XpatJock
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🏴 🏴 🇪🇺 🇰🇿 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 Scot, Aerospace Engineer, dad, grandad. roamed far & wide.
He's so stupid *and* fascist that he thinks "repressive" is a compliment.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoQ: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world-- TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
Every Halloween, my Republican neighbor gives the first three kids all the candy and tells the other 300 that prosperity is on its way.
The judge asked the govt if the Kennedy Center is going bankrupt. You should've seen them backpedal Why so fast? If it's broke, a court puts someone else in charge & they lose control of it @cnn.com👇 -TN
Remember: Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself. But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities. Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Means the US caved and Denmark has given nothing new.
US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland's security after Trump threats
Trump says the agreement will give the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland", though specifics have not been confirmed by Danish officials.
bbc.co.uk
Ballou: It’s possible that there was just a blanket procedure not to produce documents that related to Donald Trump. I don’t want to get ahead of our skis here, but it does seem like they have repeatedly mentioned that there was withholding based on executive privilege, which just makes no sense.
This is how stupid our moronic president sounds. What a total Idiot and disgrace.
"She *lived* for her job. "For 40 years. "And now it’s gone." -- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle
Michelle
A tribute.
davebarry.substack.com
NEW: A federal judge has ruled that Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago. with @azluminaria.org
Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos Persists
Deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate than white drivers, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago.
propublica.org
"leftist women" honey traps. Just think that through. And they require an FBI warning. I guess those ICE agent aren't very bright. "Why she looked like a normal female honey trap to me. Gees, I didn't know she was a *leftist* women honey trap. Gawwwwwlly."
So Reform hate multiculturalism, but also ... "After the Reform trolls had a pop at my mate Dave Hutchings yesterday for daring to uphold a British tradition, allow me to introduce myself! I partake in many British Traditions including, Town Crying, Morris Dancing, Pantomime ..." via Stuart Cumming
oh, there are words, way too many and most of those are shit, fuck, or a combination of the two...but right now I'm checking ammo stored and making sure my gas cans are topped off...and I live in St Pete 😂😂😂
The "Yeehaw" reminded me of the scene below. 😂 In fact, the world is becoming so bizarre that it’s starting to look like the movie Dr. Strangelove.
So… classified US fighter jet stealth tech parts and components that were in transit from Australia to the US were mysteriously rerouted to Hong Kong and then disappeared. This was months ago. Yeehaw. Have a coffee. 🫠
Revealed: The Pro-Hitler Messages Behind the ‘Neo-Nazi’ Libel Case Funded by Reform’s Crypto Billionaire Donor bylinetimes.com/2026/09/18/r...
Revealed: The Pro-Hitler Messages Behind the ‘Neo-Nazi’ Libel Case Funded by Reform’s Crypto Billionaire Donor
Ben Delo financed a failed defamation case brought by two writers, who privately exchanged pro-Hitler messages and talked about studying Mein Kampf, against a British Jewish artist who accused them…
bylinetimes.com
Remarkable, really, that Jim Ratcliffe has lost confidence in the UK but retains confidence in Man United
More U.S. troops have died during the Iran war than publicly disclosed. @washingtonpost.com Exclusive: Five U.S. officials told The Post there have been at least 22 U.S. military fatalities in the war with Iran, four more than the Pentagon has reported in its public database.
Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna said they’ll be able to force a House vote on the second part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act when the House reconvenes.
New Epstein Files Bill Will Go Up For A Vote When House Resumes—Here’s What It Would Do
Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna said they’ll be able to force a House vote on the second part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act when the House reconvenes.
forbes.com
🚨 NEWS: Ken Paxton kept taking money from a longtime political ally accused by at least eight men of sexual abuse, even after the allegations became public. The disturbing ties span more than a decade. Receipts below.
Paxton Kept Close to Alleged Child Abuser Long After the Allegations Surfaced, Taking Money From Him
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent more than a decade cultivating a political alliance with Paul Pressler, the once-revered Southern Baptist power
meidasnews.com
🎬 The absolute cult classic and fan-favourite "Bubba Ho-Tep" (2002) had a limited run in US theatres 23 years ago today (September 19, 2003). Directed by the great Don Coscarelli, it stars Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Heidi Marnhout and Bob Ivy! #Horror #16mmInferno #BubbaHoTep
Why Macron is warning against risk of Russian hybrid warfare in France
Why Macron is warning against risk of Russian hybrid warfare in France
The French leader brought together presidential candidates and party leaders at the Elysée Palace on Friday for a confidential briefing on the evolving threat, as suspicious attacks and incidents continue to multiply across Europe.
lemonde.fr
"It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence." ~ George Orwell @rmckee.bsky.social
