@piersmorgan A fame-hungry narcissist you sayโฆ thatโs calling the kettle black! Youโre narcissistic asshole just like him. Go fuck yourself @piersmorgan you treated him like a god also. Youโre both disgusting twatwaffles
Weโre going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House with, perhaps, the boy he saved, to give him a High Civilian Honor. Very brave, he deserves it! President DONALD J. TRUMP
As one counterterrorism official put it: โThey were all dead before they knew what happened.โ
On October 31, 2020, operators from DEVGRUโs Silver Squadron (SEAL Team 6) parachuted into northern Nigeria to free American citizen Philip Walton.
Walton, a 27 year old American farmer and the son of missionaries, had been seized five days earlier from his home in Massalata, Niger, by six armed men riding motorcycles. After he offered them $40, the kidnappers took him anyway. They demanded nearly a million dollars in ransom, raising serious concerns that he might be handed over to al-Qaeda or ISIS-linked groups active in the area.
The United States responded quickly. The CIA located Walton through advanced cell phone tracking. Marine Special Operations units in Africa assisted in refining his position. Then, in the early hours of October 31, roughly 30 Silver Squadron operators jumped from Air Force MC-130 aircraft, hiked three miles to the objective, and assaulted the compound under cover of darkness.
A short but fierce firefight followed. Six of the seven captors were killed. Walton was recovered unharmed, and no Americans were wounded.
This operation reflected the hard earned proficiency built from nearly twenty years of experience during the Global War on Terror.
@ggreenwald Glenn. Intellectual admirer of yours here.
So I read the whole article, especially because I loved the descriptive โEvery paragraph is worseโฆโ What a hook!
Seems they are trying to do a good thing. Unsure if they are bad as you suggest or just the article is. Clarify please.
@flabbytofit99 Geez. This is it.
Itโs like living in the present and future all at the same time. You love and enjoy the moments they love you intentionally and without fault and for no real reasons and in the back of your mind you are thinking theyโd grow up. Like everyone does!
๐จ Ferran Torres reveals Spain's final team talk: "The coach told me Argentina were waiting for penalties he sent me on to finish the game.
๐ฃ๏ธ Ferran Torres
When I was about to come on, the coach called me over and showed me exactly where Argentina were leaving space. He pointed out the gaps behind their midfield and told me they had stopped trying to win the match. In his eyes, they were already thinking about taking the game to penalties.
He looked at me and said, 'If this goes to penalties, it becomes a different game. We have to finish it before then.' He told me to attack with confidence, make aggressive runs and be brave in front of goal. His message was simple: don't wait go and decide the final.
That gave me so much belief. As a substitute, you dream of moments like that. The manager trusted me with the biggest responsibility in football, and I wanted to repay that trust. Scoring in a World Cup final is something I'll remember forever, but it all started with the confidence the coach gave me before I stepped onto the pitch.
Everyone wants to fight about the smartest president, but honestly the best answer got handed down by another president. In 1962 John F. Kennedy hosted a room full of Nobel Prize winners at the White House and told them, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." The whole room laughed because they knew he was barely joking.
Because Jefferson was a genuine freak of nature. He wrote the Declaration of Independence at 33, in about two weeks, and it still reads like scripture. He taught himself to read in something like half a dozen languages. He designed his own home at Monticello and then designed an entire university, buildings, curriculum, and layout, from scratch. He obsessed over science, farming, wine, food, and gadgets, and JFK described him that night as a man who could "calculate an eclipse, survey an estate, tie an artery, plan an edifice, try a cause, break a horse, and dance the minuet."
And here is the part people forget. When the British burned Washington in 1814 and torched the Library of Congress, Jefferson sold the country his personal library to rebuild it, close to 6,500 books covering basically every subject a human being can study. His private collection literally became the foundation of the national library. Who owns 6,500 books in 1815? A maniac. A brilliant one.
Purely on raw wattage, the man was operating on a different frequency than the rest of the list. Two hundred years later we are still living inside sentences he wrote alone at a desk.
Justin Bieber Had the Most Powerful Moment of the World Cup
"My favorite part about the whole World Cup was Justin Bieber. Cause every artist, Madonna, Shakira, they had, you know, dancers, explosions, graphics, fire production, lip syncing. He walked out by himself with a guitar, his earpiece, and a mic, and sang A cappella while walking playing the guitar."
"This is the biggest stage, and the song that he chose to pick to sing was Everything Hallelujah. It's about God, It's about gratitude and recognizing God's blessings, and being thankful for every day. It was so intentional."
39 days. 104 matches. 6.8 million spectators. One mission: keep the American people safe.
The FBI worked around the clock with federal, state, local and international partners to secure the largest sporting event in history. Together, law enforcement shared intelligence, protected venues and addressed threats before they could put fans at risk.
By the end of the tournament, nearly 1,600 drones had been detected in restricted airspace and more than 700 operating illegally had been seized.
It was a massive security operation, and it worked because agencies at every level planned early and operated as one team.
BREAKING: The House has passed legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent nationwide, ending the twice-a-year clock changes by a 308-117 vote. Backed by President Trump, the bill now heads to the Senate. If approved and signed into law, Americans would no longer have to change their clocks.
JD Vance reveals what his family found after his devout, f-bomb loving grandmother died.
VANCE: "She was a woman of very devout Christian faith. She loved the f-bomb.
"When she died, we discovered 19 loaded handguns in her house.
"Not just 19, but 19 spread randomly all over her house.
"What the hell did she need with a loaded handgun in the silverware drawer?
"She wanted to make sure that no matter where she was, if somebody walked into her house in Middletown, Ohio, she had a loaded handgun within arms reach because she couldn't move around that well."
They just don't make 'em like that anymore.