Mark Carney, "In the heart of Germany, above Weimar, there is a wooded ridge called Ettusberg. And for decades, Goethe walked, thought, and wrote there. An oak on that ridge came to bear his name, a living monument to the highest ideals of European culture"
"As the 20th century turned dark, that same oak became trapped behind the barbed wire of Buchenwald. A silent witness to humanity's deepest moral failure. Goethe understood that ideals must be fought for, that values do not defend themselves."
"Indeed, at the end of Faust, the old man's last vision is of a free people on free ground. Nödvg, Värdjän, Siegfreiheit. Wie das Leben, de taklik si eroban mus"
"Freedom and life must be earned every single day"
"Every day"
"Every day, not once in 1945 or 1956 or 1989. Every day, including this one."
My take: 1945, 1956 and 1989 are not distant history lessons: they mark Europe’s liberation from fascism, Hungary’s uprising against Soviet rule, and the fall of the Iron Curtain. Carney’s point is that freedom is never something Europe simply achieved and banked forever - it is a choice, a responsibility and, when necessary, a struggle renewed by every generation.
BREAKING: Yemen’s Houthis have directly struck an Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon at King Fahd Air Base in Ta’if, Saudi Arabia — in what appears to be the first reported strike to hit an Italian fighter in this conflict.
Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto confirmed the F-2000 was struck while parked in a remote area of the base.
Italy deployed four Eurofighter F-2000As to Ta’if in March as part of Task Force Air Arabia, with roughly 400 personnel spread across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain.
Ta’if has faced repeated Houthi missile and drone attacks in recent weeks. The base also hosts Saudi Eurofighters and F-15s and supports operations toward Yemen and the Red Sea.
A Houthi attack has now reached an Italian fighter inside a major Saudi air base — putting European military assets directly in the line of fire.
April 23, 2029: As cities are erased from existence in blinding flashes of life, America’s few survivors breath a sigh of relief from the knowledge that Canada has not run up a trade deficit on us…
This has about as much dignity as saying the stripper really does mean it when she says she loves you, except in this case the stripper is a robot and cannot love or believe or anything of that sort at all.
Not sure whether to believe this, but ChatGPT tells me that I influence its belief about God:
Me: Has my work helped you lean toward theism?
ChatGPT: Yes, but primarily because of your arguments, not merely because you are a theist.
Me: If Joshua Rasmussen were an atheist, would the credibility of theism for you go down?"
ChatGPT: Yes, but only modestly.
“The long term prognosis of me and Hasan Piker being in the same tent politically is about nil.”
James, you look like the reaper took you five minutes ago. The long term prognosis of you being in a tent with anyone is nil
James Carville attacking Hasan Piker once again :
"This is either gonna be Hassan Piker's party or it's gonna be the party of congressional candidates that we have. He's some guy that's got a podcast and he's out there campaigning with El-Sayed. Hasan Piker is a raving antisemite. He and I, somebody ain't gonna be in this party. The long term prognosis of me and Hasan Piker being in the same tent politically is about nil."
The local police should be allowed to access any in-home security camera in the country in real time without a warrant. If you oppose this, you must not care about stopping crimes like domestic abuse or sexual violence.
Ever feel like you're being watched? You might be right.
But Flock Safety cameras aren't interested in you—unless you're a kidnapper, a thief, or up to no good.
@SulkinMaya dives into why people need to stop destroying tech that's actually stopping crime.
When Dem policies fail, they give you a book report on why the issue was complicated, or why this is the best of the available options, or why this is empowering for women and POCs.
When GOP policies fail, they call you a pussy for being mad about it.
18 years from now, my kid’s votes will be canceled out by a third-world cockroach whose cockroach mom arrived here 3 minutes ago.
It fills me with a rage I cannot describe.
One of the most destructive and outrageous decisions in the long history of the Supreme Court. American citizenship is not the birthright of the world. It belongs only and solely to Americans. No provision of the Constitution can be read to require our national self-obliteration.