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Happy Independence Day, Eswatini 🇸🇿
On 6 September, Eswatini’s history since independence has included constitutional change, the restoration of monarchical rule and continuing debates over political participation and civic freedoms.

Independence remains a useful moment to reflect on sovereignty, democratic participation, human rights and the aspirations of the people of Eswatini. 🙏🏾

#Eswatini #IndependenceDay #Africa #Democracy #HumanRights

Photo: ©️@Efyakimora

Happy Independence Day, Eswatini 🇸🇿
On 6 September, Eswatini’s history since independence has included constitutional change, the restoration of monarchical rule and continuing debates over political participation and civic freedoms.

Independence remains a useful moment to reflect on sovereignty, democratic participation, human rights and the aspirations of the people of Eswatini. 🙏🏾

#Eswatini #IndependenceDay #Africa #Democracy #HumanRights

Photo: ©️@Efyakimora

Happy Independence Day, Eswatini 🇸🇿
On 6 September, Eswatini’s history since independence has included constitutional change, the restoration of monarchical rule and continuing debates over political participation and civic freedoms.

Independence remains a useful moment to reflect on sovereignty, democratic participation, human rights and the aspirations of the people of Eswatini. 🙏🏾

#Eswatini #IndependenceDay #Africa #Democracy #HumanRights

Photo: ©️@Efyakimora

Happy Independence Day, Eswatini 🇸🇿
On 6 September, Eswatini’s history since independence has included constitutional change, the restoration of monarchical rule and continuing debates over political participation and civic freedoms.

Independence remains a useful moment to reflect on sovereignty, democratic participation, human rights and the aspirations of the people of Eswatini. 🙏🏾

#Eswatini #IndependenceDay #Africa #Democracy #HumanRights

Photo: ©️@Efyakimora

Happy Independence Day, Eswatini 🇸🇿
On 6 September, Eswatini’s history since independence has included constitutional change, the restoration of monarchical rule and continuing debates over political participation and civic freedoms.

Independence remains a useful moment to reflect on sovereignty, democratic participation, human rights and the aspirations of the people of Eswatini. 🙏🏾

#Eswatini #IndependenceDay #Africa #Democracy #HumanRights

Photo: ©️@Efyakimora

Saturday, August 22, 2026

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NASCAR returns to Iowa Speedway for July 4 weekend in 2027 https://www.rawchili.com/5065686/ ##NEWTON #2027RaceWeekend #ARCAMenardsSeries #CentralIowa #E15Ethanol #EricPeterson #FanConcourse #fourth #FourthOfJulyWeekend #IndependenceDay #IowaCorn #IowaCorn350 #IowaSpeedway #July #KimReynolds #motorsports #nascar #NascarCupSeries #NascarCupSeriesRace #NewtonClub #NewtonClubArea #NewtonTrack #O'reillyAutoPartsSeries #Official #RacingSurface #RepavedSurface #suites #sunday #TrackRepave #weekend

NASCAR returns to Iowa Speedway for July 4 weekend in 2027 https://www.rawchili.com/5065686/ ##NEWTON #2027RaceWeekend #ARCAMenardsSeries #CentralIowa #E15Ethanol #EricPeterson #FanConcourse #fourth #FourthOfJulyWeekend #IndependenceDay #IowaCorn #IowaCorn350 #IowaSpeedway #July #KimReynolds #motorsports #nascar #NascarCupSeries #NascarCupSeriesRace #NewtonClub #NewtonClubArea #NewtonTrack #O'reillyAutoPartsSeries #Official #RacingSurface #RepavedSurface #suites #sunday #TrackRepave #weekend

Hollow Mockery: Douglass, Jefferson, and 250 Years of a Promise Unkept

Mike Cone

“Your 4th of July is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license . . . your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery.”
— Frederick Douglass (1852)

These words still resonate today.

In the wake of our celebration of the 250th birthday of our independence, let us not forget the ugly truths in the birth and history of this nation. To wash over these truths, as our current administration is wont to do, is tantamount to erasing that part of our past which we should strive to learn from, and to better ourselves as a people, to truly become that nation where the words penned by Thomas Jefferson are not just hollow mockery, but true:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These are the unalienable rights bestowed upon us. These rights are not to be infringed upon for any reason, whether it be race, color, ethnicity, religious beliefs or social status. For this to be true, we as a people need to understand and accept that indeed “ALL” men are created equal. In this regard, we have failed as a nation time and time again. There are numerous examples of our nation suppressing the civil liberties of the many throughout our history: chattel slavery, the Tulsa Race Massacre, forced dispossession of ancestral Native American lands, Selma, Alabama, Jim Crow laws, the Alien and Sedition Acts, Japanese internment, Kent State, the Patriot Act, just to name a few. Hell, even Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War.

My point in all this is we need to do better. It is morally important that we learn from our past and not ignore or erase it just because at times it can be ugly and messy. We need to continue to move forward, toward morality and virtue, because virtue will always prevail.

Our current president is unwilling in this regard. 

President Trump is the converse of morality and virtue and continually seems to move us backward with his version of revisionist history, distorting, altering and even falsifying historical evidence to fit his agenda. He is forever suppressing or attempting to suppress the civil liberties of those who oppose him. He has actively supported and empowered local governments to ban and remove books from public institutions. He has removed or altered exhibits, plaques and monuments from our National Parks, exhibits he terms “inappropriately disparaging to Americans past or living.” These exhibits include the nation’s first executive mansion, which detailed the nine people enslaved by George Washington; the Bunker Hill Monument, to eliminate language he deemed contrary to founding principles; and locations highlighting Japanese American internment and Native American conflicts. He has sent federal troops into our cities in direct defiance of the Posse Comitatus Act. He has allowed his defense secretary, who some call a Christian White Nationalist, to deny high-ranking promotions to senior Army and Navy officers, the majority being women and minorities, and to intervene in a Navy one-star admiral promotion list, removing nine highly vetted officers. The final list of 22 nominees contained zero women and only two non-white officers. Finally, his immigration policies appear to be an obvious attempt to rid the country of Black and Brown people. This is just a small sample of Trump’s penchant for authoritarianism and what this author feels is a deep hatred and disdain for anyone other than his own race. Donald Trump is the ideological antithesis to the phrase “all men are created equal.”

With that said, I was having a conversation with my good friend Nick Allison, an Army combat veteran and fellow Chaos Section contributor, the other day and mentioned my feelings of anger and visceral disgust for our current administration, so much so that I could not find a reason to celebrate our 250 years of independence, particularly as a veteran. I’ll end with Nick’s response:

“You know what? I think we can always find a reason to celebrate, regardless of the current occupant in the Oval Office, because there are always things and ideas and people worth celebrating. This is still a great country with great people and a wonderfully unique experiment in constitutional representative freedom. It gets messy and sometimes runs off the rails, but that’s kind of the whole point of the experiment: we’re a nation of people governing ourselves, which means it’s on us to correct course when things go sideways. Most of human history has been kings, monarchs and strongmen who never had to answer to anybody. Making it 250 years as a self-correcting experiment, messy and beautiful and stupid and wonderful all at once, is reason enough to celebrate. Don’t let one egotistical, narcissistic old man who will be out of office in a couple years, dead within ten, take that away from you.”

Mike Cone is a Marine Corps infantry veteran who served as a mortarman and forward observer in Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines. “Hollow Mockery” is his first piece for The Chaos Section. He lives on Long Island with his wife Cynthia.

A quotation from Frederick Douglass

I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. — The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine.

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) American abolitionist, orator, writer
Speech (1852-07-05), “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York

More about this quote: wist.info/douglass-frederick/8…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #frederickdouglass #celebration #fourthofjuly #heritage #holiday #independenceday #inheritance #racism #slavery

Three children suffer major injuries in Kent fireworks accident

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/three-children-suffer-major-injuries-in-kent-fireworks-accident/

#Fireworks #July4th #IndependenceDay #Celebrations #Accidents #Safety #Dangers

🍄 David Zangwill explores our personal journey from Independence to Global Interdependence.

Along the journey, David builds a case for why #InTERdependenceDay ought to be celebrated on July 5th, the day after #IndependenceDay in the U.S. https://www.museumofself.com/self-interdependence/

🏷️ #DavidZangwill #interbeing #inTERdependence #interdependent #July4 #July5 #July4th #July5th

Fireworks at Groton drew a crowd that felt big and intimate at the same time: dig the clover in that big lawn!

#photo #photography #groton #july4 #independenceday #festival #crowd #sky #goldenhour #9mm #wideangle #laowa

Gruselige Szenen: Was Trump sagte, während Nazis durch Washington marschierten!

https://pallenberg.video/w/fWpgZaQs1N6rnN5zH9PjCb

It seems significant that "The Drumhead" happened to roll up in my #STTNG rewatch today of all days.

#StarTrek #TNG #IndependenceDay

The Irony Of Independence Day

https://islandinthenet.com/independence-day-2026/

A BetTER Day

Independence has its day,
when o’er the skies fireworks display,
and dependence, too, is good,
as every tender spirit should

learn the grace of being held,
when pride is hushed, and fear is quelled.
But methinks we need another name,
a deeper word, a wider frame.

It happens after we let one IN,
past the surface, past the skin,
past the guarded gates we keep,
past the places where hurt runs deep.

In the space before DEPEND,
we see the other as vital friend,
all as branches from one tree,
as the grains of sand receive the sea.

Then add three letters, soft but true,
TER arrives and makes it new.
Not just me and not just thee,
but something born between the three.

In-TER-dependence names the art
of hand in hand and heart to heart,
while I am I, and you are you,
something sacred binds us too.

Independence stands alone,
dependence leans on flesh and bone,
but interdependence humbly sings:
we rise by sharing roots and wings.

July 4, 2015 (updated June 2026)

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Hilarious #SitecoreLunch today. Discussed:

🌌 #CosmosDB
🏦 A little civics
🐟 Fishbowl cocktails
🎇 #IndependenceDay
🏴‍☠️ Flying country flags
🔢 Future of serialization
🟪 #Sitecore placeholders
🐭 #DisneyLand vs. #DisneyWorld
📝 Managing #Sitecore Page and Partial Designs

See you same time next week! 🥪🥗

A quotation from Frederick Douglass

The 4th of July is the first great fact in your nation’s history — the very ring-bolt in the chain of your yet undeveloped destiny. Pride and patriotism, not less than gratitude, prompt you to celebrate and to hold it in perpetual remembrance. I have said that the Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation’s destiny; so, indeed, I regard it. The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost.

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) American abolitionist, orator, writer
Speech (1852-07-05), “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Rochester, New York

More about this quote: wist.info/douglass-frederick/2…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #frederickdouglass #America #DeclarationofIndependence #fourthofjuly #independenceday #liberty #patriotism

Celebrate America 250 and the Fourth of July 2026: The Ultimate Guide to Fireworks, Festivals & Family Fun in Raleigh, Durham, Cary and the Triangle

Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday Across the Triangle

The Fourth of July is always one of the biggest celebrations of the summer, but 2026 is unlike any other year. Communities across North Carolina are commemorating America’s 250th Anniversary (America250) with patriotic festivals, historic celebrations, live music, parades, family activities, and spectacular fireworks displays.

Whether you’re planning a day in Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Wake Forest, Apex, Knightdale, or other surrounding communities, there’s no shortage of ways to celebrate Independence Day.

Raleigh: The Capital City’s Biggest Fourth of July Celebration

Raleigh will host one of North Carolina’s largest Independence Day celebrations.

Dorothea Dix Park Fireworks Celebration

Celebrate the Fourth at Dorothea Dix Park with:

• Live music
• Family activities
• Food trucks
• Lawn games
• Community vendors
• Fireworks beginning around 9:30 p.m.

The celebration runs from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and is expected to draw thousands of visitors as part of Raleigh’s America250 festivities. (Raleigh NC⁠)

First in Freedom Parade

Downtown Raleigh will also host the First in Freedom July 4th Parade, celebrating North Carolina’s important role in American history and the nation’s 250th birthday.

Capitol 250 Freedom Fest

Spend part of your day at the North Carolina State Capitol enjoying:

• Historical exhibits
• Live entertainment
• Interactive activities
• Family programming
• North Carolina history displays

This free celebration highlights North Carolina’s contributions to America’s founding. (America250⁠)

Cary Independence Day Celebration

Cary continues its Independence Day tradition with an evening celebration at Koka Booth Amphitheatre.

Expect:

• Patriotic music
• North Carolina Symphony performance
• Family entertainment
• One of the area’s best fireworks shows

Bring lawn chairs or blankets and arrive early for the best viewing locations. (Facebook⁠)

Durham Fourth of July

Durham offers several family-friendly traditions throughout the day.

Highlights include:

• Durham Bulls Independence Day baseball game
• Post-game fireworks
• Children’s Parade at Durham Central Park
• Watts-Hillandale Fourth of July Parade
• Community celebrations throughout downtown

The Durham Bulls fireworks show remains one of the Triangle’s favorite Independence Day traditions. (ABC11 Raleigh-Durham⁠)

More Triangle Celebrations

Several nearby communities are hosting their own patriotic celebrations.

Chapel Hill

Fourth of July Drone Show

Instead of traditional fireworks, Chapel Hill presents a spectacular drone light show.

Preservation Chapel Hill Celebration

Celebrate with:

• Live music
• Ice cream
• Lemonade
• Historic grounds
• Family-friendly atmosphere

Carrboro

Carrboro’s annual celebration includes:

• People’s Parade
• Bike decorating contest
• Wagon decorating contest
• Costume contest
• Live music
• Baby crawl
• Pie eating contest

The afternoon concludes with a community reading of Frederick Douglass’ famous Independence Day address.

Garner

The annual Garner Independence Day Celebration features:

• North Carolina Symphony
• Family activities
• Kids Zone
• Food vendors
• Fireworks

Wake Forest

Wake Forest celebrates all weekend with:

Fireworks Spectacular (July 3)

• Live music
• Food
• Fireworks

Children’s Parade (July 4)

Kids decorate bikes and wagons before marching through downtown.

Art in the Park

Children can enjoy arts and crafts while firefighters serve free hot dogs.

Morrisville

Red, White & Boom!

Kick off the holiday weekend on Thursday with:

• Fireworks
• Live entertainment
• Family games
• Food trucks

Wendell

Celebrate with:

• Live music
• Food trucks
• Fireworks
• Community festivities

Knightdale

Fourth on First Avenue features:

• Bike parade
• Live entertainment
• Food trucks
• Family activities

Hillsborough

Together We Are America

An all-day Independence Day celebration featuring:

• Historic demonstrations
• Arts & crafts
• Live performances
• “We the People” Parade
• Evening laser show

Johnston County Celebrations

Smithfield

• Live music
• Car show
• Fireworks
• Food trucks
• Historical reenactments

Clayton

• Fireworks display

Archer Lodge (July 5)

• Family Fun Day
• Vendors
• Entertainment
• Fireworks

Kenly

• Community fireworks show

Selma

• All-American Festival
• Live music
• Vendors
• Fireworks

Chatham County

Celebrate at The Plant in Pittsboro with:

• Cookout
• Live music
• Yard games
• Sprinklers for kids
• Local food and beverages

Holly Springs

The holiday weekend concludes Sunday evening with:

• Live entertainment
• Food vendors
• Community celebration
• Fireworks

Rolesville

Enjoy an evening featuring:

• Live music
• Kids activities
• Food trucks
• Beer & wine garden
• Fireworks

Zebulon

Watch the Zebulon Devil Dogz before enjoying a fireworks show following the game.

Many surrounding communities throughout Wake County are also planning America250 celebrations throughout the holiday weekend. (ABC11 Raleigh-Durham⁠)

Tips for Attending Fourth of July Events

To make your celebration enjoyable:

• Arrive early for parking.
• Bring lawn chairs or blankets.
• Stay hydrated.
• Use designated shuttle services when available.
• Follow local bag policies.
• Plan for heavy traffic after fireworks.
• Consider using rideshare services for larger events.

Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary

The 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence marks a once-in-a-generation milestone. Across the Triangle, local governments, museums, parks, and community organizations are honoring this historic occasion with celebrations that combine history, entertainment, and community pride.

Whether you spend your day watching a parade in downtown Raleigh, enjoying baseball in Durham, listening to the symphony in Cary, or relaxing under the fireworks at Dorothea Dix Park, this year’s Fourth of July promises to be one of the most memorable celebrations in decades.

Stay with DoRaleigh.com for updated schedules, parking guides, road closures, family activities, and the latest Fourth of July events happening across Raleigh and the Triangle.

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Today is Iceland National Day 🙂

On this day in 1944, Iceland formally transitioned to a republic after 96% of the population voted in favor of adopting a new constitution and to end centuries-old ties with Denmark. The holiday also commemorates the birthday of Jón Sigurðsson, a leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_National_Day

Gleðilegan þjóðhátíðardag, Ísland!

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Retro Gaming Ads Blast – Part 43

Welcome back readers, fellow geeks and electronic gaming fans!

In this edition of the Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) series, we will take a look at another batch of retro gaming print ads from the 1980s to the 1990s.

For the newcomers reading this, Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) looks back at the many print ads of games (console, arcade, computer and handheld) that were published in comic books, magazines, flyers, posters and newspapers long before smartphones, social media, the worldwide web and streaming became popular. To put things in perspective, people back in the 1980s to the 1990s were more trusting of print media for information and images about electronic games and related products.

With those details laid down, here is the newest batch of retro gaming print ads for you to see and enjoy…

1. Taito’s 4-in-1 Print Ad

There is nothing like taking the clever approach of promoting multiple video games using only one single print ad in the size of a single page. Taito did exactly that in the 1980s when it promoted Elevator Action, The Legend of Kage, Arkanoid and Renegade for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) promising excitement as the mentioned games were making the jump from arcade to console. What is very notable in Taito’s single-page print ad was that it did not show any screenshots of the games. Instead, they used hand-drawn artwork to emphasize each game’s theme or setting, and leave it up to the viewers’ imagination as to how those games would look like on NES. This old ad is intriguing and amusing at the same time.  

2. Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation Print Ad

Following the huge success of the original Chase H.Q. on both arcade and consoles in the late-1980s, the sequel Special Crime Investigation was released in the arcades in 1989 and ported to game consoles and computers in the early 1990s under the title Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation. To promote Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation for home computers, game publisher Ocean came up with a colorful print ad showcasing a few cars, a city background and elements of gun-related action presented in nice art. The ad has an image of the original arcade machine to remind gamers that they are playing the sequel to Chase H.Q.

3. Dancing Eyes Japanese Arcade Flyer

Released by Namco in Japan in 1996, Dancing Eyes is a puzzle arcade game that became notorious due to its overtly sexual nature. With the way it was designed, players control a small monkey called Urusu-San and crawl along a 3D grid mapped over characters (mostly ladies) or various objects. If the 3D grid is mapped over a young lady, any tile of the grid destroyed by the player exposes the lady’s underwear or skin. Such sexuality is reflected in the arcade flyer of Dancing Eyes which has a suggestive hand-drawn art on the front while the game’s mechanics are explained in the rear. Even the rear of the flyer shows sexual nature of the game with screenshots. While the game was officially released only in Japan, Dancing Eyes actually was made available for gamers to play at the arcade of X-Site amusement center inside Festival Mall in Alabang during the early 2000s and it attracted a lot of guys. I bet Namco did not know about that.

4. Sega Saturn North American Print Ad

When the Sega launched the Saturn console in America roughly four months ahead of schedule in 1995, the company suffered as the sales were disappointing, ties with business partners were strained and the available Saturn games were very few. By the fourth quarter of that year, more games became available for the Saturn and this gave Sega the opportunity to aggressively market the console as the one that gamers should get for their enjoyment. To promote the Saturn, Sega came up with a two-page print ad that had a dominant image of a naked woman whose private parts were cleverly covered by screenshots of the available games. Since most gamers were predominantly male from teenagers to adults, it made sense for Sega to come up with an eye-catching sexy ad to promote their console and the video games (including those from other companies). This old ad is considered by the woke and rabid feminists as very offensive today.

5. Blockbuster Video Print Ad

Back in the late 20th century, Blockbuster Video was the dominant retailer that offered customers movies in home video format for sale and for rent. Along the way, the company offered video game rentals and attracted millions of gamers around the nation. Given the tremendous growth of video gaming in America in the 1990s, Blockbuster got itself more involved by launching the Games of Summer Sweepstakes in 1996. Utilizing print ads, the sweepstakes offered the Ultimate Game Rooms – composed of a 41-inch big-screen TV, Surround Sound speakers, hi-fi VCR, NBA Jame Extreme arcade game, the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation, a gaming chair, Acclaim games for Saturn and PlayStation, and a 1-year free Blockbuster Video game rentals privilege – as the grand prizes. Do you know anyone who won in Blockbuster’s sweepstakes?

6. Independence Day (ID4) Print Ad

Remember how big a blockbuster Independence Day (ID4) was in cinemas in 1996? The film grossed over $800 million worldwide and it revived the disaster movie genre using modern filmmaking techniques and the latest technologies of the decade. Given the massive success of the movie, it was not surprising that an official video game adaptation was released in 1997. To promote the game, Fox Interactive (the video game company of the movie studio behind the film) came up with a 2-page print ad using official artwork from the movie showcasing the alien spaceship being attacked by a military fighter plane. The ad showed only 3 screenshots and the descriptive text was written to make gamers feel like they have the role to lead Earth’s fight against the aliens. While the art looks good, it can only go so far to hide the mediocrity of the game itself.

7. GoldenEye 007 Print Ad

When GoldenEye achieved both critical and financial success in movies, it revived the James Bond movie franchise big-time and Pierce Brosnan was easily accepted by the public as the newest Agent 007. Several months before the movie was even released, an official video game adaptation started development. After much revisions and hard adjustments, the project evolved into a first-person shooting game for the Nintendo 64 console titled GoldenEye 007. To promote the game, Nintendo came up with a 2-page print ad that cleverly showed Brosnan as James Bond on the left and displayed the screenshots and other details on the right. This ad was easily eye-catching and it made lots of gamers excited. As history showed, GoldenEye 007 got released in 1997 and became a huge critical and commercial success while also proving that first-person shooters on game consoles can be a lot of fun.

8. North American Sega Saturn Games Promo Print Ad

As mentioned earlier, the Sega Saturn had a bad launch in America in 1995 which caused a lot of problems for the company. In 1996, Sega of America went on the offensive to really capture gamers’ attention by launching their Saturn games promo. The message of this 2-page print ad was very clear…Sega offered one free first-party game (limited to four specific games including Nights into Dreams) to those who bought two games (from a lineup of twelve specific titles). It should be noted that the Christmas season of 1996 was the most successful sales period of the Sega Saturn in America as gamers really responded to the promo. Even though some called this promo an act of desperation, nothing changes the fact that Sega succeeded during the most critical sales season of 1996.

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Monday, August 25, 2025

Putin is obstacle to peace, retired US General Petraeus says — Ukraine strikes long-range with own weapons without coordinating with US — US approves sale of ERAM missiles to Ukraine — Little progress made so far on Ukraine peace deal, German Chancellor says … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/monday-august-25-2025/

#7/4 #July4 #independenceday #ExAmerica #Fascism #Fascists #Ruined

Nothing says "Happy #IndependenceDay" like #Surveillance balloons circling over #NativeAmerican Nations, eh? smh...

Surveillance Balloon Circling South of Chamberlain, #SouthDakota July 4, 2024

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews

"This helium balloon, owned by #Aerostar, is currently circling south of #ChamberlainSouthDakota, above the Missouri River. The FAA shows the balloon is owned by Aerostar of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Aerostar says it conducts 'intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance' for the #USMilitary, and has multiple defense contracts.

"Aerostar's balloons were above the Native American Nations in #SouthDakota and #NorthDakota, and #WhiteriverApache, eastern #NavajoNation, and #JicarillaApache during June."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/surveillance-balloon-circling-south-of.html

As Orwell noted, people sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
#democracy #democracyfirst #NATO #Ukraine #UkraineWar #RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini #russianinvasion #Україна #July4th #4thofJuly #DefendDemocracy #NoToFascism #freedomofpress #DemocracyInDanger #votewisely #Vote #IndependenceDay #Election #Elections #Americandemocracy #DefendDemocracy #Biden #UK #abrahamlincoln #Lincoln #orwellian #orwell

Hyvää Itsenäisyyspäivää! 🇫🇮 — Happy Finnish Independence Day! 🇫🇮

Finland fought hard to gain and preserve independence. Today we are well-advised to be vigilant about the already well-visible signs of hybrid warfare undermining our common values in democratic countries everywhere.

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist". (Hannah Arendt, “The Origins of Totalitarianism”, 1951)

#itsenäisyyspäivä #itsenäisyys #independenceday #independence #finland #suomi #hannaharendt #theoriginsoftotalitarianism

#15August #HappyIndependenceDay #RepublicOfIndia

As we #Celebrate our 76th #IndependenceDay today here is the symbol of our #Democracy the #Buddhist Dharam Chakra (Wheel of Law) which is the centre of the #IndianFlag

It has 24 spokes representing the 24 Rishis of #Himalayas. It also represents Time (24 hours of the day) to signify that #India is constantly changing & marching ahead.

This 2nd century #Budhism Dharam Chakra comes from Amaravati in #AndharaPradesh & was on a Christies sale.

ഏവർക്കും സ്നേഹം നിറഞ്ഞ സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യദിനാശംസകൾ ♥️🧡♥️🧡♥️🧡🙌🏿🙌🏿 🇮🇳

#ഇന്ത്യ #India #MastodonIndians #MastodonIndia #mastindians #MastIndia #malayalam #independenceday #77IndependencedayIndia #HarGharThiranga

TV TONIGHT (July 4)

#4thOfJuly #July4th #IndependenceDay #TheKingWhoNeverWas #TomSegura #SharkAttackFiles #HIMYF #Wimbledon #TourDeFrance #MLB #WWENXT #LHHATL #HeyYahoo #DeadliestCatch #Contraband #SeizedAtTheBorder #HouseHunters #GraveyardCarz

http://www.tv-recaps-reviews.com/2023/07/tv-tonight-july-4.html

TV TONIGHT (July 4)

#4thOfJuly #July4th #IndependenceDay #TheKingWhoNeverWas #TomSegura #SharkAttackFiles #HIMYF #Wimbledon #TourDeFrance #MLB #WWENXT #LHHATL #HeyYahoo #DeadliestCatch #Contraband #SeizedAtTheBorder #HouseHunters #GraveyardCarz

http://www.tv-recaps-reviews.com/2023/07/tv-tonight-july-4.html

Tina Turner's life forever changed after fleeing from her husband, Ike, in Dallas 🎩🎙️

On July 3, 1976, Tina Turner decided to leave her abusive husband, Ike. She crossed a busy Interstate 30 and randomly stumbled into what was then the Ramada Inn.

#RIPTinaTurner #Dallas #Fox4DFW #StatlerHotel #LorenzoHotel #I30 #IndependenceDay #1976

https://youtu.be/XqO62S11l2w

RT @CopernicusEU: Happy Independence Day, #Poland 🇵🇱

Dziś obchodzimy Święto Niepodległości Polski!

With this #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️image of #Warsaw we wish our Polish friends, colleagues and followers a happy #IndependenceDay

#11Listopada #ŚwietoNiepodległości

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1591074016693190657