Dave Whitcroft | KDMusic

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@BBCMarkSimpson “Bin lids rise, as stocks fall”! Someone, somewhere, is planning a dissertation on ‘economic and social correlations’

Belfast bin changes planned - if the lid won’t close, it won’t be emptied. ❌ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@JDVance Mr Vance, people would more likely listen if you just apologised for dismissing NATO allies, even small ones - it would demonstrate some humility & respect.

This is absurdly dishonest. I don’t even mention the UK or France in the clip, both of whom have fought bravely alongside the US over the last 20 years, and beyond.

@DouglasKMurray @nypost Why is Trump so deferential, compliant, even scared of Putin? It’s strange. What’s the back story?

‘Putin is THE dictator and 10 Ukraine-Russia war truths we ignore at our peril.’ My column in today’s ⁦@nypost⁩ nypost.com/2025/02/20/opi…

@Crico33194563 @nfergus @JDVance I think you mean, East.

@nfergus @JDVance i believe the deal we struck with Gorbachev to "take down this wall" gave specific assurances that NATO wouldn't move any further west. Yet it has continued to Ukraine is right on the Russian border. Mind you, we had illegal biolabs etc in ukraine..

This is moralistic garbage, which is unfortunately the rhetorical currency of the globalists because they have nothing else to say. For three years, President Trump and I have made two simple arguments: first, the war wouldn't have started if President Trump was in office; second, that neither Europe, nor the Biden administration, nor the Ukrainians had any pathway to victory. This was true three years ago, it was true two years ago, it was true last year, and it is true today. And for three years, the concerns of people who were obviously right were ignored. What is Niall's actual plan for Ukraine? Another aid package? Is he aware of the reality on the ground, of the numerical advantage of the Russians, of the depleted stock of the Europeans or their even more depleted industrial base? Instead, he quotes from a book about George HW Bush from a different historical period and a different conflict. That's another currency of these people: reliance on irrelevant history. President Trump is dealing with reality, which means dealing with facts. And here are some facts: Number one, while our Western European allies' security has benefitted greatly from the generosity of the United States, they pursue domestic policies (on migration and censorship) that offend the sensibilities of most Americans and defense policies that assume continued over-reliance. Number two, Russians have a massive numerical advantage in manpower and weapons in Ukraine, and that advantage will persist regardless of further Western aid packages. Again, the aid is *currently* flowing. Number three, the United States retains substantial leverage over both parties to the conflict. Number four, ending the conflict requires talking to the people involved in starting it and maintaining it. Number five, the conflict has placed--and continues to place--stress on tools of American statecraft, from military stockpiles to sanctions (and so much else). We believe the continued conflict is bad for Russia, bad for Ukraine, and bad for Europe. But most importantly, it is bad for the United States. Given the above facts, we must pursue peace, and we must pursue it now. President Trump ran on this, he won on this, and he is right about this. It is lazy, ahistorical nonsense to attack as "appeasement" every acknowledgment that America's interest must account for the realities of the conflict. That interest--not moralisms or historical illiteracy--will guide President Trump's policy in the weeks to come. And thank God for that.

Pres Trump: ‘I think Europe has given $100bn [to Ukraine] and we’ve given, let’s say, $300bn plus.’ The most reliable figures show the EU has given $138bn to Ukraine, while the US has given $114bn. In 2024 Europe and Canada provided nearly 60% of NATO’s security aid to Ukraine.

HORRIFYING: 70 Christians, including children and the elderly, were brutally BEHEADED inside a church by an Islamist group in Congo. Christians are the most persecuted religious group worldwide, but the media won’t report such incidents!

@nfergus @TheEconomist Stunningly crazy!

From @TheEconomist: "American officials are suggesting a different sort of peacekeeping force, including non-European countries such as Brazil or China, that would sit along an eventual ceasefire line as a sort of buffer."

@realDonaldTrump We all watched as Russia rolled its tanks towards Kiev, as women & children surged onto trains to escape to refuge in the west. The blood is on Putin’s hands, not Zelenskyy’s. It’s a shameful thing the US president feels he can bypass democracies to ‘do business’ with an autocrat

@freddienew @Andrewnsnyder Absolutely, these all the way!

@Andrewnsnyder I see you these, and raise you the original Pauline Baynes covers 😉

Um, we already have Narnia cover art.

@SpeakLifeUK Super.

Of all the Christian influences on Joe Rogan right now, the last one is by far the most important: youtu.be/uf3oC1lk1Vg

@AJWTheology @dcsandbrook @holland_tom 😂

I’ve just been refused entry to a restaurant and viewing gallery for wearing the wrong shoes. Suddenly feeling a lot of solidarity with Kaiser Wilhelm. @dcsandbrook @holland_tom

@BBCMarkSimpson Phenomenal!

Conor McKee starts for Ulster:🏉 his father played for Ulster 🏉his grandfather played for Ulster 🏉 his great-grandfather played for Ulster #4Generations

@holland_tom The rest is history is magnificent - special thanks to Wojtek the bear, what a movie script!

So grateful to all our listeners - thank you!

@simonplatman @rorysutherland Article on Dawkins split (above). Dogma versus data.

@KDMusic3 @rorysutherland Example pls?

Atheists seem every bit ad prone to ideological schism as religious people. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

@simonplatman @rorysutherland The basis of the splitting isn’t competing rational interpretations of hard data. It’s the same susceptibility to dogma and group think, that atheists are so often pleased to condemn in everyone else.

@rorysutherland No. The split here is not whether some deity decree what is right or wrong. It’s for rational debate. That atheists disagree on matters political or moral is inevitable. They just don’t appeal for divine intervention to resolve issues. Btw “ad prone” — that a Freudian slip?

@rickhillni Thankyou Rick. Verse 3 of this song I did with Eliza King touches on these verses. God bless : youtu.be/Kxg0EaNoXeQ?si…

“They heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden.” Gen 3:8 “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people & he will dwell with them.” Rev 21:3 From a garden to the eternal city, through Christ & the Spirit, God walks with us & will again dwell with us.

I usually share some reflections that try summarise learnings from the past year. If I’m honest, I don’t quite feel like I have the words myself this year to inspire, so instead I’m going to offer 5 verses from scripture that have been constant themes.

@krishk 100% - team Jesus is not, basically the same as all world religions, and is a clear contradiction of John 14:6 ‘Noone comes to the Father except through Me’

I appreciate the King showing hospitality to people of all faiths and none. But this section of the King's speech shows a fundamental misunderstanding of either Christianity or world religions. "As the famous Christmas carol, ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ reminds us, ‘Our Saviour holy’ ‘came down to Earth from Heaven’, lived among ‘the poor and mean and lowly’ and transformed the lives of those he met, through God’s ‘redeeming love’. That is the heart of the Nativity Story, and we can hear its beat in the belief of all the great faiths in the love and mercy of God in times of joy and suffering, calling us to bring light where there is darkness." The idea that God becomes human and then willingly dies to redeem and rescue humanity is unique to Christianity. To argue that all faiths are basically the same is to make a claim not backed up by serious study of religion and could be heard as patronizing, as claiming all Asian people look the same. I am grateful for the King's important work in the environment and his work on empowering young people, but I am sorry he is wrong on this one. #kingsspeech

Maybe the greatest quote on the incarnation I’ve ever seen.

People getting a bit stressed before the big day? Hopefully this mix of fun, cheer and beautiful carols will help lower the blood pressure. Merry Christmas🎄: Christian Christmas Indy Songs open.spotify.com/playlist/0BP2N…

@rickhillni Beautiful!

An elder in our church has been receiving treatment for terminal cancer over the past year. Following an invitation, his nurse began attending our church. She is now hoping to be received into membership next year. God is never finished with us…