It was the middle of the night, at about 1.30am, when Norway lost to England.
Yet thousands of Norwegians went to the Palace in Oslo and celebrated with one final Viking row.
They did not riot. They did not burn cars. They did not smash bus stops or glass windows of shops.
They smiled. The laughed. They saw the positive in their performance. They celebrated their heritage. They were proud of who they have been in the past and who they are today.
Norway might be out of the World Cup 2026 but they are in our hearts.
In the last three weeks, I think we have all fallen a little bit in love with Norwegians.
🇪🇬 ▪️ El juez miró al hombre que había disparado contra el presidente egipcio Anwar el-Sadat y le preguntó con calma:
—¿Por qué lo mataste?
— Porque era seglar, respondió el asesino.
El juez frunció el ceño.
— ¿Qué significa “seglar”?
El hombre dudó un segundo.
— No lo sé.
…….
▪️ En otro juicio, el acusado había intentado asesinar al escritor Naguib Mahfouz.
— ¿Por qué lo apuñalaste?
—preguntó el juez.
— Porque escribió una novela contra la religión.
—¿La leíste?
— No.
…….
▪️ En una tercera sala, otro hombre enfrentaba cargos por asesinar al intelectual Farag Fouda.
—¿Por qué lo mataste?
— Porque no tenía fe.
—¿Cómo lo sabes?
— Está en sus libros.
— ¿En cuál?
Silencio.
— No lo sé. No los he leído.
— ¿Por qué no los leíste?
El hombre bajó la cabeza.
— No sé leer ni escribir.
…….
▫️ En los tres casos, el patrón era el mismo.
-Se mataba por ideas que no se entendían.
-Se condenaba por palabras que no se habían leído.
-Se odiaba por conceptos que no se sabían definir.
No era convicción. Era repetición.
No era fe. Era eco.
No era certeza. Era obediencia ciega.
La violencia no nació del pensamiento. Nació de la ausencia de él.
El odio no se propaga a través del conocimiento. Se propaga donde el conocimiento no llega. Y cada vez que una sociedad renuncia a educar no crea ignorantes, crea armas humanas que no saben por qué disparan, pero están dispuestas a hacerlo. Ese es el precio invisible de la ignorancia. Y siempre lo paga alguien que no hizo nada para merecerlo.
…….
Alaa Al Aswany
Escritor egipcio https://t.co/HFiUXmHico
Vía @GustavoIPadilla
How great was it seeing Sophie Cunningham as a Ring Card Girl at the UFC fight last night!
You know this is gonna drive the black racist lesbians in the WNBA batshit crazy!
-3 million people were deported under Obama (most without seeing a judge)
-50 ICE shootings from 2015-2021
-50 detainees died in ICE custody under Obama
No moral outrage.
No riots.
So spare us the BULLSHlT!!
You're only upset because you were TOLD to be upset!!
As a "black man," explain to me exactly how race-swapping Helen of Troy benefits me.
How does making Snape black help me?
What tangible win am I supposed to get from these ridiculous desecrations?
My groceries don’t get cheaper.
My rent doesn’t drop.
My life doesn’t improve.
They call it “representation,” but how does it actually represent me?
Explain it to me like I’m five.
If you can make it make sense, I’ll support it.
I was born in 1961 when we still had free speech, so:
I still say FAT.
I still say RETARDED.
I still say MIDGET.
I still say STEWARDESS.
I still say LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I still say ILLEGAL ALIEN.
I still say CRIPPLE.
I still say DEAF.
I still say HOMELESS.
I still say CRAZY.
I still say INSANE.
I still say ORIENTAL.
I still say BLACKLIST.
I still say COLORED PEOPLE.
I still say MOTHER.
I still say MAN and WOMAN.
I still say MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I still say BLIND.
I still say HANDICAPPED.
I still say “INDIAN” instead of Native American.
I still say “GOOD MORNING” and never “buenos dias.”
I still know TRANS WOMEN ARE MEN.
I still know evil is evil, no matter what skin it wears or how OPPRESSED it was.
So go ahead and call me whatever new name you just invented.
I was here first, and I’m not changing.
Who's with me on that?
PALANTIR CTO:
“FOR $10 BILLION, ELON MUSK PUT 300 ROCKETS IN ORBIT.”
“FOR $11 BILLION, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS BUILT 1,600 FEET OF ELEVATED RAIL...
WITH NO RAIL.”
On behalf of the largest police news outlet in the world, we're officially calling for the resignation or termination of this officer IMMEDIATELY.
A female Fort Worth police officer was caught on camera threatening to ticket a retired federal law enforcement officer and Christian street preacher for “offensive speech.”
The officer told the man that if someone is offended by his preaching, then “we have a problem” and said she would issue him a ticket. When he asked if she was really going to ticket him for offensive speech, she replied, “Yes, I am.”
This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment. Police officers do not have the authority to ticket people for speech that offends others. That is the exact opposite of how freedom of speech works in America.
The fact that this officer targeted a retired federal law enforcement officer who was simply preaching makes this even more unacceptable.
Departments that employ officers who openly disregard the Constitution need to clean house. This kind of behavior erodes public trust and makes every good officer’s job harder.
Pass this along so more people see what is happening on our streets.
#FortWorthPD #FirstAmendment
I’m 70 years old. My father was US Air Force. So was I. We’ve been fighting our nations wars for 60 years.
Mamdani immigrated here and became a legal US citizen in 2018.
How dare a communist Ugandan lecture ME on what it means to be an American! He has no clue and he’s destroying NYC. He’s trying to destroy America.
My pissed off meter just maxed. Circuit breakers are popping,
Eff off, @NYCMayor. You’re in way over your head “American.”
To the Americans:
I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.
And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:
You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.
This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.
Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.
This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.
But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.
This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.
And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:
Thank God for the United States.
Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.
Long may your admirable country dominate the world.
Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.
May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.
Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.
Thank God for the USA.
Happy 250th.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson