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    Stoking the Fires of the ”Police Versus Public” Debate
    Matthew Hirst
    • Jun 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Stoking the Fires of the ”Police Versus Public” Debate

    The police debate is getting hotter than ever, and we're starting to boil-over.
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    Clutching pearls over the Confederate flag... Why?
    Matthew Hirst
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    Clutching pearls over the Confederate flag... Why?

    Serious conversation. What's up with people clutching pearls over their right to don the Confederate flag?
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    Matthew Hirst
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Political Thoughts: Journal Entry #1 - Defunding the Police

    I know defunding the police is a big topic right now, so I thought y’all might find this interesting. Attached you will find a few screen...
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    Bezos Mania - How Dare He Be Rich?
    Matthew Hirst
    • May 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Bezos Mania - How Dare He Be Rich?

    The dialogue surrounding Jeff Bezos’ journey to becoming a trillionaire has been hilarious.
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    Writers, and Moving On.                              Food for Thought - Journal Entry #6
    Matthew Hirst
    • May 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    Writers, and Moving On. Food for Thought - Journal Entry #6

    One of the few Dallas news writers I actually like and pay attention to was let go this week I probably should have appreciated more of h...
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    Where’s Our Soul? Food for Thought - Journal Entry #5
    Matthew Hirst
    • May 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Where’s Our Soul? Food for Thought - Journal Entry #5

    You couldn’t do a better job of portraying how blindly partisan this country is than with the Ahmaud Arbery murder and commentary since. ...
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    Matthew Hirst
    • May 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Food for Thought - Journal Entry #4

    Can I talk some shit real quick? How were so many people out there soooo confident in the claim that masks couldn't potentially help slow...
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    Matthew Hirst
    • May 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    Food for Thought - Journal Entry #3

    How long before television ads are as personalized of an experience as advertising is within social media apps or internet browsers? I ca...
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    Food for Thought - Journal Entry #2
    Matthew Hirst
    • May 12, 2020
    • 3 min

    Food for Thought - Journal Entry #2

    Look, I understand people’s excitement about the right to vote, but it frustrates me when you try to put that on me. People pretend the o...
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    Matthew Hirst
    • May 12, 2020
    • 3 min

    Food for Thought - Journal Entry #1

    I think I was down about life for a long time because I didn’t realize how many ways you could go about the business side of things. I fe...
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    Lysol Injections for Cheap
    Matthew Hirst
    • Apr 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Lysol Injections for Cheap

    https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN2261DE? 🙄 I guess this kind of statement IS necessary when you live in a world where peopl...
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    Calvin and Hobbes
    Matthew Hirst
    • Apr 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Calvin and Hobbes

    I'm not really a comic book person in the traditional sense, but I've loved Calvin and Hobbes ever since first finding the books at my...
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    Frost Fest Brings Winter Fun to Irving
    Matthew Hirst
    • Feb 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Frost Fest Brings Winter Fun to Irving

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST FEBRUARY 8, 2019 City of Irving hosted its annual Frost Fest event at Cimarron Park on Saturday, Jan. 26. This year...
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    Program Prepares Kids for Life After Football
    Matthew Hirst
    • Jan 24, 2019
    • 3 min

    Program Prepares Kids for Life After Football

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST JANUARY 24, 2019 In Texas, football is king. Many of the nation’s top athletic programs and athletes hail from Texa...
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    Santa Meets Families at Epic Waters
    Matthew Hirst
    • Jan 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    Santa Meets Families at Epic Waters

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST JANUARY 3, 2019 Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark hosted Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 22. Families were invite...
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    First Baptist Church Irving Offers Families a Christmas Adventure
    Matthew Hirst
    • Dec 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    First Baptist Church Irving Offers Families a Christmas Adventure

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST DECEMBER 6, 2018 The First Baptist Church in Irving presented a Christmas Adventure, featuring an interactive worsh...
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    Grand Prairie Libraries Host Author’s Expo
    Matthew Hirst
    • Nov 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    Grand Prairie Libraries Host Author’s Expo

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST NOVEMBER 29, 2018 Local authors were encouraged to share their published works with the community during the Grand ...
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    Flying Tigers’ Service Honored During Reunion
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 31, 2018
    • 4 min

    Flying Tigers’ Service Honored During Reunion

    POSTED BY: DFWNEWSFLASH OCTOBER 31, 2018 The 77th anniversary reunion for the World War II Flying Tigers was hosted at the Renaissance Da...
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    BAPS Charities Presents Community Health Fair
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    BAPS Charities Presents Community Health Fair

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST OCTOBER 25, 2018 BAPS Charities hosted their 17th annual Health Fair at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir temple in...
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    What would we like to do with Our Right of Revolution?
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    What would we like to do with Our Right of Revolution?

    Something I believe to be a negative aspect of the intersection of political news and the internet/social media atmosphere: the notion th...
    27 views0 comments
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