When the 205live boys had to sneak out to meet Pac, we just wanted to see our friend again. Our fearless leader.
Pac wanted to meet us for something else. He told us that he wanted to apologize for leaving. That he felt he left us hanging. We had to assure him that we all supported him and him fighting the machine. Despite everything he was going through, he was thinking of us.
As we said our goodbyes, Pac pulled me aside and said “Don’t let the rat bastards pull you down, bubba.”
What an awful loss.
I ran into Ben at a restaurant near Nashville Airport a few weeks ago. I am so grateful that happened now. It was so good to see him. We were reminiscing about the first time we connected on MSN messenger(!) over 20 years ago, and what a ride it had been since then. He wished me luck for my match at Summerslam, and I told him he was still the best. We both had silly grins on our face from being genuinely surprised and happy to have bumped into each other. That will be how I remember him; just the nicest, most humble man despite being objectively the most talented in ring performer of our generation, perhaps ever.
I spent last night talking to people who knew Ben and loved him. There are many. My prayers and condolences to his family and loved ones. He was the best of us.
God Speed PAC.
🖤
🚨🇸🇦 Tijjani Reijnders on moving to Saudi Arabia: “It’s money for generations of my family”.
“Once my playing career is over, I don’t want to have to work anymore. Of course, I probably wouldn’t have needed to work anymore after my contract at Manchester City either, but this move allows me to secure the future of the next generations of my family”.
“I’m not going to lie about that. By signing this contract, I can make sure even my grandchildren are financially secure, so why wouldn’t I do it?”.
INTERESTING: Trump bans CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House for reporting “fake news”. When it comes to the war between power and press, the self-anointed leader of the ‘Free World’ is making the rest of the ‘democratic’ world (including India) look good! Thank you for your attention to this matter. Rajdeep D Sardesai. 😃🙏
the CBFC of India has put out revised guidelines for 𝚌̶𝚎̶𝚛̶𝚝̶𝚒̶𝚏̶𝚒̶𝚌̶𝚊̶𝚝̶𝚒̶𝚘̶𝚗̶ censoring of films and, man, y'all need to read point no. 2 in its entirety. this is embarrassing stuff. filmmaking in India is never gonna thrive until this institution is brought down
“Thank you, friends!
Proud to launch this special song on the birthday of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji.
Created for #SevaSankalpAbhiyan, the song captures Delhi’s youth, the changing face of education and their warmth and affection for Modi Ji.
Kudos to all the young stars for bringing this youthful composition to life.”
-CM Smt. Rekha Gupta
#HappyBdayPMModi
Watching Sab TV after ages and they showed two Ranveer Brar ads back to back during prime time. Big things have happened and we are blissfully unaware.
This sounds completely unreal but I double checked and it's true: the Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday due to a Hindu sect that demanded that all women "make themselves invisible" so their 93-year-old guru wouldn't have to see them.
The sect in question is BAPS - "Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha," which roughly translates to "the organization of Swaminarayan followers who believe in Akshar Purushottam, based in Bochasan" (a village in Gujarat).
It's a very wealthy organization with deep ties to Modi's BJP (Modi is himself from Gujarat), known for building mega-temples around the world and whose doctrine demands absolute obedience to a living guru as the sole path to God.
It's not their first controversy: in 2021, the FBI raided their massive New Jersey temple after workers - mostly Dalits, India's lowest caste (the so-called "untouchables") - alleged they'd been lured to the US on fake religious visas, had their passports confiscated, and were forced to work 13-hour days for about $1 an hour, confined to a guarded compound (see https://t.co/kTNzdZWtoe).
Long story short, they just opened a new mega-temple in France (the website: https://t.co/4g6HW9bBPy) - specifically in Bussy-Saint-Georges (30km away from Paris) - presented as "the biggest Hindu temple built in continental Europe in a traditional style" (https://t.co/exbFjzLe2k).
Their guru was there for the inauguration and, as you do, wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower while in France. But, thing is, his doctrine dictates that women must not be in his presence.
And here is where it gets unreal: when his entourage requested a private visit, the Eiffel Tower's management actually agreed to the terms and ordered all female employees - including subcontractors - to hide (https://t.co/Sm7yb5LMFq).
This was on Saturday and, France being France (in a good way), on Monday the women who'd been told to make themselves invisible made themselves very, very visible: the staff went on strike and shut down the Eiffel Tower.
So there you have it, unreal but true: the Eiffel Tower, symbol of the French Republic, is closed because a 93-year-old Hindu guru refuses to be in the presence of women.
(picture below the picture of their guru on his visit, taken from https://t.co/4FRKezWJvq)
@vinayaravind @ZEE5India Your tweet reminded me to cancel my sub but now I am breaking my head over the Standing Instructions hub website to ensure the autopay mandate is canceled
Govt - We precisely know when your PUC certificate is going to expire. Get it renewed, or be ready to face consequences.
Also, govt - You have voted only for last 12 years in every general, state and local election, including thrice in last 2 years. We don't know if you are a genuine citizen. We deleted your name from voter list. Fill new form to prove you are a genuine citizen and we will enroll you in the voters list again.