David Inmon

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

“There have always been ignorant people, but they haven't always had college degrees to make them unaware of their ignorance. Some people imagine that they are well informed because they have memorized a whole galaxy of trendy dogmas and fashionable attitudes.”

— Thomas Sowell

[Taya Bass @travelingflying]

Christopher Hitchens: ”In 1786, when the United States was barely a country, it was having its sailors taken as slaves by the Barbary states, the states of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Tripoli, shores of Tripoli. Ships stopped, its crews carried off into slavery. We estimate 1.5 million European and American slaves taken between 1750 and 1815.

Jefferson and Adams went to their ambassador in London and said, why do you do this to us? The United States has never had a quarrel with the Muslim world of any kind. We weren't in the crusades. We weren't at war with Spain. Why do you do this to our people and our ships? Why do you plunder and enslave our people? The ambassador said very plainly, Mr. Abdul Rahman said, because the Quran gives us permission to do so, because you are infidels, and that's our answer. Jefferson said, well, in that case, I will send a navy which will crush your state, which he did.

Islamic fundamentalism is not created by American democracy. It's a lie to say so. It's a masochistic lie, and it excuses those who are the real criminals, and blames us for the attacks made upon us.”

[David Inmon @daveinmon]

@united I LOVE flying in those old seats. They’re so soft and broken! Feels like an old friend (key word being old!)

And who needs USB ports?? A passing fad I’m sure. 🙄

[Taya Bass @travelingflying]

Christopher Hitchens: ”In 1786, when the United States was barely a country, it was having its sailors taken as slaves by the Barbary states, the states of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Tripoli, shores of Tripoli. Ships stopped, its crews carried off into slavery. We estimate 1.5 million European and American slaves taken between 1750 and 1815.

Jefferson and Adams went to their ambassador in London and said, why do you do this to us? The United States has never had a quarrel with the Muslim world of any kind. We weren't in the crusades. We weren't at war with Spain. Why do you do this to our people and our ships? Why do you plunder and enslave our people? The ambassador said very plainly, Mr. Abdul Rahman said, because the Quran gives us permission to do so, because you are infidels, and that's our answer. Jefferson said, well, in that case, I will send a navy which will crush your state, which he did.

Islamic fundamentalism is not created by American democracy. It's a lie to say so. It's a masochistic lie, and it excuses those who are the real criminals, and blames us for the attacks made upon us.”

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

NEW | Special Report: The war in Iran is currently in a phase in which the military trajectory is relatively positive: the United States is steadily destroying Iran’s ability to use its most essential tool in the war — drone and missile attacks — which in turn underpin the entire Iranian strategy.

Iran has still done some damage to US forces, and it is still firing drones and missiles, though the overall attack rate is slowly decreasing. These attacks still pale in comparison to the major attacks Iran sought to conduct in an existential war and have caused neither operationally significant damage nor widespread casualties.

The US-Israeli combined force will need time to achieve its military objectives and prevent Iran from inflicting further political and economic pain upon the United States and its allies in the region, but the campaign remains incomplete, and it is too soon to forecast its outcome. Declaring it an operational failure is unquestionably premature.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

Vargas: "You said that you are confident that the world is better after the death of Iran's Supreme Leader"

Fetterman: "100%. Yeah, k*ll every last member of their leadership."

Vargas: "Well, his son is now in charge"

Fetterman: "K*ll him too"

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

There’s always a bigger boss… this cashier proved it! 😂

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Alpha baboon saves his troop from a leopard attack.

[ForAmerica @ForAmerica]

Donald, my guy. Just making sure we still good?

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

The fact that a billionaire real estate playboy who liked to slap his name on steaks and wine has proven to be a better diplomat and military strategist than every other politician and foreign policy expert over the last 30 years is such a damning indictment of the DC establishment I honestly don’t know how they recover.

[Founder Mode @Founder_Mode_]

Jensen Huang: "People with really high expectations have very low resilience."

"I think one of my great advantages is that I have very low expectations. And I mean that.

Most of the Stanford graduates have very high expectations. And you deserve to have high expectations because you came from a great school.

You were very successful. You're top of your class.

Obviously, you were able to pay for tuition. And then you're graduating from one of the finest institutions on the planet.

You're surrounded by other kids that are just incredible. You naturally have very high expectations.

People with very high expectations have very low resilience. And unfortunately, resilience matters in success.

I don't know how to teach it to you except for I hope suffering happens to you. And I was fortunate that I grew up with my parents providing a condition for us to be successful on the one hand, but there were plenty of opportunities for setbacks and suffering.

And to this day, I use the phrase pain and suffering inside our company with great glee. And I mean that. Boy, this is going to cause a lot of pain and suffering.

And I mean that in a happy way, because you want to train, you want to refine the character of your company.

You want greatness out of them. And greatness is not intelligence.

Greatness comes from character, and character isn't formed out of smart people.

It's formed out of people who suffered.

And so if I could wish upon you, I don't know how to do it. For all of you Stanford students, I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering."

[David Inmon @daveinmon]

@TonyIannitelli @megynkelly 😂😂

[David Inmon @daveinmon]

@brithume General Keane is correct. Peggy missed the mark on this one.

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Why you deport me? Why?

The 45-second clip that explains suicidally empathetic immigration policies.

Let me tag @realDonaldTrump, @JDVance, @PamBondi, @Kash_Patel, and @PierrePoilievre.

[David Inmon @daveinmon]

@GadSaad @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @PamBondi @Kash_Patel @PierrePoilievre Brilliant!! And accurate.

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

Hot take: Europe is a bunch of third-world countries with better branding. No A/C. No dryers. Ice is a luxury. You’ll sweat through dinner while the waiter ignores you for 2 hours. Say what you want about America, but at least eating out doesn’t feel like hot yoga with bread.

[David Inmon @daveinmon]

@bennyjohnson @iklachheelveel No doubt! And good on ya for being strong enough to pick up all of them at once!! Well done dad!

[David Inmon @daveinmon]

@Viralvid_89 @PicturesFoIder Never invite them!!!

[David Inmon @daveinmon]

@elonmusk No “might be” about it. It is the most important chart. And we need to begin building nuclear power plants at the cyclic rate.