Silver Surfer
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Silver Surfer
@LM_Entry
Former USMC Tanker // Conservative







NEW: Queer/Bar in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is hosting a strip competition openly mocking Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. Would they do this to Muslims on Eid during Ramadan? It would be a real shame if protesters showed up to disrupt the event.🧵👇🏽


Prince William preaches that Islam is the ‘Religion of Peace’ that other Faiths must learn from. He’s the same gutless Royal as his father…ditching Christianity while Britain burns under grooming gangs and stabbings. Defender of the Faith? More like Defender of the Invaders.




Ben Lerner, at 47, is among the most prominent writers in America, a man trusted to steward two dying arts, the novel and the poem, even though he rejects the notion of the Great American Novel. “There’s this idea that someone at some point will write the novel that somehow crystallizes the American moment,” he tells Kevin Lozano. “And, in fact, there isn’t one book that’s going to do that. And there isn’t one writer who can stand for all writing or can stand for a generation.” “A sign of maturity as a writer, I realize now,” he continues, “is that I no longer pretend I understand what exactly my work is saying or doing.” He does know one thing for certain: “It’s not a fucking beach read.” Lerner’s latest, ‘Transcription,’ is a hybrid book that fuses the disparate interests of his poetry, fiction, and essays into a haunting story about fatherhood and middle age. “The conversation that unfolds is some of Lerner’s most brilliant and daring writing to date, a mad, oracular burst of speech — about technology, parenthood, and dreaming,” writes Lozano. Read Lozano’s full conversation with Lerner: nymag.visitlink.me/mdaCuW


THEO VON: “During the Roman Empire, a lot of the politicians also had to fight on the battlefield.” JAKE PAUL: “I think you're right … Trump should be on the front lines.” THEO VON: “Or Barron…”




The worn marble steps at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. This is the result of 500 years of walking.






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Sec. Hegseth fired over 20 top generals and admirals, including a top Army general who served 7 presidents this week. Purging generals to settle personal or political vendettas is what happens in China or Russia, not America. I broke down why this is dangerous back in November:




I love the US, and NYC, but coming back from five weeks in Japan/Korea can be so demoralizing. The E train from Jamaica to Port Authority was a mess. Filthy, depressing, and a minefield of possible problems. The car I was in had at least six guys in various states of distress. I sat next to one, a clearly mentally compromised man, muttering to himself, who made it clear he didn't like me being so close, but I bet he wasn't having a bad day. He wasn't because he was drugged into lethargy, but you never really can tell, and you always risk a miscalculation. I'm a pretty large guy and I've spent a lot of time around people like this, so I wasn't worried, but I felt bad for the women on there, some with kids, who have to play a far riskier game when riding the subway. Sure, the odds of something bad happening are small, but they should be zero, and they could be, if we only enforced the rules.








