@offsetbxls.bsky.social
Cavan man long time exiled in Brussels
Dystopian
18.09.2025 19:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tate's up next I'm sure
17.03.2025 15:58 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0But where & when will it land?
11.03.2025 22:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows: [scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech] 1 CHURCHILL: The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. 2 CHURCHILL: Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. 3 CHURCHILL: If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun- BBC PRESENTER: Thank you prime minister 4 BBC PRESENTER: Mr hitler, your response? 5 HITLER [in the studio]: Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill 6 HITLER: What we are proposing - CHURCHILL: Hang on 7 HITLER: Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement - 8 CHURCHILL: What's he doing here BBC PRESENTER: It's important we hear both sides of the debate 9 CHURCHILL: This isn't a debate You don't debate fascists 10 HITLER: Oh here we go with ze Godwins law! 11 HITLER: Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'... CHURCHILL: Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit- 12 HITLER [standing up, saluting]: RAUSS! BBC PRESENTER: *Please* Mr Churchill let him speak [ends]
09.03.2025 09:15 β π 5577 π 2675 π¬ 55 π 147
Hat tip to @alanferrier.bsky.social.
02.03.2025 19:25 β π 8962 π 1866 π¬ 109 π 63Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
26.02.2025 05:11 β π 46054 π 14417 π¬ 9286 π 6942Demented
13.02.2025 10:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Tens of thousands of protestors can been seen blocking main streets in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade. These protests, happening in cities across the country, are again the populist government of Vucic. Close ally of Putin, his government is criticised for corruption and under investment. A disaster in the city of Novi Sad was the catalyst for protests. Many in Serbia believe the huge concrete canopy at a train station in the northern city fell down because of sloppy reconstruction work that resulted from corruption. 15 were killed. Photo credit to Radnik Sejtanov
It is the 58th straight day of protests across cities in Georgia. In this photo, 100s of demonstrators are seen in the capital of Tbilisi. Two are carrying a large banner which reads βGeorgia is alive & independent.β Protests are demanding new, free elections, the release of political detainees and membership of the European Union. The current regime is a puppet of Putin and has inflicted violence and torture on its citizens, hundreds of whom have been hospitalised.. This photo credit is to Marika Mikiashvili.
The Trump circus dominates the news.
But thereβs other events happening too - in countries where people are rising up against governments, fighting for democracy & accountability.
These photos are from Serbia & Georgia today. Capital cities brought to a standstill π·πΈπ¬πͺ
(Pls see ALT for more detail)
20.01.2025 13:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Remember the insurrectionist guy who broke into Speaker Nancy Pelosiβs office during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol?
His name is Richard Barnett.
Barnett goes by the nickname βBigo.β
There was a J6 photo of Bigo that went viral. Bigo the insurrectionist was pictured with his bootβ¦
For what exactly?
15.12.2024 12:09 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hood getting festive but in typical Brussels style, still with roadworks.
06.12.2024 16:36 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 01. Consent in our pseudo-democracies is strained at the best of times, but it hangs on the belief that there is some kind of justice: through inquiries, tribunals, sometimes even the law, powerful people who commit crimes against us will one day be held to account. But what if this no longer works?π§΅
25.11.2024 18:56 β π 1344 π 478 π¬ 60 π 50
Post: GOP to quietly move Matt Gaetz to a new parish.
I see what he did there.
23.11.2024 03:19 β π 29611 π 3525 π¬ 427 π 12346, happy with that
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