chump's on the curve alright.

On the right is someone NFL doctors say is 6’3, 230 lbs with 5% body fat

On the left is someone White House doctors say is 6’3, 224 lbs with 4.8% body fat

If the White House is THAT dishonest about something so clear, why should we believe anything they say about anything?

By the time the war ends, they'll be a new European defence framework of nations that won't have the U.S. in it, but will engage with the U.S. on a purely transactional basis, exactly how the U.S. behaves towards others.

None of this would've happended if McCain had won. But with Obama ...?

Are you looking for an academic project to get your teeth into? A fun one.

Now, that's what I really CALL the fires of Mordor!

Excellent work.

Kubilius to MEPs: Want to keep Putin away? Outproduce him. Fast - EU Perspectives By 2027 every euro spent from Brussels on military innovation will pass from grant to field test in four months.

A very precise summary of last week’s debate with MEPs at the #SEDE Committee meeting ⬇️
euperspectives.eu/2026/04/want...

Palantir’s deranged manifesto shows why it should be nowhere near our public services.

This is not a normal company, it's Trump's favourite tech firm and a danger to our NHS.

That's very true. Plus a huge back 👋er for it.

↪ sharing costs.

Members states will have equal access to world class strategic enablers through the EU Commission at a fraction of the cost to each MS.

And there's the hook that clinches the EU Defence Budget deal/sale.

Every MS wants to save money on defence. The EU Defence Budget is THE way.

↪ And all the equipment too.

The Commission will need its own Defence Budget, the same as any other government.

How it's organised is relatively easy, but realising how much its annual cost will be is entirely different. It's a big pill to swallow, but it *does* save members a lot of money by ➡

↪ a rapid expansion of US forces in Europe for its defense if needed. In other words far more support than 20k RDF need

An EU federal army (same as the US) will need to be funded by member contributions to the Commission and the Commission pays the Soldiers, Airmen & Sailors - it's a federal army ➡

And they're also going to need more staff/bigger budget.

The ~67k permanently based US forces (+1 rotational division size unit for Rapid Deployment [Force]) are there to support US power projection (not the RDF) across Africa/Southwest Asia and Central Asia.

It's also large enough to support ➡

The Rt Hon member for is Hayes and Harlington, John McDonnell, hit the nail on the head with his remarks. It's the 'blue' emissaries that are the root, and specifically their real controllers.

What can Ukraine offer the EU? How can think tanks support its path to EU integration — and where does EPIK fit in?

EPIK’s Acting Director @wesslau.bsky.social shares his perspective on the @ki-insights.bsky.social podcast.

🎧 Watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

They are using the ceasefire as cover to demolish buildings whilst not under any threat.

It does absorb heavy metals and other pollutants from the water it grows in.

I was under the impression India still controlled theirs to a good degree. If that's changed then that's good to hear.

Beginning to think that the Trump presidential library, like TrumpCoin, or in an earlier era, his hotels, is just a useful front for processing bribes to the President.

I had no idea Ukrainian coffee was so strong!

Corrupt to the core.

Classic chumpism - obscene.

More than ActivityPub?

drone photo of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise at sea, some sailboats dot the water in the background

photo of sailboat at sea, flying Palestine flags, Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in the background

photo of two people standing on the helideck of a ship at sea, holding a banner reading "break the siege"

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla, providing support at sea to the 70+ boats and 1000+ people who will attempt to break the siege on Gaza

Governments and the EU must do everything they can to end the genocide in Gaza and get aid to people in need

Indeed!

Agreed.

📡🎧 He's obviously heard the news...

If they’re doing this to Christian statues on camera imagine what they’re doing to Moslem civilians off camera.

🔴 At this rate, what future does the state of israel really have?

📚 [Holy] Roman Empire progress?

A European disaster.

Yet more kremlin trouble...