Frits Holleman

Nedeland, let op uw zaak. Rusland is al lang een oorlog tegen ons begonnen nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/12…

Russian ballet star, Vladimir Shklyarov 39, who criticised Putin's invasion of Ukraine dies after falling from fifth floor of building in St Petersburg buff.ly/4fuYa4V

Worth re-reading. Must read for all those who have , simplistically, been calling for „more diplomacy“. As a diplomat, I regret that concepts like peace and diplomacy are so often being perverted: capitulation is not diplomacy, and to surrender is not synonymous to making peace

Things sent to Ukraine that won’t cause WWIII: -Javelins -HIMARS -ATACMS -Tanks -Jets -Permission to hit Russia with the above Things likely to cause WWIII: -Appeasing genocidal autocrats -Enriching expansionist dictators -Failing to respond when the above sabotage & attack us

"I think there is sort of a faction in the Republican Party that has a strange kind of... sort of homoerotic fascination for Putin." Yeah... I definitely noticed this as well.

Funny how you'll never see pro-Ukrainian protestors disrupting a talk about the conflict in Gaza, despite the fact a huge number of "pro-Palestinian" activists are also vocally pro-Russian.

Chancellor Scholz is still trying to appeal to the reason of a man who has sent about 600,000 of his fellow citizens to death or injury in meat grinder assaults, wasted over 3,500 tanks, turned himself into a subservient vassal of China, released the most dangerous maniacs and cannibals from prisons, created armies of suicidal convicts, bowed to Kim and the ayatollahs, and threatens the world with nuclear holocaust daily — all because he fancied himself a new Peter the Great, launched a delusional 'special military operation' to seize Kyiv within days, and has spent three years scorching everything around himself at any cost, just to avoid admitting his failure and hold on to power. Looks promising.

Dit is toch moeilijk te verteren: dit cruiseschip stoot 5,8 ton CO2 per uur uit, hier aan de kade van Rotterdam. Geen walstroom, gewoon 24/7 diesel. En intussen weert de stad een paar meter verder vanaf januari 2025 de kleine ondernemers met een dieselbusje uit de binnenstad. >

That time RFK Jr. caused a measles outbreak in Samoa leading to 83 deaths. Trump wants to put him in charge at HHS. pbs.org/newshour/show/…

I feel like we haven't talked about the full insanity of needing a blue check to apply to Elon Musk's department. His very first act of being in government is breaking the law by requiring a personal bribe to him as an application fee for a civil service position

Why all the crackpots? Here’s the explanation, from Hanna Arendt

🎯 @TheodorHolman

@wartranslated Hahahahahahahaha

Teachers in Russia are making tin foil hats to protect themselves from external NATO influence. The patriotic initiative "Helmet of the Fatherland" was meant to demonstrate readiness for protection against NATO satellites' radiation. Teachers completed the task and reported on their work with photos and videos. It turned out that the absurd instruction was sent to the teachers by a Belarusian prankster.

And so it starts: JD Vance says US could drop support for NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

'Dit zal niet het laatste geweldsincident tegen joden zijn', zegt @DiederikSmit bij @DIT_eo.

‘Free Palestine’ gillen, en in hun zwarte jasjes en capuchonnetjes Israëlische en Joodse voetbalsupporters opjagen en in elkaar trappen. Het is grimmig laf tuig. En waarvan dit te verwachten viel. Ik schaam me voor Amsterdam en dat de gemeente dit (opnieuw) niet wist te voorkomen.

Ukrainian refugees forced to chant “Free Palestine” in Amsterdam. If the Dutch authorities had any backbone which they don’t, this type of intimidation would not be so rampant.

How can you expect europe to stand up for itself against Russia and China if it can’t even stand up against domestic extremism!

Rudyard Kipling's timeless advice from 1911 to those seeking to those advocating making peace with Russia by buying it off with Ukrainian territory: "It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation, To call upon a neighbour and to say:— "We invaded you last night—we are quite prepared to fight, Unless you pay us cash to go away." And that is called asking for Dane-geld, And the people who ask it explain That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld And then you'll get rid of the Dane! It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation, To puff and look important and to say:— "Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you. We will therefore pay you cash to go away." And that is called paying the Dane-geld; But we've proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane. It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation, For fear they should succumb and go astray, So when you are requested to pay up or be molested, You will find it better policy to say:— "We never pay any one Dane-geld, No matter how trifling the cost, For the end of that game is oppression and shame, And the nation that plays it is lost!"