The “phony modern poem” Nabokov refers to in Pale Fire is T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. Elsewhere in the novel, he observes that T.S. Eliot is an anagram of “toilets.”
HERO BYSTANDER IN TENNESSEE STEPS UP BIG TIME!
A cop gets sucker-punched in the head during an arrest, and instead of pulling out a phone to film it like most people would, this legend jumps in and helps finish the job.
This is real America!
@HadiNasrallah Actually you deescalate first moron, this is someone properly trained, that’s why we have the best military in the entire world. Cry harder.
@DerrickHam1976 Your heart hurts.. I think Charlie might say, have the conversation- “I’m really not comfortable with what you said/did. I am a business professional and I think it might impact the work I do for you. So, respectfully.. I can give you referrals..
Iran talks like a superpower—but remember, they’re a paper tiger. Their proxies have targeted U.S. interests overseas, including our troops in the Middle East, but when it comes to the homeland, their plots consistently fail. For everyone panicking, here’s what their retaliation on U.S. soil has actually looked like:
🔻 2011: Tried to hire a Mexican cartel to bomb a D.C. café and kill Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir. The “hitman” was a DEA informant. Total clown show.
🔻 2022: Plotted to kill John Bolton (yes, not even quality targeting BTW). Caught before step one.
🔻 2022: Tried to assassinate Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn. Used WhatsApp. FBI shut it down before they even got close. And she trolls the hell out of them! (You go girl!)
🔻 2020–2023: The cyber “war” was actually phishing scams and defacing websites. Laughable.
And let’s not forget Hezbollah’s Unit 910��everyone’s up in arms about them, but they’ve never successfully pulled off a plot here on U.S. soil. NEVER EVER.
Don’t waste time chasing paper tigers. The real threat is al-Qaeda—and if you’re smart, you’ve already been preparing for the bin Laden brothers’ plot on our homeland.
Sure, Iran might try something, but we’ve trained, planned, and hardened for far worse. Everything else? Kid games. We’re a thousand times more capable than anything Iran can throw at us.
And Al-Qaeda should take note—never get comfortable, especially in Afghanistan. We won’t sit idle while you threaten us; let tonight’s bombings in Iran serve as a clear warning. Stay in your sandbox!