Douglas Gerard

@ritesh_its96 @elonmusk Its not real until its a Texas cage match

@elonmusk We got Elon vs Scam Altman before gta 6

He takes scamming to a whole new level

Wealth tax explained: 1. Laura loves to cook, she risks all her life savings and opens a small restaurant: Laura‘s Kitchen 2. Laura works really hard, evenings, weekends, no vacations 3. The local community loves Laura‘s Kitchen, it’s a success, the restaurant gets larger, Laura hires 30 people from the neighborhood 4. Laura makes 1,5 Million € in profit, she pays 40% in income tax: 600,000€ 5. The left „tax the rich“ party wins the elections, and introduces a wealth tax 6. Laura‘s Kitchen gets valued by the tax authorities at 25 Million €. Laura must pay 5% wealth tax: 1,25 Million € 7. The income tax of 600,000€ plus 1,25 Million € in wealth tax is more than the 1,5 Million € Laura makes 8. Laura cannot afford to pay more taxes than she makes, she closes Laura’s Kitchen 9. Laura loses her life savings despite years of hard work, 30 people lose their jobs, the state receives zero taxes 10. The local community goes to McDonalds again 11. The local left “tax the rich“ party members blame „capitalism“ for that on social media 12. Everyone gets poorer due to higher unemployment and lower tax revenues Why is this so difficult for the left to understand?

@thevivafrei You probably used them metric inches.

According to some, who post a cropped image of Tyler Robinson’s mug shot, he is “just above 5’10?” When you carefully, astutely and meticulously analyze the uncropped mug shot, he appears to be exactly 6 feet tall. I included the proof of what 72 inches converts to in feet, for anyone who had any lingering doubt. If this is who you cite as a source, or who you rely on for analysis, you will end up wildly misinformed.

@DschlopesIsBack @KenGardner11 Magnificent.

You’re watching a master at work.

@ImRickyT @Roku No apps for you!

@Roku why did you mess with my Home Screen. I just want to see all my apps in one place. Please change it back or give me the option.

@iRacing All it needs is Eva Marie Saint.

Absolute Cinema at Hockenheim. 🔥👏

@iRacing The older I get the faster I was...

Are you fast? 🤔

@ValtteriBottas @tiffanycromwell @canyon_bikes @WMNcycling @SRAMroad @ZippSpeed @wahoofitness @Colorado Head north, Wyoming has Yellowstone, the Big Horns and we have more antelope, cows and deer than people. A true get away from the grind...

Colorado never disappoints 🇺🇸 Should be a good week 🦅 @tiffanycromwell

@krassenstein Did you, @UEFA, or the Belgian National squad raise the same concerns when Ronaldo got two games of a three ban lifted months earlier? No, no you didnt.

While many of you are likely yelling "GO AMERICA" I'm yelling "GO BELGIUM and the rule of law!"

@ellencarmichael @KenGardner11 Oh horse hockey. This the euro varient of TDS. UEFA screamed about 'integrity' over Balogun’s suspended ban… but stayed silent when Ronaldo got two of his three games lifted. Same rule. Different reaction.

The most interesting part of the red card saga isn't the ruling. It's how differently Americans and Europeans process the idea that they might have been wronged. Europeans are fundamentally different from Americans in one particular way: they expect life to be aggravating and at times unfair. It's just a fact of moving through the world. I joke that in Europe, the customer is always wrong. You didn't read the fine print. The only pharmacy in town is closed every other Tuesday for three hours, and even if the times weren't posted, that's still your problem. Too bad if you want the bill, because the waiter's on his union-mandated half-hour smoke break, and you're just going to have to wait. To quote the great Mark Knopfler: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. There's something freeing in that. Things are less in your control, so there's less angst in managing your expectations. In America, things couldn't be more different. We simply can't accept a wrong left unrighted. The flight attendant sneezed handing you a drink on your one-hour flight? 15,000 frequent flyer miles. Didn't like your appetizer? A replacement is on the way, and the whole course comes off the bill. There's a reason our interstates are lined with trial lawyer billboards. Europeans have turned complaining into a continental pastime with no expectation that the universe owes them a remedy for their grief. You gripe about the train being late, your friends nod solemnly and everyone goes back to their apéro. In America, we launch a full-blown investigation of the train system, sue the government (and its contractors) that allowed for the tardiness and hold a Congressional hearing on the state of national infrastructure. So to an objective observer, the red card shouldn't have happened, and VAR was a travesty. To Americans, our star player shouldn't be unfairly banned from a match we couldn't afford to lose for a card he so obviously didn't deserve. Who cares that FIFA used a little-used reversal to fix it. Who cares that other people are mad about it. We. Were. Wronged. It was unjust. It must be corrected. We would accept nothing less. Europeans waxing poetic about the sanctity of the game are, of course, talking about a governing body whose last tournament host was decided via confirmed cash bribes — one that imposed dress codes on women, shrugged off widespread allegations of modern slavery and reconfigured the entire tournament calendar to suit the host country. Which is exactly the point. If you've made peace with all of that, at least enough to watch the tournament four years later, a probationary suspension isn't actually a scandal. Maybe that's the real divide. Over millennia, Europeans have made peace with being the bug. Americans have never once considered it, and apparently, we're not about to start now.

@ijbailey Did you, @UEFA, or the Belgian National squad raise the same concerns when Ronaldo got two games of a three ban lifted months earlier same rule? No, no you didnt.

The red card was wrong. Overturning it would be just - if the overturning wasn’t such an obviously corrupt process. The U.S. team had overcome injuries and an unjust ejection. But because Trump has to make everything about himself, he’s found a way to taint this like our 250th.

UEFA screamed about 'integrity' over Balogun’s suspended ban… but stayed silent when Ronaldo got two of his three games lifted. Same rule. Different reaction. #FIFADoubleStandards #BalogunRedCard #WorldCup2026

@dilanesper Did you, @UEFA, or the Belgian National squad raise the same concerns when Ronaldo got two games of a three ban lifted months earlier? No, no you didnt.

oh come on. Americans would absolutely whine incessantly if the facts were reversed

@jimgeraghty I just want to someone other than @3YearLetterman troll the euros... its humorous.

But the narrative has already taken shape: Trump called FIFA, and FIFA subsequently rescinded the red card. Trump fans want to believe their man made it happen, because it shows their man is the true global power who can make Europeans bend to his will with just a phone call. Trump critics want to believe the president made it happen too, because it shows their hated foe as a man who believes in breaking the rules and intimidating others. nationalreview.com/the-morning-jo…

Now, it’s possible that without the U.S. team’s pressure, and/or Trump’s phone call, FIFA might have recognized the bad publicity from a bad call unfairly suspending the biggest scorer on the U.S. team in the knockout rounds, particularly in a year when the American public is really getting into the game. (Television ratings for the U.S. matches on Fox have been fantastic — much higher than expected. Whether or not Americans love soccer itself, Americans love watching American athletes win things. And the ratings for non-U.S. matches have been pretty high, too. More than 10 million Americans watched the English-language broadcast of Brazil and Morocco’s tie in mid-June.)

WOW!

@jimgeraghty Aernt you a Jets fan?

You can’t begrudge the Belgians for being upset. Soccer is a big deal over there; it matters as much to them as winning in football, baseball, basketball, and World Wars does to us.

The European mind simply cannot comprehend a random citizen playing the national anthem with a semi automatic rifle in their backyard shooting range

Has any other country won “best country” 250 years in a row or is this the first time?

There are two types of countries: those that can deploy a Tactical Burger King anywhere in the world and those that use the metric system

If the 962 was a stallion, we’d all be broke. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #PorscheOnTrack #PorscheMotorRacing🔴🟡🔵⚫️