🚨 BREAKING:
UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev explains his comments on Palestine:
"They [Israel] aren't killing terrorists; they're killing children and the elderly. It's madness."
The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect. Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.
This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.
😂Khabib told off Islam Makhachev for saying “shut up” to Ian Garry at the press conference:
“I paid for their English classes for one year. They learned nothing. Ian Garry, who was talking very nicely about him, he said, 'Shut up.'”
(via @WillHarrisAOAF)
One thing we've learnt over the last 5 years is potential somehow costs more than proven performances.
Teams would rather pay for a 22-year-old who might be elite than a 27-year-old who's actually elite right now. It'd be refreshing to see at least one club break this trend.
“We reached the final, but you couldn’t be there. I wanted to win it for you and bring you the trophy. I couldn’t. My legs had nothing left to give, and I never felt physically right.”