Reality check: The statement does not include any commitment to send #naval vessels or other #resources to make that happen. For now, it's largely a gesture to #placate Trump, who has railed against allies for declining to help and warned that a failure to do so could undermine the future of #NATO.
I reckon Machado just pulled by the 7-11 or the chocolate store and picked up a giant chocolate coin and gave that to 47. He would not know the difference. It's all theatre, real medal is at her house (or at least I hope it is). #Protest #Placate #Shiny
Basically, because the repercussions of refusing his entry are greater than the repulsion we will all feel by having him here. Our farmers, fishers, steel workers, etc… will take the brunt. Therefore, not worth it. #placate #sookiebaby #elbowsup
Word of the day:
propitiate:
to placate or make peace with.
credit: <dictionary.com>
#placate
#propitiate
#wordoftheday
#wordsbuilding
#vocabulary
#dictionary
#vocabularybuilding
#sports #popsky #redmeat #smokescreen #misdirect #deflect #manipulate #triangulate #nfl #prosports #mass #enmasse #control #placate #soothe #trump #maga #project2025 #insidejob #junta #coup #resist #antifa
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“8!” Mr. Johansen reminded me of that kid that invited you to his house and was so excited that he had kids to show off to his parents. It was enough to just #placate their fears their son was a weirdo and had no friends.
“The current meal is Lunch No. 6.”
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The lustre of the huge pearl was magnificent. Lis broke the silence.
'You must give it back, Fred, & #placate the merpeople.'
'But it's mine!' he whined.
'So, why are the merpeople threatening to capsize any yachts that go out in the English Channel?’
“Twitchy and the S3x Dolls mounted a reunion tour, but I couldn’t be bothered to #placate their vanity.”
“Oh? Why not?”
“Because they couldn’t be bothered to hit the gym, pre tour. Should rename the band—Jabba and the Mountain Trolls!”
“You’re so f*cked up.”
“True.”
#vss365
#vsspoem #vss365 #writingcommunity
Have you noticed my #absence?
Has that brought for once
a thought about balance
onto your mind?
Rage hard to #placate
at the morally #bancrupt state
and senseless hate
you left behind
Do you rue
the loss of friendship true?
Or were you intentionally unkind?
#vsspoem #vss365 #writingcommunity
Have you noticed my #absence?
Has that brought for once
a thought about balance
into your mind?
Rage hard to #placate
at the morally #bancrupt state
and the senseless hate
you left behind
Do you rue
the loss of friendshop true?
Or were you intentionally unkind?
"Drake was no elf lord--and he was sadly mortal," Lark mused, "but the way that none of us questioned where he came from makes me wonder..."
Tiah gestured her to go on.
"He loved water in all weathers, & I think he ate his fish cooked only to #placate me."
#vss365 #PromptJourney 26/?
"It cannot be! How did you #placate the gods when the priestesses could not?"
"Easy. Puppy eyes."
#VSS365
"Remember, we never negotiate with vampires," the Van Helsing Society instructor said.
"Never?" asked a student hunter. "Why?"
"Because the dead can't be trusted," the VHS instructor replied and held up a stake. "Now say it with me. We do not #placate; we perforate."
#vss365 #vssdaily
She was learning she could #placate her inner child with small things, like rewatching an old movie. What she really wanted to do, however, was feed her. She wanted the grown woman she had become to write like that little girl could. #vss365
💧
Je serai apaisé
Lorsque je saurai
Les raisons de ton départ
Alors quand tu reviendras
Je pourrais te dire que je t'aime
Sans retenue
ML 🩸
#MesÉcrits ⚔️
#Placate 🙂↕️
#Vss365 🔺
When people try
to #placate me
in calming tones
I recoil reflexively
My bad mood
my fierce anger
and burrowed resentment
they are mine
I cling to them
I empower them
they energize me
protect me
I keep the world
at bay, distant
so I can be me
an unwatched pot
at boil
#vss365
#poetry
My life is now reduced to one maxim: #placate the Beast.
Calm it. Flatter it. Feed it. Don't allow it to wake and sweep everything away in that flood of fiery fury.
If I remain in control, at least I get to choose its victims.
#vss365
the wicked thoughts
the sinful poetry
the scandalous pictures i take
hoping you'll see
it won't always #placate
my need for you
but it works for now
#vss365
#poetry
Idk if it was just me but #placate was such a weird word to try to write a #vss365 story around. Not a word I use. How about everyone else? Who ever came up with the word, I applaud you for your knowledge and making me think a little lol.
" #placate is such a weird word," Marva declared with an air of authority.
"To placate means to be angry & I" she pauses holding a hand up to frame her face, "Am never angry."
Donny holds a hand up, ready to state something but is quickly shot down.
"Don't say a word," Marva yells.
#vss365 #vssdaily
his was a fate foretold by only he & laplace's demon. yet of the former, it must have been desire—a self-placating prophecy. to drown beneath the ullage of his surroundings; pressurised ennui peddling life's fallacy. doomed from infancy, his breath was forfeit; he never had a chance
#vss365 #placate
Trenchers of blood, a live virgin bound and squirming, and the hardest to get: the eyes of a kingmaker, the six-months work of our intelligence division. If anything was going to convince this demon to do our bidding...
"No pizza," the deep, mind-flaying voice grumbled.
#vss365 #placate
A susurration moves through the last aspen trees. An attempt to #placate the salty air brought in by the river. The breeze is soft and pleasant in the low sun, but the gusts carry a first whiff of Winter.
Standing by the window, she is yearning for that long gone cosy.
#vss365 #WritingCommunity
#vss365 #vssseries 6/?
Nike walked away from the group and instructed her army to collect the armours.
Her raging anger was not easy to #placate.
Especially when her traitorous mind kept going back to the moment she was bound to Khaos.
Her freedom from Khaos, now depends on these very armours.
"I will not calm down! I am pure rage wrapped around a core of white hot hatred. You can't #placate me with-
Ooh. Are those homemade pancakes and real maple syrup?"
#vss365
#Placate the fool with flattery. Tell him he's smart, clever, and handsome, and he'll do anything you want him to.
#vss365
“Let’s hear it,” said Ari after they’d ordered food.
“What’s worse: the potential backlash for the email or Shiny Suit getting the job,” said Jin
“I’m pleased I got brunch to #placate you. They might thank you for helping them dodge a bullet.” Ari slid her hand in his. #vss365
Spike was disappointed Nan hadn’t had time to make cheese & potato pie.
‘Sorry! I’ll make up to you.’
‘Don’t try & #placate me with …’
‘Egg & chips?’
‘Oh, go on then.’
‘One placate of egcag, saucasage, chcaips & becaans coming up.’
‘Er … yum!’
#VSS365
#vss365 Dez told everyone how tough he was. Bumped chests and foreheads to deliver the threat. Never opted to #placate them.
Though, if he'd paid attention to obvious signals - a lack of intimidation, MMA physique & cauliflower ears - he wouldn't be in hospital. Regret stitched into his face wounds.
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