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Has anyone mentioned the white South Africans yet?
Been a big week. This one might have just slipped through....as alot of stuff seems to be when so much shit gets thrown in the air...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/white-south-africans-are-t...
Hiccups wrote:Distracted wrote:Interesting actions in Israel where undercover police have raided a two bookstores in Jerusalem, ransacked shelves, confiscated books and arrested the owners due to ‘incitement’.
The confiscated books included a colouring in book and another was from Banksy. All of the titles are available to purchase online making any arrest pretty unreasonable.
https://lithub.com/israeli-police-raided-palestinian-owned-bookstores-in...Surprised they didn't just wait until a bunch of mothers with young children walked in and then bombed them.
Do you always get your news from LitHub? No wonder you’ve stuck out
southernraw wrote:Has anyone mentioned the white South Africans yet?
Been a big week. This one might have just slipped through....as alot of stuff seems to be when so much shit gets thrown in the air...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/white-south-africans-are-t...
hahaha gold @hiccups!!
Supafreak wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Looks like not many seppo’s are tuning in to MTN . Has the invasion started yet ?
Can’t blame you for swinging with the corruption again,
Everyone else does until they find out how Trump is going to screw them over.Sounds like you’re making things up again jeffy , careful that vein in your forehead doesn’t pop .
Yeah Trump hasn’t said anything about taking over Gaza , has he,?
I’m not sure how you will go over there with a fast fading memory, you’d better consider that.As per usual, your post makes zero sense .
Right, your memory and comprehension is deteriorating fast,
How’s the medical system over there. ?
The gullible still thinks that Trump wants to make the US economy better ,
But all he really wants is a constitutional crisis.
Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Looks like not many seppo’s are tuning in to MTN . Has the invasion started yet ?
Can’t blame you for swinging with the corruption again,
Everyone else does until they find out how Trump is going to screw them over.Sounds like you’re making things up again jeffy , careful that vein in your forehead doesn’t pop .
Yeah Trump hasn’t said anything about taking over Gaza , has he,?
I’m not sure how you will go over there with a fast fading memory, you’d better consider that.As per usual, your post makes zero sense .
Right, your memory and comprehension is deteriorating fast,
How’s the medical system over there. ?
So how’s your memory when it comes to Trump invading Mexico , Canada , Greenland and the Panama Canal ? You & MTN seem to have gone a bit quiet on the latest developments. Don’t worry about my memory jeffy , it’s fine. Keep shouting at the sky , not sure how that’s working out for ya but whatever floats ya boat .
Supafreak wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Looks like not many seppo’s are tuning in to MTN . Has the invasion started yet ?
Can’t blame you for swinging with the corruption again,
Everyone else does until they find out how Trump is going to screw them over.Sounds like you’re making things up again jeffy , careful that vein in your forehead doesn’t pop .
Yeah Trump hasn’t said anything about taking over Gaza , has he,?
I’m not sure how you will go over there with a fast fading memory, you’d better consider that.As per usual, your post makes zero sense .
Right, your memory and comprehension is deteriorating fast,
How’s the medical system over there. ?So how’s your memory when it comes to Trump invading Mexico , Canada , Greenland and the Panama Canal ? You & MTN seem to have gone a bit quiet on the latest developments. Don’t worry about my memory jeffy , it’s fine. Keep shouting at the sky , not sure how that’s working out for ya but whatever floats ya boat .
No calm down , of course everything is ok .
Meidastouch regular guest
Canadian MP Charley Angus , explains
Every time Trump opens up his mouth,
Canadians double down on their boycott of the US , cancelling travel and US goods
already costing the US millions.
Canadians no longer want to be friends with a country that elected Trump. to office.
Charley explains why Meidastouch network
is so powerful in Canada, because Canadians
want information.
Canadians aren’t surprised at Trumps unpredictable destruction, unlike a lot of US and Australian citizens.
The world should learn a lesson from Canada .
about standing up to fascism !
The liars punishment is, not in the least he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else…… George Bernard Shaw…..
And there are a couple on here that vomit misinformation…day after day…hour after hour.
And deliberately ….for what reason?…
And their punishment…..is themselves.
Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Supafreak wrote:Looks like not many seppo’s are tuning in to MTN . Has the invasion started yet ?
Can’t blame you for swinging with the corruption again,
Everyone else does until they find out how Trump is going to screw them over.Sounds like you’re making things up again jeffy , careful that vein in your forehead doesn’t pop .
Yeah Trump hasn’t said anything about taking over Gaza , has he,?
I’m not sure how you will go over there with a fast fading memory, you’d better consider that.As per usual, your post makes zero sense .
Right, your memory and comprehension is deteriorating fast,
How’s the medical system over there. ?
How'd your brain transplant go jeffy ghurl//Bhoy/whatever, did the replacement of the Shit4 with the Flea bed in ok?
Exxotixjeff wrote:Meidastouch regular guest
Canadian MP Charley Angus , explains
Every time Trump opens up his mouth,
Canadians double down on their boycott of the US , cancelling travel and US goods
already costing the US millions.
Canadians no longer want to be friends with a country that elected Trump. to office.
Charley explains why Meidastouch network
is so powerful in Canada, because Canadians
want information.
Canadians aren’t surprised at Trumps unpredictable destruction, unlike a lot of US and Australian citizens.
The world should learn a lesson from Canada .
about standing up to fascism !
https://youtu.be/JH1A6NsqIJ0?si=0DNMp9mcxDw-O0XY
Ohhhh not millions
Optimist wrote:The liars punishment is, not in the least he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else…… George Bernard Shaw…..
And there are a couple on here that vomit misinformation…day after day…hour after hour.
And deliberately ….for what reason?…
And their punishment…..is themselves.
Hey Opti, you spewed some bullshit yourself yesterday. Seemed to change the topic pretty quickly when the facts were pointed out.
Do you have the self awareness to put yourself in the same category?
Call me old fashioned but to me it feels a bit shit having a leader of the free world whose word means fuck all, and his loyal subjects think it's O.K.
It feels like we are pawns in a Marvel movie with a crazy, power drunk dictator trying to destroy the world.
@ Opti, who said beware of false prophets?
Actually he didn't get spewed facts, things are much more complicated than Adam made out.
Some interesting news this morning
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/11/middle-east-crisis-li...
Hamas have brought the end of the ceasefire upon themselves. The way they treated those hostages is appalling. Getting them on stage frail and sick like some fucked up celebration + how many dead?
This is unfortunately the end of Gaza. Both sides are to blame. Hamas don't give a fuck about its people or human life as much as Israel don't give a fuck about them.
American debt.?…why they need to stop handing out money?…fact check anything….did you bother.
Haha. Like I said. You have no idea how this works. Your own preferred charity (WVA) receives almost 20% of its funding from AusAID. The US model is no different. It actually provides the certainty of funding for a lot of NGOs who deliver programs.
Just got off the phone with my mate that works in the security sector for US Aid programs. It’s fuckfight. No ‘handouts’ in his area, just well thought out programs that save the US money in so many ways.
One example he mentioned is a football program in Tunisia. The area it operates has seen a marked fall in ISIS influence. Improved governance. That extrapolates into improved security for US citizens and companies. If you want to take it as a purely transactional measure.
The apocryphal examples of ‘interpretive dance programs for transgender amputees in Somalia’, (if they do exist) are such a tiny minority of the overall budget (which in itself of tiny within the US government spending), but attracts so much attention from small-minded people. Forest and trees.
Anyway, back to being optimistic.
How much have you given personally…..because it comes down to that.
Everyone gives a little bit to the right aid people and takes the burden off governments.
Governments have a duty of care to their own people first. Then As prosperity grows, help everyone else..
34 trillion of debt needs to be dealt with at some point.
Poverty and homelessness at home also.
Cutting minor programs or sacking employees will not save '2 trillion' and eliminate the deficit. Trump and Musk got this idea that he can eliminate the deficit through cutting measures. Deficit is completely out of control but this won't fix it. Federal employees are not even 5% of the national budget. Their numbers remained stagnant over the last few decades despite the economy and the population growing significantly. The real spending is in 3 main areas: Healthcare (comprising Medicare, Medicaid, the Department of Health and Human Services), Social Security, and defense spending. If they truly want to find savings they need to tackle these 3. But any significant changes in these areas will have to go through Congress.
Optimist wrote:The liars punishment is, not in the least he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else…… George Bernard Shaw…..
And there are a couple on here that vomit misinformation…day after day…hour after hour.
And deliberately ….for what reason?…
And their punishment…..is themselves.
So Charley Angus Canadian MP is a total liar
You are the vomit that can’t trust anyone else.
I’m sure optimistic fool knows more about what’s going on in Canada than a
Canadian MP ,
Give us a totally out of date pre internet quote
Hahaha
If you think Canadian MP Charley Angus is a total liar., and you know more about Canada than him, why don’t you send him an email, hero , with an old pre Trump quote?
You think some old quote is going to justify your shallow gullibility ?
burleigh wrote:Hamas have brought the end of the ceasefire upon themselves. The way they treated those hostages is appalling. Getting them on stage frail and sick like some fucked up celebration + how many dead?
This is unfortunately the end of Gaza. Both sides are to blame. Hamas don't give a fuck about its people or human life as much as Israel don't give a fuck about them.
Yeah pretty dreadful, but considering they were being bombed relentlessly, and the local population being starved as food and medicine wasn't allowed in, you could say they were lucky to be alive.
I am thankful they could be returned to their families.
What is the excuse for the Palestinian hostages on their return from Israeli jails showing signs of torture and starvation? One even caught on film being raped, which sections of the Israeli population got extremely upset about. Not that he was raped but that the perpetrators were being held to account.
Again, I am thankful they could be returned to their families.
Do not know what Trump's plan is for Gaza, but what can be done against Hamas that the IDF have not already done? Serious question? US troops? Sure that will go down well in the ol USA.
I can only see a regional war breaking at as the end result and they will not be good for anyone in the region, including Israel.
Colonel Douglas McGregor who is hardly a leftie, and a Trump supporter has some interesting theories on where this could lead.
flollo wrote:Cutting minor programs or sacking employees will not save '2 trillion' and eliminate the deficit. Trump and Musk got this idea that he can eliminate the deficit through cutting measures. Deficit is completely out of control but this won't fix it. Federal employees are not even 5% of the national budget. Their numbers remained stagnant over the last few decades despite the economy and the population growing significantly. The real spending is in 3 main areas: Healthcare (comprising Medicare, Medicaid, the Department of Health and Human Services), Social Security, and defense spending. If they truly want to find savings they need to tackle these 3. But any significant changes in these areas will have to go through Congress.
Hopefully any significant changes in, Health, Defence and Social Security funding will have to go through Congress,
But if Trump’s executive branch decide to keep ignoring Court Orders,
Constitutional Crisis time !
Trump’s really got a way with words , words that have politicians, journalists, kings and everyone else thinking WTF ? Those Arab nations will be doing overtime coming up with a suitable plan.
Exxotixjeff wrote:flollo wrote:Cutting minor programs or sacking employees will not save '2 trillion' and eliminate the deficit. Trump and Musk got this idea that he can eliminate the deficit through cutting measures. Deficit is completely out of control but this won't fix it. Federal employees are not even 5% of the national budget. Their numbers remained stagnant over the last few decades despite the economy and the population growing significantly. The real spending is in 3 main areas: Healthcare (comprising Medicare, Medicaid, the Department of Health and Human Services), Social Security, and defense spending. If they truly want to find savings they need to tackle these 3. But any significant changes in these areas will have to go through Congress.
Hopefully any significant changes in, Health, Defence and Social Security funding will have to go through Congress,
But if Trump’s executive branch decide to keep ignoring Court Orders,
Constitutional Crisis time !
Yes that’s true. Any meaningful change in these areas would require congress to pass new legislation. Bypassing that would most definitely lead to constitutional crisis.
burleigh wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Meidastouch regular guest
Canadian MP Charley Angus , explains
Every time Trump opens up his mouth,
Canadians double down on their boycott of the US , cancelling travel and US goods
already costing the US millions.
Canadians no longer want to be friends with a country that elected Trump. to office.
Charley explains why Meidastouch network
is so powerful in Canada, because Canadians
want information.
Canadians aren’t surprised at Trumps unpredictable destruction, unlike a lot of US and Australian citizens.
The world should learn a lesson from Canada .
about standing up to fascism !
https://youtu.be/JH1A6NsqIJ0?si=0DNMp9mcxDw-O0XYOhhhh not millions
Many cancelled hotels.
30 percent of Florida tourism is from Canada?
Canadians buying Canadian whiskey instead of Kentucky Bourbon , etc .
Probably already a lot more than millions.
Not to mention the spate of plane crashes ,
Due to the FAA funding cuts.
burleigh wrote:Ohhhh not millions
yep, haha, millions from an ally and neighbour. the same amount the clown-brigade are saving by cancelling cambodian landmine clean-ups, or cancelling professional-development grants to physically disabled international commerce students in china-neighbouring Tajikistan. It'll just be a two-seconds phone call for china to hoover up the political cache with a handful of yuan. thankfully USA will break even, though. you're right, millions is peanuts to all of them.
flollo wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:flollo wrote:Cutting minor programs or sacking employees will not save '2 trillion' and eliminate the deficit. Trump and Musk got this idea that he can eliminate the deficit through cutting measures. Deficit is completely out of control but this won't fix it. Federal employees are not even 5% of the national budget. Their numbers remained stagnant over the last few decades despite the economy and the population growing significantly. The real spending is in 3 main areas: Healthcare (comprising Medicare, Medicaid, the Department of Health and Human Services), Social Security, and defense spending. If they truly want to find savings they need to tackle these 3. But any significant changes in these areas will have to go through Congress.
Hopefully any significant changes in, Health, Defence and Social Security funding will have to go through Congress,
But if Trump’s executive branch decide to keep ignoring Court Orders,
Constitutional Crisis time !Yes that’s true. Any meaningful change in these areas would require congress to pass new legislation. Bypassing that would most definitely lead to constitutional crisis.
Trump has already been ignoring court orders, regarding USAid , the treasury department raids , axing of CFPB , Unfreezing frozen federal funds.
Dodgy retirement offers to federal employees, and more that I can’t think of at the moment.
This tit pumps out and retweets a never-ending stream of misinformation and flat out lies to his 200 million followers on X, seemingly without the slightest attempt to check whether anything is remotely true, and this is his excuse.
No doubt that journalist can expect to find themselves in a gulag soon, in this brave new world.
^ geezus, that kid should get that growth on his arse looked at..
(in canada of course, he seems an important kid, so only the best)
basesix wrote:burleigh wrote:Ohhhh not millions
yep, haha, millions from an ally and neighbour. the same amount the clown-brigade are saving by cancelling cambodian landmine clean-ups, or cancelling professional-development grants to physically disabled international commerce students in china-neighbouring Tajikistan. It'll just be a two-seconds phone call for china to hoover up the political cache with a handful of yuan. thankfully USA will break even, though. you're right, millions is peanuts to all of them.
Yes it’s the US businesses , that suffer , more than the government ,
If the rest of the world used the same tactics, on the US , the voters should be able to notice, and vote accordingly,
But then again , it will all be Bidens fault .
Hiccups wrote:This tit pumps out and retweets a never-ending stream of misinformation and flat out lies to his 200 million followers on X, seemingly without the slightest attempt to check whether anything is remotely true, and this is his excuse.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF8w4l4q_v2/
No doubt that journalist can expect to find themselves in a gulag soon, in this brave new world.
Hiccup, you literally re-posted a fake tweet from Musk last week.
Exxotixjeff wrote:burleigh wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Meidastouch regular guest
Canadian MP Charley Angus , explains
Every time Trump opens up his mouth,
Canadians double down on their boycott of the US , cancelling travel and US goods
already costing the US millions.
Canadians no longer want to be friends with a country that elected Trump. to office.
Charley explains why Meidastouch network
is so powerful in Canada, because Canadians
want information.
Canadians aren’t surprised at Trumps unpredictable destruction, unlike a lot of US and Australian citizens.
The world should learn a lesson from Canada .
about standing up to fascism !
https://youtu.be/JH1A6NsqIJ0?si=0DNMp9mcxDw-O0XYOhhhh not millions
Many cancelled hotels.
30 percent of Florida tourism is from Canada?
Canadians buying Canadian whiskey instead of Kentucky Bourbon , etc .
Probably already a lot more than millions.
Not to mention the spate of plane crashes ,
Due to the FAA funding cuts.
30% of International tourism but what about the entire tourism industry. Don't try fudge numbers.
burleigh wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:burleigh wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:Meidastouch regular guest
Canadian MP Charley Angus , explains
Every time Trump opens up his mouth,
Canadians double down on their boycott of the US , cancelling travel and US goods
already costing the US millions.
Canadians no longer want to be friends with a country that elected Trump. to office.
Charley explains why Meidastouch network
is so powerful in Canada, because Canadians
want information.
Canadians aren’t surprised at Trumps unpredictable destruction, unlike a lot of US and Australian citizens.
The world should learn a lesson from Canada .
about standing up to fascism !
https://youtu.be/JH1A6NsqIJ0?si=0DNMp9mcxDw-O0XYOhhhh not millions
Many cancelled hotels.
30 percent of Florida tourism is from Canada?
Canadians buying Canadian whiskey instead of Kentucky Bourbon , etc .
Probably already a lot more than millions.
Not to mention the spate of plane crashes ,
Due to the FAA funding cuts.30% of International tourism but what about the entire tourism industry. Don't try fudge numbers.
That’s from memory that 30 percent of Florida tourists come from Canada,
Florida is only one of 50 US states,
So you can do the math,
The Canadian tourists are a $20 billion dollar industry in the US ,
If 50 percent change their travel plans
that’s $10 billion.
I didn’t try to fudge the figures, I
just rewatched the video
And that is a citizen. non government boycott,
Before the Canadian governments retaliatory tariffs , start.
That's a good point burleigh. I checked it:
Over 140.6 million tourists visited Florida in 2023, setting a new record for the state's highest visitation. This included 8.3 million international visitors, 129.1 million domestic visitors, and 3.2 million Canadian visitors.
Trumps magic working again. He has the Arab world coming together for a plan to re-build Gaza. He's the master manipulator.
"Speaking in the Oval Office, Donald Trump, again, pushed his plan for an American redevelopment, minus the Palestinians.
King Abdullah knows there would be huge opposition to something that has been described as ethnic cleansing, and promised a plan is coming, which he hopes will get American support"
Hiccups wrote:This tit pumps out and retweets a never-ending stream of misinformation and flat out lies to his 200 million followers on X, seemingly without the slightest attempt to check whether anything is remotely true, and this is his excuse.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF8w4l4q_v2/
No doubt that journalist can expect to find themselves in a gulag soon, in this brave new world.
Then there’s this too
flollo wrote:That's a good point burleigh. I checked it:
Over 140.6 million tourists visited Florida in 2023, setting a new record for the state's highest visitation. This included 8.3 million international visitors, 129.1 million domestic visitors, and 3.2 million Canadian visitors.
Good point
But Florida is one of 50 states, and tourism is one of many industries,
So that’s a significant underestimate.
If you really want to look up all the figures on everything.
soggydog wrote:Hiccups wrote:This tit pumps out and retweets a never-ending stream of misinformation and flat out lies to his 200 million followers on X, seemingly without the slightest attempt to check whether anything is remotely true, and this is his excuse.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF8w4l4q_v2/
No doubt that journalist can expect to find themselves in a gulag soon, in this brave new world.
Then there’s this too
Man. They gotta come up with another term to replace "elites" for these people.
Exxotixjeff wrote:flollo wrote:That's a good point burleigh. I checked it:
Over 140.6 million tourists visited Florida in 2023, setting a new record for the state's highest visitation. This included 8.3 million international visitors, 129.1 million domestic visitors, and 3.2 million Canadian visitors.
Good point
But Florida is one of 50 states, and tourism is one of many industries,
So that’s a significant underestimate.
i think Florida and other states will be doing just fine if Canada decides to holiday elsewhere.
Hiccups wrote:soggydog wrote:Hiccups wrote:This tit pumps out and retweets a never-ending stream of misinformation and flat out lies to his 200 million followers on X, seemingly without the slightest attempt to check whether anything is remotely true, and this is his excuse.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF8w4l4q_v2/
No doubt that journalist can expect to find themselves in a gulag soon, in this brave new world.
Then there’s this too
Man. They gotta come up with another term to replace "elites" for these people.
I don’t think the inauguration salute was a fake, more muscle memory possibly.
soggydog wrote:Hiccups wrote:soggydog wrote:Hiccups wrote:This tit pumps out and retweets a never-ending stream of misinformation and flat out lies to his 200 million followers on X, seemingly without the slightest attempt to check whether anything is remotely true, and this is his excuse.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF8w4l4q_v2/
No doubt that journalist can expect to find themselves in a gulag soon, in this brave new world.
Then there’s this too
Man. They gotta come up with another term to replace "elites" for these people.
I don’t think the inauguration salute was a fake, more muscle memory possibly.
What's the over-under on Elon growing a little moustache and saying it's a tribute to Chaplin?
burleigh wrote:Exxotixjeff wrote:flollo wrote:That's a good point burleigh. I checked it:
Over 140.6 million tourists visited Florida in 2023, setting a new record for the state's highest visitation. This included 8.3 million international visitors, 129.1 million domestic visitors, and 3.2 million Canadian visitors.
Good point
But Florida is one of 50 states, and tourism is one of many industries,
So that’s a significant underestimate.i think Florida and other states will be doing just fine if Canada decides to holiday elsewhere.
You think they’ll be doing fine,
I wonder why Canadians are being put straight through to the official people, when they phone up to cancel their bookings ,
to try and talk them out of it.
Anyone who has a significant drop in income, wouldn’t normally be happy about it.
If 10 percent of Canadians change their holiday plans, it will cost 144000 US jobs , and $ 2 billion,
The estimates could be a lot higher than
10 percent,
So you’re casual guess is a bit wrong !
burleigh wrote:Hamas have brought the end of the ceasefire upon themselves. The way they treated those hostages is appalling. Getting them on stage frail and sick like some fucked up celebration + how many dead?
This is unfortunately the end of Gaza. Both sides are to blame. Hamas don't give a fuck about its people or human life as much as Israel don't give a fuck about them.
yep it was pretty ugly
but more so pretty stupid, drawing attention to themselves coming out all heavily armed and kitted up. after telling everyone they're civilians or whatever...
and, carrying on like coconuts saying they've won and all the other bullshit
it's like they don't want a ceasefire to hold?
the poor old (real) civilians getting fucked both ways
I agree @flollo/@burleigh, don is probably very effective at ultimatums when talking down to people and getting his way. but as @Optimist says, the US is a decaying shell of its former self, and I guarantee don will overplay his hand at some point with the big-boys to the detriment of global balance. He'll also screw domestic America - he'd sell his own Elon down the river (race ref intended) to cause division and unrest; i.e. convert the US to his preferred habitat.
But I'm definitely a wait-and-see if his high-stakes iran bluff with gaza pays off. I doubt it. But a tentative hats-off (and a thank flying-spaghetti I live on the arse end of the southern hemisphere) if it pans out, stops the US/Israel/Iran insanity, and bewilderingly restores some sort of short-term powder-keg balance again, while everyone regroups and gets biblical-nuclear-ready.
basesix wrote:I agree @flollo/@burleigh, don is probably very effective at ultimatums when talking down to people and getting his way. but as @Optimist says, the US is a decaying shell of its former self, and I guarantee don will overplay his hand at some point with the big-boys to the detriment of global balance. He'll also screw domestic America - he'd sell his own Elon down the river (race ref intended) to cause division and unrest; i.e. convert the US to his preferred habitat.
But I'm definitely a wait-and-see if his high-stakes iran bluff with gaza pays off. I doubt it. But a tentative hats-off (and a thank flying-spaghetti I live on the arse end of the southern hemisphere) if it pans out, stops the US/Israel/Iran insanity, and bewilderingly restores some sort of short-term powder-keg balance again, while everyone regroups and gets biblical-nuclear-ready.
I read that Trump is great at negotiating and the art of the deal,
But he doesn’t often understand, the significance of the deal.
He probably has already overplayed his hand with the 25 percent tariffs on everyone’s steel and aluminium imports.
sypkan wrote:burleigh wrote:Hamas have brought the end of the ceasefire upon themselves. The way they treated those hostages is appalling. Getting them on stage frail and sick like some fucked up celebration + how many dead?
This is unfortunately the end of Gaza. Both sides are to blame. Hamas don't give a fuck about its people or human life as much as Israel don't give a fuck about them.
yep it was pretty ugly
but more so pretty stupid, drawing attention to themselves coming out all heavily armed and kitted up. after telling everyone they're civilians or whatever...
and, carrying on like coconuts saying they've won and all the other bullshit
it's like they don't want a ceasefire to hold?
the poor old (real) civilians getting fucked both ways
We will soon find out. Israel have now given the same ultimatum. Release all hostages by Saturday at noon.
Hamas have fucked up big time. If they really want it to end they will release the hostages on Saturday.
I guarantee they wont and now what's left of Gaza will be flattened and more children killed.
as to the USaid thing, I do think it's reckless to shut the whole thing down
but I also think it's reckless, and stupid, to claim there's nothing to see here...
imagine applying for government grants and being able to leave whole fields empty...
it seems this wasn't the exception,but more the rule... the system became geared (gamed?) to approve just about anything...
literally anything?
"...
Simple things were left blank:
Payment categories
Payment rationales
Basic audit controls
The kind of fields any small business would require. The kind that let you track where money goes. The kind that stop a billion dollars of fraud. Every week.
Here's what Treasury didn't want exposed:
Over $100 billion flowing annually to accounts without Social Security numbers. No temporary ID numbers. No verification. Nothing.
When Musk asked Treasury officials how much was "unequivocal and obvious fraud," the answer revealed decades of corruption: HALF
Let that sink in.
$50 billion per YEAR.
A billion dollars every SINGLE week disappearing into accounts that shouldn't exist.
The kind of fraud that would shut down any bank in America.
The kind that would land any business owner in federal prison.
But Treasury had perfected its system:
Process payments
Ignore controls
Keep the machine running
Yesterday, something shifted. A judge's order appeared, ex parte—meaning only one side could speak. No warning. No defense allowed. Just a wall erected between Treasury officials and their own department's data..."
that's real treasury officials saying that!
not DOGE supernerds!!
https://eko.substack.com/p/the-machine-fights-back?utm_campaign=post&utm...
sypkan wrote:as to the USaid thing, I do think it's reckless to shut the whole thing down
but I also think it's reckless, and stupid, to claim there's nothing to see here...
imagine applying for government grants and being able to leave whole fields empty...
it seems this wasn't the exception,but more the rule... the system became geared (gamed?) to approve just about anything...
literally anything?
"...
Simple things were left blank:
Payment categories
Payment rationales
Basic audit controls
The kind of fields any small business would require. The kind that let you track where money goes. The kind that stop a billion dollars of fraud. Every week.
Here's what Treasury didn't want exposed:
Over $100 billion flowing annually to accounts without Social Security numbers. No temporary ID numbers. No verification. Nothing.
When Musk asked Treasury officials how much was "unequivocal and obvious fraud," the answer revealed decades of corruption: HALF
Let that sink in.
$50 billion per YEAR.
A billion dollars every SINGLE week disappearing into accounts that shouldn't exist.
The kind of fraud that would shut down any bank in America.
The kind that would land any business owner in federal prison.
But Treasury had perfected its system:
Process payments
Ignore controls
Keep the machine running
Yesterday, something shifted. A judge's order appeared, ex parte—meaning only one side could speak. No warning. No defense allowed. Just a wall erected between Treasury officials and their own department's data..."
that's real treasury officials saying that!
not DOGE supernerds!!
https://eko.substack.com/p/the-machine-fights-back?utm_campaign=post&utm...
And obviously Hiel Musk and Trump are definitely people we should believe everything they say ,
Did they mention that USAid were investigating Musks SpaceX, about how satellites were being used in the Ukrainian war , when they were axed and it is only .1 percent of the total government funding ..
Saturday High Noon & all hell breaks loose aboard Ben Gurion Casino Canal Cruise
Septic Tanks are going to Septic Tank