In June of 1941, Hitler's Army began a rampage through Ukraine, razing towns, unleashing death squads, and massacring Jews by the hundreds of thousands. In one village, four Jewish brothers enlisted in the military, said goodbye to their parents, and walked off to fight the Nazis.
By the war's end in 1945, only one of the brothers, named Semyon, was still alive. He returned to find that the Nazis had torched his entire village, burning his parents to death. Semyon's family was dead, and his beloved Ukraine was in ruins. The Nazis had murdered between 1.2 and 1.6 million Ukrainian Jews.
Semyon married a fellow Ukrainian Jew who had survived the war by fleeing her city, in which the Nazis had killed 5,000 Jews. Two years later, in that same city, they had a son, Oleksandr, keeping alive the family line that the Nazis had brought a razor's width from extinction. Thirty-one years after that, Oleksandr had his own little boy.
That boy was Volodymyr Zelensky, who grew up to become the President of independent, democratic Ukraine. Today, he leads his outmanned, outgunned, ferociously defiant nation against the onslaught of Russia. As Russia dashes itself against the will of his people, Zelensky, the survivor of survivors, summons the resilience of his ancestors. He does not bend. #Zalensky #Ukraine
Nixon has this Socialist supporter from Ocoee on tv. Vivian will vote for Nixon because Moody doesn’t have an office in her town. I wonder if she realizes that it would require 84 offices to be opened in order to service a town of its size? Rather dull-witted.
It is a terrible indictment of the state of our country that this thoroughly decent, hard working restaurant owner cannot get police protection from Islamic oppression
Islam needs to remember that 'Respect' is a two way street
I have to go. There's a knock at the door
Shocking neglect and abuse of retired Lt Col Stephen Maguire DCM SAS, a natural born leader of men who spent 40 years in service to his country, and his son's long fight for justice. Please share Ben's post widely: "My father, Retired Lt Col Stephen Maguire DCM SAS, is a man who spent nearly 40 years in dedicated service to this country, serving from 1970 until 2009. He is a natural leader, a decorated soldier, to those who served with him. However, he has been completely abandoned and betrayed by the very system he gave everything to.
I am fighting for justice for my father. This struggle is a mirror of my own life; my own journey marked by the negligence of MPs, charities, and veteran services which led me to the absolute rock bottom of homelessness as a veteran myself. I know exactly what it is like to be discarded by the people who promised to provide support.
After years of fighting, we finally have a pathway toward the right care, but the damage is already done. The sheer scale of the failings along the way has crippled a man who likely only suffered from PTSD. What should have been a manageable recovery became a total collapse because of institutional incompetence.
This isn't a failure of one person or one office it is a systemic rot. For too long, the UK government, regardless of which side of the fence they sit on, has played a political game with the lives of our veterans. Whether it is Labour or the Conservatives, the result is the same: service men are treated as assets when they are useful and as liabilities the moment they are broken. We are told our sacrifices are "remembered," but the reality is that once the uniform comes off, the care vanishes.
We sought help for my dad, worried about PTSD and dementia resulting from his service. Through the SAS Association and Veterans’ Aid, he was referred to various healthcare facilities. Instead of professional care, he found negligence from these referrals.
In the last few years alone, he has been through multiple institutions that have failed him. We've dealt with incorrect diagnoses, doctors who tried to push him out of their care because he was "too difficult," and the removal of life-saving medication that led to him being sectioned under the Mental Health Act. He was sedated and left to decline without specialist care. His PTSD was completely ignored, and his medical history was dismissed. In one instance, he was admitted to the hospital due to low sodium caused by the excessive use of anti-psychotic medication.
The most infuriating part is the silence from the top. MPs have explicitly ignored this situation and failed to act for a Lt Col in 22 SAS. The "Military Covenant" is nothing more than a piece of paper used for photo opportunities while men like my father are left to rot.
The system has failed. The NHS has failed. Veteran charities have failed. From the MOD passing the buck to the medical incompetence of the facilities, my father has been abandoned like thousands of others.
I am posting this because we need accountability. It is not enough to simply "help" now; there must be justice for the way he was treated. My father spent four decades looking after his men and serving at the highest level for the United Kingdom; it is a national disgrace that the government failed to look after him and many like him.
Do not listen to the rhetoric the government continues to push. As this is an example of what happens after 40 years of dedicated service.
Please share this. We need the people in power to answer for this. We need leaders who actually lead, not politicians who just talk."
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BREAKING NEWS: Billionaire Sir Richard Branson launches a SCATHING attack on Trump and his disgusting coziness with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
This is EXACTLY the kind of thing that gets under Trump’s skin...
"I never thought I’d have to say this in my lifetime, but it’s 2026, and unfortunately, nothing is the way it used to be," wrote Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, on LinkedIn. "The Trump administration has become an enabler of autocrats and dictators, placing their personal whims ahead of the interests of the American people and the free world. What is it about Putin that makes President Trump fawn over him?"
"How can America’s allies ever trust this administration again, when it is now turning against them in a time of war and suffering?" he asked.
Trump has repeatedly betrayed our Ukrainian allies in recent days. First, he announced a shocking deal with Putin to allow millions of barrels of diesel onto global markets—a move that will inject cash directly into the Russian war machine. Then, he launched a concerted smear campaign against President Zelenskyy, claiming that Putin is "easier to deal with."
The betrayals escalated when Washington failed to provide its customary early warning to Kyiv regarding an imminent Russian ballistic missile attack. Now, it appears the White House has ordered a temporary suspension of Starshield—a military version of Elon Musk’s Starlink, upon which the Ukrainian armed forces rely.
"The throttling of Starlink/Starshield and the inexplicable failure to provide advance warning of Russian missile launches have already led to the needless deaths of Ukrainian civilians," Branson wrote. "How much worse can it get?" "If one thing is clear, it’s that European leaders must move past the initial shock of Trump’s recent actions and step up. This is as much about European freedom as it is about Ukraine’s sovereignty. Both are worth fighting for," he continued. "Every option should now be on the table—from transferring frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, to delivering advanced weapons systems like the German Taurus."
"Why, oh why, is this happening? We cannot allow the free world to be dismantled before our very eyes," Branson concluded.
We couldn’t agree more. Trump is an enemy of Ukraine, an enemy of democracy, and an enemy of the American people. When the Democrats regain power, we will have a major task ahead of us. Every trace of this monstrous man’s legacy must be erased.
Please ❤️ and share if you think Trump is Putin’s puppet!
I read that Stephen Gray, the ex-copper who made an excellent apparent-causal joke about bacon has been
fined because his joke was 'grossly offensive'
I think that what a lot of English people would find 'grossly offensive' is the idea of a grown man having sexual intercourse with a nine year old girl
But maybe criticising this would be blasphemy ?
On the whole, I think that the provincial judge laying down this law, Steven Hood, may come from a different part of England from me
Woah, so it’s free speech as long as it doesn’t offend a Muslim and comedy about anyone or thing except Islam and Muslims. But it’s okay for them to offend and kill non-Muslims and groups they disagree with. This is ridiculous. You know what is grossly offensive in a civilised democratic country but apparently is not grossly offensive in the UK:
A Muslim community leader talking about having ‘slavegirls’
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and another talking about how he would cut off the head of homosexuals because according to him that is true Islam, that is what the Quran tells him. He points out that the UK would be hypocrites if they do not allow him to exercise religious freedom and practice what’s in his book!
These people live in the UK! Can everyone who finds this grossly offensive or threatening please report it to the police, or whatever authority is supposed to deal with terrorists, slavery and paedophiles (his female slaves are girls not women)? Perhaps the more reports made, the more chance of action. We can only hope it can be dealt with without needing the input of a judge - it doesn’t mention bacon so wouldn’t be considered serious enough.
Holy shit.
Entire area of the U.K. on lockdown to British nationals so these feral freaks can be brought ashore to a waiting fleet of ambulances & coaches
Illegals given PRIORITY access to our land.
(Full credit: U.K. Sploosh - YouTube + Jo)
Total chaos in UAE.
14 UAE officials are now under serious suspicion of being the masterminds behind the failed hijacking attempt of Flydubai Flight FZ1073.
The Omani suicidal pilot, Hamam Alhamami, was suspended by Oman Air in 2024 for frequently visiting radical Islamic websites.
He then moved to Dubai that same year.
Flydubai hired him as a pilot.
Oman Air warned Flydubai about the pilot's extremist views.
But Flydubai ignored the warnings.
Even when the suicidal pilot was a trainee, he was found with extremist material.
He was treated as a security risk.
He was linked to Al-Qaeda on 7 different occasions.
He developed his extremist views during training camps in Syria.
His colleagues described him as a religious extremist who refused to shake hands with women.
He was also found guilty of promoting Istishhad.
Which is religiously framed suicide attacks.
Massive suspicions are now growing over why the UAE allowed him to fly Flight FZ1073.
This now appears to have been a deliberate attempt by certain individuals to carry out a 9/11 style attack against the 174 passengers on board.
Mossad and Shin Bet want the pilot to be handed over to Israel.
But the UAE is refusing.
Saudi Arabia did not even finish their initial inquiry.
But because of external pressure, the pilot was transferred to the UAE.
A prohibited knife also somehow got past airport security with inside support.
This hijacking was most likely planned months in advance.
The incident is now being treated as an inside job.