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Mike Bennett

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#DOL ...Snowboard gallivanting Muldoon... #IronWillApproved ...Master ellipsis-er...Ronin... Author of The Warlock Series Amazon:

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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
28 days
I am making changes to the series...and add a short story in the #MongolMoon realm, too... #RIJ : #RIJ : Soon! #SpineOfTheHinduKush Signed OG:
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@COLMikeBennett1
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@ChestyPullerGst Of the two in the videos, he was a little more seasoned (7 year cop vs 4, I think)...and it showed...he was a cool customer...this is just icing on the cake. Those boys should be proud how they handled that situation...sense of urgency, made it happen.
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Mike Bennett
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I have Infantry training.
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Voödoo 6 von Inyanga
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I have Infantry training
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Mike Bennett
1 year
Warning. Today is designated an Archer meme day. You have been warned.
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Mike Bennett
8 months
@Chuck_Ritter92 I drive a Prius with a Coexist bumper sticker just to keep everyone guessing...
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Mike Bennett
11 months
So...with the lack of snow here at Whistler, I took to the trails...a long hump into the backcountry brought me to this:
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Mike Bennett
6 months
@braxton_mccoy Dunno...maybe cut spending to reduce debt? Is that a viable option?
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Mike Bennett
8 months
This was my Dad whose birthday woulda been today. That is Spike (aka, Big Dog), my first Rott in the 'barrow. Last piece of Bennett Trivia: that wheelbarrow lasted 45 years. I hauled many, many loads of gravel in that thing.
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Mike Bennett
10 months
Merry Christmas to you all, especially the homies still down range...
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Mike Bennett
1 year
Every morning. I wake up, turn on the coffee pot, make my bed. I see what is going on in Twitter. My blood starts at a simmer; read more; blood begins to boil; read more. Eyes bulge. Wanna murder everything. That's the first three minutes of my day. How's yours?
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
8 months
Last one...before I get weepy and maudlin...The Big 'O' is his glory, just before his ascendance to global domination...
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Mike Bennett
7 months
It's very possible I am going to hell...
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The Hairy Chested Libertarian
7 months
I keep watching it and laughing more and more each time
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Mike Bennett
1 year
Years ago, I was young like @wayofftheres (who admonished a dude on FB for glamping in a RV)...and I routinely did the Infantry thing...back in the day...now, I luxuriate when camping...but I had to see if i could still hang...one night, 25 deg outside in a 40 deg bag...sucked.
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Mike Bennett
6 months
I should say my trip home has been eventful meeting frens @blue_prop along the way...not to mention @DolioJ and @Brushbeater and @TheVirginiaGen1 with @EMBurlingame close by... As they say, meets your peeps...
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Mike Bennett
3 years
F*ck me...my brother brought his ex-GF over for my birthday...someone, save me...
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Mike Bennett
1 year
What movie has the best sound track?
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What movie has the best soundtrack? IYK, you can hear this GIF.
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Mike Bennett
11 months
Author of many books, Terror on the slopes...deny ye not my path through Pow, unassailed I shall yield no Quarter to the Mountain's glory...
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Mike Bennett
6 months
Moar MOAB Boatswain of 'rubber ducky' conducting super high-speed clan river ops...🧵
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Mike Bennett
1 year
Would have been my Mother's b-day today...she was quite a looker, and a better mother...
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Mike Bennett
8 months
@DolioJ Well, NSA gonna like the TS//SI-G//OG even less...
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Mike Bennett
10 months
Yep...got my Christmas present...grateful 🙏
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
11 months
Imma tell ya'll a secret cause Imma bit hammeredand eatin Thai food...(ella the brit vixen at GLC gamee 5 MF OF's)...ya'll are magnificent bastards, every damn one...
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
2 years
In 23 seconds of convo, I knew he had been a hell of a soldier...in 2 more minutes, I knew America had sprouted another great entrepreneur...I was proud to witness his hard work... He honors your patronage; he goes that extra mile: @smcroasters . IYKYK... Get some!
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Mike Bennett
2 years
Where am I?
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Mike Bennett
6 months
VERY difficult day of slush boarding...don't know how i prevailed...there were ski bunnies everywhere...and the apres ski? I was nearly demoralized...whatever will I do?
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Mike Bennett
1 year
Damn fat dog kept bothering me for a ride...told him to stop lollygagging and get a job...
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Mike Bennett
3 months
@DolioJ What I see: he peeps up off scope, probably not believing what he is seeing...at that moment, first shot...he drives his head down forcefully (knowing he is too late) back on scope hard, knocking rifle muzzle up in the process...
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
11 months
Ya'll know the deal. Pray for these boys, these heroes.
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Mike Bennett
3 years
I really do love getting the presents I asked for...
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Mike Bennett
1 month
Right after Ranger School...
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Mike Bennett
1 year
Neighbor's dog bit me...hand all swolled up a little, hurts like 10 MFs...me and Scout is buds, too...You know I love dogs...I hope Scout will still be my fren...
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Mike Bennett
1 year
Listen, Mr. Army Recall Me To Active Duty dude, If you need me, I'll come-- but gonna have to get those relaxed grooming standards...
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
2 years
A Friday thought...if I happen to meet you IRL...and you have a dog...you MUST bring said dog/s...and I must be permitted to lavish attention on said dog, to include a belly rub and kiss on the face. This be the rules.
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
2 months
If I hire you (voting), and I pay you (taxes), I expect performance. I will track performance with metrics (GDP, CPI, USIR, US Debt $, new taxes imposed, etc.) and compare that to electoral promises. Based on the differential, I will rehire/fire you (election).
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
3 years
📌📌 Correction!📌📌 When an author's work appeals to #IronWill , you just know you've 'made it into the Big Leagues'. I am pretty chuffed! Proceeds of profits of sales go to #SOWF , the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Here:
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Andrew Daub
3 years
Iron Will just got his own signed copy of “The Baltic Chain” by @COLMikeBennett1 with specific directions to “Drive on!” As you can see, the wee man is pumped to read this thriller so I’m stamping it #IronWillApproved ! #IronWill #DownSyndrome #Tier1Will
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
1 year
Show me two actors with insane chemistry.
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Bonnie Blue and Zoe
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Show me two actors with insane chemistry.
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Mike Bennett
5 months
Tired of Moab, yet? Day three, same t-shirt...a little rank... @FrostyTakes , cargo shorts rule.
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Mike Bennett
8 months
This was doggo 'Otis'...an absolute Unit...had him doing tricep pushups in the sand trap...'put your nose in the diamond...' Then I gave him a kiss on the face.
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
7 months
Can you show me a PERFECT album from the 80's that ISN'T Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, or Mötley Crüe? AND is probably the best music that came out of the 80s?
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Can you show me a PERFECT album from the 80's that ISN'T Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, or Mötley Crüe?
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@COLMikeBennett1
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3 months
OK...not understanding this at all...and I think another two tweets of the thread were dropped...Oh, well...my amazing thoughts on the subject were prolly drivel anyways, X...
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Mike Bennett
9 months
Still haven't taken the tree down...I mean, it's a lotta work...
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Mike Bennett
1 year
Wood. Fucking wood.
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SaltyGoat
1 year
I honestly have NO WORDS!!!🔥😳 If you are an American... And can watch this without getting chills... Or tearing up just a little... You might wanna rethink life! ABSOLUTELY FCKING AMAZING!!!🔥🔥🇺🇸👇 #MAGA #Trump2024
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3 months
To me, there are few things that scream 'Murica more than an Airstream, a Telecaster and a Martin guitar. Happy God Bless America day to all of you.
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Mike Bennett
2 years
Someone, anyone...tell me...is this not a beautiful thing??? Behold!!!
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ZenfinityDesigns
2 years
Been told by many last year that the best combination they were fortunate enough to get hold of was one of @TejanoVaquero hand made heirloom blades, capped with some of my Fordite, swaddled in a @Topcat1350 sheath. Dozens of folks know this perfect storm, more coming this year !
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
8 months
7 books wait for you, the reader...without you, they are just pages with scribbles on them... #RIJ : #RIJ : OG: Signed:
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
11 months
I have written 7 books, been on a dozen-ish podcasts, and Twitterer for 3 years now...based on sample size of available data, for you all to make the observation that I am a lunatic is probably statistically defensible...
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
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Badlands, SD...
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Mike Bennett
2 years
Vegas, baby...I solemnly swear I am up to no good...
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
1 year
Saw a tweet on HOAs this morning...premise: the turning point of the decline of the USA relates directly to the acceptance of the tyranny of HOAs...true or false?
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Mike Bennett
10 months
Oh, yeeees...bacon waffle!
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
1 year
Really, need you ask!? What's your favorite John Wayne movie?
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(((Road Bear Life)))
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What's your favorite John Wayne movie? (I love so many of them.)
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Mike Bennett
11 months
NGL, I liked throwing them as improvised flash bangs when a youngster...
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I❤️Nostalgia '𝕏'
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Do you know what this is?
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Mike Bennett
8 months
Soooo close...I need just two more followers to hit the magical 8K...and then the fun begins, oh yes...
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Mike Bennett
1 year
So...got my fancy shoes...supposed to make me go FAST, like my PRO-Keds did...didn't work...but I did 1.69 miles at a 8:41 pace vs. 9:00 pace 7 days ago, so there's that...
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1 year
Was feeling a little low this morning...now I'm thinking the day will be alright...
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1 year
Tellin' ya...these 'hottie bots' got a grip on my tweets...they like the hell outta me...are there any normies out there?
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Mike Bennett
6 months
I want to amplify an earlier post about PTSD...nearly any GWOT vet may have a story about someone they know who was afflicted. Names were changed, but I incorporate the lesson in #WhenTowersFall ... BLUF: If you know someone, reach out to them, talk to them. Be their friend.
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Mike Bennett
8 months
Listen...I've had a horrible day...
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
2 years
In the process of packing for the move away from the Hellhole just outside of DC...look what I found in my old footlocker from ~2009... faded and worn, but faithful just the same.
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
7 months
OK...two slices might have been unwise...
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Mike Bennett
5 months
I have segued from Winter downhill activities to an imminent launch of my Flotilla...
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Mike Bennett
1 year
From 213.something in June to this end of July...1 more month to get down to 2 or under...
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Mike Bennett
1 year
“A federal agency has two snitches inside Delta Force. They're active-duty soldiers with 18-series MOS's who have passed selection but they're actually undercover cops keeping an eye on things for another agency. The unit doesn't realize they've been infiltrated.”
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swêêt savagé
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“A federal agency has two snitches inside Delta Force. They're active-duty soldiers with 18-series MOS's who have passed selection but they're actually undercover cops keeping an eye on things for another agency. The unit doesn't realize they've been infiltrated.”
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
10 months
Best news of the week!
@TheResoluteLife
Andrew Daub
10 months
RTB complete. Recalibration and reconstitution underway… Relentless. Forward. Progress. #IronWill #DownSyndrome #TeamIronWill
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Mike Bennett
2 months
@wayofftheres Highest award achieved: ARCOM.
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Mike Bennett
1 month
Anyone else notice she is always alone?
@OliLondonTV
Oli London
1 month
Liberal influencer @AngelaBelcamino goes wild as she celebrates being 42 and “child-free” whilst claiming conservatives hate to see this. “Imagine being 42, child-free, carefree, and having this much fun. The right hates this.”
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3 years
So happy with another author's review! The gist is: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "If you are a fan of great writing, great characters, and real-world spycraft, you should be reading these books." Here: See below, full review
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Mike Bennett
8 months
What movie had the best soundtrack?
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
1 year
This is what is right outside my window here in Squamish...great place to explore, at the end of the day maybe read (or write?) a book...like the Warlock series?
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Mike Bennett
4 months
Can't...watching a good UW movie...
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Mike Bennett
9 months
When I went into a bookstore in Whistler, BC to get my book 'Rosehips in June' onto their shelf, she asked me, "What kind of book is it?" (i.e., cooking, home appliance repair, etc) I have finally decided I'll create my own genre: Historical Espionage Fiction. That's the tweet.
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
10 months
'Couple' years ago with Otis... @DolioJ please take note of awesomely tanned legs...
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Mike Bennett
2 years
@blue_prop Never heard of him and you are right...I think a MOH awardee is for more appropriate.
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3 months
Muttering 'Et Tu, Brute?' into his cold porridge and mindful the apparatus he had served 51 years had betrayed 14 million faithful Dem primary voters, an 81M vote juggernaut stepped aside with a spiteful endorsement to inflict more damage: Kamala...
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8 months
Just don't know how I can stand it.
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Mike Bennett
11 months
👀👀👀 @ZenfinityDesign
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Jimmy Gable
11 months
Now THAT’s how you start a weekend! 🤣
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Mike Bennett
6 months
No doubt!
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Mike
6 months
What's an old war movie that most don't know about but definitely should watch?
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3 months
I am appalled at this outcome. Appalled. Flummoxed. Disgusted. Unfuckingsat.
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Breaking911
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BREAKING: Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, alleged 9/11 mastermind, reaches plea agreement with the U.S.
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Mike Bennett
1 year
My politics are simple:
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Peter Wrangel
1 year
My politics are simple:
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5 months
If @smcroasters saw this in front of his biz stuck in the sand, he might feel entitled to liberate it and use it to augment his force protection measures...
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1 year
Stepped on the scale today...wasn't pretty. Not happy and it's time to go to work. For the purpose of accountability, I documented in my blog: Go ahead and give me crap; I deserve it.
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
1 year
@keebler45 OK, Miss Lee. That is ONE city in how many that are providing free food? Chow hall bubbas are doing SOMETHING, and this is part of their compensation and raises morale. Compensation for work and production; free food for free loaders who produce nothing. See the diff?
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Mike Bennett
1 year
Can anyone...ANYONE...seriously contend our Nation is mentally healthy, is not in moral peril? Does this not warrant the same outrage as presumed 'gun violence'? Where is David Hogg on this? (Someone please tell me this is a parody account...)
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Mom, daughter use chainsaw to butcher grandma then grill her body parts: cops
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The socks, you ask? Primo bison socks from my man @BuffaloRon ...these are awesome!
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Mike Bennett
3 years
For those unaware, the Warlock series of 5 books (so far) is mostly Special Forces/SEALs conducting Unconventional Warfare (UW) against Russia,Turkey, China and Iran. There's some significant cyber, too. America's heroes, on the offensive! Here:
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@COLMikeBennett1
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3 years
@OriginaITank The French showing a great deal more reverence and respect than many Americans...something to think about.
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Mike Bennett
6 months
Sitting here thinking about onion rings and why are they not in my mouth this very minute.
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Mike Bennett
3 months
A SC Justice has a lifetime appointment by the US Constitution...so Biden is going to amend the Constitution...a 2/3 majority vote in both the House and the Senate?
@Breaking911
Breaking911
3 months
BREAKING: Biden to announce push for Supreme Court overhaul, including Justice term limits and enforceable ethics code; the President may also call for a constitutional amendment to end immunity for Presidents - WaPo
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
1 year
For those wondering, who is this masked man? I will reveal myself in true form...soon.
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Mike Bennett
1 year
QT with a photo of you that was taken by someone else. Selfies aren't allowed.
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
1 year
SWAG! Now on sale on my site-- #MothsToTheFlame morale patch!
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@lovemylife81 Really pisses me off: "...if we get out of line..." implying, no matter what we do to you, we will crush you. Utterly. Arrogant...and a chilling promise...
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Mike Bennett
2 years
It has begun...
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Mike Bennett
4 months
I get up at 8am. Drink at least 1 pot of coffee. Toast at 10am. Anyone else have such a rigorous day?
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Mike Bennett
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The '13 Hours' book is a must read...understanding the government paralysis of doing nothing while an entire Airborne brigade (173rd) was stationed at Vincenza, Italy will always stick in my craw...I feature at least the spirit of those GRS boys in my books...
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Kris Paronto
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“Heroes die only if they are forgotten , Never Forget!!” #Rone #Bub Thank you for allowing me to fight beside you, You both deserve Glory , your heroism, sprinting toward danger, deserve remembering for eternity 🇺🇸🙏🏼
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I need your help/input. I am going through audition files for the Audio Book/Audible version of upcoming 'Rosehips in June'. Do you prefer/like the narrator to 'spice up' the reading with dramatic flair, or just a straight forward reading?
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@COLMikeBennett1
Mike Bennett
1 year
Did some Guns of Navarone shit today @ChestyPullerGst @lovemylife81
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Mike Bennett
1 year
It's official! My patch as added to the Montana Military Museum's collection... Want yours?
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Mike Bennett
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I mentioned it before...I never listened to the Grunge stuff of the 90s during the 90s...big mistake...Alice in Chains 'Rooster'...THAT is a bad tune...supah-bad...I just dig the bass lines...
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Mike Bennett
7 months
If I write another book, should I say something to the effect, "...the colossal stupidity of American policy embracing a two-state solution in a Post 10/7 world in which $10B of funds are unfrozen and bequeathed to Iran..." maybe something stronger than colossal?
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GM.
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