Bloomberg article this morning with the following headline:
UAE Joins Saudis, Qatar in Urging Trump Not to Restart War
No idea how to get around the paywall so I’ll just post the AI Summary:
The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have urged US President Donald Trump to give negotiations a chance to end the Iran war, citing fears of retaliation from Tehran that could harm Gulf economies.
The countries’ leaders have told Trump that military action won’t achieve America’s goals with Iran, and they differ on the kind of diplomatic deal the US should pursue, but they share a wariness of renewed hostilities.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have improved ties since the UAE’s decision to leave OPEC, and they are coordinating with regional and international partners, including Pakistan, which is mediating between the US and Iran to reach a peace deal.
As someone who worked in construction; from single family homes to an electric power plant (smokestack 370 ft tall), this video is full of falsity.
Brick isn’t magic stuff. People have been building wooden houses for millennia. You build with what is available, least expensive, and good enough for purpose. Cheap and shoddy can be brick or wood.
Brick and mud brick is particularly bad if you have seismic hazards unless you don’t care about dying under a pile of bricks.
Hostility to free speech and Christianity is growing dramatically across Europe, slowly shifting restrictions on these fundamental human rights closer to those of repressive regimes such as Russia and China. A former U.S. ambassador estimated England alone now jails more citizens over speech crimes than Vladimir Putin’s Russia, including numerous prosecutions of people for admitting to silent prayer on public property.
Why are we allied with these folks again?
Funny, in 1994-5 I lived as a renter in an 1840 wood-framed house at 106 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia Pa, one block south of South St. It’s still going strong, albeit renovated along the way, last sold in 2025 apparently.
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Bloomberg article this morning with the following headline:
UAE Joins Saudis, Qatar in Urging Trump Not to Restart War
No idea how to get around the paywall so I’ll just post the AI Summary:
As someone who worked in construction; from single family homes to an electric power plant (smokestack 370 ft tall), this video is full of falsity.
Brick isn’t magic stuff. People have been building wooden houses for millennia. You build with what is available, least expensive, and good enough for purpose. Cheap and shoddy can be brick or wood.
Brick and mud brick is particularly bad if you have seismic hazards unless you don’t care about dying under a pile of bricks.
In The Federalist today:
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/21/european-author-of-banned-book-it-is-christianity-they-are-trying-to-censor/
Why are we allied with these folks again?
Funny, in 1994-5 I lived as a renter in an 1840 wood-framed house at 106 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia Pa, one block south of South St. It’s still going strong, albeit renovated along the way, last sold in 2025 apparently.