Listening to a report in German and hear
"das war Lifestyle, es war Event"
🙄 That isn't "new German". It is evidence of linguistic poverty. From the language that gave us Stefan George. 🤷🏻♂️
"das war Lifestyle, es war Event"
🙄 That isn't "new German". It is evidence of linguistic poverty. From the language that gave us Stefan George. 🤷🏻♂️
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Listening to a report in German and hear
"das war Lifestyle, es war Event"
🙄 That isn't "new German". It is evidence of linguistic poverty. From the language that gave us Stefan George. 🤷🏻♂️
"das war Lifestyle, es war Event"
🙄 That isn't "new German". It is evidence of linguistic poverty. From the language that gave us Stefan George. 🤷🏻♂️
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The Sudetenland was ceded to Germany. It did not stop World War II.
Do not let history repeat itself.
Do not let history repeat itself.
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The Sudetenland was ceded to Germany. It did not stop World War II.
Do not let history repeat itself.
Do not let history repeat itself.
"Humour is one of the four pillars of the universe... I forget what the other three are."
🙂👍🏻
🙂👍🏻
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Humour is one of the four pillars of the universe... I forget what the other three are."
🙂👍🏻
🙂👍🏻
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OTD in 2008, soon after I invaded Georgia, I was interviewed by Germany's biggest TV channel ARD in which I said I recognize all of Ukraine’s borders, including Crimea.
3 days later we claimed a “sphere of influence” that includes Ukraine.
3 days later we claimed a “sphere of influence” that includes Ukraine.
August 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
OTD in 2008, soon after I invaded Georgia, I was interviewed by Germany's biggest TV channel ARD in which I said I recognize all of Ukraine’s borders, including Crimea.
3 days later we claimed a “sphere of influence” that includes Ukraine.
3 days later we claimed a “sphere of influence” that includes Ukraine.
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Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
August 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
More agapanthus from my Dad's garden
He's quite ill. This is the last summer he'll see his garden bloom.
He's quite ill. This is the last summer he'll see his garden bloom.
July 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
More agapanthus from my Dad's garden
He's quite ill. This is the last summer he'll see his garden bloom.
He's quite ill. This is the last summer he'll see his garden bloom.
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My translator tells me "thoughts & prayers" is an American political expression that means "we'd rather have a secret police force than a weather service".
July 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
My translator tells me "thoughts & prayers" is an American political expression that means "we'd rather have a secret police force than a weather service".
Any reaction from 🤔 UN 🤔 USA ("Vladimir stop!") 🤔 China... Anyone?
🇳🇱 Dutch and German intelligence (MIVD, AIVD, and BND) say Russia is increasingly using chemical weapons in Ukraine, including deadly agents like chloropicrin, a serious violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The use of tear gas & choking agents has also become routine.
July 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Any reaction from 🤔 UN 🤔 USA ("Vladimir stop!") 🤔 China... Anyone?
Agapanthus from my Dad's garden.
I'm hoping mine look this good once they get established 😀
I'm hoping mine look this good once they get established 😀
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Agapanthus from my Dad's garden.
I'm hoping mine look this good once they get established 😀
I'm hoping mine look this good once they get established 😀
Nobody is coming
It is up to us now
💛💙
It is up to us now
💛💙
July 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Nobody is coming
It is up to us now
💛💙
It is up to us now
💛💙
🤔 well, well ..
Anthony Scaramucci mentioned this would happen on the "rest is politics US" podcast.
Guess who is holding the chainsaw now?
Anthony Scaramucci mentioned this would happen on the "rest is politics US" podcast.
Guess who is holding the chainsaw now?
June 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🤔 well, well ..
Anthony Scaramucci mentioned this would happen on the "rest is politics US" podcast.
Guess who is holding the chainsaw now?
Anthony Scaramucci mentioned this would happen on the "rest is politics US" podcast.
Guess who is holding the chainsaw now?
True. Be safe out there kids.
May 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
True. Be safe out there kids.
Yes 👇🏻
April 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Yes 👇🏻
🤔 funny, I saw my dentist just this week...
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
April 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🤔 funny, I saw my dentist just this week...
Fascinating view into the US federal system, AI, and current events. Worth a read.
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Fascinating view into the US federal system, AI, and current events. Worth a read.
Kellogg..tainted?
🤔 That reminds me, I must finish my research on Nixon's people and South Vietnam 1968-1973..
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
🤔 That reminds me, I must finish my research on Nixon's people and South Vietnam 1968-1973..
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US official heading Ukraine peace plan has history of empathizing with Russia
Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy, has written op-eds and reports questioning Ukraine’s role in negotiations
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Kellogg..tainted?
🤔 That reminds me, I must finish my research on Nixon's people and South Vietnam 1968-1973..
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
🤔 That reminds me, I must finish my research on Nixon's people and South Vietnam 1968-1973..
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Everything Biden touched turned to shit - Trump
February 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Everything Biden touched turned to shit - Trump
🤔 zelenskyy said Budapest was only respected by Ukraine, that no other party kept their side of the bargain? 🤔🤷🏻♂️
The United States appears to be in violation of the Budapest Memorandum which disarmed Ukraine of nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.
The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.
The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.
February 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🤔 zelenskyy said Budapest was only respected by Ukraine, that no other party kept their side of the bargain? 🤔🤷🏻♂️
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Crimea is Ukraine.
Donetsk is Ukraine.
Luhansk is Ukraine.
Mariupol is Ukraine.
Melitopol is Ukraine.
Berdiansk is Ukraine.
Occupation is temporary, Ukraine is forever.
Donetsk is Ukraine.
Luhansk is Ukraine.
Mariupol is Ukraine.
Melitopol is Ukraine.
Berdiansk is Ukraine.
Occupation is temporary, Ukraine is forever.
February 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Crimea is Ukraine.
Donetsk is Ukraine.
Luhansk is Ukraine.
Mariupol is Ukraine.
Melitopol is Ukraine.
Berdiansk is Ukraine.
Occupation is temporary, Ukraine is forever.
Donetsk is Ukraine.
Luhansk is Ukraine.
Mariupol is Ukraine.
Melitopol is Ukraine.
Berdiansk is Ukraine.
Occupation is temporary, Ukraine is forever.
It's good to get perspective on what Crimea was and could be. 👍🏻
And the very last take about Crimea, we swear, just for @TuckerCarlson.
February 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's good to get perspective on what Crimea was and could be. 👍🏻
😂👍🏻 Austin Powers was the pilot.
February 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
😂👍🏻 Austin Powers was the pilot.
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OTD in 1955 USSR claimed that allowing West Germany into NATO was proof of aggressive western policies that would make peaceful German reunification impossible
Imagine 70 years later us still peddling the same bullshit & it's the Germans themselves most likely to believe it
Imagine 70 years later us still peddling the same bullshit & it's the Germans themselves most likely to believe it
January 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
OTD in 1955 USSR claimed that allowing West Germany into NATO was proof of aggressive western policies that would make peaceful German reunification impossible
Imagine 70 years later us still peddling the same bullshit & it's the Germans themselves most likely to believe it
Imagine 70 years later us still peddling the same bullshit & it's the Germans themselves most likely to believe it
"I don't need opinions, I need allies."
The best definition of friendship I've come across recently and something I aspire to. 🙂
The best definition of friendship I've come across recently and something I aspire to. 🙂
January 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"I don't need opinions, I need allies."
The best definition of friendship I've come across recently and something I aspire to. 🙂
The best definition of friendship I've come across recently and something I aspire to. 🙂
Fabulous. Just what many of us need, including me. An outbreak of respair.
Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Fabulous. Just what many of us need, including me. An outbreak of respair.
Christmas is coming, so we've brought livestock to the middle of town. 🤗
December 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Christmas is coming, so we've brought livestock to the middle of town. 🤗