Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@qoto.org
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
Wow - apparently Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick said in 2011 she’d tried and failed to spike President Richard Nixon’s tea with LSD in 1970.
“I think Tricky Dick needs a little acid,” she later recalled thinking.
Just think how that might have changed to world!
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▪️“Shell is still trading Russian gas more than a year after pledging to withdraw from the Russian energy market.
▪️The company was involved in nearly an eighth of Russia's shipborne gas exports in 2022…”
▪️If this is a #sanctions #violation the #law should come down hard including seizing assets and #criminal charges against complicit management and board members.
▪️Make an example of them. Make their ships uninsurable. Make their shareholders howl.
#shell #dojnatsec #lloydbanks #BloodMoney #DoJ #SecState #potus
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What's the matter? It's the same distance?
It occurs to me that Russia is going to have a very major problem after this war is over. Its economy relies to a truly enormous extent on selling its reserves of natural gas and crude oil but the world is very rapidly turning away from the use of such fuels, and rightly. OK, Russia does have enormous reserves of timber. The virgin pine forests of Siberia contain billions of cubic metres of prime building timber but apart from that, Russia has never been a manufacturing powerhouse it has never produced anything that the world really wants, with the exception of armaments. Even its armaments industry is under threat due to its own stupid policies as the world has witnessed the poor design and poor quality of the Russian arsenal used against the Ukraine with their tanks exploding like jack-in-a-boxes and the relative lack of sophistication of its other arms compared to western counterparts.
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@Paulos_the_fog @ChrisMayLA6
I love the principle they have in France of revolting and decapitating greedy exploitative bastards.
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GOP: We are pro-life!
So—free pre-natal care?
GOP: No
Extend child tax credit?
GOP: No
Paid family leave?
GOP: No
Universal pre-K?
GOP: No
Universal healthcare?
GOP: No
Gun reform?
GOP: No
How exactly are you pro-life?🤔
GOP: Ban reproductive health access & increase women’s death.
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Russia is going to need a new president soon, and there is a guy in the US who has former experience as a
president, wants to be a president again, and is already on the Russian payroll so minimal HR paperwork.
#Russia
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When it comes to rich countries taking the environment seriously, I say: vive la France - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/24/environment-france-emmanuel-macron-crisis-uk
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I have to repeat myself. Why isn't this on the headline of all newspapers?
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Remember: even if you take away 95% of a billion dollars, you still have $50 million. Isn't that enough for anyone?
Billionaires shouldn't exist.
This a truly mind-boggling history of Blojob's lies and other misbehavior - unbelievable!!!
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If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you take a man on a luxury fishing vacation, you can own the US Supreme Court.
Who the fuck gets any sort of pleasure or thrill out of watching animals being tortured - I just don't understand!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/Iot1dIWVS5/hunting-the-monkey-torturers
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Our latest story on the Supreme Court:
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
