Since then, the euro has emerged as a challenger to dethrone the dollar

Germany might thing so, but it was so dysfunctionally designed there was never a chance of that, inevitably and in short order killing demand for their own production. EU consumption levels will not remain while throwing 3.5% to the MIC black-hole (plus 1.5% for ?something?), funded through national budgets which must remove that amount from the economy in addition to the rest of the permanent austerity

I don't know what that implies for the US.

Didn't see this posted.

Every accusation is a lie and a confession, exhibit hospitals: https://nitter.poast.org/GozukaraFurkan/status/1933987603906503096#m

The foreign policy of a slavery state, because that's the jail they'll probably be sent to.

As clansman in chief quickly realizes the instability of the status quo and goes for the genocide accelerator:

You’re talking about probably a million and a half people. And we just clean out that whole thing. Over the centuries it’s had many, many conflicts, that site. And I don’t know, something has to happen.

Some people were paying attention to the 1.5 million number. Out of 2.4 million 16 months ago.

One a more hopeful note, if what I read is true, and the Arab regimes are not that stable, things could escalate very quickly if he tries to use the finesse he's bringing to his mandate.

ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant

“The Chamber issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024”, a statement from the court said.

There are “reasonable grounds” to believe that Gallant and Netanyahu “intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity”, the statement continued, covering only part of the allegations against them.

The court also rejected two Israeli challenges to its jurisdiction, saying “the acceptance by Israel of the Court’s jurisdiction is not required, as the Court can exercise its jurisdiction on the basis of territorial jurisdiction of Palestine”.

Maybe it matters, I dunnow. Still happy. Interested to see the fallout on anti-zionism laws and censorship. If still intends to blame it on a couple of people, we're way passed the point where that could possibly work.

EDIT: Now detailed at the Electronic Intifada. Of note, IMO

The arrest warrants are classified as ‘secret’, in order to protect witnesses and to safeguard the conduct of the investigations. However, the Chamber decided to release the information below since conduct similar to that addressed in the warrant of arrest appears to be ongoing. Moreover, the Chamber considers it to be in the interest of victims and their families that they are made aware of the warrants’ existence.

At the outset, the Chamber considered that the alleged conduct of Mr Netanyahu and Mr Gallant falls within the jurisdiction of the Court. The Chamber recalled that, in a previous composition, it already decided that the Court’s jurisdiction in the situation extended to Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Furthermore, the Chamber declined to use its discretionary proprio motu powers to determine the admissibility of the two cases at this stage. This is without prejudice to any determination as to the jurisdiction and admissibility of the cases at a later stage. [...] each bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.

The Chamber also found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Netanyahu and Mr Gallant each bear criminal responsibility as civilian superiors for the war crime of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population.

No idea on the technicalities of law, but this is is probably a deep open wound on the "rules-based order" that is not getting closed if they manage to manipulate a dismissal.

This is too much. I can't keep forcing myself to bear witness and see it getting worse and worse. We're going to read more unfathomable justifications of why burning a refugee camp never happened, but if it happened, it would be a good thing, and they weren't human anyway.

Just death to Israel, man. I'm welcoming everyone to just launch the nukes for months and months now. Instead, we'll get a few more sternly worded posts from Borell and other useless idiots.

Just the right time to check the news. Well, a few minutes late, but I'll take it.

I doubt anything fundamentally changes yet, but it's cathartic.

EDIT: It's quite something to notice that, as expected, the Iron Dome et all are broken, and that the resistance keeps showing how fragile the entity is with incredible restraint, while zionists - worried about the "defense of Israel", remember - are in complete denial. Same as the rest of what's going on, I guess.

I've never felt much need for spirituality, but not only has empathizing with the martyrs shone a light on their connection with their religion, I'm also feeling a need to say some sort of prayer later today, before or after catching up.

May Allah have mercy on Palestinians, Lebanese, and all the rest of them.

You joke, but jesus fuck, what a bunch of corrupt fucking ghouls.

I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.

https://twitter.com/joshgondelman/status/1807796273258344877

Yep. That is a thing that is true in 2024.

That's it. That's all I have to say. Thanks for having a space for it.

Looks like reality is approaching Ukranian media

Kyiv wants the United States to train more Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, but the U.S. says there are limited spots and too many customers from other nations, Politico reported on June 5, citing Ukrainian and U.S. officials. Several countries, including the U.S., have pledged to assist Ukrainian aviators with the necessary training under the F-16 coalition framework. The first Ukrainian pilots began their training at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, last October.

Ukraine says it has 30 pilots prepared to start the training program in Tucson, but U.S. President Joe Biden maintains that the program only has space for 12 students at a time, three officials told Politico.

The same availability issues reportedly also affect training facilities in Denmark and Romania.

Over the past several weeks, Kyiv has officially requested that the U.S. train the additional pilots at the Tucson facility. The U.S. has not granted the request, citing committments to other nations in line for F-16 training at the base.

"We understand they don't want to break those contracts, but they could move their American pilots to a different base for training," Ukrainian lawmaker Sasha Ustinova told Politico.

They could. But you failed at achieving the impossible, now get stuffed.

Eight new pilots will begin training at the facility in Romania, while another eight are set to undergo training at the Tucson base. For the rest of the year, across all training sites, only four spots will be available for Ukrainian pilots, one official told Politico.

It would be more useful if they trained with the Japanese, they probably still remember how to get something out of vastly outnumbered and outclassed disposable airplanes.

Some tasty cope in the comments:

Why would any country trust paper security assurances ever again as a fair exchange for some more tangible sacrifice they are asked to make?

Why indeed.

Are the USA secretly Putler's best friends?

Reality keeps making everyone part of putinist Hamas.