Eternally curious Engineer ~ Ageing happens when we’re no longer willing to learn, when defending the status quo becomes more important than staying curious
Prime Minister Netanyahu, today, at the Negev Conference in Dimona - in a message to Iran's leaders:
"We are prepared for any scenario. I can tell you only one thing, and I will say this to the leaders of Iran: Do not count on it being quiet if you attack us. Do not count on a rerun. Because it will not be a rerun, and that was already powerful enough. This will be a different event, much more powerful.
The days when someone hurts us and we do not strike them back twofold are over. We did this to the Axis of Evil in Iran, and we will continue to do so to anyone who harms us. That is what we do."
This is one of the most important moments ever aired on CNBC.
Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya says the media lied to millions of Americans about President Trump, and that after going back to the original source material, he realized he had been completely misled about Trump’s character.
PALIHAPITIYA: “The reality is that most of us were lied to by the media about President Trump.”
“And if you just go back to the source material, you should take away two things.”
“One, he didn’t say half the things he said, and two, why did these other people just fabricate what they wanted to say so that they could essentially assassinate his character?”
“I think that that second thing is completely unacceptable in America, and there’s still been no repercussions, really.”
“I took the time to learn about it. I admitted where…you know, the way that I met him was, I admitted on the pod, which, you know, has millions of viewers.”
“And I said, I got it totally wrong because I went and I watched Charlottesville.”
“And, you know, the first person to call me? President Trump.”
“And I got to know him and I put the phone down, I called my wife, and I said, we got it TOTALLY, totally wrong. We were lied to.”
“And then I got to know him and he is fantastic!”
@chamath
New York's share of U.S. millionaires collapsed from 12.7% to 8.7% between 2010 and 2022, the largest decline of any state. According to the Citizens Budget Commission, if New York had simply maintained its share, state income tax revenue would have been roughly $10.7 billion higher in 2022 alone.
@brivael It's sadly ironic how Europeans have been pointing fingers to the Trump Admin, calling them Authoritarian or Fascist, whilst the US are now enjoying increasingly more Freedoms (of Speech etc.) whilst Europe has been sliding exactly into Authoritarian Territory, along with 🇨🇦
You know, I have a serious issue with a taxpayer-funded organization (Egale) viciously going after a woman who just told the truth.
It’s so appalling.
Imagine being publicly put through this disgusting struggle session.
You all know what I went through. This sort of attack is no joke. It’s devastating and debilitating.
Godspeed, @JCCFCanada.
Please get her out of this.
Canada Post handed out $30.8 million in bonuses to its executives and managers last year.
That same year, Canada Post took a $1 billion taxpayer-funded bailout and lost almost $1.6 billion.
What is going on here? This is getting so gross.
End these bonuses NOW.
This is one of the key reasons that we are leaving Canada. I write international bestselling books, of which most of the royalties are made outside of Canada, and the QC and Canadian governments say “Thank you for your wonderful books. We look forward to receiving most of your royalties because fairness.”
Global Affairs Canada fired 25 diplomats last year.
One was caught in secret contact with a foreign government.
The diplomat: not identified.
The foreign state: not identified.
The Liberal Minister responsible: not answering.
This is the same government that:
📌 Can’t locate 2 million expired visa holders
📌 Won’t say who issued a permit for an Iranian terrorist
📌 Accepted an Iran peace briefing before Washington did
📌 Passed Bill C-22 to surveil ordinary Canadians
📌 Spent $100B on a submarine deal without disclosing the price
They are surveilling you.
They won’t tell you who is surveilling them.
A diplomat secretly contacted a foreign government.
Canadians don’t get to know which one.
Or why.
Or what was exchanged.
In a functioning democracy that information belongs to the public.
In Canada it belongs to @AnitaAnandMP .
Parliament should demand the answers.😶🌫️
#CdnPoli #Carney
Context: China inquiry records show PM Trudeau & other federal officials were warned 163 separate times in planned formal briefings of foreign interference over a 6 yr period. Yet as late as 2023 the Prime Minister denied he was ever told of illegal activity by foreign agents. - Blacklock's
🇪🇸Spain in 1492: Expelled, killed, or forcibly converted all Jews.
🇪🇸Spain during the Holocaust: Closely aligned with the Nazis.
🇪🇸Spain after the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust: Accuses Israel of genocide.
🇪🇸Spain last year: Refused to grant asylum to Palestinians fleeing Gaza.
🇪🇸Spain after recognizing a Palestinian state: Refused to move its embassy to the Palestinian territories because its diplomats didn’t want to give up the “standard of living and security” they enjoyed in Israel.
🇪🇸Spain last summer: Called the police to remove 50 French Jewish teenagers from a Vueling flight after hearing one word in Hebrew.
🇪🇸Spain in March: Officially withdrew its ambassador from Israel, but left its embassy in Tehran.
🇪🇸Spain today: Marchers equate the Nazi swastika with the Star of David they used to mark their Jewish victims.
Now that is what being on the wrong side of history looks like. 🤦♂️