Putin: “Dear Americans, let me begin with my thanks. You are a great people — the greatest! I am a war criminal. I bear responsibility for hundreds of thousands of deaths. I order the bombing of civilians, the abduction of children, and the torture of prisoners of war. I seize my neighbors’ lands whenever it suits me. I meddle in your elections, have opponents eliminated, and flood your networks with disinformation and propaganda. You know all of this. And yet, when I come to your country, the red carpet is rolled out — and your president applauds.

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This statue, titled "El Esfuerzo" (The Effort) or "La Carga" (The Burden), is located in Barcelona, Spain, on Carrer de la Princesa near the intersection with Via Laietana. The sculpture was created by artist Jaume Plensa. It depicts a woman carrying a large burden of household items, symbolizing the weight of domestic responsibilities often borne by women, while children cling to her, representing the generational impact. #art #artist #artstr

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"Hosting peace talks with a war criminal and failing to invite the other side is not a peace talk; it is a strategy session." ~Dan Rather

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As a child, I was afraid of ghosts, shadows, and imaginary creatures. But growing up, I realized that the real monsters are human beings themselves. This realization changed the way I see the world forever.

I strongly recommend reading Hannah Arendt’s „The Origins of Totalitarianism“. It’s a substantial book, but deeply insightful and more relevant today than ever. #books #book

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Two Prison Systems Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of sex trafficking minors, is serving her sentence in a minimum-security “Club Fed” prison in Texas — with recreational activities and relatively comfortable conditions. For many other inmates in the United States — especially those without wealth or influence — such prison conditions would be unthinkable. That someone convicted of these crimes is placed in such an environment raises serious questions about extreme inequality in the U.S. justice system. Sources: The Washington Post, The Daily Beast

Imagine for a moment you were born in the year 1900. At age 14, World War I breaks out, ending at age 18, leaving 22 million dead. Shortly after, a global pandemic appears, the Spanish flu, which kills 50 million people. And you survive, at 20 years. At 29, you survive the global economic crisis that starts with the fall of the New York Stock Exchange, causing inflation, unemployment and hunger. At age 33, Nazism comes to power. When you're 39, World War II starts and ends when you're 45, with 60 million dead. At 52 years old, the Korean War begins. When you're 64 years old, the Vietnam War starts and ends when you're 75. Then a person born in 1985 thinks that their grandparents have no idea how difficult life is, not knowing that they have survived several wars and disasters.