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Tom Hynes

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Tom Hynes
4 months
@SullivanStar221 @opinonhaver The factory of the future will be run by a man with a dog. The man will feed the dog, and the dog will bite the man if he tries to touch anything. - somebody
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@cdrsalamander The USCG has the Eagle. My dad trained on the Danmark in WWII.
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@AniseNot As a foster parent, I deal with some biological parents that by any objective measure are truly horrible. Every single one loves their child.
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6 months
@dieworkwear I had a classmate in my MBA program who always wore classy button down oxford cloth shirts with initials on the pocket. When I pointed out they weren't his initials, he explained he bought them all from a dry cleaner when somebody abandoned his shirts.
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4 months
@RSGAT Welcome fellow libertarian. It is all security theater. Once we secured the cockpit doors and decided not to negotiate with terrorists, the problem was solved. Let people carry guns on board.
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4 months
@LeocantoKosta @GRomePow Tag your "6/10 at best" wife so we can hear her version of this story.
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3 months
@ArmandDoma The laws that congress put on the books are all still valid. Courts will still read the laws and apply them as written. They just won't give special deference to bureaucrats.
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4 months
@RSGAT How about courthouse security with separate lines for lawyers?
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4 months
@AlessandraAster They split the award among these four. One seems to stand out.
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6 months
@wanyeburkett In that situation, I always look the parents in the eye and say "All of my children were perfect."
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6 months
@realEstateTrent Instead of $20 minimum wage, allow a $20 untaxed wage - get paid with a 1099, no tax taken out of any kind either side. Far better for both employees and employers, less government intrusion.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@RSGAT Years ago I was charged with fishing without a license. As I entered the courtroom, a sign said lawyers one way and defendants the other. My brain froze.
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3 months
@LizWolfeReason If the government leaves money on the table it is perfectly ethical - and libertarian - to pick it up.
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4 months
@wanyeburkett The value in most businesses is customers: people who want to buy what you have. For landlords, customers have overall negative value: An empty building is generally worth more than a fully leased one. A key skill is getting rid of bad customers, not finding customers.
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7 months
@CheeseForEvery1 Please don't distract me by using "strip clubs" and "constant bouncing around" in the same sentence.
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6 months
@zachmelloh26 Picking up nickels in front of a steamroller.
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Tom Hynes
5 months
@mmoooose @moultano Learned BASIC at Dartmouth in 1971. Floating point variables were A, B,C all the way up to Z. Strings were A$, B$. G$ was "G string" and we thought it was hilarioius.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@wanyeburkett The USC student was from the barrio - both his parents had been gang members. There is a reason homeless do this by USC instead of the barrio.
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4 months
@smod4real I was once an open borders libertarian. Now I am a closed borders libertarian.
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6 months
@Prolife_Sam Every year you put off having a child is a year you don't get to spend with them.
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5 months
@GeorgistSteve 1. Upzoning decreases rents. 2 property values are a multiple of rents 3 upzoning decreases property values
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4 months
@LadyJayPersists @RonOlander Ron is correct - the law requires that they be posted. Nobody is required to read or recite them. Take the loss.
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4 months
@Boenau @DailyFreeman "Killed by driver" implies the driver was at fault. The newspaper does not know that and does not want to libel the driver.
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Tom Hynes
7 months
@LordOfTheYeti1 There are 120 measles cases in the US so far. What do you predict by the end of the year? I will come back on December 31 and laugh at you.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@cattle_no @dieworkwear This is well done subtle parody.
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7 months
@Henryz_mom Do you think drivers in fatal accidents should face consequences and stigma without any due process?
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4 months
@Cluffalo As a healthy 70 year old, I am offended by the "40, 50, 60, deathbead" phrasing. Blocked and reported.
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4 months
In 1972, I joined the gay fraternity at Dartmouth. I didn't realize that until my 20th reunion. Bros, where are your wives? We always won the intrafraternity play, ice sculpture and singing competitions. I am still not allowed to talk about the Goat Room.
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3 months
@senatorshoshana Unfortunately, Harry passed away or I could recommend a good OB/GYN for you. My FIL was a colleague and friend.
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5 months
@wanyeburkett "I have decided we are going to have another child. Take your pants off"
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3 months
@IDoTheThinking It was 61 in Rancho Palos Verdes today, peaked at 71.
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4 months
@amaldorai @webdevMason Just tag me next time.
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Tom Hynes
6 months
@LA_Multi_Fam That is just the form the broker always uses for counter offers.
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Tom Hynes
7 months
@N8turewitch @neuroticlullaby Your 13 year old daughter learned a lesson - don't tell mom everything. If you are uncomfortable in a situation, call for a pickup. Otherwise, live your life.
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6 months
@PhilWalkable Or we could stop subsidizing mass transit, and the taxpayers could invest their money at 10% for 40 years.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@brianduffytweet @opinonhaver How often are they useful in that capacity? I bet in the US they save about 1 life per year. Replace with one attendant to maintain order, everybody brings a bag lunch, lower fares.
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Tom Hynes
7 months
@MatuClouds A Scandinavian economist once said to Milton Friedman, ‘In Scandinavia, we have no poverty’. Milton Friedman replied, ‘That’s interesting, because in America, among Scandinavians, we have no poverty, either’
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Tom Hynes
7 months
@jrs_1202 If neither Trump nor Biden can get to 270 votes, it goes to the House, where each state gets one vote. Trump wins the House easily - most states have Republican majorities in the House.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@tylerhnorris If your primary concern is climate change, don't worry about building US reactors. Korea, India and China can build them for about $2,500/kw. A reactor there saves just as much coal as a reactor here. They are willing to take the safety risks, we aren't
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Tom Hynes
6 months
@ProfRobAnderson What was the most famous ship hits bridge case and who was the lawyer? .
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@constans Don't try to "penalize bad behavior" or expect people to "pay the price". We are just trying to exclude anti social people from society until they pass the anti social stage.
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Tom Hynes
2 months
@ProfDBernstein What will UCLA do when someone posts a video of it happening again this fall? 1. Arrest and remove protestors. 2. Shut down all classes so as not to discriminate 3. Ignore court order. Place your bets.
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5 months
@DuckieLouise Putting the baby up for adoption is a very good thing. Sometimes it is the best possible thing a mother can do for her child.
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Tom Hynes
6 months
@AshleyGWinter @AmerUrological Get on the phone and call an OB/GYN in San Antonio - "If I have a miscarriage at a conference, will you be able to give me ACOG standard of care?" Docs always talk to other docs. Also, congrats on trying for kid 2. Kids are awesome.
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@JonnyMicro I married a woman that worked at the zoo. I looked at her and knew instantly that she was a keeper.
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Tom Hynes
3 months
@Noahpinion NIMBYism has benefits.
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5 months
@WarrenJWells Trespassing. The entire concept of "property" is owners can control who uses their property. They are not being arrested for speech or protesting, they are trespassing.
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Tom Hynes
2 months
@wanyeburkett A better example is school shootings: Extremely unlikely that your child will be shot.
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4 months
@writeclimbrun The John Love Professor wears a suit when he teaches on Valentine's Day.
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5 months
@writeclimbrun Get an Apple Watch, AirPods, and an IPad. Go big or go home.
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5 months
@AniseNot Many bad things can happen to a 13 year old boy when he has sex with a 13 year old girl. Getting hit in the nose is one of the least bad ways to learn it isn't a good idea.
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Tom Hynes
5 months
@mateosfo The bill prohibits taxpayer money being spent on these studies and advocacy. Not exactly "communism"
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Tom Hynes
6 months
@Wildlaw406 Weigh yourself before and after and find out exactly how full of shit you are.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@constans @upzone_CA That is exactly what I did from 20 to 70. 205 to 255. Lost it in 6 months of 1,000 cal deficit
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@blightersort @wanyeburkett @ChucklesMartel Maybe he was thinking "My god, that is an ugly kid. Nobody is going to want to date her. Trouble"
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3 months
@cmonjussthetip Los Angeles would like a word.
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Tom Hynes
3 months
@kru37hskwn2j @wil_da_beast630 Everything on pornhub is protected by the 1A. I have watched it all. You are welcome
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@EDUwithEmily I am not clear on what the problem is. If someone wants the $16 an hour, great. If they don't great.
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Tom Hynes
7 months
@MatuClouds UBI at $1,000 a month is taking $4 trillion from Tom and giving $4 trillion to Harry. As a Tom, I object.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@_david_ho_ You want a bigger government, I want a smaller government. I will accept a revenue neutral refundable carbon tax as high as you want, but it has to be absolutely revenue neutral - cut some other tax. You won't accept that deal, because your goal is bigger government.
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Tom Hynes
7 months
@yhdistyminen I am "Building dense housing in my backyard will reduce my property values".
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@sivori I don't see a lot of daylight between "reduces wage inflation" and "reduces wages for Americans" Then again, I don't see daylight between "reduces housing costs" and "reduces property values"
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@ArieFriedman Maybe Kristi can dogsit.
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Tom Hynes
3 months
@kjgillenwater @wanyeburkett 4% of Americans have shot a firearm in self defense? 13 million people? I am a huge 2A supporter, but that seems a trifle high.
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2 months
@The_Acumen I care more about people that live in my house > neighborhood > city > county > state > country. Don't you? Should we spend money on the unhoused in your city or send the money to Bangladesh where it will have more impact?
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@stan_okl What can the government do for 10 cents that costs the private sector a dollar?
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3 months
@ArmandDoma About 1 million pregnancies in the US end up in a miscarriage. How many of the mothers are in prison? Can you link to one?
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4 months
@Henryz_mom Pretty sure that all transportation projects are motivated by a desire to create jobs (primarily for men without college degrees), award lucrative contracts & support the transportation industry. Everyone knows they won't reduce congestion.
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4 months
@KTmBoyle "The eight-year-old Hitler took singing lessons, sang in the church choir, and even considered becoming a priest"
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2 months
@GeorgistSteve You are a communist. You don't get to decide who is a libertarian.
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4 months
@girdley At 70, go to bed at 8PM. Wake up at 10, 1 and 4 and go pee. Take a huge satisfying shit at 6AM. Get out of bed at 6:05.
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Tom Hynes
3 months
@CoffeeBlackMD It is still the old man's friend.
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5 months
@ArieFriedman Call the pediatrician.
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4 months
@AdamSchEsquire High school.
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Tom Hynes
2 months
@themarketradar @KobeissiLetter it is always cheap to send containers from US and Europe back to China - ships go back with empty containers.
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Tom Hynes
7 months
@AnalyticD @BlakeKellii @scottsantens @RSI @TheFGA I love tax incidence theory! In essence, it doesn't matter who is nominally responsible for a tax, and it is tricky to determine who actually pays - or in a subsidy who benefits. Who pays sales tax? Unemployment insurance? Social security taxes?
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Tom Hynes
2 months
@musharbash_b Long time libertarian here. What is the biggest monopoly in America that does not depend on government regulation? Just one.
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Tom Hynes
5 months
@Cluffalo Men, you are in a quest - the ultimate prize, the holy grail - is to marry this woman. It is not "sleep with her regularly and keep options open". Women, if a man does not understand that quest, move on.
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7 months
@Inspiredlawyer Is it guns? Many states now allow permitless carry. Which state has had the worst result, where multiple citizens carrying legally have committed crimes? Is it "gender affirming care"? Are you afraid your son won't be able to become your daughter?
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7 months
@Planckbot @scottsantens Scott dropped out as an engineering major and ended up with a psych degree. He doesn't seem to have a strong foundation in economics, accounting, or government finance.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@archerships @s8mb Somebody is spending a lot of time on twitter.
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Tom Hynes
7 months
@scottsantens $1,300 a month for every American is $5.14 trillion a year, and the US only collects $4.4 trillion in taxes. How do you plan to collect the $5 trillion?
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Tom Hynes
6 months
@ToddHagopian As a libertarian, I support using violence to remove trespassers from private property. Even if the trespassers are speaking. Even if the trespassers were once guests.
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6 months
@Fire5280 Get a broker's license just to buy and sell your own stuff. It is not expensive or hard. I have held a license since the 1980s, just do family transactions, lifetime fee collection = $0.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@timgill924 A grad student could create a prediction market for placements and milk that right into a PhD
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5 months
@wanyeburkett When I was young, I encouraged young women to have some sex. Now that I am older, I encourage older women to have some sex.
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5 months
@TastelessAlex As a wealthy suburbanite, I approve. Charge for every piece of street parking 24/7. At $1 an hour, inner city apartment dwellers couldn't afford to keep cars, and $8 a day is a steal for commuters. Stop free riding poors.
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Tom Hynes
7 months
RFK Jrs VP was married to a Google founder when she banged Elon Musk. Kamala Harris, enough said. What VP can Trump find for a trifecta?
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Tom Hynes
6 months
@GoracleOfDelphi Two independent issues: 1. Should I make a 30 year investment and buy this house? 2. Should I make a 1 year decision to rent a house in neighborhood? Don't conflate them!
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@senatorshoshana It is Nevada. One magician gets eaten by a tiger and suddenly everybody has to pay $27.50 and provide a list of safety precautions.
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@SWENGDAD President Grant objected to giving bonus money to Civil War veterans "They will spend 1/3 on whisky, 1/3 on prostitutes, and the rest they will just waste"
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Tom Hynes
4 months
@GeorgistSteve "Intergenerational wealth, also known as generational wealth or family wealth transfer, is the passing of assets from one generation of a family to the next" Key word is family. You want to create government wealth.
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Tom Hynes
5 months
@mateosfo "You can't do this" and "I won't pay for this" are two different concepts.
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6 months
@loganjrankin Do you have people claiming their pet is an ESA and avoiding the fee?
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