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'Success' does not equate to happiness and contentment. Happiness and contentment is the quintessence of success. Proud brummie (never mind the accent, we're the salt of the earth!) Now a trainee Cornishman (it'll never be allowed!)
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Is it already time to start wondering whether they are so drunk on their own hubris, so full of anger and arrogance and hate, that they are completely overreaching and it's all gonna come crashing down in a circular firing squad?

The vampire can't get into your house unless you invite him. His offer to debate you about this situation is his first step across the threshold. We should probably keep this in mind.

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Foreign Leader Favourability Ratings amongst British Voters: 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy Favourable: 64% Unfavourable: 16% NET: +48% 🇺🇸 Donald Trump Favourable: 22% Unfavourable: 73% NET: -51% 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin Favourable: 4% Unfavourable: 89% NET: -85% Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.

There's some real clarity in this analysis. Obviously it isn't gonna get through to the furiously hard of thinking but there's clarity, nonetheless.

Dark Pence is back.

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

We continue to stand firmly in solidarity with Ukraine. Ukrainians must be able to truly determine their own future freely. Join us on the @ukrainesol.bsky.social march this Saturday 🇺🇦✊

Jim Acosta: I think the AP should consider whether or not to sue the administration… and the rest of the press corps should start seriously considering whether it’s worth sending everyone into the Oval Office, onto Air Force One, or into the briefing room.

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Erdoğa just threw down the gauntlet—Turkey backs Ukraine’s FULL territorial integrity. Turkey ain’t just some side player in this. They control the Black Sea. They control NATO’s southern flank. And now, Erdoğan is making it clear: Russia’s land grab is not up for negotiati

’Tis the time’s plague, when madmen lead the blind.

Delicious!

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Austrian editorial cartoonist Marian Kamensky weighs in on Vance’s bizarre and confrontational speech that assailed U.S. allies attending the Munich Security Conference.

It looks like Starmer has finally found the real special relationship #RejoinEU

If you say you are a journalist and don't want to question the IDF's rules of engagement upon reading this, can I gently suggest that you are not really a journalist.

I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are

Lord Sumption, "US Vice President JD Vance's speech was silly and immature" "Democracy and free speech are under challenge in a much bigger way in the United States, and his boss, Donald Trump, is the man who is mainly responsible for that"

Apropos of nothing, my profile pic is me and my brother, dressed as two delightful majorettes for New Years Eve. He was my best friend from the moment I entered this world to the moment he left it. Love ya bro. Rest easy.

There is a world in which the US loses its hegemonic position really quickly It’s made a *huge* bet on AI, which looks a lot shakier post Deepseek, and it’s systematically destroying all its alliances If tariffs do happen, will be inflationary to at least some degree Perfect storm?

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.