There was a time when the condition of American roads was used as an exemplar of JK Galbraith's characterisation of the USA as being patterned by 'private oppulence & public squalor'... so given the Tories desire to bring us ever closer to a North American political economy, the news that roads in England & Wales are getting ever more dilapidated should really be of no surprise....

Like the Americans, we'll just need cars with better suspension!

#roads #Tories
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68598875

Hey folks:

Looks like I’ll be on CNN around 11:30 AM tomorrow talking about what history can tell us about contemporary politics.

#politics #history #democracy

The #UnitedStates 🇺🇸 is finally leading a coalition of nations to counter the threats emerging from #Yemen 🇾🇪.

👉🏾 Pentagon announces international mission to counter attacks on commercial vessels in Red Sea - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/18/pentagon-international-mission-red-sea-attacks-00132352

Oddly, some nations do not publicly want to be named as a part of the group, but are providing assistance.

My guess is #SaudiArabia 🇸🇦 & #Israel 🇮🇱 are apart of the group, but want to assist covertly for political reasons.

9 December 1903 | A Polish woman, Maria Łabodycz, was born in Sokołów.

In Auschwitz from 19 January 1943.
No. 29816
She perished in the camp on 13 March 1943.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #ww2  #Poland #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #histodons #Remember #otd #facts