#sell-out

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[eaglesnick]

“We need trust among allies and partners. Such trust now has to be built anew.”   Angela Merkel

It is becoming more obvious by the day that Britain and the rest of Europe need to expand their collective defence capability now that Trump has turned against his former allies and is aligning himself with the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

This new reality brings into sharp focus the short sightedness  of former critics of a joint European military force.

Nigel Farage, a self-confessed “admirer" of Putin and a “good friend” of Donald Trump has frequently spoken out against such cooperation.

“NIGEL FARAGE took a brutal swipe at French President Emmanuel Macron over his support for the creation of a European Union army to rival Nato branding him an "updated version of Napoleon". (Express: 16/07/2019)

More recently we have this headline:

“Farage issues bombshell NATO warning – Biden has secret plot to force UK to join EU army." (Express: 10/07/2023)

Well, it is an American president that is forcing Britain to join a European Army but it isn’t former President Biden, it is his  best friend Donald Trump!

Farage is not the only actor on the right of politics who got it wrong. This is the Mail Online headline criticising joint manoeuvres between British and European troops:

“Invasion of the EU army! Worried Euro tanks may park on our lawn, Minister? Too late... they're already here." (Mail Online: 22/05/2016)

Better friendly European tanks than Russian T-14 Armatas!

The sad truth is, right-wing British politicians and pundits have been so obsessed with Brexit and reviving the faded image of what they see as Britain’s glorious imperial past, they lost touch with reality.

The right-wing got Brexit dramatically wrong when it comes to the economy and they have it wrong about defence. Brexit is estimated to have cost this country around 2-3% of GDP. That is between £50 and £76 billion pounds!

They have got it equally wrong about defence. Today, Trump's America voted WITH the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Syrians and four other countries AGAINST a UN motion condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The sad fact is Nigel Farage and other hard-right politicians are part of the problem. They have a total disregard for the truth and they are obsessed with nationalism. If you are a super-power like America, China or Russia then maybe nationalism works because you have the resources and the finance to stand alone. If you are a small country like Britain or Italy or Ukraine , then you need allies.

Farage and Britain’s right-wing press have spent years successfully distancing Britain from our natural allies in Europe. Now that Farage’s "hero” Donald Trump has abandoned Britain and the rest of Europe in his bid to Make America Great Again, we are all going to have to pay the price.

Everyone one of us will find this price costly in financial terms and, if things go terribly wrong, in terms of human life as well.

Thank you Mr Farage!

PS: It will be interesting to see what intellectual contortions Farage will display in his attempt to justify his continuing support for the authoritarian Trump, while Britain and the rest of Europe gather their armed forces to defend our borders from a White House supported and emboldened Putin. 

[baddawgsports]

Quebec City Welcomes Back Professional Hockey

Quebec, Canada — Today Quebec City welcomed back professional hockey to the Quebec province for the first time since 1995 when the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League (NHL) left the province and city for Denver, Colorado in the United States of America becoming the Colorado Avalanche. The Ottawa Charge and Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) will play at…

Quebec City Welcomes Back Professional Hockey

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From 9.11 to 30.11 a sale of 25-30%

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[wisdomfish]

...if there is anything worse than bourgeois religiosity, it is egghead religiosity… this is the Age of the Sell-Out, the Age of the Great Betrayal. We are a new Esau who has sold his spiritual birthright for a secular mess of pottage.

Robert E. Fitch

[smt1977]

The only people Republicans care about are themselves and the rich assholes who've bought them.

[kaijulady]

Joe Manchin <---This is the type of Democrat that hates Bernie Sanders’s supporters. He is also typical of the kind of Democrat in power across the USA, and why they have been losing in incredible numbers since 2010! When given a choice between a corporate Democrat (aka Republican Lite) and a Republican, the voters choose a Republican every time. However, Bernie Sanders won West Virginia by 15 percentage points in the primaries. Turns out that given the choice between a progressive and a Republican, the voters choose a progressive! Go figure!