Calvin Binnema

I’m hoping for a power struggle that keeps contenders occupied while stalling evil things.

Get AI to summarize a joke. It’ll make you laugh more than the joke did.

So, no, then

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor @KhalafAlHabtoor X.com • Translated from Arabic by Grok I heard the statements of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, in which he calls on the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to enter this war, saying that we are also under attack and that we must join the fight. And I say to him clearly: We know full well why we are under attack, and we also know who dragged the entire region into this dangerous escalation without consulting those he calls his "allies" in the region. We thank God that the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries are doing well, and we have no need for someone who claims he came to the Middle East to save us. The truth is that hasty American decisions are what embroiled the region in a war whose peoples were not party to its decision-making, and its local allies were not consulted before it was launched. We do not deny the Iranian threat to the region, which has become clear in recent days. We do not trust Iran. But this is a dirty game in which several powers clash at the expense of our region, with no honor in it and no transparency. In this scene, Iran, Israel, and the United States all move according to their own interests, not according to the interests of the peoples of the Middle Eastern Arab countries. And for this reason, we say it clearly: We will not enter this war to serve the interests of others, nor will we sacrifice our sons in a conflict that could have been avoided through diplomacy and political solutions. We value the lives of our sons, and we do not treat their souls as "collateral damage" as some do. Nothing in this world is more precious than the lives of our sons, and no alliance with any country in the world is worth risking these lives. If President Donald Trump and Senator Graham are prepared to risk their country and the lives of Americans for Israel's interests, that is their choice. As for us, we will not do the same.

UAE billionaire Khalaf Al Habtoor wrote an interesting post on X criticizing Lindsey Graham and Trump.

“We...know who dragged the entire region into this dangerous escalation without consulting those he calls his ‘allies’ in the region.”

Hours later, it was deleted.

It's worth reading in full:

Only Americans wonder why

My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.

We have wrist watches now? What will they think of next?

Or fishing around for your phone when it’s in the other hand

Hah! Own the solar power advocates!

Really sticking your neck out

Had lunch at that spot one day last April

Makes me think of Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game”

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People in cars kill. Cars have no agency

Last week the sign was back in the window. Is he waffling on that again?

Thx. As someone who has gotten back into cycling about 8 years ago, when I drive I’m now much more lenient towards other road users - even when they make mistakes.

This is why right on red should be banned

Mine ended today. I can’t believe it.

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

I hear the guy who runs it has a long history of doing that. Always research your potential employers

He’s volunteering to become Trump’s next dupe on behalf of Canada

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Didn’t he retire?

“Frozen water cubes” in the near future

Newspeak

He does have to start putting his money where his mouth is. Walk the walk. Eg get off trump’s “peace” council. It’s about colonialism

Environment Pollution Advocates

When did USA have moral authority? It was always might = right.

It will soon melt and everyone will have forgotten. In Edmonton we have snow on the ground 4 months plus. Riding on studded tires in -20C is exhilarating

It’s called blitz krieg