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🔥The Economist's verdict: Russia's economy has entered the "death zone"—stuck in "negative equilibrium," metabolizing its future capacity w/ no real recovery path, even post-war. No stagnation. Protracted crisis. If Russia's collapse feels like justice RT #NAFO #NAFOFellas 11/11

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Interesting (and worrying) yahoo.com/news/articles/…

BREAKING!!! Trump has arrived in Greenland

Russian retired general Leonid Ivashov, after watching Putin’s New Year address, demonstrated a clear understanding of what is happening in Russia: “Listen, I am a professor, a general, and a geopolitical researcher with decades of experience. I watched this four-hour show and saw neither a leader, nor a commander, nor a defender of the people. I saw only a man living in a fairy tale, while the rest of the country is trying to survive on 16,000 rubles a month.” Ivashov opposed the idea of invading Ukraine from the very beginning, and in this interview he once again emphasized his disagreement with what is happening in his country. Here are some of his other notable statements: “Even before the so-called ‘special military operation,’ I warned about the consequences. The last four years have proven the correctness and seriousness of those assessments.” “We have not achieved a single success at the tactical or operational level, and at the strategic level we have suffered defeat on ALL fronts.” “All branches of industry have been destroyed.” “Science is in a critical condition, and education has completely collapsed.” “Rising prices are an alarming signal: the Russian people are becoming poorer and poorer.” “Healthcare is in ruins. All regions are cutting spending on medicine.” “The quality of food is deteriorating; palm oil is everywhere; food in Russia is becoming toxic.” “The only area in which Russia is a ‘leader’ in the world is demographic indicators. We are the leading nation in the rate of DISAPPEARANCE. Even without the war — and the war only accelerates the rapid decline in the number of men.” “We are left only with such allies as North Korea and Belarus, but they cannot help us: they can only siphon off our finances — and our finances are being exhausted…” “I worked with the Chinese for many years, and China is not our ally; that is an invention and propaganda of the Kremlin.” “A strategic failure (in the war with Ukraine) could very well lead to the collapse of Russia.”

Their website still says they only close at weekends and Bank Holidays

Yesterday we travelled to Leeds intending to park at P&R. It was closed - we had checked their website - no mention of closure all services running. We are fuming after having to park in central Leeds and fork out £10 for the privilege.wymetro.com/buses/parkandr…

Russia Is NOT a state. It’s a criminal business. Kyiv Post’s Dr. Jason Jay Smart explains how the Kremlin uses the trappings of statehood, ministries, courts, and intelligence services as tools to protect a ruling network and monetize power. kyivpost.com/videos/66816

@KyivIndependent Is it just the army or all of its armed forces?

⚡️ Ukraine agrees to cap its army at 800,000 in revised US peace plan, FT reports. A Ukrainian army of this size would be close to its current wartime strength, which is roughly 900,000 service members. kyivindependent.com/kyiv-us-agree-…

x.com/KyivPost/statu… Russia's first AI Robot doesn't work!

Defused - diffused is quite different and probably impossible

#spellcheck @BBCNews bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Yesterday @CF_S celebrated their lovely volunteers who work in York Selby and Scarborough with a special thank you. #VolunteersWeek2025 with as many as possible attending a thank you event in the centre of York. Nice day for it, what a backdrop. @minsterfm1 @yorkpress @yo1radio

Have you got Trump in your pocket, I can't find him in mine?

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@realDonaldTrump When you were in power 2016 -20 what did you do about Russia having seized Crimea illegally in 2014, and continued to antagonise Ukrainians by sniping at them and behaving abominably in the seized Donbas? You deliberately misread the question from @vindman

Child poverty has reached a new high, with 4.5 million children in poverty in the year to April 2024, last week's DWP statistics show. This is an increase of 100,000 from the previous year. We stand together with @EndChildPoverty to call for an end to the rise in child poverty.

The changes to disability benefits will lead to very substantial falls in income for some families. While some families will gain a small amount from the changes, others will lose thousands of pounds a year.

youtube.com/watch?v=WsweqA… The advantages of extremism as explained by John Cleese - 30 years ago. Worth watching and listening to, to understand some of those around us who think they are God's gift to humanity, mentioning no presidential names.