There's nothing more frustrating than well-meaning people stating the need for immediate peace and "listening to Russia's concerns" when the Russian government's concern is, unequivocally, to undo 80 years of (erratic) progress towards universal human rights and a rules based international order.

I went to the pub last night and found a little guy. When he left the pub I started beating him. However, he is stronger than expected and I can't finish him off. So I now offer to stop attacking him but only if he agrees to become even weaker in the future.

@thecanaryuk.bsky.social Hello - can you help me get in touch with your journalist Charlie Jaay?

Excellent answer from a Polish politicien to a far-right girl... hope she understood !

Poland wanted to join NATO because after 250 years they fancied a break from Russian colonial oppression. One might imagine this would resonate in Ireland but once again an Irish president is elected who condemns Poland as an imperialist warmonger for precisely that aspiration.

In a stunning surprise, Aaron Banks, whose obscure insurance business rustled up £7 million for Brexit campaigning through untraceable offshore funders after intimate chats with Russian government officials, finds himself strangely sympathetic towards Bolshevism.

America, where more guns = more deer.

Succinct:
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“Bribes and kickbacks may bolster sales in the short run,” said Senator Frank Church of Idaho at a committee hearing almost exactly 50 years ago. “Ultimately, they create the conditions which bring to power political forces that are no friends of ours.”

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Realising the US military's potential as a mercenary profit centre is going to be taught at Harvard Business School for centuries. Assuming Harvard Business School isn't turned into a Harry Potter themed brothel.

Maga's election strategy is "feeding red meat to the choir", according to The Daily Blast podcast. Shit's getting real...