Seaside Exile 🦋 🍊
@colinmgilbert.bsky.social
Blackpool FC glory hunter since 1968 🍊
Done a bit in business with defibs ❤️⚡️
And a bit of Law 📖
Happiest ever with beautiful Alison.
Proud Father of two wonderful men.
Done a bit in business with defibs ❤️⚡️
And a bit of Law 📖
Happiest ever with beautiful Alison.
Proud Father of two wonderful men.
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life.
In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded.
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My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life.
In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded.
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HEGSETH: We wore a patch on our shoulder that said ISAF -- International Security Assistance Force. And you know what the joke was? That is stood for 'I saw Americans fighting.'
COONS: Let's just make clear for the record that our military partners in Afghanistan included many who served and died
COONS: Let's just make clear for the record that our military partners in Afghanistan included many who served and died
June 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life.
In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded.
1/n
My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life.
In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded.
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It doesn’t take long for them to start. Watch out for the scams:
June 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It doesn’t take long for them to start. Watch out for the scams:
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
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It was all building to this massive, hopefully entertaining (and helpful?) piece:
The 92 things I learned from visiting every Football League club in a season
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The 92 things I learned from visiting every Football League club in a season
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
92 things I learned by visiting all 92 football league clubs this season
From remarkable fans to terrible trains and an unrivalled pie, my odyssey to all four corners of this footballing nation has been an exhausting, exhilarating experience
inews.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
It was all building to this massive, hopefully entertaining (and helpful?) piece:
The 92 things I learned from visiting every Football League club in a season
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
The 92 things I learned from visiting every Football League club in a season
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
This has NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING to do with Harvard having rejected Baron. Nothing. 😉
Trump says he's considering taking $3 billion in grants from Harvard and giving it to trade schools reut.rs/3Sm9beY
Trump says he's considering taking $3 billion in grants from Harvard and giving it to trade schools
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3 billion of grant money away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools across the United States.
reut.rs
May 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This has NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING to do with Harvard having rejected Baron. Nothing. 😉
Lee Rigby. 12yrs ago. RIP soldier.
May 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Lee Rigby. 12yrs ago. RIP soldier.
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It's the biggest news for more than 300 years to come out of Scotland and nobody in the UK mainstream media is reporting it.
A bid is being launched at the United Nations to have Scotland decolonised.
vodvgkhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001...
A bid is being launched at the United Nations to have Scotland decolonised.
vodvgkhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001...
May 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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I've done 91 clubs this season, deliberately leaving Forest until last because you have to end up at home.
The final game - which in August I longed to be meaningless - will decide which European competition we play in for the first time in 30 years. I think that's pretty cool.
The final game - which in August I longed to be meaningless - will decide which European competition we play in for the first time in 30 years. I think that's pretty cool.
May 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Disgraceful
May 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Disgraceful
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Unusual to launch a new kit without a sponsor though.
May 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Unusual to launch a new kit without a sponsor though.
Surely this is to shelter critical production from a future Chinese incursion into Taiwan.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's policy
An exclusive look inside the closely guarded factory the president wants to become a foundation stone for a US golden age.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Surely this is to shelter critical production from a future Chinese incursion into Taiwan.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Poor start by Lancs, 23-2 v Gloucs. Lots of schoolkids from across Lancashire here at Old Trafford. Joyfully noisy.
May 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Poor start by Lancs, 23-2 v Gloucs. Lots of schoolkids from across Lancashire here at Old Trafford. Joyfully noisy.
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Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.
1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family
On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.
popular.info
April 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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Wow. Then why was he freed with no charges and given permission to stay in the country in 2019? Man, whoever was president then sure owes us an explanation for letting this monster out in our streets.
Bondi is escalating the rhetoric against Abrego Garcia, who she calls "one of the top MS-13 members" and "a terrorist"
April 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Wow. Then why was he freed with no charges and given permission to stay in the country in 2019? Man, whoever was president then sure owes us an explanation for letting this monster out in our streets.
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On his show today @mrjamesob.bsky.social gave the most brilliant shoutout for A Spy at War.
April 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
On his show today @mrjamesob.bsky.social gave the most brilliant shoutout for A Spy at War.
Trump has hit the Falklands with 42% tariffs. Bizzare. But thank goodness there are no penguins there, it could have been worse.
April 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Trump has hit the Falklands with 42% tariffs. Bizzare. But thank goodness there are no penguins there, it could have been worse.
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Look this isn't even remotely the point here but the height different between the two people to Johnson's right is so insane it literally looks fake.
REPORTER: Do you think the president should move forward tomorrow with tariffs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy
April 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Look this isn't even remotely the point here but the height different between the two people to Johnson's right is so insane it literally looks fake.
🤞 Hoping the Supreme Court upholds the Banks’ liability for secret commissions. The PPI scandal gave a £50bn boost for the car industry as the compensation was spent. The same will happen this time with the added bonus that the FCA has a plan to deprive ‘claims management’ companies of skimming 40%.
April 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🤞 Hoping the Supreme Court upholds the Banks’ liability for secret commissions. The PPI scandal gave a £50bn boost for the car industry as the compensation was spent. The same will happen this time with the added bonus that the FCA has a plan to deprive ‘claims management’ companies of skimming 40%.
Blimey, can you imagine No10 posting this? Or indeed any other Government? Absolutely disgusting.
Why is the White House posting movie quotes from Taken? 🤔
March 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Blimey, can you imagine No10 posting this? Or indeed any other Government? Absolutely disgusting.
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Okay, those points are important. But I want to know: who are these nine-year-olds paying tax?
This analysis from the FT is arguably all you need to know in policy terms for the medium to longer term. Declining birth rates / aging population mean the role of the state is going to fundamentally change.
March 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Arguing that Jeffrey Goldberg can hack Signal makes it worse. Not a lot of thought gone into that line of defence 🤷🏻♂️
Mike Waltz has now decided to roll out the story that Jeffrey Goldberg somehow hacked his way into their Signal chat.
Just admitting a mistake and apologizing seems like a lot less work than lying and peddling a half dozen different conspiracies.
Just admitting a mistake and apologizing seems like a lot less work than lying and peddling a half dozen different conspiracies.
March 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Arguing that Jeffrey Goldberg can hack Signal makes it worse. Not a lot of thought gone into that line of defence 🤷🏻♂️