RodMcy

[AnnaT 🇬🇧 🫶 🇺🇦 @1AnnaT]

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'For every drop of Ukrainian blood
For every child killed
For every orphan, widow & widower
Those who lost a child, a sibling, a mother a father
Those killed by grief
Every damaged home, every damaged life
For all Ukraine , I swear revenge
Revenge will be a flourishing Ukraine &
Justice for each & every 🇷🇺 executioner 🖤

[Love Classical Music and Movies 🎺🎻💖🎥🎬 @AlexTran677026]

Michael Corleone and the Traditional Practice of Seeking the Father’s Permission

In The Godfather (1972), Michael Corleone demonstrates his respect for the traditional order of the family by approaching Apollonia’s father before making any direct contact with the young woman herself.

After first seeing Apollonia and being struck by her presence, Michael does not attempt to speak with her directly. Instead, he sends one of his men to summon her father, Signor Vitelli, the owner of the local café. When Vitelli appears, Michael addresses him with formality and clarity: “I want to meet your daughter… with your permission… and under the supervision of your family… with all respect.”
This statement is the central moment of the scene. Michael does not presume the right to meet Apollonia on his own terms. Rather, he explicitly seeks the father’s permission and willingly places any future meetings under the oversight of the family. In doing so, he acknowledges the father’s rightful authority in matters concerning his daughter’s honor and future.

Within the framework of traditional Western culture — particularly the Sicilian tradition depicted in the film — the father holds a central role as the guardian of his daughter’s honor and as the one who oversees decisions affecting her future. Michael’s action aligns with this understanding: a man who wishes to court a young woman must first present himself to her father, thereby showing proper regard for the established order of the family.

In the context of the film, this moment reveals Michael’s willingness to operate within the traditional structures of Sicilian society during his time in hiding. By seeking Signor Vitelli’s permission, he affirms the importance of paternal authority and the ordered conduct expected in such matters.

Ultimately, the scene in which Michael approaches Apollonia’s father before speaking with her stands as a clear illustration of the traditional role of the father in Western culture — as the protector of family honor and the one who holds legitimate authority over his daughter’s future.

Name movie: The Godfather (1972)

#TheGodfather

[Sensuality is art... @hirodelaluna_]

#canicule

[Wojciech Jakóbik @wjakobik]

Uśmiechnięta Finka pozdrawia Rosjan, bo w Europie w przeciwieństwie do imperium dziadów nie brakuje benzyny. Rosyjska propaganda zjada swój ogon bo w przeszłości straszyła nas między innymi niedoborami.

[Ruslan.. 😎 @Kipr2000]

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[Luce @lucyshow11]

In 1935, 6-year-old Shirley Temple and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson made history in The Little Colonel as the first interracial dance partners in a Hollywood film. 💃🕺❤️

Their famous staircase dance was so controversial that scenes of them holding hands were cut from prints shown in the South!

[PanAm Post Español @PanAmPost_es]

🇩🇪🇻🇪 | Desde Alemania llegan equipos de rescate para atender a las víctimas de los terremotos ocurridos el pasado 24 de junio en Venezuela. Arribaron junto a cuatro perros de búsqueda pertenecientes a las unidades de apoyo canino.

[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

Ukraine: 35-year old Denys "Redis" Prokopenko rose through the ranks from enlisted soldier to Brigadier General in 12 years.

[Viktor Kovalenko @MrKovalenko]

On this day in 2023, the Russian ballistic missile struck the pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk, 24 km from the battle zone in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, killing 13, incl. 4 children, and wounding 60.

Victoria Amelina, 37, a prominent Ukrainian writer who investigated Russian war crimes, was among those wounded. On July 1, she died in a hospital. Colombian novelist and journalist Héctor Abad Faciolince and his friend Sergio Jaramillo Caro, who accompanied Ms. Amelina, were also wounded.

Ukraine law enforcement promptly apprehended the suspect, a local Kramatorsk resident, who before to the missile strike visited the cafe, verified visitors inside, and sent intelligence to the Russian military via Telegram chat.

US President Joe Biden condemned this attack and said that Putin became a "pariah around the world".

The strike occurred shortly after the conclusion of the Wagner Group rebellion in Russia, which threatened the authority of President Vladimir Putin.

[Gabriel Bastidas @Gbastidas]

La periodista de Univisión Paulina Sodi denuncia las limitaciones impuestas por parte del régimen de Delcy Rodríguez a la prensa internacional para poder hacer cobertura en las zonas de los terremotos.

[Historyland @HistorylandHQ]

A poor rural family standing at attention for RFK's funeral train, June 8, 1968

[распад и неуважение @VictorKvert2008]

This is not AI. Every drone you see in this video is being controlled by a single Ukrainian operator. There is currently no technology capable of countering this, and I don’t think one will exist anytime soon.

[Seeds of the Soul @softhesoul136]

🎻 Violin Cover - Always Remember Us This Way 🏔️

[RodMcy @RodNew1]

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[Alerta Mundial @AlertaMundoNews]

🇦🇷🇻🇪 Lamentamos informar que la familia (esposa e hijos) del futbolista argentino Lucas Trejo fue hallada sin vida en La Guaira tras 74 horas de búsqueda.

[RodMcy @RodNew1]

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[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

Yesterday, russian FPV drones killed Oleksandr "Sanyok", the administrator of the Ukrainian Telegram channel Khersonets.

He was more than a channel admin. He was a defender of Ukraine.

When his country needed him, he left civilian life, took up arms, and stood with his brothers until his very last day.

Kherson lost a brave man. Ukraine lost one of its defenders.

Rest in peace, Sanyok.
Eternal memory.

[Noirchick In Old Hollywood @Noirchick1]

The glorious close-up face of Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face".. perfectly set to the lovely Gershwin tune of 'S Wonderful....

[RodMcy @RodNew1]

🙏Slava Ukraini

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

🇺🇦😭Yesterday marked four years since we lost Natalia Frausher, known by the call sign “Austrian.”

There are people whose lives cannot be measured in years.

They are measured by the choices they make.

Natalia was born in Kropyvnytskyi. She graduated from high school with a gold medal, earned two medical degrees, spoke several languages, and traveled to more than one hundred countries. After 2020, she lived in Innsbruck, Austria, where she had a family, a home near the Alps, and worked as a dentist alongside her husband.

It seemed she had already found the peaceful, happy life so many dream of.

But on February 24, 2022, everything changed.

She wrote:

«“I cannot stand by and watch Ukraine drown in blood. I am Ukraine. If not me, then who will defend her?”»

At first, Natalia did everything she could from afar. She organized the Ukrainian community in Tyrol, collected medicines and humanitarian aid, evacuated animals, and helped Ukrainian children. If a humanitarian shipment failed to reach its destination, she simply got behind the wheel and delivered it herself.

During one of those trips, she met the Hospitallers volunteer medical battalion.

She never returned to her former life.

In April, she completed combat medic training and soon became a frontline paramedic with the Hospitallers Battalion. In less than two months on evacuation missions, she helped save more than 200 wounded Ukrainian soldiers. Her comrades remembered her as someone who always found words of encouragement, even in the darkest moments, and never lost her humanity.

On June 26, 2022, the evacuation bus “Kraken” collided with a military KrAZ truck that had been left on the road without lights.

Natalia was asleep between missions.

Doctors fought for her life for more than 30 minutes.

They could not save her.

She was only 46 years old.

Her story began long before this war.

Her great-grandfather was executed for fighting with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).

Her grandfather died in a Soviet penal battalion because of his resistance to Soviet rule.

She understood the true price of freedom.

And when the time came to choose, she did not hesitate.

On June 30, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv could not hold everyone who came to say goodbye.

Ukraine’s former Ambassador to Austria, Oleksandr Shcherba, wrote words that are impossible to forget:

«“She had everything. She gave it all up and went to war to help save her homeland.”»

Natalia was posthumously awarded the Knight’s Cross, the highest decoration of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army. A new intensive-care evacuation bus named “Austrian,” bearing sunflowers and her eyes on its exterior, was created in her honor. It continues her mission to this day, evacuating the wounded from the hottest sections of the front. Over the years, the “Austrian” has helped save tens of thousands of Ukrainian defenders.

Some people become monuments after they die.

Others continue saving lives even after death.

Natalia Frausher was one of them.

Eternal memory and boundless gratitude, “Austrian.”

Your final mission is still ongoing.

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

What did ancient Persia sound like around 1400 BC? 🎶 Hear it here!
Sarah Parsaei performs on the Arjan harp — a historic instrument with roots going back nearly 3,400 years — in Tehran, Iran.

[Devana 🇺🇦 @DevanaUkraine]

A brief history of the Russian-Chechen war

Today, Ukraine is paying the bill that Europe set for itself back in 1999, when it received a clear signal about what Russia is and decided that gas and money are more important than human lives.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Every time Ukrainian Defenders return from Russian captivity, they cross the border singing Ukraine's national anthem with tears in their eyes.

Welcome home, Warriors! 🇺🇦

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