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Gus Leonisky's blogthe first non-ideological alliance between a christian state and a muslim state....JULES LETAMBOUR INTRODUCES ANOTHER MOMENT OF HISTORY....
blaise de monluc — a nasty warrior in history....OUR FRIEND JULES LETAMBOUR PRESENTS NASTY BASTARDS IN WAR HISTORY: At the Service of the King Soldier at sixteen, under Bayard, hero of the Italian wars, commander of the infantry in the assault on Thionville (1558), BLAISE DE MONLUC became covered with glory and somewhat full of nasty wounds… While attacking the Protestant-held town of Rabastens on 23 July 1570, he was shot in the face by an arquebus, losing his nose and most of one cheek — forcing him to wear a mask for the rest of his life. The Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ended this war on 8 August 1570. Monluc's face wound, combined with accusations of corruption by the Bordeaux Parlement and by his opponents, especially François de Montmorency, led to his removal from office.
self defence is not an excuse to kill children.....US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said an Israeli ceasefire in Gaza would allow Hamas to regroup and carry out further attacks. But he added that Israel had to take "every possible measure" to prevent civilian casualties in the enclave.
oversexed mechanised rats on the attack.....It’s not a good start to any media article when the sub headline contains an editorial error, but this headline which reads “Chinese minister invited to AI summit helped create cyborg rats: Wu Zhaohui has also been decribed [sic] as man ‘whose fingerprints are all over the Uyghur genocide” indicates that the once world-renowned Daily Telegraph has entered an era of sensationalism and amateurism.
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the nuke deterrence with additional options.......WE KNOW THAT THE AMERICAN EMPIRE (THE BOFFINS WHO CONTROL IT, NOW BASED IN THE BOWELS OF THE PENTAGON AND IN THE OFFICES OF THE FED BANK, WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE IS ONLY THE DISINFORMATION PROPAGATION "CENTER") HAS DREAMT OF DESTROYING RUSSIA SINCE AT LEAST 1917... THE ONLY THING THAT HAS PREVENTED THIS DESTRUCTION AND TAKE OVER OF THE HEARTLAND (RUSSIA AND CHINA) HAS BEEN THE MOIRES OF WORLD WARS, ALLIANCES AND THE SPIRIT OF THE INHABITANTS (THE RUSSIANS) PLUS SOME GOOD LUCK FOR THE RUSSIANS AND BAD LUCK FOR THE AMERICAN EMPIRE.. AS WELL, THE CHINESE HAVE SHOWN SOME RESISTANCE THAT THE AMERICANS STILL PRESENT TO US AS AGGRESSION WHEN IS IT IS NO MORE THAN A DESIRE OF COOPERATION IN PEACE. THE EMPIRE LIES TO MAKE ITS SUBJECTS BELIEVE...
amazon used secret algorithms to manipulate prices.....E-commerce giant Amazon touts the convenience and wide selection it offers to customers, but beneath the surface of its carefully cultivated image was secret technology that inflated prices across the web, according to the FTC. The online retail giant Amazon used an algorithm called “Project Nessie” to maximize profits to the detriment of consumers, according to newly revealed claims from the US Federal Trade Commission. That’s according to newly unredacted claims in a lawsuit filed by the US Federal Trade Commission against the company this week.
zelusionalsky....The Israel-Gaza war is "taking away the focus" from the conflict in Ukraine, the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted. He said this was "one of the goals" of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
freedom of expression.....On a shitty day like today Smoking a pipe by the fireplace would be okay Even should we run out of puff By getting cancer would be completely fair enough For the world is completely mad Full of humans that are completely bad Killing children and women with unborn child The rain and bombs falling from buckets The storms and wars getting worse than beastly rackets Life and death of all being weirdo strange As the bastards, in prison keep Julian Assange Using hypocrisy, lies, pearls of upside wisdom While they say without any humbling hesitation:
The U.S. continues to advocate for open and free press Around the world and accountability For those who attack press freedom. On International Day to End Impunity
understanding china without the american belligerence....An intimate and complex understanding of China is now one of the most important prerequisites for understanding and furthering our national interests. For the two nations of China and Australia, to allow tensions and misunderstandings to provoke a decoupling in the knowledge production sphere –whether it be in the sciences, the social sciences or the humanities – would be extremely unwise, from the point of view of securing Australia’s future. Decoupling in the knowledge production sphere threatens Australia’s future By Wanning Sun
like asking dracula to become a vegetarian....Israel will not change its approach to Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference on Friday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will continue its bombing campaign on the Palestinian enclave, he said, adding that West Jerusalem will not agree to a pause in the hostilities unless the Israeli hostages are freed. The IDF will continue to strike Gaza with “all of its power,” Netanyahu said in a statement to the media. Israel “refuses a temporary ceasefire that doesn’t include the return of our hostages,” he added.
beware of "gifted" amateurs — especially amateur dictators.......The November issue of Time magazine features a cover with a small portrait of Vladimir Zelensky and the word "Nobody" above it. The word in larger type is part of the longer headline "Nobody Believes in Our Victory Like I Do" but, whatever the designers had in mind, it was unmistakable: Zelensky equals a nobody. The similarly illustrated article was no less scandalous. It made everything clear: we Russians must keep Zelensky as the apple of our eye, because no one brings more chaos to the conduct of hostilities on the Ukrainian side and more discord to Kiev's relations with the West than he does.
Russia should protect Zelensky
"it's Russia's fault — especially Putin's — that the west is corrupt"............“It’s the dark heart of Britain, the place where democracy goes to die.” You’d be forgiven for thinking this describes a seedy underbelly of society – perhaps a British mafia. In actual fact, George Monbiot is describing The City of London. Not London, the geographical location, but the borough known as The City: the financial district of London which is governed by The Corporation of The City of London. How can a square mile of land hold such significance and also be such a threat to democracy? The answer partially lies in its history.
a list of unpleasant notions....Diego Ramos, ScheerPost’s managing editor, forwarded me a video clip last week he thought I ought to see. Sending it under the subject line, “Disturbing trend in Israel,” my colleague must have reckoned I have not been sufficiently shocked by the events in Israel and Gaza since Hamas mounted an assault into southern Israel on October 7 and the Israeli Defense Forces began a purposely disproportionate response to the incursion—purposely disproportionate as a matter of official policy since David Ben–Gurion put it in place during his premiership in the 1950s.
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost
making rugs out of leopard skins....The German federal government revealed on Wednesday that Berlin has sent Ukraine an additional 25 Leopard tanks. This latest shipment brings the total number of these vehicles handed over to the Eastern European country from Berlin to 115, according to a government press release. Germany and Denmark have embarked on a collaborative project, as mentioned in the statement, to provide Kiev with older iterations of Berlin’s primary battle tank, the Leopard 1A5. The most recent shipment also added nearly two dozen reconnaissance drones and five new drone boats to Ukraine’s supplies. Berlin also shipped Kiev a total of 12 new armored personnel carriers and six airspace surveillance radars, along with around 30 military trucks and 30,000 sets of winter clothing.
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