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Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
“No Western nation, including the United States, can hope to win its own battle for freedom and survival by sacrificing brave comrades to the politics of international expediency.” -Ronald Reagan (November 1979)🇺🇸🇺🇦
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel.
If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
Joint statement of the foreign minister of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
Who still carries out public executions:
The Iranian regime
The North Korean regime
The Taliban in Afghanistan
Al-Shabaab in Somalia
That is not the company we want to keep or the country we want to be.
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
The UK stands with the International Criminal Court and we stand united with our partners in strongly disagreeing with sanctions imposed on the Court.
The ICC must be permitted to continue its critical work holding perpetrators of the most horrific international crimes to account.
ALT We, the undersigned States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), reaffirm our continued and unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the ICC. As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States. If put into effect, these sanctions will have a significant impact on the Court’s work, its dedicated staff and their families. They work every day to bring those accused of the most serious international crimes to justice and to support their victims. We remain both united in our support for the ICC and committed to engaging in constructive and inclusive dialogue with non-States Parties as we prepare for the Assembly of States Parties in December 2026. We will continue to work together to support the Court’s vital work, uphold the rules-based international system, and advance accountability.
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
Not only has the US never televised public executions in its history, but not even the Nazi defendants sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials had their executions televised (it was deemed violative of the human rights that post-WW2 institutions were trying to re-establish).
The most amazing part of this is that Nidal Hasan is paraplegic and close to 60. So this disgusting spectacle will involve rolling him out in a wheelchair, then live-streaming his body as it's pumped full of bullets.
When I and others pointed out last night that public executions are carried out only by the countries we're told are the most primitive and savage (Afghanistan, North Korea), MAGA enthusisasts replied that we were too weak. Pummeling an old guy in a wheelchair with bullets -- as a reality TV show -- seems like an odd and dubious defintion of "strength," let alone an expression of the western values they endlessly claim they and they alone are trying to salvage.
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. apnews.com/article/fort-hood…
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
Another way to think about Trump announcement today: If he increased US diesel imports from Canada by 4%, he would gain as much fuel as from this Russia deal. But the Canadians are global super-villains, so who wants to buy from them when you could enrich Putin instead?
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
In other words: Donald Trump is going to try to win back US votes with cheaper gas prices before the midterm elections by enriching Putin’s war machine, so he can keep killing 1000s of Ukrainians. Dire.
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
💥🏴 Harry Kane during this international break with England.
⚽️ vs Spain
⚽️ vs Czechia
⚽️⚽️🎯 vs Croatia
⚽️⚽️ vs Czechia
Unstoppable. 🔥
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
.@ezraklein: “What is, to you, the ‘rage economy’?”
@JamesTalarico: “The billionaires own the algorithms and the news networks. They have created for-profit platforms that divide us on an hourly basis — by party, by race, by gender, by religion. They elevate the most extreme voices very strategically to provoke our outrage, because that leads to more clicks, which leads to more money for them.
They are selling us conflict right into our bloodstream, and they’re calling it connection.
And I think it’s left people starving for actual community.”
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
“Some of the people supporting Reform... have got some very, very, very distasteful views about race"
@JamesCleverly hits back after his former Conservative colleague Suella Braverman sparked a row around "Englishness", saying it's "sad" that she felt "the need to amplify" people with "really quite vile positions"
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@BethRigby | trib.al/hYbt0sY
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
Il primo ministro britannico Andy Burnham: «Il Cremlino spende 1,7 miliardi di dollari all'anno per manipolare le informazioni. Con quei soldi acquistano bot e siti falsi che si spacciano per la BBC e altre 27 organizzazioni britanniche. Il Regno Unito sta creando un'agenzia statale per contrattaccare».
E l’Italia?
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
That's one of the reasons Harry Kane is such a wonderful player. He's on a hat-trick and 99% of strikers would try to find an opening to shoot in that position in the box. He looks instead to feed the ball back to Saka because it's the better way to score. Superb.
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
If you adopt the position only white people can be English, that is by definition racist. It’s not really a debatable point.
You’ve called me racist this evening- albeit in a contorted way- but in doing so, you’ve lowered the tone of the debate with divisive and inflammatory language.
And absurdly, you’re suggesting that I’m being racist against myself.
It’s because of irresponsible language like yours that we in Reform need security.
The left can keep smearing us as racist for challenging the cosy consensus on mass migration but we will not be bullied into silence.
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
Querido Pedro Almodóvar, querido Javier Cercas, enhorabuena por vuestras condecoraciones otorgadas hoy por la República Francesa.
Gracias a los dos por hacer de nuestro país una potencia cultural.
Y, sobre todo, gracias por habernos ayudado a todos a mirar más allá.
Andrew K Kauffmann retweeted
Happy, HAPPY birthday to the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Julie Andrews!
She has brought joy to generations with her voice, grace, and warmth. From Mary Poppins, to Maria, to Queen Clarisse Renaldi, to Lily, she has given us so many unforgettable moments. Like a spoonful of sugar, she makes everything better.
Wishing this beloved icon a wonderful birthday filled with love and all the happiness she has given to so many others.
