Bruce Johnston

"EVERYTHING is about territory" - Henry Elliot Howard.

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just said the one thing about America they made sure you’d never learn.

The one thing that should’ve made you proud, not ashamed.

Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you want?”

One nation held a weapon no civilization had ever possessed.

Total monopoly on destruction. No rival. No consequence. No limit.

Every empire in history that held that kind of power did the only thing empires know how to do.

They took until there was nothing left to take.

America had a greater advantage than all of them combined.

And rebuilt the nations it just defeated.

Musk: “The United States actually helped rebuild countries. So it helped rebuild Europe, it helped rebuild Japan. This is very unusual behavior, almost unprecedented.”

Not almost unprecedented.

It had never happened. Not once in 5,000 years of recorded civilization.

The nation with the power to take everything chose to rebuild instead.

Enemies became allies. Rubble became economies. Surrender became partnership.

Germany went from ashes to the economic engine of Europe in a single generation.

Japan went from unconditional surrender to the third largest economy on earth.

Three years after the war, America was flying food into Berlin.

Into the capital of the country that just tried to end the free world.

That decision reshaped every economy, every alliance, and every trade route on the planet.

Billions of people lifted out of poverty over the next half century trace back to one moment. One nation choosing restraint over domination.

No other country in history can make that claim. Not one.

Musk: “There’s always like, well America’s done bad things. Well of course America’s done bad things, but one needs to look at the whole track record.”

Every nation on earth has blood in its history.

But the measure of a nation was never its worst chapter.

It’s what it does when nobody can stop it.

When nobody could stop America, it fed its enemies and rebuilt their cities.

You’re being told every day that this country is something to be ashamed of.

By people who have no idea what the world looks like without it.

Every free market. Every open border for trade. Every democracy that took root outside Europe stands in the shadow of that single decision.

The values that built this country didn’t just shape America.

They shaped the modern world.

AI is about to hand a small number of people a power advantage that makes nuclear monopoly look primitive.

1945 was the first test.

AI is the last.

That power is going to exist. The only question left is who holds it.

The most powerful thing America ever did wasn’t building the bomb.

It was having the power to take everything and choosing not to.

The people trying hardest to tear that story down have never built a single thing worth defending.

[Craig Kelly:🇦🇺Foundation for Economic Education @craigkellyAFEE]

The anti-Australia Institute loves holding up Norway as the nation we should copy.

They might actually have a point for once: Norway has firmly rejected mass migration and proudly celebrates its traditions and heritage — including its Viking past.

Now imagine if the same leftists and cultural Marxists who’ve infested Australia had managed to infiltrate Norway instead.

They’d immediately demand the Christian cross be stripped from the national team’s shirt and the national flag to reflected the "new diversity".

The celebrated ‘Viking Row’ would be labelled "toxic masculinity," and anyone participating would be shamed for displaying "cultural insensitivity."

So instead of Norwegians roaring with pride during their Viking Row, they’d be forced to grovel through some pathetic sorry apology statement — condemning their ancestors for “terrorising and plundering European towns, stealing valuables, and capturing slaves” — while wallowing in manufactured guilt.

All designed to ensure young Norwegians are taught to despise their nation’s history.

So yes, let’s learn from Norway and celebrate with pride Australia’s history, culture and traditions.

[MJ Murphy @hothingsgirlsay]

Most people think pronouns are just about politeness. I think they’re also about framing.

The Pronoun Trap happens when language asks you to accept a disputed conclusion before you’ve had the chance to examine the underlying claim. Once a particular way of speaking becomes the starting point, the conversation often shifts away from “What is true?” and toward “Are you a good person?”

[🎩Laird of the Manor🎩 @LairdOfThManor]

Torpenhow Hill, England

When the Saxons arrived and asked the locals what that hill was called, the Welsh replied, “Pen,” which simply means hill in Welsh.

The Saxons, apparently not spotting they’d already been given the full answer, added their own word for hill: tor. So it became Torpen - literally Hill Hill.

A few centuries later, the Norse turned up and repeated the exercise, adding haugr, their word for hill. Now it was effectively Torpenhaugr - Hill Hill Hill.

Then the English arrived, looked at the whole thing, shrugged, and added “Hill” on the end for good measure.

Thus we ended up with Torpenhow Hill:
Hill Hill Hill Hill.

It’s comforting to know that for over a thousand years, successive generations have been independently deciding that the previous lot hadn’t made it quite clear enough that it was, in fact, a hill.

Language is magnificent.
Humans… less so.🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

He is 100% correct.

“When they’re chanting ‘Free Palestine,’ they’re really saying destroy Israel, destroy the Jews. It’s the modern equivalent of ‘Heil Hitler.’”

- Benjamin Netanyahu, May 28, 2025

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

WOW: Spencer Pratt met with President Trump in the Oval Office.

I wonder if he shared those incriminating tapes about certain California politicians 👀

[Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY]

Democrats fully vetted Graham Platner, happily signed off on his incredibly disturbing history to win a Senate seat, and are only pretending to be shocked now because they can no longer rationalize the hypocrisy.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

‘If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction.’ Me, 2020

Can you see it yet?

[Matthew Horncastle @matt_horncastle]

Chris Hipkins should be in jail for what he did during Covid.

[Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid]

Left: France signing surrender agreement to the Nazis. June 22, 1940.

Right: France signing surrender agreement to the Jihadists. July 6, 2026.

[Craig Kelly:🇦🇺Foundation for Economic Education @craigkellyAFEE]

While you're huddled in the cold tonight, wondering if you can even afford to flick on the heater as Net Zero keeps jacking up your electricity bills, I'm sure it'll warm the cockles of your freezing heart to know that just two weeks ago, Chris Bowen handed $20 million of your taxpayer dollars to Labor's billionaire mate Lindsay Fox.

All in the name of "real action on climate change," of course.

Because nothing says ‘saving the planet’ like forcing struggling households to subsidise one of Australia's richest logistics empires.

No doubt this fat $20 million handout to Linfox will go a long way towards paying for the diesel fuel needed for Lindsay Fox's luxury superyacht, the Volpini 2 (and it keep up it well stocked with the finest French champagne) as it cruises the Mediterranean this northern summer along the Amalfi Coast and the French Riviera - while you decide between heating and eating.

After all, why should a billionaire bother paying for his own green virtue-signalling when there's an endless supply of mugs' money in Canberra?

Classic Labor: punish the punters, pamper the mates.

At this stage, if you are still supporting the Albanese regime, you are a complete mug.

[Wesley Hunt @WesleyHuntTX]

The hacks on The View have done it again.

A multimillionaire says she doesn’t feel safe in neighborhoods with American flags while another asks, “What are we actually celebrating?”

For starters, celebrate the fact that you live in a country where you’re free to say exactly that on national television, earn millions doing it, and face no government punishment for your opinion.

We’re celebrating 250 years of liberty, opportunity, sacrifice, and the greatest experiment in self-government the world has ever known.

If you think America has nothing worth celebrating, compare the freedoms you enjoy here with those in places where dissent is actually punished.

That’s why millions of people still dream of coming to the United States.

The American people are sick of your limousine grievance.

[The Uri @uricohenisrael]

So i guess Hossam Hassan, the Head Coach of Egypt, didn’t like this fan with the Israeli flag🇮🇱

Cry harder🤣🤣

[Holyhekatuiteka @2ETEKA]

Stuff confirming what I posted yesterday.

The two pig slop parties National & Labour have once again come together to support the social media ban, and while Luxon and Stanford are pathetically trying to pretend that VPN bans are not part of the plan, it clearly is on the cards.

“It’s understood that a draft bill and paper was circulated to coalition partners two weeks ago and was proposed to go to cabinet committee last week.

However, a source has confirmed that after New Zealand First raised concerns about the paper and told National the bill would not have its support, the paper was removed from the agenda of the committee meeting.

Both New Zealand First and Act had expressed concerns about the potential ban from the beginning.

ACT had raised concerns about workability while New Zealand First was worried about the potential wider implication of introducing a digital government ID that everyone would need to access the platforms.

Both coalition partners were angered by reports on Tuesday morning the Education Minister was considering a ban on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), something she and the Prime Minister have since denied.

and two parties could invoke their “agree to disagree” clauses and send it off to the house to be introduced, debated and potentially supported by others.
It’s understood New Zealand First will not be using agree to disagree - it will be expressing no support for the bill.”

The Uniparty of National & Labour is becoming laughable with how often they come together to usher in contentious bills. Piglet & gingernuts have struck deals with each other on the below:

* Genetech - Act support
* India Free trade - Act support
* Social media ban

NZF is the lone dissenter on all these 3 issue.

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

Was this happening before the Muslim invasion?

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

How did we ever let this happen?

[Simeon Brown @SimeonBrownMP]

More billboards going up. This one spotted in Woodend!

[Graham Linehan @Glinner]

No-one who pushed this movement should ever be taken seriously again.

[Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith]

If Communists can take over New York, the world’s leading global financial center, they can take over anywhere.

If Islamists can take over New York, a quarter of a century after the 9/11 atrocities, they can take over anywhere.

[SparksN123 @SparksN123]

Smell the stink?