Tuesday, January 2, 2024

24-12-25 Russia Downs Another Airliner □

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24-12-26 Авиакатастрофа в Актау | Plane Crash in Aktau (subs) - Maxim > .

24-12-19 IAF Strikes Back at Houthis in Yemen □

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24-12-19 BREAKING NEWS: Israel Strikes Yemen | TBN I > .

24-12-17 Moscow Scooter Bomb □

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24-12-18 [Ukrainian SBU? Russian General Igor Kirillov Assassinated] - Ward C > .

24-12-8 Assad Ousted □

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24-12-10 Fall of Assad's Syria [Mapped] - gtbt > .
24-12-20 Trapped: The Conundrum of Russian Bases in Syria - Spaniel > .
24-12-19 ISIS: Worst Group in Syria Is Making a Comeback - Preston > .
24-12-17 [Israel Expansion into Syria Golan Heights] - AiTelly > .
24-12-15 What Happens on the Border of Israel and Syria - IDF > .
24-12-13 Syria after Assad | 5 Key Questions - Prof J K-L > .
24-12-11 Ruscia Pulls Out of Tartus Port; Israel Sinks Syrian Navy - Ward C > .
24-12-11 Why US struck dozens of Syrian targets After Assad fell - Sand > .

Comment about the term "Daesh": "It's not a word its an acronym. It is a bastardisation of the groups original name. al-Dawla al-Islamiya fil Iraq wa al-Sham. Additionally depending on how you pronounce it sounds like Da'ish which means crush someone/something with your foot. You have to keep in mind that in arabic culture this is not merely a general term like in english to describe and aggressive expansionist group/nation ideology. Showing someone your heel in the middle east is also a massive insult, your saying their beneath you but worse. (I'm not a native arabic speaker so its hard for me to describe other then "fighting words" in the true sense) As ISIL presumes themselves to be liberators following the true path of their prophet, by using daesh your disrespecting the groups origin, saying they are oppressive and that they truly insulting their fellow muslims at their core."

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24-12-4 Franctured □

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24-12-5 Why France’s government just collapsed | About That | CBC > .

Monday, January 1, 2024

24-11-28 Georgia Protests Resume

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24-11-29 Georgia protests: 2nd night after government suspends EU bid - Global > .
24-12-28 Georgia is on Fire. Here's Why - Warfronts > .
24-12-24 Protests in Georgia! what's Going on? - bordo > .
Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia - Graydations >> .
Georgia - Sakartvelo - Graypatia >> .

On 28 October, tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Tbilisi to protest the results of the recent parliamentary elections, which President Salome Zourabichvili criticized as rife with irregularities. Addressing the crowd, Zourabichvili claimed the ruling Georgian Dream party employed tactics akin to those used in Russia, arguing that the election results did not accurately reflect voters' intentions. Officially, Georgian Dream was reported to have won over 54 percent of the vote, securing the parliamentary majority. President Zourabichvili, in her address, reassured demonstrators, stating, "You did not lose the election. They stole your vote and tried to steal your future". 

On 28 November, the new convocation of the Parliament of Georgia confirmed the government of Irakli Kobakhidze, who made several changes to its composition. Parliament also set a date for the 2024 Georgian presidential election on 14 December. After the 2017 constitutional reform, the president is no longer elected by popular vote but instead through a 300-member Electoral College, including all 150 MPs, all representatives from the supreme councils of the Abkhazian and Adjaran autonomous republics, and local bodies. Georgian Dream, holding a majority in the Electoral College, nominated Mikheil Kavelashvili, a member of its ally People's Power, to the presidency. Zourabichvili, the last president to be elected by popular vote, has rejected the legitimacy of the current parliament and has said that she will not step down as president "until the legitimate parliament is elected that will legitimately elect [a replacement]". Kobakhidze responded by saying "of course on 29 December she'll have to leave".

The protests have been marked by widespread violence against protesters and journalists by the police.

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24-11-27 Syrian Civil War Flares 24-12-8

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24-11-28 Syria to blow up again? - gtbt > .
24-12-8 Syria Explained in 14 Minutes - Ryan McBeth > .
24-12-8 [Huge Loss for Ruscia: P00ti Loses Grip in MENA]| U Matters > .
24-12-8 [Ruscia Loses Tartus Navy Base In Syria: Implications] - HI Sutton > .
24-12-7 Why Syria's civil war restarted - Caspian > . skip > .
24-12-3 Syrian Rebels Advance as Iran and Russia Abandon Assad - Preston > .
24-12-3 Ruscia already fleeing Syria? SDF brakes Alliance with Assad - M&H > .

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Economics of Agriculture □


19th November 2024 Protests >. We compare Keir Starmer's 2023 speech to the NFU conference to the protests held by farmers over the change to inheritance tax in the recent Labour Budget. We discuss the political representation at the protest from Reform UK, Clarkson, the Lib Dems and the Tories, including speeches by Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey, while also asking if this is going to become a culture war issue. We also look at ome press statemets from Reeves, DEFRA minister Steve Reed and agricultural minister Daniel Zeichner. We conclude that the protest itself was apolitical and single issue, but this is clearly not over yet.

2024 November United Kingdom farmers' protestsOn November 19th, 2024, protests were organised by some farmers in London against new inheritance tax laws on agricultural land. The measure emerged from the Labour government of the United Kingdom budget plans, resulting in thousands of British farmers protesting in Parliament Square and addressing MPs directly in parliament.

The dispute centered on changes to inheritance tax on agricultural assets. Previously, the intergenerational transfer of farms had been exempt from taxation as a result of a 1992 tax break.

In November 2024, the newly elected Labour government announced plans to remove this tax exemption for farms valued over £1,000,000 in order to generate revenue for public services. Set to take effect in April 2026, the new policy would see a 20% inheritance tax on farm valued over that threshold, half the usual rate of inheritence tax, and could be paid across ten years. The inheritance tax exemption would remain in place for farms valued below the £1,000,000 threshold.

Opposition to the change from some farmers stemmed from the claim that farmers, while asset rich, are "cash poor", which they claimed would create a situation where some inheriting families would have to sell their farm lands to meet tax obligations. Supporters of the change claimed that farmers' had been manipulating the tax break to avoid taxation on profits.

Organisiations representing British farm owners said income declines across various agricultural sectors in the year ending February 2024, with some farms experiencing revenue drops exceeding 70%. Average annual incomes ranged from a modest £17,000 for livestock grazing operations to £143,000 for specialized poultry farms, further exacerbating the thinness of profit margins despite high land valuations.

The scale of potential impact is a point of contention. UK Government figures suggested the measure would affect approximately 27 percent of farms in the UK (aproximately 56,700 farms), equivilent to 500 farms annually. The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) suggested that 35 percent of farms (aproximately 70,000 farms) would be impacted. Analysis by BBC News Verifty stated that the figures of the UK government were more probable than the CLA's.

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24-11-19 1000 Days in Ukraine □

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24-12-6 1000 Days of War And Its Apogee - gtbt > .

24-12-6 Reported Ruscist casualties pass 750,000  ~750610+1660          

The RS-26 Rubezh (РС-26 Рубеж, meaning frontier or boundary), designated by NATO as SS-X-31, is a Russian solid-fueled intermediate-range ballistic missile.
  
According to the Ukrainian Air Force and Ukrainska Pravda, on 21 November 2024 the Russian Federation launched an unspecified number of conventional RS-26 missiles at Ukraine, reportedly targeting critical infrastructure in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Russian government spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was asked to confirm this, and at the time, replied that he "had nothing to say on this topic". A western official stated that the missile used in the attack in question was not an ICBM. Later that day, Vladimir Putin confirmed that the strike had indeed not been performed by an ICBM, but a new model of IRBM, using a non-nuclear hypersonic payload.

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24-11-18 UFDs over New Jersey

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24-12-11 [Unidentified Flying Drones] Iranian Navy & War of Jersey Shore! | Sal > .24-12-13 [Mystery] Drones Over New Jersey: Closer Look | WSJ > .
24-12-18 [Not NASA: Sandboxx wrong about NJ's Mystery Drones] - Sandboxx > .


Dozens of drone sightings have been reported over New Jersey since 18 November, according to local authorities. In late November, the United States Air Force also confirmed that unidentified drones were spotted over three US airbases in the UK: RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk and RAF Feltwell in Norfolk.

US authorities have been unable to provide definitive answers, saying only that the objects are not believed to pose a danger to the public or national security.

On December 12, White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters that available images suggested that many of the reported drone sightings were actually manned aircraft.

24-11-6 Regierungskrise □

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24-11-8 Germany's Government Finally Collapses: What Next? | TLDR EU > .
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24-3-3 How Germany's Problems Can Bring Pre-WW2 Misery - gtbt > .
24-3-3 Germany's Unexpected Economic Crisis - EcEx > .

2024 German government crisis: On 6 November 2024, Olaf Scholz, the incumbent chancellor of Germany, announced the dismissal of Christian Lindner, the then-finance minister and leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), from his cabinet. This occurred following recent disputes in the three-party coalition government over the country's economic policies and ongoing tensions within the coalition. Lindner's dismissal caused the collapse of the coalition, as the FDP moved into the opposition, leaving a two-party minority government of SPD and The Greens.

An early 2025 federal election is likely, with the parties having agreed on a tentative date of 23 February 2025. A formal vote of confidence in the ruling government is to predate the election.

DUHsaster 24-11-5 □

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24-11-1 What if Trump Wins? - fern > . skip > .
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24-11-6 How Trump's "Victory" Begins a Countdown in Moscow - Spaniel > .24-11-15 Flashpoint Analysis: Riskiest Frozen Conflicts Under DUH 2.0 - Waro > .24-11-29 How to Save Democracy - Holy Koolaid > .
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24-12-18 [Economic Predictions for Global 2025 & DUHnomics] - M&M > .
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24-11-2 Heather Cox Richardson, Tom Nichols: DUH & Dangers - JESoE > .


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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average Trump voter." (updated from something that Winston Churchill probably never said)

It's official - MAGA Americans lack νοῦς. Not only are they not bright enough to realize that DUHnocchio does not care about them or keep promises, but they will be too "challenged" to realize that they are ultimately responsible for the economic slump, job losses, educational deterioration, health crises, and other woes that they have almost certainly brought upon themselves. Unfortunately, the harm will not be confined to those improvident enough to vote for Felonious Trump.

A fitting comment on the harm that RepuGNicans have ignorantly wrought:
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. 
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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4B or "Four Nos" is a radical feminist movement that emerged in South Korea during the mid-to-late 2010s on Twitter and on the website Womad. The name refers to its defining four tenets which all start with the Korean-language term bi , roughly meaning "no". Its proponents do not date, get married, have sex, or have children with men.

The four core tenets to the 4B movement are:
no sex with men (비섹스; bisekseu),
no giving birth (비출산; bichulsan),
no dating men (비연애; biyeonae), and
no marriage with men (비혼; bihon).

In the United States, interest in 4B increased after the re-election of Misognynist-in-Cheat in the 2024 presidential race. Social media videos primarily reflected the idea that men had voted against women's rights by voting for DUH, and that women should not engage with men, heterosexual sex, or pregnancy if they will not be respected as equals or have full legal access to birth control and abortion.

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"How To Steal An Election" comment

Comment with Numbers: As of September 2024, the distribution of registered voters in the United States by party affiliation is as follows: 

Democrats: Approximately 45.1 million registered voters (21% of total registered voters). 
Republicans: Approximately 36 million registered voters (17% of total registered voters). 
Independents/Unaffiliated: Approximately 32.1 million registered voters (15% of total registered voters). 
Minor Parties: Approximately 5.4 million registered voters (2.9% of total registered voters). 

These figures are based on data from states that require voters to declare a party affiliation upon registration. It's important to note that 19 states do not collect or report party affiliation data, which can affect the overall percentages.


24-10-26 Israel Hits Iran □

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24-10-26 Israel Strikes Back! Direct Attack Inside Iran - Preston > .
24-10-26 How Israel [Struck] Iran's Military Targets - AiTelly > .
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24-11-23 Inside Israel's Secret Strike on Iran's Nuclear Program - Spaniel > .

24-10-17 Yahya Sinwar Dead □

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24-10-17 Yahya Sinwar - Eliminated - Israel > .
24-11-13 [20-1-3 Assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Iraq] - AiTelly > .
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Gone to oblivion, aptly-named Sinwar immediately lost all awareness of ever having lived, of having wasted his only life on obsessive hatred, and immediately lost all capacity to realize he had been fooled about mythical posthumous rewards.

23-10-7 Am Yisrael Chai 24-10-7 □

24-10-9 [One Year of Sirens in Israel] - Israel MC > .

HHHorror Unleashed - Bellum Gerere >> .

"Am Yisrael Chai" is a Jewish solidarity anthem> and a widely used expression of Jewish peoplehood and an affirmation of the continuity of the Jewish people. The phrase gained popularity during the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, when Jewish songwriter Shlomo Carlebach composed the song for the movement's 1965 solidarity rally in New York City.

The Forward has placed "Am Yisrael Chai" second only to "Hatikvah", the current national anthem of Israel, as "an anthem of the Jewish people".

Islamism 
  • A popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam. [from 20th c.] quotations ▼
  • (by extension) Islamic fundamentalism, especially the forms that promote violence, hostility, and persecution of non-believers. [from 20th c.]
Islamism refers to a broad set of religious and political ideological movements that believe Islam should influence political systems, and generally oppose secularism. The advocates of Islamism, also known as "al-Islamiyyun", are dedicated to realizing their ideological interpretation of Islam within the context of the state or society. The majority of them are affiliated with Islamic institutions or social mobilization movements, often designated as "al-harakat al-Islamiyyah." Islamists emphasize the implementation of shariapan-Islamic political unity, and the creation of Islamic states.

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD), sometimes referred to as dissocial personality disorder, is a personality disorder characterized by a limited capacity for empathy and a long-term pattern of disregard for or violation of the rights of others, manifesting as a lack of remorse after hurting others, deceitfulness, irresponsibility, and aggressive behavior.

24-10-1 Iran Escalates □

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24-10-4 How Iran's Ballistic Missiles Strike Israel - AiTelly > .
24-10-26 [Islamist MENAce: Iran vs Israel & Arabs - Spaniel > .
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24-10-2 Iran's Missile Attack on Israel Explained (Strike Footage) - Preston > .
24-10-2 Israel Invades Lebanon; Israel hit by Iran's Missile Attack - T&P > .
24-10-2 Geolocation of Iranian Missile Hits - Suchomimus > .
24-11-13 [20-1-3 Assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Iraq] - AiTelly > .
> Iran - Allies, Enemies >>  > Iran >>  > Iran~ >>  Iran Military 
ISW 24-10-1 Iranian Armed Forces General Staff-affiliated media claimed that Iran targeted the following airbases.
The Nevatim Airbase, which houses Israeli F-35s, located outside of Beersheba, Israel. Most of Israel’s F-35s were presumably airborne at the time of the attack, given that most of Israel’s aerial refuelers were airborne during the attack. This would have enabled Israel to keep most of its aircraft airborne during the strike both to prevent any damage to the aircraft and to intercept projectiles if needed and possible. Pro-Hezbollah media claimed this base was used in the Israeli killing of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Geolocated footage showed impacts to the base from missiles.
The Hatzerim Airbase in the Negev Desert.
The Tel Nof Airbase 20 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. Geolocated footage showed missiles impacting at or near the Tel Nof Airbase.

Geolocated footage also showed Iranian ballistic missiles impacting in at least three other locations:

An area south of Herzliya, Israel. The geolocated footage depicts an area located near the Israel Defense Force's Glilot Intelligence Base, which houses IDF Unit 8200, which is the IDF’s signals collection unit, and the Mossad Headquarters. Israel evacuated the Glilot Intelligence base before the attack.
A school in Gedera, Israel, located near the Tel Nof Airbase.
An area near the Ayalon Mall, Ramat Gan, Israel. Ayalon Mall is immediately west of Yarkon Park, where Shin Bet is headquartered.

The Iranian attack killed one Palestinian near Jericho in the West Bank, and shrapnel lightly injured two Israelis in Tel Aviv.

24-9-30 Ground Incursion into Lebanon □

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24-10-11 Worse Than Oct 7th: Hezbollah's Plan To Invade Israel - Preston > .
24-10-1 Footage of Israeli Special Ops [tunnel clearing] Raids in Lebanon - Preston > .24-10-1 Iran Launches Attack On Israel | TBN > .24-10-3 Why Israel is Invading Lebanon - Real > .
24-10-4 Israel-Iran | An Inevitable War? - Prof J K-L > .
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"Israel’s military forces crossed the border into southern Lebanon on Monday (24-9-30) to conduct what its military described as “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. The offensive, which is aimed at pushing Hezbollah forces farther away from the Israeli border, is expected to last for days, not weeks, U.S. officials said."

24-10-1 "A massive Iranian ballistic missile strike on targets in Israel launched on October 1 has targeted Nevatim Air Base, among other key targets in the country. The facility hosts both of the Israeli Air Force’s F-35 fifth generation fighter squadrons, and was previously intended to host a third squadron of the fighters after they were delivered. Iranian media sources have reported [claimed] that the facility was “completely destroyed” in the attack. Footage from Israel has confirmed the impact of dozens of ballistic missiles which Israel’s air defence network failed to shoot down, with targets impacted including the headquarters of the intelligence agency Mossad, located in Tel Aviv which was levelled by the attack." NB Military Watch Magazine - Bias and Credibility: Oct 5, 2022 — We rate Military Watch Magazine Right-Center Biased and questionable based on the promotion of pro-Russian propaganda and a complete lack of transparency.

24-9-27 Hassan Nasrallah Targeted in Beirut □

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24-9-27 Lebanon: Israel strikes Beirut again > . R1> . R2> . R3> . R4>24-9-28 Nasrallah Dead: How Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Escalated | WSJ > .24-9-29 Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Dead: What’s Next for Israel, Lebanon, Iran | WSJ > .24-9-30 [IDF: Precision Strike Against Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah] | Briefly > .24-10-1 Nasrallah Dead: 32 Years of His Terror Comes to an End - Quillette > .
24-11-13 [20-1-3 Assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Iraq] - AiTelly > .
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24-9-29 Factors: Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon | CBC > .
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sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum    therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...