Rep. Randy Fine Implies Gaza Should Be ‘Nuked’ Like Japan After DC Shooting
On Thursday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) appeared to suggest that Gaza should be “nuked” like Japan was during World War II in response to the shooting in Washington DC that killed two Israeli embassy staffers.
The congressman was asked [in an interview on Fox News if the shooting should change the course of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. “Well, I think it speaks to the importance of the only end of the conflict is the complete and total surrender by those who support Muslim terror,” Fine replied.
“In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender, that needs to be the same here,” Fine added.
Rep. Randy Fine Implies Gaza Should Be 'Nuked' Like Japan After DC Shooting - News From Antiwar.com
On Thursday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) appeared to suggest that Gaza should be "nuked" like Japan was during World War II in response to the shooting in Washington DC that killed two Israeli embassy staffers.News From Antiwar.com
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Israeli strikes kill Palestinians protecting Gaza aid trucks, Hamas says
Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks against looters, Hamas officials said on Friday, underlining the problems hindering supplies from reaching hungry people in Gaza following Israel's 11-week-long blockade.
So far, an umbrella network of Palestinian aid groups said, 119 aid trucks have entered Gaza since Israel eased its blockade on Monday in the face of an international outcry. But distribution has been hampered by looting by groups of men, some of them armed, near the city of Khan Younis, the network said.
"They stole food meant for children and families suffering from severe hunger," the network said in a statement, which also condemned Israeli airstrikes on security teams protecting the trucks.
TLDR:
Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks in Gaza, according to Hamas, as aid distribution struggles due to looting and delays.Israel says it allowed 300 trucks in since easing its blockade, but aid groups say it’s not enough and many supplies are stuck at the border.
The UN warns of extreme hunger, with two million people at risk of famine. Meanwhile, Israel intensified strikes overnight, hitting 75 targets.
The conflict, ongoing since October 2023, has killed over 53,600 Palestinians,
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The shooter left a manifesto, it doesn't mention religion once.
Israeli embassy workers were targeted because it was about the genocide Israel's government is carrying out.
If you think they should be off limits, wait till you hear about Mossad hunting people who worked for Nazis in support positions. Even low level teenagers who worked as secretaries were targets, so why aren't embassy workers valid targets during the genocide?
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Vietnam orders messaging app Telegram to be blocked, government document shows
Telegram 'surprised' as Vietnam orders messaging app to be blocked
HANOI: Vietnam's technology ministry has ordered telecommunication service providers to block the messaging app Telegram for not cooperating in combating alleged crimes committed by its users, in a move that Telegram said was surprising.CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
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Chiquita fires thousands of striking banana workers in Panama, says it suffered $75 million losses
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino had said earlier Thursday that the strike was illegal and included some 5,000 workers.
“Unfortunately, following the unjustified abandonment of work at our plantations and operations centers since April 28 and continuing today, (the company) has proceeded with the termination of all of our daily workers,” the company said in a statement. It said the company had suffered losses of at least $75 million.
Protests marches and occasional roadblocks have stretched from one end of the country to the other as teachers, construction workers and other unions expressed their rejection to changes the government said were necessary to keep the social security system solvent.
https://apnews.com/article/panama-protests-chiquita-bananas-0c95a19e3186caeb8fa617be999ca485
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“We don’t know how to talk to (union) leader Francisco Smith about the enormous damage his intransigence is causing the Bocas del Toro job sector,” Mulino said. Bocas del Toro is Panama’s westernmost province and borders Costa Rica.
Not to pick tooo much on CEOs (they are so hardworking after all, I am inspired every time I think about all the labor they have stolen from me!), but it sounds like a CEO skill issue here.
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Sorry, had my Dole goggles on, all I could see was money and I became disoriented for a second.
Why do I feel like every time when I put these Dole goggles on, when I take them off I am always digging shallow graves for piles of bodies for some reason?
Dear fellow Netizen, astute observer of events, and elegant writer, might this "digging"/"piles of bodies" you're referring to have anything to do with what effectively amount to war crimes committed by Chiquita leadership against people via murderous paramilitary death squads some while back?
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Oh that is horrible and totally against my values!
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What is it about people in Central America and their culture that makes them so unwilling to work hard like the rest of us? I think we need to impress upon them a more 'Murican work ethic for their own good. Look at how much of a mess their country is and they all want to come here anyways because they are jealous of the kind of society hardworking white christians made.
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It is just too bad tragedies happen all over the world sigh
::: spoiler /s
...in case the anger at my own country, the US, for causing so much harm to Panama, Guatemala and other countries in the region didn't come through properly.
For more context check out the Behind The Bastards episode series "How the U.S.A. Murdered Panama"
iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-…
Also did I mix up my countries crimes against Hawaiians vs Central Americans with the Dole reference? There are just too many to keep straight oh dear
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Part One: How The U.S.A. Murdered Panama with Chelsea Manning - Behind the Bastards | iHeart
Robert is joined by Chelsea Manning to discuss the bastardly history of United States and Panama.FOOTNOTES:1. https://www.amazon.com/Emperors-Jungle-American-Encounters-Interactions/dp/08223309892. https://www.latimes.iHeart
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This doesn’t even make the top-10 list of evil shit Chiquita has done. Some examples:
Chiquita Banana and Crimes Against Humanity
The PJI Legal Team has intervened multiple times to support victims in U.S. litigation against Chiquita Brands International, Inc., for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Colombia.Partners in Justice International
The main issue with fair trade maybe not being especially fair is you have to buy into the system, those who can’t afford to join are often the farms that need the most help because they’re the poorest. So it’s a system that makes sure the poorest farms are excluded which is obviously problematic. The program it’s self can be beneficial but the price that fair trade kicks in it is too low for a lot of farms to survive, which again benefits the richest farms that were not excluded by the buy in. It could be a much fairer system but it’s not “a scam”
I don’t want to link articles to facts like fair trade being buy in or the rates fair trade pays but it’s all available information
Here is a well researched article from Stanford, they do also mention banana lol
ssir.org/articles/entry/the_pr…
When I say scam I mean on us the consumer. Paying more getting worse.
The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee (SSIR)
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.ssir.org
In 'Intolerable Attack,' Trump DHS Blocks Harvard From Enrolling International Students | Common Dreams
"There is no purpose to this other than to hurt Harvard and its students for not fully capitulating to Trump" Professor of Denver
Observers are sharply condemning a decision by the Trump administration, announced on Thursday, to terminate Harvard University's Student Exchange and Visitor Program certification, meaning that the Ivy League school will no longer be able to enroll foreign students.
According to the announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the move also means that foreign students already enrolled at Harvard must transfer elsewhere. The administration alleges the school's leaders have permitted "anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators to harass and physically assault individuals, including many Jewish students."
Harvard has over 6,700 international students, according to data from the school, or 27% international enrollment.
In 'Intolerable Attack,' Trump DHS Blocks Harvard From Enrolling International Students
"There is no purpose to this other than to hurt Harvard and its students for not fully capitulating to Trump," a professor at the University of Denver wrote.eloise-goldsmith (Common Dreams)
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Rescue efforts underway for 260 workers trapped in a South African gold mine
According to the company, an initial investigation showed that a sub-shaft rock winder skip door opened at the loading point and caused some damage to the mineshaft at the Kloof mine, west of Johannesburg.
The National Union of Mineworkers, which represents workers at the Kloof mine, said the miners have been trapped for almost 24 hours, with the company repeatedly changing the estimated time for them to return to the surface.
“We are very concerned because the mine did not even make this incident public until we reported it to the media,” said NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu.
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-gold-miners-trapped-rescue-c48a59e4568a8ab06c33b9136655923b
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...Why must every single news story about anything happening anywhere in the world somehow be about the USA?
I tire of constantly having America thrown in my face at every juncture, even when they're not relevant.
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Germany's Merz pushing China's Xi on support for Ukraine ceasefire | dpa international
Merz and Xi assured each other they were open to cooperate on overcoming global challenges, government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said after the call on Friday.
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9 EU countries want a new interpretation of European rights to ease deportations
- The leaders said in an open letter made public in Rome on Thursday that interpretations of the rights convention by the European Court of Human Rights have limited the flexibility of national governments and prevented them from expelling migrants who commit crimes.
- The letter was signed by leaders of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
https://apnews.com/article/migration-italy-denmark-f23ca5225016535c24d567dd18d971cd
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Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1
- President Donald Trump on Friday said he is “recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union” after complaining that trade negotiations have stalled.
- The EU “has been very difficult to deal with,” Trump wrote. “Our discussions with them are going nowhere!”
The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with. Their powerful Trade Barriers, Vat Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies, and more, have led to a Trade Deficit with the U.S. of more than $250,000,000 a year, a number which is totally unacceptable. Our discussions with them are going nowhere! Therefore, I am recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on June 1, 2025. There is no Tariff if the product is built or manufactured in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Trump calls for 50% tariff on EU, says he's 'not looking for a deal' with bloc
President Donald Trump believes European Union proposals have not matched those from other trading partners, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.Kevin Breuninger (CNBC)
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I legitimately don't understand why what's left of the free world hasn't all gotten together and agreed to tarrif America all at the same time.
Just throw insane tareifs, and let trump sit in it for a couple months while everyone ignores all his phone calls and requests for meetings.
That would actually work.
Because, as we're experiencing, tariffs are a regressive tax on your own populace and hurt the most vulnerable. Also, they don't have to. We're pissing off enough regular people that they're voluntarily buying made-anywhere-but-USA.
Lastly, why provoke an idiot with a huge military?
They can and will dismantle American power just by not buying our debt and then supporting a chamge in the world's reserve currency. Trump is screwing us for generations
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Of goods made in other countries that go thru American corporations only as a middle man...
Tarrif America, companies from those other countries take over being the middle man.
The middle man can be replaced at a moments notice. It wouldn't be damaging to any country's economy, it would be a huge economic boost for them.
That's what trump, and you, do t understand.
America needs the 3rd world to make stuff that we sell to other first world countries.
But no other economy on the planet needs America.
There's no reason for the world to put reciprocal tariffs in place that are actually reciprocal? The US President started this.
To get a sense of scale on how important US imports are to the EU. Total imports to the EU were $6.5T in 2024. The US was (as you said) about $300B. It's 18% of US Exports. It's 4.5% of EU imports. Significant, but trimming it down is probably fine.
What we do import from the US is fossil fuels. Oil & gas, and processed variants of that make up around ⅓ of all US exports to the EU. The short term need for US O&G went up with Russia invading Ukraine, and the has made the US supply more important. Thing is, that's looking temporary. We're also regearing to need far less of it. EV sales continue to rise (except Tesla's). Renewable electricity generation gets bigger every year. In 2024 the EU spent 16% less on energy imports than 2023.
The US's leverage over the EU is not economic. Sadly, right now it's military. The EU doesn't want to piss Trump off because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We'd like the US to stand resolutely beside us in the defence against Russian aggression. Unfortunately Trump sees Putin as a role model, not an enemy and can't bring himself to act against him.
The taboo of standing with China is that taboo amongst western nations that they would sacrifice their health and wealth to not do it.
That's definitely not what's happening...
Although I know there are certain instances where the only thing that matters is defending far right authoritarians because they lied about their economic system. So I understand why I got a reply like that.
Because we are transitioning away from the US and that takes time.
E.G. Canada's government removed industrial tariffs temporarily but kept commercial good tariffs. This is so that Canadian industries can get the necessary tooling and other things from the US now and remove the US from Canadian logistics.
So that Canada can move to completely remove the US from the industry side.
Let the dollar go on a softer landing (as it's poised to do anyway, whatever happens on the bond market) let the country get back on tracks then resume activity on the bond market once the dollar has gained back some health. Accept some losses but have the overall financial losses much lighter for EU states and financial institutions on the long term. No need for the EU suffer for stuff done by america to itself.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statisti…
Looks like that'd be bad for EU pharmaceuticals and auto manufacturers in particular.
WRT autos, it'd be doing the opposite of eliminating the chicken tax.
EDIT: Assuming (a) that tariffs go into force, (b) stay in place (with China they were cut to 30% before long), (c) exceptions don't show up (with China, electric devices were exempted), (d) and disregarding price elasticity of demand and how readily a given good could be obtained from elsewhere, all of which might, I expect, be substantial factors in impact.
EDIT2:
cnbc.com/2025/05/23/european-s…
European autos index sheds 3.6% after Trump 50% tariff threat on EU
I guess that'd support an argument of auto manufacturers being impacted.
European autos index sheds 3% after Trump 50% tariff threat on EU
Europe markets turn lower after Trump threatens 50% tariffs against European Union on Friday.Ganesh Rao (CNBC)
goes looking for anything regarding a pharmaceutical breakdown
euronews.com/health/2025/04/30…
Washington sources around 80% of its active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from China, India, and the EU. In 2024, pharmaceuticals were the top US import from the EU, including $127 billion (€117 billion) worth of semaglutide, a key component in popular weight-loss medications.
Hmm. That's a lot. That single chemical was imported at three times the value of all motor vehicle imports.
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I think that Euronews must have that statistic wrong. Semaglutide is big, but not that big. And that doesn't mesh with the above bar chart I provided from the European Commission at all.
grandviewresearch.com/industry…
The global semaglutide market size was estimated at USD 28.43 billion in 2024 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.47% from 2025 to 2035.
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Oh, Euronews must have mixed up the value of the whole pharma import category with the specific chemical. Smooth, guys. CNBC looks like it has it correct:
cnbc.com/2025/02/13/trumps-tar…
The top U.S. import from the EU in 2024, by category and dollar value, was pharmaceutical products, according to data from the U.S. Trade Census analyzed by ImportGenius. Included in that $127 billion worth of EU imports was semaglutide, an ingredient used in the popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs from Novo Nordisk, Ozempic and Wegovy. The GLP-1 compound was the sixth-largest import from the EU to the U.S., at $15.6 billion.
I will say that, even so, a major price increase there seems like it'd be pretty rough for a lot of Trump voters. Like, semaglutide is something that you'd be given if you're obese.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaglut…
Semaglutide is an anti-diabetic medication used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and an anti-obesity medication used for long-term weight management.
cnn.com/2024/05/10/health/ozem…
1 in 8 adults in the US has taken Ozempic or another GLP-1 drug, KFF survey finds
cdc.gov/diabetes/php/data-rese…
National Diabetes Statistics ReportPrevalence varied significantly by education level, which is an indicator of socioeconomic status. Specifically, 13.1% of adults with less than a high school education had diagnosed diabetes versus 9.1% of those with a high school education and 6.9% of those with more than a high school education (Appendix Table 3).
Trump's rise back in 2016 was strongly supported by low-education voters in the Republican primaries; I remember people talking about demographic analysis:
pbs.org/newshour/politics/trum…
Trump overwhelmingly leads rivals in support from less educated Americans
And presently, that's also true for the Republican Party relative to the Democratic Party:
cnn.com/2024/10/14/politics/th…
“The biggest single, best predictor of how someone’s going to vote in American politics now is education level. That is now the new fault line in American politics,” Sosnik told David Chalian on the “CNN Political Briefing” podcast.Trump’s rise over the past three election cycles, Sosnik argued, “accelerated and completed this political realignment based on education that had been forming since the early ’70s, at the beginning of the decline in the middle class.”
As the US transitions to a 21st century economy, there’s a rift between the people who attain education – “that’s become the basic Democratic Party,” he said, comparing them with people who feel left behind, “that group of voters is now the modern Republican Party base.”
statista.com/statistics/234534…
So you simultaneously have:
- Low-education Americans having particularly supported Trump.
- Medicaid (government medical services subsidy for low-income Americans) being slashed by the GOP, which transfers medical costs off taxpayers and more-heavily onto poor people who suffer from medical conditions; low-education Americans greatly disproportionately depend on this subsidy.
- In theory, states could simply increase medical subisidy outside of Medicaid, but the fact that Medicaid provides federal funding causes fiscal transfers across states. Most of the states that pitch in to the federal budget are (wealthier) Democratic states. Aside from New Mexico, which is very Democratic and makes heavy use of Medicaid, most states that heavily use Medicaid are poorer Republican-voting states. West Virgina had the highest level of popular support for Trump in the last Presidential election, had every county get a majority vote for Trump, had the single county with the highest share of Trump support in the US...and the second-highest level of Medicaid dependence.
- Tariffs that effectively amount to a substantial consumption tax on medicine are --- assuming these Trump EU tariffs go into force --- being put into place. Medicine has a low price elasticity of demand --- one is pretty much going to have to pay for that whether it's expensive or not --- so I'd think that people who have to have medicine are going to likely have to pay such a tax. They can't easily just not get medicine.
- A major increase looks to be on a drug that is considerably-disproportionately needed by low-education Americans.
I have to say that this kind of adds to some observations that a number of high-profile Trump policies seem to be disproportionately financially bad for Trump supporters.
Started when I was noticing that the Trump administration seemed to be doing a lot of things that looked to be really negative for American agriculture. I'd intuitively expect a Republican trifecta to favor agriculture; rural states tend to vote Republican, and rural areas within states tend to vote Republican. But a lot of things, from crackdowns on illegal immigration (one of the most-economically-important areas for illegal immigrants is agricultural work that requires manual labor) to the likely impact of countertariffs (China has, in the past, targeted American soy farmers with countertariffs, and you normally want low barriers to trade if you're globally competitive, which American agriculture generally is) seem to have real negatives for agriculture. Oh, and cutting SNAP (food stamps, a federal subsidy for food for low-income Americans). It used to be that federal subsidy for agriculture mostly took the form of subsidizing crop insurance, but I understand that over the decades, it shifted to SNAP to help build political support; this combines a subsidy for the poor and a subsidy for agriculture, so one can use political support from both factions.
ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-econo…
Examples of Farm Act programs provided with mandatory funding include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as well as most commodity and conservation programs.
If you're an American farmer and are looking at a pie chart like that, you probably don't want to cut nutrition assistance...but that's exactly what's happening.
During the first Trump administration, the administration did send financial support to American farmers to help mitigate the damage from the trade war with China, and I was guessing that maybe that'd improve its popularity in the sense that Trump was sending very visible financial aid and the harm was indirect and harder to see, but the material I was able to find, including publications from generally-Republican farming regions, seemed to be pretty unenthusiastic about the prospect of trade wars.
I kind of feel like I'd like to see an economist who specializes in political economy kind of walk through this, because it's left me more-than-a-little-puzzled. I can believe Trump burning someone who voted for him and maybe doesn't have a great handle on the impact of his policies, but one would think that the Republican Congressional delegation would be expected to look out for constituent interests, and these don't seem to do this. And agricultural industry associations like the Farm Bureau have not been happy either, and they're going to have bean-counters who should know the relevant numbers and inputs taking a pretty close look at this:
fb.org/news-release/afbf-new-t…
American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall today expressed alarm about potential harm to farmers resulting from the order signed by President Trump imposing stiff tariffs on the United States’ top three agricultural markets by value. An economic emergency was declared to put duties of 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada, with limited exceptions, as well as 10% on all imports from China. Canada and Mexico both announced they would impose retaliatory measures.“Farm Bureau members support the goals of security and ensuring fair trade with our North American neighbors and China, but, unfortunately, we know from experience that farmers and rural communities will bear the brunt of retaliation. Harmful effects of retaliation to farmers ripple through the rest of the rural economy.
“In addition, over 80% of the United States’ supply of a key fertilizer ingredient — potash — comes from Canada. Tariffs that increase fertilizer prices threaten to deliver another blow to the finances of farm families already grappling with inflation and high supply costs.
Trump overwhelmingly leads rivals in support from less educated Americans
Trump overwhelmingly leads his rivals for support among the less educated, and draws more modest backing from college graduates and those with postgraduate study.PBS News
Has anybody tried gifting Donald Trump an unseaworthy carbon fiber sub to secure a deal?
If something went wrong we would all understand, inherent vice and such being a well established legal concept. An insurer cannot be expected to guard against the inherent vice of the ocean, god, nor of an out of control fascist who will not follow rules.
~~IIRC Trade Enforcement Regulation allows, among other options, for ignoring other country's patents and trademarks until someone else says it's time to stop. Correct me if I'm wrong.~~
Edit: Seems like I misremembered, because I can't find it mentioned in the regulation 654/2014, my bad
Edit 2: Okay, I think I've found it - 654/2014 was amended by 2021/167, and as far as I understand legalese THAT one allows for suspension of intellectual property rights. I'll wait with un-stroking the original paragraph until someone more knowledgeable confirms (or denies) my understanding
Alrighty then, every MB of EU-user-generated data transferred to servers of US digital services now incurs a fee of 0.1€.
If you don't pay, or during ongoing proceedings, the packets are not forwarded to the IP range of that service.
I bet that would resolve all problems very quickly.
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution vests the power to lay and collect tariffs with Congress.
Are we going to just ignore it? Technically tarrifs are supposed to be imposed by an act of congress, not the orange manchild in chief.
Congress has long ago decided to stop being a coequal branch of government. Same now with SCOTUS.. They've ceded so much authority to the executive that they almost can't fight back now. Impeachment is the only option left and Republicans won't/can't. Our remaining hope is that Democrats will/can in 2 years. AND that significant reforms follow that will limit the president again.
Otherwise, we've become Turkey. A representative republic in name only.
Otherwise, we’ve become Turkey. A representative republic in name only.
You are already there... even assuming the ridiculous notion that you'd have free and fair elections in 2 years, the damage is done. In 2 years time, the USA won't be salvageable... I have huge doubts it can be salvageable today
If by "we" you mean the American people, yes it will be ignored as they seem to fall into 3 categories at the moment:
- completely clueless to the reality around them
- know this is bad but waiting for someone else to do the job or really entice them into action with a nice juicy carrot
- completely in agreement with the orange turd
I am waiting for AOC to call for the assembling of an army to wage war upon the Dogey Confederates. Until then, I am now learning how to safely and effectively use a firearm, so that I can serve Free America. Had my first lesson a couple days ago, and will do my second after getting some extra magazines and ammo crates.
Given a year or so, I should be able to reliably miss the farmers and livestock that are several hundred meters beyond the impact berm.
If he does that, the prices that rise most in the US will be medical products, medicines and motor vehicles.
The EU does have a trade surplus in goods with the US. The US has a nearly comparable surplus in trade of services.
If the EU were to respond by taxing US services harshly, we'd experience more expensive licenses and advertising costs. Year of the Linux desktop? Year of the dark red Google?
The EU will not tax products which are critical for the European economy until/unless there is a viable local alternative.
What I expect the EU to do is to subsidise those fledging local alternatives. And yes, this is against WTO rules, but I guess nobody cares about that anymore.
As a European software developer I would love to see that.
Unfortunately I'm afraid those most likely to cry foul aren't Americans, but the majority of European tech businesses who are either reselling MSFT bullshit or completely locked in AWS/Azure/GCP. Open-source/sovereign software services are the exception, not the rule.
I need to explain to people why this is so amazingly stupid:
You are literally giving Europe an excuse to put tariffs on American goods and services, which they want to anyway, to encourage domestic producers.
Also, you're making it easier for them to buy directly from south Korea, Japan and even China, especially since those countries can't sell as easily to the US.
For Europe this is an absolute win/win.
But honestly, this sounds like a way for Trump to put pressure on Europe to back off on Ukraine, as he probably thinks the EU is reliant on US LNG, which is kind of isn't really.
russia's invasion and the US's passivity is challenging that.
Passivity? As in the US should do more than use Ukraine as a proxy, but should get involved in a war with Russia to defend Ukraine?
They could just say they'll get rid of it and start a sales tax instead.
But honestly the whole thing is just an excuse anyway
He still doesn't know what a tariff is.
Also, I appreciate that every picture I see of Trump, even on official news sources, is an unflattering one. They always make sure to catch him with his mouth looking like what it is, that being an asshole.
Also, I appreciate that every picture I see of Trump, even on official news sources, is an unflattering one.
Err... that's Ursula von der Leyen
The EU should use the Chinese method:
The US puts 50%
The EU puts 50.
The US puts 100
The EU puts 100
Trump says "I´m waiting for them to call me"
The EU doesn´t call.
Trump says 10%
Job done in 2 weeks.
Oh, in Europe we have good math books for third-graders. Many pictures and drawings in it too. And not that many nasty equations.
We could send him one or two ...
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed
Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light.Cell Press (Phys.org)
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In humans, the infrared contact lenses enabled participants to accurately detect flashing morse code-like signals and to perceive the direction of incoming infrared light.
Oh, yeah. That sounds like night vision.
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The contact lens technology uses nanoparticles that absorb infrared light and convert it into wavelengths that are visible to mammalian eyes
Sounds like florescence—but with florescence, the light is re-emitted in all directions, not the same direction as the incident light. So the contact would glow in the presence of infrared light, but it wouldn’t maintain an image.
when the mice were given the choice of a dark box and an infrared-illuminated box, contact-wearing mice chose the dark box whereas contact-less mice showed no preference.
That’s consistent with the mice seeing a glow but not an image.
the pupils of contact-wearing mice constricted in the presence of infrared light, and brain imaging revealed that infrared light caused their visual processing centers to light up.
That still doesn’t imply that the mice are seeing an image.
In humans, the infrared contact lenses enabled participants to accurately detect flashing morse code-like signals and to perceive the direction of incoming infrared light.
Hmm, the directionality is suggestive—but is it just a result of turning their eyes or head?
Because the contact lenses have limited ability to capture fine details (due to their close proximity to the retina, which causes the converted light particles to scatter), the team also developed a wearable glass system using the same nanoparticle technology, which enabled participants to perceive higher-resolution infrared information.
Ok, now they admit the limitation, but I don’t understand how glasses would help... unless you used a lens in front to focus light on a translucent film that would act as a retina which you’d then look at from behind. But that would be more like holding a pinhole camera in front of your face than like using conventional glasses.
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even with their eyes closed
This sounds like hell to me. I get over-stimulated and need to close my eyes sometimes to shut off the input.
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DOGE tried to embed in GAO. Experts say it should have asked GAO for help instead
When the Trump administration's DOGE attempted last week to assign a team to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the move followed a months-long offensive by DOGE staffers who have strong-armed their way into federal agencies, accessed sensitive data, and helped fire thousands of workers.
But doing that at GAO would violate the basic structure of the federal government, says David Walker, a former head of the agency.
"The DOGE team needs to read the Constitution again," Walker told NPR. "There are three separate and equal branches of government."
The GAO is an influential watchdog agency that operates under the legislative branch — Congress, not the White House. GAO leaders refused DOGE's request to embed staffers at the agency.
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They... didn't?
The first reference is framed very skeptically. It's written in such a way to lead readers to think: if GAO exists for this purpose and is good at it, why did they create DOGE?
That said, GAO and DOGE supposedly have a very similar mission, says Walker, who has been nominated to Senate-confirmed positions by both Republican and Democratic presidents over the years.Both GAO and DOGE are supposed to root out waste, fraud and abuse. But GAO has been doing that for decades, has a staff of several thousand people and, Walker says, is really good at it.
The second is near the bottom and is just reporting what the White House claims.
The White House did not respond to NPR's request for comment for this story but has defended DOGE for finding waste, fraud and abuse throughout the federal government.
Israeli ex-general removed from reserves for condemning 'killing babies as a hobby'
Yair Golan, a former Israeli general and the leader of the country's left-wing opposition party, has been barred from wearing an Israeli military uniform, entering a military base or serving as a reservist, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Friday.
Before retiring, Golan had served as the army's deputy chief of staff. Katz cited Golan's remarks on Tuesday criticising the government's policies in Gaza.
“Israel is on the way to becoming a pariah state, like South Africa was, if we don’t return to acting like a sane country,” Golan told Israeli public radio in an interview.
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The only civil war that could possibly happen is between netanyahu and people thinking he's not genociding hard enough.
I see way too many people thinking israel is somehow a dictatorship and the fault for the genocide is with the government, when the most widespread criticism of israel's government by israelis is that the government is not "doing enough". The country is rotten to the core, as are all ethnostates
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I mean for about a quarter of a century they've been paying young adults to come and listen to propaganda in Israel.
It is the largest educational tourism organization in the world.Trips also often include a Mega Event for all participants featuring speeches by dignitaries, including the Israeli Prime Minister, and musical performances by popular Israeli artists.
Oh, my bad, not "propaganda", "educational tourism".The tours also include a 5- to 10-day mifgash (Hebrew for 'encounter') with Israeli peers, usually soldiers serving in the Israel Defense Forces. The stated purpose for the mifgash is for the participants and the soldiers to get to know each other and to better understand each other's worldview and Jewish identity.
Oh yes, I'm sure the IDF wants their soldiers to better understand "other worldviews". /S
Birthright trips have been described as a form of propaganda.[48][49][50] Jewish Currents wrote, "Birthright has served as one of the most effective propaganda campaigns on behalf of the Israeli government and its occupation of the Palestinian territories."[51] The organization has been scrutinized for the large proportion of its funding coming from major Trump and Netanyahu backer Adelson.[31]In 2006, Salon.com alleged that Birthright Israel screened out applicants for political reasons.[52]
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Well at least there's a tiny hint of semblance of balance on Wikipedia.
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I think pretty far. But Netanyahu has basically fired and replaced everyone who wasn't openly going full Nazi mode.
Recently Netanyahu got rid of the secret service head who was investigating his parties ties with Qatar. Netanyahu just now replaced him with a lapdog who was fired by the previous secret service director for corruption.
Netanyahu has destroyed the illusion of Israeli democracy. Israelis didn't care much about the blatant Apartheid which was already in place. But now that their own precious Israeli votes also don't count, suddenly it gets them very angry. This was supposed to be an ethnostate where all non-arabs had equal rights, not a dictatorship!
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Trump says a 25% tariff 'must be paid by Apple' on iPhones not made in the U.S.
Trump says Apple must pay a 25% tariff on iPhones not made in the U.S.
Shares of Apple were under pressure Friday after Trump's post on Truth Social.Jesse Pound (CNBC)
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I don't think he cares about filling the Treasury, unless you mean his personal bank account.
He sees tariffs as something other countries don't like. So if he uses the tool, he makes other countries come to him to make deals. These deals give him a chance to be bribed. That's all there is to it. And he's been successful since his family fortune has been increasing by $1,000,000,000/month since he took office. And crypto is the perfect method to enable this corruption.
Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says
As the Trump family's crypto ventures increase their wealth, the president's administration pauses a dozen federal crypto probes.Madeleine May (CBS News)
"Paid by apple".
So...does he think that because Apple is "Paying", that price won't get passed down to the consumer?
Is he so fucking dense that he thinks that Apple will eat a quarter of the cost of their flagship product line...one that already has razor-thin margins to begin with? Is he that entitled?
The production costs don't account for the ungodly amounts of money they sink into marketing to brainwash their consumer base into thinking that their phones and other products are worth paying so much for.
Marketing used like that is an insane waste of wealth and productivity IMO.
He’s not stupid, he’s corrupt. He wants bribes to remove tariffs, and it’s working.
He doesn’t care that this hurts real people.
He’s the shiny puppet that distracts you from the criminal fascist republican party which exists to increase their own power and wealth by undermining democracy.
Tariffs would be gone tomorrow if republicans in congress wished it. Trump would be impeached and removed from office within a few weeks if the republicans in congress wished it.
Are they performing their duty to control tariffs? Are they performing their separation of powers duties to stop a criminal who keeps violating the constitution?
No, they are not. Instead they are praising him and passing budget plans and laws that transfer even more wealth to billionaires and further weaken separation of powers.
The republican party is a criminal organization.
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So now iPhones are going to cost 25% more.
It’s definitely Joe Biden‘s fault, Fox News told me so.
Breaking Down the Differences Between Voters and Non-Voters in the 2024 Election | PRRI
Not all Americans were equally represented among 2024 voters. PRRI compares the demographic profiles of non-voters and voters in the 2024 presidential election.PRRI
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Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo
Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading
The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.
“These are all white farmers that are being buried,” said Trump, holding up a print-out of an article accompanied by a picture during the contentious Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
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In his defence (feels dirty and weird typing that) he's probably being lied to. I have very little clue about the legitimacy of information I get on world news, as everybody has an agenda and misinformation is so easy to create and disseminate. If he's got to be on the case with basically every issue, he'll just be getting fed information and has to trust that his advisors know what they're doing. I wouldn't bother fact checking everything if I were in that position, there's simply not enough hours in the day.
Of course he's also a confirmed liar and a known prick so who knows.
Fascists can never admit that they're wrong, becauae then their vaneer of being infallible immediately falls apart.
I still remember back in 2015-2016 when 4chan called Trump "God Emperor." That mentality hasn't gone away. Fascism is a cult.
The only "truth" that fascists believe is the "truth" of the fascist leader. Trump even calls his social media platform "Truth Social" FFS. It couldn't be more blatent.
This question really shouldn't be that hard to answer.
Here's the video that was shown at the Whitehouse:
Video of the full meeting (I set the link to skip ahead to the part where the TV is brought in) if you want to see President Cyril Ramaphosa's reaction to it:
odysee.com/@NTD:2/live-trump-h…
Besides the video of the crosses along the road, there are video clips of the Economic Freedom Fighter's leader, Julius Malema calling for a bloody revolution as well as chanting with large crowds to "kill the Boer" (white man/farmer).
There are no timestamps/locations for any of the video clips, but it looks like this guy founded the Economic Freedom Fighters back in 2013.
Edit: typo
You've misread the conversation.
I'm not the one asking for the obvious.
And i like your comment, btw, it's well written.
Please explain.
Edit: I see your edit... But I must still be misreading the conversation.
Even after double checking the username, you were the one that said, "Such as?"
I edited my reply a little.
The person i was talking to is the one that hasn't read the article and it's asking questions in bad faith. I was asking them to clarify what was confusing them, basically, Knowing they were asking in bad faith.
Seeing your edit:
Yes. Such as what are you talking about? Because the article clearly explained it. If you follow the conversation it's clear what i was asking for.
It doesn't matter. They're still denying trump lied about it, so I was right in my original assumptions of them.
"The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”."
"In some cases" means less than a majorty of the cases. We're talking about the rest. Do you and "everyone else" know something about these other ones we don't?
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Replacement theory is a conspiracy theory about white replacement in western countries, not a place where a real minority is the target of a large amount of hate. The South African minority white people have not ever been part of this conspiracy theory. Lumping them together is dangerous logic often used in genocide denial.
Is genocide happening? I don't know. If people are claiming to be victims, then it should be taken seriously even if they're white. So here we are, someone asked "what about the other ones", got downvoted, and people start arguing "no, it's not real" because a few of them weren't real.
It is a legitimate question you're trying to label a conspiracy theory as if it was so extremely unlikely that the stack of paper trump held was nothing but all made up.
Labelling anything as "JAQ" is literally a supression tactic used by extremists and astroturfing corporations, by the way.
Imagine a place on the internet where at least one person asks "wait, what about this then?" and not being told "shut up. Don't ask questions, just consume the media the way we want you to."
Lemmy is not supposed to be a brainrot meme cave.
Are you done crying about downvotes
It's a government official making a claim based on easily verifiable bad evidence, so if the whole thing wasn't suspect before, it most certainly is now, right? Why should we give the benefit of the doubt? Not only has the administration not earned that right, they've shown over and over again that they don't extend that benefit to anyone else.
It fucking amazes me that we don't hold our leaders to a higher standard, and it worries me that people don't seem to want to.
If it is easily verifiable, then how about we verify it right now? So what about those other cases not from Congo?
Why should we give the benefit of the doubt?
Because people are dead, and it is the choice between "ingore" or "start and investigation"
I agree trump is a hack, but I want to know about those other cases.
I did read it. It is one of those articles with a clear political bias, trying to spin the story as if all of it is false because one thing was false. Anyone eating it up is doing so because they either can't think for themselves or don't want to.
Are you done following me around in this thread?
"Liar tells several lies, claims they are truth."
"Okay, but what else did he say? Maybe we should listen to the liar?"
The one was a picture of a large number of crosses which Trump said was a burial site for 1000s of white farmers, when it was in fact a memorial following the death of 2 farmers. The memorial was intended to represent all farm deaths of all races. Farm deaths are an issue but the victims are of all races - they kill the farmers, their families and the workers.
There was a video of a political leader singing a song that translates to "Kill the Boer" i.e. kill the white Afrikaans farmer. This video is:
a) more than a decade old,
b) from a rally of a minority opposition party i.e. not the political party of the people Trump was meeting,
c) from a political party that has been losing votes in recent elections, led by someone who was expelled from the ruling party,
d) is of a historic protest song from the apartheid era i.e. more than 30 years ago.
This video resulted in a court case, where the court concluded that a "reasonably well-informed person" would understand that when a protest song is sung "even by politicians, the words are not meant to be understood literally, nor is the gesture of shooting to be understood as a call to arms or violence."
This video was a big deal at the time but it's not current, not representative of the government's view, and the person depicted in it is increasingly being sidelined in South African politics.
While Trump is definitely exaggerating what's happening there, I think you're downplaying it a bit too much.
This video is: a) more than a decade old,
There were multiple videos, but the concerning part here is it looks like even in recent rallies Julius Malema has continued with this chant:
web.archive.org/web/2025050202…
It is ridiculous that there were no dates/locations for anything in these clips given what Trump is trying to claim here.
b) from a rally of a minority opposition party i.e. not the political party of the people Trump was meeting,
Yes, but it's worth pointing out that the EFF is still one of the more popular parties. The 3rd or 4th largest party from what I can tell based on this list (and from what other articles have mentioned). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o…
It is good to hear that someone like him is increasingly being sidelined.
Thanks for pointing out the court case. After a little digging it looks like the court has ruled on this more than once. Back in 2011 they found him guilty of hate speech for the chant: reuters.com/article/us-safrica…
And in 2022 the courts ruled that the chant should not be taken literally.
That chant when coupled with statements to his supporters such as "never be afraid to kill" is still alarming.
It reeks of "it was just a joke, bro" energy and what fascists try to do when they are testing the waters.
As I said, the song was a really big deal when it happened, there was a massive outcry. I believe the incident took place in 2013, the year Malema founded his party. His platform absolutely runs on hatred of white people, and this was a way for him to gain political relevance.
The objections to Malema singing the song went through the courts, as they should, and Malema had to go all the way to the Supreme Court of Appeal. (The final judgement is from 2024.) I would assume that he sang it again after that but honestly try to ignore him as much as possible.
However, there was no point in Trump showing videos of Malema to the South African delegation. They had nothing to do with it. In fact, the ANC promised in 2012 never to sing that protest song again (it was originally one of their protest songs).
More importantly, this video is not evidence of a white genocide, past, present, or planned.
Edit to add: The reality is that there is a notable segment of the population that is angry. The economy is bad, unemployment is crazy high, electricity is insufficient (load shedding is a disaster), violent crime remains high, etc. It's easier for them to keep blaming white people than acknowledge that it's been 30 years of black rule now. Malema is a symptom of these issues. A meaningful discussion around this topic would have been valuable, but that's not what Trump did.
he would have said that these were real coffins for white farmers children if they didn't have the palestinian flag on them.
Ramaphosa was right to ask "I'd like to know where that is", when the "evidence" was shown to him live.
Other world leaders should be prepared to challenge Trump right to his face when he fabricates lies like this in those pathetic ambush attempts.
I was 6 years old when apartheid ended. My parents and many white people didn't agree with it. You probably don't know much about it. I had fuck all to do with it, but because I happen to be white it is my fault?
Our major problem is unemployment, our government policies are not business friendly. Keep hammering at that keyboard pal.
It has been 32 years since. Many people still live in poverty if the ANC actually cared about the people they would have sorted out education, but keep the masses uneducated and they will vote for you. A pass rate in SA is 30% to push up pass statistics. A fucking joke.
Make policies that encourage investment and job creation.
Get a police force that is actually competent.
All our SOEs are running at losses and require constant bail outs. Our rail system is fucked. Our energy supply is fucked. Our water supply is near fucked. Our roads are fucked. Way too much corruption causing this. Officials looting money that is meant for the people of the nation. I could go on.
Fix root causes.
But populism over logical policies...
Look at my other comment. I said their is a massive violence problem in south Africa. It's a fact. When you have 25000 killings in a year that is not normal. Children, old women being raped and hacked to death. Anyone for that matter is not OK. You all don't understand the situation you choose what you want to read, when you have family or friends that have been killed violently let's talk again. Keep banging at those keyboards. At least my country had the balls to take Israel to the icj. I fucking dare one of you to spend 6 months here, I bet you wouldn't last a fucking week.
Edit: here is one iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/news/…
It doesn't matter what you said, I'm speaking about the goals of Trump which are part of what you're talking about and my point stands.
If there was a button that I could press and kill one white African to save one person in Gaza I'd be pressing it all day long. White Africans are fine, often descendants of assholes and usually assholes themselves. They're fine
I once got into an argument with a south African on reddit about white genocide. Even over there it's a political issue, but the way he and many people describe it makes it seem like if you even set foot there as a white person you'll get mugged.
I was saying I lived there for six months, spent a lot of town in the townships where it was only black people, and I legit never once was harmed. Yeah it's dangerous but like, they act like they've never been in a dangerous neighborhood in the states.
But because I was an American sharing this perspective and they were South African, I got relentlessly shamed by redditors. To be fair I get where they're coming from. If you have no clue about the issue and someone from another country trying to say something said about that persons own country is BS, it doesn't look good. But it's literally a political topic and he was coming at it from the extreme right perspective. Because I'm an American, like a dozen people took away from that thread that white genocide is real.
Loan scheme to rearm Europe could be ‘important breakthrough’ in Ukraine support
EU defence commissioner says he expects a lot of loan requests from member states under €150bn programme
A €150bn (£126bn) loans programme to rearm Europe that was finalised this week could be “a very important breakthrough” in the EU’s military support for Ukraine, the bloc’s defence commissioner has said.
Andrius Kubilius, a former prime minister of Lithuania who is the EU’s first defence commissioner, said he expected a lot of member states to request EU-backed loans under the €150bn Security Action for Europe (SAFE) scheme, which was approved on Wednesday.
The European Commission proposed the €150bn loans alongside flexibilities in the bloc’s fiscal rules as part of a €800bn rearmament plan, which was hastily drawn up after Donald Trump’s decision to suspend all US military aid to Ukraine.
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Netanyahu accuses leaders of Britain, France and Canada of ‘emboldening Hamas’
Israeli PM criticises leaders after their call for halt to Gaza offensive and restrictions on humanitarian aid
Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney of “emboldening Hamas”, after they called for a halt to Israel’s military offensive and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid in Gaza.
Earlier this week, the leaders of the UK, France and Canada condemned the Israeli government’s “egregious” actions in Gaza, warning that the UK and allies would take “concrete actions” unless Netanyahu changed course.
In a post on X on Thursday evening, the Israeli prime minister said Hamas wanted to “destroy the Jewish state” and “annihilate the Jewish people”.
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Says the guy who let suitcases full of millions of dollars get "smuggled" to Hamas over and over...
But reporting in the New York Times has revealed that Netanyahu's government was more hands-on about helping Hamas: they helped a Qatari diplomat bring suitcases of cash into Gaza, indirectly boosting the militant organization, according to the report.The calculus — the Times reported on Sunday, citing Israeli officials, Netanyahu's critics, and the man's own reported statements — was to keep Hamas strong enough to counteract the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, allowing Netanyahu to avoid a two-state peace solution and keep both sides weak.
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No one has done more to keep Hamas in power than Israel, because Hamas is their excuse to not treat Palestinians as humans.
Bibi is just probably shitting himself after the people he let smuggle all those suitcase gave trump a 400 million dollar plane.
Less support for Israel could very well have been one of the thing Qatar gets out of that deal
Israel got suitcases of cash to Hamas: New York Times report
Israeli security officials would escort Qatari representatives into Gaza to deliver the cash to Hamas, the New York Times reported.Paul Squire (Business Insider)
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Less support for Israel could very well have been one of the thing Qatar gets out of that deal
If this turns out to be true I might actually cheer for the Gulf for once.
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They are systematically destroying Gaza, that's their plan. They want to make it impossible for anyone to return to Gaza, so that Hamas or the idea of Palestinian Gaza can't continue. Aside from starving the people, they are literally going street by street and leaving nothing but empty desert.
There are singular people in Caterpillar D9 dozers who are posting about destroying 2-3 apartment complexes per day. One person. Think about how long it takes to build an apartment complex, and how much of your life is in your apartment, and what would happen if you just lost all of it one day.
Another favoured tactic is to just fill an M113 with explosives to the brim, and blow it up to flatten a whole street all at once. It is not even a secret that the IDF has it as unofficial policy that if they enter a building in Gaza, they blow it up or burn it down.
Whole towns are destroyed now. Not like "in ruins" destroyed, but "nothing but the desert" destroyed, even the rubble is flattened. This is going to end with millions of dead and refugees as it stands now, angry at a world that let Israel completely erase their lives with impunity.
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Hamas still exists. They constantly injure or kill IDF soldiers that move too close to the rubble in Gaza. In particular they keep existing i places that Israel claims to have under control and where they claimto have "eliminated" Hamas.
This shows a few things:
- Israel is only good at mass murdering Civillians with indirect fire. When it comes to fight people on the ground, they are lackluster.
- The proclaimed goals of freeing the hostages and eliminating Hamas cannot be achieved by the incompetent Israeli military.
- Israel is lying about its military goals. It is clear that their goals are the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Something for which you dont need a military, just goons with guns.
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Macron urges trade cooperation with China ahead of South East Asia tour
Amid mounting trade friction between the European Union and China, President Emmanuel Macron made a call to Chinese President Xi Jinping, a move that highlights France’s push to ease trade with Beijing while reinforcing its diplomatic presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Macron urges trade cooperation with China ahead of South East Asia tour
Amid mounting trade friction between the European Union and China, President Emmanuel Macron made a call to Chinese President Xi Jinping, a move that highlights France’s push to ease trade with Beijing while reinforcing its diplomatic presence in the…RFI
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It’s not a crisis, it’s just backwards-ass ethnonationalist bullshit. Disabuse the Japanese populace of the goofy “only Japan-grown rice is suitable for our very special and unique Yamato bodies” nonsense and the crisis disappears.
On top of this, given that:
Ultimately, Japan will need to figure out a long-term strategy since the average age of its farmers is 69, and the farming population has fallen by half over the past two decades to 1.1 million in 2024.
There are a LOT of people in Japan who would like to start (or take over existing) farms, but the system is stacked against anyone who isn’t a citizen. The Agricultural Land Act requires approval from local committees that favor established farmers- and the dinosaurs in rural villages would prefer their communities disappear than bear the horror of living next to foreigners, making it nearly impossible for newcomers to acquire farmland. Even forming a farming company demands that over half the directors be certified local farmers- a unrealistic hurdle given the circumstances. With no dedicated farming visa and no institutional support for newcomers, they’re “protecting tradition” at the expense of these same traditions by blocking foreign residents from contributing to its disappearing agricultural sector. Shit’s wild.
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in reply to SieYaku • • •Never trust anyone who traffics in rhetoric like this, full stop.
All wars have negotiated ends because they are called genocides when they don't.
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in reply to SieYaku • • •Fine is a former gambling industry executive who drove loyalty programs to prey on gambling addicts. And before that he worked at McKinsey and Lehman Brothers.
As of we needed any more evidence that this guy was a piece of shit.
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in reply to Onyxonblack • • •Plead tell us your full name and we'll also make a story out of you
...and then report you to the police as we do him.
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in reply to SieYaku • • •Collective punishment is a war crime.
Indiscriminate use of force is a war crime.
Disproportionate use of force is a war crime.
He's openly calling for war crimes. Send him to The Hague.
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in reply to meeeeetch • • •That would require soldiers to willingly invade the Hague.
I don't think the US military would do it.
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Unknown parent • • •We dont. There is no democracy in that country.
You want to fix it? Establish a democracy
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in reply to SieYaku • • •Wouldnt nuking Gaza be really really bad for Israel too? Its not like the fallout gonna stay in Gaza.
This shit isnt just malicious, its maliciously stupid.
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in reply to SieYaku • • •This fucking MAGA Putz has been a Florida State Senator for a while now, being a total dick about everything, but he was only known to Floridians. For instance, in February, he introduced a bill to allow college studenta to carry firearms on campus (Florida recently lowered the age of handgun ownership to 18), and a month later, a guy shot up the FSU campus in Tallahassee, killing 3.
Now he gets to inflict his MAGA assholery on the entire nation.
You're welcome.
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