Vanon

Congrats to China, Russia and Israel. Ironic that Biden admin mishandling just one of these issues, even while handling others well, may lead to worst outcome of all three. Perhaps a tiny ME country just changed the course of history. In the dumbest timeline at least, for whatever that’s worth.

I also found this interesting:

'Life Is Complicated’: How a Scourge of Oligarchs Fell in Love With One

Natalia Morari once reported on corrupt business in Moldova. Now she has upset many by having a son with a tycoon accused of corruption, and running against the pro-West president in elections.

Feted by many fellow journalists and Western diplomats as a fearless scourge of corrupt oligarchs, Moldova’s most popular television host torched her soaring career and stellar image three years ago with a startling life choice.

She fell in love and had a child with one of her country’s most notorious and, according to prosecutors, most corrupt oligarchs.

Ostracized by many of her onetime friends and admirers, Natalia Morari, 40, has now caused yet more dismay by refashioning herself into a politician. She no longer works for the independent, award-winning television station she founded in 2006, and is running for president in an election on Sunday against the incumbent, Maia Sandu, the standard-bearer of a pro-European cause for which the journalist was for years a prominent champion.

Any day now, “AI” will stop producing this garbage. They just need another trillion dollars…

Honestly, that window of opportunity for Russians has closed, possibly for a very long time. By now, much of the gov is designed to quickly and brutally control opposition and protests.

For contrast: Just on the other side of the border a decade ago, tens of thousands of courageous Ukrainians seized a very similar opportunity. They fought and died for it, did not give up, and won the battle. Fuck Putin and his Yanukovych puppets, hello Zelenskyy and EU. But Ukrainians are still fighting to finish the war. They should be incredibly proud of their achievements so far.

On very special occasions I’ll ride an escalator.

No, but… you see, there was Hamas under that bomb. All the bombs Bibu drops explode only when Hamas. No evidence, just Hamas! Women and chil… Hamas! Random civilians shot by Israeli snipers… Hamas?

I thought people credited Macron with the error and poor timing of the election. But credited the French voters with saving the election (against the far right and polling, quickly uniting with a practical strategy).

Their drones are definitely attracting attention for their innovations and effectiveness. So many different weapons manufacturers are participating in the war. I hope Ukraine can take advantage and create their own industry, born of their reputation of defense.

What if we send them to someone else first, and let them drop The Democracy right on the civilian population? Damn, still not working. Must need smarter, more sophisticated bombs…

As Russian military continues to purposely destroy supermarkets, homes, schools, hospitals, energy infrastructure, entire towns, etc.

I wonder how many “innocent” Russians know of any of that. Or that their soldiers kidnapped and raped women and children. Tortured and executed others. “Fake news” I’m sure they’d conveniently claim. Ignorance is bliss, until the bombs start dropping on their town.

Literally anything. It seems “They’ve tried (almost) nothing, and they’re all out of ideas!” This is such a mind-boggling fuckup from Biden. Probably the biggest of his presidency.

Israel is run by out-of-control extremists and racists (much like T**** regime). Who will justify any killing, because “they’re in danger” (also sounds familiar). Biden is seemingly vetoing his own advisors, as Netanyahu continually kills civilians, Israeli hostages, and chance after chance at a ceasefire.

I really hope Harris has a more intelligent approach. It wouldn’t take much.

Are you claiming Newsweek is not reputable? I bet you also think Fox News is fake news. Or New^s York Times is clickbait. News is right there in the title, game over. /s

Russia deserves to be booted from the internet at this point. A glorified gas station, home to massive numbers of bots and agitators, allowed to undermine democracies worldwide. Cut the cables. (Install a quick-disconnect? It’s like a series of pipes, right? /s)

Then we need to deal with poorly moderated sites (like Elon’s) that encourage dis/misinfo and hate to spread, under the guise of “freeze peach”.

They’re all easy to avoid giving money to. That said, all of those things would be much improved, virtually overnight, if he were to just… spontaneously combust. (Or, even less probable, seek psychological help.)

It’s amazing how much damage a few men (Putin, Trump, Musk…) are allowed to do. History indicates this has always been the case, but at least we didn’t have a live feed of their every deranged thought or desperate cry for attention.

Maybe the EU should just fight the (typically Russian) passive aggression with some of their own. “Delay” this asshole’s funding, while denying it. Ignore their requests, give them the runaround. Be a complete pain in the ass at every opportunity. Let Hungary pick themselves up by the bootstraps. Maybe they should vote for a better leader next time.

It’s almost the least someone at the campaign could do. I’ll donate eventually (they seem to be doing fine for now!), but it would be great to see them show some love for the superior principled social media outcasts of the fediverse and Mastodon.

Knock it off, cartels! Don’t make me come over there! (With my military that apparently has no chance of winning. Where do I send payment?)

In the past, some of the best (full events, live, not heavy on commentators) was from non-US public sources using VPN in said country. Like Canada’s CBC, Britain’s BBC, etc. I haven’t done it in a while though, can’t confirm.

Didn’t he just visit Ukraine? Of course he must hand-deliver his report to Putin, it’s just part of their deal. (If acceptable, only then may he receive cock into chosen hole and various other gifts.)

Obligatory: Fuck the polls, only voting matters. Crush those fuckers into the bowels of history. Appreciate democracy. It’s progress, even when it’s not perfect.