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Europe must run for a Defence Union: national leaders are stumbling at the start

Luckily, Europe does not need a plan B to a US-dominated NATO. We can return to plan A: the European Defence Union, with joint decision-making, integrated command structures, strategic capabilities, and a rapid reaction force. Such a Defence Union would not duplicate NATO but strengthen it with a robust European pillar at its centre capable of acting independently if necessary; separable, not separate. Two-thirds of Europeans want Europe to be able to defend itself independently.* We are […]

https://www.bachhausen.de/europe-must-run-for-a-defence-union-national-leaders-are-stumbling-at-the-start/

Europe must run for a Defence Union: national leaders are stumbling at the start

Dirk Bachhausen

Global News Mar 31

Tiger Woods had ‘glassy’ eyes, pills in pocket during DUI arrest: police
An affidavit noted that Tiger Woods struggled during a sobriety test, and was described as 'limping and stumbling to the right,' and as moving his head from side to side.
#Crime #Sports #Trending #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11753054/tiger-woods-pills-pocket-dui-arrest-police-affidavit/

oldguycrusty Jun 8, 2025

@usluck

#Stumbling #Dotard #OrangeShitGibbon better hope he doesnt #BreakAHip

WIST Quotations moves again!Jun 6, 2024

A quotation from Milne, A. A.:

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The next moment the day became very bothering indeed, because Pooh was so busy not looking where he was going that he stepped on a piece of the Forest which had been left out by mistake.
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https://wist.info/milne-a-a/2848/

#quote #quotes #quotation #payingattention #stumbling #tripping #walking

House at Pooh Corner, ch. 3 "The Search for Small" (1928) - Milne, A. A. | WIST Quotations

The next moment the day became very bothering indeed, because Pooh was so busy not looking where he was going that he stepped on a piece of the Forest which had been left out by mistake.

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WIST Quotations moves again!Feb 2, 2024

A quotation from Pasternak, Boris:

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I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and of little value. Life hasn’t revealed its beauty to them.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/pasternak-boris/66875/

#quote #quotes #quotation #beauty #falling #living #self-righteousness #struggle #stumbling #test #trial #virtue

Doctor Zhivago [До́ктор Жива́го], Part 2, ch. 13 "Opposite the House of Sculptures," sec. 12 [Yury] (1955) [tr. Hayward & Harari (1958)] - Pasternak, Boris | WIST Quotations

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and of little value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. The UK edition, showing the same translators, uses the line "Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value," and the chapter title "Opposite…

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JBRoss Apr 27, 2023

We're all stumbling in the dark, and that makes for some pretty interesting collisions." — Marty Rubin — — — #MartyRubin #quote #quotes #stumbling #karma #luck #serendipity #confidence

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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Apr 10, 2023

“I believe that she was improperly selected in the first place through #political #pressures from the #ACLU and #NAACP,” Cothran said, #stumbling on the #coloredpeople part, though she’s #Black, “mainly because of her status as an #out of the closet #lesbian, #married quote unquote, to a woman.”

So there is it. The #whispercampaign is no longer a whisper campaign.