@Nutt3r__Butt3r@brentblum He canโt defend well at all OR create his own shot ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ Heโs a great catch & shooter - canโt dribble to create shot yet either (yet) Iโm a huge fan of clones but heโs not ready (yet)
He could only be a situational shooter at next level but can he come off bench cold and make it?
Sentiments of Venezuelans
Iโm going to say this once, and I donโt care if it makes people uncomfortable.
If you have never lived in Venezuela
If you did not grow up there
If you did not watch your country collapse in real time
If you did not stand in food lines
If you did not watch your parents lose everything they built
If you did not have to leave your home with nothing
Then shut the fuck up.
You do not have an opinion.
Your opinion does not matter.
And you donโt get to lecture anyone about whatโs happening there.
Iโm Venezuelan.
I lived there most of my life until my early twenties.
I watched my country go from a functioning democracy to full blown socialism right in front of my eyes.
This is not politics to me.
This is trauma.
Before socialism, Venezuela was not perfect, but it worked.
There was trade.
There was money coming in.
There was investment from the US.
There were jobs.
There was food.
There was medicine.
My family had five businesses.
We had our home
We had investments.
We had a future.
Then the government started nationalizing everything.
Private companies were taken.
Foreign investors were pushed out.
Imports were blocked.
Price controls destroyed production.
Corruption exploded.
And everything died.
Not slowly.
Violently.
People didnโt suddenly become poor because of โcapitalismโ or โthe USโ or whatever bullshit slogan people like to repeat online.
They became poor because socialism destroyed incentives, destroyed production, destroyed trust, and destroyed hope.
People today in Venezuela are not debating ideology.
They are trying to survive.
They are trying to find food.
Trying to find medication.
Trying to keep their families alive.
So when I see people in the West posting from comfortable homes, full fridges, stable currencies, and safe streets talking about โimperialismโ or โUS badโ or โTrump this or thatโ
No.
Itโs not complicated.
Youโre just ignorant.
China is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Russia is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Cartels are not rebuilding Venezuela.
They are stealing.
They are extracting.
They are draining whatโs left.
If the US comes in and reinvests
If refineries get rebuilt
If infrastructure gets restored
If imports open back up
If food, water, and medicine become accessible again
If people can work and earn with dignity
Then yes.
Let them take all the oil they want.
Because at least something gets built instead of destroyed.
This is something to celebrate.
Not because itโs perfect.
But because for the first time in a long time, there is hope.
Hope that families can eat.
Hope that people donโt have to flee their country.
Hope that Venezuela can function again.
If youโve never lived through a country collapsing
If youโve never watched socialism destroy everything around you
If youโve never had to leave your home because staying meant starvation
Then again
Shut the fuck up.
This isnโt theory.
This isnโt politics.
This is lived experience.
By Stephen Subero
Mamdaniโs Tenant Director, Cea Weaver, says NYC will transition private property to being a โcollective good.โ
She says, โIt will mean that especially white familiesโฆare gonna have a different relationship to property than the one we currently have.โ
We are going to see soon that 1000s of players made mistakes. Coach nails it. Stop worrying about a check. Start enjoying life. Most of those in the portal just made their college experience more expensive and many just ended theirs.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS CURRENTLY SHUT DOWNโ๏ธ
AOC is upset so the socialist wing of the Democratic Party is upset. We need the moderate Democrats to stand up to this BSโผ๏ธโผ๏ธ
"Richard Phillips talks about this, where one of the boats from the Bainbridge shows up and he sees a dude with a massive beard, covered in tattoos, and heโs like, โHi, sir.โ The snipers took the shot, killed the pirates, and then one of our guys firemanโs-crawled down the tow cable to secure Captain Phillips. It was the most bada** thing that happened during that mission. But when Phillips came back, Vice President Biden got up and said, โThe guys from SEAL Team 6 did a great job,โ and he outed us in front of the world."
@PeteScobell
Phil Collins performs "In The Air Tonight" at Knebworth 1990.
Much respect to this guy. To sit in front of a huge crowd and casually belt out vocals then go back and sit at drums right on time and nail it.
That's what you call TALENT.