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How to end up with a good thing in a dumb way
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
How to end up with a good thing in a dumb way
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The EU never gets praise even when it acts. There is so much constant EU negging that commentators struggle to praise when it delivers. The EU did what it needed to do. Take the win.
Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project.
First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/
Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project.
First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/
December 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The EU never gets praise even when it acts. There is so much constant EU negging that commentators struggle to praise when it delivers. The EU did what it needed to do. Take the win.
Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project.
First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/
Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project.
First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/
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The decision also introduces a precedent for flexibility in deciding on this kind of EU funding, namely the possibility of opting out for a few countries that don’t share the scheme’s objectives. This precedent is likely to be very useful in future EU decision-making. A strategic win. (4/5)
December 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The decision also introduces a precedent for flexibility in deciding on this kind of EU funding, namely the possibility of opting out for a few countries that don’t share the scheme’s objectives. This precedent is likely to be very useful in future EU decision-making. A strategic win. (4/5)
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A few quick thoughts about this morning's decision. Don't believe the spin from various Russians & others: it's a big deal. The EU has now unambiguously demonstrated that it is able and willing to provide the external financial support Ukraine needs, for as long and as much as it takes. (1/N)
December 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A few quick thoughts about this morning's decision. Don't believe the spin from various Russians & others: it's a big deal. The EU has now unambiguously demonstrated that it is able and willing to provide the external financial support Ukraine needs, for as long and as much as it takes. (1/N)
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In some ways this is a useful reminder that a lot of the talk of European security guarantees to Ukraine have the whole thing backwards. For more than three years Ukraine has been guaranteeing European security by fighting and degrading the Russian armed forces.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How long Britain could really fight for if war broke out tomorrow
In the event of a war, one expert suggests the British Army could be incapable of fighting effectively on land within weeks, once committed - though 'much depends on the form of the conflict'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In some ways this is a useful reminder that a lot of the talk of European security guarantees to Ukraine have the whole thing backwards. For more than three years Ukraine has been guaranteeing European security by fighting and degrading the Russian armed forces.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Personally, I don’t think that’s possible without the eurozone countries agreeing to issue Eurobonds & they become comfortable with running trade deficits.
July 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Personally, I don’t think that’s possible without the eurozone countries agreeing to issue Eurobonds & they become comfortable with running trade deficits.
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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lmao America is so hopelessly corrupt
NEW by @lmatsakis.bsky.social: Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is betting that Trump’s tariff bills will be struck down in court. The company is buying the rights to potential tariff refunds. www.wired.com/story/cantor...
Trump's Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them
A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...
www.wired.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
lmao America is so hopelessly corrupt
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Police departments have exponentially more control over how officers are recruited, trained, and overseen than a protest does over its participants, but are allowed by a sympathetic press to use the "bad apples" defense to separate deeds from goals and institutions in a way protestors often aren't.
June 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Police departments have exponentially more control over how officers are recruited, trained, and overseen than a protest does over its participants, but are allowed by a sympathetic press to use the "bad apples" defense to separate deeds from goals and institutions in a way protestors often aren't.
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This is genuinely so bad, he can’t even answer basic questions from budding teen atheists lmfao. It’s like that scene in game of thrones when all the children ganged up and stabbed grand maester pycelle to death
May 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is genuinely so bad, he can’t even answer basic questions from budding teen atheists lmfao. It’s like that scene in game of thrones when all the children ganged up and stabbed grand maester pycelle to death
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April 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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I’m beginning to think that the people who claimed to care deeply about academic liberty & freedom of speech on college campuses may not have been entirely honest.
April 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’m beginning to think that the people who claimed to care deeply about academic liberty & freedom of speech on college campuses may not have been entirely honest.
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If the US can disregard the most basic of WTO rules with impunity, why should anyone else obey those rules they find irksome? So I am puzzled when people caution against retaliation. It is required, or the whole rules based WTO edifice will eventually collapse. Retaliation is pro-globalisation.
April 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If the US can disregard the most basic of WTO rules with impunity, why should anyone else obey those rules they find irksome? So I am puzzled when people caution against retaliation. It is required, or the whole rules based WTO edifice will eventually collapse. Retaliation is pro-globalisation.
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You filthy freeloading Europeans need to sort your shit out and start taking more responsibility for your own security
NO NOT LIKE THAT
NO NOT LIKE THAT
Well, the US will have to decide whether it wants allies or believes it can go alone while insulting every other country. Because if it is the latter, buying US military equipment would be daft. www.reuters.com/world/us-off...
US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally
U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
You filthy freeloading Europeans need to sort your shit out and start taking more responsibility for your own security
NO NOT LIKE THAT
NO NOT LIKE THAT
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whomever put this video together inspired by the old 2000's anti piracy warning on DVDs, thank you! #teslatakedown
March 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
whomever put this video together inspired by the old 2000's anti piracy warning on DVDs, thank you! #teslatakedown
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He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sends a text that remind him of the war plans
He sends a text that reminds him of the war crimes
#Hegseth
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sends a text that remind him of the war plans
He sends a text that reminds him of the war crimes
#Hegseth
March 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sends a text that remind him of the war plans
He sends a text that reminds him of the war crimes
#Hegseth
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sends a text that remind him of the war plans
He sends a text that reminds him of the war crimes
#Hegseth
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The core argument here is unanswerable. For liberal democratic countries, buying American weapons is a security risk. It must be avoided at all costs.
March 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The core argument here is unanswerable. For liberal democratic countries, buying American weapons is a security risk. It must be avoided at all costs.
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Looking at the world right now, looking at what Europe is doing, I think you’d have to be in a state of denial to think that the French didn’t make a wiser long term decision with their force de frappe. I think a British government aiming for strategic security would be looking to rectify this.
March 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Looking at the world right now, looking at what Europe is doing, I think you’d have to be in a state of denial to think that the French didn’t make a wiser long term decision with their force de frappe. I think a British government aiming for strategic security would be looking to rectify this.
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Good phone calls with defence ministers of 🇬🇧 and 🇨🇦.
Told them our €150bn loans programme SAFE is open to EU & non-EU collaboration.
It invites friends to build deeper defence industry partnerships of mutual benefit with us.
Told them our €150bn loans programme SAFE is open to EU & non-EU collaboration.
It invites friends to build deeper defence industry partnerships of mutual benefit with us.
March 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Good phone calls with defence ministers of 🇬🇧 and 🇨🇦.
Told them our €150bn loans programme SAFE is open to EU & non-EU collaboration.
It invites friends to build deeper defence industry partnerships of mutual benefit with us.
Told them our €150bn loans programme SAFE is open to EU & non-EU collaboration.
It invites friends to build deeper defence industry partnerships of mutual benefit with us.