervention and economic mismanagement helped produce the very political revolt that brought Trump back to power.
Many who voted Democrat do not even like the party, but wanted to stick it to Trump. The American people are not buying that the economy will get better, or that the war will be won, or that DC has our best interests at heart.
The American People care about their families, finances, and futures. When the priorities of DC are so fundamentally at odds with the concerns of ordinary Americans that Hollywood looks relatable by comparison, last Tuesdays results become understandable.
As long as the Federal Reserve and the warfare-welfare state exists, the results in Washington will remain predictable.
The American people are not built to stay silent when they are unhappy, they are a pressure cooker that when the political elite cross enough, are ready to punish.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is not a prop.
Show some damn respect.
A Tomb Guard from the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, “The Old Guard” was forced to verbally reprimand Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed and loudly talked in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington.
Video of the incident, posted by CNN, shows Hegseth standing and taking photos in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver as well as senior adviser and deputy assistant Tami Radabaugh, following a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery for Veterans Day.
Pete Hegseth is using the military as a prop and disrespects veterans today.
It's time for him to go. He should do the one honorable thing left, and resign.
Angie Wong, Miami Republican Committeewoman, attacks the Arlington Guard for yelling at Hegseth: "I mean, pay talk about 'paying respect.' You have the war secretary lay a wreath on Veterans Day and then to be yelled that ... he's the most effective War Secretary that we've had."
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Also, why are they taking so damn many photo ops with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
A Tomb Guard from the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, “The Old Guard” was forced to verbally reprimand Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed and loudly talked in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington.
Video of the incident, posted by CNN, shows Hegseth standing and taking photos in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver as well as senior adviser and deputy assistant Tami Radabaugh, following a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery for Veterans Day.
I would argue they should NOT ignore the noise.
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