Based on Earth

WOKE is a virus; capitalism has errors, but way better than socialism; the root problem of the West is a failure of the above 2

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

Crazy !
Especially compared to that search from my location (non US) shows Trump !

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wow, Google has a search ban on President Donald Trump!

Election interference?

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@isfjcutebear Sick animal u r

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

Lovely story

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

I turn 50 today. This is a message to my kids but I offer it to you in case any of it rings useful.

I was born in Sri Lanka in 1976 in a country that, at the time, was about to enter a decades long civil war. My father was able to get stationed at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada for four years in the early 80s - when some of the fighting was most severe - and which from our vantage point in Canada gave us some respite from an otherwise omnipresent conflict.

He came as a diplomat but then my father filed for refugee status after four years when his life was threatened by militants. We stayed in Canada as refugees. My dad never really landed on his feet and we grew up on welfare.

My mom stepped up. She did an incredible thing and put our family on her back and kept marching forward. Sometimes the steps were very small but she always tried to keep moving forward.

I worked at Burger King starting at 14, giving my paycheck to my mom and dad to support our family in the role that I was assigned - earn enough to pay for our bus passes because we couldn’t afford a car.

I was a loser growing up. Some friends, some good memories but mostly forgettable and lonely. I wasn’t very studious but did get my act together in my final year and got into a great university.

I immigrated to the US soon after graduating and found an opportunity. Things clicked and I have been traveling a path to find myself ever since. Only in America is this possible…

I worked hard, followed the rules, paid my taxes and stayed in California out of loyalty for the opportunities it has given me despite its dysfunction.

I found my wife here. Had my kids here. Found my tribe here.

There have been some very hard times as well - deaths, divorce, financial pain, mistakes of omission and mistakes of commission. You can’t dwell on these things - they are weights that will pull you down if you’re not careful. Learn from them. Respect them. BUT MOVE ON.

To think 50 years ago I could have ever gotten a chance to meet the people I’ve met and have had the experiences I’ve had would have been mind boggling to my parents. It’s mind boggling to me now.

We forget often and try to convince others it’s not true but America truly is the best country in the world. Everything and anything is possible here. I can testify. Be grateful to be here.

This is the only place that gives EVERYONE a chance to live a great adventure. The first 50 years have been that for me - an incredible adventure.

Notice there is nothing here about accomplishments or money. Because it doesn’t matter and it won’t matter.

You will be dust in less than 100 years from now and the decision to be remembered won’t be yours so stop sweating it. It’s not in your control.

So what is in your control?

Be kind. Have fun. Work on something meaningful to you. Find your tribe. Try to find perspective. Find an incredible partner. Have a bunch of kids. Live an adventure. Forgive your parents - they were doing the best they could even if that wasn’t what you deserved.

I will do what I can to make my next 50 years a wild ride.

You should too.

I love you and thank you. ❤️

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

Musical diplomacy

[Thai Enquirer @ThaiEnquirer]

Meanwhile, in Bangkok, Thailand’s prime minister sang “Let It Be” and “Blowin’ in the Wind” as Singapore’s prime minister played guitar.

#Thailand #Singapore

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@GigaBeers Assimilate is the key .

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@Xiao512Tang 表象为： 喜乐， 苦楚， 顺服

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@Xiao512Tang 爹不同： 一个爱你，一个要你靠自己，一个教你不服就干。

家庭背景差异，培养出来的儿子就不同了

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@ShanghaoJin Hence Elon is going out of earth

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@Sassafrass_84 Suicidal empathy kills

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

Cockroach breed in shit holes …
If some sanctuary cities in the west do not reverse , more cockroaches will be out there .

So who to cleanse ? And how to ? More wars, more slaughters ? Sigh

[Saif @diol2n]

ًصانع محتوى سفر صيني يدعى شياو جوني كان في سوق شعبي في نيجيريا ويجرب بعض اكلاتهم الشعبية عندما اوقفه رجال من عامة الناس وطالبوه بدفع المال

وعندما سألهم عن السبب، قالو بكل بساطه: لاننا مواطنون نيجيريين وانت لا، فيحق لنا اخذ المال منك

وخلال مسافة 10 كيلومتر من رحلته مر بأكثر من 20 نقطة تفتيش وكلهم يطلبون منه دفع المال، في الاخير قال شياو عن خلاصة تجربته: لا تأتوا لنيجيريا

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

Oh boy , Newscam again ..
https://t.co/CAvwTwCRF0

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@Ilhan U only care about your votes … that is all

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

Full speech !

Good to hear some common sense

[House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @JudiciaryGOP]

Dalilah, a 5-year-old from California, was in a coma for 3 weeks because an illegal alien driving an 18-wheeler crashed into her family's car.

Sanctuary state California gave the illegal alien a CDL.

And it's giving thousands of other illegal aliens CDLs too.

Watch Dalilah's father, Marcus Coleman, tell their family's story ⬇️

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

Sad to see how the “fighter of democracy “ - the democrats have fallen so much so fast .

Full of hypocrisy only left

[C3 @C_3C_3]

Listen to every word…

After the last hearing on Sanctuary Cities Pramila Jayapal complained they had more pressing matters…

More important business?

Like Marcus Coleman’s little girl Dalilah being disabled by an illegal.

Dems don’t care.
They need illegals.

Pure evil.

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@UnamunoAgain Relax the regulation , encourage more free market , will help , before it’s too late

[Unamuno 📜 @UnamunoAgain]

🇩🇪 Friedrich Merz, canciller alemán:

"Simplemente ya no somos lo suficientemente productivos. Todos pueden decir: 'Ya estoy haciendo mucho'.

Pero cuando regresen de China, señoras y señores, verán las cosas con más claridad.

Con el equilibrio entre trabajo y vida personal y una semana laboral de cuatro días, no podemos sostener la prosperidad a largo plazo en nuestro país. Simplemente tenemos que trabajar más duro."

[Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics]

Marcus Coleman, father of a 7-year-old girl left permanently disabled after an illegal immigrant slammed an 18-wheeler into her vehicle, tore into Democratic lawmakers at a House Judiciary hearing — rejecting their sympathy and holding them personally responsible for his daughter's catastrophic injuries.

"Not one of you guys have ever sat there and seen me in the hallways and said, 'Hey, sorry about your daughter.' You guys do it right here where you guys are grandstanding on top of your soapbox," Coleman said. "This is when you guys care. Right here inside this room is the only time you guys care."

Coleman's daughter Dalilah suffered a fractured skull, broken femur and traumatic brain injury in a 2024 California crash caused by an illegal immigrant from India who had obtained a commercial driver's license in the state. Coleman told lawmakers he's stopped truck driving, is pinching pennies and raising nine children — and he holds every one of them responsible.

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@horatio_don 幸苦钱 你可以，她未必啊

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@wangyunWY0203 有句广东话： 天收他

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@xiamuzairiben 偏激才能吸引眼球。 但即使如此，还有有些深刻剖析的。 取其精华 去其糟粕

[Based on Earth @Benben51888]

@xzzzjpl 嗯，他的高光时刻 可能悄悄过了。。