I’m a man. I know things. I type them. I move on.

So this week I will be celebrating a birthday. I’ve experienced so much in my 53 years on this planet and consider myself both blessed and lucky. My primary motivation being on this platform is to respectfully share ideas, points of views, and maybe a few laughs. In that spirit, I have compiled a short list of truths that I have found to be of the utmost importance in life and in business and keys to happiness as I define it: 1. Your spouse is the most important decision you will ever make. I am blessed to have a wife that is 100% the key to my success. She is more than just a wife. She is a best friend, a partner, a sounding board, and an ethical and moral compass. She is always a part of the solution and even at her worst she is never part of the problem. I trust her implicitly with everything and I would gladly die for her if needed. Our marriage transcends love and I give her a lot of the credit in shaping the man I have become. She is invaluable and the most important person in my life. (My daughter is too, but for different reasons) 2. Treat everyone exactly the same: I have learned that I am no better than anyone else. I treat everyone I meet the exact same way. I have met and know some very important people in the world and I treat the guy behind the counter at a drug store the exact same way I treat them. I operate on the pre qualification that people are generally good and seek that in my interactions with them. Once in a while I will meet someone not worthy of my respect and I simply walk away and engage no further. You want to know who someone is…listen to how they talk to a waiter. I’ve used this in business for decades and it’s never failed. 3. Money is not everything: If you seek to be incredible at whatever you chose to do personally and professionally, you will be satisfied and often end up with plenty of money. Money will find passionate and effective people. So don’t be so concerned with the amount you are able to make today, concern yourself with being surrounded by other people who can enhance your knowledge and goal of being awesome. You can’t do it alone, and money should not be the only qualifier in any business decision. 4. Integrity is critical: Integrity is what you do when no one is looking. Integrity is a critical possession in that it can be lost with one bad decision. It is not easy, but nothing worth having ever is. Integrity is a cornerstone of trust and genuineness. Genuine people have integrity and cannot be genuine without it. Trustworthy people have integrity and cannot be trustworthy without it. 5. Loyalty matters: Loyalty is an outward expression of integrity. Loyalty is important in every aspect of your personal and business life. Be careful who you are loyal to, because if you intend to be a loyal person, make certain that person is deserving of it. 6. You are who you are close with: The people who you are loyal to and close with are in many ways a mirror. You will, and should be judged by the company you keep. Friends and close associates are very important much like who you choose as a spouse. 7. Pay attention during the tough moments: I’ve learned that almost anyone can be of good intention and spirit in the best of times. Pay close attention to everyone around you during times of chaos or trouble. These are the moments that they will reveal exactly who they are. I hope you read this post and maybe took away something that will make a difference to you. God bless. #integrity #loyalty #wifesecret
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The comments….THE COMMENTS!
Mission S. Authentic. Consistent. Timeless. A glimpse into the future - shaped by our heritage. Mid-engine architecture. A focus on the driver and the driving experience. Call it a love letter.
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Musk has done something truly incredible. He has allowed me to see how absolutely stupid most people are. They have zero forward vision. No concept of second and third order effects. No way to understand that the demonstration was meant to highlight future developments. The world is incredibly stupid. Everyone saying “I don’t see the practicality…” are very low IQ.
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As she posts on X. These people are such clowns. Hilarious stuff.
I wouldn't own a Tesla if you gave it to me for free.
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Rob V 🇺🇸 🦅 🎸 retweeted
Replying to @FedorovMykhailo
Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government. Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS. Starlink is a commercial service owned and controlled by SpaceX. Usage of Starlink is limited to civilian or defensive activities and cannot be used for offensive military action, as doing so would be inappropriate for a commercial company.
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Rob V 🇺🇸 🦅 🎸 retweeted
BREAKING: The raid on Rep. Omar's home might have been the most brilliant political trap in American history, and Democrats are falling right into it. The implications for the November midterm elections cannot be understated. Journalist Robert Sterling theorized the reasoning behind the order of events and why President Trump chose to take action today in the manner that he did. "The DOJ likely already had all the evidence needed to indict Ilhan Omar (otherwise, a federal judge wouldn’t have authorized a search warrant this close to an election). If I had to guess, the indictments were ready to file weeks ago," Sterling wrote. "The raid today was bait to get Democratic candidates on the record supporting Omar. “I stand with Ilhan,” “Ilhan is the best of America,” etc. When the DOJ unveils the indictments in two weeks, every Democrat publicly supporting her today has egg on their face. The trap is sprung right before Americans head to the voting booth," he added. "This isn’t even 3D chess. It’s checkers-level political strategy, and the Democrats are still marching straight into it. They really are completely oblivious," he concluded. Sterling's comments came as a reaction to far-left Rep. Tlaib's response to the raid on Omar's home. "DHS raiding a member of congress's home is exactly what a fascist police state does," Tlaib wrote, panicking. "This president should not be able to weaponize the federal government against political enemies. I stand with Ilhan," she concluded. For years, the Democrats mocked President Trump, saying "Nobody is above the law". It appears now would be a good time for them to keep that same energy.
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Not that anyone will read this…because I guess I suck at social media engagement (which is fine by the way), I have an observation to make. Before I begin: This is but 1 of MANY potential outcomes of the current political, social, and military. So I’m not being doom and gloom for the sake of being right. I actually hope I am completely wrong. But I think we are 1 to 2 moves away from a potential world war. Military wise: we are embroiled in a rather strange war with Iran. It has not been typical in terms of armed conflict casualties. Most of the casualties have been executions of Iranians by the Iranian regime. But that entire situation could go kinetic at any moment with 1 or 2 “developments”. Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine are just running a never ending meat grinder. The Ukranian President has botched many possible off-ramps for reasons that may have a lot to do with outright corruption and theft of money from its supporters. Putin cannot afford to look weak on the world stage and in the last 60 days we have seen Germany and some other EU countries severally amp up their militaries. Socially, it appears that more than a few major European cities and countries are in the streets with their own invaders, who happen to be illegal / immigrant fighting age men according to the reports of the demographics of the “asylum seekers”. The numbers are actually staggering if you look them up. It’s at a social tipping point if you consider how many fighting age men of any EU nation are willing to fight vs. the invading horde living off the taxes of the men they would be facing in combat? And in the US it seems there are 2 huge groups of people that live in 2 competent different realities. The US has a long way to go in terms of being as vulnerable as the EU based on the 2nd amendment and the raw numbers at this point. But needless to say, we are a house divided which makes us weak. And weak in this moment of history could be devastating. China has remained quite removed from the direct melee. However, they have seem their air defense systems completely wasted by the US military. That has to somewhat alarming to them. But make no mistake, Asia is not peaceful. It’s a tenuous short term placation on a national scale. So yeah, I think if you consider what I wrote, and add elements I did not point out such as Israel, Brazil, Cuba, Venezuela, and on and on, we really may be 1 or 2 “unexpected disasters” away from something resembling a WW.
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Rob V 🇺🇸 🦅 🎸 retweeted
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Well color me impressed. I believe @BruceDMaiden liked my post, which means he understood what I was saying, is very cool, and is as I stated: an all timer.
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As individuals, Freddie Mercury is the best rock singer in history. Brian May is a better guitarist than either of the guys in Maiden. Their music and harmonies are put together in such a way that it elevates what’s already terrific. That doesn’t mean that Queen didn’t write some awful songs…they did. And it doesn’t mean that I think Iron Maiden is bad. As a matter of fact, Bruce Dickinson is an all timer…Steve Harris is as well. Iron Maiden is a great band. In my opinion, they weren’t in the top 5 bands of all time, and for me Queen is top 5 all time.
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With all the Eagles pissing and moaning: I want to say that Darius Cooper is having his moment. 3 TDs for the season.
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I’ve been working with a new kind of AI. I’m not explaining how it works. That’s the IP. But it’s intentionally designed to look at information differently than conventional AI. After Eagles–Rams, I gave it the data, added what I saw during the game, and asked for its assessment. Here’s what we saw. OFFENSE The numbers are brutal: • 172 total yards • 68 net passing yards • 3.0 yards/play • 0-for-12 on third down • 4 sacks • ZERO second-half points Hurts: 12/27, 93 yards, 2 TDs. The easy conclusion is Hurts was terrible. He wasn’t good. But that’s not the whole problem. The Eagles have a protection problem. Hurts has one of the NFL’s longest times to throw, which normally screams QB holding the ball. Except watch the games. Defenders are frequently around him long before the ball comes out. A QB standing comfortably for 3.4 seconds and a QB pressured early who escapes and finally throws at 3.4 seconds produce the same statistic. They aren’t the same play. That doesn’t absolve Hurts. He passed up throws today. Brady pointed one out during the broadcast. Hurts isn’t consistently throwing with anticipation. So two problems compound each other: Unstable protection + inconsistent QB anticipation. Then there’s the statistic that should terrify everyone: 0-for-12 on third down. Protection. Routes. Separation. Timing. QB processing. Play calling. Twelve attempts. Zero conversions. That’s systemic offensive failure. And Philadelphia led 20–10 before producing ZERO second-half points. LA adjusted. Philadelphia didn’t successfully counter. I’m also increasingly convinced the Eagles’ run and pass games aren’t sufficiently connected. Too often they look like separate offenses instead of concepts designed to make each other work. My offensive concerns: Protection. Hurts’ anticipation. Third-down design. Run/pass integration. In-game adjustment. Hurts is part of the problem. I don’t believe Hurts IS the problem. DEFENSE The defense created turnovers and repeatedly gave the offense opportunities. Stafford threw for 317 yards, but “the secondary got torched” doesn’t explain what I watched. I kept noticing Jihaad Campbell. The Rams appeared to discover they could manipulate his positioning in coverage. Move Campbell one direction, create space behind him, put a TE or receiver into that window. Stafford found it. Then LA returned to it. That’s where my criticism shifts from Campbell to the coaches. Stafford and McVay are going to fool linebackers. The problem is allowing them to keep exploiting the same vulnerability. Change the responsibility. Change the coverage. Change the leverage. Make Stafford solve something different. And that’s when the entire game started looking similar on both sides. OFFENSE: LA identified protection vulnerabilities. Attacked them. Philadelphia struggled to counter. DEFENSE: LA appeared to identify a coverage vulnerability involving Campbell. Attacked it. Philadelphia struggled to counter. THAT is my biggest concern. Not Hurts’ 93 yards. Not Stafford’s 317. Not four sacks. Those are outcomes. The Rams appeared to identify Philadelphia’s vulnerabilities faster than Philadelphia corrected them. That’s a coaching problem. The defense played winning football for long stretches. It generated turnovers and protected a lead. But the offense produced 172 yards and zero second-half points. Eventually Stafford keeps getting the football. Injuries and defensive snaps accumulate. McVay finds something. Eventually a good quarterback beats you. So my conclusion isn’t: Hurts sucks. The line sucks. The defense sucks. It’s this: Philadelphia has several correctable problems interacting with one another. But the biggest sits above all of them: opponents are finding answers faster than Philadelphia is. That’s what this AI saw differently. Rams 24. Eagles 20. The scoreboard tells you who won. The interesting part is understanding why.
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I’ve been working with a new kind of AI. I’m not explaining how it works. That’s the IP. But it’s intentionally designed to look at information differently than conventional AI. After Eagles–Rams, I gave it the data, added what I saw during the game, and asked for its assessment. Here’s what we saw. OFFENSE The numbers are brutal: • 172 total yards • 68 net passing yards • 3.0 yards/play • 0-for-12 on third down • 4 sacks • ZERO second-half points Hurts: 12/27, 93 yards, 2 TDs. The easy conclusion is Hurts was terrible. He wasn’t good. But that’s not the whole problem. The Eagles have a protection problem. Hurts has one of the NFL’s longest times to throw, which normally screams QB holding the ball. Except watch the games. Defenders are frequently around him long before the ball comes out. A QB standing comfortably for 3.4 seconds and a QB pressured early who escapes and finally throws at 3.4 seconds produce the same statistic. They aren’t the same play. That doesn’t absolve Hurts. He passed up throws today. Brady pointed one out during the broadcast. Hurts isn’t consistently throwing with anticipation. So two problems compound each other: Unstable protection + inconsistent QB anticipation. Then there’s the statistic that should terrify everyone: 0-for-12 on third down. Protection. Routes. Separation. Timing. QB processing. Play calling. Twelve attempts. Zero conversions. That’s systemic offensive failure. And Philadelphia led 20–10 before producing ZERO second-half points. LA adjusted. Philadelphia didn’t successfully counter. I’m also increasingly convinced the Eagles’ run and pass games aren’t sufficiently connected. Too often they look like separate offenses instead of concepts designed to make each other work. My offensive concerns: Protection. Hurts’ anticipation. Third-down design. Run/pass integration. In-game adjustment. Hurts is part of the problem. I don’t believe Hurts IS the problem. DEFENSE The defense created turnovers and repeatedly gave the offense opportunities. Stafford threw for 317 yards, but “the secondary got torched” doesn’t explain what I watched. I kept noticing Jihaad Campbell. The Rams appeared to discover they could manipulate his positioning in coverage. Move Campbell one direction, create space behind him, put a TE or receiver into that window. Stafford found it. Then LA returned to it. That’s where my criticism shifts from Campbell to the coaches. Stafford and McVay are going to fool linebackers. The problem is allowing them to keep exploiting the same vulnerability. Change the responsibility. Change the coverage. Change the leverage. Make Stafford solve something different. And that’s when the entire game started looking similar on both sides. OFFENSE: LA identified protection vulnerabilities. Attacked them. Philadelphia struggled to counter. DEFENSE: LA appeared to identify a coverage vulnerability involving Campbell. Attacked it. Philadelphia struggled to counter. THAT is my biggest concern. Not Hurts’ 93 yards. Not Stafford’s 317. Not four sacks. Those are outcomes. The Rams appeared to identify Philadelphia’s vulnerabilities faster than Philadelphia corrected them. That’s a coaching problem. The defense played winning football for long stretches. It generated turnovers and protected a lead. But the offense produced 172 yards and zero second-half points. Eventually Stafford keeps getting the football. Injuries and defensive snaps accumulate. McVay finds something. Eventually a good quarterback beats you. So my conclusion isn’t: Hurts sucks. The line sucks. The defense sucks. It’s this: Philadelphia has several correctable problems interacting with one another. But the biggest sits above all of them: opponents are finding answers faster than Philadelphia is. That’s what this AI saw differently. Rams 24. Eagles 20. The scoreboard tells you who won. The interesting part is understanding why.
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Rob V 🇺🇸 🦅 🎸 retweeted
I work 7 days a week to afford this is work for a military contractor and i own a weekend Handyman business. In my twenty i was a leftist and made many bad decisions and had to climb out of a hige hole. Now at 37 last month im vary much thriving. After hard core debt payoffs. After all that work I atempt to buy a house and the mortgage payment on a ranch was retarded so i put the money for the down payment into my stock portfolio. Now there was houses built a some time ago for first time home buyers they where not but the NewYork government forced them into section 8. No more first time homes for hard working people. And that the issue every time one of the these developments happen thay are forced into low income housing where no one living there seems to leave for work ever. Im probably not that much younger then you. But did people work 70+ hrs a week to live comfortably when you where young.
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Wealth and Financial news for today (as told by experts in the markets, wealth, finance, bonds, etc) The market is going to crash because…concentration at 25% in the S&P… And The market is going to go parabolic because earnings and cash are strong (no bubble Rates are increasing over the next year which will dramatically affect sales and value of properties. And Make sure you own assets because we’re in for a ride Bitcoin has once again failed to perform and is mired at a number that could easily go down to $14k. But That’s a sign it’s going to $300k Hope this was helpful for everyone.
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Eagles D just jumped on 4th and 2. Unbelievable.
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What in the hell is happening with the Eagles defense. This is ridiculous. Case Keenum looks like Joe Montana tonight.
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Cowboys fans: Want to talk about it?
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Rob V 🇺🇸 🦅 🎸 retweeted
The Cowboys lost this football game in regulation 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Hurts is much better than Herbert.
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Rich Eisen ladies & gentlemen
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