Two dead in Houthi speedboat attack on cargo ship in Red Sea
The Eternity C and Magic Seas were part of commercial fleets whose sister vessels have made calls to Israeli ports over the past year.
Ellie Shafik of Vanguard Tech, a UK-based maritime risk management company, said: “The pause in Houthi activity did not necessarily indicate a change in underlying intent. As long as the conflict in Gaza persists, vessels with affiliations, both perceived and actual, will continue to face elevated risks.”
Two dead in Houthi speedboat attack on cargo ship in Red Sea
Greek-owned carrier Eternity C attacked by rebels who claim to have sunk another vesselGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Russian troops liberate Tolstoy community in Donetsk region over past day
Russian troops liberate Tolstoy community in Donetsk region over past day — top brass
The Ukrainian army lost more than 1,280 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hoursTASS
There's always money for the military. But climate?
There's always money for the military. But climate?
For years, the climate movement has been calling on the federal government to spend two per cent of GDP on climate infrastructure and action, to no avail.Canada's National Observer
US official bypassed safeguards to fast-track $30m to GHF: Report
A US State Department official bypassed nine mandatory counterterrorism and anti-fraud safeguards to approve a $30m aid package for the Gaza aid group backed by Israel and the Trump administration, a news report says.
According to an internal memo obtained by the Reuters news agency, Jeremy Lewin, head of the State Department’s foreign aid programme, signed off on the funding just five days after the GHF submitted its proposal on June 19.
The June 24 memorandum, bearing Lewin’s signature, noted the group’s plan failed to meet “minimum technical or budgetary standards”. Despite that, Lewin approved the funds after consulting aides to Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s negotiator on Gaza, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s office.
Updates: Israel unleashes new wave of deadly air strikes on Gaza
Israel intensifies air raids across the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of people, including aid seekers.Lyndal Rowlands (Al Jazeera)
Buttigieg is one of the best politicians America has right now.
Him growing a beard is a completely different thing from known bitch Ted Cruz growing one.
Media darling Pete Buttigieg was in unit that worked with CIA in Afghanistan
While Buttigieg's campaign denies allegations he was a CIA asset, military records reveal Mayor Pete…Alexander Rubinstein (The Grayzone)
Up to you. Do you think it'll help us win?
See, I write to them. I call them. I influence them. You, you're influencing voters. Is that a winning strategy?
Until we have ranked choice, "us" is the anti Republican contingent.
You never vote FOR a candidate in a first past the post election. You vote AGAINST who you hate most. And not voting counts as a vote for who you hate most because it lowers their bar to win. It's unfortunately how the math works out.
Trumps mental health is far better than Biden. Biden was a zombie. His mental health was so bad that the DNC dropped him after he zombied out during the debate with Trump.
Biden has late stage cancer which most definitely was present when he decided to run again.
Why are Democrats still simping for the guy who lost them the election?
EU Weighs €100 Billion Fund for Ukraine in Next Budget Proposal
EU Weighs €100 Billion Fund for Ukraine in Next Budget Proposal
The European Union is considering setting up a €100 billion ($117 billion) fund to support Ukraine as its war with Russia following Moscow’s full-scale invasion shows no signs of ending.Jorge Valero (Bloomberg)
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‘Buried alive under the sand’: how British weapons killed Palestinians
Survivors condemn a UK court for allowing more arms exports to Israel.
[SOLVED] Podman quadlet adding files to container - Europe Pub
I think you won't regret it. If the container startup installs stuff, you might lock yourself out when the remote server has issues, your network has issues, or if the package you install changes due to an update.
With it baked into an image, you have reproducible results. If you build a new image and it doesn't work anymore, you can immediately switch back to the old one and figure out the issue without pressure.
Scottish University agreed to 'monitor' students for weapons company supplying IDF, emails reveal
Emails suggest staff agreed to "implement" security measures including a request to "monitor university chat groups"
How Miami’s city commission gave themselves an extra year in office without voters’ permission
Last week, Miami’s city commission told those voters they’ll have to wait an extra year. In a 3-2 vote, the commission changed the city’s election bylaws to push the municipal races back to 2026.
Commissioners said they made the change in the name of cost savings and increased voter engagement when higher-profile races for Congress or the presidency may be on the ballot. But they gave themselves an extra year in office without asking voters for permission first.
Miami city officials cancelled an election. Outraged voters call it a power grab
Commissioners for the city of Miami rewrote their election laws to push the off-year 2025 local races to 2026 without input from voters. The decision has sparked outrageGeorge Chidi (The Guardian)
Nvidia becomes first company to reach $4tn in market value
Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company in history to scale a $4tn market value on Wednesday as its stock price continues a years-long stratospheric rise.
Shares of the top chip designer rose roughly 2.4% to $164, benefiting from the ongoing surge in demand for artificial intelligence technologies. Nvidia’s chips and associated software are considered world leaders for building artificial intelligence products.
Nvidia achieved a $1tn market value for the first time back in June 2023 and the surge continued unabated with its market value – the total value of its shares – more than tripling in about a year, faster than Apple and Microsoft, the only other US firms with a market value of more than $3tn. Apple was the first company to reach a valuation of $3tn, back in 2022.
Nvidia becomes first company to reach $4tn in market value
Ongoing surge in demand for AI technology fueled stratospheric rise of chipmaker’s valueBlake Montgomery (The Guardian)
Multiple CVEs Patched in Latest Git Update
Multiple CVEs Patched in Latest Git Update
Git 2.50.1 fixes seven CVEs, including critical flaws in submodule handling, bundle cloning, and GUI tools.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Anyone else able to "sense" whether a solution on a forum will work before fully reading it through? Especially the long-winded ones.
Searching gives me the impression there's a million ways to solve the same problem on Linux, and I find myself profiling answers into about four categories at a glance:
- Succinct: one or two-liner, a single config file, or just a few clicks
- Long-winded song-and-dance: Full train of thought interspersed between various commands and logs, several config files (some of which don't already exist), or installing an obscure package that is no longer maintained
- Specific to a desktop environment or version I don't have
- Just looks wrong
I'll usually just take solutions from the first category, which almost always works, save for differences between updates and versions. Solutions in the second category also seem to end with a 50% chance of the OP unable to solve the problem. If I'm desperate, I'll try the second one, but it often ends up not working, eventually leading me to come up with a much cleaner solution of my own.
Curious if anyone else does this too and if those one-liners are really better solutions or if it's just confirmation bias.
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The usual tech support search:
- First hit is a thread describing your exact problem, marked as [SOLVED]. Clicking it goes to a 404.
- Second hit is a thread describing your exact problem that goes to an actual thread, but the message has been edited to just say "Solved" with no record of what was done.
- Third hit is a thread describing almost your exact problem, with the first response calling the poster a noob for asking and then 15 pages of arguments.
- Fourth hit is a thread describing something in the same general area as your problem, which you try anyway and makes the thing you're trying to fix break in a different way, but it's progress at least.
- Actual solution is somewhere between the 5th and 8th hit, or you give up and come back to it in about a week and solve it instantly without trying for some fucking reason.
So to answer the question, I can usually tell I'm getting close to the solution when I say "Oh for fuck's sake" as I'm closing tabs lol.
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I love to go with just rip out what ever is broken never look at it again and till eventually forgetting something was broken reinstalling what ever I ripped out only for everything to work again
Despite trying to reinstall things like 3 times before.
The key is you HAVE to forget about the problem or it knows your trying to trick it and it breaks it self again!
With ‘The Far Side,’ Gary Larson Pioneered the Art of the Meme
With ‘The Far Side,’ Gary Larson Pioneered the Art of the Meme
In the late 1980s, it seemed like every self-proclaimed budding suburban middle-school intellectual worth their salt had Far Side books crammed into every nook and...joshschollmeyer (MEL Magazine)
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Here's an easy fix to that dilemma: There are no women who have claimed to be raped.
None. Zero.
It is all "witeness statements" from groups like ZAKA and the IDF which are stated in the report. Not a single person claims they were raped themselves.
These claims have nothing to do with believing women. They do not claim they were raped. The claim is "Believe Israel".
'Alligator Alcatraz' Already Ballooning Over $600 Million, Leaked Document Shows
The federal detention facility in Florida, officially named “Alligator Alcatraz,” is only the beginning when it comes to FEMA money being used to fund ICE operations, according to a source within the federal agency. The new program, dubbed “the ICE grant” by FEMA employees, means that millions in grant funds intended for shelters and facilities for noncitizen migrants may now be redirected toward detention centers and whatever else ICE decides.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement to the Associated Press on June 25 that the detention facility in Florida “will be funded in large part by the Shelter and Services Program within the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” The Alligator Alcatraz facility will cost $245 per bed daily, or $450 million per year, one U.S. official told the Associated Press. Internal FEMA documents, however, put the total grant awarded to the Florida Division of Emergency Management at $608.4 million.
The flow of cash from FEMA’s SSP program to states building ICE detention centers outlined by Noem, matches what a source within FEMA told Drop Site of the ICE grant: “it appears they’re taking the money intended for the SSP that Congress mandated via their old appropriations bill to a new grant program related to ICE so they can pay states.” States will then use the funds to develop ICE detention centers similar to the Everglades facility in Florida.
'Alligator Alcatraz' Already Ballooning Over $600 Million, Leaked Document Shows
DHS is redirecting FEMA money to create a slush fund for ICE detention centers.Ka (Jessica) Burbank (Drop Site News)
Pro-Israel Professor Shai Davidai Is Leaving Columbia
Per an email sent to Columbia Business School faculty on Wednesday morning from Dean Costis Maglaras and obtained by The Intercept, the vocal pro-Israel business school assistant professor made the decision to leave the school.
Several students, including Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi, have also alleged that Davidai targeted them and called for them to be deported in the lead-up to their arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Davidai was also a member of a prominent WhatsApp group of Columbia alumni, parents and professors that strategized about how to deport pro-Palestine students, The Intercept reported. He has noted that he does not have tenure at the school.
Pro-Israel Professor Shai Davidai Is Leaving Columbia
Davidai posted that he had been cleared of allegations filed against him last year. He was previously suspended after he was accused of harassment and intimidation.Akela Lacy (The Intercept)
The West seeks to destroy cooperation between Russia and China, says expert
The West seeks to destroy cooperation between Russia and China, says expert
Vladimir Nezhdanov, an expert at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commented on the statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the need to stop China’s support for Russia in the programme ‘Opin…newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)
I'll have to repeat: Merz imagined himself to be the Fuhrer and wants war with Russia
I'll have to repeat: Merz imagined himself to be the Fuhrer and wants war with Russia: EADaily
EADaily, July 9th, 2025. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, speaking in the Bundestag, said that Russia is questioning the right of an entire nation to exist and is beginning to destroy political freedom on the entire European continent.EADaily
In Kiev, they boast about the use in combat of an aircraft created by the Czech Republic and Slovakia: EADaily
In Kiev, they boast about the use in combat of an aircraft created by the Czech Republic and Slovakia: EADaily
EADaily, July 9th, 2025. Kiev at the end of June received the first aircraft of the SharkU1 type — an upgraded ultralight vehicle developed in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and designed for electronic warfare.EADaily
Archaeologists Discovered an Unprecedented Ancient Monument That Could Rewrite History
Archaeologists Discovered an Unprecedented Ancient Monument That Could Rewrite History
An archaeological find revealed in eastern France offers a never-seen-before mix of enclosures. They could rewrite history.Tim Newcomb (Popular Mechanics)
The Great Armenian Sell Out and Turkish/NATO Dreams of a Turan Corridor Stretching to China
Chaos in the Caucasus: The Great Armenian Sell Out and Turkish/NATO Dreams of a Turan Corridor Stretching to China | naked capitalism
The great question is how Russia and Iran will respond if Turkiye and friends attempt to muscle their way across the Southern Caucasus.Conor Gallagher (naked capitalism)
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China, Russia, and Iran have hypersonic missiles. And that changes everything.
Bullets:
- China is the world leader in the development and deployment of hypersonic missile systems.
- Russia and Iran also have successfully built and recently used hypersonic platforms in conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
- The United States is racing to close the gap, and hopes to build systems for some Army units next year.
- But the problem is that no air defense platforms can intercept inbound hypersonic munitions.
- This is the reality that confronts career politicians and military officers in Western countries: an armed conflict against any country with hypersonic missiles invites catastrophic losses to ground bases and naval fleet assets.
- Those risks will be deemed unacceptably high, and in the event of potential conflict in the Western Pacific or Persian Gulf will likely result in disengagement and withdrawal of American naval forces.
China, Russia, and Iran have hypersonic missiles. And that changes everything.
This is a transcript, for the video found here:Kevin Walmsley (Inside China / Business)
Five-Year-Old Boy Injured in Ukraine UAV Strike on Kursk Beach Dies of Wounds
Five-Year-Old Boy Injured in Ukraine UAV Strike on Kursk Beach Dies of Wounds
A five-year-old boy who was injured in Ukraine's drone attack on Kursk beach died during transportation to Moscow, acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said on Wednesday.Sputnik International
China Denies Shipping Air Defenses To Iran
China Denies Shipping Air Defenses To Iran
China’s embassy in Israel on July 9 rejected a report claiming that it had transferred missile production equipment or air...Anonymous1199 (South Front)
Moscow not fazed by Trump’s harsh rhetoric – Kremlin
Moscow not fazed by Trump’s harsh rhetoric – Kremlin
Russia is well aware that it is the US president’s style, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has saidRT
[JS] Let me pay for Firefox!
Let me pay for Firefox!
Hi Mozilla community, I’m a long time Mozilla supporter, I’ve published free (as in freedom) and open-source software, and I desperately want Mozilla to charge for Firefox. If that sounds like a contradiction, please keep reading.Mozilla Discourse
Ukrainian terror plot targeting railway bridge foiled – FSB (VIDEO)
Ukrainian terror plot targeting railway bridge foiled – FSB (VIDEO)
The suspect was shot dead after he opened fire at officers during the arrest, the Russian security agency has saidRT
America is sinking, and Canada cannot go down with the ship
America is sinking, and Canada cannot go down with the ship
Donald Trump is blaming other countries for his country’s large trade deficits when the U.S. should be looking at itselfClaude Lavoie (The Globe and Mail)
Most Canadians now see US as a ‘threat,’ study reveals
Most Canadians now see US as a ‘threat,’ study reveals
Europeans are still most concerned by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Pew Research Center survey shows.Ferdinand Knapp (POLITICO)
This Aged Like Fine Milk, JD Vance Post From 2021
UK government’s deal with Google ‘dangerously naive’, say campaigners
UK government’s deal with Google ‘dangerously naive’, say campaigners
Company to provide free technology and ‘upskill’ civil servants but concerns raised over UK data being held on US serversRobert Booth (The Guardian)
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Google is paying a pittance to achieve vendor lock-in.
The training may be free but there will be other services which will not be free and the other services will integrate better with the existing 'free' Google services better than anything else.
Houthi attack on cargo ship kills 3 mariners, European naval force says
Houthis killed and kidnapped cargo ship crew following attack in Red Sea, U.S. Embassy in Yemen says
Yemen's Houthi rebels killed 3 mariners with an attack on a ship in the Red Sea, a European naval force says, fueling concern over a possible new wave of attacks by the Iran-backed group.CBS News
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Archangel1313
in reply to jackeroni • • •Bobr
in reply to Archangel1313 • • •So, how should we call it when people are "not liberated" from the regime that doesn't let people escape the country and that kidnaps people off the streets and sends them to die in the meatgrinder?
I always thought that the word for that is liberated, but I'd gladly learn a better one 😀
Archangel1313
in reply to Bobr • • •Bobr
in reply to Archangel1313 • • •You probably misunderstood what I meant 😀
By not allowing people to escape I meant this: theconversation.com/why-bannin…
By kidnapping people off the streets I meant this (and well, hundreds of other sources): uadraftmuseum.ch/
So let me ask you once again, when someone frees people from that, what is a more appropriate word than liberation? 😀
Why banning men from leaving Ukraine violates their human rights
The Conversationzbyte64
in reply to Bobr • • •Bobr
in reply to zbyte64 • • •Well, that's true, at least we can agree on that 😀
What happens in Ukraine isn't even "conscription" tho, it's literally just masked men hunting other men on the streets and kidnapping them into vans (grab first ask questions later). Just look up "busification" (word of the year 2024 according to some Ukrainian dictionary organization btw) if you want to see more.
Why would you think that "conquer" is more appropriate than "liberation" in this context? When hostages are freed, and can now do whatever they want (instead of just being hostages), do you say they were conquered or maybe liberated? Same situation here.
zbyte64
in reply to Bobr • • •Bobr
in reply to zbyte64 • • •Are you talking about ICE?
Well, I think it's a question of scale.
If somebody invaded USA to liberate "illegals" (so, after taking power, "illegals" would have the same rights as "legals"), I would also call that a liberation, but only for that group of people. I wouldn't say that USA as a whole got liberated though, because obviously this is just a small group that received additional liberties.
It's different in case of Ukraine. Almost every single family (apart from the rich ones, obviously) is a potential subject to kidnapping (and killing/wounding) of their men. So here it's liberating everyone, therefore I don't think there is more appropriate word than liberation.
zbyte64
in reply to Bobr • • •Bobr
in reply to zbyte64 • • •Well, that also fits.
People from Donbass in particular very much don't want to be governed by Zelensky (or Ukraine in general).
The rest of the people, as you can imagine (and see from all the busification videos) also don't like being governed by the regime that literally forbids them to leave and kidnaps and kills. People under Zelensky's regime cannot vote and choose their representatives.
Of course, the perfect scenario for people would be to have independence both from Zelensky's regime and Russia (as was the case initially with DPR & LPR), thus having full self-determination, but unfortunately that card is not on the table (if it was, it would be the best option imaginable). So there are just two choices. And obviously, the one with Russia gives people more self-determination than the other one.
Archangel1313
in reply to Bobr • • •That's already after the initial crime has been committed...and is a direct result of it.
It also intentionally mischaracterized what that article is talking about. Russia isn't "liberating" the people in those regions. They are stealing that land, and calling it "liberation".
Bobr
in reply to Archangel1313 • • •But it is. And I literally just told you why - the people on the liberated territories gain more freedoms (or liberties, as in liberated ;) ), freedom of movement, freedom of leaving the country, freedom of not being kidnapped off the street, freedom to vote for political parties parties, freedom to speak whatever language they want, etc. etc. etc.
This is literally the dictionary definition of word " liberation" 😀
Also, they are not stealing land, what are you talking about? The land / real estate in the liberated territories still belongs to the people that live there, nothing changed (well, except those people having rights and liberties instead of being Zelensky's cannon fodder).
Archangel1313
in reply to Bobr • • •Russia also drafts civilians. Hundreds of thousands of them, so far. So, what you are saying, is pure bullshit. Russia doesn't give a fuck how many civilians die for Putin's war.
If they did care, it would be the easiest thing in the world to solve. Just withdraw their troops and go home. Everyone lives. The ongoing death toll has always been up to them. They chose this.
Bobr
in reply to Archangel1313 • • •Ah, silly me, look like I felt victim to tankie propaganda, I thought in Russia people join the army because there are monetary incentives to do so! Can you now please share a page similar to uadraftmuseum.ch/ documenting how evil Russian empire kidnaps people off the streets, beats and busifies them, so that I can finally break free from the propaganda? Thank you very much!
#UaDraftMuseum
uadraftmuseum.chArchangel1313
in reply to Bobr • • •You mean, something like this? Or maybe this?
If you want to complain about how one side is doing something bad...it helps if the side you're defending isn't also doing the same thing. And for the record, sarcasm is really only effective if the point you're trying to make, is valid. Bullshitting your way through an argument, is just intellectually dishonest.
“The unwilling were tasered or had their papers signed for them”: Russia’s fall conscription drive reaches ...
Viktoriia Ponomareva (The Insider)Bobr
in reply to Archangel1313 • • •First link - about detention for protesting. Thanks for proving my point about people in Russia having more freedoms and at least some chance to protest. In Ukraine you would not even think about, as you would be kidnapped and sent to the meatgrinder immediately.
Second link also further proves my point - "conscripts cannot legally be deployed to participate in military operations in Ukraine", so in other words you are not sent to die in the meatgrinder. The following example of conscripts actually getting into war is about Ukraine invading (!!) Kursk oblast, where they murdered soldiers and civilians. The stories about the actual kidnappings are just that - stories. Perhaps if you look really hard you would be able to find 1 or 2 videos of that happening in Russia, where individual officers overstep their authority, in Ukraine its systematic, and well the only way to keep the war going.
So again, Russia is liberating people imprisoned by Zelensky's regime.
Archangel1313
in reply to Bobr • • •So...you didn't actually read the article then? Because it goes into quite a bit of detail about how protestors are being jailed and the media is being censored. Which is the exact opposite of what you are claiming.
Again...you didn't actually read the whole article, did you? That one detail you quoted, is being circumvented by several new changes to the law, and in many cases is simply ignored by commanding officers in the field. All that is in the article. Along with the fact that those who resist the draft or try to avoid conscription are often beaten, tasered and forced to join anyway, or they are sent to prison for as much as two years...and then they are sent to war after that.
Your arguments are so transparently disingenuous that there is really no point in providing you with any further information. You are obviously just going to ignore it.
caboose2006
in reply to Bobr • • •Bobr
in reply to caboose2006 • • •Well, why would I blame Russia for Zelensky's actions?
It's his regime that turned country into a prison that doesn't let people out and kidnaps them off the street to send them to die.
Russia is liberating people from that. I just hope that they will be able to liberate the whole Ukraine instead of just 4 regions (even if it's probably unrealistic and not their goal..).
caboose2006
in reply to Bobr • • •Last I checked Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014. Putin did that. Then Putin began a major offensive in 2022, causing an existential crisis for Ukraine. If Russia really cared about "saving" they would leave, and the "kidnapping" wouldnstop. None of it started until Russia invaded. This "kidnapping" you speak of is Ukraine enforcing it's conscription laws, laws that have been expanded because of Putin's brutal actions. Russia does the same thing to it's people. And try skipping the draft in South Korea or Israel. They don't take kindly to that either.
Tell me, how many Ukrainians have you spoken to since the Russia restarted it's brutal war of aggression in 2022? My guess is zero.
Bobr
in reply to caboose2006 • • •They liberate the people from Zelensky's regime, people that decided they don't want to be under his rule.
And Russia is liberatong people from being kidnapped. From regime of people like you, who think that kidnapping and killing people can be justified.
I am Ukrainian. My family is Ukrainian. More than half of my friends are Ukrainian. Some of my colleagues are Ukrainian. Some of them are living good lives, because like me, they either legally or illegally managed to leave Ukraine. Some of them are still in Zelensky's prison and live in fear of being kidnapped and killed. I say that Russia liberates Ukraine because I know what happens there and I have some basic empathy towards other people, in contrast to fascist.worlders. Zelensky blesses TCC animals to kidnap people off the street. Russia sends drones and rockets into TCC buildings. It's pretty obvious who is liberating people and who abuses them.
caboose2006
in reply to Bobr • • •By that logic every country should invade every other country to "save" the population that didn't vote for the party currently in power. You truly are braindead. Your thinking is not based in reality. I hope the russians "liberate" you.
If Russia is so good to Ukrainians then why aren't you there? I'm starting to think you're a liar. Just kidding I've known you were a liar from the start. every Ukrainian me and my wife know, and there are dozens, both in the country still and outside, know that Russian "liberation" is a death sentence.
You're a liar and a charlatan. Have the day you deserve
Bobr
in reply to caboose2006 • • •No need, only the countries where the power is grabbed by people who kidnap and terrorize the population please 😀
I am from a territory that is not yet liberated by Russia. Obviously I cannot return there anytime soon, because if I do I will be trapped in Zelensky's prison like everybody else. But even if it gets librrated, I currently have more economic opportunities elsewhere, so until retirement I will probably at most visit "there" (but again only if the territory gets liberated).
Ask them what happens when someone gets kidnapped by TCC ;)
You know, I of course also have a few "friends" who support Zelensky's regime, also both in and outside of Ukraine.
You know how they are different from the rest?
They are also fascists, like you, and also like you they do not need to be afraid of getting kidnapped and meatgrinded (either because they are not Ukrainians, are rich, or also escaped Ukraine). So, their logic is also like yours, somethig like "Russian orcs are invaders and we should fight them, kidnapping is justified. Me? No no, here is a list of reasons I cannot fight, even tho I want to... But other people, they should fight and die for Ukrainian glory!!"
caboose2006
in reply to Bobr • • •Even if everything you say is true, which it isn't, none of that justifies Russia invading a sovereign nation in 2014. Long before zelensky.
As for your claim that you're from a region that hasn't been stolen by Russia that is a lame and bad excuse. Go to Poland, walk into Belarus, tell them you want to help with the" liberation" of your homeland and they'll put you on the first train to Russia. That's how I know you're a liar. You can make it to Russia easily.
You're a braindead troglodyte and you are not Ukrainian.
Bobr
in reply to caboose2006 • • •Why would I need to go there?
Ah ok thx, I'm sure you know better than I do 😀
caboose2006
in reply to Bobr • • •Bobr
in reply to caboose2006 • • •I don't, I'm just saying they are liberating Ukraine, which does not mean I love it 😀
You're a fascist btw 😀
caboose2006
in reply to Bobr • • •Yes. You love Russia so much that you want to be russian. That's what this entire article/comments section has been about. How much you love Russian aggression. If you are Ukrainian like you claim and if you're celebrating the Russian invasion then you're okay with the erasure of your heritage in exchange for russian heritage.
Or you're lying. Those are the two options.
You're not politically literate enough to know what fascist means. So you trying to use it as an insult is more quaint than anything else. Anyway, we're done here, I think we've more than proven you're a disengenuous liar.
Bobr
in reply to caboose2006 • • •I am not using it as insult, you're literally by-the-book definition of fascist, like Zelensky's regime whom you support 😀
But yeah we're done, speaking with fascist.worlders that literally want to kill me and every other Ukrainian is kinda taxing my mental health, so cya and hopefully one day you will get to enjoy living under fascist government that you support for us.
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in reply to hankthetankie [none/use name] • • •Fuck all those people.
hankthetankie [none/use name]
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in reply to hankthetankie [none/use name] • • •The thing is this isn’t an anti imperialist war. Russia doesn’t have some revolutionary army that is going to free any one from imperialism. It’s literally just two bourgeoise armies fighting. So I don’t support either side and neither should any one who calls themselves a Leninist ( I’m not a Leninist.) Any one who makes any excuse for either side is just a propagandist, plain and simple, just because some people can on this website can see through American bullshit doesn’t mean they’re not a propagandist. The frag your CO memes all apply to the Russian side as much as the Ukrainian side. Bourgeoise war is bourgeoise war, there is no winner for a normal person here. They’re just waiting to see which jack boot will stamp on their face.
If you really think Putins Russia is anti fascist just because they’re defunding their turf so they can keep looting Ukraine then idk what to tell you other than you’re a war propagandist. Also how will this war help any leftist movement? It won’t. Both the Ukrainians and Russians hate leftists. The communist party in Russia is essentially just controlled opposition and when people formed Soviet’s in eastern Ukraine Putin had them killed. Supporting either side in this war does nothing for me, the average Russian or the average Ukrainian and by doing that all you’re doing is helping one shitty government kill the citizens of another .
hankthetankie [none/use name]
in reply to Thebigguy • • •No i noticed you haven't read Lenin , he had a few things to say about imperialism. So before you try to define what a Leninist is , or more specifically what a Marxist Leninist is you should read it. Or maybe just see what the people in Donetsk have to say for it.
Even if you are a liberal who always are against all wars except the current one, supports any liberation forces unless they actually isn't angels or have a proper gender diversity. I would give even you critical support if you did something worthwhile instead of just following CIA talking points.
No one thinks Putin or Russia is anti fascist. They are however killing Nazis which is a whole lot better than yours both side argument that always are de facto support for the status quo.
Again why do you know better than the people in Donetsk and rest of eastern Ukraine that rather see themselves as part of Russia and see Russia as liberators that stopped the genocide there?
Perhaps you should be less smug and actually do a deeper analysis of the situation that led to the war? If you did you would quite clearly see that the people of Ukraine are suffering from western imperialism and the war that the west started. And if you actually had a backbone you would also see which side that you have a minicule possibility to effect. But I guess it's easier to have talkingpoints about orcs instead.
Thebigguy
in reply to hankthetankie [none/use name] • • •I typed out a reply twice and lost it both times now I cbf. All I’m gonna say is you’re right I haven’t read Lenin in nearly 14 years I should check it out again if I can be fucked. I agree that the west started the war, and that they were arrogant enough to think that Russia would just fold because they’re part of the mongol horde or whatever fucking stupid shit some nazi propagandadist came up with. Honestly I always found both sides using the genocide term to be awful and it cheated the actual meaning of the word. Gaza is a genocide. The sources I have irl informed me that many of the Russian leftists who tried to set up stuff in eastern Ukraine were killed.
I feel your need to bring up gender as a dunk to be fucking pathetic. What does gender have to do with any of this?
You don’t know me, or what I’ve done politically. I’m just tired of being used as a weapon of war, and taking part in an information war is part of that. I’m going to go outside enjoy the beautiful sunny day hang out with my family, and count my lucky stars that I’m not being bombed, shot at, shelled or hunted by autonomous drones.
I feel like we will never see eye to eye on this and we‘d both wasting our time trying to get the other person to agree. I hope you enjoy your weekend and that nobody you know ever has to die in a stupid fucking war.
PolandIsAStateOfMind
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in reply to Thebigguy • • •If you analyze this on the level of "good side" vs "bad side" no wonder you don't get it, but even in this lens guys with totenkopfs who revere genociders like Bandera and SS Galizien, got their government handpicked by monster like Victoria Nuland and sell their country to Blackrock will still be "bad side".
Ukrainian Communist Party support the Russian involvment in the war.
Further reading:
arkansasworker.com/is-russia-i…
thecommunists.org/2022/04/11/n…
mronline.org/2022/04/19/one-le…
archive.fo/DaRXI
sputnikglobe.com/20230721/the-…
consortiumnews.com/2025/02/25/…
The Truth About Ukrainian War Crimes Against Donbass Civilians
Sputnik InternationalThebigguy
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