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BugWug
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BugWug
@bug_wug
Just ya regular news, history, artsy & Info hound, based in the most wonderful town of, well, love it as i do then ya will know... @[email protected]
Nextdoor to Nirvana Inscrit le Mayıs 2015
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@GHHILL1911 @IanJaeger29 germany and france need to go nuclear and it will probably only happen if you guys leave nayo
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BREAKING: NATO reportedly fears that the United States will soon leave.
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@RamyarAlizadeh1 @MusicMan4201 @GHHILL1911 @IanJaeger29 Those operations, to protect against a genocide, contain a war, and enforce no fly zones were planned and implemented as NATO - ie, in co-operation with NATO
Israel and US war on Iran was not planned with NATO, both went together
Israel isnt in NATO
There is no comparison
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@MusicMan4201 @GHHILL1911 @IanJaeger29 Was NATO attacking Serbia a defensive war? Was attacking Libya a defensive war? Why do you commies lie so much?
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@SharonDunn54 @babell54 @LeafsPassion85 @netflix Arsehols @netflix @NetflixUK
Your fees are expensive as it is per month and i would expect to watch my content whenever and wherever i was
That was the original point of streamers afterall
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@LeafsPassion85 @netflix @Netflix: Please come up with a work-around for our wonderful, hard-working service people overseas. They, of all people, deserve it.
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As we watch hollywood barrel towards a paramount Warner bros merger, this movie should remind us of what may be lost. The relationship between movies and journalism is without question one of the most important parts of a democracy. Having choice in a multi studio system with a news media that is completely independent of those studios cannot be undervalued, nor its importance overstated. This movie would not have been made in a Paramount/Warnerbros/CNN /Trump era. Just never would have happened. That’s what’s at stake. Trump and Hegseth have told us so. “Separation between News and Power”. Should be our new “separation between church and state”.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…
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@BoyGeorge This is a fantastic look and sound - visually creating your own world to perform in
I had no idea you were in this format - wow, some exploring to do
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On tour, every altercation or argument about set lists and other detail was turned into a song for my virtual band 'Civilised'. This is 'Big Mouth Strikes Again (fucking show-off) Film by Dean Stocking and Boy George. Music and words by Boy George
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@Hal_Turner_Show @Microinteracti1 Aside from all your factual errors,Russia invading Ukraine moves Russia nearer to NATO/EU,not further away
US was a Guarantor of Ukrainian Security in exchange for Ukraine surrendering their nukes post Soviet collapse
You ref. unmade promises whilst ignoring promises and facts
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We're aligning with Moscow because Moscow is right and Europe is wrong. We promised the Soviets we would not move NATO "one inch eastward" if they allowed East and West Germany to re-unify. They allowed it, then we broke our word; moved NATO right up to Russia's Border. When NATO then tried to recruit Ukraine, Russia told everyone "no." Ukraine said "We're sovereign, we will do as we like." Russia replied "If Ukraine joins NATO it will put American missiles on Ukraine soil with a five minute flight time to Moscow. No nation can defend itself from such a thing, you cannot join NATO." Ukraine replied "We are sovereign, we will do as we want." Russia said "Oh yea? Here. Meet the Russian Army." Now, Euro-trash like you whine about it. NATO expansion caused all this. Accept reality.
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No serious nation in the history of warfare has spent fourteen months insulting its allies, siding with their common enemy, and then knocked on their door expecting them to rescue a catastrophe of its own making.
You abused the UK. Threatened Canada. Tried to grab Greenland. Called the EU an adversary. Praised Putin. Hosted Kremlin officials in the Capitol. Abandoned Ukraine. And did all of it loudly, proudly, and on camera.
And now you are surprised that nobody is returning your calls.
You want European boots on the ground? Start by explaining why America is more aligned with Moscow than with Brussels.
Take your time. We will wait.
Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
Kurt Schlichter@KurtSchlichter
The Europeans are not dealing with “a man.” They are dealing with the United States of America. The United States needed the most innocuous kind of cooperation from them. They denied the United States that cooperation. The implied argument is that their obligations within our alliance depend on whether they like the guy we chose as our president. “Sure, we’re allies…if we approve of who you elected.” Nope. We are not going to forget, and we’re not going to forgive. I’m indifferent to their excuses or their rationalizations. The United States of America needed their help and not very much help. They turned us down. That changes everything. And they aren’t going to like how it changes everything.
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A longer version of this argument with more historical detail is on my substack under the title “The Next Coup Attempt.” (17/17)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-cou…
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Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)
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@MikeEllis278672 @michael_fifield @KurtSchlichter @POTUS US would be more isolated than ever
US contributes $36b to NATO every year to retain access to all the European military bases which helps US project Power and influence around the globe
US retreat will be damaging to US Diplomatic & Military power as US leaves those bases
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@michael_fifield @KurtSchlichter @POTUS Doesn't matter - the US will be exiting NATO in the near future and washing our hands of you deadbeats once and for all.
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The Europeans are not dealing with “a man.” They are dealing with the United States of America.
The United States needed the most innocuous kind of cooperation from them. They denied the United States that cooperation.
The implied argument is that their obligations within our alliance depend on whether they like the guy we chose as our president. “Sure, we’re allies…if we approve of who you elected.”
Nope.
We are not going to forget, and we’re not going to forgive. I’m indifferent to their excuses or their rationalizations. The United States of America needed their help and not very much help. They turned us down. That changes everything. And they aren’t going to like how it changes everything.
Gerard Baker@gerardtbaker
The casuistry here is remarkable. This is the simple reality: Like most Americans, most Europeans think this war is a bad idea.Their governments are being asked to take a huge risk by a man who has proved unreliable, volatile and intemperate over and over. Who would do that?
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@5HARP3Y @Jenny_1884 @HermeticHaven Yes, its awful for people not on the ladder and why its so wrong for people to compare ‘80s challenges to now
Interest was higher but the sums were far lower, id rather have paid 20% of a tiny sum than 5% of a giant sum
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@bug_wug @Jenny_1884 @HermeticHaven That's cheaper than my deposit and I'm still paying a grand a month 😭
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When I married in 1981 we both worked & most of our salary went on paying the mortgage as the interest rate was 15% at the time.
Everything we owned was 2nd hand & we never went out for meals as we couldn’t afford to.
We rented our TV
Went to the launderette every weekend as had no washing machine.
Only had new clothes at Xmas & birthdays as presents.
We went without until we could save enough to pay for something.
It’s always been hard whether you are young or old.
So those out there that think we had it easy we didn’t.
Our governments are to blame, not the old.
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@JonjoBamjo @Worker_Snake @afneil You are deliberately trying to make a
Salad out of very simple, high level words
Net Zero is a simple worded aspiration, reducing Gas consumption and replacing with renewables is simple concepts, reduce Gas and replace with Renewables - it is not complicated
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@Worker_Snake @bug_wug @afneil Sounds like a word salad to explain, that net zero is nonsense and we should just use gas and oil until better renewables come online
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How much wind and sunshine did you get in January/February.
JgrrrrJ@JasonTheHH
@afneil How much of our wind and sunshine passes through the Strait of Hormuz?
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@JonjoBamjo @Worker_Snake @afneil Net zero is an aspiration to reach ‘net zero’
Pragmatically acknowledging that some industries wont be off of fossils but, if the other 90% of consumers are then, its reducing global carbon emissions towards ‘net zero’
It really isnt difficult to understand
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@bug_wug @Worker_Snake @afneil That's brilliant.
Let's do away with gas then and have blackouts.
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@stephen7502 @dave43law The change in Government helped as the Tories simply put people into former hotels and didnt process anyone
This was great business for the owners of the former hotels with those big juicy contracts
Processing means people have been returned so the deterrent takes effect
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@dave43law Why? Why would a reduction in a problem he highlighted be a problem for him?
He highlighted the boat crossings and it would still be ignored to this day but for his campaigning.
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Major problem for FARAGE
Small boat Channel crossings in March down by more than 50% on year before thelondoneconomic.com/news/small-boa…
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@Jenny_1884 @HermeticHaven My first house cost approx £33k in mid 90s, if only my salary maintained the same ratio….
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@HermeticHaven Bitter & twisted that’s what you are.
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@afneil Exactly. But guaranteed 24/7 365 UK wind and solar tax subsidies and higher energy charges for business and consumers.
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Hmmm…strait of Hormuz was open in ‘72?
Certainly the resolution is better on the older equipment, presumably the current picture was on digital hence the pixelation?
Curiosity@CuriosityonX
On the Left - Apollo 17, 1972 On the Right - Artemis II, 2026 Two photographs of us, taken over half a century apart. What changed?
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