Trump’s been having a very confused time of it in Ankara. Among many failures of mind, the US has been attacked by the Islamic Republic of Japan, apparently.

TRUMP TO PERMIT UKRAINE TO BUILD PATRIOTS In a surprising shift in attitude Trump personally heaped praise on Zelensky and said that Ukraines deep strikes Russia were impressive. He also agreed to allow Ukraine to build Patriot missiles. He started the praise in a closed door meeting with NATO

Jonathan Pie ripping into Nigel Farage beautifully! youtu.be/5TeLKNgpty0?...

Robert the Bruce and the Wallace Monument, #Stirling. #Scotland

RUSSIAS ECONOMIC DEATH SPIRAL SPEEDS UP The Moscow stock exchange dropped to its lowest level in years yesterday. Last night the Central Bank was forced to cancel today’s Government Bond sales because there’s no interest in buying them. More oil refineries have been hit. Russian crude at sea is

ZELENSKY WARNS RUSSIA In a straightforward speech Zelensky made it clear that Ukraine will hold out, its allies and its finances will hold out, that no amount of missile strikes will change the war for Ukraine’s people or make them give in. But, he warned, the war in the skies will determine who

War back on. Again.

Finland President Alexander Stubb in Ankara: “We’ve been very naive and very spoiled in Europe, thinking that we are just secure and nothing’s going to happen to our continent. “And we’ve seen several wars on our continent and outside our continent. But also the threat of being. 1/

America didn’t just lose a World Cup match. We lost credibility. A President personally intervened with FIFA over a disciplinary decision and created the appearance that political power could influence the rules of the game. The reputational cost was far greater than the sporting cost.

RUSSIAN JOKE DOING THE ROUNDS A Russian man is waiting in line at a gas station. “I’ve had enough of this,” says the man to his wife. “Take the wheel, I’m going to go shoot Putin.” Two hours later he returns and sits back in his seat. “Did you shoot him?”

Thanks to Trump, “the integrity of the game is at stake”. #ETTD

RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN KRAMATORSK AIMED AT NATO With the summit in Ankara this week, NATO will be faced with Trump newly reprogrammed to try and bring peace, which will fail as yet again Kushner the cash maker and Witless Witkoff are allocated to the process again. The Russians

The River Dee at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire , Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙⛰️

Plockton “Jewel of the Highlands “ Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Turkish activists have hung a huge banner on Istanbul's Haliç Bridge saying “Hide your children—Trump is coming” ahead of his attendance at the NATO summit in Ankara Tuesday.

Everybody in Europe is laughing at you.

Can’t blame them.

The legendary Kilchurn Castle, glimpsed across the waters of Loch Awe #castle #Scotland

AN OBSERVATION ON SMALL THINGS THAT LEAD TO BIG CONSEQUENCES IN RUSSIA Being old enough I remember the USSR. I used to listen on short wave to Radio Moscow when it would send coded messages to agents, the dulcet calm tone of the slightly Americanised English of the announcer with a Russian accent.

Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Only way to start the day with an emu zoomie or two

Who agrees?

The Mirror Man a sculpture created by Scottish sculptor Rob Mulholland in 2014. The sculpture is in Loch Earn in Perth and Kinross.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The American Kestrel—North America's smallest falcon—is famous for its ability to "wind-hover". By angling its body into the wind, rapidly flapping its wings, and making subtle tail adjustments, the bird stays completely stationary in midair to spot and ambush prey like insects and small rodents.

BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP We should all be worried that in the United States this was not a 9-0 decision by the Supreme Court and it isn’t yet over. If you are born in a country you are automatically a citizen. Under no circumstances should that be removed from you for any reason no matter how

THE TWELVE RULES OF FASCISM: I’ve simplified the explanations down to the basics. Think about each one and also extrapolate - think about each rule and you will have seen some version of it in use by Putin, Trump, Farage, Le Pen, Wilders, Fico, Orban etc etc.

A Times investigation reveals Farage and his partner own *at least* five homes across Surrey, Kent and Essex, all but one bought with cash since 2000. In 2017 he said he was “skint”.

🤞🤞🤞 Trump: “On July 4th, it’s going to be approximately 107 degrees out. “And I’m going to go, and I’m going to make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything.”

I read this somewhere today: “The only thing flat earthers fear, is sphere itself” It’s amused me no end!

Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, the daughter-in-law of RFK Jr, helped her father secure at least $12M from a Russian investment bank that cooperated with the Kremlin while she was working as an American spy.

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Cool water, Loch Assynt #Scotland    #Assynt #Coigach #Lochinver

ALBANIA ON THE POINT OF CIVIL DISORDER BECAUSE OF JARED KUSHNER If you haven’t heard about this it’s well worth listening to this short video as a summary. It’s all true and quite extraordinary- yet it’s almost unreported in Europe.

RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA IS DETERMINED TO DISGUISE ITS MILITARY FAILINGS If you watch State TV or other external programming sponsored by Russia you would think they had taken Kramatorsk and were on their way to victory in the Donbas. They push this narrative all the time. What they don’t mention is that

All-time high temperatures for June yesterday in Denmark, Czech Republic and Germany where they recorded 41.5C. Water cannon were provided to cool people at the Brandenburg Gate.

The streets of old #Aberdeen

Entomologist heaven . Out of all the things humanity has invented . Nature still has us beat by far . 😍

A beautiful midsummer sunrise at 2am in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Huge Ukrainian drone and missile attack on Russia currently underway. #explodey

DRONE STRIKE ON MOSCOW Just watching a daytime video from a Moscow balcony of dozens of the Ukrainian version of the shaheed flying into the distance. Machine gun fire can be heard as drone after drone plunges into what appears to be the oil refinery - black smoke all across the horizon.

“Our societies are not built to withstand what’s coming, and by any rational thinking, all countries should be uniting in a last ditch battle to save the world.”

And there’s nothing you can do about it which Iran knows.

Who loves Scotland?

THE TWELVE PRINCIPLES OF RIGHT WING/FASCIST POWER 1. Spread conspiracy theories 2.Using ‘Them and Us’ to create division. 3.Leading as a Hero - survive an assassination attempt, be admired for rule breaking, claim you’re in danger but will fight on anyway. 4. Corrupt Youth, through ‘religion’,

BELARUS GIVES IN Last week Zelensky told Lukashenko that if he didn’t turn off the relay towers Russia was using to get drones into Ukraine, Ukraine would destroy them. He gave him until 25 June. As of yesterday all of the towers were deactivated much to the consternation of Russian milbloggers. It

Records falling on a daily basis and not in a good way. I’ve never known London so quiet. Went out into the garden last night - no traffic noise, no drunken voices, no sirens. Utterly still.

Loch Shielin Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Our top jumping goat Sprite nearly impossible to keep in

All the Reform nutters opposed expanding the ULEZ because they don’t like change. It’s helped cut deaths from air pollution by 40%.

The #BattleofBannockburn took place on June 23/24 1314 and saw #RobertTheBruce defeat Edward II’s army. #Bannockburn #Stirling #Scotland    #ScottishBanner #TheBanner #ScottishHistory