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The Bobolink retweeted
Today in 1914 the German colony of Kiaochow Bay & its centre at Tsingtao were captured by Japanese forces. This left Germany without a far east base. Below 👇🏻 is a very long thread on WW1 in Asia-Pacific 🇩🇪🐲🇯🇵
The Bobolink retweeted
"We've discovered the ancient origin place of the Goths."
"What's it called?"
"Goth Land"
🤯
The Goths really were descended from people from what is now Sweden, DNA evidence shows. science.org/content/article/…
The Bobolink retweeted
The Goths were from Gotland?!
The Goths really were descended from people from what is now Sweden, DNA evidence shows. science.org/content/article/…
The Bobolink retweeted
A lesson with very wide applicability...
A barbarian tribe’s mythic origin story is true, ancient DNA reveals | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
The Bobolink retweeted
Excellence Canadienne Française: Gagner en tant que Républicain dans un État Bleu lors d'un massacre électoral.
The Bobolink retweeted
On January 14, 1940 the FBI announced the arrest 18 men alleged to be members of the Christian Front.
They were charged with plotting to overthrow the U.S. government. At trial, the men argued that they were actually patriots, opposing the threat of Communism in America.🧵1/24
The Bobolink retweeted
🇺🇸🗳⚡️- Narrative collapse:
Exit polls show that Hispanic voters who had immigration as their top issue were far more friendly to the GOP than Hispanics who did not.
The anti-ICE backlash simply is not a factor in any demographic.
The Bobolink retweeted
>right wing president with a big mandate to significantly improve the economy and clean-up crime
>voters say “we’re going to trust you, please pursue policies we elected you for”
>they add “however, whatever you do, you absolutely must not give out oversized loans with public funds to your political allies”
>they qualify “this is really important, because it could collapse our national bank and scupper important reforms paraguay needs. corruption is a trap a lot of low quality right wing presidents fall into”
>give out oversized loans with public funds to my political allies anyway
>collapses the national bank and scuppers important reforms paraguay needs
The Bobolink retweeted
There’s nowhere to run. And the people best positioned to turn things around with money and influence are the biggest runners. They have a hunger to build, but not take. The takers are never satiated. And the builders are scared of the takers. There’s a disconnect in the wiring of the builders and the way society is set up in the modern world such that they can’t bring themselves to stand their ground and defend. But the takers, once they have taken, don’t stop. They never have to play defense because they never stop playing offense.
This is what conservatism is, liberals that play defense for eternity. The right must play offense. It must want more. It must be progressive. This idea has been beaten to death amongst the intellectual right, but intellectuals aren’t doers. The doers have to get the message. Unfortunately the doers are stupid. A wonderful coalition of ineffectuals and retards.
You shouldn’t take this as dooming. The right has all the real strength but not the will. The right is a giant elephant tied to a flimsy rope and post.
The Bobolink retweeted
What’s that? You don’t want fent zombies shambling, moaning, mumbling incoherently, fenty folding, pants halfway done, crack pipe in hand on your doorstep? Nuh uh chud.
The Bobolink retweeted
The Charter priests say vagrancy laws are impossible, so now you cannot have nice things in your neighbourhood.
La patinoire extérieure Bernard Est, à Montréal, ne rouvrira pas cet hiver, après plusieurs années d’usage. Un camp de personnes sans-abri est installé à cet endroit. Officiellement, l’arrondissement du Plateau-Mont-Royal explique que c’est la réouverture de l'aréna des Patineuses, à proximité, qui ne rend plus nécessaire son aménagement.
Cet été, juste à côté, des conflits ont éclaté entre les usagers des terrains sportifs (basket, skatepark) et des personnes en situation d’itinérance installés-là. La situation a même été judiciarisée pour empêcher la Ville de démanteler le campement.
Selon nos informations, les toilettes autonettoyantes à 300 000$ sont aussi inutilisables. Elles ont été dégradées à plusieurs reprises, utilisées pour de la prise de drogue et même l’élevage de poules.
The Bobolink retweeted
To undermine socialists, Bismarck, ironically, preemptively implemented some social welfare reforms. That playbook could be something to think about for Republicans. Especially those running in places like Virginia and other blue leaning states.
