Appeasement

The response to a tweet about the film Darkest Hour has been better than what I am used to. :) There are times when I HATE Twitter. In this case I retweeted related helpful comments, that seem to have gotten lost in the shuffle. …

Let’s talk a bit about the fawn response also known as fawning or the fawn trauma response. It’s another one of the things that pops up quite a bit in culty places. I did a lot of fawning when I was part of my organization, but it wasn't until I…

Saying no came easy to me, except for a short time when saying yes when I really wanted to say no, was a given. — Throughout my childhood I believe I was quite a straightforward, say it how it is kind of girl. I never followed a trend if I didn’t particular like it, I didn’t attend the parties if I didn’t want to (albeit with white lies as excuses!), and I certainly didn’t hide…

In the Old Testament temple imagery on the day of atonement (Yom Kippur), the high priest entered the holiest of holies. He brought the blood from a sacrificed animal. He sprinkled the blood on the mercy seat atop the ark of the covenant. …

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed President Joe Biden during a Senate hearing on Tuesday over the administration’s decision to remove a Marxist terrorist group from the U.S.’s official list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. And it is a pattern of appeasement and weakness towards terrorists,” “It’s a pattern we’ve seen with the Taliban and the absolute disaster in Afghanistan. It’s a pattern we’ve seen with the Houthis in Yemen, where again, the Biden administration lifted sanctions on them, and it’s a pattern that has led to disaster.”, says Cruz

History always gives us lessons, if only we care to listen. Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister of Britain in late 1930s. Hitler was becoming increasingly aggressive — and powerful. The smaller nations of Europe became increasingly fearful — and Chamberlain wanted to avoid an all out war. He had…

In an interview on last Sunday’s Marr programme, Keir Starmer reiterated his position that Labour is not a party committed to rejoining the EU, and that his policy is to “make Brexit work”. …

“All night they marched, the infantrymen under pack But the hands that gripped their rifles were naked bone And the hollows of their eyes were empty and black Where the moonlight shone…” On the afternoon of November 11, 2018 I typed the above passage from memory. It was one hundred…