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No DMs / All opinions my own / Software Engineer @BlueOrigin / Photographer / Asgardian / Politically Homeless / 82nd Airborne Army Veteran / Husband / Father

Merritt Island, FL
Joined May 2016
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Fellow Americans, kin of the free and the brave, I speak as one who has walked the old roads of oath and steel ... like the Celtic bards by the fire or Viking skalds at the prow. I am K. Scott Piel, son of the 82nd Airborne, father, husband, engineer, and a man who still holds the ancient code: honor the land that gave you breath, guard your folk, and call out the serpent in the mead hall. What I see in our Republic is no saga of gods and giants ... it is a clear reckoning, the kind our forefathers faced at Valley Forge or Normandy. Both blue and red banners in Washington serve the same beast: a globalist machine that raids the public purse while our Social Security funds their games. Corruption is the feature, not the bug. The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies peddle division, labeling good folk “hate” while real threats walk free. Yet the tide turns—legal reckonings come, drop by drop the truth spills out. By the next midterms, the air grows thin for the liars. The deeper wound festers closer to home. Local bureaucrats, activist boards, and county Karens dictate what you may build, how your children are taught, and how much of your labor they may claim. We were distracted by the grand theater in the capital while the real chains rattle at the township meeting. Clean the village first: school board, sheriff, statehouse. Only then does the federal dragon feel the spear. Propaganda ... now legal ... has broken critical thought. Half-truths become gospel; plain fact is rejected if it crosses the tribe. The “social insanity” devouring our young ... DEI in the robes of the old Democratic KKK and slave codes ... is no accident. It is division sold as virtue, biology called bigotry, history taught as guilt. We must name it: evil dressed in rainbows. Public shaming, once society’s shield, has been cast aside. Restore the old way. Honor demands it. The quiet man turns the other cheek ... until he does not. I am no party man. MAGA is not left or right; it is right and wrong, freedom or tyranny. Big tent, yes ... we disagree on details ... but we agree the current order cannot stand. Hollywood’s corporate jesters who spit on the flag may pound sand. The garage musician, the small-town maker, the independent artist ... these are the true heart. Japan shows us the path: not the gun, but a culture of accountability, honor, and cohesion. We once had that. We can again. January 6? The lies have been endless. Enough. Repeal the propaganda laws. Make deliberate lies by officials or media a felony ... jail, fine, lifetime ban. Restore the Republic’s voice. This is no counsel of despair. It is the saga’s turning point. Exposure comes. Polls will speak. Local action will bite. The quiet patriots ... veterans, fathers, mothers, working folk ... will remember who we are: heirs of Lexington, Iwo Jima, the long watch. We do not kneel. We build, we speak, we vote, and when needed we stand at the shield wall. The potluck of America is still ours ... messy, loud, glorious. Bring what you love, defend what is true, and the feast endures. Stand fast. The dawn is coming. A son of Asgard, an American first.
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Replying to @FLStormChasers_
It's winter in Florida folks. Be safe, wear socks!
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✅ Sound check: complete. Launch is one of the most punishing environments a spacecraft will ever face. To make sure Blue Ring is ready, our team put the fully integrated vehicle through acoustic testing, blasting it with over 140 decibels of sound for two straight minutes. Blue Ring passed, proving it can survive and operate through the harshest acoustic conditions of launch.
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C & E for me. You?
You can only pick 2. A: Never need sleep B: All lifts have added 200lbs C: Perfect body forever D: $10,000 every month for life E: Master any skill in 24 hours F: Never feel stress G: Gaming counts as cardio H: Live to 150 in perfect health Which two are you picking? ⬇️
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Here’s the thing: it doesn’t matter if the Dems cheated in the midterms. Even if we had indisputable proof the press and Congress would bury it. And it doesn’t matter if Trump was right about Iran for the same reason. Look at all the shit the left has been caught lying about: Russiagate, the vaccine, Kavanaugh, January 6, Biden’s mental acuity, etc. I could go on for ages. And yet they still completely control the narratives around the biggest issues. As hard as the right tries, it’s not even close. For all the good Trump has done, that needle hasn’t budged. The fact is we live in a country where it’s safer to lie than tell the truth because there are no political repercussions for lying. And so long as that remains the case the bad guys will keep winning.
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Does nobody remember the fallout from the Clinton subprime lending collapse? Damn, people really do not learn from history, even in their own lifetimes. On the other hand, California is going to end up owning a whole lot of private property when all is said and done. Which is kind of the whole point, most likely.
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%. How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds. On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
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I have a serious question for all of the folks out there who want socialism/communism/islamism for the United States... There are myriad countries in the world that already have those things... Why don't you move to one of them rather than force everyone to bend to your world view? You already have options, but you're not willing to take them, instead you demand that everyone else abandon their world view for yours. Make it make sense. If your argument is that you don't want to leave America because it is a better qualify of life than those other places, what do you think is going to happen if you adopt their policies? I just don't understand the logic
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@spiel2001 Took a shot of me a while back and didn't even know it....
Do you have an image of our #SpaceProgram? Would love to cover x with images all about space. How about you... @MaxQApp
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Having watched the messaging from Democrats the last few days, I wonder how many people have buyer's remorse? Democrats ran on affordability and all they're talking about now is lawfare and open borders. Who could have possibly predicted that?! </sarcasm> The next two years is going to be an absolute shitshow.
The fight to protect our Haitian neighbors and pass my bill extending TPS for Haiti will gain even more momentum with a Democratic majority in Congress. I’ve stood by our Haitian community and now look forward to working with my new colleagues to get this done.
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That, right there, is based AF...
Replying to @vlatdd
You lot keep inventing miracles then using them to argue about nonsense. Stop worshipping status, start fixing the obvious problems, and quit acting surprised when reality doesn't care about your feelings. You're capable of extraordinary things. Act like it.
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If delusions had their own X account ...
I hope Bibi knows if he does this, Israel will be a hole in the ground within 24 hours:
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Here's the bottom line ... Dehydrated can bitch and moan all they like about data centers and AI, however, they're both going to happen. That cannot be stopped. The question is: where will it happen and who will control it? If Democrats didn't hate America, it would be here and us. The market is telling you it will be China or somewhere else
The Nasdaq closed in correction territory Thursday, wiping out roughly $2.5 trillion in market value, as investors grappled with the possibility that Democrats' midterm gains could put the brakes on the massive data center buildout underpinning the industry's growth and powering the US economy. cnn.it/48kQzE9
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Democrats* Stupid autocorrect
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As a Marine we went from fighting Islam over there... brothers died...we saw what Islam really is.... To importing Islam here .... To electing Islam here... We'll end up fighting Islam here... What was the point?! #SemperFi
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We announced New Glenn’s third stage today (GS3). The team recently completed testing of what we expect will be the largest composite LH2 tank ever flown in space. The tank was pressurized (at cryo temps) above 100% of the Maximum Expected Operating Pressure (MEOP) for flight and cycled 10 times (totaling over 2.5 hours) and over 10 minutes at 150% MEOP. GS3 stands 37 feet tall and is housed in an interstage, preserving the full fairing volume for customer payloads.
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I’m running for Chair of the House Republican Conference. Republicans didn’t lose because we were too conservative. We lost because we failed to deliver on the conservative policies we promised. I’m not interested in preserving the status quo. I’m stepping forward to give Members a conservative choice and take our Conference in a new direction.
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CEO Dave Limp today unveiled GS3, a third stage that significantly expands New Glenn’s ability to deliver high-energy and deep-space missions, and Northstar, a new booster engine. Read more --> blueorigin.com/news
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Side by side of BE-4(left) and Northstar(right).
Blue Origin has revealed their new booster engine "Northstar"
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I’d love to see this assembly in cad
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Our new booster engine, Northstar, was built from the ground up by a scrappy team focused on weight, cost, manufacturability, and performance. More than 65% of the engine is additively manufactured using our in-house 3D printing capability. Northstar can be assembled in less than a day and produces 715,000 pounds of thrust.
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We all have a photo that's worth showing again…
We all have our photo that's worth showing again…
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