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To all those urging Ukraine to enter peace talks with russia — please, take a close look at this photo. This is Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. In 1999, it was reduced to rubble by russian forces — just three years after russia signed a peace treaty with Chechnya. Russia couldn’t win the war, so it took a break — only to come back and destroy the country, killing hundreds of thousands of Chechens. The only language russia understands is the language of force. They must be decisively defeated. Otherwise, the world will remain at the mercy of an evil empire, ready to attack any country, at any time.

@Roydini25 @Ostrov_A @Callansgranny Oh yeah the hypocrisy of fighting back against constant attacks on the only land where Jews have the autonomy to actually defend them selves and fight back against those who seek to literally exterminate them. The nerve!

@Ostrov_A @Callansgranny What about the hypocrisy of all you are doing in Lebanon and Gaza?

This is one of the most jaw-dropping, chilling interviews I have seen. Watch this Rabbi from London, respond to question about the terror stabbing in Golders Green!

@Drazyc1 Det er tonedøvt og direkte usmakelig at familiens advokater bruker dette til å problematisere at korrupte mennesker i maktposisjoner får søkelys og press på seg. Om selvmordet har sammenheng med Epstein-avsløringene så ligger skylden på foreldrene for deres handlinger.

Tragisk nyhet. Men jeg vet likevel ikke helt om dette er riktig måte å gjøre det på. vg.no/nyheter/i/WvmB…

@Chadderboqs01 @RpsAgainstTrump Understand that the US became the world #1 by far through cooperation, soft power, a global military presence to protect its hegemony, interests, and global trade etc. Tearing it all down and isolating yourself is to abdicate the throne for someone far worse to take over.

@RpsAgainstTrump Let Europe take care of themselves. We done being their sugardaddy.

BREAKING: Donald Trump says he’ll “probably” withdraw US troops from Italy in addition to Germany. “Why shouldn’t I? Italy has not been of any help to us,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Pure coincidence this lines up perfectly with Vladimir Putin’s priorities

Ukraine bombs Russia’s strategic oil infrastructure. Russia bombs Ukrainian bus stops.

@StevenViddal @MlleMalin Såpass åpenlys sarkasme bør da ikke være så vanskelig. Det der var tydelig skrevet som kritikk av Høyre, som i likhet med AP ikke tør/vil motsette seg EU/EØS om det så går på bekostning av Norge og nordmenn.

@MlleMalin Tullprat, EØS gjør det ikke ulovlig å kutte avgifter. Du vet bedre.

Det er visst ulovlig å kutte avgifter i Norge. Fordi EØS.

@spectator In my experience as someone living in a monarchy, Americans' understanding of kings and monarchies is 500 years outdated and most of them don't know the basics of what a modern constitutional monarchy is or how it works as a liberal democracy.

Ironically for the “No Kings” protesters who despise Donald Trump, the only reason we have Trump is because we don’t have a king: the office of president is what the Constitution’s framers came up with as a republican alternative to a hereditary monarchy. If the “No Kings” crowd had the slightest historical understanding, they’d be demanding the return of monarchs instead. ✍️ Daniel McCarthy Article | spectator.com/article/why-am…

Qatar spent $6.3 billion convincing you that Israel is the one manipulating you. And you fell for it. That’s why I think you’re incredibly dumb.

@MrAno134 @MatthewNouriel Islam is literal fascism cosplaying as religion. You're either a fascist or not; you're not "fascistophobic". Calling someone "islamophobic" is a defence of fascism. To value others' right to subjugate and oppress over your own freedom doesn't make you an open-minded liberal.

@MatthewNouriel "excused Islamism" oh well, less islamophobes in the party, move along

People keep asking why I changed. I didn’t. I still believe in liberal values, equality, democracy, LGBT rights, and human rights. What changed was a Democratic Party that made room for antisemitism, excused Islamism, and treated Jews like they needed to pass a moral purity test just to be seen as human. I didn’t leave the party—The party left me.

Charlie Chaplin released The Great Dictator in 1940. It mocked Mussolini and Hitler and sympathized with their victims, including the Jewish barber, and a concentration camp. Today, we get whitewashing and moral relativism for a murderous dictator and his "wizard" propagandist.

Historieløse politikere og kunnskapsløse journalister. Nok en gang slipper EU-parlamentariker Karin Karlsbro unna uimotsagt: Norge må «dele kriseinntektene» fra gass. Fakta hun utelater: De høye gassprisene er EUs eget verk. Mellom 2009–2019 presset EU (med Tyskland i spissen) aktivt bort de langsiktige, oljeindekserte gasskontraktene med Norge – vår felles prissikring. De erstattet dem med spotpriser og lente seg tungt på billig russisk gass via Nord Stream. De sa frivillig opp forsikringen. Valgte Putin foran stabilitet. Da strategien kollapset i 2022, eksploderte prisene – fordi EU selv hadde fjernet støtdemperne. Norge leverte gass hele veien, til de nye reglene EU selv innførte. Å kreve at Norge nå skal betale for EUs feilvurderinger er ikke solidaritet. Det er ansvarsfraskrivelse.

@efdee @sosojni @James7Holland I agree that these are defining properties of a real, functioning democracy but I would nevertheless say that they are emergent rather than fundamental or latent as they must be cultivated and protected but that's a bit besides the point I suppose.

@Kraketwt @sosojni @James7Holland I would disagree about them being emergent properties. They are the very definition of this type of democracy.

EU enters full Owellian mode, where words start to mean the opposite of what they once did.. …placing the word “DEMOCRACY” on the side of the EU HQ in Brussels—an institution now with arguably more power than any other in Europe, and one where not a single person is elected.

@efdee @sosojni @James7Holland I would rather say that autonomy and accountable representation are emergent properties of a functioning democracy, and the degree to which these exist is proportional with the separation between the people and the power.

@Kraketwt @sosojni @James7Holland What you describe is individual autonomy rather than democracy. Real democracy is more about accountable representation than about distance from voters.

Peer-review is not a part of real science. Period. The peer-review system, as it exists in its current form, has only existed since the 1970s (maybe 1960s in some cases). It is a relatively modern academic gatekeeping process, not an ancient pillar of science. Issac Newton, Galileo, Charles Darwin, and even Einstein's work (specifically, his four Annus Mirabilis papers in 1905) were all written or published without “peer-review.” Science advances with evidence, replication, and falsifiability. “Peer-reviewers” typically do none of the above things when reading over a paper submitted to an academic journal. Reviewers are just anonymous “experts” that stamp approval for any papers they happen to agree with and reject ones that challenge their own biases. But as I have previously said, any of my online critics that demand I publish a paper in a journal can pay me to do it themselves. I am not an academic. I am not a federal employee. I work in the private sector. It is not reasonable to expect me to drop thousands of dollars on a paper to cover paywalled data access fees and a journal's submission and/or publication fee(s). Either put your own money where your mouth is, or shut up about it and drop the stamp-collecting credentialism. I don't need a M.S. or Ph.D. to analyze data or assess claims made by scientists and find errors in them. For hundreds of years, valid science happened outside of peer-reviewed journals because they simply didn't exist, at least in modern form. I also do not believe in using taxpayer dollars to conduct scientific research via NSF grants, etc. Just because something has been “peer-reviewed” does not mean it is accurate. And just because something hasn't been subject to academic circle jerks doesn't mean it isn't valid. Your peers agreeing with your ideas does not make your theory valid. “Peer-review” approval not the arbiter of truth. It's gatekeeping because people are biased, scientists included. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

@sosojni @James7Holland Elections ≠ democracy. The vital point of democracy is that common people decide over their own lives. The farther removed from the people the institutions of governance the less democratic is the system. EU is a power centralization project, anti-democratic by nature and design

@James7Holland Every single one is elected. WTF are you talking about. It's ether direct election, or indirect one. US and every other western democracy has directly and indirectly elected officials.

@Zacken @ann_heps38927 Ja vel, men det er heller ikke antidemokratisk å ytre seg enten det er som solist eller i kor. Tvert om er også det helt avgjørende for et fungerende demokrati.

@Kraketwt @ann_heps38927 Hun er i dette tilfellet en del av et organisert hylekor og representere ikke seg selv. Propagandamaskinen norgesrdemokratene styrt av hvem vet. Mange trivelige medlemmer slik som Ida…

Regjeringen og UDI overkjører nå lokaldemokratiet ved å etablere 24 nye asylmottak – til tross for klare nei fra flere kommuner. Ifølge Document må små kommuner som Lødingen, allerede på Robek-lista, håndtere 150 nye asylsøkere på få uker. Dette skjer samtidig som Norge allerede står overfor betydelige integreringsutfordringer. Lav sysselsetting i enkelte innvandrergrupper, høyt press på offentlige tjenester og økende kostnader er godt dokumentert. Da blir spørsmålet: Hvordan skal kommunene lykkes med integrering når kapasiteten allerede er sprengt? Når kommuner sier nei på grunn av økonomi og kapasitet, er ikke det mangel på vilje – det er ansvarlighet. Likevel blir de overkjørt av staten. Resultatet er at lokalsamfunn påføres oppgaver de verken har ressurser eller tid til å håndtere forsvarlig. @Norgesdem mener dette bryter med grunnleggende prinsipper om lokalt selvstyre. Kommunene må ha reell vetorett i saker som får så store konsekvenser. Samtidig viser dette behovet for en langt strengere og mer bærekraftig innvandringspolitikk. Innvandringen må tilpasses Norges evne til integrering – ikke omvendt. Det holder ikke å vise til statlige tilskudd. Erfaringen mange steder er at kostnadene blir høyere enn det som kompenseres, særlig når tiltak må på plass på kort varsel. Dette handler om prioriteringer: Skal vi fortsette en politikk som presser kommunene til bristepunktet – eller føre en ansvarlig linje som setter Norge og norske lokalsamfunn først? Det er nettopp derfor følgende må ligge til grunn i politikken: ➡️Norge bør ha sterkere kontroll på egne grenser. ➡️Innvandringspolitikken må styres nasjonalt, ikke gjennom overnasjonale ordninger. ➡️Sikkerhet og bæreevne må veie tyngst. Norgesdemokratene vil: ✅️ Gi kommunene reell vetorett i etablering av asylmottak. ✅️ Stramme kraftig inn på asyl- og innvandringspolitikken. ✅️ Sikre at innvandring tilpasses Norges integrerings- og økonomiske bæreevne. ✅️ Prioritere velferd og tjenester for egne innbyggere først. ✅️ Styrke lokaldemokratiet og redusere statlig overstyring. #Norgesdemokratene #Norge #Innvandring #Integrering #Økonomi #UDI #Regjeringen Kilde: Les artikkelen i @DocumentNo facebook.com/share/p/1CFkNW…

@Zacken @ann_heps38927 Et av de viktigste, grunnleggende prinsipper for demokrati er at alle saker må avgjøres på laveste kompetente nivå. Du må gjerne være uenig i sak, men å si at Hepsø med dette gjør seg til representant for noe antidemokratisk er et vrengebilde av virkeligheten.

@ann_heps38927 Hvordan føles det Ann, å være et talerør for antidemokratiske krefter som ønsker å destabilisere samfunnet for å ta makten? Håper du ikke blir utnyttet slik som de fleste i MAGA blir. Det du poster er en del av hundre like posts fra propaganda maskineriet du er en del av.

To understand why the USA is where it is today, all you need to do is see that Trump cannot tolerate even the mildest, insightful criticism from the Pope, but Trump will allow Putin to humiliate him deeply and constantly, while still craving Putin’s approval.

@kevinajdiamond @RickMcCargar @YossiBenYakar It's scary how easy it is to convince freedom loving people to give it up without a protest. A 75-year-old lady offering a conversation is no threat to anyone. You never stood for freedom in the first place if you're willing to sacrifice it for (imaginary) safety concerns.

@RickMcCargar @YossiBenYakar Have you seen my profile. I'm for freedom. I'm just not cool on harming folks. The old lady is being passive aggressive.

In London, a phone is stolen every 6 minutes. The police rarely bother to respond. But they had no problem arresting a peaceful 75-year-old woman named Rose. Her crime? Standing quietly near a hospital holding a sign that read: “Here to talk, only if you want.” She was charged under the new “buffer zone” law for “influencing.” Let that sink in. If silently offering a conversation is now a criminal offense in Britain, do British citizens still have free speech?

@StoppNRK @SidselWold @NRKno Mens regimet i Iran drepte titusener av demonstranter stod @SidselWold på NRK og beskrev hvilket trygt og flott land Iran er. Seansen minnet om Tucker Carlsons rapporter fra Moskva med den eneste forskjellen at Wold og NRK får holde på med sånt klovneri nær uimotsagt.

Hva gjør @SidselWold egentlig i Libanon? Sidsel Wold er sendt av @NRKno, på våre skattepenger, for å dekke krigen mellom Israel og Libanon. Vi ba Google hente relevante nyheter fra de siste fire ukene — overskriftene var blant annet: 1. Over en million på flukt i Libanon – Hussein og familien 2. Slik vil Israel okkupere sørlige Libanon 3. Telt tilhørende internt fordrevne i Beirut: Rundt en million libanesere er nå på flukt 4. Sjia‑muslimer på flukt i Libanon 5. Iranere NRK har snakket med var lettet over å våkne i live onsdag Vår konklusjon: Sidsel Wold er i Libanon for å overse Hizbollah og for å sverte Israel.