I’m on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu. The sheer number of people who are still masking, even double masking astounds me. I don’t care if people want to mask as long as you don’t try to make me play along. But I just don’t understand it. These are presumably somewhat educated people, who apparently can’t see that masking did nothing at all to stop or slow the pandemic.
For many I assume it is a political statement, which is just stupid. If you want to announce your political ideology, there are far more comfortable ways to do it.
In reality I have to think many people are just still genuinely scared to be out in public. I’m on my way to Japan to do a report about a subculture there that has become so large it has its own name - which I can’t pronounce- made up of people who literally do not leave their tiny bedrooms. For months or years.
How unhealthy is that? For a guy who spends a good deal of time in the most dirty and dangerous places on earth, it is hard to wrap my head around being so afraid of the world you live in that you lock yourself in solidarity confinement voluntarily. Or double mask on an airplane. Crazy.
Netanyahu was once Israeli Finance Minister - and it shows. He understands a lot about economics, and is worth listening to in order to get a sense for where Israel's economy is headed.
BREAKING: The FBI and state of Utah have just released video of the Charlie Kirk kiIIer escaping from the scene following the shooting
He jumped off the rooftop, moved quickly through the parking lot, and then began walking casually to blend in before entering a wooded area.
He was wearing converse tennis shoes, a shirt with an eagle, and a baseball cap with a triangle.
The Vatican has agreed to allow a designated Muslim prayer room.
How do you feel about this?
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What’s happening right now could represent a technological red line in the war—and it’s one that could redefine the conflict entirely.
President Trump is weighing whether to approve the transfer of American Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. If that happens, it will mark one of the most dramatic shifts in U.S. military support since this war began.
Moscow is furious, calling it a “serious escalation.” Kyiv says it’s “essential for survival.”
Frankly, that’s an understatement.
Ukraine’s transformation over the last few years has been astonishing. Their military has evolved from a ragtag defense force into one of the most agile, creative, and tech-savvy fighting organizations in the world.
You’ve probably seen the footage—Ukrainian drones hunting Russian armor, tanks, and troop columns. They’re using tens of thousands of small suicide drones to devastate Russian advances. Just this month, Russia tried two large armored assaults. Both were completely wiped out by swarms of drones.
That’s the new reality of warfare—cheap, precise, and relentless.
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