American combat deaths in World War I: 54,000.
American soldiers killed by flu in World War I: 45,000.
They would have given anything for a flu vaccine.

With this I agree.

1/ Russia is entering a full-scale debt crisis, according to newly published official figures. Non-payments have reached an all-time high equivalent to nearly 4% of GDP or a fifth of the entire federal budget. It's a fresh sign of a deepening economic crisis worsened by war. ⬇️

Larry, showing once again he's the best thing about Number 10.

As usual, the UK approach is "How shit can we get away with it being?" Whereas the French approach, for example, is "Eating well is a foundation of life."

Also, AI! AI! More AI! And lord forbid any regulation on tech corporations. But kids with phones, that’s the problem. Incoherent and dishonest.

Timeline cleanse: I just got on a bus. An elderly woman was trying to pay but her card didn’t work. She was standing flustered by the driver. A boy, maybe 12 or 13 years old, who was queuing to get on said to the bus driver, “sir can I pay for her?” and then went ahead and paid for her

This morning I’ve seen Olly Robbins’s appearance before the select committee described as ‘box office’, while a commentator flagged up another key political moment with the words ‘bring the popcorn’.

That’s one of our main problems right there.

Yes, Prime Minister - The need to know YouTube video by 1w3rpass

There’s just always a suitable Yes Minister or Yes Minister clip.

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In a nutshell. 😊

A big fat cesspit of grift and corruption covered with a thin veneer of concern for 'the people'

The reality of the new fascism as represented by Reform and by Trump

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

Insider trading by Trump friends and family has been obvious for a while

Bigger question is whether Trump is deliberately causing volatility to enable this grift

All this gambling should be made illegal

No way you can argue it's efficient allocation of capital

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"He's Very Unwell" - Marsh Family parody of Chuck Berry's "Never Can Tell" from Pulp Fiction YouTube video by Marsh Family

Here's a throwback to an iconic #PulpFiction track by #ChuckBerry with some half-arsed Sunday night twisting, 7 some parody reflections (to the tune of "You Never Can Tell") on the Christian White House stories last week - #Hegseth as #SamuelLJackson and the #TrumpChrist image:
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Another outcome from Trump’s America slapping Ukraine in the face is that he has provided a huge impetus for European nations - especially Ukraine 🇺🇦- to develop other sources of weaponry than America.

Ukraine now planning to develop and manufacture its own version of Patriot missiles

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66 years between the first and second picture. Then, other 57 years before the Artemis II mission.

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Boris Johnson didn't pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary.

The media must have missed that one.

Wow.

The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room.

The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction.

The Health guy collects raccoon dicks.

It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.

Please help me out by pretending the Chairman of Reform didn't just show that he doesn't know what local elections are and thinks we are in America.

On any given day, you might as well roll a die to predict whether Donald Trump is going to claim total victory; imminent victory; a negotiated ceasefire; an imminent ceasefire; new attacks; crucial negotiations or imminent crucial negotiations. The only certainty is that he’ll be lying.

Here go the pre Trump announcement trades again.

Is ANYONE left so gullible that they don’t think this is utterly shameful insider trading.

And I don’t believe that there is not a traceable evidence line to the who is making a profit directly & down the line

Now adjust it for population.

USA is more than twice the size of Germany and nearly five times the size of the U.K., nearly 35 times the size of Sweden and so on

Tesla paid $1 billion in taxes to China & $0 in federal income taxes to the US. At least 88 highly profitable corporations paid $0 federal income tax last year while bringing in $ billions. Disney, CVS, Palantir, Taco Bell & others are making massive profits, paying executives enormous ⬇️

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes?

From Treasure magazine, 1965
Official answers coming soon

Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience

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Private Eye:

"Science" in these years, meanwhile, has done nothing of note except save millions of lives and warn of impending climate collapse.

Meanwhile, science policy in the world's largest economy is run by kooks who have questions about germ-theory...

Pope Leo today: "Blessed are the peacemakers."

"Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth."