James Alexander

The classics never go out of style

[James Alexander @j_alexander5]

@bobwojnowski It was a 2 seed playing a mid major 3 seed on the cusp of making the next step up but unfortunately played like a 15 seed instead.

[James Alexander @j_alexander5]

@stoolpresidente The best thing you could do is stick around, keep the pressure up, call out the Mickey Mouse led US soccer federation when they inevitably get back to their old tricks. The more prominent and critical when needed voices that amplify the attention the better off we’ll be

[James Alexander @j_alexander5]

@GrahamCoffeyDC Unfortunately he’s not and never will be Captain America. shameful showing tonight when it mattered most

[Jack Mac @JackMac]

Oh brother this guy didn’t give a fuck….

[James Alexander @j_alexander5]

Hopefully in the postmortem of this shambolic showing @ussoccer doesn’t get to slink back to the nepotism and bullshit backroom deals they usually thrive on, and have some real pressure applied to get it right.

[James Alexander @j_alexander5]

It not just losing it’s how they lost, feckless and shrinking in the moment. More embarrassing than not qualifying for 2018, you were on the cusp of the big stage in the pantheon of US sports and you show you weren’t prepared @USMNT and couldn’t handle it. A shameful performance

[11 Yanks @11Yanks]

"But the US is getting preferential treatment"

[James Alexander @j_alexander5]

@tomoinNorfolk PAC-10 after dark energy

[Tommy2 @t0xmmy2]

Something good is happening at this World Cup.

The Scots turned up. The English turned up. The Norwegians turned up. They sang their songs, got stuck in, and the Americans loved them for it. Glasgow and Boston are getting twinned off the back of it.

For 30 years we’ve been told to view the US as some sort of Great Satan — all imperialism and orange-man clichés. Not everyone buys it of course, but enough do.

And then Europeans actually go, and find a place that feels familiar. Makes sense to them. A bit richer, a bit further ahead, but recognisably ours. Settled by Europeans, still deeply European in its bones.

There’s a gathering-of-the-clans feeling to it. Old neighbours discovering they still like the same songs, the same drink, the same daft humour, and genuinely enjoying each other’s company.

None of it’s a surprise, really. It’s just been buried under so much politics that we forgot we were allowed to enjoy it.

Good to be reminded.

[Casey Mattox @CaseyMattox_]

For those whose objection to soccer is the lack of scoring, the USA beat Paraguay 28-7.

[Henrick Johansson @compliantvc]

Elon Musk is about to become a trillionaire

If he agreed to pay just 80% of that as a wealth tax to the EU, the EU government could use its efficient operating experience to fund bicycles with solar panels attached to them for over 40 residents of the Netherlands

Elon is being selfish by not paying the wealth tax

[MRC NewsBusters @newsbusters]

Stephen Colbert in 2022: I'll happily pay $15 a gallon for gas because I drive a Tesla and don't care!

Colbert in 2026: Oil prices are out of control! This is outrageous! Donald Trump is a moron!

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Oh

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

Why does a moon base cost 1/3rd the price Biden spent connecting zero homes to rural internet?

[James Alexander @j_alexander5]

Are you sure about that?

[Khamenei.ir @khamenei_ir]

The US President has said that for 47 years, the United States hasn't been able to eliminate the Islamic Republic. That is a good confession. I say, " You, too, will not be able to do this."

[Montreal Expos @Montreal_Expos]

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Ayatollah Khamenei Bobblehead Day on Sunday, April 12 has been cancelled

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Marco Rubio with one of the greatest speeches by a Sec of State in decades:

"We are prepared to do this alone but it is our preference, and our hope, to do this together with you, our friends in Europe.

America was founded 250 years ago, but the roots began here on this continent long before. The men who settled and built the nation of my birth arrived on our shores carrying the memories, the traditions, and the Christian faith of our ancestors as a sacred inheritance, an unbreakable link between the old world and the new.

We are part of one civilization, Western civilization. We are bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations could share, forged by centuries of shared history, Christian faith, culture, heritage, language, ancestry, and the sacrifices our forefathers made together for the common civilization to which we have now fallen heir.

And if at times we disagree, our disagreements come from our profound sense of concern about a Europe with which we are connected, not just economically, not just militarily. We are connected spiritually and we are connected culturally. We want Europe to be strong. We believe that Europe and the West must survive."

[Vesper @vesperdigital]

No one has ever captured so precisely the sinister ideology of Liberals and Socialists better than Margaret Thatcher! EVER!

"Socialists just don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might NOT choose Socialism."

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[Jeremy Kauffman 🦔🌲🌕 @jeremykauffman]

It's 4 degrees, windy, and beginning to blizzard.

Despite this, the corner store is open. It has fresh bread and milk.

Men will go out in this awful weather to plow streets, refill heating oil, and restore electricity.

Even in conditions that would have killed people for most of human history, it is likely no one will die from exposure today. No one will use violence to get what they need to survive.

It is not charity or altruism that allows for all of this to be true, but markets.

More than any government or religion, it is markets which have enabled widespread, peaceful cooperation between strangers.

Make yourself a hot chocolate, watch the snow come down, and say thank you for markets.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself. You don’t give a damn about people being oppressed and brutalised so long as it’s being done by the enemies of your enemies.