Follower of Jesus; Retired Teacher; Not Retired Lifelong Learner
Oconomowoc WI
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“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.”
Psalms 23:1-3
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“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.”
- Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein’s quote, “I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity,” reflects his changing relationship with loneliness and independence. Throughout his life, Einstein often preferred quiet reflection over social expectations, finding comfort in intellectual freedom.
As Einstein grew older, he increasingly valued solitude as a source of peace, creativity, and personal fulfillment. What once felt isolating in his younger years became something he cherished, illustrating how maturity can transform loneliness into an opportunity for self-discovery and inner contentment.
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Community members will have an opportunity to learn more and ask questions ahead of the November 3 election by attending our upcoming Community Information Session:
🗓️ October 28 at 5:30 p.m.
📍 OHS
Visit oasd.org/Referendum for more info. #Oconomowoc #InvestingInOurFuture
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Someone shot a surprisingly realistic Jeep-style ad using nothing but a toy car and an iPhone. The funniest part is how close it looks to a real commercial; it is a reminder that creativity beats budget more often than we admit.
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Of the 26 players on the Milwaukee Brewers' active roster, 20 played high school baseball in the United States. And 11 of them were multi-sport athletes in high school!
These Brewers are proof that competing in multiple sports in high school helps student-athletes develop versatility, teamwork, leadership & resilience while building skills that they will carry into life long after their playing days are over.
GO BREW CREW! 💙💛
#MultisportAthlete #WorldSeries #ThisIsMyCrew
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Christian Bale spent roughly 15–16 years quietly working to create a foster-care village in Palmdale through the nonprofit Together California. The project, costing around $20–22 million, was designed to keep siblings from being separated in the foster system by housing them together in family-style homes. It also includes apartments for teens aging out of care and a large community center offering support services to help them transition successfully into adulthood.
Christian Bale was deeply involved for over a decade in helping make the village a reality.
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The government has acquired equity stakes in 35 private companies since last June. No congressional approval, no public debate. Unprecedented.
We launched the Restoring Free Enterprise project to push back. Read more from @scottlincicome.
ow.ly/Qyjm50ZXaeJ
#CatoRFE
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Key findings from new research:
1. Migration was real but small. The departures were concentrated in the top 0.1% of wealth holders and mostly happened in 2022 and 2023, with no more than about 100 people leaving because of the reforms. There was no sign of meaningful outflows, or fewer arrivals, among startup founders or inventors.
2. Revenue still rose a lot. Without any emigration, wealth tax revenue would have grown 75% between 2021 and 2024; accounting for reform-driven departures cuts that gain only modestly, to 71.5%.
3. Firms kept investing. Companies whose owners moved abroad stayed active and didn’t cut investment.
Read the research paper: nber.org/papers/w35854
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When presented with a class of students who are far behind, the two options are: 1) reduce the material’s difficulty to below their “frustration level,” which is below grade level, or 2) teach at grade level and let these students fail. Teachers get criticized for either choice.
A few years ago, district observers (they always look so serious) spent seven minutes watching me teach a seventh-grade class. About 50% of the class read below a third grade level.
I was told I should be further along in the textbook by that time and that my lesson was not “rigorous” enough.
Bruh, I’m a teacher, not Jesus. I can’t turn water into wine, and I can’t turn a third-grade reader into a competent essay writer by moving faster through a textbook.
These people just don’t get it.
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My school was in a watch group due to a significant subgroup, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, not growing on state tests. Asked why my new group wasn’t as high as my last group. I started to discuss the students. Was abruptly stopped & told not to talk about students 🤡
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Trump Admin hires private equity guy at DOD. Months later, guy's former employer gets a $281 million *no bid* contract to consult for him. Pro Publica is running circles around every other news outlet when it comes to chronicling the obscene level of corruption going on right now
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Shame on the media covering this race.
And shame on the Talarico staffers who covered up this lie.
🚨 BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week
The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE
Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.
While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS.
The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful.
And Talarico clearly can’t handle it.
I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on.
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Lindner Healing Center has refuted this
They have made a statement that James Talarico has never received treatment at Lindner Healing Center x.com/lindnerctrhope…
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Economist @MazzucatoM: "The problem is that companies have become increasingly short-termist, spending more of their profits on financial practices that boost stock prices rather than making long-term investments in areas like research and development and human capital."
Read more: evonomics.com/economist-debu…
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For a White House that promised tariffs would “fix” the U.S. trade deficit, today’s news that the gap widened again is more proof that the president’s tariff experiment isn’t working, says Cato Institute’s @scottlincicome.
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 98.5%.
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Diesel futures fell after Trump announced a “massive” European oil release.
Then traders read the actual G7 statement, and the entire price move vanished.
Turns out the massive release was mostly a PR stunt. newsletter.platypuseconomics…
