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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 3h

She's good people. Folks trust her. Never taken advantage of that.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 4h

This is really a state of the art message.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 4h

Exactly. She keeps things simple, but she is a master communicator by any standard. There are good people out there, and she hires them and trusts them.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 4h

@dicknixon.bsky.social This is a very sophisticated message. The camera moves to avoid looking like AI. She wanted people to be certain.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 4h

Sacre bleu!

Le HuffPost @huffingtonpost.fr · 5h

« Je ne suis pas encore morte ! » : Dolly Parton rassure ses fans face aux rumeurs

Dolly Parton rassure ses fans face aux rumeurs : « Je ne suis pas encore morte ! »

www.huffingtonpost.fr

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 5h

I have a feeling that she will make a public appearance soon, even if its just a stroll through Dollywood.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 23h

The Dems should be in full clover. How are they unable to wipe the floor with these clowns?

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 23h

It's like watching the Washington Generals face off against a roster of Globetrotters with traumatic brain injuries.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

"They shut down the government, and we are not going to pay you for it."

They are not serious people. They are not politicians. They aren't good at whatever they're trying to do. Once again, if they were smart they could've insulated themselves for 30 years.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 23h

You know you're always welcome on the ranch, son.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 1d

@laurajedeed.bsky.social He came out of the suite with a waitress, handed her two hundred dollars. She asked him if he would call her mother. The man blushed, wrote down the phone number, and promised he would. By God, he called her that morning. Trustworthy don't begin to cover it.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 1d

Cronkite. I remember him. More of a tit man, if I recall.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

"Ladies and gentlemen if you aren't skullfucking the news all day every day you have no place in this newsroom."

"On your desks you will find a copy of the 120 days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade. Consider this your new manual for how we treat the news here at CBS"

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

"Let's do the fucking news. Let's bend the news over this news desk and sodomize it live on prime time. Let's fuck the news to death on national TV"

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 1d

This is why you can't hardly find Steely Dan on vinyl. Nor the Doobies.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

You’ve heard of WFH. Say hello to WFY: working from yacht.

Is Your Boss ‘Working From Yacht’?

It’s easier than ever for executives to Zoom into meetings and answer emails from the Mediterranean. Employees may not even realize their bosses are doing it.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 1d

I said this and they came for me. I told 'em many have tried and my major organs dodged every motherlovin' one of 'em.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2d

Buttigieg is a talented politician who is not going to be president. He differs very little from the so-called mainstream Democrat of today, who is miles further to the left than the mainstream of 4-6 years ago. Despite his talent the calculation always shows a bit too much, I think in part -

Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 3d

@dicknixon.bsky.social Do you think he's getting a monthly treatment? He's MIA again. The shutdown doesn't explain it; they would make his schedule public regardless.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 7d

I think he is keeping it together for short bursts, but an old man is an old man. Sauce that was good for the goose was good for the panderer-- I mean "gander."

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 7d

We talk to a fair number of physicians, both here and in private life. These are people of varying politics and they’d never be so crass as to diagnose someone who is not their patient. But to a man and woman they all unofficially say something is seriously wrong.

privateideation.bsky.social @privateideation.bsky.social · 7d

The Goldwater Rule is almost always the right ethical choice for those of us actually in the business, but I don't know a single colleague, much less person who has cared for someone with dementia, who hasn't noted a real shift since that weekend disappearance.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth's expression brought to mind the face Michael Rockefeller must have made when he noticed all of those finger bones and teeth in his rescuers' jewelry.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 8d

I am going to choose my words carefully here, but I will say that you don't get to general or flag rank without being politically smart and planning for all eventualities.

JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 8d

I have to imagine a non-trivial percentage of the people in that room are thinking seriously about the necessity of a coup

Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 10d

She will get nowhere fast. Out by Super Tuesday. There's a reason HRC didn't run again, and the short version is that she was smart enough to recognize she was yesterday's news. Harris feels she has something to prove. She will prove it, but not in the way she's imagining.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 10d

It is worth considering only in that she herself seems to believe she did nothing wrong, and she has serious plans to run again.

Ed Lyons @mysteriousrook.com · 10d

Who the heck cares what Harris did wrong? Her mistakes in 2024 are insignificant compared to other forces and actors in American politics.

Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 13d

Comey again? You know it's over for an act when they give up playing anything but the oldies.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13d

Breaking news: Former FBI director James Comey has been indicted amid President Trump's push to prosecute his political opponents.

Comey is charged with making a false statement to Congress and with obstructing justice, two people familiar with the matter said.

Former FBI Director James Comey indicted amid Trump push to prosecute foes

Former FBI director James B. Comey was indicted Thursday on allegations he lied to Congress, two people familiar with the matter said.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 13d

They have had a real problem for some time now. Dem leadership is basically heavy money, same as GOP leadership. The problem is that both sides believe in their right to be rich, the rest of it being window dressing.

Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 13d

Not cattle?

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 13d

We use these on the ranch to spook varmints.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 13d

I thought this was one of those wax heads they construct around skulls.

pfc. italian beef @realbillhicks.bsky.social · 13d

boo

Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 15d

Cc: @picturesofnixon.com , @dicknixon.bsky.social

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 16d

Not to mention to humiliate the Dems. They just don't care. If it were possible, they would remove the department entirely.

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