Just A Dad who cheers for his kids, favorite teams #Sooners, #Thunder & #Patriots, and other people to succeed.

Shawnee, OK
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Les gens m'ont dit que j'avais droit à un droit de réponse dans Le Monde, voire que je devrais porter plainte. J'ai autre chose à faire. Je vais répondre ici. J'ai fait un milliard de vues en sept mois sur ce réseau, et ce texte sera sans doute lu par bien plus de monde que l'article lui-même. Comme dit Elon : you are the media now. Donc voici mon droit de réponse, et l'affaire sera close. L'article est signé Aurélien Defer. Il est aussi passé cette année par le pôle Enquêtes de StreetPress, où il pige encore. StreetPress, pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas, c'est un média qui appelle ses lecteurs à l'aider à « gagner la bataille culturelle contre l'extrême droite ». Ce n'est pas moi qui le dis, c'est écrit sur leur propre page de dons. Plus d'un tiers de son budget vient de subventions publiques et de fondations. Il a touché de l'argent du ministère de la Culture au titre de l'aide au pluralisme, et de l'Open Society de George Soros. Un média militant, financé en partie par vos impôts, dont la mission affichée est de combattre un camp politique. C'est de cette école-là que vient le journaliste qui me colle l'étiquette d'extrême droite. Pour moi, ces médias-là ne sont rien d'autre que des officines d'extrême gauche sous perfusion de subventions, qui mentent au peuple sur à peu près tous les sujets. Avant la publication, j'ai passé vingt minutes au téléphone avec lui. J'ai été cordial, transparent, je n'ai esquivé aucune question. Il m'a demandé : « Êtes-vous libertarien ? » J'ai répondu oui, sans détour, parce que c'est ma ligne et que je n'ai rien à cacher. Je lui ai expliqué ce que ça veut dire. Le libertarianisme, c'est l'idéal d'une société où les individus coopèrent librement, par l'échange et le contrat, sans qu'une autorité centrale ait à tout organiser pour eux. Aujourd'hui, c'est une utopie, je le dis moi-même. Mais je pense que des sociétés suffisamment civilisées finiront par y arriver : des individus capables de se coordonner entre eux, sans tuteur. On y viendra un jour. Probablement sur Mars. Puis je lui ai donné la version pragmatique. Dans le monde réel, je suis libéral. Je pense que moins d'État produit plus de prospérité. Il suffit de regarder l'Argentine : quand Milei arrive au pouvoir, l'inflation dépasse 200 % par an. Elle tourne aujourd'hui autour de 33 %. Le redressement est en cours, et il est spectaculaire. Je lui ai surtout expliqué ma méthode. Je regarde les systèmes qui marchent et ceux qui ne marchent pas, et j'essaie de ne pas céder à l'idéologie émotionnelle. Je suis venu à l'économie par l'entrepreneuriat, et l'entrepreneuriat vous apprend une chose très vite : l'économie, ce sont des échanges entre individus. Pas des plans, pas des slogans. Des gens qui créent de la valeur les uns pour les autres. Quand on s'intéresse sérieusement à l'économie, on lit Marx. Puis on découvre que sa théorie de la valeur a été démontée par la révolution marginaliste il y a 150 ans. Alors on continue, on lit les autres. Et on finit par arriver à l'école autrichienne, qui est pour moi la plus lucide de toutes : aucun individu, aucun comité, aucun ministère ne peut prévoir ni piloter un système aussi complexe qu'une économie. C'est peut-être pour ça qu'elle est si peu enseignée en France. Elle oblige à admettre qu'on ne contrôle pas tout. Ma ligne, la voici donc, en entier. Pro-humain. Pro-liberté. Pro-respect de la loi, la même pour tous. Et un rejet total du wokisme, que je considère comme une forme de racisme : celui qui juge les gens sur leur couleur avant leurs actes, et qui attend moins d'eux à cause de leurs origines. Vingt minutes d'échange honnête. Et le résultat, c'est une étiquette : « narratif xénophobe ». Alors posons la question franchement. Où est la xénophobie ? Où est le racisme ? Chez celui qui demande que la loi s'applique à tout le monde de la même façon ? Ou chez ceux qui trient les citoyens par origine, qui excusent ici et accusent là, et qui laissent des communautés entières porter la honte de quelques délinquants qu'on refuse de sanctionner ? Cet article est malhonnête, et c'est précisément pour ça que de moins en moins de gens font confiance à ce genre de papiers. Au lieu de se demander si, après des décennies, leur grille de lecture ne s'est pas trompée, si elle n'a pas surtout produit du chaos et de la casse, certains préfèrent coller des étiquettes à ceux qui posent des questions. Un dernier mot. Je suis le petit-fils de paysans bretons. Personne ne m'a ouvert de portes. J'ai appris à coder seul à 12 ans, j'ai monté les échelons un par un. J'ai fini par lever des fonds. J'ai fini par recruter. Aujourd'hui, j'embauche des diplômés des meilleures écoles, moi qui n'en ai fait aucune. J'échange avec l'homme le plus riche du monde, et à mes yeux le plus grand entrepreneur de tous les temps, Elon Musk. Mes analyses sont relayées par Javier Milei, à mes yeux le meilleur président du monde en matière d'économie. M. Defer aurait pu se demander comment quelqu'un parti de rien arrive jusque-là. Il a préféré coller des étiquettes : xénophobe, extrême droite. C'est le panier de crabes français dans toute sa splendeur. Quand quelqu'un grimpe, on ne cherche pas à comprendre comment. On tire vers le bas. Et quand on prétend parler au nom du peuple, on devrait au moins prendre la peine d'écouter quelqu'un qui en vient, quand il vous parle vingt minutes au téléphone. Je lui souhaite bien du courage pour la suite. Aujourd'hui, six Français sur dix se méfient déjà des médias. Avec des articles comme celui-là, on approchera bientôt des 99 %. Puis des 100 %. Je n'ai rien caché de ma ligne. Je l'ai expliquée calmement. Il suffisait de l'écrire.
Article dans Le Monde où j’apprends qu’avec Thaïs d’Escufon et Alice Cordier, je propage un « narratif xénophobe ». Bon. Je vais sans doute aller m'acheter des bottes et un manteau en cuir. Résumons l'acte d'accusation : j'écris en anglais (crime), j'ai été interviewé par un podcasteur américain (crime), 40 % de mes abonnés sont américains (crime), Elon Musk me republie parfois (crime aggravé), j'ai gagné 40 000 abonnés en deux semaines et X me rémunère (circonstance aggravante : le capitalisme). Et surtout, j'ai osé dire que cinquante ans de politique socialiste finissent par produire du chaos. Le Monde appelle ça de l'extrême droite. Moi j'appelle ça une observation. Petit rappel historique. L'« extrême droite » qu'on agite en France depuis vingt ans est en grande partie une construction de la gauche. Ce n'est pas moi qui le dis, c'est Lionel Jospin, en 2007 : pendant toutes les années Mitterrand, il n'y a jamais eu de menace fasciste, et « tout antifascisme n'était que du théâtre ». Du théâtre. Dit par un Premier ministre socialiste. Le Monde rejoue la même pièce, avec moins de talent. Le narratif que je propose, le voici, en entier : des villes propres. Des villes safe. Pas de chaos. Une mairie qui ne brûle pas à Limoges. Des commerçants qui ne se font pas piller. Si c'est ça être xénophobe, alors l'immense majorité des Français l'est, y compris la plupart des Français issus de l'immigration. Je le redis clairement : je condamne toute forme de racisme basé sur la race. Ce que je condamne, c'est l'incapacité à punir des gens qui se comportent mal sous prétexte qu'ils viendraient d'une minorité. Ce n'est pas du tout la même chose. Et c'est là qu'il faut poser la vraie question : où est le vrai racisme ? Quand on refuse de sanctionner un délinquant parce qu'il appartient à une communauté, on ne protège pas cette communauté. On fait exactement l'inverse. On dit implicitement que ses membres ne sont pas capables de respecter la loi, qu'on ne peut pas attendre d'eux la même chose que des autres. C'est le racisme des attentes basses. Et en laissant une petite minorité agir dans l'impunité, on laisse ses actes rejaillir sur tous les autres : l'infirmière, le chauffeur, l'ingénieur, le commerçant qui ont exactement les mêmes origines et qui n'ont rien demandé. L'impunité individuelle fabrique la culpabilité collective. L'antiracisme d'aujourd'hui, celui qui excuse au lieu de punir, finit par condamner une communauté entière pour les actes de quelques-uns. Le racisme, il est là. Pas dans le fait de vouloir appliquer la même loi à tout le monde. La justice, c'est individuel. Tu casses, tu paies. Peu importe ton nom, ta couleur ou ton quartier. C'est d'ailleurs pour ça que quand vous vous baladez au Maroc, beaucoup de Marocains vous disent la même chose : « Mais pourquoi vous êtes aussi gentils avec les délinquants marocains qui ont grandi en France ? » Eux ne se sentent pas visés quand on parle d'ordre. Ils se sentent salis quand des voyous abîment leur image à l'étranger et que personne ne les arrête. Donc non, je ne propage pas un narratif xénophobe. Je propose un truc assez révolutionnaire : que la loi s'applique à tout le monde de la même façon. Bon, je vous laisse, je dois aller essayer mes bottes.
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Prop 39 released a new ad today highlighting what politicians don’t want you to know: California is one of a handful of states that don’t require a photo ID to vote. Prop 39 is a battle of politicians versus people. Politicians want you to vote no. The People are voting yes. This ad is a parody, but the problem is not. The politicians want to protect their power and money. We want to give it back to you. Vote Yes on Prop 39. Donate: efundraisingconnections.com/…
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Thanks Ron & Karen for the smile this morning at Sunnyside! #Ivebeenducked
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Millions of Americans live inside an economic miracle they have never been taught to see. A young socialist in New York wakes up in an apartment building someone imagined years before it existed. Someone purchased the land. Someone navigated the financing. Architects designed it. Engineers made it stand. Construction workers built it. Electricians wired it. Plumbers made clean water appear from a faucet. Every one of them was paid before the first tenant ever paid rent. That required capital. He picks up a phone containing decades of accumulated science, engineering and entrepreneurship. Thousands of people across dozens of countries helped create it. Investors financed ideas that could have failed. Factories were built. Workers were trained. Competing companies made the technology faster, better and cheaper. That required capital. He orders coffee grown on another continent and has breakfast delivered to his apartment. Then he opens X and announces that capitalism has failed. Capitalism has produced so much abundance that its beneficiaries mistake abundance for nature. Every apartment, restaurant, airplane, medicine, phone, grocery store and business began as an idea in someone’s mind. Someone acted. Someone risked time, reputation, and money. Other people voluntarily joined the effort because they believed they could improve their own lives by helping build it. Capital is not greed. Capital is accumulated human effort placed at risk to create a future that does not yet exist. Ro Khanna is wrong about taxing unrealized wealth. A valuation is not money. An illiquid founder cannot pay taxes with a post-money valuation. Government seizure of founder equity is not free enterprise. But the deeper problem is that we have stopped teaching Americans free enterprise. Healthcare is not unaffordable because capitalism failed. Healthcare is unaffordable because government replaced competition with cronyism. Government protects hospital monopolies, restricts physician ownership, blocks new competitors, hides prices, rewards consolidation, and then proposes more government as the cure. Government displaced competition, protected incumbents, and handed the resulting bill to patients and taxpayers. -Rojas out
Absolute 🐂💩. This Congressman wants to tax unrealized capital gains, and when the tax is imposed on a founder of a VC-backed company and that founder has no liquidity to pay the tax, he or she must pledge his or her shares to the federal government to back the debt of an unpaid "wealth tax." Guess what happens if that founder never gets liquidity? The government seizes control of the company. This is a backdoor way to achieving Lenin's dream of seizing the means of production, and is as far removed from "free enterprise" as is possible. Khanna is a dangerous Marxist operative whose actions speak vastly louder than his words.
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TOP 10 PLAYS OF RUSSELL WESTBROOK’S UNFORGETTABLE CAREER 🚨 Congrats on a special 18 years, @russwest44!
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Lat time @OU_Athletics won a national title in a Men’s Major. Score was 13-2 against an ACC team. Coincidence? #Boomer
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Now that I’m out of government, I can finally respond for myself: Get bent, soyboy. We didn’t do this for “Silicon Valley . . . companies.” We did this for you, for your family, your community, your state, your nation, and your species. Nuclear energy provides the safest, highest density, reliable power available on our planet. My career colleagues at DOE and NRC inspired me to think about nuclear as a way to forge American steel and electrolyze aluminum without releasing particulate matter, to desalinate water in the Middle East and save humanity from resource wars. By rejecting the false narratives and Cold War hysteria, we can secure the next American century while raising whole countries out of poverty. Do you really think I left an incredible career at Kirkland, paid out of pocket for an apartment in DC and dozens of cross-country trips, and left my family on the west coast because I wanted to enrich people I never met before taking this job? I came to D.C. to do something that mattered, to satisfy a driving curiosity (more on that later), and, most importantly, to serve. As I learned more about nuclear energy and its history, I developed a conviction that one nuclear’s biggest issues was a culture of cynicism: nothing new or exciting could happen because it would end in disappointment, and that militated against rocking the boat even a tiny bit. The career staff in government and their industry counterparts lived through dark winters before and stopped believing that warm springs could bloom into summers. I have two core philosophies. First, I believe in ruthless optimism. Rational decision making requires detached risk analysis. But we also cannot win if we believe we can lose. Merging the two requires orienting teams around driving missions. That way, when a real opportunity presents itself, you can take a huge swing. If I take credit for anything—honestly, almost all of the success belongs to the incredible and dedicated people at @ENERGY and @NRCgov—it’s countering the cultural rot and morass that risked forfeiting American excellence. My colleagues and I gave cover to the scientists and engineers, which freed them up to focus on delivering safe power. And, as success materialized, they started to dream again. That’s why the pilot program succeeded, and why I feel confident about the future of NLICs and NRC reform. Nobody needs me anymore because they can innovate on their own. My second core philosophy is to assume positive intent. Avi, I know that you heard about my real motivations from multiple people you interviewed when preparing your hit piece on me. Rather than telling that story, one which could help inspire another generation of people to use their talents for the greater good, you ignored them. Instead, you implied that Peter Thiel recruited me for nefarious purposes. (I’ve never met him, but, @peterthiel, if you’re reading this, I’m a huge fan!) Nuclear regulation starts and ends with safety. I promised everyone I worked with that I would resign before doing or pushing for anything that could compromise public safety. But I also distinguished between real safety and performative bullshit. That’s what the careers came to embrace, too. We love nuclear, why would we do anything that could risk threatening its future? America faces a crossroads. We can either trod a road of cultural decay or hike our way back to the peak of global innovation. Join me on the latter path. Correct the fear mongering and conspiracies and tell the story of America’s great reindustrialization. Tell the story of our public servants, our great entrepreneurs, our scientific dominance. Tell the real story about how DOGE went nuclear.
Seth Cohen—the DOGE official who was a driving force behind much of the Trump admin's nuclear energy policy—resigned. He was one of the key figures reshaping the regulatory environment to benefit Silicon Valley-backed advanced reactor firms. xitter.cf/OverReactor1776/status…
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The first trillionaire in human history - Elon Musk - Born in South Africa - Bullied relentlessly as a kid - Immigrated to North America - Arrived with a backpack and a dream - Built Zip2 with his brother - Sold it 4 years later for $300 million - Co-founded PayPal with the profits - Revolutionised digital payments - Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion - Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX - Got mocked for electric cars - Got laughed at for reusable rockets - Nearly went bankrupt in 2008 - Kept building anyway - Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker - Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry - Made reusable rockets a reality - Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95% - Sparked the modern commercial space race - Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet - Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history - Bought Twitter for $44 billion - The world said he overpaid - He was called reckless, stupid & crazy - Advertisers fled, media declared it dead - Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history - Renamed it 𝕏 - Rebuilt the platform anyway - Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth - Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race - Sent astronauts to space - Is trying to get humans to mars - Created millions of jobs - Generated hundreds of billions in value - Inspired an entire generation of builders Before: - Failed repeatedly - Worked insane hours - Slept in factories and offices - Got bullied, laughed at and mocked - Constantly told “it’s impossible” - Kept building anyway - Made it possible Today: - Richest person on Earth - First trillionaire in human history - Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion Most people quit when the world laughs at them. Elon Musk built the future instead. Love him or hate him… Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime. Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI. History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done. It will remember the people who did it anyway. Congratulations Elon. The first trillionaire. 🚀
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To my Oklahoma family; this piece comes straight from the heart. I hope you’ll take a moment to read it and feel what I felt. Thank you for allowing me to be a small part of it. I came to @okcthunder to play basketball. I left carrying 168 lives. When I was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, I was thinking about basketball, nothing more. I didn’t know that before I ever stepped on the court, this place would show me something that would stay with me far longer than any game. Like any player, my mind was on the game. A new team, a new city, a new opportunity. I expected the usual routine when I landed in Oklahoma City. Physicals, practices, meetings, and a jersey waiting in a locker. But before any of that, Sam Presti pulled me aside and told me there was somewhere we needed to go. He didn’t explain much, and I didn’t think to ask. I was focused on the next step in my career. What I didn’t understand was that, before I could represent the place I was about to play for, I needed to understand it. So instead of heading to the facility, he took me to the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. I walked in without knowing what I was about to see, and within minutes, everything slowed down. There are 168 chairs at the memorial, each one representing a life lost on April 19, 1995. They are arranged in quiet rows, each engraved with a name, each standing where a person once stood in that building. Then you notice something that is impossible to process the first time you see it. Some of the chairs are smaller. They belong to children. There is no speech that prepares you for that, no headline that captures it. You simply stand there, and the silence carries a kind of weight that is hard to describe but impossible to ignore. As you walk through the memorial, you pass between two gates marked 9:01 and 9:03. At first, they seem like simple numbers, but then you understand what they hold. One marks the last minute before the attack. The other marks the first minute after. And in between those two gates is 9:02, the moment when everything changed. That minute does not feel like history when you are standing there. It feels present. The reflecting pool stretches across what used to be a city street, its surface calm and still. When you look into it, you do not just see water. You see yourself standing in a place where unimaginable loss occurred, and for a moment, everything else in your life becomes quieter. Nearby stands the Survivor Tree, an American elm that was damaged in the blast but endured. It is not untouched. Its scars are part of what it represents. But it is still standing, and in that, it carries a kind of strength that does not need to be explained. We did not speak much while we were inside. It did not feel like a place for conversation. Some places ask for words. This one asks for reflection. When we stepped outside, Sam Presti looked me in the eye and said, “This is what this state has been through.” Then he said something I will never forget. “Every time you step on that court, you are not just playing in front of fans. You are playing for a state that carries this with it. Give them everything you have. They deserve that.” In that moment, basketball felt different. Not smaller, but clearer. Because what I had just seen was not only about what was lost. It was about what remained. A state that had experienced unimaginable pain and still chose to come together, to rebuild, and to move forward without losing its humanity. From that day on, every time I stepped on the court, I carried that with me. On the nights when I was tired, when I was hurt, when I was dealing with challenges that felt heavy in the moment, I would think about those chairs, about that minute, about the people behind those names. And I was reminded that what I was going through did not compare to what this state had endured. oklahoman.com/story/opinion/…
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Mannn we need to hire Coach Gundy back as the RB coach!!! What yall say??? @calegundy let’s make it happen! #Boomer
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We are going to see soon that 1000s of players made mistakes. Coach nails it. Stop worrying about a check. Start enjoying life. Most of those in the portal just made their college experience more expensive and many just ended theirs.
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Leading Tampa Bay on & off the field 🫡 1 repost = 1 vote #WPMOYChallenge @bakermayfield
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@ OU Fans... This the best you can do? All the off-season polls we win are pointless if we cant pull this off. Don't be Twitter fake. Get Tate his extra point. Go vote! lougrozaaward.com/finalists/…
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Heard @tobyrowland talking about @Bowen_AmeeL. Thought Grok did a good job of creating a cool image. Grateful for the whole family and what they have meant to #Sooners sports and #OU. #HardtoKill
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OU fans: This guy organized a drive for OU Children’s Hospital last year when Tenn came to Norman. It’s time to return the favor! Go to the UTVolShop website and order some gear, enter the code below at checkout, & it will get taken to the children’s hospital there! Boomer!
🍊🍊 UPDATE #2🍊🍊 You can use BeyondTheSnap20 on the UTVolShop website and the purchases will be held for me to pick up and deliver! Also, if you give that code at customer service when you check out, they will collect the items and hold them for me to pick up! Let's load ETCH down with some VOL gear!!! @UTVolShop
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"I was pulled over Wednesday morning by a TN State Trooper. When he came up to the car he asked 'Why are the two boys in the back seat not in car seats?' My answer was the two little boys were my foster sons who I had just got the night before. I showed him paper work and explained to him that when I got them they had the clothes they were wearing and that is about it. No carseat, no toys, no coats, and so on. He was very nice to the kids and to me. He asked me for my phone number. I gave it to him. His wife called me and asked about the boys. This morning Officer Tidwell met me in Waverly, him and his wife had purchased gifts for the boys. Not just the two boys in the back seat but, their older brother too. I cannot thank him enough for the kindness he has shown these three boys. I never asked him for anything. He and his wife acted out of the kindness of their hearts. He showed these boys that there are very nice cops out there and I hope he has left a lasting impression on them that cops are good. The boys have been telling everyone that 'cops are nice.' He has made their day. You hear way too much negative stuff now days so, here is some good news for you all."~Credit: HT Tennessee Highway Patrol
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Good men must die, but death can't kill their names.
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Thank you for your strong witness for Christ @charliekirk11. Thank you for pursuing truth and leading your family as a husband and father. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
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Say a prayer for Charlie Kirk, a genuinely good guy and a young father.
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