Charles Halbert Jr 🤙🏾🖤💛

"We are not a good nation. We are an ignorant, angry, selfish, narcissistic country that shrugs as women & children are massacred while we calmly watch baseball" Kurt Eichenwald 10/9/19

🚨 BREAKING: Spain’s Prime Minister is calling on the European Union to suspend its trade and diplomatic agreement with Israel — after Israeli strikes hit Lebanon’s capital today. Europe is moving.

Benjamin Netanyahu rejects President Trump’s ceasefire and says the war will continue against Iran at any time he chooses. Netanyahu says he will achieve his objectives through further military action under his command. “We are ready to resume the fighting at any moment.” “Our finger is on the trigger.”

🚨 BREAKING.. Iran is now considering retaliatory strikes directly on Israel.. not through Hezbollah.. not through proxies.. direct strikes.. because the US just admitted it is "unable to control" Netanyahu.. think about what that means.. Iran signed a ceasefire with the US this morning.. Israel kept bombing Lebanon anyway.. Iran told the US to stop Israel.. and the US basically said we can't.. so Iran's logic is simple.. if you can't control him.. we will.. the country that receives $3.8 billion a year in American weapons just got called uncontrollable by the country writing the cheque.. and now the country getting bombed by those weapons says it's done waiting for permission to hit back.. this ceasefire is 12 hours old and we're closer to a regional war than we were before it started

The moment when Willem Dafoe surprised Alfred Molina on the set of Spider-Man 2 has become the stuff of legend.

Tim Conway fell down the stairs twice as fast during rehearsals so Harvey Korman and Carol Burnett weren't ready for how slow he'd fall during the taping. They had no choice but to turn from the camera and hide their laughter 😂

April 8, 1980: Seattle’s Dennis Johnson hits the first game-winning 3-pointer in NBA playoff history—during Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Johnson had 24 PTS and Gus Williams scored a game-high 30 PTS in the Sonics' 114-113 overtime win over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Israel is conducting a massive targeted assassination against the Iranian ceasefire in Beirut. There is no other way of looking at it: 1) It is the largest coordinated strike of the current war in Beirut and one of the biggest ever. The IDF stated it struck over 100 targets within just 10 minutes across Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon. At least 300 people have been killed or injured. 2) Netanyahu and the IDF stated that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon. This is, of course, a lie, as Pakistan (which came up with the deal) has confirmed. 3) Iran's Supreme National Security Council announced that it accepted the two-week ceasefire on the condition that the U.S. and Israel stop attacks on all fronts, which specifically includes Hezbollah in Lebanon. Shortly after the deal was announced, Iran warned that any continued attack on Lebanon would trigger a resumption of fighting on all fronts, directly threatening to collapse the ceasefire. That led to this escalation. 4) An Israeli source I talked to, said that the goal is to "use extreme military pressure to force Lebanon into a separate ceasefire on Israel’s terms." In other words, this is an escalation from the previous goal of the operation in Lebanon, designed to create a buffer zone. 5) Now there will be an attempt to force Lebanon into dismantling Hezbollah. Something they lack the technical or political ability to do. Targeting central Beirut infrastructure (Chiyah, Corniche al Mazraa) rather than just southern military outposts, Israel is attempting to make the cost of hosting Hezbollah so high that the Lebanese state, or its other sectarian factions is, forced into a civil confrontation with the group just to stop the bleeding. 6) Hezbollah is now in a position where if they don't respond, they look weakened; if they do respond, they risk being blamed for the collapse of the broader regional truce. 7) By striking immediately after the Iran deal, Israel is attempting to physically and politically "decouple" Hezbollah from its patron. If Iran stays quiet to preserve its own two-week reprieve while Beirut burns, it creates a massive psychological rift between Tehran and its "Jewel in the Crown" proxy. Israel is essentially betting that Iran values its own temporary safety over Hezbollah’s immediate survival. 8) This level of violence acts as a poison pill for international mediators like France or the U.S. who were pushing for a unified ceasefire. By creating facts on the ground (100+ targets in 10 minutes), Israel is making a return to the status quo ante impossible, ensuring that any future negotiations for Lebanon must start from a position of total Hezbollah degradation rather than a simple stop-fire. Israel dragged the world into this war. It is now trying to make sure that the world cannot escape it. If Trump actually wants a ceasefire he will have to do something he has never had the balls to do. Stop Israel from destroying everything. History shows he won't.

Donald Trump created an international disaster over absolutely NOTHING and then entered into a negotiation in which he gave up EVERYTHING. This guy is a massive loser elected by 77 million lost and misguided Americans. America is weak under Trump.

The NYT is reporting that Iran, in addition to gaining administrative control over the Strait of Hormuz, will now charge $2m per ship for safe passage, which it will split with Oman. It was free pre-war. Trump & Netanyahu have increased Iranian leverage over the global economy.

Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️

If you're a young Democrat sitting here wondering why Hakeem Jefferies and Chuck Schumer didn't pass the War Powers Resolution when they had a chance and passed Trump's war budget... Well... *taps sign*

Here’s the 10 point peace plan found “acceptable” by Trump now circulating. Huge strategic defeat for the US, biggest loss since Vietnam. Shows the surge of Iran as the emerging 4th center of world power.

Iran Deal By Obama: •Strait of Hormuz open for free •Iran limits Uranium enrichment •Iran agrees to make no nuclear weapons •Iran allows Int'l inspectors to ensure compliance •Inspectors confirm Iran's full compliance Iran Ceasefire By Trump: •Strait of Hormuz closed, only open for $2M Per Ship •Iran makes no guarantee of limit on uranium enrichment •Iran makes no guarantee of no nuclear weapons •Iran makes no guarantee to allow Int'l inspectors MAGA: Trump Playing 5D Chess! Art Of The Deal!!

I do not appreciate anyone - Democrat or Republican - taking this moment to make TACO jokes to say Trump “chickened out.” The president was threatening genocide against 90 million Iranians. I’m grateful there’s a ceasefire & scores of innocent people didn’t die tonight.

Hard Reality, Straight Up. Trump Lost. America Lost. Israel Lost. Iran Won … & Won Big.

This was nearly 17 years ago…and Paul McCartney is still awesome. He’s on the Mount Rushmore of true living musical legends. Stevie Wonder is also on it. The other two are up for debate.

A.I. I mean, can you remember even one teammate of his?

Boog Powell with Brooks Robinson

#AdamWest dances the #Batusi in #DCComics’ #Batman, 1966. #Burtward’s #Robin and #FrankGorshin’s #Riddler both want a piece of that action!

My god I had no idea. Putting Iran on hold for a second and focusing on this.