An American President on the importance of courage and strength in defending civilization:
“Christianity is not the creed of Asia and Africa at this moment solely because the seventh-century Christians of Asia and Africa had trained themselves not to fight, whereas the Moslems were trained to fight. Christianity was saved in Europe solely because the peoples of Europe fought.
If the peoples of Europe had not possessed a military equality with, and gradually a growing superiority over, the Mohammedans who invaded Europe, Europe would at this moment be Mohammedan and the Christian religion would be exterminated.
Wherever the Mohammedans have had complete sway, wherever the Christians have been unable to resist them by the sword, Christianity has ultimately disappeared. From the hammer of Charles Martel to the sword of Sobieski, Christianity owed its safety in Europe to the fact that it was able to show that it could and would fight as well as the Mohammedan aggressor.
The civilization of Europe, America, and Australia exists today at all only because of the victories of civilized man over the enemies of civilization.”
— Teddy Roosevelt
@GrammarUpdates Number 8 is wrong. As others have stated, the person making the statement 'implies' something, and the listener 'infers' it. All we need is a grammar checker that reinforces errors that people commonly make. /s
@superchipo@juanmi_almeria Pues, yo pasé el ITV este lunes (5 de enero) en Madrid, y no dijeron absolutamente nada sobre la baliza, y no me preguntaron si tenía uno.
@melhael @JackBNarcissist Here in Spain they were lovingly called ‘Cuatro Latas.’ They were so cool. I loved the gear shift lever coming out from just under the dashboard!
In 722, In the mountains of Asturias, a small band of 300 warriors prepares for battle against thousands of muslims
They have no empire, no kingdom; just a handful of men, armed with iron and unbreakable faith that decided enough was enough.
The Birth of the Reconquista - a 🧵
@StephenFleming@anon_opin Probably true, but IMHO, the stupidest, most counterproductive thing they did was actually posting the national 55 mph speed limit as 88 k/h, instead of rounding it up to 90 k/h, which is only 55.9mph. Unbelievably idiotic.
@nerrefrok@Super70sSports My dad had a '69 Kadett that I drove a lot. They were fun cars! It had a huge trunk for such a small car. We used to fill it up with Sunday papers for my sister's and my paper route.
@fesshole You’re a nightmare, I said with a smile/ The worst job I’ve had by a mile/ So I took a shit/And smeared just a bit / On the back part of every tile. -With apologies to the usual limerick dude on Fesshole.