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So did the ... Egyptians — Enslaved the Israelites for 400 years Amalekites — Attacked Israel in the wilderness; persistent raiders throughout the period of Judges and the monarchy Canaanites / Philistines — The dominant adversaries during the conquest and Judge period; Philistines in particular harassed Israel for generations Midianites — Raided and impoverished Israel so severely they hid in caves Moabites — Oppressed Israel 18 years under Eglon Ammonites — Repeated wars; threatened to gouge out the right eye of every Israelite Syrians / Arameans — Wars throughout the divided monarchy; Ben-Hadad and Hazael devastated the northern kingdom Assyrians — Conquered and deported the northern kingdom of Israel (722 BC); besieged Jerusalem under Sennacherib Babylonians — Destroyed the Temple, sacked Jerusalem, and carried Judah into exile (586 BC); the defining catastrophe of the OT Edomites — Gloated over Jerusalem's fall and assisted Babylon Greeks / Seleucids — Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175–164 BC) desecrated the Temple, banned Torah observance, and massacred Jews — the crisis behind Hanukkah and the books of Maccabees Romans — Conquered Judea, imposed brutal occupation, crucified thousands, destroyed the Second Temple (70 AD), and crushed the Bar Kokhba revolt (135 AD), scattering the Jewish people Persians — Largely benevolent (Cyrus decree), but Haman's plot in Esther aimed at genocide of all Jews in the empire Byzantine Christians — As Christianity became the state religion, Jews faced mounting legal disabilities: barred from public office, synagogues burned, forced conversions under emperors like Justinian and Heraclius Arab/Islamic Caliphates — Treatment varied widely. Jews were dhimmis (tolerated but second-class): extra taxes, dress codes, restrictions on building synagogues. Periodic massacres, including the Fez pogrom (1033) and the Granada massacre (1066) Crusaders (1096) — Massacred entire Jewish communities in the Rhine Valley en route to the Holy Land (Mainz, Worms, Speyer) Blood libel accusations — Jews falsely accused of murdering Christian children for ritual use; triggered massacres across Europe for centuries England — Jews expelled in 1290 France — Expelled multiple times (1182, 1306, 1394) Black Death pogroms (1348–51) — Jews blamed for the plague; entire communities burned alive across Germany and France Spanish Inquisition & Expulsion (1492) — Ferdinand and Isabella expelled all Jews from Spain (up to 200,000 people); those who stayed faced forced conversion and torture Portugal (1497) — Forced mass baptism and expulsion shortly after Cossacks / Ukrainians (1648–49) — Chmielnicki massacres killed an estimated 100,000–500,000 Jews in Poland-Ukraine — the worst single catastrophe before the Holocaust Russian Empire — Jews confined to the Pale of Settlement; subject to waves of pogroms (organized massacres), especially 1881–1884 and 1903–1906 (Kishinev, Odessa) Tsarist Russia / Eastern Europe — Pogroms, quotas, forced military conscription of Jewish boys for 25 years (Cantonist system) A four thousand year timeline of unfaithfulness, covenant consequences, and then restoration. There's nothing new under the sun.

@brealt A Alemanha nazista tentou impedir o que vemos hoje.. e fracassou..

O Estado de Israel é o mais podre do mundo. O mais degenerado desde a Alemanha nazista. Alguns de seus feitos: genocídio palestino, limpeza étnica, expansionismo militar, prisão e violência contra ativistas humanitários. O regime sionista é um chorume de racismo e colonialismo.

@Noahpinion Because intelligence and wisdom are not the same. The smartest people optimize for a rewarding life, not income.

I've wondered about this. If demand for intelligence were so infinite, why do we have so.many of our smartest people sitting around doing esoteric fun stuff for smallish salaries in academia?

@ScientificBTC Is there an English version of the retirement planner?

Here is a great interactive chart of Bitcoin's power law. The website was created by an independent researcher and a member of our community. The current annual growth of the power law floor is 37%. btcpowerlaw.nl

Just MHO but it's not what he said alone that's the issue, it's what he represents. If Mike Rowe or Pedro Pascal or any man that embodies some of the qualities I mentioned before had said the same thing I don't think you'd see a similar reaction. There's a desire for more Teddy Roosevelt types and fewer Dylan Mulvaneys.

@A_Life_Shared What exactly did he say that was disgustingly weak? Noticing that alcohol threw him off his game for a few days? Sure he maybe used hyperbolic phrasing, but come on.

Unpopular opinion on this. Almost everyone piling onto this guy is dripping with pure cope. Fact: alcohol is a poison Fact: alcohol is a depressant Fact: alcohol worsens sleep quality Fact: alcohol worsens judgment Fact: alcohol is involved with millions of deaths per year In a sitting, even a couple drinks can elicit some of its characteristic self-medicating effects, as well as the negative after effects, even if only mild. Spread this out over several times a month, or a week, and it can be barely noticeable. And it's highly socially acceptable. Was this guy a little hyperbolic saying it "ruined his life" for 3 days after? Almost certainly. But let's get one thing clear - quitting the drink does not make you weak. Drink if you want, no one should judge nor (likely) will they - but to judge someone for quitting is BEYOND stupid. Most people who drink even casually, but regularly, would most likely see meaningful improvements in their lives, ESPECIALLY their relationships, if they dropped it altogether, or shifted to 'only occasionally.' Finally: The top 10% of US drinkers average 10+ drinks a day (nuts). BUT - there are 50 million "moderate" drinkers, across the 7th and 8th deciles. What if any amount of them gave it up? You're telling me any meaningful fraction - even 5% - of a 50 million American drinking cohort (2.5 million Americans) making incremental changes toward feeling, acting, and performing better wouldn't make a pretty positive difference in our country? Get out of here. That is all. - - - Data from: Cook, P.J. (2007) "Paying the Tab" x.com/i/status/20581…

It likely does but you're focusing on second derivative explanatory variables and not the root cause. Why dual income households have become necessary. Why marriage and families are being delayed. Why housing is increasingly unattainable for the young without family assistance. Spend 20 seconds scrolling the charts on this website and then find out what happened in 1971: wtfhappenedin1971.com

The drop in the percentage of women married before age 30 is wild. And women who reach 30 without having started a family have roughly a 52% chance of ever having children. Fertility plummets after 30! You can’t tell me girlboss, anti-motherhood, anti-men messaging being pumped out for decades has little to do with this…

If you put > $1MM into Bitcoin sub $5k and sold a lot at $110k, your sitting on $20MM or more. Everyone wants Bitcoin 2018-2025 returns but it's interesting that an account which advocates living life well continues to chase outsized returns. Is it the game that compels you? What is 'enough'?

Went all-in on Bitcoin sub $5K Like 100% of my net worth Then exited a startup and put 7 figures more into BTC. Sold a lot at $110K and don't see BTC as the same risk reward proposition anymore Still a core holding long term for me, but not viewing it the same way I did before BlackRock,microstrategy. Etc got involved AI, physical AI, space, and the supply chains they will need seem like the places to focus attention now for people who want Bitcoin 2018-2025 style returns I.e. high volatility, 20% moves in a day possible, huge growth opportunity, momentum etc. Incredible economic revolution on the way. $NBIS and $OUST are my two highest conviction plays at the moment but I'm actively looking for more.

Steep climb up to my favorite mountain coffee spot to start the day. Perfect Sunday morning. I vividly remember sitting here when I had like $100k saved up, wondering how I was going to turn it into millions so I could afford to stay at a hotel like this whenever I wanted. I had no doubt I'd make it, but I remember wishing I could jump to the future just to see the path that got me there. Now that I'm here, I realize how little the specific details of the actual path mattered and how a few specific beliefs were everything. Number 1 is believing that opportunity is absolutely everywhere Especially when you get to the point where you have some capital to invest. Do whatever you have to do to get your first $100K saved up. But then realize that there are incredible investment opportunities that can multiply your capital in a relatively short period of time. How do you find them? It sounds silly... But you need to do what most people don't: Actually look for them Most people are terrified to invest in anything besides an index fund If you want average results you should do the same But if you want extreme results you need to do something different Set a clear objective of what you are looking for in your mind. "I want a quality asset with real 10x potential over the next 5 years that I can hold with conviction through extreme volatility" Set that as your mental filter. Set it as a strict bar. And you will find the right asset. Trust yourself. Trust the universe. Do the work until you find that asset. And when you find the asset, have some balls and size up. Not financial advice. This worked for me but may not work for you. Oh one last thing... The goal is not the number on the screen. It's not to cheerlead for any one asset either The goal is to multiply your capital to provide your family with a high quality of life Set that as your guiding principle and you'll win

Would love to listen in on chat between @PeterMcCormack and @frankwrighter.

@FischerKing64 anti-semite?

The United States has only one swear word.

@CryptoTaxFixer Free to choose jail.

The IRS says the U.S. tax system is “voluntary.” What do you think that actually means?

@ElementalForge_ @MartyBent Weak because he's created such a manicured life that he's unable to handle even the smallest aberration (a few glasses of wine) without falling apart.

@MartyBent So, he's weak because he acknowledged that quitting drinking for a year and then drinking caused his productivity/routine to drop temporarily? Dude is wildly successful, very talented at his craft, and is dedicated to self improvement. Not weak as far as I'm concerned.

Weak men create hard times.

@LawrenceLepard @adamtaggart IMHO this article does an excellent job of explaining a big cause of this trend: open.substack.com/pub/barsoom/p/…

@adamtaggart Porter Stansberry does a great job of addressing this in his new book. When workers perceive that they are being screwed they withdraw their services from the market. Pay me in depreciating fiat? Nah, I will pass

In April, the American male labor force participation rate hit its lowest level since records began in the 1940s We are losing one of the bedrock pillars of our society What can be done to reverse this existential trend?

@Atlas_Thugged_ "Israel is there as a backstop in case anything should go wrong". Is it? Does Israel continue to exist without US support?

I always see the photo but never the video so I found it. Bookmark this video for the next time Ben or anyone else gaslights you about his true loyalties.

"Jewish Americans are being targeted, attacked, and killed simply because of who they are" while demanding a billion dollars of American taxpayer money. 🙄 Sometimes I wonder if God chose the Jews to be his people because he knows how morally reprehensible they are and their never ending moral failures ensure a forever story of sin and redemption. Americans don't care what religion you practice. What they increasingly resent is a religious group using political leverage to support another nation when that support costs Americans trillions of dollars and their lives. That is deeply unpopular for reasons that should be obvious.

A billion dollars for DEI wasn’t on my bingo card timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-grou…

@nsquaredvalue @LawrenceLepard I mean they've been operating knowing it won't be repaid while they're in office. Is that any different?

Wait until congress figures out that the debt can never be repaid. A person who knows there are about to lose everything has nothing to lose. There will be a massive Vesuvian eruption of debt, and money will rain down on us like Pompeii. Like COVID stimulus times 1,000,000, it will be glorious, fun, and exciting, until it isn't.

This used to be my pinned Tweet. The blue line (GDP) generates income to service the debt in the red line (All Sector Debt). See the problem? It is just math.

Jeremiah 9:3 NIV [3] “They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.

@libsoftiktok @GavinNewsom He can. Without hesitation. That's the problem.

Hi @GavinNewsom, can you look the families who just lost two loved ones in the eye and explain why you gave an illegal a license??

@MartyBent The Anderson Cooper of tech. Just runs his mouth non-stop and hopes the volume of words implies understanding.

Permanoob.

@ChroniclesMag @matt_boose Perhaps. But the country isn't.

The GOP Is Better Off Without Massie Grandstanding but neutered populists like Massie, for whom politics is at best an entertaining game, cannot deliver because they do not understand what is needed in our time. Matt Boose (@matt_boose) writes: chroniclesmagazine.org/web/the-gop-is…

@Leishman @jlppfeffer Feel like stuff like this gets lost to time; buried under newer but lesser content. Link to the original - medium.com/john-pfeffer/a…

ETH investors could have saved a lot of time if they had read @jlppfeffer's paper eight years ago