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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his)

@econrevirvine.bsky.social
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Retired Health Economist Retired Episcopal Priest Canonical residence Utah, live in OC California Weird Coffee Person Love to cook Communitarianism & Virtue Ethics Have left Meta platforms Killed my Twitter/X account All opinions entirely my own

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots. It’s pretty clear where those bots were."
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Don’t threaten us with a good time
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: Disturbance in the Force
ALT: Obi-Wan Kenobi: Disturbance in the Force
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
They tried their best to give it away in the 4thQ
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And increase of big icebergs calving indicate a failure of glaciers
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Watching the snuff flicks of bombs dropping on small boats isn’t working anymore. He needs to level up to firing squad executions to get hard.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Exactly what kind of training do Marines need to not murder the local civilians?
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Makes us look like cowards.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why we can’t accept self-regulation
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This makes us look like cowards.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
100m
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hillary wasn’t wrong about the contents of the basket
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not mutually exclusive
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026
My god, SCOTUS acted within hours to clear the way for this execution and Tennessee completely botched it and tortured her. She's still alive. This barbaric practice needs to end. www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...
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Court stays Christa Pike execution in Tennessee: Updates
Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. A court stayed her lethal injection that was scheduled for Sept. 30.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“The best-laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley,”
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“The best-laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley,”
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A worker in the job site must have fallen.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Quotations from Chairman Pete
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And let me guess: nobid contracts worth 10s of Billions $$ will go to SpaceX and Anduril.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remember the Springfield, Ohio “they’re eating people’s cats and dogs;” he admitted he will readily tell ridiculous lies if it will sway some voters.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is a nice place to watch a game
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Alan Wessman @alanwessman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schmitt’s attempted maneuver this morning deserves ridicule, but there’s a more serious aspect to it. He was trying to frame Jack Smith. This was no innocent mistake, but part of a calculated effort to bear false witness against a person in order to harm the credibility of his work and character.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Geometry is complicated
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Considering the possibility that they might have to go to war with Russia I don’t think that’s going to happen
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump just mere moments after he said, “Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him?” I kid you not.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is why we need the humanities taught in university.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Recoup every dollar spent and sue him for the cost of restoration
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
First lesson I learned with computers at UCI in the 70s: computers are fast and accurate but they’re stupid.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ellison’s dyed beard makes him look like a senior Saudi royal
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Right? Talk about the good things he’s done for oil company windfall profits and lower taxes for the top 1%
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m sure raw oysters are ok though
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A lot of people on BS erroneously throw the word “treason” around but this could actually be called treasonous.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is this bad? It sounds like it’s probably bad.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He has been playing football for more than a decade. He should have learned by now what is and isn’t acceptable behavior. Make an example of him.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NCAA should ban him
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
She’s his emotional support blond.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He is either making a bad faith argument hoping that the MAGA base is ignorant enough to believe it or he doesn’t have a clue how risk pools work.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here’s the NYT piece: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Prosecutor Resigns, Saying U.S. Attorney Mishandled Chicago Protest Case
The prosecutor said that U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Boutros had intervened and overruled her in the case against a group of protesters known as the “Broadview Six.”
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone who would cheat at something as inconsequential as gold can’t be trusted with anything important.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That comment ranks with Gerald Ford’s about Reagan: “He doesn’t dye his hair, he’s just prematurely orange.” Well done. 👏
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Especially one that has large, plush, private suites for VIPs
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Got a notice last week. But T rates are moving fast.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Coach, take this doll and show us on the doll where the person in the cat costume touched you.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They either don’t understand insurance and risk pools or they’re assuming their base doesn’t. People buy life insurance and then don’t die for decades. Must be fraud.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1. If they haven’t filed claims then they are costing the ACA nothing; their premiums are feeding the system 2. Not everyone get sick in a given year but sooner or later everyone does get sick sometime. That’s the basis of a risk pool; the whole point of insurance 3. These people are idiots
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not everyone gets sick in a year but sooner or later everyone will get sick. That's the very definition of a risk pool; the whole point of insurance.
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Rick Whittaker (he, him, his) @econrevirvine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Out of his effing mind
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