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August 19, 2025
THAT’S A LONG TIME: Croatian Freediver Shatters Record For Longest-Held Breath. “On June 14 of this year, Vitomir Maričić took one last gulp of pure oxygen and lay down in a pool. There he remained, cool as a sea cucumber, for 29 minutes and 3 seconds.”
SMART DIPLOMACY:
When you understand this, you can grasp the magnitude of what Trump did today.
The European Union, NATO, these institutions were founded to limit the power of the USA and to direct its capital into the will of Europe.
The US president rounded up their figureheads like children… https://t.co/mDiwbNSsws
— Derek. (@SuitablePolitic) August 19, 2025
UPDATE (From Ed):
Institutionally, Europe has fallen between two stools. It has lost the vigor and creativity that a continent of decentralized, genuinely sovereign states displayed, yet without acquiring the unity and force of a government with a single leader. One sees only a sort of feeble… https://t.co/qZl4UIEuA2
— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) August 19, 2025
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Scientists Say Exercise May Actually Reverse Your Biological Age.
FAMILY TRADITION: Woman who is a quadruplet becomes 1st-time mom to quintuplets.
TERRIBLE NEWS: Lamborghini Design Chief Says a New Miura Is Not Coming.
THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Discovery of hidden faults sheds light on mystery of ‘slow earthquakes.’
COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Study: Happier childhoods lead to fewer eating disorders.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Reed College investigates security chief for giving FBI info on anti-ICE alum.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS USING FOREIGNERS TO WAGE WAR ON ITS OWN PEOPLE:
This is the most radicalising video I've seen in a while. Foreign cops and council workers removing English flags?! In London?!?! The optics are just horrific, almost as bad as the substance. https://t.co/9koYJtqlul
— Firas Modad (@modadGeoP) August 19, 2025
SAD!
Institutionally, Europe has fallen between two stools. It has lost the vigor and creativity that a continent of decentralized, genuinely sovereign states displayed, yet without acquiring the unity and force of a government with a single leader. One sees only a sort of feeble… https://t.co/qZl4UIEuA2
— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) August 19, 2025
I HAD DINNER WITH HIM LAST YEAR, AND I’VE FOLLOWED HIS WORK — SEEMS LIKE A SOLID GUY. Missouri attorney general appointed co-deputy director of FBI: This marks the first time in history that the FBI has had two deputy directors.
When confronted with the Augean Stables, you don’t want a skeleton crew.
DESPITE — OR MAYBE BECAUSE — OF ALL THE DEMOCRATS’ WHINING: Morning Greatness: Trump Approval Surges to 54 Percent After Meeting with Putin.
HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS:
Keep going! https://t.co/aywHRzXsRz
— Dean Cain (@RealDeanCain) August 19, 2025
SCIENCE:
Leftists have no intrinsic beliefs, it’s just mouth noises they make to justify their resentments and lust for power https://t.co/xFAxr2IlJ2
— Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry (@pegobry_en) August 19, 2025
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: With Historic Zelensky Visit, Donald Trump Moves The World One Step Closer To Peace.
THIS SHOULD BE CAREER ENDING FOR ANY U.S. MILITARY OFFICERS INVOLVED: UN Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Spends US Taxpayer Money on ‘Gender Diversity’ Training and Therapeutic Yoga Instruction, Drawing Scrutiny From Trump Admin.
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Democrats demand a new Constitution — maybe America should take them up on it. With some suggested changes.
YEAH, PRETTY MUCH:
The modern left in a sentence. https://t.co/JkGlNaLri1
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) August 18, 2025
WELL, IT’S TRUE:
Dems Say Mail-In Ballot Ban Will Place Undue Hardship On Dead Voters https://t.co/IbxNIJorXN pic.twitter.com/J3MX8NUWsi
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 18, 2025