A three-masted vessel in full sail. A tiny puff of smoke hints at either steam propulsion or they've elected another Pope mid-voyage.
Regardless of whether the pontiff is weak on crime, it's indisputable that the Vatican has been neglecting its ability to project naval force in the last few decades.
The Regia Marina nicking their last warship probably didn't help.
In the wake of the Iranian attacks on the UAE, the country’s attorney general warned that publication of images or videos of strikes was illegal. People were also encouraged to report anyone sharing photos or videos of the strikes to authorities.
www.youtube.com/shorts/J04UK...
Who would have imagined that between the US and Iran, it’s the latter that is winning the meme war?
Had anybody considered that the Dorset Echo merely has a better grasp of logistics than those currently in charge of the US military?
"We need a photo of a Spitfire."
"What's a Spitfire?"
"What's a Spi- It's the most important aircraft of WW2!"
"Ah. Right you are."
Interesting that this piece makes Wilson a spokesman for "Reformed Christians." Reformed Protestantism is a broad and highly variegated umbrella of Christian traditions, of which Wilson's church is a tiny sliver. Is the media reducing "Reformed" to shorthand for the rightwing Christian fringe? 1/
Partly agree; yes to spiritual leaders & people of faith engaging with politics.Yes, reasons for constraints on faith/stats relationship but we shouldn’t be silenced. In 1989 at RC teaching college I co-wrote a creative piece on this based on Mary/Magnificat. The nuns liked it! #cofe #tec #narthex
Trump lost a lot of cards with his Iran gamble.
It was Zelensky's turn to speak out, casting the US no longer as a reliable and crucial partner for Ukraine’s future, but now as a deeply unreliable partner who seems to be colluding with Russia while threatening the security of all of Europe.
It's a saying in our household that "It's all house prices in the end" especially when talking about prospects for the young adults.
And it's not all house prices, but a lot of it is.
It's all here in Wikipedia. He got 30 months probation, and was pardoned by Trump. Bitcoin, effective altruism, etc...
#StreisandEffect
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Del...
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that UK law about spent convictions doesn't over a blatantly political pardon by a foreign leader for an offence in that country
Reform donor Ben Delo, who has given £4 million to the party, is making legal threats to those who reference his 2022 US conviction for failing to implement anti-money laundering laws, prior to a pardon by President Trump.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Doug Wilson has been a major influence on Pete Hegseth. Here is a summary of Wilson's beliefs, all referenced in his own words, including:
- Slavery wasn't that bad
- AIDS is not a real infectious disease
- The physically disabled can't enter into real marriage
dougwilsonbelieves.com
Daily Mail social media image claiming: It’s grim when your child is banned from bringing home a picture of Jesus to plaster across the fridge door
I debunked the original headlines about these school guidelines when they first came out a couple of weeks ago.
But then the Daily Mail pushed this on Facebook over the Easter weekend, so I felt the need to address that too!
1/6
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New post out:
"Understanding MAGA"
I look at the four different strands that make up MAGA philosophy (such as it is), the contradictions between them, and whether it can survive as a movement post Trump.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/u...
It comes days after the Trump admin openly admitted the same.
For the Ukrainians, truth might indeed set them free.
Just sent this out. Yesterday was an important and truthful day. The Ukrainians, including Zelensky and Budanov, came out and spoke truthfully about the US being with Russia (and therefore Trump being with Putin). open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
"In a nutshell, Zelensky was telling the world that Donald Trump is working with/for Vladimir Putin. He posed a very simple question—if sanctions were placed on Russia because of the US-Iran War, now that the war was open, would those sanctions now be reimposed?"
"The EU is in such a situation where they need some countries. UK, Ukraine, Türkiye, Norway.
This is the army that will be stronger than the army of Russia"
Following the example of Malaria Trump coming clean about her non-relationship with Epstein, I have chosen today to deny emphatically that it was me that raided the chocolate digestives in 1968.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
#Melania #Epstein
Russia's war on Europe, part 94
This is the truest summary I have ever heard – and it applies to the rise of reform and to those who voted leave in the UK. It’s about hate. That’s why these people can’t be appeased. They will look for the worst harm.
Reading “Healing from Narcissistic Abuse” by a friend of mine, Dr Daksha Hirani, and am struck by this narcissism checklist…
Meanwhile...
'Reform Scotland’s leader and former Baron, Malcolm Offord and Tory defector, Thomas Kerr, menacingly gloated and stoated around the east end of Glasgow last week, making yet more misinformed claims about migration' 👇
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘪/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
Mad, but important
This really projects strength and victory.
Zelensky says Ukraine can help with the Strait of Hormuz but no request has come yet. "We already pushed Russia's Black Sea Fleet back, destroyed part of it, and ran civilian convoys with maritime drones," he added.
And as Ukraine wrecks Russia's oil industry:
"The appearance of computer technology, added to advances in efficient propulsion, has meant that targets can now be identified, prioritized and then fired upon by someone a continent away"
Toffsted!!!
