Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers
Image is a frame taken from this video of Iranian missiles raining down on Israel without interception due to a weak and depleted air defense system after a year of war and genocide.
Mao, 1956:
Now U.S. imperialism is quite powerful, but in reality it isn't. It is very weak politically because it is divorced from the masses of the people and is disliked by everybody and by the American people too. In appearance it is very powerful but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of, it is a paper tiger. Outwardly a tiger, it is made of paper, unable to withstand the wind and the rain. I believe the United States is nothing but a paper tiger.
When we say U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger, we are speaking in terms of strategy. Regarding it as a whole, we must despise it. But regarding each part, we must take it seriously. It has claws and fangs. We have to destroy it piecemeal. For instance, if it has ten fangs, knock off one the first time, and there will be nine left, knock off another, and there will be eight left. When all the fangs are gone, it will still have claws. If we deal with it step by step and in earnest, we will certainly succeed in the end.
Strategically, we must utterly despise U.S. imperialism. Tactically, we must take it seriously. In struggling against it, we must take each battle, each encounter, seriously. At present, the United States is powerful, but when looked at in a broader perspective, as a whole and from a long-term viewpoint, it has no popular support, its policies are disliked by the people, because it oppresses and exploits them. For this reason, the tiger is doomed. Therefore, it is nothing to be afraid of and can be despised. But today the United States still has strength, turning out more than 100 million tons of steel a year and hitting out everywhere. That is why we must continue to wage struggles against it, fight it with all our might and wrest one position after another from it. And that takes time.
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful. Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section. Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war. Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis. Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language. https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one. https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts. https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel. https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator. https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps. https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language. https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language. https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses. https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Interview with the doctor who wrote the opinion piece for the New York Crimes about the genocided children, and a nurse and humanitarian aid worker from Al Shifa:
Democrats increasingly suspect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to interfere in U.S. domestic politics by ignoring President Biden’s calls to negotiate a peace deal in Gaza and by confronting Hezbollah and Iran weeks before the U.S. election.
The fate of the free world lies in the hands of the these fucking people. Most important election of our lifetime. Not impressed? Well guess who else is on board: Dick Cheney!
This had to be kayfabe, right? How could they not know this from the start? Can they actually be this guillible?
Recently, Bolsonaro supporters got angry at Lula da Silva because his government gave a medal to Xuxa Meneghel (famous children's entertainer and actress, pretty sure she did support Lula in 2022 too) and his wife, Rosangela da Silva (Her nickname is Janja), for encouraging children to get vaccinated and some pro-mental health stuff. It's very funny that they get upset about this, while Bolsonaro himself gave medals to literal neo-Nazis and people who were related to actual Nazis.
Trump just dancing probably did more to improve his campaign than him actually getting shot lol. Meanwhile Kamala goes to Joe Rogan and still comes out as the most generic dem politician ever to exist.
So far, more than 6.6 million people have voted in the US elections. In Pennsylvania, 631,000 people have already voted, with the majority of counties voting Democratic.
Georgia, considered a pendulum state, has just reached 10% of the 2020 election vote in just 2 days of early voting. Fulton County (a Democratic stronghold) is the county with the most votes cast so far.
Ukrainian guys in Kursk (brave guys tbh, I don't know how they even motivate those guys now that the chance of success is less than 1%)
Telegram comments (a strange mix of incredibly based dudes, 1930s antisemites, unemployed turboposters and weirdly a lot of Spanish-speakers)
NAFO nerds (either exposed as a pedophile, or coping in the darkest corners of Elon's X)
Zelensky (another downgrade, his tour in the US and Europe was horribly unsuccessful and it's seems kinda joever)
Hamas, PIJ, Qassam, PFLP and all the people and resistance groups in Gaza (Allah's bravest soliders)
Spain and Ireland (the only non-cucked EU nations)
North Korean National Football Team (stole a valuable point from the satanic UAE, not very good though sadly)
American pro-Israel "activists" (these people are so pathetic and reek of such loser vibes that they're a laughing stock wherever they go)
The entire nation of Saudi Arabia (what a waste that Mecca and Madinah is located in a nation that is so cucked on all levels, Palestine and Lebanon are burning next to them while they only care about football and concerts)
Hezbollah and Iran (owned the Zios hard in every single way in the last few weeks)
Ansarallah (still undefeated, although I miss some of their lil mischief with the missiles to Tel Aviv and attacking random ships)
Arab Gulf states (very cucked existence actually, but they finally showed some backbone recently in refusing to let Israel use their airspace vs Iran
Sunni islamists (except a few prinicipled ones, this whole group have proved to be nothing but ultra cucks for the interests of America who would rather accept Israel than Iran)
Lebanese Maronite nationalists (cheering on Israel against fellow Lebanese people because they turbo-cuck so hard for the West)
Hassan Nasrallah (the GOAT of the resistance, the man I indirectly named my son after, even in death he still frightens the Zionists)
Ali Khamenei (promised to shake the Zionists, and he did although a bit late, the only Muslim leader that I trust these days)
Donald Trump (back into front-runner status by literally doing nothing, all the assassins comically fail, he just keeps doing his WWE promos and it works because Kamala is so flat)
Kamala Harris (fumbled the momentum, is now doing weed and crypto programs to attract black men wtf)
Olaf Scholz (will go down in history as one of the biggest imperial cucks that the world has seen)
Liam Payne, ex-One Direction, dies at the age of 31. The singer was found dead in the Casa Sur hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
According to La Nacion, the musician died after falling from the third floor of the hotel in Palermo. According to the newspaper, police were called to the scene to restrain “an aggressive man” who may have been under “the influence of drugs or alcohol”. The police confirmed the death.
me frantically waiting for that one street in Johannesburg to officially be renamed to Leila Khaled Drive so as to socialist fraternal kiss under the Leila Khaled signpost, haha jk, unless...
Also yesterday (15 October) was apparently the anniversary of Stepan Bandera getting no-scoped by the KGB
In a serious violation of Danish labor and health laws, a company in Western Zealand employed two children, aged 14-15, to remove asbestos roofing from a large structure without proper safety measures. The incident was discovered by the Working Environment Authority during an inspection in Sønderborg. The children, who were part of a school internship program, were found handling 550 square meters of asbestos-containing materials, which can cause fatal lung diseases when inhaled. They were working without supervision or protective equipment. Asbestos has been banned in building materials in Denmark for decades due to its severe health risks. The authorities, including the police, tax office, education agencies and municipal authorities have been alerted.
**European Rise in Asbestos-related Cancer Cases**
New data from the European Union show a troubling rise in mesothelioma cases, a type of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Between 2013 and 2021, the EU recorded over 13,500 cases, with the number of new diagnoses increasing again after years of decline. In 2021 alone, 1,409 cases were diagnosed, and 2,380 people died from asbestos-related diseases in the EU. Denmark had 49 deaths from mesothelioma that same year. Despite asbestos being banned in construction, many workers, especially in the renovation and demolition sectors, are still exposed to the material in older buildings. The European Parliament warns that deaths from asbestos exposure could rise to 120,000 annually by 2029 if stricter regulations are not enforced.
**Regime to Sell CO2 Quotas**
The succdem-led right-wing regime is moving forward with a plan to sell CO2 emission quotas as part of its efforts to fund climate initiatives under the so-called "Green Denmark Agreement." The scheme allows companies that have not used all their emission quotas to sell the excess to others struggling to meet their targets, essentially allowing wealthier, larger corporations to buy their way out of making necessary reductions. Critics, including climate economists and media outlets, argue that this approach will lead to increased CO2 emissions across Europe by shifting the problem rather than solving it. The plan is part of a broader agreement on climate policy involving agriculture, industry, and environmental groups, but it is seen by some as a loophole that favors factory farming and heavy industry.
**Succdem Mayors Critical of Green Agreement**
Several succdem mayors from the municipalities hardest hit by oxygen depletion in coastal waters have criticized the succdem-led right-wing regime's green tripartite agreement, claiming it lets the agricultural sector off too easily. The mayors, citing a leaked draft of the agreement, argue that the chosen nitrogen reduction model is too lenient and will not do enough to restore life to damaged fjords and coastal areas. Agriculture accounts for 70% of Denmark’s nitrogen emissions, which are a major cause of oxygen depletion and marine life death in Danish waters. The succdem-controlled Ministry of Finance has proposed three scenarios for nitrogen reduction, but only the most ambitious scenario meets the targets set by environmental groups like the Danish Society for Nature Conservation. However, the regime seems inclined to pursue less stringent measures, which the mayors say will perpetuate environmental damage.
Greenpeace activists staged a protest at the headquarters of Danish Crown, one of the world's largest pork producers, to draw attention to the company's significant methane emissions. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas, and Danish Crown's emissions are equivalent to 83% of Denmark's total methane output from animal production. The protest involved pink smoke and banners with slogans like “Danish Crown, your methane cooks our climate.” Greenpeace accuses Danish Crown of contributing heavily to global warming, noting that methane is responsible for about one-third of global temperature increases. The protest was part of a larger international campaign targeting major meat and dairy producers for their environmental impact.
**Majority of Danes Oppose Higher Retirement Age**
A significant portion of the Danish public opposes the regime's plan to raise the retirement age to 70 by 2040. In a survey two-thirds of respondents said they would prefer the retirement age to either remain at 67 or be lowered. Only 8% support increasing the retirement age in line with rising life expectancy, while 18% favor a more gradual increase. The regime's proposal, aimed at addressing demographic shifts and fiscal pressures from ab aging population, faces strong resistance from citizens who worry about the physical and mental strain of working longer, especially in physically demanding jobs.
**High Work Pressure**
A survey conducted by emergency services corporation Falck reveals that work pressure is becoming a major concern for Danish workers, with one in six workers frequently feeling overwhelmed. The survey, which included 3,000 respondents, found that 70% feel their workplaces lack a culture of openness around mental health and well-being. The report highlights that prolonged periods of high work pressure can have negative impacts on personal lives, creating a vicious cycle of stress and burnout. The survey also shows that 80% of employees believe their employers are not doing enough to support mental health.
**Academics' Union Exit Negotiation Coalition**
Denmark’s largest public-sector union for academics, representing 75,000 employees, has withdrawn from the public sector central negotiation body FF. The union, which includes professionals such as doctors, physiotherapists, and psychologists, decided to leave due to disagreements over wage policy. The academics' union has been critical of proposals to reduce wage gaps by raising wages for low-paid workers and for female-dominated professions and has opposed proposals to reform the current model of giving raises as a percentage of wages. The decision to withdraw comes after the union negotiated separately during recent public sector wage agreements. Leaders of FF expressed disappointment, emphasizing the value of solidarity in collective bargaining.
**New Revolutionary Communist Party**
In October, a new political party, the Revolutionary Communist Party (RKP), was founded in Denmark during a political festival in Copenhagen. The party is based on Marxist principles and aims to represent the progressive side of Denmark’s growing political polarization. Victor Murray, a party leader, explained that while the right-wing has many reactionary parties, the left lacks a party that fully expresses the progressive side of the polarization. The RKP joins a crowded field of communist parties in Denmark, including the Danish Communist Party, the Communist Party, and the Workers’ Communist Party, but it hopes to carve out a distinct space on the far-left of Danish politics.
Lokomotiv soundly beat Kunlun Red Star 5-1, they were like a runaway freight train scoring twice in the first, twice more in the second, and a final goal in the third! Red Star managed a goal towards the end of the second but they just weren't able to compete with the momentum Lokomotiv had!
Lokomotiv next plays Barys Astana on Saturday, October 19 at 5pm Moscow Standard Time
Be aware of clickbait posts about satellite imagery of the Israeli Tel Nof airbase, the base where impacts from Iranian ballistic missiles caused secondary explosions captured on video. The publically available satellite imagery is not of a high enough resolution to accurately make any kind of damage assessment or analysis.
17 martyrs and 182 wounded were reported as a result of the IOF's attacks on Lebanon yesterday, Tuesday, bringing the toll since October 8th, 2023 to 2,367 martyrs and 11,088 wounded. Since dawn today, 17 additional martyrs and about 100 wounded have been reported so far.
In the Gaza Strip, 65 martyrs and 140 wounded were reported yesterday, while at least 15 additional martyrs (half of them children) have ascended due to IOF airstrikes since dawn today.
Dozens of soon-to-be-retired Australian Abrams tanks will be sent to Ukraine under a $245 million military support package.
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More than a year after Kyiv first expressed interest in the aging M1A1 fleet, and months after Australia rejected a request to donate its grounded Taipan helicopters, the Albanese government has confirmed it will now gift 49 of the American-made tanks.
The Taipan helicopters that kept crashing lol
"One of the unique elements of the Australian tanks is that they're in reasonably good working order. The fact the Ukrainians already have some M1A1s in theatre from the allies suggests there's a good logistics chain there as well as some training," he told the ABC.
yeah because they don't get used. As long as the government keeps buying american tanks right? The article mentions they had to get permission to send them to ukraine too. sovereign borders and social cohesion, oh yeah.
And then there's this tidbit:
"We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine in their fight against Russia's illegal invasion," Mr Conroy.
fascinating stuff, let me just quickly google the honourable ministers press releases:
Further humanitarian assistance to Occupied Palestinian Territories and the region
Joint media release with:
Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs
16 January 2024
Australia will provide an additional $21.5 million in humanitarian assistance to the Middle East, including in response to the urgent and ongoing humanitarian needs resulting from the Hamas-Israel conflict.
wow look at those numbers! You wont believe me if I tell you that measly amount went directly to NGOs, wow!
Another one about ukraine from may confirms the aus govt has provided over 1billion aud this year. Maybe I'll still be mad in the morning and I'll make a graph.
Al Jazeera correspondent Dorsa Jabbari says that Residential buildings in Dahiye (southern suburbs of Beirut) are "completely empty" of residents and uncritically repeats 'israeli' claims about Hezbollah storing weapons under people's homes.
A Ukrainian official said Tuesday that American politicians are pressuring Ukraine to lower the minimum age of conscription from 25 to 18 to make more young men available for combat.
“If this information has surfaced, I can confirm it: American politicians from both parties are putting pressure on President Zelensky to explain why there is no mobilization of those aged 18 to 25 in Ukraine. The argument of our partners is that when the US fought in Vietnam, people were drafted from the age of 19,” Serhiy Leshchenko, an advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, wrote on Telegram.
Not gonna look at polls, kamala will lose. They'll blame Black/Hispanic people, men, Muslims, Jews, Jill Stein, and more, but the root cause will be the genocide in Palestine. If I'm wrong I'll run a marathon with no training or something similar idk
Both campaigns have no energy. Boring election cycle
At the rate she’s going, Kamala will next appear on Lex Friedman with special guest Jordan Peterson to discuss why men feel isolated. Then she’ll make a surprise appearance on Asmongold’s stream to react to Tyler Olivera while muttering “based” every time he suggests that immigrants should be culled.
Finally, she’ll clinch the undecided vote by attending a book signing with celebrated author and beloved feminist, JK Rowling.
Edit: I forgot her one-upping Trump by having Peter Thiel attend one of her rally’s.
Where is Punxsutawney Phil when you need him? Instead of these grotesque media campaigns, each swing state should just have 50/50 pagan ritual involving cute critters to decide the electoral winner.
On Tuesday, 15/10/2024, the Islamic Resistance conducted 24 operations targeting Israeli troop movements, military bases, and occupied cities with precise missile barrages. Two Hermes 450 drones were also shot down.
Brain-empty speculation: iran did really threaten gulf american-backed regimes with striking their oil infrastructure, if they open air space for terrorist entity planes. So now isntreal is planning to use jordan/syria/iraq airspace, that's why its taking so long. Iraq would be thrilled.
Nathanial Bronze calls it even just now with his prediction thingie
This is roughly a week after the betting market was dead even so there probably is a short lag due to Nate relying on polls, this doesn't come as a shock to anyone but it is really not looking good for Kamala from here on out.
So, today here in Brazil a case made headlines: a nine-year-old broke into a vet hospital, tortured and killed 23 animals... I don't know what to say, this is one of the most brutal things I've read in a very long time, really fucked me up. How does this happen? How can a child be capable of such cruelty? Isn't there some kind of innate empathy towards other mammals? What the fuck is going on inside that boy's brain?
Man, jesus fucking christ... this world can be a very grim place sometimes
By popular request we're bringing on Jon Elmer of Electronic Intifada to talk about the overall situation in the Palestine/Lebanon battle-space and how the IOF will not be able to maintain its operations forever. Israel is also facing social and economic collapse, but we're still a ways from that.
The Last Supper: the Hezbullah's drone attack is a response to the Pagers incident
The "New York Post" newspaper chose a mocking headline, "Beep Beep Boom!", for the terrorist attack involving pagers. Users on the internet responded with a picture of Hezbullah's drone and Whizz_Whizz_Boom hashtag where the whizz is the sound of drones.
The Harris campaign has released a 5 point agenda to "Create Opportunity for Black Men", that, on the surface, appears to be an attempt to steady what I am sure are cratering polls, and cynically, seems to have been created so they have something to point to and blame black men for not supporting her if and when she loses. Among the highlights: legal weed and "protecting cryptocurrency" lmao
If this were a Trump platform, the liberal media would be screaming about him a racist for thinking what's most important to black men is crypto and weed.
Not sure if this is anything but I’m trying to book a flight and hotel, two separate companies, and I’m getting host errors (Cloudflare seems to be fine though?). Weird delays and failures in other websites too. In talking with people over the phone at these companies too they’re getting server/hosting errors as well. Just kind of weird
Edit: also some phone calls just not connecting…strange
Pro-Palestine solidarity organization Samidoun and Palestinian-Canadian activist Khaled Barakat designated "foreign terrorist organization" and "terrorist" respectively by the US and Canada.
Folks, it's time for the latest installation of "Western media finally says the things the news mega has been saying for 2+ years". I'm just going to highlight a couple quotes I think are interesting, but the article is a quick read.
Israel faces a looming shortage of interceptor missiles as it shores up air defences to protect the country from attacks by Iran and its proxies, according to industry executives, former military officials and analysts.
The US is racing to help close gaps in Israel’s protective shield, announcing on Sunday the deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) antimissile battery, ahead of an expected retaliatory strike from Israel on Iran that risks further regional escalation.
“Israel’s munitions issue is serious,” said Dana Stroul, a former senior US defence official with responsibility for the Middle East.
“If Iran responds to an Israel attack [with a massive air strike campaign], and Hizbollah joins in too, Israel air defences will be stretched,” she said, adding that US stockpiles were not limitless. “The US can’t continue supplying Ukraine and Israel at the same pace. We are reaching a tipping point.”
As it turns out, profit maximization, lean manufacturing, and just-in-time logistics is not compatible with a rapidly expanding warfront. Apparently, stockpiles and excess industrial capacity are kind of important when you want to fight another country with a peer or near-peer industrial base, let alone multiple.
The US-supplied Thaad battery, which is designed to shoot down ballistic missiles, will sit alongside Israel’s Arrow system. It bolsters Israel’s overall air defences as Benjamin Netanyahu’s government plans its retaliatory strike for Iran’s missile barrage in October, which Tehran said was to avenge the killing of the leaders of the Hamas and Hizbollah militant groups.
Is "sit along side" metaphorical or literal, here? My gut feeling is that this is literal, and they are going to place the THAAD battery, which will be operated by ~100 US troops, next to an Arrow battery, meaning that the strategy is to use US troops as human shields to deter a strike on the interceptor batteries.
“We are not seeing Hizbollah’s full capability yet. It has only been firing at around a tenth of its estimated prewar launching capacity, a few hundred rockets a day instead of as many as 2,000,” said Assaf Orion, a former Israeli brigadier general and head of strategy at the Israel Defense Forces.
“Some of that gap is a choice by Hizbollah not to go full out, and some of it is due to degradation by the IDF . . . But Hizbollah has enough left to mount a strong operation,” Orion added. “Haifa and northern Israel are still on the receiving end of rocket and drone attacks almost every day.”
Analysts said that defence planners and Israel’s AI-powered air defences were having to choose which areas to protect over others.
More than 20,000 rockets and missiles have been fired at Israel over the past year from Gaza and Lebanon alone, according to official Israeli figures.
“During the October 1 attack, there was a sense the IDF reserved some Arrow interceptors in case Iran fired its next salvo at Tel Aviv,” said Ehud Eilam, a former researcher at Israel’s Ministry of Defence. “It’s only a matter of time before Israel starts to run out of interceptors and has to prioritise how they are deployed.”
We are getting to the point where Israel is having to choose which missiles to let through, which is not a great spot to be in when your population has a very low tolerance for casualties.
Hello newsmega heads, I have a question. Has the USA declined in absolute power since the 90s, or just in relative power? Is it's ability to wage war, maintain alliance and influence other countries less than what it used to be, or does it just face more resistance?
This is what happens I suppose when you put someone who believes the NHS is a cult in charge of healthcare.
Mr ban puberty blockers, who once compared their usage to medical experimentation, now wants to carry out unethical medical experimentation on the unemployed.
Failed "assassination" "attempt" on the king of Morocco, his convoy got hit by the worst most pathetic molotov cocktail I have ever seen like wow it was bad
DPRK promises to retaliate against ROK for having a drone violate DPRK airspace. DRPK usually ends a press statement like "if ROK/US continues, we will retaliate" or like "we're warning you, please don't do this again". This press statement is different in that the conclusion is a direct promise. The tone is changed. "The provocateurs will have to pay a dear price."
Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK
Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on Tuesday:
We secured clear evidence that the ROK military gangsters are the main culprit of the hostile provocation of violating the sovereignty of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by intruding into the sky over its capital city.
The provocateurs will have to pay a dear price. -0- www.kcna.kp (Juche113.10.15.)
Just go back from the assembly we held at our university, and we resolved: The building will be occupied by the students and the authorities will be displaced*, effective now the premises are under student control for an indefinite period of time. Classes will resume as normal (most will be held in the street). We also declared a state of permanent assembly.
*I'll dig more into this. We voted on displacing them, however, I think some will remain in their posts to fulfill their duties. What I think happens is that their authority is shared with the students, meaning that we kinda abolished hierarchies lmao.
Meanwhile, more and more universities are being occupied by students, althrough such occupations differ from one another. I think the number is well above 50 institutions around the country, more will be joining us as the movement gets bigger.
A few days ago, milei announced that occupations are illegal and thus efforts must be directed to evict those who participate in the occupations.
So, anybody knows how to deal with riot police? Honestly I don't know what to expect, in one hand we're protected by the right of protest and there's also the fact that neither police or federal forces are allowed to intervene in universities (they can't even step inside), on the other, it's milei we're talking about, not that he gives a shit about all this. I do expect shady people to come and go from the building to collect intelligence for the cops, this has happened before.
What keeps me worried are possible sporadic attacks by pro-milei people. Today, during the assembly to decide on the occupation of the University of Quilmes, a group of libertarians tried to crash it by using tear gas on students. They were promptly kicked off the establishment and the university was occupied regardless. This hasn't happened in previous times when universities were occupied because the conext was different, but now, fascists and libertarians (they are the same thing) are completely empowered by the state. Gotta keep watch I guess.
The war against Putin's Asiatic hordes is fought on many fronts. In Copenhagen, a Liberal Party alderman has proposed to annul the Russian embassy's right to use 23 public owned parking spaces as a way of harassing diplomatic staff and to virtue signal the car brain credentials of the local Liberal Party. The proposal has however been shot down by Denmark's Moderate Party-controlled ministry of foreign affairs, citing diplomatic considerations.
The prosecutor also said that the Brazilian president “is not the same. I met him in the Orinoco oil belt when I was governor of Anzoátegui, with Chávez. He is not the same compared to the one who founded and organized the labor movements of Brazil,” said Saab during an interview at Globovisión this Sunday, October 13.
Sirens sounded today at an Israeli military base in the Beit Lid area after rockets were launched from Lebanon.
The instructions given to the soldiers in case of sirens were to lie on the ground and put their hands on their heads. The soldiers were verbally told: "Go hide in the sewage channels; they are safer."
Image of Ukrainian mathematics textbook for primary school, posted in a telegram based out of Donetsk.
Solve the task. Dmytro collected 10 shells for his battery. Two friends joined him and each collected 5 shells. But the evil muscovites came and took away 4 shells. How many shells Dmytro and his friends have to defend Ukraine?
I am really trying not to doom, but by all accounts Israel’s plan is to seal off the north of Gaza and starve everyone who lives there; then functionally annex the north (at least) into Israel. The end result, if successful, would be the deaths of tens if not hundreds of thousands and another big chunk of their own land taken from the Palestinians.
Is there any way these deaths can be prevented? I know Hamas has not weakened at all in the last year and they are fighting hard in the north as we speak, but there’s a limited amount of time to get the IOF out of north Gaza and get more food (and fighters) in.
Since it's been one year on since the Gaza War started, I decided to look at some defense stocks to see how profitable the genocide machine has actually been. Overall, it seems pretty profitable for the companies with relevant weapons and supplies for the war at this stage, but if I was a vampire capitalist and just threw my money into defense as soon as I thought war demand was coming I'd be pretty disappointed at the outcome so far. One year in NVIDIA outperforms all of them by a ton, and the S&P 500 keeps pace in the middle of the pack.
Raytheon (+70.05% 1 YR) is the best performer by far. It makes sense since the Iron Dome missiles are made by them. They are making a whole new facility in Arkansas for the purpose of making more of these things that won't be online until 2025, apparently. Whose to say whether the entity known as Israel will even last that long but hey, that just means money in Raytheon's pockets.
Caterpillar (+47.03% 1 YR) a construction company that makes bulldozers for the IOF, so it's part of the genocide machine obvs. Recently they've been downgraded by Morgan Stanley so we'll see if this keeps up.
L3Harris Technologies (+39.97% 1 YR) military helicopters and aircraft electronics. Great year for them, Oct 7 represents the bottom of a 2 year losing streak for them.
Lockheed Martin (+38.14% 1 YR) has a sudden jolt right around the time the US authorized the production of more F-35s. It also happens to be the week where Netanyahu visited the US Congress. Below I have a photo of other companies that have a little jolt around that time as well.
General Dynamics (+23.92% 1 YR) naval and communications. The stock seems to have been doing well before Oct 7 though so IDK.
And some losers...
Boeing (-19.49% 1 YR) you know why. But you could have sold when the news was still breaking and done well for yourself.
Elbit Systems (-0.56% 1 YR) they make drones and they made the Gaza wall defense towers that got owned on Oct 7. Israel doesn't care for defending its citizens right now because genocide but they seem to be pivoting towards the genocide business judging by the swing towards profitability recently.
Germany reportedly asked Israel to sign a 'genocide clause'
On 13 October 2024, German newspaper BILD reported in an exclusive (behind a paywall) that Germany asked the Israeli government to sign a so-called ‘genocide clause’ as a precondition for further arms deliveries. This clause apparently contained a written assurance from the Israeli government that German arms will not be used to commit genocide. The document is said to have arrived in Berlin on 10 October and allowed Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz to declare in parliament the next day that "We have supplied arms, and we will supply arms".
This raises several questions:
Does this imply that the German Government shares in the suspicion that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip?
Can such an assurance absolve Germany from its responsibility under international law not to aid or assist acts of genocide?
Is the IOF literally actually completely incapable of fighting actual Resistance fighters? From what I've seen they've done literally nothing but attack and murder civilians and children, but I've never seen them fighting someone who shoots back, at least not without standing in an open window and getting domed. Do you think they're actively trying to avoid Resistance fighters?
China has announced that military exercises around Taiwan, which were revealed this morning, have now ended. They involved 125 Chinese military aircraft. Chinese troops were practicing blockading the island. The exercises took place four days after Taiwan President Lai Qingde said he would resist Beijing's "annexation" of the island
Now U.S. imperialism is quite powerful, but in reality it isn't. It is very weak politically because it is divorced from the masses of the people and is disliked by everybody and by the American people too.
Is this true? I thought last we checked the average amerikkkan was big into genocide and such. Would be nice to see a bit of humanity from them. Was the perception different in the 50s?
I just saw a video of a child being burned alive in a hospital tent Israel bombed.
I feel sick. I don’t have words for what I want to happen to the people that did this. If I found the words and wrote them here the FBI would show up at my door.
I hope every American politician and every past or current member of the IDF experiences even 1/10th the pain and suffering they have inflicted on innocent children, women and men. Every IDF soldier deserves to be burnt alive in a tent like their victims. I’d say they deserve worse but I literally cannot think of anything worse.
North Korea is now effectively joining the war against Ukraine, Zelensky said. "The DPRK is actively joining the war on the side of the Russian Federation. According to the GUR, Russia has plans for the fall and winter that take into account support from the DPRK," he said.
I typed up a electoralism brain(gross I know) rant about polling in reply to [@Parzivus@hexbear.net (https://hexbear.net/u/Parzivus) bc I'm poster brained.
I mean yea, it's bad bc Dems need to lead like 3ish% on national polls bc electoral college. Also people, I'm talking generally not saying this is you, wish cast polling errors oh it was wrong in favor of trump(2016) or it was wrong in favor of Dems(2022). When in reality there usually very specific errors in the polling. In 2016 people though Texas would flip bc bad polling practices in heavily Hispanic areas or in 22 putting too much weight in junk pollsters. Even with those errors if you actually look at polls say in 2016 the week of election polls had Clinton up on average around 3% and the margin of error on those polls were like +-1.7-3.5%. She won the popular vote by 2.1%, a result well with the margins of polling.
Like poor analysis in media is a given, the polling is for the most part very sound
Sorry I don't really have an outlet to talk politics shit. I typed all this out so I may as well post. I kinda rant some times on here, Im hating on you.
Hezbollah released a new video showing the drone side of their operations yesterday.
The video starts in a warehouse showcasing dozens of Ababil-T and Shahed 101 attack drones. A Hezbollah soldier then picks up a piston engined and petrol/gasoline powered Shahed 101 drone, with a single radio antenna on the front. The video then cuts to the battlefield.
In the next scene, we can see Hezbollah drone operators preparing a group of Shahed 101 "suicide drones" for launch. However, there is one very big difference seen here, along with a few smaller ones. These Shahed 101 drones have electric engines and are battery powered, with the charging and data cables clearly visible. They also have a fresh coat of camouflage paint applied. This is done to reduce the chances of detection, an electronic motor has a lower heat signature than a piston engine, due to the lack of exhaust gases and cooler operation. They are also quieter, making less noise. The camouflage paint scheme is also designed to reduce detection, with a drab olive to dark green top to make the drone blend in with the ground when viewed from above, and a sliver bottom to blend in with the sky when viewed from below. The reduction in heat signature, along with a reduced visual and audio presence, makes the drone harder to detect. The drones also have no radio antenna or cameras, suggesting a one way attack approach with a pre-programmed flight path. We can see a drone operator presumably uploading flight data from his laptop using a USB interface. This makes them immune to being jammed. more difficult to jam, see discussion below.
All in all, the modifications made to the Shahed 101 drone by Hezbollah to make it harder to detect, combined with the rocket fire in a close range saturation attack to overwhelm Israeli air defences, allowed the Shahed 101 one way attack drones to carry out their attack undetected and without interception. The drones are relatively small with a small warhead, which limits targets to soft unprotected ones, like the dining hall hit yesterday.
Danish Regime Threaten Sanctions Against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
Senior officials from the hard right Liberal and Moderate parties that make up two thirds of the reclusive Nordic kingdom's succdem-led right-wing regime has issued new threats against Iran. The two parties are demanding that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard should be placed on the EU’s so-called "terror list", a registry of global south organisations seen by the EU as working against the western bloc's geopolitical ambitions.
In a carefully choreographed appearance in state media outlet TV 2, Liberal Party firebrand Michael Aastrup Jensen said that "We simply have to admit that what Iran is doing in the Middle East and around the world is terrorism." without offering any evidence to back up his bombastic claims. Moderate Party official Henrik Frandsen has admitted to his party's anti-Iranian line, going on the record to say that "With a terror classification, sanctions can be imposed that are significantly harsher than what is currently possible"
The Danish threats follows demands made by Sweden’s supreme leader for a joint Western classification of the IRGC as "terrorists".
Vityaz beat Lokomotiv 2-1 today, Vityaz opened up with two goals in the first period and held onto that lead for whole game. Lokomotiv managed to score in the back half of the third and even pulled their goalie in the last minute to try to tie it up but to no avail.
Lokomotiv next plays Kunlun Red Star on Wednesday, Oct 16 at 7:30pm Moscow Standard Time