Benjamin Gray

Worshipper of God, #Computer Scientist, #Web guru, #Percussionist/#Drummer, Media/Technology enthusiast, Hispanic American, Husband, Father, Batman, etc.

[Benjamin Gray @darkgrayknight]

Hey All, I'm looking for work now. Senior Software Engineer, remote only. DM me if you have something or hear of anything. reply if you have some ideas of where I ought to work. I already see many a UI in the job searching business that needs some serious work to improve.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Weekly reminder: Decline is a choice.

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

DEFUND BABY KILLING

[China Uncensored @ChinaUncensored]

This means to abandon Taiwan would also mean to abandon the Philippines

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Gilles, je vais démonter ta prémisse de départ, parce que tout le reste de ton argument s'effondre avec elle.

Tu pars du principe qu'il faut une « sensibilité de gauche » pour ne pas laisser créver les gens de faim. C'est l'inverse total de ce que dit l'histoire économique des 50 dernières années.

Les chiffres bruts.

1990 : 2,3 milliards de personnes en pauvreté extrême. 38% de l'humanité.
2025 : 831 millions. Environ 10%.

1,5 milliard d'êtres humains sortis de la misère absolue en 35 ans. La plus grande réduction de souffrance humaine de toute l'histoire de l'espèce.

Qui a fait ça ?

Pas l'aide internationale. Pas les ONG. Pas les programmes de redistribution. Pas la « sensibilité de gauche ».

Le marché. L'ouverture commerciale. La Chine de Deng en 1978 qui abandonne le maoisme. L'Inde en 1991 qui libéralise. Le Vietnam, l'Indonésie, le Bangladesh qui s'ouvrent au capitalisme.

Les seuls endroits où l'extrême pauvreté a EXPLOSÉ sur la même période ? Le Vénézuela socialiste : de 27% de pauvres en 2008 à plus de 80% en 2018, avec une inflation de 130 000% et un Vénézuélien moyen qui a perdu 11 kilos par dénutrition. La Corée du Nord. Cuba. Le Zimbabwe de Mugabe.

La gauche ne nourrit pas les pauvres. Elle les fabrique.

Le capitalisme produit tellement de richesse que même ses « perdants » américains vivent mieux que la classe moyenne soviétique. Un pauvre US a un frigo, une voiture, un téléphone, l'air conditionné, internet. Un pauvre cubain attend du riz.

Ton argument selon lequel « le social aux USA est un désastre » repète une légende française. La réalité : le PIB par habitant américain est de 80 000$. Français : 45 000$. Un Mississippien — l'État US le plus pauvre — a un revenu médian supérieur au Français moyen.

La vérité que la gauche française refuse de regarder : dans un système libéral, il y a plus de richesse créée, plus largement distribuée, et beaucoup moins de pauvres. Partout. Sans exception. Sur toutes les périodes mesurées.

ÊTRE de gauche en 2026 face à ces données, ce n'est pas avoir de la « sensibilité ». C'est ignorer 35 ans de preuves accablantes. C'est préférer la posture morale au résultat.

La compassion sans résultats, ça s'appelle de la vanité.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Old Guys Hanging Out At Denny's At 6 A.M. Having Better Day Than You Could Ever Dream Of https://t.co/0ZSCBRBbXP

[Senator Jim Banks @SenatorBanks]

Illegal aliens take out loans that they never intend to repay.

Americans are left with the bill.

Now, President Trump is instructing the CFPB to look into tightening restrictions on lending to illegal aliens.

This is a great way to protect American consumers!

[Benjamin Gray @darkgrayknight]

@SouthernKeeks He used to be pretty funny, but after getting divorced, he has been going downhill quickly.

[Benjamin Gray @darkgrayknight]

@laurel_prolife @SouthernKeeks Using the Lord's name in vain -- exactly this.
Also, why would "Christians" follow Muslim extremists?

[Frank McCormick @CBHeresy]

“My sixth grade students are enjoying something from a different culture. How can I wreck their innocent fun and make them miserable social justice warriors?”

[Adam Lowisz X Meetup 🇺🇸🇵🇱🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦 @AdamLowisz]

@elonmusk These police officers that arrested the victim of a stabbing out of their racist prejudices towards the White indigenous populations of Europe need to face prison time. It is unacceptable that a colonizing migrant should be allowed to stab an indigenous European.

[Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_]

If our ancestors saw all the luxuries we have and how little we work for it and yet how much we whine about it, they would never stop slapping us.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Study: Average Father Spends 97% Of Time Running Around House Turning Lights Off https://t.co/z8cOgmX7Pl

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

RFK Unveils New Plan To End Childhood Obesity By Chasing Fat Kids With A Stick https://t.co/0fcT5ieO7f

[China Uncensored @ChinaUncensored]

Now that the Trump-Xi summit is done, here are some of my final thoughts:

Boy, we had some good times and some good laughs, didn't we? Rubio's name change and Maduro track suit, YMCA at the State Banquet, beautiful smoggy weather, the Thucydides Trap—and that's about all that came out of the meeting. Kind of strange considering Trump brought a fleet of America's biggest CEO's and, what? Basically no deals announced?

While "nothing" coming out of the meeting was what I considered the best outcome, I can't help feel a little unsettled. Because one thing is clear—this isn't over. The US and China are locked in a Cold War and there is no win-win cooperation in that.

The question is, was this just the first meeting of a longer negotiation process that will result in the same kinds of terrible deals that ultimately undermine the US we've been getting for decades? Or will the Trump Administration continue to hammer the CCP on all fronts? So far, despite all the cries of TACO and predictions of Trump caving, nothing like that has actually happened.

A lot will depend on US domestic politics (those midterms are coming up and gas sure is expensive). And in the coming weeks we'll probably be hearing more about anything that might have come out of the meeting. I just hope both teams had fun.

[Matt Braynard @MattBraynard]

We're so back.

An entrepreneur is restoring Pizza Huts to their former glory.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Associated Press Warns That Trebuchets Are Exempt From U.S. Gun Laws https://t.co/jl0QxkLNTO

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

“Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS…” - President Trump