Patrice C. V.

International Women’s Day Everything you need to know about International Women’s Day celebrations on March 8 every year.

Tomorrow is International Women'sday. Raise some hell, Sisters! www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...

The sweetest and cuddliest little criminal. Dobby the Thief stealing hearts and chickenlegs alike. #Catsofbluesky

Who Wins and Who Loses in the 2026 Iran War? A Global Reckoning As the US, Israel, and Iran clash, the human and economic toll mounts, while a select few stand to gain.

The 2026 Iran war: a few profit, millions suffer.
US/Israel strike, Russia gains, oil prices spike—while civilians pay with their lives.
Who really wins? And why do we let it continue?
Full analysis:
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What a cutie!!!

Firefall, Yosemite 2/2025
Horsetail Falls, illuminated by the setting sun for a couple of weeks each February….

#flowing #blueskyartshow #nikon #yosemite #landscape #landscapephotography

" #Caturday is curling up on my favorite legsofa"... (according to Dobby the thief)

🇷🇺🇭🇺🗳️ “Russia is directly interfering in Hungary's elections to extend Orbán's term — Putin's team is already in Budapest to influence the results of the country's parliamentary elections, — writes the Polish media….

The level of unpreparedness of the military operation in Iran and more broadly the Middle East is astoundingly alarming. Material wise, this is economically disastrous and unsustainable. Approximately $1B/day is wasted while people lack food, healthcare, suitable housing and affordable education.

We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now.

ICE is STILL in Minnesota and STILL terrorizing communities. Reporters that say otherwise are either uninformed (which....) or lazy (which... ) or just repeating regime lies (which... is also extremely bad).

People are still missing, people are and will be traumatized, businesses demolished...

Snickers, get off the cat!

Cat? What cat?

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

Why Do We Focus on the Dangers Women Face at Night—When the Real Risk Lies Elsewhere? A psychological deep dive into our blind spot for domestic violence

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Oreo, an elderly silver tabby, rests atop a cat tower.

Here is the wee man!

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Middle East conflict offers economic lifeline to Russia’s flagging war machine With much of the world’s oil supplies out of action, Russia could step in to meet demand in China and India A prolonged energy crisis triggered by the widening war in the Middle East could offer an economic lifeline to Russia’s war machine at a moment when it was beginning to show signs of strain. The sharp weakening and possible collapse of the regime in Iran would deprive the Kremlin of one of its closest regional partners. But that setback could be outweighed by an economic windfall if disruption pushes buyers toward Russian energy, alongside a possible slowdown in western arms supplies to Ukraine. Continue reading...

Middle East conflict offers economic lifeline to Russia’s flagging war machine

They cut Meals on Wheels for seniors, doctors for the VA, and food for American children - but send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Middle East for an unnecessary war of choice.

I know that wishes sometimes may come true and Freudian slip ups are a thing, so I support your mistake. But his name is Barron...

Where are we? A president clearly in mental decline, a compliant Congress afraid to exercise there oversight responsibilities when the useful idiot starts a war. When I served, it never occurred to me that I would ever have to question an order.

#SendBarronToWar

The man with a James Bond complex...

Lotfi El Hamidi: ‘Ik dacht dat het ergste geweest was. Maar we zijn terug bij af’ Verrechtsing: Lotfi El Hamidi, ex-NRC en nu redacteur bij De Groene Amsterdammer, reflecteert in zijn nieuwe boek op hoe zijn wereld veranderde na 7 oktober 2023. „Kennelijk moeten mijn dochters óók w...

Mooi interview. En beklemmend.
"Zo bekeken is zo’n concentratiekamp helemaal niet zo ver gedacht. Het is een kwestie van wie er aan de macht is. We zien het in de Verenigde Staten, in andere landen in Europa. Wie kan mij garanderen dat het hier niet zo ver komt?”

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Tricked you into a mugshot!
#DobbytheThief #pictureshy #catsofbluesky #caturday

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.

It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

An intentional camera movement image of trees and leaves during a storm.

Running in a Pennine Wood during a rain storm.

Movement everywhere as the wind shook the trees, autumnal colours glistening in the wet.

An intentional camera movement image taken about 18 months ago.

#photography #landscape #pennines #icm

I suppose chasing women out of state is a good way to prevent overpopulation. If anything, once the "good people" of have died out, the land can be returned to the original inhabitants.