I'm a boomer and have millennial and gen-z daughters who understand why we have vaccines and believe in them. It's not a generational thing. It's an intelligence, critical thinking, feelings over facts thing.
We can't really threaten to bomb the Russians back into the stone age, since that would take them a step forward.
Good morning and happy Wednesday to everyone. Ladies and gentlemen, the latest iteration of the "Hitler Rants" meme from the 2004 German film "Downfall." You're welcome. 🔊🔊🔊#FuckTrump
It appears that in Russia, the relatives of servicemen were not warned that after signing a contract, the soldiers might not return, as Russians are increasingly being sent into "meat assaults."
The biggest winner of Trump's Greenland affair is Mark Carney. Europe confirmed its weakness, Trump confirmed his stupidity.
Elizabeth: "Mom, where do babies come from?" Anne: "Well, Bess... usually, a daddy has a sword and a mommy has a sheath." Elizabeth: "And us?" Anne: (Smirking) "Let's just say your father was surprised to find I brought my own weapon to the duel."
Executioner: "She was born with a sword. She lived with a sword. And by the sword... she shall die."
Thomas Cromwell: "You wanted masculine energy in the lineage? I just thought I’d get you halfway there from the start."
Thomas Cromwell: "With all due respect, Majesty, I gave you exactly what you ordered. You wanted fair looks? Check. Protestant faith? Check. Skill with a broadsword? Double check!"
The guy was nervous before coming on stage, took 100 Amp hours of liquid courage and fell like a man!
WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · 9mo agoIn Russia, the first domestically produced humanoid robot powered by AI was presented. By creating it in their own image and likeness, the Russians have made the world’s first drunkard robot.
If I remember correctly, during the planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese foreign minister Matsuoka argued that a country that doesn't care to help Britain when it is bombed by the Nazis will not care about losing a few ships in Pear Harbor. Seems relevant today.
On March 25, 1949, the Soviet Union committed one of its many crimes against humanity deporting 90,000 Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to forced settlement in Siberia. - 70% of them were women and children - 2850 were solitary elderly - 185 were unaccompanied minors - 146 were disabled
Life feels like a twisted fairy tale now, where absolute evil is set to triumph. I miss the old days when the idea of the world being ruled by an utterly selfish and greedy elite, who would never allow the establishment to be challenged, was a plausible conspiracy theory. I miss my small worries.
Having the right political views doesn’t make you a good person. This is a recent and fleeting belief - the world will be a better place when it fades.
Straume ieguvusi Globusu! Cik tālu esam gājuši kopš 1988 gada. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RavQ...
Straume makstī (1988)
YouTube video by Imanta Babīte
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A conspiracy theory but a plausible one.
Kraut@derparrot.bsky.social · 2y agoEveryone has known for a long time that russian railroads were one of russia's great weaknesses. That they rely too much on them. The fact that Ukrainians are blowing them up in large numbers now makes me suspicious, that Biden/Sullivan may have told them not to do it.
It was predictable... They want to dismiss Nabiullina. Deputies of A Just Russia have already introduced a bill on the early removal of the head of the Central Bank from office. The document also provides for monitoring of the Central Bank's indicators, including GDP growth.
Here's Russian state media admitting that Assad's job was to make sure no pipelines went through Syria into Turkey so that all that cheaper Saudi and Qatari LNG never hurt Russia's gas monopoly, the one Putin lost anyway by invading Ukraine.
Jay in Kyiv@jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 2y agoSince 2012, Putin's puppet Assad was there to make sure 3 pipelines never got finished, projects that would have brought cheap Saudi and Qatari gas into the European market. All the brutality Russians inflicted on the people of Syria was to ensure Russian EU gas monopoly
The difference between the Russian evacuation of Syria and the U.S evacuation of Afghanistan? There are no crowds of thousands of Syrians trying to get to Russia.
Chomsky also excused and defended the Assad regime while Syrian leftists pleaded with him to stop: newlinesmag.com/review/choms...
Chomsky's America-Centric Prism Distorts Reality
A leading Syrian intellectual takes on the famous linguist, arguing that Americentrism blinds the latter from the reality of the revolution
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Gogmagog@gogmagogs.bsky.social · 2y agoCrazy how people forget Chomsky denying Pol Pot’s killing fields and defending Milosevic.
Since 2012, Putin's puppet Assad was there to make sure 3 pipelines never got finished, projects that would have brought cheap Saudi and Qatari gas into the European market. All the brutality Russians inflicted on the people of Syria was to ensure Russian EU gas monopoly
The idea that Putin’s perspective needs more empathy implies that’s it is based on positive values, like love of country & justice. If Putin is killing Ukrainians, then it’s just “love of country gone wrong”. In fact, what’s driving Putin are largely negative values, like power and destructiveness.
The Brexit Curse British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’. Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder. Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year. Rejoin EU. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’
Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy report finds trade flows have shown no signs of returning to previous levels
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This is a true 'once-in-a-lifetime shot. A meteor and Milky Way galaxy in the same frame
