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Motaz Azaiza mural

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INFOWARS.COM right now…. A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words - Dr Winston O'Boogie

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This is absolutely hilarious....

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Classic Polish movie posters - SAFARI 5000

Directed by: Koreyoshi Kurahara (1969)

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A "Tchorek plaque" on Jagiellońska Street This plaque commemorates 30 Polish inmates of the Pawiak prison who were executed by the Germans at this location in occupied Warsaw on 12th November 1943….

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Meanwhile in vatnik clownland…. According to the eloquent words of this eminent Russian historian, Poland has only existed since 1918.

However, back in the real world, this is yet another Russian lie, because Poland actually came into existence nearly a thousand years before that - in the year 966 to be precise.

Poland's name is derived from that of a West Slavic tribe - the Polanie ("people of the fields") - who settled in Central Europe in the 6th century. On 14th April 966, Mieszko I, the ruler of the Polanie, accepted Christianity through the auspices of the Roman Church and this is generally accepted by real historians as the founding event of the Polish state.

In 1025 Poland became a kingdom, which later united with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1386. Nearly two centuries later, in 1569, the Union of Lublin formally established the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a huge multi-ethnic state which was regarded as one of Europe's great powers at the time. A century later the Commonwealth began a spiral of decline which led to its eventual demise at the end of the 18th century, when it was taken apart by its neighbours - Prussia, Austria-Hungary and Russia.

The first attempt to resurrect a Polish state was the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 by Napoleon, which only lasted a few years before disappearing from the map again after Napoleon's defeat in the east. Uprisings in 1830 and 1863 were also brutally suppressed.

However, the Polish people never lost their sense of identity, and despite attempts to germanise and russify them, preserved and passed on their language and culture from one generation to the next until Poland finally regained its independence in 1918, with the creation of the Second Polish Republic, which established and successfully defended its borders over the next two years after victorious conflicts with Germany and Soviet Russia.

In 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned once again - by Nazi Germany and the USSR - and remained under Soviet occupation until 1989, when communist rule was peacefully overthrown and Poland once again re-established itself as a democratic state, initiating the collapse of the Soviet bloc….

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The matchday programme - Leeds United v Queens Park Rangers 9/11/2024

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Leeds United: Meslier, Bogle, Struijk, Rodon, Rothwell (Guilavogui 84), Aaronson, Solomon (James 72), Joseph (Piroe 72), Tanaka, Byram, Gnonto (Schmidt 90).

Subs not used: Darlow, Bamford, Wober, Chambers, Crew. The surprise news ahead of our latest Championship fixture was that Junior Firpo has been suspended for three matches after apparently head butting one of the Millwall players right at the end of Wednesday night's game. It wasn’t seen by the match officials at the time, but was caught on video and subsequently reviewed by the FA, who found him guilty of violent conduct….

The game got off to a slow start. For the first 15 minutes Leeds were totally on top without creating any meaningful opportunities. Then Brenden Aaronson hit the bar, Sam Byram missed a couple of excellent chances and Jayden Bogle finally opened the scoring from close range after some pinball in the QPR penalty area.

But the excitement soon abated and we went back to controlling the game without really threatening to add to the score. Manor Soloman did get the ball in the back of the net just before half time but the goal was disallowed for offside.

Like Plymouth before them, QPR managed no shots on target for the entire game, but did create a couple of decent openings that could have ruined our day, so when Joel Piroe finally added another goal in stoppage time it was a big relief….

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Tib Street

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A little bit of Leeds in Marrakesh….

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Leeds United: Meslier, Bogle (Bamford 80), Firpo, Struijk, Rodon, James, Rothwell (Solomon 72), Piroe, Aaronson, Tanaka, Gnonto (Joseph 81).

Subs not used: Darlow, Guilavogui, Byram, Schmidt, Wöber, Crew. Just as things were starting to look up for Leeds, this result was another setback. But that's the attritional nature of the Championship - anybody can beat anybody in this league….

In their previous game Millwall defeated Burnley 1-0 at home and made them look pretty ordinary. Tonight they managed to do exactly the same to us. They were aggressive, disrupted our rhythm and defended tenaciously. They were happy to allow us to have the lion's share of the possession and hit us on the break. They also looked dangerous from set pieces.

Leeds created a few half-chances before Millwall scored a well worked goal just before half time and against the run of play.

After the break they continued to frustrate us and we struggled to find an opening. Joel Piroe did manage to get the ball in the net but his goal was disallowed for offside.

All our attacking players under-performed and Daniel Farke's second half substitutions didn't make any impact….

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The two faces of David Lammy....

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