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I'm an engineer. I solve problems. I condense complexity to its lowest common denominator. I'm quiet, but don't get me wound up.

Falling Waters, WV
Joined February 2009
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Happy Veterans' Day to all and to Paul Priest, 100, the last known living survivor of the Battle of Remagen, subject of my next book, The Last Bridge.
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Matt Cole retweeted
The new Republican House Minority Leader, Jim Jordan has never sponsored a bill that has been passed into law during his 20 years in Congress. This makes him one of the least effective members in Congress today.
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Matt Cole retweeted
The forecast from the Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45 weather squadron for Friday's Vulcan Leo 1 launch indicates a 90 percent chance of acceptable conditions. The rocket will launch northeastward from Cape Canaveral, heading up the U.S. East Coast to reach a low Earth orbit and deploy a large batch of Amazon Leo broadband satellites. Full details: bit.ly/vulcan_leo1
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Matt Cole retweeted
The Trump administration signaled it would respond aggressively to a Democratic-led Congress with a letter this week threatening to prosecute lawmakers for oversight efforts. rollcall.com/2026/11/11/whit…
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Matt Cole retweeted
NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) shows multiple fires burning at and directly off the coast of the Russian commercial seaport of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Oblast, following tonight’s drone attack by Ukraine.
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Matt Cole retweeted
60 years ago Today, @TheRealBuzz Aldrin took what is known as the first space selfie.
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11 November 1918. 10:59 AM. American soldier, Henry Gunther, is credited as being the last Allied soldier killed in the First World War. Eye witnesses claimed the 23-year-old foolishly charged at German machine gunners with a fixed bayonet.
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Matt Cole retweeted
this is going to be soooo simple. "Pete Hegseth did you order a double tap on survivors in the water that were signaling for a rescue after the US sunk there boat"... YES he did that is a legit war crime spelled out in the US manual for court martial and a war crime!!!!! remember we had NO HARD proof that they were drug runners and the USCG has stated using the same criteria that 25% of the intercepts they have are civilians with no ties to drugs.
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The summit has been largely locked in freezing fog for the past couple of days, and as rime and glaze ice accumulate on our wind instruments, our observers have been going up to the instrument tower at least once every hour to de-ice.
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Matt Cole retweeted
On #RemembranceDay we rightly think of those who died. But pause & think of those survivors of the Great War too: men who walked to the edge and came back, were left with debilitating injuries, and memories they would struggle to escape from. For them, the Great War never ended.
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Matt Cole retweeted
It took the US 35 years to gain measles elimination status It took just two years of RFK Jr and MAHA to lose it Truly pathetic stuff
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Russia’s Geran-5 K5-K drone is basically a small cruise missile. It has a jet engine, a range of about 1,000 km and cruises at over 450 km/h. Ukraine found 93 foreign electronic components inside one, including 52 from US and 10 from Swiss manufacturers, United24. 1/
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Matt Cole retweeted
'One minute after the hour. All guns silent.' At 11am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent on the Western Front. This document from IWM's collections visualises the silence, showing artillery activity for one minute before and one minute after the Armistice.
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Matt Cole retweeted
CNN: 11 Democrats missed Hegseth’s impeachment vote OJEDA: I say shame on them for not showing up. They had an opportunity to finally get rid of this buffoonery that we have and they failed. So you know what? I think the 120th Congress, we'll take that up.
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Matt Cole retweeted
Did you know that the discovery of the elements americium (95) and curium (96) were first announced on kids radio? On this day in 1945, #NobelPrize laureate Glenn Seaborg announced his discovery of elements 95 and 96 in response to a question on a Quiz Kids radio program.
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With Republicans rallying around - Pedo protector Jim Jordan - War criminal Pete Hegseth - Child separation ogre Stephen Miller It's clear they din't learn their midterm lesson. They're going to MAGA even harder. What an insane timeline.
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NASA wants volunteers to spend a year inside a mock Mars habitat in Houston. Here's who can apply - Futura-Sciences buff.ly/SwTUpAL The new program, known as the Moon and Mars Exploration Analog, will use two separate facilities at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. #Space
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The Economist has updated its quantitative estimate of the largest tycoons of all time. Henry Ford is still the greatest tycoon of all time for Bezos and Musk are closing in.
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Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed: "Can you imagine being Pete Hegseth right now? Like, why are you still in your job? I mean, it's an open question. Like, Pete, like really just open question. Why are you still doing this job? You are really bad at this. You are failing your responsibility. You have mishandled this war."
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In West Virginia, we put that investment to work: 14 legislative seats flipped. 10 Democratic women elected. 5 veterans elected. 5 Black members elected. If we organize everywhere, we can win anywhere. Thank you, Chair Martin, for investing in WV and believing in what we can do!
On Tuesday, Democrats flipped: At least 43 House seats. At least 7 Senate seats. At least 5 governorships. At least 500 state legislative seats. With more races still to be called. This is what happens when you invest in state parties: You can win anywhere.
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