Are they sending their own men to fight then?

German FM makes impassioned plea for peace YouTube video by AP Archive

“Excuse me, I‘m not convinced!”
Reminder of a time when it was possible to contradict your transatlantic ally without fearing he might want to crush you.
2003.

youtu.be/CpuN-yM1sZU

A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.

"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."

ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

Keeping this one for a day soon, I hope.

OTD in 1945, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved 15,000 Jews in WW2, was kidnapped by the Soviet NKVD who took him to Moscow & killed him.

Cos we're the real anti-fascists

They also filmed in narrower streets to make them look more full.

Screenshot of a post on X by Matt McDermott (@matt…) reading: “Kamala Harris at her final campaign rally:” followed by the quote: “Donald Trump intends to use the United States military against American citizens who simply disagree with him.” Below the text is a video still of Kamala Harris speaking at a podium with the U.S. vice presidential seal, with American flags behind her. A “cc” icon and a speaker icon appear on the video thumbnail.

She warned us. Like Hillary, Kamala was right about everything.

Sounds like a life well lived!

Vielleicht liege ich falsch, aber Trump hat gar nichts über "Freiheit" in seiner gestrigen Rede gesagt.

Future historians will wonder why the victims of colonialism sided so cheaply with a white coloniser who rules 1/3 of the Asian land mass from a city in Europe.

They are probably telling us that they are going to aim at Zelenskyy's offices and residence next.

What a pity that we have to negotiate with someone who remains relatively reasonable only until his next phone call with his favorite bloody dictator, who feeds him one outrageous lie after another.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

They want to be able to send a drone over later to see the damage.

Precisely.

Why does Trump capitalise all those nouns? Is he German?

If we know the time, could we also get the date comparing the size of objects to the size of their shadows?

Not only that, I support NATO joining Ukraine.

Die Seite heißt "politicalwire.com". Aber das stimmt, es ist nicht klar, dass es Wagenknecht ist.

Sahra Wagenknecht schaltet Anzeigen, in denen sie angeblich eine Verschwörung um Alice Weidel aufgedeckt hat. Der Link führt zu einer gefälschten Tagesschau-Seite. #FakeNews #Tagesschau #Wagenknecht Dreist.

One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert

Has nothing to do with your original reply, but just saw "Thank you Chuck" in a sneak preview. Brilliant movie.

Do you know what "entitlement" is?

It’s the belief that you understand a country and its people's experience better than those who actually live there.

That is exactly Chomsky's take on central and eastern Europeans.

Chomsky is so blinded by US imperialism that he ends up apologising for Russian imperialism.

American Imperialism is the only tool in his toolbox.

Exactly and it is precisely this that Chomsky refuses to recognise.

Yes.

I am sorry, however Chomsky has been saying crap about central and eastern Europeans for decades, going back to his insults against Havel. In the Ukraine war he has repeatedly parroted Russian narratives. I am tired of hearing his misguided opinions.

Thank God he cannot speak anymore.

family upset at me for texting "i need an organ transplant" when i needed them to help me move my Hammond B3 out of the living room