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The Men Without Monuments: A Biblical Perspective
The men remembered by monuments did not spend their lives demanding recognition. They earned it. Scripture teaches the same principle: God honors the humble and opposes the proud. In an age obsessed with self-promotion, that lesson may be more important than ever.https://polymathchristian.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/the-men-without-monuments-a-biblical-perspective/
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Starmer has gone and let Trump use British military bases
Stupid idiot
IRAQ BLAIR ISIS
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Anita is surely missing for the dynamics of this episode, but the final conclusions are truly striking and it's packed with interesting facts!
Empire: World History: 337. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Philistines, Israelites, & Rebuilding The Levant (Ep 6)
Media file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8990449338.mp3?updated=1772017034
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When you are faced with a rampant despot, don't go for appeasement ...
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Once France had been conquered by Nazi Germany, Hitler, like Putin, called Churchill an obstacle to peace.
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Giving parts of Ukraine (which aren’t ours to give anyway) to russia will make the US and the world _less_ safe, not more safe.
There is no appeasing putin in any way that will make him less likely to invade more places.
#russia #ukraine #UnitedStates #peace #war #sudetenland #history #LessonsFromHistory #appeasement #USpolitics #AmericanPolitics #InternationalRelations #GlobalSecurity #security #UnitedNations #USpol #NATO #NAFO
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July 2019
#Trump said talks about a "very substantial" trade deal with the UK were under way.
He said a bilateral post-Brexit deal would lead to a "three to four, five times" increase in current trade
After a phone call with Boris Johnson Trump said the new prime minister would be "great for the UK" adding US-UK trade had previously been "impeded" by Britain's membership of the EU.
There was no deal, and Johnson was not great for the UK.
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If the news has you anxious, this article -- from the former speechwriter to the US Ambassador to the UN -- reminds that in the past, diplomacy ended wars. Especially the big one (now playing out in the just released series "Franklin"):
https://bit.ly/4ax7x1c#diplomacy #war #diplomatie #lessonsfromhistory #americanhistory
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Nothing has changed. Nothing has changed
Theresa MayWe have a plan. We are sticking to our plan.. Rishi Sunak
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Fascinating new research by Cage and Piketty reveals working class voters lurching to the right is not inevitable. Lots of findings are resonant here for Canada too (the left has not offered enough for rural working class, but can do so).
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I wonder if Victorian metallurgists felt the way many of us data folk do today?
Surely a few people must have been saying "look, I know lead is super easy to work with, and makes plumbing a doddle, but, uhh, its poisonous. This isn't going to end well..."