Israel and the United Arab Emirates agree to normalise relations in the third Israel-Arab peace deal. //

Opening direct ties between two of the Middle East's most dynamic societies and advanced economies will transform the region by spurring economic growth, enhancing technological innovation, and forging closer people-to-people relations," the joint statement says.

Israel will also "suspend declaring sovereignty over areas outlined" in President Trump's Vision for Peace between Israel and the Palestinians, in which he backed an Israeli plan to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the strategic Jordan Valley.

Dozens of times over the last decade NASA scientists have launched laser beams at a reflector the size of a paperback novel about 240,000 miles (385,000 kilometers) away from Earth. They announced today, in collaboration with their French colleagues, that they received signal back for the first time

Trump has begun something long thought impossible.

In this Age of Idiocy, let us revel in a moment of sanity. Unanimously delivered to us by – are you sitting down? – the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Appeals Court Throws Out Antitrust Ruling In the world of judges and Justices – this is exceedingly embarrassing:  “A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a 2019 ruling .... //

Judge Koh pretended a patent is a ‘monopoly’ – and thus an antitrust violation.

“Ummm…a patent is a grant to ‘exclusive Right to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries…’ – per the Constitution.

“‘Exclusive right’ – means no one but you has that right. You – all by yourself – is a ‘monopoly.’ Per the Constitution.

“Suing Qualcomm’s patents for being a ‘monopoly’ – is like suing Shaquille O’Neal for being tall. You’re suing something – for being exactly what it is supposed to be.

“The Constitution preempts any antitrust law that follows – if antitrust law contradicts the Constitution. Or at least it’s supposed to do so.

Individualism is on trial and you’re its defense.

There’s a story about two communist dictators standing in a field of corn stalks, one old and one young. The young dictator who had just won control over his country asked the elder dictator how he managed to keep the populace in line.

The elder dictator grabbed a sharp tool, walked toward the corn stalks, and began hacking off the tops of the corn stalks that had grown higher than the others.

The moral of the story was plain to the young dictator.

Eliminating individualism from a society tends to keep the populace in line more than guns and bombs ever could. //

Individualism is one of the most valuable things America has as a cultural standard. This country was founded on it, and through it, we’ve continued to create and produce things that we would have considered “science fiction” about fifty years ago.

Individualism is the spirit that drives America. It’s the main ingredient in our freedom-centric culture. Without it, we become like everyone else, but for the social justice crowd, being like everyone else is exactly the goal.