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Bernie, Telling it how it is,
Especially in Chumplandia.....

Royal train to be cut in Palace cost-saving measure The announcement has come alongside the annual publication of royal finances.

I feel the King has looked me in the face. Which of us has not realised we cannot afford to take a train before 10am?

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Even more to the point, taking the claims of power at face value, which is the BBC's endemic disease.

The only thing Your Daddy Chump Accomplished,was letting a Journalist get Murdered and Filling All of Your
Pockets with Blood Money.....

🚩 HOW MANY CHILDREN will RFK JR KILL 💀👺

⛑️ Kennedy ANNOUNCES that the USA will NO LONGER DONATE 🚫 to the Global Vaccine Alliance 💉 that SAVES the LIVES of MILLIONS of vulnerable CHILDREN. 🏥
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

GOP VIBE: “LET THEM EAT CAKE” 🎂 🥳

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Crosswind on Steam Crosswind is a survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Explore procedural open world, gather, build and craft. Overcome challenging bosses in soulslite combat. Sail your ship, fight on land and sea, ...

You can request access to the Crosswind alpha here (PC only): store.steampowered.com/app/3041230/...

YouTube video by Crosswind Crosswind: Drunken Sailor (Alpha Test Trailer)

The alpha playtest for upcoming pirate survival game, Crosswind, has hit the high seas. A new trailer gives us a better look at its swashbuckling combat, naval battles, boss fights, and base building, complete with a classic sea shanty.
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Iran Says Nuclear Sites ‘Badly Damaged’ by US, AP Reports Iran said its nuclear installations were “badly damaged” by US airstrikes, the first such comments by Tehran as debate grows over how much the bombardment managed to dent the Islamic Republic’s atomic...

“Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that’s for sure,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told Al Jazeera TV in an interview on Wednesday.

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China to Block Its Rare-Earth Experts From Spilling Their Secrets — The Wall Street Journal Beijing asks companies for lists of specialists to keep tabs on them

Beijing asks companies for lists of specialists to keep tabs on them

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Photograph of a peach colored Dahlia flower.

Dahlia

And more & more of us getting old, too, drawing a pension, relying more & more on the NHS.

The country is absolutely NOT READY for our ageing population crisis.

Putin Going to War with NATO Would Cost World $1.5 Trillion The NATO chief says Russia may be ready for an attack on eastern Europe within five years.

A Putin War With NATO Would Cost the World $1.5 Trillion

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EU Warns a Baseline Trump Tariff Would Still Spur Retaliation The European Union plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports, including on Boeing Co. aircraft, if President Donald Trump puts a baseline levy on the bloc’s goods as many expect.

The European Union plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports, including on Boeing Co. aircraft, if President Donald Trump puts a baseline levy on the bloc’s goods as many expect.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Photos: A Road Trip Through Syria After the Fall of Bashar al-Assad After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the length of the country to explore its hopes and its challenges.

AFTER ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL WARS of this century, a new Syria is rising from the disastrous legacy of the toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says

Preliminary classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...

The Bombing of Iran May Teach an Unwelcome Lesson on Nuclear Weapons

Will America’s pre-emptive strike discourage other countries from pursuing a weapon — or just the opposite?

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...

How Israel failed in Iran There was neither a regime change, nor a decapitation of the Iranian nuclear programme.

There was neither a regime change, nor a decapitation of the Iranian nuclear programme.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

As peaceful as the kiss of death.

Who is Gambling with WW3 Now?

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‘Ticking time bomb’: Ice detainee dies in transit as experts say more deaths likely Guardian reporting reveals confusing and contradictory events surrounding death of Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado

Father, grandfather Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado dies in ICE custody. They murdered him through denial of proper food and medical care.

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A black and white photo of a pensive looking Albert Camus (1913~1960), dressed in a coat, eyebrows raised, left hand to his lips, and his right hand holding a cigarette between his fingers.

But I merely wanted to express that anguish I feel every day when faced with the decrease of liberal energies, the prostituting of words, the slandered victims, the smug justification of oppression, the insane admiration of force.

Albert Camus Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays (1960).

The Trump administration issued layoff notices to over 600 employees at Voice of America, a federally funded outlet known for providing independent news to countries with restricted press freedom.

Iron wrought stairs w statue leaning down looking over Mediterranean and coast and hills w a sun and clouds. Blue sky & blue green water

From above St Francis looking over Cinque Terre