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It's not hard to balance the two under a big tent. The Democratic Party does the same thing: 78% of American Jews voted for Obama in 2008 and 71% voted for Hillary in 2016, yet some prominent Democrats are staunch supporters of Palestinian movements.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerkahia
Two groups in the Republican party drive the observed behaviours: the xenophobe/Nazi-types that hate all "others", and the evangelicals that believe that Jews being present in Israel is important for the Rapture to happen:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerkahia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...rael-hamas-war
The way the two sides achieve détente is by agreeing "support them there, discourage them here". It would work for both factions if all Jews moved to Israel.
The Russia love is wearing thin in the Senate. McConnell has linked aid to Israel and Ukraine, considering them to be part of the same package. That assclown senator who has been holding up all top military promotions because of abortion policy is also starting to get significant heat from his fellow Republican senators. It feels like the Senate is somewhat distancing itself from Trump while the House is still all-in. I guess that has something to do with how districts are drawn, and how senators need broader support than congresspeople do, but I don't know enough about the nitty-gritty of American politics to be certain.
The difference between running statewide vs. a much smaller district changes things, yes. But also keep in mind two other things:Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
* The sizes of the chambers themselves. With only 100 members, the Senate almost naturally encourages its members to get along with each other, while the 425-member House can more easily break up into cliques ("Freedom Caucus," "The Squad," etc.)
* Term lengths. Senators are only up every six years, so they tend to survive trends. House members are up every other year, so many of them are in non-stop campaign mode, which encourages stances that please the core-base voters who dominate party primaries.
It didn't help Tuberville when the Commandant Of The Marine Corps collapsed b/c he is also Assistance Commandant since Tuberville won't allow it to be filled.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
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Originally Posted by Milton Finkelstein
this is the typical fucking horror and chaos "America" has left in it's insane wake in last 70 odd years
The US loons back the Zionist loons who've completely twisted Israel into a nightmare
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Only nuclear mushrooms will get through yer collective brainwashing, sigh
Note: two of the psychopaths in the Israeli government actually called for the us of nukes against Gaza!
Where did Israel get its nukes? oh yes...America!
Whacking Hamas psychos is one thing, taking out whole city blocks, hospitals, churches etc as "collective punishment" to get them, is something completely different:
evil and totally counterproductive.
And yet you seem to see no issue in Russia doing that to Ukraine just to stroke Putin’s ego.
FUCK YOU, FILAN! :angry:Quote:
Originally Posted by FilanFyretracker
More civilians have died in Gaza in 3 weeks than 18 months in Ukraine, and that's by OFFICIAL figures.
500,000 Ukrainian military have been slaughtered and as it collapses the casualty rates will go exponential, see Germany in 1945, so you may well see a MILLION dead Ukrainian combatants
but by proportion the civilian deaths have been a fraction of that, or a tiny fraction of what BOMB FUCKING HAPPY AMERICA ROUTINELY DOES TO ITS VICTIMS!
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1 MILLION dead in Iraq war #2 thanks to America, who brought the dead "Freedom and Democracy the American Way!" (tm)
remember Madeline Albright proudly supporting the mass murder of 500,000 Iraqi CHILDREN by US sanctions and bombing water treatment plants (which actually is a war crime FYI)
250,000+ bombed in Laos with US bombs paid for by heroin!
1 million dead during the Vietnam War and then much more afterwards thanks to the deliberate premeditated use of poison: the Air Force top brass fucking KNEW Monsanto's herbicides were contaminated, they DID know
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The Russians are NOT carpet bombing cities, if there would NEVER have been foreign leaders coming in to Kiev cause it would have been ruins
they were having bloody parties in Kiev until recently, FFS
those Banderite and NATO arseholes were happy to let the South/East of Ukraine, the ethnic Russians, Hungarians and Romanians, do the dying for them
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Zelensky has halted elections and all other political parties, there's a word for that, but when the West supports a tyranny they are "heroes of Democracy"!
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What you jack asses don't seem to get, beyond facts and morals, is that all this is leading to a NUCLEAR CONFLICT.
The USA's Elite know the US financial BS system is collapsing, so they are determined to stay on top no matter what and are so out of touch and demented, they don't' care about the consequences
And you have degenerate lunatics like Lindsey Graham spunking off for a war for with Iran and to hell with the victims :wtf:
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/sta...48884555288901
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So next,, yup, the US will attack Syria and Iran...look at how much naval forces the US has in the region
that is NOT about defeating Hamas (which naval forces never could do)
and anyone stupid enough to think the US can defeat Iran militarily, or not understanding the consequences of shutting down the Straits of Hormuz...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-...resolution/559
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H.Res.559 - Declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable
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DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS?
I'm not swearing at you for no reason.
This is "End of the World" shit, mate.
Were you around during the Oil Crisis of 1973/74 ?
Short of a miracle, that's the LEAST "bad" outcome we face :(
Enjoy petrol prices doubling then quadrupling
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As I warned for many years, we ran down our real economy, system and military, so we simply cannot sustain real war, I TOLD you that about that and the consequences for the stupid fucking Ukrainian war about a year ago.
oh, surprise, we run otu of ammo to give them, WHO'D A THUNK IT?!
So what happens when the West runs out of CONVENTIONAL ammo, hm?
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when things get ugly and they will, with US carriers sunk etc, the nutcases in Washington will order a nuclear attack to "show dominance!"
that is NOT a ludicrous thing to say, US already has used nukes and has a legacy of mass bombing second to none.
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Biden, at the start of all this said himself, if the US sends tanks and F 16s "That's World War Three", HIS OWN FUCKING WORDS!
Sigh, we are in shit so deep we need a diving suit :p
The West:
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hint: yes we are!
every government sucks, but ours deep throats Cthulhu! :p
Never has a post started so well, only to go so completely off the rails.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade
Russian police are overwhelmed by the number of people snitching on neighbors and colleagues
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- Russians are snitching on rivals and neighbors, a BBC report said.
- A police officer told the BBC police are inundated with denunciations.
- The Kremlin has introduced draconian laws to suppress criticism of the Ukraine war.
Russian police are being inundated with denunciations by Russians of their fellow citizens over their alleged views on the Ukraine war, BBC News reported.
In the wake of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin introduced draconian new rules to punish people criticizing the so-called "special military operation.'
Under the laws, Russians can be fined up to $560 or imprisoned for up to five years if found guilty of vaguely defined offenses that involve discrediting the military.
Police officials told the BBC that officers are fielding "endless charges on the discrediting of the army".
"People are always looking for an excuse to denounce someone over the 'special military operation,'" a recently retired police officer told the BBC, adding: "Whenever something real comes up, there's nobody to investigate. Everyone's gone to check on some grandma who saw a curtain that looked like the Ukrainian flag."
A serial informer, who goes by the name Anna Korobkova but did not disclose her real identity, told the BBC she had filed 1,397 denunciations since the invasion.
One man told the BBC he is being held in jail on terrorism charges after being falsely accused by a colleague after an argument.
The BBC claimed that Russians are being arrested on the basis of spurious accusations by people who hold grudges.
Human rights group OVD-Info told The Financial Times in February that around 20,000 people have been arrested in anti-war protests in Russia.
The report said that around 440 people face more serious charges over their alleged opposition to the war, and could face jail terms of up to 15 years. Some of those facing charges have fled the country.
My Russian friend's mother refuses to talk about the war on the phone. This is why.
that story reminds me of a quick bit from background stuff in The Running Man, Not exactly something that should be an instructional manual.Quote:
Cadre kids – don’t forget – October is bonus recruitment month – earn a double bonus for reporting on a family member!
The monsters who run America are now telling Zelensky that he HAS to have peace talks with Russia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
All the lies about Ukraine "winning" are coming undone in the face of reality.
It's got so bad for Ukraine, they are calling up EVERYONE from 17 to 70, male AND female...that is not indicative of "winning"
The Ukrainians have not been removing their dead rom the line for many months, now they are leaving dead WOMEN there, too.
America plays draughts while stoned out of it's head on cocaine, while the Russians play chess with ice in their blood and long, bitter memories
As I mentioned before, Otto Von Bismarck himself warned never ever piss with the Russians, it's just not worth the candle
And Bismarck was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY beyond the useless, degenerate moronic, junkie buffoons who run our countries nowadays :(
oh well you still won't listen, sigh
it's utterly inexcusable, you've seen all this before and you support it once again, so you literally have blood on your hands.
of course this time it might be ALL of our blood...ugh :(
even if it doesn't go nuclear, the escalation of sabotage and terrorism against Russia itself will have consequences for all of us....two can play at that game, or rather three plus a dozen add ons.
food for thought:
the Panama Canal is fucked due to climate, over use and mismanagement
if America and Israel doesn't pull their damn horns in, the Red Sea and thus the Suez Canal AND the Straits of Hormuz may get shut down...
Do you understand what that means?
I've been warning you for ages to put away food, useful items etc while you can.
The "Oil Crisis" was bad enough, this clusterfuck is dicing with actual "Mad Max"
GCHQ, NSA...."Five Eyes"....VENONA and ECHELONQuote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
look in the mirror.
We live in a nightmare wrapped in fuzzy wrapping to hide the horror
60 years since YOUR OWN FUCKING GOVERNMENT murdered the last President who had free action and concern for his country
Since I can never really tell what you're talking about once you get going, but you did quote me: my comment is in reference to your Gaza vs. Ukraine statistics. I feel that, while Hamas must be removed before any progress can be made towards peace in the region, the Israelis have been going well beyond what is required. What makes it particularly galling is that Netanyahu had, in the past, gone easy on Hamas because their presence divided the Palestinians and justified Israel's harsh treatment of the Palestinians. So when you started your post, I was thinking, "Oh, this is a fair comment, maybe he'll stick with Israel's... no, there's the pro-Russian propaganda and now there's a conspiracy theory and well shit."Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade
The truth in this comment should give one pause.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade
He's gone full Qilverblade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade
Delores
do you realize that two members of the Israeli government have been sacked for saying in public that they wanted to actually NUKE Gaza, hm?
They were not sacked for demanding such a monstrous horror, they were sacked for talking about it in PUBLIC
Go check, this is fact.
The Zionist monsters seriously discussed the "Samson Option", exterminating a couple of million Palestinians with nuclear fire
GO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND EXAMINE THE FACTS, jeesh!!
And they cannot "remove" Hamas because it's a political movement which gets support from damn near 100 years of Palestinians being robbed of their land and murdered by the Zionist psychopaths
("Palestinians" aren't just Moslem, it includes Jews and Christians by the way)
The Israeli state bombed the third oldest Christian church in the world in Gaza as a deliberate act, FFS!
Just like with Al-Qeda, or the British with the IRA, you CANNOT "remove" such things unless you go pure full fucking Stalin, Heydrich or Genghis Khan
The Hamas bastards who murdered Israeli kids and committed other atrocities should get turned into "pink mist" for their crimes, but it's not going to stop the damn problem, since support comes from horrible injustice of the Zionists.
As we know, whacking terrorists just breeds more form all the casualties, no one does "collateral damage" like Amerika (tm)
And yes, the Israelis AND the Americans set the Hamas pricks up in power...DUH! just like you know...the Taliban, AlQeda, ISIS....
You DARE get at me, while the insane evils are bubbling up in front of yer own eyes....just like you sickly accused me of antisemitism, a beam in your OWN eye, for posting a meme with Mel Brooks and Monty Python.....what the actual fuck is wrong with you?!
JFK WAS murdered by the proverbial "Military Industrial Complex" as more and more evidence proves, yet you cannot accept that: why?
Are you gutless a, a moron or a verminous piece of shit who is part of the "MIC" ?
And as we KNOW it wasn't just JFK who got whacked by the MIC, but also brother, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and many, many others.
You're time is running out, same for all of us alas, whether it is by the consequences of a catastrophic economic Depression or all the way to full scale nuclear exchange, we're in deep shit thanks to the lunatics who infest Washington, London etc
Grow a fucking pair
The fact America plans a "Ministry of Truth" doesn't mean America is way down the rabbit hole, though, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by FilanFyretracker
Nope, "Land of the Free".... :rolleyes:
What does any of what you just wrote there have to do with your "US is going to nuke Iran and Syria" nonsense from the "off the rails" post? You can't defend one thing by posting facts about something unrelated, you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govern...the_Gaza_StripQuote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade
TL;DR: Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007. There's been no elections there since. The Palestinian Authority has run elections in the West Bank since that time. Hamas has put down multiple challenges to and protests against Hamas in Gaza, some caused by external elements (Al-Qaeda) and some internal (Mar. 2019 protests).
Gaza should be run by the Palestinian Authority, as part of a single Palestine. There's support for this in Gaza. But the Israelis are lumping all Gazans together as being Hamas supporters, the same way you just did, and they therefore feel justified in wiping the Gazans out.
No, they certainly did not, since Hamas was a terrorist organization when it first came into existance. What the Israelis have done under Netanyahu is not push Hamas out, accepting the "reality on the ground" in Gaza and negotiating with Hamas as a legitimate government (in private, not publically).Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade
...because it's still a whackjob conspiracy theory, clung to by the sorts of people who spout "DO THE RESEARCH" before coming to the most insane conclusions? Which seems to be a theme with your posts?Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade
It's not bravery to cling to absolute insanity in the face of all evidence opposed to your worldview, as you do. Again, with emphasis: you've been "warning us for ages", and NONE OF YOUR WARNINGS ARE COMING TRUE. Seriously, go back through your "economic collapse" thread, FROM THE FIRST POST, and start adding up how much stuff was overblown disaster hype.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silverblade
Good to see things are the same as ever
Imprisoned Russian politician Navalny is now in a penal colony near the Arctic Circle
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MOSCOW (AP) — Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost.
Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism. He had been imprisoned in the Vladimir region of central Russia, about 230 kilometers (140 miles) east of Moscow, but his lawyers said they had not been able to reach him since Dec. 6.
His spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, said he was located in a prison colony in the town of Kharp, in the Yamalo-Nenets region about 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles) northeast of Moscow.
Navalny is “fine — at least as much as possible after such a long stage" and a lawyer visited him, Yarmysh told The Associated Press.
The region is notorious for long and severe winters. The town is about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Vorkuta, whose coal mines were among the harshest of the Soviet Gulag prison-camp system.
“It is almost impossible to get to this colony; it is almost impossible to even send letters there. This is the highest possible level of isolation from the world,” Navalny’s chief strategist, Leonid Volkov, said on X.
Transfers within Russia’s prison system are shrouded in secrecy and inmates can disappear from contact for several weeks. Navalny’s team was particularly alarmed when he could not be found because he had been ill and reportedly was being denied food and kept in an unventilated cell.
Yarmysh said the transfer was connected with the campaign for the Russian presidential election in March. While Putin’s reelection is all but certain, given his overwhelming control over the country’s political scene and a widening crackdown on dissent, Navalny’s supporters and other critics hope to use the campaign to erode public support for the Kremlin leader and his military action in Ukraine.
“They deliberately sent him to this particular colony precisely in order to isolate Alexei as much as possible, so as not to give him any opportunity to communicate with the outside world,” she said. “This is all happening precisely because Alexei, despite the fact that he is in prison, is still the main opponent of Vladimir Putin ... It is not surprising that they began to transfer him to another colony right now, so that he could not interfere with Putin’s campaign.”
Navalny has been behind bars in Russia since January 2021, when he returned to Moscow after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin. Before his arrest, he campaigned against official corruption and organized major anti-Kremlin protests.
He has since received three prison terms and spent months in isolation in Penal Colony No. 6 for alleged minor infractions. He has rejected all charges against him as politically motivated.