More and more reports incoming about a potential ceasefire agreement/prisoner exchange deal with regards to Gaza. The attitude and media reports are of a very similar tone to the Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon. No matter how "bad or good" the ceasefire deal is, a ceasefire is a ceasefire and will bring desperately needed relief to millions under siege in Gaza.

Warplanes are in Yemeni airspace conducting aerial assualts, according to the Al Mayadeen correspondent stationed there. Explosions were reported in Sana'a, as well as the sounds of aircraft. This appears to be in response to Yemen's ballistic missile attack yesterday that evaded Israeli air defenses. Unknown at this time if it's Israeli, US or UK aircraft, or a coalition force of multiple countries. US surveillance aircraft and drones were operating close to Yemen within the last few hours, and the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), was spotted less than 600km off of the coast of Yemen today. Mohammed al-Houthi also tweeted about it. Just be aware that most of the photos circulating online are of previous attacks and not the current attack.

Al Mayadeen twitter source

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So it was a US airstrike, no Israeli involvement as of now. Also apparently no anti-ship ballistic missiles were launched at US Navy ships this time, only cruise missiles and one way attack drones. Again, all according to US sources. Also I'm not posting US sources because I uncritically believe what they say, but rather to get an idea of what they were doing and who was responsible for this attack.

I remember hearing that some of the prisons in syria where people are being released from USED to back in the day be CIA blacksites, where america could hold people indefinitely and that lasted until syria-us relations deteriorated. Anyone know if that's true?

Also the syrian had arrested abdullah occalan and then also released him?

Real Idenity of the CNN "rescued" Syrian prisoner revealed and verified by members of his hometown.

Via Verify-Sy Syrian fact checkers Salama Mohammed Salama aka Abu Hamza, 1st Lieutenant in SAF Intelligence.

Denmark Imposes Harsh Welfare Reforms Targeting 'Non-Western' Immigrants

Denmark’s rubber-stamp parliament, has approved welfare reforms imposing strict conditions on welfare recipients, disproportionately targeting racialized minorities. The new laws require some welfare recipients to work 37 hours per week for a paltry DKK 6,553 (USD 917) monthly before taxes—an amount woefully inadequate in one of the world’s priciest nations.

The reform, presented by the ruling Social Democrat-led right-wing regime, was passed with the support of regime-loyal far right parties. A spokesman from the fascist Danish People's Party, gleefully embracing the prospect of forcing unpaid menial labor on non-white minorities, declared, "We don't just see this as a political victory; we see it as a victory for Denmark, for Danes, and for fairness".

The reforms, championed by the Nordic hermit kingdom's minister of employment, the Social Democrat hardliner Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen, claim to link "rights and responsibilities" but explicitly target 'non-Western' immigrants, particularly immigrant women. White refugees from Ukraine are explicitly exempt from the new punitive measures. The legal framework carefully avoids overt racial language, relying instead on conditions such as residency and employment history—criteria that disproportionately disadvantage minorities—thus providing a thin veneer of legality for the regime’s actions.

People targeted by the new reforms will be required to work full-time doing activities that includes doing menial public sector work, unpaid internships with private employers, employment in subsidized-wage positions or attending language classes. Tasks proposed for the work obligation include cleaning public toilets and sweeping sidewalks. Failure to comply could lead to even lower payments.

Critics from the moderate pro-democracy opposition, like Victoria Velasquez from the Red-Green Alliance, argue that the reforms fail to address barriers like health, education, or language and could cause even more people to end up working as unpaid labor in jobs that should be filled by paid workers earning fair wages under collective agreements. The nation's independent labor movement shares these concerns.

An estimated 10,000 individuals—90% of them non-Western immigrants—will also see their welfare payments slashed under tightened eligibility rules. These cuts will help finance modest subsidies for children’s activities and medications, presenting the reforms as a zero-sum game where the most marginalized are made to fund improvements for others.

• Source: Arbejderen, December 20th 2024

Elon Musk's 'X' deleted the account of Saudi-born far-right terrorist Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, and reinstated it hours later, but with all the pro-Israel and anti-Islamic Tweets removed.

germany's gonna be a scarier country than the usa in a year and that's saying a lot

TASS "Domestic mRNA vaccine for cancer will be free"

Big names. Gamaleya is very famous, known for developing the earliest vaccine for COVID, and the Blokhin oncology research center is the largest in both Europe and Russia. Hope it's true and widely available.

Another simulated Oreshnik or IRBM strike was carried out today according to air raid monitoring channels. 2nd one in two days, so two days in a row now we've had stimulated strikes. I wonder if we'll get an actual real strike before the end of the year, or if Russia is just wheeling out the missile launchers to keep Ukraine on it's toes. If there's another strike, will it be an Oreshnik, or another intermediate range system?

Also with regards to Oreshnik, it turns out that satellite imagery from Airbus showing the supposed damage, only showed old damages to the factory complex from previous strikes. Another older satellite image from Airbus was ordered to confirm that. Also Maxar, the supplier of satellite imagery for Google Maps, has been covering up all the damages to the factory complex in their satellite imagery, including from all previous attacks. There is even suspicions that Airbus is doing similar with regards to Oreshnik and selling old imagery, only showing old damages from previous strikes, and not Oreshnik. Either that, or the Oreshnik damage is not visible on satellite imagery, or Oreshnik missed completely. Here's the article on that.

The only reliable source that seems to have seen imagery of the damage caused by the Oreshnik strike has not released it publicly, and states that the only damage visible on satellite imagery is "small holes punched in roofs", given the kinetic nature of the projectiles. If that's true, most of the damage would be underground and thus not visible on any satellite imagery, similar to a tank being hit by an APFSDS (sabot) round, where the only damage visible on the outside is a small entry hole, while the inside of the tank is destroyed.

Twitter source with regards to that

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Massacre in Haiti: At Least 200 Dead in Cite Soleil and Artibonite - Telesur English

US-Backed Kurdish Forces Report Ceasefire Failure in Northern Syria

Unlike US, China trying to resolve, not worsen Red Sea crisis

Excited to learn that Drone Discourse is colliding with Sky Orb Discourse

Trump to announce $100B SoftBank investment in the US

Why does the U.S. need a foreign company to invest in Dollars locally? So much for the nationalism when you have a company from one of your client states decide where the money goes.

Live updates: Abundant Life Christian School Shooter was a 17-year-old female student, official tells AP

A teenage student opened fire at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, killing a teacher and another teenage student in the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said. Victims: A teacher and a teen student were killed in the shooting by a fellow student, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said in a press conference Monday afternoon. Six other students are being treated at local hospitals, with two in critical condition.

Shortly after the shooting, the school's Facebook page posted, stating that they had had an active shooter incident and were asking for prayers.

Shooter: The shooter was a 17-year-old female student, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. Police in Madison, Wisconsin, said the shooter apparently was dead by suicide when officers arrived. Location: The shooting took place at the nondenominational Abundant Life Christian School, which has about 390 students, from kindergarten through high school, according to its website.

GPS Issues Likely To Delay New "Israeli" Artillery For Danish Army

Denmark’s purchase of artillery systems from the controversial "Israeli" defense company Elbit, notorious for arming the zionist apartheid a d genocide against Palestine, has run into new problems after revelations about flawed GPS systems. The systems, including Puls rocket launchers and Atmos howitzers, were equipped with civilian-grade GPS vulnerable to jamming, rendering them ill-equipped for modern warfare.

Attempts to upgrade to military-grade GPS systems are now mired in delays and mismanagement, potentially pushing the systems’ readiness back by three years and inflating costs.

Delivery of the weapons has already been delayed by the ongoing Palestinian war of liberation.

The deal itself stems from a rushed and opaque procurement process in early 2023, during which Danish officials approved the purchase under dubious circumstances. An independent investigation revealed misleading information was provided to decision-makers by the Liberal Party-controlled ministry of defense, raising serious questions about the integrity and competence of the authorities involved.

The Nordic hermit kingdom purchased the systems to replenish its arsenal following a hastede decision to traffick it's French Caesar howitzers to Ukraine's Kiev regime.

• Source: DR (state media), December 18th 2024

Came across this image that goes incredibly hard when looking up Russia's NBC protection forces (due to the assassination this morning)

In vacation country Portugal news, the incompetent government decides to appeal to security racism whenever it is caught not fixing anything. This time, they decided to direct the police to do stop people in the middle of their mostly immigrant neighborhood in the middle of the capital to humiliate and search them, so they can "appease the feeling of insecurity" that the far right, the pigs, and themselves have been trying to create - neither of these would be close to being able to find a majority finding them competent, by the way.

And they present as a great result apprehending some minor drugs, small amount of money (4600€), and a knife. And some white Portuguese guy who was probably selling the drugs. Those immigrants surely are leading to increased feelings of insecurity, by way of opportunistic . Other than some of the cops, they're not even close to fascist, just eurocuck buffoons pretending to play politics incapable of thinking about the consequences.

mate has no other problems huh.

Is Freeland’s exit a sign of a turn away from Washington? -Yves Engler