BREAKING 🚨 Bill Maher: “I live here in Hollywood. I have to live amongst people, most of whom think it's cool to wear the Kufiya to the Oscars and to say, ‘Free Palestine.’ As if Palestine would be liberated by living under Hamas. By the way, Israel—geniuses educated on TikTok—was liberated in 2005 by Israel. Israel gave it back and said, ‘Here you have your land again. You do something with it.’ And this is what they did with it... It could have been Dubai.”
In 1948, British led and armed Jordanian troops ethnically cleansed every last Jew from Jerusalem’s Old City — and tried to wipe out every trace of Jewish life.
After capturing the Jewish Quarter, Jordanian forces expelled the remaining Jews. As they trudged toward Zion Gate carrying what little they could, Arab civilians swarmed in “like locusts” to loot. One proud Muslim led his family away with Torah scrolls from a synagogue and a carton of matzos balanced on his daughter’s head.
Photographer John Phillips captured it all: the vacant stares of exhausted Jewish fighters, a terrified girl running with bared teeth like a trapped animal, and a makeshift hospital where a round loaf of bread sat beside a man who would soon die.
By May 29, the Quarter was a charred and burnt-out shell.
The Jordanian commander, Abdullah el-Tell, boasted:
“For the first time in 1000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews’ return here impossible.”
Just like the Romans nearly 2,000 years earlier, they failed.
Nineteen years later, in 1967, Jews returned to a reunited Jerusalem. The Jewish Quarter was rebuilt. The ancient synagogues were restored. And the Jewish connection to their holiest city — unbroken for over 3,000 years — endures stronger than ever.
Some bonds cannot be erased.
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#Alemania condecoró a Dr. Herbert Stern con la Cruz de Caballero.
La distinción reconoce su compromiso con la preservación de la memoria histórica, especialmente de la inmigración judía, y su contribución al diálogo entre Alemania,República Dominicana e Israel.
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Janis Joplin and Johnny Winter sharing a quiet backstage moment at Madison Square Garden, December 19, 1969. Photo by Steve Banks.
Janis and Johnny weren't just musical peers—they were both from small, neighboring towns in East Texas, born just a year apart, and they shared a deep bond that mixed a brief romance with a massive, lifelong mutual respect for each other’s blues styles.
This photo was taken right in the middle of a massive night in New York City. Janis was headlining the Garden, and she invited Johnny to bring his blistering guitar style out on stage to jam with her.
What is your favorite track from each or them?👇️
Young, struggling duo Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, captured by photographer Jimmy Wachtel for their self-titled Buckingham Nicks album cover, Los Angeles, 1973. Though the record flopped upon release, this exact, provocative image caught the attention of Mick Fleetwood while visiting Sound City Studios. Within a year, the duo was invited into Fleetwood Mac, setting the stage for one of the greatest eras in rock history. Did any of you manage to grab an original copy of the Buckingham Nicks vinyl before it went out of print? 👇️
REPORT: Theo Von asked Dr. McCullough if anyone was “immune” to COVID, and his answer caught almost everyone off guard.
THEO VON: “Was there anybody who was immune to COVID-19?”
DR. MCCULLOUGH: “There’s one adult group. You’re going to laugh.”
[Theo Von listens closely for the reveal]
DR. MCCULLOUGH: “Smokers… They got very mild cases. And they don’t get long COVID.”
THEO VON: “Why?”
MCCULLOUGH: “Because smokers maintain a level of nicotine in the bloodstream… Smoking blocks the spike protein. It’s amazing. I thought smokers were going to go down.”
THEO VON: “Do you think that’s a good idea [to use nicotine patches] on a regular basis?”
DR. MCCULLOUGH: “I think [it’s a good idea] if they have long COVID... Nicotine, don’t forget, is a nootropic. A nootropic is a drug that makes the brain function more effectively... It’s addictive, but it’s not harmful to the human body... Nicotine patches are perfectly safe.”
The clip quickly went viral, racking up more than 4 million views on X alone.
To be clear, Dr. McCullough is not encouraging anyone to start smoking. His point is that nicotine itself is not the primary source of tobacco’s health risks. Rather, he argues that tar and other toxic substances in tobacco smoke are responsible for much of the damage.
“Nicotine patches are perfectly safe,” he says.
Epidemiologist @NicHulscher quote-tweeted the post with additional context that backs up Dr. McCullough’s claims.
He wrote:
“A recent study found nicotine patches fully RESOLVED long COVID symptoms in some patients within DAYS. Spike protein hijacks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Nicotine blocks spike from binding to them, restoring normal signaling. This likely also applies to long VACCINE.”
Trading will never be a respectable profession.
Lose money in a restaurant, startup or any other business and people will say, "These things happen."
Lose money in the stock market and you're a gambler.
It doesn't matter how much you studied, how disciplined you were, how many years you spent learning, or whether you followed your system perfectly.
You're still a gambler.
And if you manage to make money through trading?
You're not skilled.
You just got lucky.
You gambled and won.
That's the game.
Lose money and you're a gambler.
Make money and you're a lucky gambler.
Meanwhile, someone can spend 30 years in a job they hate, complain every day, be miserable for most of their life and never take a single risk.
Society will still call them responsible.
So stop explaining yourself. Stop looking for validation. And stop telling people how you make your money.
The less they know, the more peaceful your life becomes.
Ronnie James Dio throwing his signature metal salute! While he was fronting Black Sabbath, Dio popularized this hand gesture, taking it from an old Italian superstition his grandmother taught him to ward off the evil eye, and turning it into the universal symbol of heavy metal.
When Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Brian May met Queen Elizabeth II and she didn’t know who they were.
The event took place on March 1, 2005, at Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth II hosted a reception to honor the British music industry and its contribution to the culture and economy of the United Kingdom. Among the guests were four of the most important guitarists in the history of British rock: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Brian May.
The four, dressed in suits, lined up to be formally introduced to the Queen. What happened next became famous for how awkward and funny it was.
When Brian May was introduced, he reminded her, “I’m the one who made all that noise on your roof” (referring to when he played “God Save the Queen” on the palace rooftop during the Golden Jubilee in 2002). The Queen replied, “Oh, it was you!”
Then it was Jimmy Page’s turn. The Queen, clearly having no idea who he was, asked him:
“Are you a guitarist too?”
Jimmy replied, “Yes, I’m a guitarist too.” An awkward silence ensued.
Brian May tried to help and said, “Jimmy is one of my heroes; he was the inspiration for Queen.” The Queen replied politely, “How lovely.”
When Eric Clapton arrived, the Queen asked him if he had been playing for a long time. Clapton replied, “About 45 years, Your Majesty.” Jeff Beck could barely manage to say his name.
The moment was captured on video and went viral years later because it was surreal to see four rock legends (two of them former Yardbirds) standing before the Queen… and her apparently having no idea who they were.
"Before the game, Willie Mays went around asking of all the National League players:
“Anyone wear a size seven helmet?”
“I wear seven and an eighth,” said Cincinnati's John Edwards.
“You can use mine.”
Willie Mays tried it on and it was a little too big.
Then he got one of the Cubs’ helmets and it was a little too small.
It belongs to outfielder Billy Williams.
But Mays homered while wearing it his first time up in the opening inning, so he used it again when he came to bat in the second. By the fourth inning, he decided to use Edwards’ helmet.
“I didn’t get into the game,” laughed the Cincy catcher, “but my helmet did.”
Willie Mays wore a Cubs batting helmet and then a Reds batting helmet in the 1965 MLB All-Star Game, while his Giants teammate Juan Marichal wore a Braves batting helmet. Both had forgotten to pack his batting helmet when travelling to the game. Baseball's top Latin American players:
Felix Mantilla, Roberto Clemente, Tony Oliva, Cookie Rojas, Juan Marichal, Zoilo Versalles, Vic Davalillo and Leo Cardenas -- pose before on the field before the 1965 All-Star Game.
Juan Marichal won the 1965 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, pitched three innings and allowed only one hit to an impressive American League line-up that exploded to tie the game, when Marichal was removed from the lineup.
"It doesn't matter what Juan Marichal throws; when he's got it, he beats you."
Roberto Clemente.
An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies consistently at 800 km/h at 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with a Tempo Mach 2 appears.
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus, boring flight isn’t it? Now have a look here!"
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, and then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks: "Well, how was that?"
The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but watch this!"
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly straight, at the same speed. After 15 minutes, the Airbus pilot radios, "Well, how was that?
Confused, the jet pilot asks, "What did you do?"
The AirBus pilot laughs and says: "I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry."
The moral of the story is: When you’re young, speed and adrenaline seems to be great. But as you get older and wiser, you learn that comfort and peace are more important.
This is called S.O.S.: Slower, Older and Smarter.
Dedicated to all my senior friends ~ it’s time to slow down and enjoy the rest of the trip.
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Start simple
Your first strategy doesn't need advanced math or exotic indicators.
Basic momentum and mean reversion work.
Add complexity only when needed, not because it sounds sophisticated.