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🚨NEWS: Donald Tusk has basically admitted the coup in Poland is a bid to stop any action that might allow Poland to leave the European Union
This is the EU protecting itself by threats of violence
It's the Soviet Union all over again
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🛢️🇺🇸 Russia has begun delivering diesel fuel to the United States by air.
The first shipment, in the form of a cloud, has already departed from the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery. The cargo is expected to reach the American continent within 7–10 days.
“You know, Putin is sending us diesel straight from the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery. Huge quantities. I've seen the pictures, there's a lot of fuel there, just an incredible amount. And all of it is flying to us through the air. For free! Nobody has ever sent us this much diesel for free. I told Vladimir: thank you, this is tremendous. A very beautiful cloud, by the way. Huge. Possibly the biggest cloud I've ever seen,” — Donald Trump.
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A Jewish refugee from Vienna became one of Britain’s toughest Commandos and stormed Normandy on D-Day.
Fluent in German, he confused the enemy, fought at Pegasus Bridge, was wounded three times and won the Military Medal.
His first-hand account:
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MUSIC THAT YOU CAN DANCE TO (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) — OUT TODAY⚡️
🔹 double LP + CD, and digital on @CurbRecords
🔹 remastered from original master tapes
🔹 expanded with remixes, previously unreleased demos & alternate takes
curbrecords.ffm.to/musicthat…
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Ashdown House and woodland was looking suitably misty and mystical on our walk this #Halloween eve!
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Could any of us truly have done what they did?
They are called The Greatest Generation for a reason...
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#NOTES📓#OTD 1629 #CharlesI granted the territories of "Bahama and all other Isles and Islands lying southerly there or neare upon the foresayd continent" to #SirRobertHeath #AttorneyGeneral who had no interest in the islands. Not until 1648 would an English colony settle there!
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From the archives of All Things Georgian, '18th Century Riding Habits' - wp.me/p3JTNy-1n5 #18thcentury
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I love portraits of people reading. This fashionably-attired man has his book propped up and looks absorbed. This work is by an anonymous painter from the Northern Netherlands, c. 1660, and is entitled, 'A Man Reading'. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Gunpowder Plot - punishing the plotters eventbrite.co.uk/e/gunpowder…
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Three roof repairs in three years hit our #ChurchOfTheWeek, Holy Rood in Shillingstone, Dorset. Church repairs are paid for by local congregations – and suddenly this rural church had to find over £300,000 to make the church watertight and windproof.
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A horrific Russian strike on the railway station in Dnipro. The Russians launched a drone attack on a platform where an ordinary commuter train and a scheduled passenger train were standing. Unfortunately, 13 people have been confirmed killed as of now. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Ten more people were injured. All necessary emergency services are working at the scene.
Just how many terrorist strikes has Russia carried out against our people since sanctions were lifted on certain Russian oligarchs and the Russian energy sector, rather than de-escalating? This is precisely why Ukraine has always said that just and decisive action by America and Europe is needed in response to Russian escalation – sanctions against Moscow and its war machine must not be eased for as long as this Russian war continues. It is time for new, stronger sanctions steps by the EU, the United States, and the G7. I thank everyone who is ready to help in this way.
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#NOTES📓How the tide can turn!
Once favourite of #ElizabethI, #OTD 1618 #SirWalterRaleigh was beheaded on orders of #JamesI for attacking the Spanish against the king’s orders. Prior to this Raleigh had been imprisoned for 13 years from 1603 for his conspiracy to depose the king.
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#NOTES📓"the most excellent painter that England hath yet bred"...#JohnAubrey on painter, #WilliamDobson buried #OTD 1646 at #StMartinintheFields. Despite his absolute genius Dobson was imprisoned for debt & died in poverty at his house aged 35! His 2nd wife Judith survived him.
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Folks in the Leicester area, come join me THIS Sunday, 1 November at Leicester Guildhall, 2-3pm, for my talk on the scandalous Barbara Villiers, Charles II's most infamous mistress! Learn about her loves, her power, and more. Book signing to follow. @leicestermuseum Book now: leicestermuseums.org/event-d… #KeepItStuart
