Old Hobbit🐸's Avatar

Old Hobbit🐸

@oldhobbit

Ageing hobbit, not eleventy one yet, refugee from that Other Place.

1,521
Followers
2,650
Following
12,134
Posts
07.08.2024
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Old Hobbit🐸 @oldhobbit

Retired British general dismantling a right wing US gobshite on Channel 4 news right now is a thing of beauty. Collision of someone who hasn't thought about anything hitting someone who measures every word he uses.

06.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

what did you all think degrowth looked like? vibes? papers? Essays?

06.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 253 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

That is crazy. Especially after the whistleblower thing a few weeks ago, about administration contacts with Russia. Who could want to serve under that lot?

06.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They do not care about you. They do not care if you die.

They just care about money and power.

06.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

This sentence is a political scandal.

06.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe they could use submarines?!?!?!

06.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Have you looked in Trump's wallet?"

06.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is a fucking pedophile

06.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Through adversity, to the stars"

06.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stores are for storing, not for issuing.... they will be proved right one day!

06.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Queens are pretty tough though, Elizabeth I etc, chopped off a few heads.

06.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am sure the gunners and other arms enjoy pointing out what the infantry are called....

06.03.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Three brigade combat teams? 🀣

06.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Army unit’s moves trigger speculation as U.S. plots next steps in Iran war The abrupt cancelation of a training event has put a spotlight on the 82nd Airborne Division, which specializes in ground combat and other fraught missions.

SCOOP: The Army in recent days canceled a training exercise for the headquarters element of the 82nd Airborne Division, fueling speculation among soldiers that they may be called upon for a still undefined mission as the war with Iran widens.

wapo.st/4uiXxTO

06.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 54

Just seen a Twitter screen grab of someone referring to Andrew Tate's 'desert trek' into Dubai as 'Lawrence of dry labia'

06.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 395 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 11

This oaf is fast becoming a serious challenger to Daniel Hannan for the β€˜Wrongest Man In The World’ title.

06.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 763 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 8
Preview
Tory peer to leave House of Lords after investigation finds he breached standards over Β£50m Covid PPE deals Lord Chadlington introduced government to supplier in which he had financial interest in 2020

Conservative peer Peter Gummer has said he will leave the House of Lords after an investigation found he committed five breaches of standards over Β£50m Covid PPE deals

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

06.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

That is always my word

06.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

The FBI does not interview someone four times unless they think they're credible. Trump raped a 13-year-old child.

06.03.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 227 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1

I remember when Israel and Turkey were allies, in an unlikely but stabilizing partnership.

06.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
06.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Kristi Noem has learned her lesson.

by Susan Collins

05.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 1481 πŸ” 152 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 7

That prick can pick up a rifle and go and fuck off there himself, if so interested. Not our circus, not our monkeys.

06.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought we agreed that one of you was going to fuck him and put an end to this

06.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m old enough to remember when treason still meant something.

06.03.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Roses are red,
Perhaps love is karma...

06.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can only quote the great Annie Dillard and her magnificent "Pilgrim At Tinker Creek: "Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. And insects, it seems, gotta do one horrible thing after another."

06.03.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 331 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 1

One thing I took from that was that Iran is better at building bunkers than various aircraft are at bombing them.

06.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shockingly ignorant!

06.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Lammy: UK could β€˜legally’ strike Iran British Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy on Friday said that the United Kingdom could legally strike missile sites in Iran, after the British government confirmed that its base in Cyprus is being use...

This is incredible. Our own UK Govt does not know that Cyprus is NOT a member of NATO??
cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/06/l...

06.03.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0