Christopher Burton

History nerd, but sometimes the present is too important to ignore. Blessed with being able to watch the world go by and call it like I see it.

[Christopher Burton @Observations87]

@laurahollis61 @FrankLuntz @ForecasterEnten Not.

[Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. @neoavatara]

Kamala Harris running in 2028 would be the zenith of Democrat Party incompetence.

She was so totally incompetent. She did nothing of any significance as VP. What she did do, she failed at.

And she is still the favorite!

Nothing would prove more that they are a broken party.

[Christopher Burton @Observations87]

@GoyEmpanada Good to see this POS getting owned.

[Christopher Burton @Observations87]

@Dogstoyesky @NAAF0Racoon Delete your account.

[Christopher Burton @Observations87]

@RobynDODonnell @FrankLuntz You listened to liars.

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

8 June 1968. Robert F Kennedy’s funeral took place at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. In a eulogy, his brother Edward said: “My brother need not be idealised or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life. He should be remembered simply as a good and decent man.”

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

American officials seem incapable of the simple equivalent.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

JD Vance took time this week to explain to the British that the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak was actually about immigration.

Justice Secretary David Lammy apparently rang Vance to set the record straight. “You’re wrong about this,” Lammy told him. Which must have been an uncomfortable conversation for a vice-president who has built an entire political career on being confidently incorrect about things happening in other people’s countries.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, England’s football squad was busy preparing for the World Cup in Kansas City, Missouri. Nine people were shot near England’s planned training facility and hotel on Troost Avenue at four in the morning. Police arrived to find a large crowd scattering. A second shooting the same evening, just miles away on Troost Avenue, left two people dead. 

The Kansas City Police were quick to reassure everyone that the incident “did not occur near a World Cup venue or anything else World Cup-related.”  Which is technically true, in the same way that a house fire next door isn’t technically in your living room.

The Americans are hosting a World Cup. They have strong opinions about immigration and British crime statistics. They would just like everyone to ignore the bit where nine people get shot near the visiting team’s hotel before breakfast.

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[Christopher Burton @Observations87]

@LeeRoyDiggler @NowTeenEighty4 @AnnCoulter Obviously he received some protection, but nowhere near the level of a sitting president!

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

France could very well fall to the Kremlin if it doesn’t dare stand up to this man

[Christopher Burton @Observations87]

@scs_real GFY.

[Christopher Burton @Observations87]

@JohnWil45304495 @MagellanQuest An ongoing cycle of conflict from 1791-1945 (even periods of peace on that time saw intense rivalry). Postwar reconciliation was NOT inevitable, and Adenauer and de Gaulle deserve a measure of the credit.

[Peter Hague @peterrhague]

If he hadn’t been persecuted to death by his government, he could well have lived long enough to witness much of the computer revolution.

At age 57 he would’ve seen Apollo 11 land on the Moon, using the most advanced computers of the time
At age 69 he would’ve seen the release of the IBM PC
In his 80s he would’ve seen the dot com bubble.
If he made it to 95, he might have been there when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone.

[Christopher Burton @Observations87]

@BlackIntifada Thank you for proving the QT's point!

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

Valeria, wearing her graduation dress, stands on the ruins of her school in Kharkiv🇺🇦

Heartbreaking 💔

Photo: Valeria's aunt Anna Episheva

[Mike Bird @Birdyword]

We should more seriously consider the merits of a progressive consumption tax

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Total collapse at russia's Sochi airport. Thousands of passengers have been stuck there ever since Friday's drone attack.

​What’s the matter? Is your own little war getting in the way of your travel plans? 😏

[Christopher Burton @Observations87]

@Hurriya1973 @RichardHanania I did not say it was an excuse.

[John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre]

Out of 16.4 million Americans who served in WWII, only about 40,000 are still alive.

They’re dying at a rate of ~100 per day.

These are the heroes who saved the world from tyranny.

Find one. Thank one. Listen to their stories.

While you still can.