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Posted in: Vance attack on Europe overshadows Ukraine talks at security conference See in context

JD Vance TORCHED European leaders for criminalizing free speech.

European leaders were expecting a softball discussion about Ukraine. Instead, Vance roasted them:

"Europe faces many challenges, but the crisis this continent faces right now, the crisis I believe we all face together, is one of our own making. If you're running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you, nor, for that matter, is there anything that you can do for the American people who elected me and elected President Trump."

European leaders freaked out over it, saying it was totally inappropriate and unacceptable, but the people of Europe LOVED IT. So much for that drone strike, he did not care about Ukraine AT ALL. Obviously the drone strike on Chernobyl was to get Vance to go along with Ukraine while with European leaders. FAIL.

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Posted in: Judges to consider barring Musk's DOGE team from several government agencies See in context

DOGE is now auditing the IRS.

President Donald Trump on Thursday threw his support behind the Department of Government Efficiency investigation into alleged fraud and waste at the Internal Revenue Service.

Trump has long railed against the IRS, repeatedly claiming on the 2024 campaign trail that the office improperly targets conservatives for political reasons. After entering office in January, the president proposed closing down the IRS and replacing it with a new External Revenue Office. The president and his allies claim that revenue coming in from new Trump-era tariffs would sufficiently offset the loss of federal income taxes.

https://gazette.com/news/wex/trump-signs-off-on-doge-audit-of-irs/article_71b454df-bb78-5f85-bed1-1045169cc65d.html

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Posted in: Ukraine's rare earth elements could help keep U.S. military aid flowing See in context

Ukraine prepared to swap territory with Russia in peace negotiations, Zelensky says:

Kyiv would be prepared to exchange Russian territory seized in its Kursk offensive last year in return for Ukrainian land under Russian control, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday. He also told the UK's Guardian newspaper that security guarantees that did not involve the US would not be "real" guarantees.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250211-ukraine-prepared-to-swap-territory-with-russia-in-peace-negotiations-zelensky-says

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Posted in: Trump reimposes 'maximum pressure' on Iran; aims to drive oil exports to zero See in context

Trump says he’s given advisers instructions for Iran to be ‘obliterated’ if it assassinates him.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-assassination-88c9b1a0754165125d59d378bf4af477

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Posted in: Trump says he wants Ukraine's rare earth elements as a condition of further support See in context

"Trump complained that the U.S. had sent more in military and economic assistance to Ukraine than its European partners,"

Zelenskyy 'exposes' US over Ukraine war aid, ‘got only $75 of $177bn, where is the remaining money?’

In a shocking revelation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that Ukraine has received only $75 billion out of the $177 billion military aid approved by the United States. Speaking to the Associated Press, Zelenskyy said he does not know where the remaining funds have gone, fueling speculation of corruption or US corporate lobbying.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/zelenskyy-exposes-us-over-ukraine-war-aid-got-only-75-of-177bn-where-is-the-remaining-money/videoshow/117892597.cms

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Posted in: Residents near Saitama sinkhole urged to evacuate See in context

Very tragic.

You can watch the truck driver getting swallowed into the sinkhole here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ZaYSfSodg

Viewer Discretion is Advised:

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Posted in: At least 7 dead in Philadelphia plane crash, officials say See in context

Terrible heartbreaking tragedy.

The jet came in so fast it looks like a missile or meteor.

It is astounding a learjet held together this well at an obvious supersonic speed. All the jets will go supersonic in a dive but under normal circumstances their avionics systems prevent it

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Posted in: White House says tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will start Saturday See in context

In the short run, financial markets could experience sharp swings. Equity markets might drop on fears of a trade war.

Global supply chains - already complex and interlinked - would face uncertainty and disruption, potentially contributing to higher inflation.

American importers and consumers would bear significantly higher costs on everyday goods.

Many multinational corporations would see plummeting revenues if trade relations collapse.

U.S. consumers would likely see higher prices on imported goods - everything from electronics to household items.

Sectors like agriculture, energy, and manufacturing could face declines in profitability and potential layoffs if retaliatory measures shut them out of key markets.

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Posted in: Collision between Black Hawk helicopter and jetliner kills 67 in Washington See in context

PAT stands for Priority Air Transport, which is reserved for senior military and VIP personnel only. The Helicopter was PAT-25. That means it was a VIP chopper, and stories about it carrying 3 ordinary soldiers on a training mission have to be BS

Flight tracker information identified the helicopter as “PAT25,” the typical call sign for helicopters used for “priority air transport” missions.

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Posted in: Trump to prepare facility at Guantanamo for 30,000 migrants See in context

Trump just signed the Laken Riley act which states that illegals that are thieves, murderers, - CRIMINALS - will be deported. That also means that the useful ones who can behave themselves will not be deported.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laken_Riley_Act

Signed into law by President Donald Trump on January 29, 2025

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Posted in: Trump homeland secretary joins ICE in New York as immigration crackdown intensifies See in context

If Trump went after the actual workers who are not criminals, the economy would crash. McDonalds would close. If you think Trump could actually deport people who have value as workers without crashing the country, WAKE UP, 37.2 MILLION MEXICANS? Not US citizens, the US has 37.2 MILLION MEXICANS THAT ARE STILL ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN MEXICO. Deport that? AINT HAPPENEN.

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Posted in: Trump revokes protections for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top Iran aide See in context

Trump revoked Mike Pompeo's security team

So Mike, who was a traitor to Trump is now screaming about how Iran will kill him. B.S., but whatever. I think this is a symptom of getting security clearances revoked.

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Posted in: Trump tells Davos elite to invest in U.S. or face tariffs See in context

The WEF might be finished. Hopefully this is not due to a game of switcharoo, where something more sinister takes it's place, you know, like a 500 billion dollar AI platform.

https://english.pravda.ru/world/161509-davos-forum-trump/

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Posted in: What's next for EVs under Trump? See in context

Trump ended subsidies to Elon Musk's Tesla. This means no federal help with charging stations anymore. States can still do what they want.

Well, Elon can't really complain if he's the head of DOGE and I don't think it matters anyway, Elon has already successfully made the Tesla plug the standard for all EV's and new charging stations are going to be automatic now because the balance has been tipped in favor of them, and Musk can afford them.

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Posted in: Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and online posts See in context

Trump has ordered a complete blackout at the CDC, FDA, and NIH. They are not allowed to update their web sites or do anything at all with paperwork, including issue advisories or even publish anything. Seems to me a big sting is underway, hopefully for the Corona shot. They knew damn well what they were doing with the pfizer shots and hopefully heads will roll. There has to be a reason why Biden pardoned Fauci and this is probably it, PROBLEM: You can't pardon unless the specifics are given, so the pardon might be irrelevant.

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Posted in: Trump administration warns city, state officials not to resist immigration crackdown See in context

75 percent of illegal workers did not show up for work in the San Joaquin valley today. Some people are saying it is winter time so it does not matter. It does matter, because an enormous pile of things - lettuce, carrots, grapes, spinach, brocolli, celery, oranges, lemons, are harvested at this time, it is never "winter" there. So there is something to the story and there might be shortages while the food rots.

Sympathy? NONE FOR THIS, the farmers set themselves up for this, My sympathy for the farmers is over the Delta smelt BS which Trump has already shut down. You can no longer cut off water to farmers over a fake fish issue, the "Delta smelt" are an invasive species anyway. So the farmers are going to have to accept a bit of give and take here.

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Posted in: Nippon Steel stands firm on U.S. Steel takeover and denies risks cited by Biden See in context

I hope the lawsuit succeeds. It’s obvious that neither national security nor economic logic had anything to do with Biden blocking the deal. His motivation was to repay political favours, pure and simple.

Biden is hanging onto the sentimental notion that America is a great commercial power able to sustain an enterprise that produces tangible products. Competent foreign management and stable foreign investment can save domestic steel production and the jobs of American workers. Crony American CEOs and speculative American investment cannot.

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Posted in: Biden blocks Nippon Steel's proposed deal to acquire U.S. Steel See in context

When we hear the name "US Steel" we think enormous American industrial powerhouse, and yet that's all fantasy. Where once 340,000 people worked for US Steel, now there is a measly 20,000. Sorry but a company with only 20,000 employees can't be a "critical industry" for America's economy, simply due to the fact that it employs so few people, relatively speaking. On an emotional level, I can understand why people don't like the idea of a Japanese company taking over a historic American establishment like US Steel, but at the end of the day there was no truly valid reason for intervening to stop this sale other than some union people protesting against the sale. At first I was against the sale - Japan, after all, is one of the most protectionist countries on the planet when it comes to selling assets to foreign companies - but once I realized that US Steel is now a greatly diminished company from what it once was, I can't see any valid rational reason for stopping the Japanese from making the purchase. I'm not sure what motivated Biden, at the 11th hour of his presidency, from stepping into this matter. Then again I haven't been able to make sense of anything Biden says or does for well over a year now.

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Posted in: University of Tokyo to double number of female professors by FY2027 See in context

But even if the university reaches its target for female faculty members, it will still lag behind global standards.

There are approximately 10,062 female teachers and 8,734 male teachers at Harvard.

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Posted in: U.N. climate talks poised for deal creating disaster fund See in context

Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks in Egypt: the creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries’ carbon pollution.

A worthless fund to give away our money, while China escapes.

A breakthrough at the UN would be stopping the war in Ukraine, and all other wars. Another UN handout scheme is not a breakthrough in anything.

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Posted in: With Twitter in chaos, some ways to protect your account See in context

And the beatings will continue until morale improves.

Elon's new nickname is - " Space Karen "

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Posted in: COP27 climate talks hurtle toward overtime; countries mull EU offer of fund See in context

Sounds like a bunch of people who aren't really serious about climate change and more interested in shutting down industries while redistributing wealth . I forget what they are called....

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Posted in: Ukraine says half energy system crippled; Kyiv facing possible 'shutdown' See in context

Russia continues to dig its own grave. These attacks only strengthen the resolve of the Ukrainians and should provoke the Western democracies to step up their supplies of weapons to Ukraine. As for U.S. General Milley, has he ever had dinner with Putin, a la General Flynn?

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Posted in: Taylor Swift hits out at 'excruciating' Ticketmaster tour chaos See in context

"Ticket Master is cancelling..."

Is there any way we can cancel Ticketmaster? Permanently?

There is no need for the scam that is Ticketmaster anymore. Artist and venues can sell the tickets directly without the “ middleman “ Ticketmaster getting involved and charging ridiculous fees for doing nothing.

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Posted in: Pelosi to step down as top Democrat after Republicans take House See in context

A skilled politician, mother and wife who has contributed greatly to American democracy. She has withstood partisan attacks and always kept her eye on the target while herding the Democratic caucus into unity on issues of major importance. And she isn't finished yet. Thank you Nancy Pelosi.

My favorite memory of Pelosi is when she ripped up Trump's State of the Union speech behind his back.

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Posted in: 3 convicted in absentia for 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines jet over Ukraine See in context

This is part of Russia's Big Lie, about the "poor Ukrainian separatists" when it was really the Russian army all along, organizing, funding arming, training and even in later portions fighting for them.

This is their justification for the 2022 full invasion, that Ukraine tried to defend itself from the covert invasion of 2014.

Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said evidence presented by prosecutors in the trial — which lasted more than two years — proved that the Boeing 777 was brought down by a Buk missile fired by pro-Moscow Ukrainian fighters on July 17, 2014. The crash scattered wreckage and bodies over farmland and fields of sunflowers.

I didn't know that was even seriously contested by anyone. The main line of defense from Russia and DPR was that the Buk rocket was launched by the Ukrainian forces (a pretty transparent lie).

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Posted in: Russian missiles pound Ukraine power supply; fighting rages in east See in context

The Russian war criminals just keep up their barbarian acts of terrorism and won't quit until they are obliterated and chased from Ukraine. We have an obligation as free and democratic people to protect Ukraine from the blood soaked claws of the Russian bear and not only send military weapons, training, intelligence etc. but when Ukraine finally pushes the barbarian __ back to Russia we need to help rebuild Ukraine and get their economy back on its feet. Putin made the biggest military blunder since WWII by invading Ukraine and we must extend the biggest humanitarian and assistance package since WWII to Ukraine once Russia is defeated.

Ukrainian air defense today eliminated an unusual Russian cruise missile.

https://www.technology.org/2022/11/17/cruise-missile-with-a-dummy-nuclear-warhead-lands-in-ukraine-where-is-the-real-warhead/

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Posted in: Xi spat with Trudeau lays bare China's frayed ties with Canada See in context

How is it that the global tyrant Xi can so accurately reflect the tone of the Canadian public better than the Canadian media?

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Posted in: Fears of war spillover ease after NATO says missile on Poland was Ukrainian stray See in context

The Russian Defense Ministry said none of its missiles had struck closer than 35 km (20 miles) from the Polish border, and that photos of the wreckage in Poland showed elements of a Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile.

According to the published photos, researched by military experts, the remains of the rocket belong to the Ukrainian-owned S300 AD rocket. Surely, we will wait for the result of the actual material based investigation but the the important PRIMARY conclusion has been drawn.

As we have learned from other cases of the S300 application, the system does not work flawlessly during the shot - that has been confirmed many times by videos, taken by Russians in Russian cities close to the border with Ukraine. Obviously, the same mishap might have happened to the Ukrainian-owned S300 during its shot at the Russian missile.

However, here comes the MOST IMPORTANT FACT:

If Russians did not go to war, if during the war they were not attempting to eliminate Ukraine at all costs, mostly humane, as an independent state, if the Russian MoD was not ordering barrages of deadly rockets upon the Ukrainian infrastructure and the Ukrainian people, then NO Ukrainian S300 rocket - or any rocket for this matter - would have been shot in any direction!

This is what we must remember: who triggered this bloody madness on the 24th of February !!!

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Posted in: World population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges See in context

"Population is not the problem, the way we consume is the problem — let’s change our consumption patterns,” he said.

Population is not the problem? What a ridiculous statement. Changing consumption patterns to what? How little water will a human want to access in order to allow more humans to exist? How little nature do we want to have? Earth is a small planet with limited resources. Population growth easily has the ability to use up those resources.

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