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US DOD lift moratorium on V-22 Ospreys, allowing them to fly again, but with an extremely specific rule

The services are barred from flying the controversial tiltrotor aircraft more than 30 minutes away from a suitable airfield to divert to in case anything goes wrong. That has caused some of the services, such as the Navy, to continue relying on other aircraft to accomplish tasks that the Osprey would have taken

May the crashprey strike once more.

Kenya "mission" to haiti about to start btw, kinda nice how all the civilized world figured out you can hire some goons from outside to do your deeds, and then be like "wow, we woudl have done it better" (see morocco as well)

Holy shit the Rishi Sunak election announcement is one of the funniest farcical humiliations I’ve seen in a long time

Sopping wet while a New Labour anthem drowns you out

Edit: video - https://x.com/scottygb/status/1793315621662290087/mediaViewer

Caught NPR this morning as they brought someone on to tell us:

• Raisi was the hardest of hard liners
• He hated America
• He even opposed the assassination of Suleimani, in an example of how hard-line he was
• He was actually just a puppet of the supreme leader
• And everyone in Iran hated him anyway

So I guess it was an assassination then?

I tried donating money to the Municipality of Gaza https://gaza-city.ensany.com/campaign/6737 and I got slapped by my credit card's fraud detection. As a test, I used the same credit card to donate to a gofundme that's unrelated to Gaza and the transaction completely processed like normal. The only irregularity I could think of is the Gaza donation needed a telephone number, so I just put a fake number, but I don't think my credit card would know or care about a fake telephone number. I know those fraud detection sometimes trigger if you have a financial transaction that's noticeably greater than your usual financial transaction, but it's not that much more.

I think my credit card is purposefully blocking the transaction because it's related to Gaza. I've found some tweets that mention this, including one who tried to donate to the exact same Municipality of Gaza donation campaign.

Sometimes I wish the Mongols conquered Europe.

Interesting report on the North Korean-Russian relationship that only seems to be growing. Obviously take this with a grain of salt because the source is "US intelligence officials" but it seems to have a lot of folks in Washington troubled. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/are-russia-north-korea-planning-october-surprise-aids-trump-rcna153828

The Biden administration is increasingly concerned that the intensifying military alliance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could vastly expand Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities and increase tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, six senior U.S. officials told NBC News.

U.S. intelligence officials believe Putin is providing North Korea with nuclear submarine and ballistic missile technology in exchange for Pyongyang’s sending Russia large amount of munitions for its war in Ukraine, the senior U.S. officials said. North Korea provides Russia with more munitions than Europe provides to Ukraine, including millions of artillery shells.

Officials are also concerned that Russia might help North Korea complete the final steps needed to field its first submarine able to launch a nuclear-armed missile.

Pyongyang has long sought a long-range ballistic missile able to fly thousands of miles and then re-enter the atmosphere with the payload intact. U.S. officials warn that Russia could now be helping it achieve the final steps. A nuclear-capable missile with survivable re-entry vehicles would present a significant challenge for U.S. missile defense systems.

Personally I'm hoping the Russians give the North Koreans some hypersonic glide missile tech. Scenes when the North Koreans have a weapons tech the Americans have failed to develop for over a decade would be too good to miss.

UK infected blood scandal made worse by ‘chilling’ cover-up, inquiry finds

Ah yes we have a permanent carrier strike group next to Iran but have you noticed however that [RAMBLING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LAW]? Therefore we should nuke Teheran to save the Western Civilization (TM)

This might explain the both-sidesing of arrest warrants by the ICC

https://www.theonion.com/iranian-president-stoned-to-death-with-mountain-1851488487

Mr. President we need to do something, we are losing popular support, we are not signing new trade deals and the IMF is refusing the send us funds. We need to distract the people, shall we order the armed forces to invade the Islands?

No, I have a better idea.

Milei gives musical show, rails against abortion during book launch

The president sang and gave a speech where he called abortion a ‘murderous agenda’

President Javier Milei gave his followers a full show on Wednesday night for the presentation of his latest book Capitalism, Socialism And The Neoclassic Trap. The president gave a fiery speech railing against socialism and abortion — he called the latter a “murderous agenda” — but the headline was the brief musical show where Milei appeared as the frontman of a rock band.

“I am doing this because I wanted to sing,” Milei told around 8,000 of his supporters as he went on stage at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires. “I’ve always done this acapella. Now I wanted to have musicians.”

Dressed in his customary black leather jacket, he sang Panic Show, a song by rock band La Renga that has become an anthem for libertarians in Argentina, despite the band’s opposition. The president frequently sings a part of this song before giving speeches to his supporters.

The band that appeared alongside the president was made up of libertarian deputy Alberto “Bertie” Benegas Lynch, his brother Joaquín, and journalist Marcelo Duclos, co-author of Milei’s biography. After the musical performance, Milei gave an hour-long speech and later joined a panel with presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni and libertarian deputy José Luis Espert.

The event was live streamed on the presidential YouTube channel, but the musical section was left out. The only footage of the moment was taken by people recording on their phones. No professional video equipment was allowed inside, aside from the devices used by the presidential team.

Milei devoted part of his speech to speak about his book, claiming that it provides tools to fight what he calls “21st century socialism.” But he also went against abortion, despite recently saying that overturning legal pregnancy interruption in Argentina is not on his government agenda.

Citing a passage from the Exodus book of the Bible, Milei claimed that abortion was a mechanism the Egyptians used in biblical times to “annihilate Jews.”

“Abortion is an agenda that is over 3,000 years old, and it is completely murderous,” he said.

Milei was initially scheduled to present his book at the Buenos Aires Book Fair on May 12. However, he decided to call it off and do it at the Luna Park stadium on the grounds that he thought the organization would “sabotage” the event. “We need to thank [Book Fair organizers] El Libro Foundation, which gifted us this party with their boycott attempt,” he said on Wednesday night.

Tickets for the event at Luna Park were handed out free of charge. According to the government, the event was funded using earnings from the president’s book. Publisher Planeta announced on Wednesday that Milei had given up the book’s economic rights. The president later explained they were transferred to Distribuidora Belgrano Norte SRL (DBN), a music distribution company that paid for the rental of the stadium.

In recent days, Milei has been accused of plagiarism in his new book. According to an investigation published by Noticias magazine, he allegedly copied exact paragraphs from published works by two Chilean economists and a group of researchers from Argentina’s top publicly-funded research institute, CONICET, as well as a United States website.

“There is no plagiarism of any kind; everything is within intellectual property law,” the presidential spokesman said on Tuesday. Milei has already been accused of plagiarism on previous occasions.

I want our next president to be the most boring ass bureaucrat possible, I've had enough of this wild ride (it has just been 6 months).

Slovenia to recognise Palestinian state by mid-June

SARAJEVO, May 9 (Reuters) - The Slovenian government on Thursday initiated the procedure for the recognition of a Palestinian state as a form of leverage to end the conflict in Gaza, a move it announced in March, Prime Minister Robert Golob said.

"The horrors we see every day in Gaza are inadmissible and must stop," Golob was quoted as saying on the government X platform. "I call on Israel to put an immediate end to its attacks on Gaza and to use the negotiating table."

Golob said he would like his country´s recognition to be "an incentive for these negotiations to proceed more quickly" and speed up the dialogue in the United Nations on an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages and the security and existence of Israel through a two-state solution.

The announcement came as Ireland, Spain and a number of other European Union member states are reportedly considering recognising a Palestinian state on May 21, according to a report by Ireland's national broadcaster.

The date of Slovenia's recognition will depend on the success of the progress in peace talks, with June 13 at the latest, Golob said. If progress is accelerated, Slovenia will complete the recognition procedure faster.

He said the decision to initiate the recognition procedures contained expectations for all those involved in the conflict - the progress in peace talks, release of hostages and in the reform of the Palestinian Authority.

The ruling coalition agreed unanimously on this decision, Golob said, expressing hope that the recognition would inspire other countries to follow in Slovenia´s steps.

Spain, Ireland, Malta and Slovenia said in March they had agreed to take the first steps towards recognising a Palestinian state. The countries reportedly have been waiting for a vote by the United Nations General Assembly on May 10 which could lead to the recognition of the Palestinians as qualified for full U.N. membership.

Since 1988, 139 out of 193 U.N. member states have recognised Palestinian statehood.

Israel has said that the four countries' plan constituted a "prize for terrorism" that would reduce the chances of a negotiated resolution to the Gaza conflict.

okay now I truly fucked up. A couple of days ago my entire twitter feed became infested with pro-milei troll accounts and shit. I've cleaned it up, mostly, and it went back to normal. Now I missclicked and opened up a tweet from this dork pavlou or whatever the fuck, think he's taiwanese and lives in australia or something. Don't care. Regardless, I opened one of his comments and my feed is now infested with NAFO, ukrainian ministry of defense and pro-taiwanese fascists tweets.

This fucking sucks ass.

Spain Fully Withdraws Its Ambassador From Argentina

Javier Milei said that he would not apologize "under any circumstances," arguing that he was the one attacked by the Spaniards.

On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Albares announced that Spain is withdrawing its ambassador from Buenos Aires following the diplomatic crisis sparked by Argentine President Javier Milei.

After a meeting of the Council of Ministers, Albares noted that Argentina "will continue without an ambassador" since the situation has not changed, meaning Milei has not apologized for his remarks against Spanish President Pedro Sanchez and his wife Begoña Gomez.

"For those who want to understand, cooperation is always more powerful than confrontation… Spanish institutions do not conduct politics, and much less foreign policy, through tweets nor do they participate in any show," Albares said.

Previously, during an interview on the television channel LN+, Milei described the withdrawal of the Spanish ambassador from Buenos Aires as "nonsense."

The diplomatic crisis between Spain and Argentina began on Sunday. At an event organized in Madrid by the far-right party Vox, Milei made statements implying, without directly saying it, that President Sanchez is "scum" and called his wife "corrupt."

That same day, in an initial immediate reaction, the Spanish government summoned its ambassador in Buenos Aires, Maria Alonso, for consultations.

"We are facing a case that is not only unique for this government but also in the history of international and diplomatic relations. There are no precedents of a head of state coming to the capital of another country to insult its institutions," Albares pointed out, highlighting that Milei made a "flagrant interference in internal affairs."

"Ideas are debatable, but institutions, governments, and countries are not," said the Spanish Foreign Minister, who noted that Milei did not request any meetings with any Spanish institutions despite it being his first visit to Spain.

Regarding the measures taken by the government, Albares recalled that there have been three during the three days of the diplomatic crisis: the summoning of the ambassador in Buenos Aires for consultations, the summoning of the Argentine ambassador in Madrid, and today, the permanent withdrawal of the Spanish representative in that country.

Albares emphasized that the Spanish government did not provoke the diplomatic impasse but is obliged to defend the "dignity and sovereignty of Spanish institutions."

However, in an interview with the channel Todo Noticias, the Argentine president said he would not apologize "under any circumstances," arguing that he was the one attacked by the Spaniards.

Pedro Sanchez "is such a coward that he needed to send women to hit me," Milei said, referring to statements made by Spanish Vice President Yolanda Diaz and Science Minister Diana Morant.

Im fucking euphoric , omg !!!

Dont tell me it will not do something ! or it will not work .. It will .. work on fucking my fucking germans , this is HOW they work .. Authority .. And this is it Authority !

Omg .. I will go go to the city hall, to the university , to the Rotary Club , The Opra ..

"Have you seen a Mister Nethayu or Gantz around here ?" ,

"They Are Accused of Warcrimes and Genocide !"

"Will You Coperate if you see him" ?

,"Can you assure the Corporation of All Professors / Burocrats / under your Watch " ?

"The International Commuity expect your Support "

OH YOU FUCKING WEASELS, I FUCKING KNOW HOW YOU COWARDICE WORKS

Are there any comrades here who are well read on the current situation in Myanmar? It’s almost impossible to come to an understanding about this conflict for me for some reason

Denmark's foreign minister, corrupt centrist booze-hound Lars Løkke Rasmussen, has made a statement on the ICC's requests for the arrest of zionist top war criminals Netanyahu and Gallant. Like many a liberal he is torn between on the one side white supremacy and deference to his imperial overlords and on the other side legalism and fetishation of the "rules-based international order".

In a comment to the press he says:

I view this with great seriousness. We acknowledge the ICC and stand guard over their independence. Therefore, I can't do anything more than take note of it

So far, so good. He begrudgingly accepts the authority of the ICC although he's not going to lift a finger to put any pressure on the Zionists.

But he's still pissy about the whole thing, especially how the garden-Aryan Netanyahu is so rudely lumped together with the jungle-Untermenshen in the resistance leadership and goes on to say

It seems a bit precarious to me that the leader of a democratic state is mentioned equally with the leader of a terrorist organization, but that does not change my conclusion, namely that we have respect for the ICC,

Apparently being "democratic" (ie. ) means that you can do nothing wrong and he can't see the absurdity in the "democratic state" raking up a body count orders of magnitude greater than that of the so-called "terrorist organisation".

The "democratic" excuse has seen lots of use in official western statements about the arrest requests. It is of course complete nonsense. Having rule by the people is no guarantee of that rule being benevolent to other people and especially not when the rulers are such a nasty and radicalised people as that of the zionist settlers.

The "democratic" excuse is also a propagandistic sleight of hand that perpetuates the myth of the illegal zionist entity being democratic. It is patently not. Of the millions of people who call Palestine home, only zionist settlers and a small token minority of Palestinians living inside colonised areas are allowed to vote or even to be considered citizens. The majority of the Palestinian population resides in the ghettos in Gaza and the West Bank or have been expelled from Palestine altogether by the zionists.

Even those Palestinians who are allowed to live in the colonised areas and who have been granted a so-called "citizenship" by the illegal zionist entity face severe and violent oppression and restrictions on their ability to act politically.

Al Qassam announce the capture of an IDF soldier; Israel denies it

Cw: a bloodied body that is presumably alive

https://streamable.com/l4tedx

Resistance Sniper Triple cw iof death, no gore

https://streamable.com/sf7zqi