82 years ago, 14,000 Canadians landed on Juno Beach, many of whom would never come home.
On the anniversary of D-Day, we pause to honour those who served and sacrificed. We remember that our rights, our freedoms, and our way of life were fought for and were won by those who answered the call.
Wat een afgang: op Ned 1 weigert Yesilgoz de relschoppers in Loosdrecht extreem rechts te noemen. Logisch want de VVD schuurt onder haar “leiding” tegen extreem rechts aan, terwijl diezelfde VVD 15 jaar lang veelal verantwoordelijk was voor migratie. Hypokriet gebabbel🤢
On this day in 1940, Germany invades Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and France. More than 3 million troops, 7,300 guns and 2,500 tanks are unleashed. After just 45 days of Blitzkrieg, Paris will be in Hitler's hands.
Gisteren een BBQ. Best veel mensen, van alles wat, ook genoeg mensen aan de rechterkant. Maar niemand had het over Wierd Duk. Geen woord. Geen zucht. Geen verontwaardigde discussie bij de satésaus. Dus ik vroeg op een gegeven moment: kennen jullie Wierd Duk? Iedereen keek verbaasd. Nee, niet bekend bij ons.
Dus zei ik: nou, op X is hij nogal populair. Toen barstte iedereen in lachen uit. X, zei iemand, dat kleine dorpse netwerkje waar iedereen denkt dat hij namens Nederland spreekt omdat dezelfde twintig accounts elkaar de hele dag gelijk geven. Waarop iemand zei: “Ja, in Madurodam heb je ook files.”
En daar lag eigenlijk meteen de hele samenvatting op tafel: op X lijkt iemand een volksbeweging, daarbuiten is het gewoon een naam die niemand bij de barbecue kent.
Latvia, 1992.
After half a century of brutal occupation, Latvia annulled the nazi-soviet pact and ordered its occupiers out.
Yet these were russia’s “elite” occupier units still prowling Latvia’s streets.
They were drunk and aggressive, abusing ordinary people, and expecting them to pick up their trash.
Instead, Latvians called upon their newly established National Guard to teach them that Latvia is an independent nation.
In this video, Latvians are speaking in blue and the russian occupiers are speaking in red.
At first, the National Guard is polite and reasonable, but the occupiers continue to act with impunity when they think there are no consequences.
That suddenly changes.
This is just one of many incidents around the time, but fortunately it happened to be filmed - providing us with a snapshot of history …and a lesson for us all now.
Russian aggressors always become more aggressive when they feel the absence of consequences.
But they are just ordinary humans, not “mysterious souls”. And they are scared of other ordinary people standing up to them and bringing them to justice.
The same is true for russian occupiers today. We can support Ukraine and bring them to justice.
This is the end. A world built on lies has shattered.
Hungarian intelligence services, acting on the orders of @PM_ViktorOrban and his inner circle, have worked against the TISZA party, which is preparing for a change of government. This affair, the "Orbán-gate", recalls the darkest days of communism and is even more serious than the Watergate scandal, which brought down Richard Nixon.
Let it be clear: what has been revealed today in the investigative report by @direkt36, published by @Telexhu, crosses every line. It amounts to an attempted coup against Hungary.
Under a TISZA government, both political appointees and the leaders of the intelligence services will be held accountable before the Hungarian justice system.
I understand the responsibility, and I promise that we will carry out the will of millions of Hungarians, we will take our country back.
In 19 days, the will of the Hungarian people will defeat the regime built on fear.