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Methinks Melania did NOT forget how she was portrayed in Russian media.
She probably knows better than anyone else how to 'redirect' Donald.

First create a scarce, then resume deliveries and have others pay for them.
Oh, and give Russia 50 extra days to scorch Ukraine
The Donald is a genius!

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c36xrr9kj11t

That's my daily routine.
In my wildest dreams, that is

@Mik Not very trustworthy, I'm afraid... Former (?) gang leader backed by Netanyahu.
Doesn't sound very promising

Putin needs money ...

https://tvpworld.com/87684452/russian-billionaire-seized-by-fsb-owner-of-uzhuralzoloto-faces-legal-charges

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/hegseth-weapons-shipments-ukraine

Just 5 hours ago Odessa was hit by Russian drones. The Chinese consulate was damaged.
It appears that the drones contained Chinese components...

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/deputy-head-russian-navy-killed-by-ukraine-kursk-official-says-2025-07-03/

Both Putin and Netanyahu smiled.

An opportunity for the Communist Party of the USA

@89th I'm pretty sure most Iranians don't want to go back to the seventies: an era in which their country was US controlled. Most of them just want to get rid of a totalitarian islamist regime.
BTW: the pics are showing what one might call 'the elite'. This scenery wasn 't as general as many folks presumed it was.

@jon-nyc
I think it's about this:

https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/iran-several-aircraft-reportedly-leaving-tehran-amid-conflict-with-israel-mm11h2i8

@jon-nyc Display says 'Not found'.

@Mik You should read 'The last Shah' by Ray Takeyh'. Gives a good insight into the historical backgrounds of Iran/Persia.

Can't read the thread, but I second Klaus's answer. My dad was captured by the Soviets in may '45 near Prenzlau. His platoon commander was shot to set an example. After five days all captured soldiers had to march to Stargard, without food or water. About one third of them made it.
My father told they tried eating gras, which didn't digest (cellulose...). After two weeks in Stargard they were put on trains heading east.
My dad spent only one year in three lagers (one of which was Bobruisk in Byelarus).
He was lucky in the sense that he had the Belgian nationality and was transferred in 1946 to Romania and later on to Belgium.
Some of his companions only got back to Germany in 1956.
For correct understanding: the USSR NEVER-EVER talked about prisoners of war, they always called them war criminals. POW's fall under the Geneva conventions; war criminals don't. Think of them as cheap and expendable labour forces.

Apparently the Scots have 421 documented words for snow. For playing with marbles they have 369 words.
As to 'bullshit' I wouldn't know. Probably Trump can help us.

@Doctor-Phibes

@Renauda I should have seen the link with 'prosim' (Slovakian for please).

@Renauda 'Prosit' as in 'ein Prosit der Gemūtlichkeit'?

According to Zelenski the operation had 117 pilots each steering one drone. The operation was organised near an FSB-centre.

This is like peeing on a bully's leg and asking if that was warm enough