Mara ✝️ ~ truth will set you free

#lidewijdevos #fvd Hoe kun je hier nou negatief tegenover staan .

@wylfcen @DrPCooper1 In dutch yellow and red are 'geel & rood', which together make oranje 😁

@DrPCooper1 I wish we knew what they called strawberry blond. They didn’t write much about people’s appearances. They might’ve called it orange (ġeolurēad) or rose (rōs), but those are just guesses.

We need to bring back the word “firefax” to describe people with red hair. In Old English it was fȳrfæx, or ‘having locks of flame’.

My brother teacher @EnochBurke is spending tonight in a tiny prison cell in Ireland after refusing to use “they/them” pronouns for a child. This is now over 600 days behind bars. Judges now want to ban his family from attending court. BUT THE TRUTH WILL NEVER BE SILENCED.

They are allowed to burn 19 Yazidi girls but I’m not allowed to talk about it because it is considered Islamophobia.

Precies zoals gedacht : het geld stroomt in de twee richtingen. De US en de EU hebben miljarden aan Zelensky gegeven en er zijn, dixit Orban, in het geheim, miljarden terug gevloeid. Corrupte Zelensky geeft onze centen aan iedereen die hem en de oorlog steunt en financiert partijen die hem gunstig gezind zijn, niet alleen in de US, maar ook in Hongarije en wellicht nog heel wat andere Eu landen. Election interference. Dat geldtransport van ettelijke miljoenen cash bankbiljetten dat recentelijk in Hongarije geïntercepteerd is, is daar een voorbeeld van. Daarmee weten we meteen ook waarom er geen vredesakkoord tot stand komt. De business moet blijven draaien. Misselijkmakend. x.com/PM_ViktorOrban…

Räsänen waarschuwt dat haar veroordeling een gevaarlijk precedent schept voor de vrijheid van religie en meningsuiting in Europa.

Voor al die overspannen klimaatdrammers die denken dat groene (lees: gesubsidieerde) energie heel goedkoop zou gaan worden, hier is uw zoveelste wakeup-call....

Asielzoekers hebben we nodig voor onze arbeidsmarkt, dat horen we toch? Feiten: na 2 jaar is 90% nog afhankelijk van een uitkering. Na 5 jaar nog 50%! Na 10 jaar nog 45%! Ze vormen 30% van ALLE mensen die een bijstandsuitkering krijgen. Feiten delen doet ertoe.

While migrant youth engage in racial humiliation rituals, European kids are taught the schizophrenic contradiction that they shouldn’t see color, yet should be ashamed of themselves simply for being white.

The Berlin Wall created the most brutal controlled experiment in human history: identical people, split by ideology, watched for 41 years to see which system would prevail. West Germans embraced market economics while East Germans suffered under socialist central planning. The results? Devastating. By 1989, East German GDP per capita sat at roughly 30% of West Germany's level. East Germans consumed 40% fewer calories, owned cars at one-tenth the rate, and waited 12 years for a telephone connection. Meanwhile, their western cousins enjoyed rising living standards, technological innovation, and personal freedom that made West Germany an economic powerhouse. But the socialists had excuses ready. "East Germany started from a worse position after the war," they claimed. Bullshit. Both regions faced identical devastation in 1945. The Soviets actually stripped more industrial equipment from their zone (roughly $10 billion worth), yet this affected rural areas less than urban centers. And East Germany possessed abundant natural resources like lignite coal and uranium that should have provided economic advantages. The real difference? Property rights, price signals, and entrepreneurship versus state ownership, price controls, and bureaucratic allocation. West Germans could start businesses, invest capital, and respond to consumer demands. East Germans filled quotas set by party officials who had never run so much as a lemonade stand. You can't coordinate an economy through committee meetings and five-year plans when prices tell you nothing about real supply and demand. East Germans voted with their feet—2.7 million fled west before the Communists built their wall in 1961. After reunification, investigators found Stasi files on one-third of the population. When you need secret police watching every third citizen, your economic system has already failed.

Did you know? Every time the priest prays the Roman Canon at Mass, he mentions these seven courageous women saints by name, right alongside the Apostles and early martyrs. They have been invoked in the Eucharist for over 1,400 years: 1️⃣ St. Felicity and St. Perpetua Felicity was a pregnant slave in Carthage (modern Tunisia). Along with her mistress Perpetua, a young noblewoman and mother, they refused to renounce Christ. Felicity gave birth in prison just days before their martyrdom in 203 AD. They were thrown to wild beasts and then killed by the sword. Their powerful “Passion” account, partly written by Perpetua herself, is one of the earliest Christian writings by a woman. 2️⃣ St. Agatha A beautiful noblewoman from Sicily, Agatha consecrated her virginity to Christ. When she rejected the advances of a Roman official, she suffered brutal tortures including the cutting off of her breasts. She died in prison around 251 AD while praying. She is a powerful patron against volcanic eruptions and for breast cancer patients. 3️⃣ St. Lucy (Lucia) From Syracuse, Sicily, Lucy was a young virgin who gave away her dowry to the poor. Betrayed by a suitor, she was sentenced to a brothel but miraculously could not be moved. She was tortured and finally killed around 304 AD. Her name means “light,” and she is the patron of the blind and those with eye problems. 4️⃣ St. Agnes Only about 12 or 13 years old, this Roman girl refused to marry a pagan and declared herself a bride of Christ. She was condemned to a brothel but protected by a miracle, then beheaded. Her name means “lamb” in Latin, and she is one of the most beloved virgin martyrs and patron of purity and chastity. 5️⃣ St. Cecilia A noble Roman virgin who was forced into marriage but converted her husband and brother-in-law to Christianity. She was martyred around 230 AD, first suffocated in steam, then beheaded. Famous for “singing” hymns to God in her heart even during torture, she is the patroness of music, musicians, and singers. 6️⃣ St. Anastasia A generous Christian widow from Rome (or possibly Sirmium), known for her charity and care for prisoners. She suffered imprisonment and was martyred by burning during the Diocletian persecution around 304 AD. Several early churches in Rome were dedicated to her. Why are they included in the Canon? These women represent the complete witness of the early Church, from different social classes (noble and slave), different regions (Rome, Sicily, North Africa), and different states in life (virgins and mothers). By naming them alongside the Apostles and male martyrs, the Church shows that holiness and martyrdom are for everyone. Their inclusion, which dates back to at least the time of St. Gregory the Great (6th–7th century), reminds us that the Blood of Christ unites all the faithful, men and women alike, in the one Body of Christ. Next time you hear their names, let’s pray: Holy Martyrs of the Canon, Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, and Anastasia, pray for us! That we may have your courage, your purity, and your total love for Jesus.

Museum Bredius in The Hague displays a rare 1670 perspective box cabinet with a painting by Samuel van Hoogstraeten. One of only six 17th-century perspective boxes left in the world, the cabinet’s warped-perspective internal scene looks perfect when viewed through a peep-hole.

Kaja Kallas demanded all of Europe boycott Russia. Her husband made millions transporting goods there. Caught in 2023. Her response? "It's just a small logistics company." No firing. No resignation. No apology. Promoted to EU foreign policy chief months later. Salary jumped from €7,000 to €30,000 a month. Now she stands in Brussels telling 450 million Europeans to make sacrifices. This is the woman lecturing you about European values.

#visboer #hoekvanholland Maak dit trending !!! @geertwilderspvv

NEE, NOS-stagiaires. Het IOC "weigert géén transvrouwen" op de Spelen. Wat een flauwekul. Het IOC zegt dat elke zich kwalificerende atleet welkom is *in de categorie van de eigen biologische sekse*. En terecht. Je sport met je lichaam en NIET met je gevoelde genderidentiteit.

@Symphony_res "We zijn toch 'gewoon' in Nederland?!" zegt ze ook nog 🤪

Ze had trek in kibbeling en dacht die te gaan kopen bij een visboer aan het strand. Maar ze werd de zaak uit gezet. Puur omdat ze een nikab droeg, denkt de vrouw. Volgens de visboer omdat hij de situatie ‘niet vertrouwde’. Dus een ondernemer die in zijn eigen zaak een onherkenbare klant weigert uit veiligheids- en vertrouwensoverwegingen, moet nu voor de rechter verschijnen? Dat is compleet doorgeslagen.

@XVanFleet I love this! The teacher looks like a twin copy of one of my Dutch friends btw.

Yesterday a friend of mine took me to visit an Old Order Mennonite one-room school in Blair County, PA. The Mennonite community does not accept govt funding, choosing instead to remain independent and preserve their way of life. A few years ago, after becoming dissatisfied with both public and Catholic school options, my friend considered this school for his daughter. As part of the admissions process, the school conducted a home visit. They wanted to understand the family’s values—specifically whether they attended church and whether there was a television in the home. After receiving satisfactory answers (yes to church, no to TV), his daughter was accepted. She spent three years at the Mennonite school and is now a strong, conservative young woman attending an elite liberal arts college. My friend credits the Mennonite community with giving her a solid moral foundation. In the video, the teacher describes what a typical day in her classroom looks like.

Een Nederland met Nederlanders, is dat nou zo’n gek idee?

Just about 2 1/2 years ago, this doctor convinced my wife to have a total hysterectomy based off of MRI results and he said her uterus was destroyed by lesions, even drew a picture of her uterus and a bunch of lesions on it. In his notes and the pathology report it was stated her uterus was perfectly healthy, yet he still took it out. When we had the MRI re-looked at after the fact, there was no signs of the lesions he told my wife were there. We have a 19 minute long recording from the two week follow up where he admits to doing wrong, including withholding information and options. We had a law firm lined up and New York State Department of Health look like they were going be cracking down on him. However, shortly after he transitioned in the beginning of last year, New York State dropped the case. It took local politicians to get it reopened. Please help me share the story because hundreds of thousands of women have unnecessary hysterectomies every single year. It’s a multi billion dollar industry.