Dave Brockington

It is, in effect, surrendering the field of battle to the opposition, on the opposition's terms, before putting up any sort of fight.

02.05.2025 08:42 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Donate to Ukraine’s defenders The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/

Slava Ukraini.

28.02.2025 19:26 — 👍 1965    🔁 1277    💬 87    📌 129

Live updates: Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump in Washington, seeking backing for Ukraine's security against any future Russian aggression.

President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous.

Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.

28.02.2025 18:55 — 👍 24884    🔁 4606    💬 655    📌 266

Pete Hegseth on FOX NEWS with headline chyron that reads: Tracking Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.

Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.

This you?

26.02.2025 16:19 — 👍 22018    🔁 6846    💬 957    📌 489

We sure dodged a bullet in 2016.

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Although reintroduction of student number controls won't solve the crisis, even the very modest step of reintroducing SNCs into the discussion would improve its quality. The resounding silence on this issue impoverishes both systematic understanding of how HE actually works and policy-making. 3/3

15.11.2024 07:45 — 👍 44    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 1

'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)

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