𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝟒𝟔𝟑 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒. 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐒. Every time someone trots out the Crusades to lecture Christians or the West, they leave out four centuries of history. I'm putting it back on the record. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 Muhammad died in 632. Within three years, Muslim armies had taken Damascus (635). The next year, Antioch (636). The year after that, the entire Holy Land (637) — the spiritual center of Christendom, gone. Armenia became the first Christian nation fully conquered (639). Egypt, the Coptic Christian power, fell two years later (641). By 650, Muslim forces had reached southern Italy and Cyprus, taking thousands of captives as "𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴" and "𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴." Then came Spain — Muslim armies crossed from North Africa in 711 and overran most of Iberia by 715. In roughly 80 years, Christianity lost the Middle East, North Africa, and most of the Iberian Peninsula. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 — 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 This was not exploration. This was conquest. In 717, Muslim forces besieged Constantinople itself — the capital of Eastern Christendom. The siege lasted a year before they were repelled. Had it succeeded, the path into Europe would have been wide open. In 730, they invaded France. Charles Martel stopped them at Tours. In 792, the ruler of Al-Andalus called for a second invasion of France. Repelled. In 848, a third invasion of France. Repelled again. In 827, Muslims invaded Sicily and Italy, persecuting monks and pillaging Christian communities. Sicily would remain under Islamic rule for 250 years. In 846, they invaded Rome itself and forced the Pope to pay tribute. By 909, they had taken Sardinia. This was relentless, coordinated, and existential. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 In 937, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher — built over the site Christians believe is the tomb of Christ — was burned to the ground. More churches in Jerusalem were torched alongside it. In 1009, the Church of the Resurrection was destroyed. By 1012, Al-Hakim's oppressive decrees against Christians had begun in earnest. Christian pilgrims could no longer safely visit the sites of Christ's ministry. The holiest city in Christendom was ruled by a hostile power systematically destroying the faith itself. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 In 1071, Muslim Turkish forces shattered the Byzantine army at Manzikert and occupied most of Anatolia. Constantinople was now directly threatened. In 1094, Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos sent envoys to Rome begging Western Christendom for military aid. In 1095, Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade. 𝟒𝟔𝟑 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲.

This perfectly encapsulates the state of American academia. (Whether to laugh or cry is another question.)

First observation: there will be no deal. The ceasefire will end & the war will re-commence. Second observation: the US has been flooding the Theater with reinforcements, resupplies & performing maintenance on air assets non-stop, & re-arming warships. The force is ready & its larger than its ever been. Third observation: every key player left in the regime surfaced from their hide holes & safe houses during this ceasefire. The regime ‘negotiation’ team sent to stall America. The IRGC thugs who showed up in Islamabad to stop the Iranian Regime delegation from making any deals. The midlevel staffers going between the IRGC thug leadership & the IRGC cannon fodder still shooting at ships. All of them broke cover & came back up on the grid. From that point on, they were visible to the human intelligence networks watching them, the persistent ISR assets watching 24 hours a day, 7 days a week without pause— spy satellites, stealth & non stealth drones, manned reconnaissance aircraft. From the moment this ceasefire started, everyone who is a key player in Iran’s continued resistance came back on the grid & have been surveilled ever since. The intelligence mosaic is fully fleshed out & these targets are being tracked in real time, and the strike plans created with the help of AI are already set & planned. When the ceasefire ends, the strikes will be begin with such rapid speed, & precision it will be much more savage & fearsome than the first round. Fourth observation: Iran received drones, SAM missile systems & radars & intelligence from China during this ceasefire & this is still ongoing. This is what’s driving the remnants of the IRGC to continue the war. They do not fully comprehend what is set to take place, or how completely unable to counter it or survive it they are. That’s partly due to history, partly due to institutional arrogance of IRGC, & partly & most importantly because China & Russia simply do not understand our full capabilities— in terms of intelligence collection, planning, speed we can act on those things, & how good our situational awareness of the battlefield is. That last one is the key: the disconnect— how clear & complete our granular picture all the way up to the grand strategic picture is, compared to how blinded & how fragmented the situational awareness of the Iranians is. That last part is what really, really scares Russia & China— the vast gap in cognitive capabilities & situational awareness capabilites between the US & them scares them because its a gap they cant bridge, & beyond that the speed we can act on that clear picture is something they cant match. This war is going to restart after the ceasefire ends, & all hell is going to break loose— & the ferocity of what comes next is going to genuinely surprise the IRGC fanatics driving events in this direction.

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Yesterday we watched Trump claim that Iran has "agreed to everything": uranium handover, indefinite nuclear suspension, open Strait, blockade ending on signing. Then Iran denied most of it, which might be confusing to you. Let me explain what Trump is doing, because its next level negotiating. Trump is practicing what I call an Affirmative Close. Think affirmations, but for high-stakes deal making. Instead of saying “Iran will agree” or “We’re trying to reach a deal,” Trump is framing the entire outcome as if it has already happened. Trump is declaring everything done deal, repeatedly and confidently, in front of the world. This isn’t accidental or delusional. It’s a deliberate psychological technique. By stating the agreement as an established fact over and over, Trump is doing several things at once: - He’s shaping the narrative and controlling the conversation. Once something is repeated often enough as truth, it starts to feel inevitable to observers, and even Iran. - He’s putting enormous public pressure on Iran. When Trump announces to the planet that Iran has already conceded on their most sensitive issues, it becomes politically and diplomatically costly for Iran to walk it back without looking weak or dishonest. - He’s creating momentum. In negotiations, momentum is everything. By acting as if the deal is sealed, Trump makes it psychologically harder for Iran. Trump is framing it as the deal is closed, so is Iran really going to go back and choose more bombings? - He’s signaling strength and confidence to his own base, to allies, and to adversaries alike. It projects total dominance: “This is happening. The only question is how gracefully you accept it.” Iran is denying the exact things Trump is claiming they've agreed to. You should view this as Iran entering Trump's frame. That's what Trump wants. When your opponent enters the frame, your moving them closer to accepting what you want. Every time you see Iran deny a point Trump has made publicly, what they are doing is signaling that they are ready for the next round of talks- whether they know that or not. You also need to see Trump's Affirmative Close comments as setting the negotiation table for the next round of these talks. You will see this pattern repeat every time an international deal is about to close. Things are going to accelerate fast now. Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

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This is worth repeating: I never cared that you were gay until you started shoving it down my throat, and I never cared what color you were until you started blaming me for your problems. I never cared about your political affiliation until you started condemning me for mine. I really never even cared where you were born until you wanted to erase my history and blame my ancestors for your problems. I never even cared if your beliefs were different from mine until you said my beliefs were wrong. But now I care. My patience and tolerance are gone, and I am not alone in feeling like this. There are millions of us who feel like this.

Higher frequency payments are where this whole category is heading — tighter stability near par, deeper liquidity, larger addressable market. Yes, #Metaplanet may be behind $MSTR and $ASST in getting MARS listed, given they are pioneering the product in Japan with regulators. But the next important step is one Japan can take and the US cannot (yet). Japan is meaningfully ahead of the US on security token infrastructure. The 2020 FIEA amendments created a regulated category for digitally-recorded transferable rights (電子記録移転権利). SBI, Nomura, Mitsui, Daiwa all operate live security token platforms. Tokenized real estate, corporate bonds, and fund units already trade in Japan with on-chain distribution mechanics. In the US, the SEC is still litigating what a security token even is. So what does this mean in practice? Metaplanet can skip intermediate stages and launch a tokenized MARS with continuous accrual from day one. Dividends accrue in real time, second by second, visible in the holder’s app. A natural synergy with $JPYC. It can be wrapped by any bank. Mizuho, SMBC, Rakuten, and SBI sit on ¥1,100 trillion in retail deposits earning essentially zero. Any of them could distribute tokenized MARS as a savings product inside their app — the customer simply sees their yen balance growing every second. Metaplanet’s path forward runs through Japan’s STO framework and bank distribution rails — both of which are genuinely well ahead of the US. So while they may not be first to list, the second phase — mass distribution once the product is ready — could see Metaplanet leapfrog the rest. $MPJPY $MTPLF

This is just one of many reasons why Democrats must be defeated. They'd rather see kids confused, drugged, and mutilated than raised in Christian homes.

I don't know what is worse. Trying to convince Christian Europeans that Muslim immigration is a good thing? Or giving Lebanon as an example of peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians? This Pope speaks like the most ignorant woke campus activists. Does he really have no clue about the story of the past 50 years in Lebanon? Does he not know of the wars, massacres and bloodshed? Does he not know of the huge drop of the Christian population percentage in Lebanon? It's like watching a dystopian film, where a lethal virus makes the people zombies, and they start spewing nonsense in favor of the virus eating their brains

Cash for Clunkers destroyed 690,000 functional vehicles in 2009, creating an artificial scarcity that rippled through used car markets for over a decade. The Obama administration sold this $3 billion program as environmental salvation and economic stimulus, but any free market economist could predict the real outcome: massive wealth destruction disguised as progress. The program forced dealers to pour sodium silicate into engines, permanently destroying cars that poor families could have afforded. Politicians eliminated the bottom tier of the used car market overnight. Suddenly, a reliable $3,000 Honda Civic became a $7,000 Honda Civic (if you could find one). The supposed beneficiaries — working-class Americans who needed affordable transportation — got priced out entirely. Government intervention always creates unseen victims, and Cash for Clunkers delivered them by the millions. Single mothers, college students, and minimum-wage workers watched their mobility options vanish as used car prices soared 30% between 2009 and 2014. The environmental gains proved negligible too: most clunkers averaged 15-17 MPG while replacements hit 24-25 MPG. Destroying half a million cars to improve average fuel economy by 8 MPG represents the kind of central planning that would give Soviet bureaucrats a hard-on. The wealth destruction extended beyond sticker prices. Higher transportation costs forced people into longer payment terms, creating a debt cycle that persists today. Cash for Clunkers normalized 84-month auto loans, turning cars from depreciating assets into multi-year financial anchors. Bureaucrats congratulated themselves for moving inventory off dealer lots while condemning an entire generation to transportation poverty.

Since April 2020, the United States has spent $1.5 trillion on wind and solar. All that money for just 17% of the nation's energy mix. For the same cost, America could have built around 40 nuclear power plants. They'd run for 80 years, not 15 or 20 like wind and solar, and would generate at least three times more power each year. That's the real cost of believing the climate fantasy - enormous waste, destabilized grids, and spiraling energy costs.

Top 50% of family income only, ages 35-45: Extremely liberal men: 52% childless. Extremely conservative men: 5% Explain the 10x gap.

Let's talk about what @BernieSanders intentionally left out. These companies paid billions in payroll taxes, state taxes, property taxes, and excise taxes. Federal income tax is one tax, not the total tax bill. You know this. But because you are a corrupt looter, you pretend as if they pay no taxes at all so you can generate outrage, so you can loot even more. You have been in Congress for 35 years. Every single tax provision that allowed these companies to pay zero federal income tax was written, passed, and signed into law by the institution you have been a part of since 1991. You also left out that 40% of American households paid zero federal income tax in 2025. By your logic, they are not paying their "fair share" either. But you will never say that because your entire political career depends on pretending that only corporations benefit from the tax code you helped write, even though in reality no one benefits from them. These companies employ hundreds of thousands of Americans whose wages generate billions in individual income taxes. They produce the products and services your supporters use every single day. The car your followers want to drive was built by one of these companies. The flights they take are operated by another. The electricity powering their homes comes from another. You do not want tax reform. You want a shakedown. And you have been running it for 35 years.

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When you realize what's happening in this video, it's pretty crazy. Dirty, dirty stuff. February 15, 2017. Trump has been in office for about three weeks. Nancy Pelosi gets the Russia hoax going by claiming that Trump is controlled by the Russians financially, personally, and politically. (Pelosi would go on to repeat that exact claim word for word all the way until the 2024 election.) After Pelosi claims that Trump is controlled by Russia, she then announces that a bill has been put forth to open an investigation into Trump's ties with Russia. Whose name is on the bill? Eric Swalwell's. Pelosi had been warned by the FBI in late 2015 that Swalwell had been compromised by a Chinese spy. A little over a year later Pelosi announces that Eric Swalwell, (in Congress for only four years and previously involved with a spy), is sponsoring a bill to investigate foreign interference in the 2016 election. Pelosi put the hoax investigation bill in Swalwell's name and then put him on TV constantly for 2.5 years so he could falsely claim that Trump was working for Russia. She even put him on the Intelligence Committee to bolster his credibility. Pelosi had dirt Swalwell, she used him repeatedly and for whatever reason, she's probably the one who made the call to cut him loose last week. Dirty game.

The experts: - The naval blockade won’t work. - Iran is winning the war and they have all the leverage. - Oil prices will soar. Reality: - The blockade worked and the strait is open. - Iran capitulated. - Oil prices are down 10% this morning. Stop taking these people seriously.