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“A tiger wearing a bell will starve.”
- Mongolian Proverb
This is a powerful Mongolian proverb that emphasizes the value of silence, patience, and discretion in achieving success. It reminds us that even the strongest and most capable individuals can undermine their own potential by revealing their intentions too soon.
Just as the sound of a bell warns a tiger’s prey of its approach, constantly announcing your ambitions can expose your plans to unnecessary attention, competition, and interference. True strength is not always displayed through words or recognition, but through quiet determination and deliberate action. The lesson is simple: move in silence, remain focused on your goals, and allow your accomplishments to speak louder than your promises.
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📽️ “DON’T BAN ME FOR SAYING WHAT’S FACTUALLY TRUE”
Reform’s @joemartin1066 speaks to Patrick Christys after being barred from speaking in the Welsh Parliament until he apologises for his comments about white people being replaced in the UK
#FreeSpeech
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Banning elected politicians because you disagree with what they say is the short cut to totalitarianism!
Voltaire : “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it."
Their protest is justified and the right way to challenge this ridiculous decision
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So much of Labour is just ignorance.
‘My viewers and I are PAYING you to sit in the House of Lords!’
@MichelleDewbs CLASHES with Lord Foulkes over his apparent LACK of knowledge of the Rhiannon Skye Whyte case, questioning how someone in a position of power can be unaware of a SERIOUS immigration-related story.
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Watching the video it is hard not to be struck by how reasonable, moderate and measured Joe Martin’s contribution, tone and language are.
Our country, he says,
“is a family capable of absorbing people of all races if done at a sensible rate but not if replaced altogether”.
Clearly many would consider this a simple, unarguable statement of common sense but according to the Deputy Leader his words were “clearly discriminatory”, “deliberately offensive” and “unnecessarily provocative”.
Paul is right. It’s chilling.
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This 👇
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Well said, @joemartin1066 💯
‘Don’t BAN me for saying what’s FACTUALLY true.’
@PatrickChristys speaks to a Reform Member of the Senedd Joe Martin who has been BARRED from speaking in the Welsh Parliament until he APOLOGISES for claiming white people are being replaced in the UK.
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🚨An unusual incident unfolded at Arlington National Cemetery today following the Veterans Day ceremony.
A U.S. Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier publicly reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, his wife Jennifer, and members of his entourage after some in the group were seen talking and laughing while taking photographs near the sacred memorial.
Stopping his patrol and turning toward the group, the soldier shouted:
"All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times!"
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is one of America's most sacred military memorials, and its sentinels enforce the same standards of respect for everyone, regardless of rank or position.
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The last diesel tanker which was still heading for US shores has turned around.
So in summary, Trump's diesel deal with Putin caused no diesel to arrive in the US, didn't drop diesel prices, and caused his party to badly lose the US Midterms.
The Art Of The Deal indeed. 📉💥
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🚨Los pilotos que soltaron esta bomba fueron informados de que tenían una probabilidad del 50/50 de regresar a casa. Rusia mantuvo este metraje en secreto durante 59 años
Es la mayor explosión que los humanos hayan realizado jamás, de unos 50 megatones. La onda de choque aún alcanzó su avión y lo lanzó hacia abajo casi un kilómetro. Mira el destello
Fue lanzada el 30 de octubre de 1961, sobre Novaya Zemlya, una isla en el Ártico. La bomba pesaba unos 27 toneladas y medía 8 metros de largo. Ni siquiera cabía dentro del avión, por lo que retiraron las puertas del compartimento de bombas y la llevaron a medio salir
Para dar tiempo a la tripulación de escapar, cayó con un paracaídas gigante. El avión estaba pintado de blanco para reflejar el calor
Detonó a unos 4 kilómetros del suelo, miles de veces más potente que Hiroshima. Para entonces, el bombardero estaba a más de 100 kilómetros de distancia, y la explosión aún lo alcanzó
Originalmente fue diseñada para 100 megatones. Los ingenieros la redujeron a la mitad, porque la versión completa habría esparcido una enorme lluvia radiactiva y no habría dejado ninguna oportunidad a la tripulación
Uno de los físicos detrás de ella, Andrei Sakharov, más tarde luchó contra las pruebas nucleares y ganó el Premio Nobel de la Paz.
#UrgenteCOMPARTAN #RTMasivo
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🇺🇦 Klartext von Selenskyj an Kushner und Witkoff: Die Ukraine lehnt den schmutzigen Dieseldeal mit Putin strikt ab! ❌🛢️
„Das hier ist nicht Florida – Russland ist nicht nach Florida gekommen!“
Es geht hier nicht um Immobilien oder bloße Quadratkilometer, sondern um zerstörte Leben, Häuser und die Heimat von Millionen Menschen.
Amerika ist stark und kann Druck auf Putin ausüben. Aber während des Krieges wird die Ukraine den Aggressor ganz sicher nicht stärken! Schluss mit Appeasement-Geschäften auf Kosten von Menschenleben. 🛑🇺🇸🤝
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Ei @grok, quem é dono do Pornhub, YouPorn, RedTube, Brazzers, Reality Kings e dos outros sites da Aylo, e qual é a religião dessa pessoa?
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The fact that pro-Ukrainian accounts on X are being restricted or silenced is a problem I am experiencing firsthand.
I find it alarming that a platform of this scale could increasingly contribute to the manipulation of public opinion.
It was a historic mistake for the United States to allow one of the world’s most significant media outlets to fall into the hands of an oligarch with a highly questionable political stance. The consequences are grave.
Democracy requires the free formation of opinion—not algorithmic manipulation or the one-sided suppression of voices.
Questa piattaforma sta silenziando gli account pro-Ucraina. È un fatto, ed anche io sto avendo questo problema.
Credo che su X sia in atto una gravissima manipolazione dell'opinione pubblica, e questa è una cosa che non si può tollerare.
@pinapic @gualminielisa
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🚨 WOW! El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is receiving worldwide praise for sending in his troops to BLOW UP Haitian gang headquarters — and then Haiti's own Prime Minister THANKED him 👏🏻
Someone sent Bukele the location and he took action!
This comes after Haitian gangs kidnapped several of Bukele's men
BUKELE, in Creole: "We destroyed the house of Lanmò San Jou and the 400 Mawozo gang’s headquarters. Most of them ran away without even trying to fight. What cowards!" 🔥
HAITIAN PM: "I salute the commitment of the Salvadoran forces in the fight against gangs...THE GANGS WILL GET NO SLEEP!"
Days earlier, an X user posted a photo of the gang's HQ and urged Bukele to take it out. Bukele: "Where is this house? Give us the exact address and we will destroy it."
Before this operation began, President Trump told Bukele: "do what you have to do"
And he's doing it.
Sadly, the four missing men have not been found yet. Pray for them 🙏🏻
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BREAKING: Egypt has placed 35 Europe-linked Islamist organizations on its terror list.
Muslim countries are now sanctioning European entities for being too extreme.
Let that sink in.
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We’ve just twigged - Are @WelshLabour playing us? We want a #WalesCovidInquiry - if @lynne_neagle’s amendment means that can’t be voted on - forget it! We have been a political football for too long. Don’t keep playing us @Plaid_Cymru and @WelshLabour 😡
@WelshConserv @jason_oco @RUKWales @AndrewRTDavies @WelshLibDems @as_penarth
Diolch to @lynne_neagle 💛 @WelshLabour can see this “review” for what it is. We have been lied to and strung along. We’ve made a formal complaint in addition to the amendment below. The question to ask is why don’t @WelshGovernment want a statutory review costing only £10m and delivering in 18months? 🤷♀️Something very odd is at play here.
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In 1980, a Soviet Mi-8 helicopter flew past one of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan, two ancient monuments that had watched over central Afghanistan for about 1,400 years.
The statues were carved directly into a sandstone cliff in the Bamiyan Valley around the 6th and 7th centuries. The taller one stood about 180 feet high, and the smaller one about 125 feet. At the time, Bamiyan was a thriving Buddhist center along the Silk Road. Monks lived in hundreds of caves dug into the surrounding cliffs, many decorated with colorful murals.
When this photo was taken, the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan just months earlier, in December 1979. The Mi-8 became a workhorse of the war, ferrying troops and supplies across the country’s rugged terrain. The conflict dragged on for nearly a decade, killing hundreds of thousands of Afghans before Soviet forces withdrew in 1989.
The Buddhas survived the Soviet war, but not what came after. In March 2001, the Taliban declared the statues idolatrous and destroyed them with artillery and explosives, ignoring pleas from governments and museums around the world.
Today, only two empty niches remain in the cliff where the giant Buddhas once stood.
Look at more amazing historical photos: bit.ly/3vlLOd6
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“Never play fair in a game where others cheat.”
- Niccolo Machiavelli
This reflects the central idea of Machiavellian political realism: the need to adapt your strategy to the harsh realities of the world around you. Paired with Santi di Tito’s famous portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, the message suggests that rigidly following traditional moral principles in a world where others disregard them can lead to defeat.
Rather than encouraging cruelty or dishonesty, the idea emphasizes practicality and strategic awareness. Machiavelli’s philosophy reminds us that survival and success often depend on understanding the rules others actually play by, rather than the rules we wish they followed.
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One of the most extraordinary battles of World War II took place in May 1945, just days before Germany’s surrender. In an almost unbelievable turn of events, American soldiers and German Wehrmacht troops fought alongside each other to defend an Austrian castle holding prominent French prisoners. Their shared enemy was a group of SS soldiers determined to continue fighting despite the war’s imminent end.
Known as the Battle of Castle Itter, this remarkable confrontation became one of the rare instances in which American and German forces fought on the same side. Former enemies suddenly found themselves united against a common threat, creating an extraordinary story of unexpected alliances, shifting loyalties, and courage during the final days of World War II.