When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.
A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”
That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.
I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.
Iran's Math Olympiad Team becomes the champion of the 4th International Mathematics Competition in Shanghai, China.
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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
Battle of the 3-Row EVs!
@Tesla Model Y L comes in $15K cheaper than the competition AND wins headroom across all three rows (take note, tall people!)
@Cadillac Vistiq wins interior space.
@Rivian R1S wins range.
No loser in this race. Just depends on what matters to your family.
Full breakdown 👇
8 of Iran’s last 11 World Cup matches. Being a Team Melli supporter is not for the faint of heart.
2014: lost to Argentina on a Messi 91’ winner
2018: beat Morocco on a 95’ own goal
2018: equalizer vs Spain ruled out by VAR
2018: missed open net in 94’ vs Portugal to win group
2022: beat Wales on game winner in 98’
2022: narrow missed header in 93’ vs US to advance
2026: go-ahead goal vs Belgium ruled out by VAR
2026: game winner in 93’ vs Egypt ruled out by VAR
@FIFAWorldCup@TeamMelliIran 🟢⚽️🔴
If the most entertaining (& most ironic) outcome is also the most likely..
Iran’s ex-manager, @Carlos_Queiroz (still very popular in Iran), could lead Ghana to beat Croatia & send us through.
He couldn’t get us through in 2022, but he might end up doing it in 2026 after all 😂
Wow! Iran’s game-winning goal in extra time to go through to the knockout round for the first time in the country’s history is disallowed. For the third straight game in a draw, Iran has a goal disallowed after review.
Congratulations to the SpaceX team. What a ride! 🚀
I still remember visiting their HQ in early 2017. What stood out most was the intensity of the culture and the level of conviction across the team. You could immediately tell they were going places.
OMG!
While Reza Pahlavi was pushing the US to bomb Iran, Trump and Pahlavi's main sponsor - Israel - had already planned to install someone else in Iran.
None other than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad!
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Massie: I’m walking to an airplane to rejoin the most expensive congressional race in U.S. history. It’s turned into a referendum on whether Israel gets to buy seats in Congress. And what they found out is that my seat is really expensive. By the time this is over, they will probably have spent $20 million and come up short.
I’ve never seen Great Britain, Australia, or even Germany play in our elections here in the United States. But Israel gets so much from the United States.
It’s a one-sided relationship. They get us to be their proxies in wars they want against their enemies. They get our military assistance. They get our technology. They get our bombs. They get our tax dollars.
And I think it’s a very one-sided relationship. At least with NATO, we pretend that they would come to our aid someday if we needed it—and even that’s a ruse.