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In 1772, the colonists had no right to trees over 12" thick, not even if it was in their front yard.
A law reserved every white pine that size for the Royal Navy's masts. Surveyors roamed New Hampshire slashing a mark into the trees, claiming them for the King of England.
The mill owners of Weare ignored the law and cut the trees they wanted to. So the sheriff rode out to arrest them and collect the fines.
The Weare men blackened their faces and went after the sheriff in what is now called the Pine Tree Riot. They gave him a lash for every tree he'd charged them for. Then they cropped the ears and tails off his horses and sent him riding out of town through a jeering crowd.
Before the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre, a New Hampshire town defied the Crown.
And the pine tree symbol remained. When Washington needed a flag for his first warships in 1775, he put a New England pine on it, over the words "An Appeal to Heaven."
This turned something that the King used to tyrannize the colonists to support his Navy, into a symbol of a country defying him on their own Navy.
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What was the last time, we saw any of our so called representatives in real life?
Are our sentaros and state reps even real???
This is what Becerra and the elitist politicians never see: the daily financial struggle caused by their policies.
Two guys in their 20s living in Sacramento: taxes, gas prices, car, insurance, internet...what's left at the end of the month?
Watch the latest Dinner With Steve:
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Razues retweeted
I resigned from McDonald's today.
I enjoyed my work and loved the people, but the nuggets team was working on a new generation of sauces that are set to be even more delicious than szechuan, and I think szechuan sauce is already dangerously delicious, so I had to quit.
I resigned from Google today.
I enjoyed my work and loved the people, but my GDM team was working on a new generation of chips to make AI much faster and cheaper, and I think AI is already progressing too fast, so I had to quit.
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Razues retweeted
No, Hamas…everyone hates you. Bitching about the imaginary “RW algo” is pathetic cope. You exist in a bubble of dysgenic commie turbofreaks. Democrats and Republicans think you’re trash. Even your habibi Abdul is distancing from you.
It’s not cool to hate America any more.
this speaks to how out of touch & extremely online the gop has become in trump 2. they think the rw twitter algo is real life. they were already slated to lose due to the economic factors, but centering their midterm strategy around a twitch streamer no one knows was extra dumb
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The NGOs end up increasing the number of homeless people they manage, because that’s the only way to increase their revenue! Incentives drive outcomes.
“Homeless” is a propaganda word used to describe people on the street who are mentally ill or severely addicted to drugs. The word implies that this is someone who fell a little behind on their mortgage payment and they’re one job offer away from getting back on their feet, which is obviously false if you’ve ever tried talking to a “homeless” person in SF, LA, NY, Austin or anywhere else.
The honest reality is that we need to bring back asylums for extreme mental illness or drug addiction for those who are a serious danger to themselves or others.
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