Helen

Very strong (and a good looking chap…)

I don’t think he would care

Punch in head was accidental I think but he had two arms round him!

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Radiohead have a message for ICE

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Because of all those cards…

I think he already knows lots of swear words

Called the ref a blind c*nt?

Yes!!!

To our troops serving abroad, including 100+ CalGuard soldiers and airmen currently deployed in the Middle East, California is praying for your safety and your families.

God bless our service members, who don’t choose the wars but forever carry their consequences.

I’m surprised Bernado didn’t take out the linesman after that to tell you the truth

Leeds fans would boo their grandmas

Just a quibble but I like it better when we play in blue….

I promise you that the government that murdered Alex Pretti and Renee Good does not give a flying fuck about the protests in Iran.

America's generals said 'no' to going to war with Iran, but the pedophile president needed a diversion from revelations in the Epstein files that he raped a 13-year-old child.

Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

Every American should be alarmed by this.

Courts across the country overwhelmingly rejected claims that the 2020 election was affected by voter fraud, hacked machines, or illegal ballots.

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I think we need to take a step back and acknowledge the absurdity of House Republicans targeting their Epstein investigation on HILLARY CLINTON (who says she never met him!) while ignoring DONALD TRUMP (who Epstein described as his best friend!)

These are not serious people or good faith actors.

Bees Bliss sage flowers

Bright blue flowers on concha ceonothus

Trying to just grow California natives with mixed success 🌱

Katie Johnson’s account of what Donald Trump did when she was 13 years old

Sleep tight 🛌

If Democrats Filibuster over the SAVE act, they should read the Epstein files out loud.

Why did DOJ Hide Records of a Woman Who Made Claims Against Trump?

The FBI interviewed a credible Trump accuser four times and created a 21 page slideshow for an internal DOJ presentation. Why did the Trump Administration scrub the information?

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