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  1. A quotation from Kipling

    It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation,
    To puff and look important and to say: —
    “Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.
    We will therefore pay you cash to go away.”
     
    And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
    But we’ve proved it again and again,
    That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
    You never get rid of the Dane.

    Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) English writer
    School History, “Dane-Geld (A.D. 980-1016),” st. 3-4 (1911) [with C.R.L. Fletcher]

    More about this quote: wist.info/kipling-rudyard/3744…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kipling #rudyardkipling #appeasement #blackmail #capitulation #demands #extortion #givein #knuckleunder #laziness #payoff #terrorism

  2. Richard #Blumenthal erklärt, dass gerade an diesem Ort (München) klar sein müsste, dass sich #Appeasement verbietet. Es muss entschieden und klar gehandelt werden.

    #msc #msc2026

  3. #PeekArrogance was on full display at #Davos. So far, it looked like the Chamberlain mistake was been given a new branding campaign. We went from #Appeasement [1] to #PlayAlong and #MakeHimHappy. Maybe it's my old age, but I would prefer a less bloody change of the world order. Lives will be lost. Deaths will be random. And I fear, the game will stay in place. Just new figurines will be placed on the board, with the same rules applying.

    [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_

  4. Gavin Newsom Tells Europe to Stand Up to Trump’s Authoritarian Bullying at Davos

    At Davos, Gavin Newsom breaks the silence and calls on Europe to stop appeasing Trump’s authoritarian behavior and stand up for democratic principles.

    #appeasement #Davos #democracy #EuropeanLeaders #GavinNewsom #globalPolitics #IndependentMedia #progressiveAnalysis #TrumpAuthoritarianism #WorldEconomicForum wp.me/p1OjMZ-oAV
  5. RE: mastodon.social/@tusk81/115923

    US Politicians won't call for the 25th Amendment and their Constitution is worthless.

    European Politicians like Starmer expecting this to 'all blow over' are fucking Chamberlains leading us into WWIII via their cowardice and inaction. US Politicians are a waste of time.

    #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Quislings #Appeasement #trump #Greenland #25thAmendment

  6. @RichRARobi one of the many problems of British Politics is that you don't get far by resisting the 'charms' of the United States....

    #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Quislings #Appeasement

  7. If there's anything I hate more than Nazis....it's Cowards.

    They're only doing it to save themselves, we shouldn't give them the fucking time of day, let alone hear out their endless drivel.....

    #Nazis #Fascism #Cowards #ClanOfPaedophiles #KeirStarmer #Starmer #Quislings #Appeasement

  8. British broadcasters and journalists are being censored for the benefit of a foreign President who has declared war on our values.

    Where will you read this story? In the British News?

    #BBCBias #BBC #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Trump #Appeasement #RobbieGibb #RobinInce #Censorship #FreeSpeech

  9. 40 days of suffering and Schumer comes back with....nothing.

    Nothing but promises, from people who don't keep them.

    Big fucking achievement Chuck, hope you've left a chapter for it in your biography..../s

    #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Centrism #ChuckSchumer #Schumer #Quislings #Appeasement #trump

  10. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    The experience of the past two years has proven beyond doubt that no nation can appease the Nazis. No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb. We know now that a nation can have peace with the Nazis only at the price of total surrender.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
    Speech (1940-12-29), “Fireside Chat: Arsenal of Democracy” (radio broadcast)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #fdr #franklindelanoroosevelt #ruthlessness #aggression #appeasement #diplomacy #fascism #Nazis #peace #reasoning #surrender #violence

  11. The Times of Israel soon to become The Times of Palestine, to restore equal rights and justice to Arabs, Jews and Indigenous people alike? Well why not, Empire has a stench worse then all the bodies of many Nations collected upon the history of its diabolical greed driven by the road map of its psychopathic nihilists! The totalitarian world order is a failure for losers of the highest order! #EarthMatters #PeopleUnite #Palestine #WorkersUnite #TheResistance #Genocide #Collaborators #Appeasement timesofisrael.com/in-europe-lo

  12. Monday, August 18, 2025

    Ukrainian drones hit key rail hub in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast — Ukraine’s long-range Flamingo cruise missile enters serial production — US officials provide contradictory statements on security guarantees fueling uncertainty — International borders cannot be changed by force, — von der Leyen says in Brussels … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  13. Learn from History or Repeat it

    Neville Chamberlain's ill-fated Munich agreement

    UK PM Chamberlain’s statement marked pivotal moment in history, as Chamberlain’s pursuit of #appeasement with #Nazi Germany set the stage for one of the darkest chapters in the 20th century

    Explore why #Chamberlain believed in the #Munich #Agreement, what transpired next, and the enduring [negative] legacy of his actions

    britishheritage.com/history/ww

    #RussianAggression #Trump #ComradeKrasnov #Putin #Alaska #Ukraine

  14. Saturday, April 26

    [vblog] Chornobyl isn’t safe anymore, again; ‘We Have a Problem’ — End policy of appeasement; European foreign affairs chairs rebuke Trump’s Russia stance — Ukraine shocked by torture of captive journalist, as at least 30 remain in Russian hands — Ukraine, allies working on security guarantees potentially similar to NATO Article 5 … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  15. The Russian attack killed at least 12 people & wounded ~90 others, emergency authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks on the capital in nearly a year.

    The strike is the latest in a devastating series of #Russia attacks on #civilians in #Ukraine & comes as #Trump is pushing Kyiv to cede territory to end the war, enraging Ukrainians who increasingly feel abandoned by DC & are turning to #Europe for support.

    #authoritarianism #appeasement #geopolitics #GiveNoGround #StandWithUkraine

  16. #Russia launched a massive missile & drone attack on Ukrainian cities early Thursday, prompting a rare rebuke from #Trump, who called the deadly attack “not necessary, & very bad timing.”

    “Vladimir, STOP!” he wrote on social media, referring to #Putin. Trump has generally refrained from criticizing Russia’s conduct in the war & has instead denounced #Ukraine, claiming they are reluctant to end the conflict.

    #appeasement #geopolitics #GiveNoGround #StandWithUkraine
    washingtonpost.com/world/2025/

  17. Lower-level diplomats from #Britain, #France, #Germany, #Ukraine, & the #UnitedStates still gathered for technical talks. But the absence of #MarcoRubio or #SteveWitkoff, #Trump’s chief negotiator w/ #Russia, renewed fears that Ukraine & #Europe were being marginalized [abandoned] as the #Trump admin seemed to be working primarily w/Russia.

    #authoritarianism #appeasement #NewWorldOrder #geopolitics #democracy #NATO #alliance #GiveNoGround #StandWithUkraine

  18. “The current lines, or somewhere close to them, is where you’re ultimately, I think, going to draw the new lines in the conflict,” Vance added. “Now, of course, that means the Ukrainians & the Russians are both going to have to give up some of the territory they currently own.” [um, seems like it’s just the Ukrainians]

    #JDVance did not say what territory #Russia would have to give up. Russia currently occupies 18.7% of #Ukraine….

    #Trump #appeasement #geopolitics #GiveNoGround #StandWithUkraine

  19. The #threat by #JDVance to walk away from peace talks were similar to comments last wk from Secy of #State #MarcoRubio & from #Trump, who said…if the 2 sides don’t agree quickly to a deal, “we’re just going to say, ‘You’re foolish, you’re fools, you’re horrible people, & we’re going to just take a pass.’”

    Wed, Vance said under the US proposal, “We’re going to freeze the territorial lines at some level close to where they are today.” [not his call]

    #appeasement #GiveNoGround #StandWithUkraine

  20. On Wednesday afternoon, #YuliaSvyrydenko, the Ukrainian economy minister, also vowed that her country “will never recognize the occupation of #Crimea.” Writing on social media she said that “#Ukraine is ready to negotiate—but not to surrender. There will be no agreement that hands #Russia the stronger foundations it needs to regroup & return with greater violence.”

    #Trump #authoritarianism #appeasement #NewWorldOrder #geopolitics #democracy #NATO #alliance #GiveNoGround #StandWithUkraine

  21. “We’ve issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians & the Ukrainians, & it’s time for them to either say yes or for the #UnitedStates to walk away from this process.…The only way to really stop the killing is for the armies to both put down their weapons, to freeze this thing and to get on with the business of actually building a better #Russia & a better #Ukraine,” #JDVance said.

    #Trump #authoritarianism #appeasement #geopolitics #democracy #alliance #GiveNoGround #StandWithUkraine

  22. #JDVance, speaking during a trip to India, said the #US would “walk away” from the *peace* process if both Ukraine & #Russia refused to accept the American [Russian] terms. But President Zelensky was clearly the target.

    #Trump #authoritarianism #appeasement #NewWorldOrder #geopolitics #democracy #NATO #alliance #GiveNoGround #StandWithUkraine

  23. Mit Recht wird #Chamberlain für seine #Appeasement-Politik gegenüber Hitler kritisiert. Zu bedenken ist jedoch: dies hat England die knapp zwei Jahre Zeit gewonnen, so aufzurüsten, dass es nach Hitlers Überfall auf Polen dem polnischen Verbündeten zu Hilfe kommen konnte.
    Sollte es zutreffen, dass Putin in zwei Jahren kriegsfähig gegen Westeuropa sein soll: nutzen wir gerade unsere Zeit sachgerecht, um dann so verteidigungsfähig zu sein, eine russische Aggression abwehren zu können??

  24. And from WSJ (ok that’s 3 sources)

    The agreement comes as #Trump’s attacks on higher #education has led to lost #jobs & #grants & instilled much anxiety.

    #ColumbiaUniversity banned #FaceMasks & agreed to hire 3 dozen campus #police officers who will have the power to #arrest #students.

    It also appointed a new Snr ViceProvost w/authority over the dept of #MiddleEast, South #Asian & #African Studies & the Center for #Palestine Studies.

    #WTF #law #appeasement #FreeSpeech
    wsj.com/us-news/education/colu