https://hexbear.net/post/1401936

Very normal spd behavior, meeting with bankers and waiving taxes they didn't even pay. :olaf-shining:

Reading Lenin's Imperialism... hits different with all that has been happening in the last 2 decades or so

Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Israel's prime minister, told the BBC he does not "believe that nowhere is safe".

"We've designated safer zones for people to go to," he said.

"If you believe the Hamas propaganda, we're just hitting innocent buildings, right? But if we're hitting a structure, it's because there's Hamas either in or under the structure."

Kindly move to the less lethal zones

CNN desk: “See you’ve gotta go further right, on immigration, to get the Republicans on board with foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel.”

What a farce.

Yemen and Saudi Arabia will sign a peace treaty and then Saudi Arabia will give military access to Yemen and also basing rights and then Yemen will strike "Israel" from the back like in a EUIV game.

So apperently Yemen scared the bullys away. it named a Time and a Place. Now suddenly they have second thoughts about coming ...

Japan set to export Patriots to the US as stopgap

mass shooting in czechia kills 15 at prague university

maybe this will be a wake up call that neoliberalism and fascism is bad? doubtful...

Mr. putin, give onyx anti-ship missile to freedom fighters in yemen 🙏

Such a shame that powers that be, don't have joker-mode politicians. usa can funnel money to kill their people for 50 years, and they are like "ooh so uncivilized, lets talk more".

Starting with stalin, the fucking lib

After Milei's decree: Argentine companies will be able to pay their employees with milk or meat instead of cash (spanish only)

Chancellor Diana Mondino confirmed that employers and workers will be able to agree contracts in any type of currency, including bitcoins, kilos of steer or liters of milk.

The government of Argentina announced a series of economic deregulation measures that will come into force as from this week, among which is the possibility of agreeing contracts in any type of currency, including foodstuffs such as beef or milk.

The information was provided by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Diana Mondino, who announced on Twitter that "we ratify and confirm that in Argentina it will be possible to agree contracts in Bitcoin and also any other crypto and/or species such as kilos of steer or liters of milk".

In addition, the Chancellor referred to article 766 of the Argentine Civil and Commercial Code, reformed by decree of President Javier Milei, which details that "the obligation of the debtor is to deliver the corresponding amount of the designated currency, whether the currency is legal tender in the Republic or not."

It should be noted that this is not the first time that Argentina has had to resort to barter: already during the economic crisis of 2001, during the government of Fernando de la Rúa, the exchange of goods and services without money became popular in the trans-Andean country.

Statements on the inclusion of cryptocurrencies and other species in financial obligations under Section 766 raise interesting challenges. The incorporation of these assets into financial legislation is a topic of global debate, and their impact on the economy and transactions requires careful consideration.

Because what do you really mean we have a 9 year old child reporting on her own people's genocide? What do you mean?

I used to be a wordsmith & knew how to use language to convey my thoughts & yet I have no idea how to express how fucking horrifying it is to know we have CHILDREN documenting their people's ethnic cleansing.

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Please enjoy this enjoyable video

https://vexwift.com/israeli-settlers-set-fire-to-the-christmas-tree-in-bethlehem/

Israeli settlers in the West Bank burn down Christmas tree in Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. They were driven out eventually by Muslims and Christians throwing rocks at them.

Hey anyone remember that democrat politician who quit or didnt go for reelection because he was locked out of negotiations on obamacare that Obama had with insurance and pharma companies? Like he was pushing for caps on drug prices and obama essentially prevented him for even being there. I need that for a paper

It may be Waxman but he didnt leave politics over it and the article I remember iirc from politico doesnt exist. I know it ended with Bernie being told he quit and being flabbergasted

USS Carl Vinson has abandoned its mission in the South China Seas and is en route to the Middle East

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Carrier Strike Group 1 led by the 'USS Carl Vinson' is moving West towards the Middle East, abandoning its mission in the Phillipine & South China Seas

-Middle_East_Spectator on Telegram

Xi threatens peaceful resolution on Biden

coalition of the chilling

Colorado State Court has barred Trump from the ballot for 2024

Wonder what the Supreme Court will do?

8h ago

Rep. Ritchie Torres just called @UNRWA an "antisemitism indoctrination" program at an event at the 92nd st Y. Honorable man.

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🇩🇪🇺🇦❗️Germany will not extradite Ukrainian refugees to serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the country's Minister of Justice

Your (very short) Saturday Briefing:

96% of Saudis think that Arab nations should cut ties with Israel, and 40% of Saudis have a positive view of Hamas, compared to 10% months before the conflict began. Not that democratic sentiment means much in a monarchy, but worth loosely keeping an eye on.

The Sudanese Armed Forces have had a pretty serious defeat lately, after a couple months of relatively little movement (though even this "little movement" puts all the territorial losses and gains in the Ukraine War since June to shame; such is non-attrition war). The opposing Rapid Support forces have seized Wad Madani and some other major towns/cities in Jezira State, which is much more agricultural and populated than the western desert regions that the RSF has had their strongholds in before. This was a pretty surprising defeat for the SAR, especially due to the seeming lack of attempt to conduct any defensive urban warfare, and it's been a real kick up the ass for the pro-SAR population and politicians and leading to a lot of arguments and controversy about the military and what the fuck it's even doing. Given that hundreds of thousands of people had fled from other attacked areas to Jezeira State due to its assumed safety, this is very much not good for the civilian populace either, who are now fleeing again. You can compare the current map on NATOpedia to how the battlefield was just two months ago. Meanwhile, the SAF is accusing the UAE of supporting the RSF (they are), and some Democrats in the US Congress are calling on the UAE to end its support for the RSF.

Japan's defense spending is increasing by over 16% next year, up to a record $56 billion, and is loosening arms export controls, including being able to sell Patriot missiles that it manufactures to the US, whose stockpiles are dwindling. You know what they say, if your air defense missiles don't work on hypersonic missiles and they don't really work on drone swarms, the two major threats to your current military hegemony, just make even more of them and confidently state that this is Fine And Good, Actually, instead of trying a different strategy!

Podoliak, senior aide to Zelensky, has said that Ukrainian men of fighting age who fled the conflict should be forced to return, and that restrictions should be put in place to limit their access to aid and services in their places of stay in order to pressure them to return to Ukraine.

That one Chinese mf who got 40k accounts banned on war thunder.

Via Lowkey Israelis have written "god willing it will hit innocent people" on the side of an armor piercing tank shell. Are they using antitank sabot shells against buildings?

The trial against former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori, his former advisor Vladimiro Montesinos, and 21 other people investigated for the crime of aggravated homicide in the Pativilca massacre case began this Monday, according to judicial sources

The court wants to sentence Fujimori for more 25 years.

Milei's reforms

Javier Milei, President of Argentina, will announce this evening on national radio and TV several reforms that will be implemented by Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU).

Page 12, an Argentine newspaper, contains a series of reforms that Milei intends to put into this decree, such as:

• Labor reform (declaring an emergency in the sector);

• Eliminating the Rent Law;

• Eliminating the Supply Law

Some electoral reforms will also be included, such as:

• Elimination of the Simultaneous and Compulsory Open Primaries (PASO);

• Replacing accordion ballots (each candidate has their own) with single paper ballots (a single ballot for all candidates).

These announcements, and others, will be made in tonight's speech, which was recorded in the afternoon.

Another F-35 oopsie, this time a whole-ass panel fell off one in flight

When I say "immigrants are poisoning the blood of our white country" I'm not referencing Hitler. Hitler said it meanly, very mean and rude, I say it with love. I love immigrants but they're not white and they're not welcome.

Naked Capitalism: US, Allies Opening New Front in Middle East With Escalation Against Houthis Over Shipping Lanes

There's discussion about to what extent the US can respond to Ansarallah's attacks. Speculation is that the fleet present around Yemen right now can fire 400-800 anti-missile/drone missiles - that is, if Yemen has about a thousand missiles+drones or more, the fleet is fucked unless they can resupply (and that isn't trivial; they'd have to return to port and everything, and you can't just leave your aircraft carrier in the sea while your destroyers are away resupplying). Probably explains why they're bringing a third aircraft carrier group over.

It seems to me that the impact of the blockade is largely symbolic. That's not to say it isn't having a sizable impact on the Israeli economy - it definitely is - but the route all the way around Africa doesn't make the route some arduous trek, and if Israel requires a certain commodity then they can certainly get it. The bigger factor here is that the global hegemon is unable to defend its shipping routes despite having two - soon, three - aircraft carriers in the region, as well as a number of regional allies. Given how much of the financial economy is speculation (read: vibes based), bad vibes can actually have an impact.

Truthfully, I think there's too many unknowns to be able to predict with any great accuracy what would happen beyond that it would be a gigantic and expensive (materially, in terms of missiles used) pain in the ass for the United States even if none of their ships are sunk, and who knows how far Ansarallah will truly go. I don't doubt their beliefs and militant statements per se, I've just been made very cynical over the last couple years about thr concepts of verbally given red lines which are unceremoniously stepped over by the West; I'm definitely a believer in the saying "Don't make promises you can't keep."

Of course, Yemen has already done their fair share compared to most other countries on the planet, so I would be a lot less angry with them not really trying to start a war against the US (and they still very well might!) compared to watching Russia do essentially nothing as Biden clumsily drove his golf cart over 20 red lines in a row. Hearing "Don't send X weapon to Ukraine!" from Russia should basically be interpreted as a masochist saying "Oh no, it would be a real shame if you whipped me for the 45th time! Don't do it!" Again, not saying that Russia should have started bombarding Poland or whatever, just that they should have shut the fuck up if their threats have nothing behind them. Compare this to Hezbollah, who has responded tit-for-tat with Israeli strikes into Lebanon, AND haven't constantly fucking bleated about red fucking lines every time. The threat is implicit, they don't have to say it!

Anyway, on to the first part of the article:

... So we have the spectacle of the US, a supposed naval power, unable to protect critical sea lanes. Can’t have that, now can we?

Mind you, it is not clear what good a convoy, which looks to be the immediate response, will do in the face of drone and ballistic missile attacks. Yes, it will put more defensive firepower in the theater. But the number of missiles and difficulty of resupply means there is a possibility, even a pretty good one that the Houthis can simply exhaust the firepower that can be delivered via the Operation Prosperity Guardian warships.

And that’s before getting to logistics issues, that to a degree, maybe a big degree, various vessels have particular launch platforms, so missiles are not very fungible across ships. So this the convoy could wind up being a high cost temporizing measure. Would the West try to move to a Plan B before it became hopelessly evident that it was outmatched by the proverbial guys in sandals, now with the force levelers of drones and ballistic missiles? Of course, events in the from of damage to convoy ships could overtake events.

So what might next steps be, if the big bad Western forces fail to trounce the Houthis quickly? Maybe the Biden Administration works up the nerve to tell Israel no more weapons for you if you don’t cut it out in Gaza. You can be sure the hawks will call for strikes on Iran to make them rein in the Houthis (when I doubt Iran has operational control) and/or a ground attack on Yemen. I consider the latter to be nuts. We saw from the Gulf Wars it took months to pre-position men and weapons, and that was when we had a better army. And by all accounts, the Houthis would be as hard as the Afghanis to defeat, between their native tenacity, their very decentralized structure, and the defense-friendly terrain.

It feels like we’re on the brink. Somethings gonna happen I can feel the vibes

Also do y’all have links to the telegrams y’all are keeping a tab on?

Israel's lawyer is a great way to describe the US. "Your honor, my client Israel, is not actively committing genocide nor ethnic cleansing. Proportionality is..."

The UNSC resolution just passed was for all intents and purposes drafted by the US. Nevertheless US still couldn't bring itself to vote in favour and abstained. As Aaron David Miller put it, "Israel's lawyer". And people look to these fanatics to broker Middle East peace?

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Yemen will do the cool thing when the site is down

breaking: Uranus’ mysterious features on display in new Webb image - CNN

The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a glowing new portrait of Uranus that showcases the ice giant’s typically hidden rings, moons, weather and atmosphere — features that were nowhere to be seen in the planet’s first close-up more than three decades ago.

Humanity’s first good look at Uranus came when Voyager 2 flew by the seventh planet from the sun in 1986. Through the spacecraft’s camera, which viewed the solar system in visible light, Uranus appeared to be a bright blue world.

🚨Tragic Breaking News🚨

13 year old Israeli Brigadier General dies in Gaza !!!

why hasn't Citations Needed done an investigation into "Supply Chain Issues"? i'm not wrong in that it emerged as a talking point during covid, right? that they somehow parlayed into a regular headline appearance to launder labor suppression and manufacture 'victories' for the political class.

don't get me wrong logistics are a real thing, i mean the media class talking about it