Streaming Was A Mistake... ( An example of corporate greed destroying something) by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Great video and they're on the money, no pun intended.

Nayib Bukele's fascist dictatorship in El Salvador by jerryk4 in WayOfTheBern

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He has also rounded up 2% of the country and warehoused them in concentration camps

Does that mean the US has lost their position as the country that imprisons the largest percentage of its citizens?

@Megatron_ron: US political influencer Jackson Hinkle held a rally in Yemen with more than a million people, during the US bombing of the country. by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Ansar Allah == Houthis, so are they a joke, the only resistance or both?

And yes, of course Hamas was created by Israel, in the same way that so many other groups have been created and funded by the US over the decades, alternating between calling them terrorists or freedom fighters depending on the need and on the inevitable point in time when they get attacked by their own creations.

And with Palestine being occupied territory, any attack by Hamas against the Zionists is by definition an act of resistance against occupying forces.

As for the rest of the region up until now outside of these three groups, yep, it's been a mix of corruption and cowardice, at least at the government level...

Streaming Was A Mistake... ( An example of corporate greed destroying something) by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Inevitably in capitalism, corporate greed Destroys what it touches to make the rich more money.

Polish Member of Parliament Grzergorz Braun interrupted a moment of silence for Holocaust victims at the EU Parliament with a call to prayer for “The victims of the Jewish genocide in Gaza.” He remarked that “all victims are equal, but some are more equal than others.” by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Apparently he got suspended.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/polish-lawmaker-barred-from-european-parliament-after-anti-jewish-outburst/3511948

Tucker Carlson w/ Banned Opposition Leader Călin Georgescu: Antony Blinken & Emmanuel Macron Killed Romanian Democracy by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Călin Georgescu is the most popular political figure in Romania and one of the bravest and wisest politicians in the world. This fall he ran for president on a platform against “war, technocracy and debt” and would have won, until the Biden administration pushed to cancel the election and have him arrested as a Russian agent.

@Megatron_ron: US political influencer Jackson Hinkle held a rally in Yemen with more than a million people, during the US bombing of the country. by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Wait.... Hamas was CREATED by Israel. Ansari Allah is a joke, basically.

Hezbollah and Taliban and Houthi appear to be the only organic resistance in the entire region.

Iran being more bark than bite and clearly none of the Golden Crescent nations wish to stand up against the combo of 5 Eyes/Mossad in any real way.

Do Your Own Research: The Economy by penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable in WayOfTheBern

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Good to see that FINALLY some fraction of the reporting world is putting online this blatantly disastrous financial trajectory we have been on with one short recovery window before even worse hit.

Think 1925 through 1942, and you get a very good mirror of the social forces, govt interventions/spats, and major events for 2005-2025 so far, with a few new bizarre distraction twists and one hell of a lot more debt come due- along with dramatically less capacity for re-industrializing domestically for any purpose, let alone lost tech for war.

We are seriously screwed as a stable and self-sufficient nation now, the window to make a hard but viable correction is a decade past, and without mass de-immigrating by the literal seas of foreign peeps here already there is very little chance those born here will be able to at least semi ride it out over a decade or two of badness.

Polish Member of Parliament Grzergorz Braun interrupted a moment of silence for Holocaust victims at the EU Parliament with a call to prayer for “The victims of the Jewish genocide in Gaza.” He remarked that “all victims are equal, but some are more equal than others.” by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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At long last.

Polish Member of Parliament Grzergorz Braun interrupted a moment of silence for Holocaust victims at the EU Parliament with a call to prayer for “The victims of the Jewish genocide in Gaza.” He remarked that “all victims are equal, but some are more equal than others.” by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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https://archive.ph/XAsY5

As time goes on, we are going to be seeing more of this.

[Rall.com] - "Trump's Tariffs Make the Case for Communism" by mzyps in WayOfTheBern

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To be more accurate, you get to starve for free.

[Rall.com] - "Trump's Tariffs Make the Case for Communism" by mzyps in WayOfTheBern

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Trump’s 2024 election win partly relied on complaints over inflation, like skyrocketing egg prices. However, his tariff-focused strategy to protect American businesses may raise costs further by limiting foreign competition. This will lead to even higher prices for staples—eggs, bread, meat—undermining his anti-inflation stance. This convoluted approach bolsters arguments for socialism or communism, where essentials are subsidized or free, ensuring affordability. While tariffs appeal to nationalist voters, they risk alienating those demanding lower grocery bills. Can tariffs curb inflation, or do they invite radical economic alternatives?

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech by penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable in WayOfTheBern

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Trump is trying to to bluff China with a pair of twos when China has four jacks.

Do Your Own Research: The Economy by penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable in WayOfTheBern

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Nearly two decades ago, when charged to cover an apparent Depression-level event in the 2008 crash, I was stunned to discover how few resources were available to ordinary people hoping to make sense of the economy. The financial press was written by and for financial professionals, and every time I thought I’d found an analyst who made sense, I’d discover shortly after he or she was funded by banks or hedge funds incentivized to put lipsticks on pigs.

It also turned out that most of the statistics politicians used to represent the relative fitness or unfitness of the economy were and are weighted at best, and outright bull at worst, from the Consumer Price Index to the Unemployment Rate.

I polled finance professionals, contributors like Eric Salzman, and reporters who cover economics to ask which sources are most accessible. Then I spoke at length with fellow Substacker Chris Irons of Quoth the Raven about the broader problems with finding reliable economic info, and some sites that short-cut the obstacles.

One quick note up front. Many respondents pointed out that a neophyte beginning a journey into sorting out what’s what in the economy may want to begin by familiarizing himself or herself with each of the twelve Federal Reserve banks. “They all pretty much report on different things,” says Salzman. “If you want to know what’s going on in the oil and gas business, the Dallas Fed issues a lot of research.” Irons pointed to FRED, or Federal Reserve Economic Data, put out by the St. Louis Fed. “It’s all there,” he says, noting for instance the multiple official unemployment rates that are often cherry-picked by financial media depending on the situation. “It’s just not what’s in the news.”

Some of the post is very complex but there's also some great information here that neophytes like me can understand, like what the CPI and Unemployment Rate are supposed to be, and when/why the way they're calculated was changed.

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech by penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable in WayOfTheBern

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In April 2025, while most of the world was clutching pearls over trade war tit-for-tat tariffs, China calmly walked over to the supply chain and yanked out a handful of critical bolts. The bolts are made of dysprosium, terbium, tungsten, indium and yttrium—the elements that don’t make headlines but without which your electric car doesn’t run, your fighter jet doesn’t fly, and your solar panels go from clean energy marvels to overpriced roofing tiles. They’re minerals that show up on obscure government risk registers right before wars start or cleantech projects get quietly cancelled.

What China did wasn’t a ban, at least not in name. They called it export licensing. Sounds like something a trade lawyer might actually be excited about. But make no mistake: this was a surgical strike. They didn’t need to say no. They just needed to say “maybe later” to the right set of paperwork. These licenses give Beijing control over not just where these materials go, but how fast they go, in what quantity, and to which politically convenient customers.

Licenses for end uses in the U.S. are unlikely to be approved. What’s astonishing is how predictable this all was. China has spent decades building its dominance over these supply chains, while the U.S. was busy outsourcing, divesting, and cheerfully ignoring every report that said, “Hey, maybe 90% dependence on a single country we keep starting trade wars with and rattling sabers at is a bad idea.”

Caitlin Johnstone: They Tell You The Houthis Attack Ships, But They Never Tell You Why by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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None of the people applauding Trump’s war on Yemen because “the Houthis are attacking ships” will tell you why the Houthis started attacking ships.

The pundits won’t say, and the people don’t know.

[...]

They legitimately do not know it’s a blockade aimed at halting Israel’s genocidal atrocities in Gaza, and that all attacks had ceased while the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was in effect. They have no idea that Ansar Allah only announced the Red Sea blockade would resume after Trump and Netanyahu actively collaborated to sabotage the ceasefire and resume starving Gaza, or that they hadn’t even resumed attacks yet when Trump began bombing them.

[...]

And what keeps blowing my mind is that they’re still supporting Trump’s war even after seeing the leaked Signal chat featuring Trump’s own team privately acknowledging to each other that it isn’t really necessary. They know that chat exists. They saw Trump officials talking about how there’s no real reason the bombing needs to happen right now and at most it can be used to “send a message” (whatever that means). But they’ve been aggressively defending Trump’s war this whole time anyway.

[...]

But that all it is. Pretending. They’re all phonies and frauds. A bunch of George W Bush Republicans LARPing as Ron Paul libertarians. Bleating human livestock cheering for every act of mass military slaughter they are instructed to cheer for.

@Megatron_ron: US political influencer Jackson Hinkle held a rally in Yemen with more than a million people, during the US bombing of the country. by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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LOL No, Jackson Hinkle did not hold a rally in Yemen. The Houthis of Yemen held a rally, and for the first time they invited about a dozen international observers, among them Hinkle and Pepe Escobar. Each observer was allowed to address the rally for approx. 1 minute. Pepe's clip was shown on Judge Napolitano's show, he mentioned that Hinkle was also there.

@Megatron_ron: US political influencer Jackson Hinkle held a rally in Yemen with more than a million people, during the US bombing of the country. by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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He's using the god card way too much even just in this small clip, but I guess he's playing to his audience. The basic premise is accurate, as in the US being the enemy, the attacker, the funder of the genocidal nazi regime next door.

Organized religion is and has always been a tool to control the masses. I abhor the concept but at least in this case it's being used for a worthy purpose.

Hamas, Hezbollah and Ansar Allah are the modern equivalents of the french resistance under nazi occupation during WW2, and the conditions are much worse for them. They deserve all the support they can get, and the US empire (including all its vassals, such as France and the UK) deserves everything that's always happened to every attempt at (in Bond villain terms) world domination.

Columbia Expelled Me for My Palestine Activism, but I Won’t Be Silenced | And neither will anyone else targeted by the university. We are not afraid, we are undeterred, and we will continue to fight. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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https://archive.ph/U9ins

I'm glad that he will keep on fighting the good fight, but it highlights a big point. Most of us have jobs, families to take care of, and need money / have limited time. How we are going to act remains to be seen.

[Middle East Eye] - "Australian MP breaks down in tears as she speaks of the genocide in Gaza" by mzyps in WayOfTheBern

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"Seven girls getting one or more legs amputated. Without anesthesia."

Yeah, I guess the ethnic cleansing and genocide is back on. Why does the West approve, support, and sponsor the Zionist violence, terror, and occupation?

Tucker Carlson w/ Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong: You’re Being Lied to About Cancer, How It’s Caused, and How to Stop It by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is a surgeon who made billions inventing cancer drugs. He says that Covid, and the vaccines that didn’t stop it, are likely causing a global epidemic of terrifyingly aggressive cancers.

Deep State Still Desperate to Suppress the Facts About the Assassination of John F. Kennedy by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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I will be interviewing Ryan Dawson soon, who has amassed a mountain of evidence that points to complicity between Israel, the CIA and organized crime in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is not a theory. Ryan has compiled compelling evidence to support his claim, which received a significant boost in the latest release of information by Donald Trump. The following document shows that James Jesus Angleton was engaged with the Government of Israel.

I always was doubtful that the US would release the full evidence about what really happened. I think that the partial revelations, although damaging, are far from the full picture and confirm my suspicions.

Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Steve Witkoff Reveals Surprising Ignorance by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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"I mean even if it's not a big bomb explosion, just a tactical nuke would take stock markets down all over the world"

Says it all right there.

Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Steve Witkoff Reveals Surprising Ignorance by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Silver lining, if Russia can get rid of the Ukrainazi problem, it'll help with focusing on the nazionist problem.

Because one thing's for sure, nothing good is to be expected from the US over there. A year and a half of genocide (if not counting the 70+ years before then) and the US support is back to its unending overdrive.

Not surprising obviously, because it's the US and we all saw Trump filling up his admin with nazis.

Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Steve Witkoff Reveals Surprising Ignorance by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Surprising?

Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Steve Witkoff Reveals Surprising Ignorance by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It is, and he's making it even more likely with his ardent support of genocidal Israel, and his determination to support them no matter who in West Asia they target as enemies of their Greater Israel plan.

Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Steve Witkoff Reveals Surprising Ignorance by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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With respect to Russia, Witkoff demonstrated a similar lack of understanding about Russia’s key demands. For example, he was unable to name the four oblasts in Ukraine that have become part of the Russian Federation. He continues to labor under the delusion that Russia can be finagled into accepting a total 30-day ceasefire. While Russia is genuine about wanting to restore normal relations with the United States, and sees Donald Trump as the best hope of achieving that goal, Russia is in no hurry to put a hold on its military operations without concrete actions by the West, including an end to military assistance to Ukraine and Ukraine’s withdrawal from Russian territory.

This is a very bad sign. Trump seems to be think that he can strong arm Russia the way he strong arms weaker nations. It's going backfire badly.

The sickest manifestations of Islam, just like the sickest forms of Judaism and Christianity, bloom under the auspices of white Western colonialism. 150 years ago in the Middle East, there were no Salafism, no Evangelical deragement, no Jewish meccianism and no widespread religious terror. ... by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The entire existence of the US, especially since WW2, has been based on creating rifts and causing trouble all over the globe in order to undermine perceived opponents, real or imaginary. Race, religion, gender, any kind of made up bullshit, no rift is small enough if it can be exploited to cause conflict.

There's no wonder why Israel is such a perfect match for it.

More Empty Threats from Donald Trump? by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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The danger right now is that going to war with Iran might lead to a larger regional war and ultimately escalate to WW3.

Iran is of vital importance to the Russians and Chinese, while the US seems to think that Israel is a national interest due to the Israel lobby.

The sickest manifestations of Islam, just like the sickest forms of Judaism and Christianity, bloom under the auspices of white Western colonialism. 150 years ago in the Middle East, there were no Salafism, no Evangelical deragement, no Jewish meccianism and no widespread religious terror. ... by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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During the Cold War, the US undermined many secular Arabic movements, for fear that they were aligned with the USSR and Communism.

Beware the Ides of March — Are Trump and Netanyahu, Acting in Tandem, Committing Political Suicide? by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Let’s give Donald Trump credit for one thing — i.e., he is giving a master class on the meaning of hubris. At the very moment he is trying to persuade Vladimir Putin that the United States is sincere about pursuing a peace deal with Russia, Trump is threatening attacks against a country that now has a security arrangement with Russia. I think Trump is in for a surprise when he gets on the phone with Mr. Putin, who is likely to chide Trump for his bullying. We will know by 1600 hours eastern what kind of reception Mr. Trump received from his Russian counterpart. I suspect the conversation, at least from the Russian side, will be a bit chilly.

Trump has really messed up by waging this war. He has been totally captured by the Israel lobby.

The sickest manifestations of Islam, just like the sickest forms of Judaism and Christianity, bloom under the auspices of white Western colonialism. 150 years ago in the Middle East, there were no Salafism, no Evangelical deragement, no Jewish meccianism and no widespread religious terror. ... by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Ummmmm.....

Look deeper and farther back.

This is a childish take filtered through a very anti western EU peoples mindset.

And as a bloodline witch who's ancestors fled those very nations to survive, I have no reason beyond truths to say that.

Stop buying the easy tropes and blame, just because it makes you feel like a virtuous activist.

The sickest manifestations of Islam, just like the sickest forms of Judaism and Christianity, bloom under the auspices of white Western colonialism. 150 years ago in the Middle East, there were no Salafism, no Evangelical deragement, no Jewish meccianism and no widespread religious terror. ... by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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It was invented as a tool of control in the first place and has been exploited as such at ever increasing scale, especially as a tool of imperialism and colonialism.

Religion is not the problem. The psychopaths in control of organized religions are, and those who use it to bullshit otherwise sane people into doing completely insane and/or abhorrent shit.

The sickest manifestations of Islam, just like the sickest forms of Judaism and Christianity, bloom under the auspices of white Western colonialism. 150 years ago in the Middle East, there were no Salafism, no Evangelical deragement, no Jewish meccianism and no widespread religious terror. ... by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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https://archive.ph/J24md

It was always a tool for Western geopolitical control unfortunately.

Disney is Pushed to Commit to Free Speech Amid Concerns Over Past Ties to Censorship-Driven Ad Cartels by penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable in WayOfTheBern

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Same.

Disney is Pushed to Commit to Free Speech Amid Concerns Over Past Ties to Censorship-Driven Ad Cartels by penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable in WayOfTheBern

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I don't follow Disney that closely.

I keep out of the House of Mouse for my own sanity.

Nyet Means Nyet by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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I had an amazing day. I had a two-hour meeting with Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, and the Foreign Ministry’s Press Secretary, Maria Zakharova. Mr. Lavrov is a gentleman and the walking definition of a master diplomat. I was accompanied to the meeting by Judge Napolitano and Mario Nawfal. The Russian Foreign Ministry recorded the session and I will provide the link once it becomes available.

I am very interested to see what Larry has to write about this in his future articles.

More Empty Threats from Donald Trump? by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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He's paid by nazionists and sticking to the script. Which makes him just as bad as every single US president since this nazi colony was established, the British being the initiators before that. The Zionist virus was passed from one dying empire to the next.

At least we may avoid the ukrainazi-based WW3, which is a plus, but we're still all in deep shit.

Set climate change to the side, the main global issue now and for the past several decades is Zionism. It's quite literally a more successful nazism.

As it stands right now, despite Trump bring paid for by nazis, the US is weirdly in a much better (well... less worse) position than western Europe.

Over here we still have pseudo-leaders trying to cause WW3 as long as it can enrich their donors, thus themselves, along the way.

Psychopathic cunts, every single one of them.

More Empty Threats from Donald Trump? by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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On the matter of Palestine, Trump remains a disgrace. He seems to be more skeptical about Ukraine, but he is in line with the Establishment on Palestine.

Wolff Responds: "A Response to Trump" Dated March 5, 2025 by mzyps in WayOfTheBern

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I didn't watch Trump's speech. I figure he's going to stay stuff and then I'll later learn what they did, what the consequences are.

Elon Musk views everything through the prism of being an unbelievably wealthy individual. He and his class don't have much use for government services, so they seem superfluous.

Professor Wolff avoids ad hominem attacks, and observes there may be signs of the empire thrashing around while failing.

To reiterate, I have a hard time following the media extravaganza regarding Trump, Musk, crushing poor people (in America), bombing Palestinians in Palestine and others (mostly POC) around the world. Trump and the others say stuff to distract and dissemble --- it's a partly fictional production where we'll only hear concerning reports every couple days and then later into his term more information we'll learn what pointless America's Globe actions, possibly destructive actions, the administration has taken. And their stories, their actions, anything they do, can take a 180 degree turn a few hours, days, months later. The Russia project? All that spook and military investment into cornering and looting/balkanizing Russia? You think it's off, do you?

The West's Support For Israel Is The #1 Threat To Free Speech by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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There is no free speech in the West, as far as Israel criticism is what you want to say.

Remember that every time a Western politician criticises another country about freedom and democracy.

Disney is Pushed to Commit to Free Speech Amid Concerns Over Past Ties to Censorship-Driven Ad Cartels by penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable in WayOfTheBern

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Isn't the parent company also heavily invested in weapons manufacturing?

Disney is Pushed to Commit to Free Speech Amid Concerns Over Past Ties to Censorship-Driven Ad Cartels by penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable in WayOfTheBern

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It's kind of amazing how Disney seems so involved with the CIA and trying to hijack cultural consciousness...

The European Union’s Collective Suicide by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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There was a very good discussion of this in the video you posted on reddit of Nima and Wilkerson. Wilkerson is no fan of Trump's but he agreed with much of what Vance and Hegseth said at the Munich security conference.

The European Union’s Collective Suicide by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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https://archive.ph/YOA9z

We are witnessing history. The post-World War II order with the US ruling the roost is coming unglued. I think this is the beginning of the end for NATO and for the European Union. But the collapse is not imminent. Political and economic chaos are likely to shake the major European countries and create internal pressures in the next two years that will lead the various nations to seek their own path for security outside the confines of NATO or the EU. Already we are hearing that some states are keen on reviving economic relations with Russia, with an eye on getting access to cheap oil and gas.

The EU seems to be digging a deeper hole for itself and it will worsen economic conditions for Europe.

The Most Dramatic Narrative Shift in Modern History ⋆ Brownstone Institute by Promyka5When in the course of human events... in WayOfTheBern

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My Marx training about factions and divisions are beginning to pay off...

He was really onto something by pointing out how social forces create change...

Luigi Mangione is being treated like a God in prison by the inmates Much deserved. Love this for him Image by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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When the laws and lawmakers are corrupted, justice has to be served more directly.

For some reason, this reminds me that Fauci doesn't have his taxpayer-funded security detail anymore.

@MidwesternDoc: Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors). [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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My bad, these days distinguishing jokes from reality is more difficult than ever :/

@MidwesternDoc: Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors). [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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This is, quite literally, unsubstantiated hearsay from a random person not giving any of said sources.

I don't care HOW MUCH I personally believe the C19vax injuries are widespread in younger cohorts and causing early vascular issues with older ones- I will not believe or promote Q-level claims, let alone treat them as factual

@MidwesternDoc: Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors). [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]kingsmegLiberté, égalité, fraternité 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was a joke. How can you tell Senators are cognitively impaired when the whole body acts like they're all cognitively impaired?

Rhodes Center Podcast from 2022: "How Efficiency Replaced Equality in US Policy” with Elizabeth Popp Berman by mzyps in WayOfTheBern

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Efficiency as a religion. Efficiency at all costs. An end in itself.

Luigi Mangione is being treated like a God in prison by the inmates Much deserved. Love this for him Image by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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https://archive.ph/3PUlB

Evidently the whole of the US won't buy the rich narrative about the healthcare system.

@MidwesternDoc: Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors). [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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It's the subject of the lengthy article linked in this follow-up tweet:

In this article, I showed that 4 of the Democratic Senators (8% of them) had unusual brain injuries which in many cases severely impaired their ability to function and collectively was almost statistically impossible to have ever happened by chance.

@MidwesternDoc: Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors). [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Thank you!

@MidwesternDoc: Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors). [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]kingsmegLiberté, égalité, fraternité 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

.....8% of Democrat Senators had unusual brain injuries.....

Uhhhh.... how could he tell?

@MidwesternDoc: Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors). [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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@MidwesternDoc: Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors). [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]Promyka5When in the course of human events... 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not subscribed to Twitter, so I can't read the full thread; could someone please post a link to the full series of tweets? I'd love to peruse what AMW has compiled.

@MidwesternDoc: Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors). [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Full tweet:

Many prominent politicians (ie. 8% of Democrat Senators) had unusual brain injuries identical to those caused by the vaccines. Yet, rather than do the right thing, they covered it up and pushed the vaccines (ie. this applies to many of RFK's detractors).

Those Senators were unfortunately just the tip of the iceberg, as we also came across many cases of neurological injuries which were never reported. For example:

•I learned through a trusted source that Gavin Newsom disappeared at the end of 2021 because it was impossible to cover up the side effects of his vaccine induced Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

•I learned through another trusted source that numerous senators have had COVID vaccine injuries they never publicly admitted.

In this thread, I will go through some of the most noteworthy cases, particularly since all of them pushed the vaccines (ie. mandates) and were extremely hostile to RFK Jr. and in many cases defied the existing expectations to vote against RFK Jr.

@caitoz: Democrats are as happy as a pig in shit right now. Suddenly they get to pretend all the unfathomable evils their president inflicted upon our world never happened, just because there's a different president doing bad things who people are feeling big feels about. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He also lets them feel outraged and indignant, and they enjoy that too.

I'd say they enjoy it even more than all the rest.

@caitoz: Democrats are as happy as a pig in shit right now. Suddenly they get to pretend all the unfathomable evils their president inflicted upon our world never happened, just because there's a different president doing bad things who people are feeling big feels about. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Full tweet:

Democrats are as happy as a pig in shit right now. Suddenly they get to pretend all the unfathomable evils their president inflicted upon our world never happened, just because there's a different president doing bad things who people are feeling big feels about.

They wanted to lose. They're overjoyed that they don't have to be the face on the US empire's depravity anymore, and that it's no longer their job to make excuses for it. They're getting everything they want out of the present arrangement, because liberals don't actually care about fixing problems and making the world a better place, they only care about feeling good about themselves. Their politics is never actually about anything other than their feelings, and Biden was making their feelings feel bad. Trump lets them feel smug and vindicated and correct. He also lets them feel outraged and indignant, and they enjoy that too.

But it's all bullshit. No matter what Trump says or does or how he and his goons make people's feelings feel, it will still be a historical fact that Biden and his handlers spent 15 months facilitating a campaign of extermination and demolition in Gaza which could not have happened without US backing. It will still be a historical fact that Biden and his handlers pushed Ukraine into an unwinnable war that the US and its allies knowingly provoked in order to advance geostrategic grand chessboard agendas, sabotaging potential peace negotiations and threatening the world with nuclear annihilation along the way. It will still be a historical fact that Biden kept in place many of the ugly policies put in place during the first Trump administration and actively expanded and added to them.

It's important to point this out because Democrats are posturing as opponents of tyranny and abuse right now, and they aren't. They are ALLIES of tyranny and abuse, who LARP as righteous defenders of truth and justice whenever the other tyrannical and abusive party happens to be in power. Their behavior during the Trump administration shows you how they wish to be perceived, but their behavior during the Biden administration showed you who they really are.

The Most Dramatic Narrative Shift in Modern History ⋆ Brownstone Institute by Promyka5When in the course of human events... in WayOfTheBern

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A strange thing happened in 2020.

Most governments at all levels across the globe turned on their people. It was a shock because governments had never before attempted anything this audacious. It claimed to be exercising mastery over the whole of the microbial kingdom, the world over. It would prove this implausible mission as a valid one with the release of a magic potion made and distributed with its industrial partners who were fully indemnified against liability claims.

Suffice it to say that the potion did not work. Everyone got Covid anyway. Most everyone shook it off. Those who died were often denied common therapeutics to make way for a shot that clocked the highest rate of injury and death on public record. A worse fiasco would be hard to invent outside dystopian fiction.

The controlling forces in every nation traced to something else we did not normally think of as government. It was the administrators who occupied agencies that were deemed independent of public awareness or control. They worked closely with their industrial partners in tech, pharma, banking, and corporate life.

The Constitution did not matter. Neither did the long tradition of rights, liberty, and law. The workforce was divided between essential and nonessential in order to survive the great emergency. The essential people were the ruling class plus the workers who serve them. Everyone else was deemed unessential to social functioning.

@ExxAlerts: 17 AG’s now looking to bypass Biden pardon and prosecute Fauci on state level. by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Even if their efforts fail, it would keep him and the role he played and the lives he harmed front and center in the public's mind.

@ExxAlerts: 17 AG’s now looking to bypass Biden pardon and prosecute Fauci on state level. by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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The Most Dramatic Narrative Shift in Modern History ⋆ Brownstone Institute by Promyka5When in the course of human events... in WayOfTheBern

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After an eloquent intro about the disasters of gov and major institutions in 2020, this piece touches on USAID revelations and continues:

Frequently overlooked in all the commentary on our times is how the second Trump administration is Republican in name only but mostly consists of refugees from the other party. Tick through the names (Trump, Vance, Musk, Kennedy, Gabbard, and so on) and you find people who only a few years ago were associated with the Democratic Party.

Which is to say that this aggressive rooting out of the deep state is being achieved by what is a de facto third party aimed at overthrowing the establishments of the legacy ones. And this is not just in the US: the same dynamic is taking shape throughout the industrialized world. ...

Who is regretting this? It’s the legacy news media, the legacy academic establishment, the legacy corporate establishment, the legacy public-sector agencies, the legacy everything, and this regret knows no partisan or ideological bounds.

And who is celebrating this or, at least, enjoying the upheaval and cheering it on? It’s the independent media, the genuine grassroots, the deplorables and nonessentials, the pillaged and oppressed, the workers and peasants who were forced to serve the elites for years, those who have been truly marginalized through decades of exclusion from public life.

Disney+ puts ads into premium, ad-free tier;, just pirate it all. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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If you want to pirate any of this stuff, you can buy a superbox. You get over 1,000 live TV channels and VOD of a huge library of movies and TV shows. It's not perfect as sometimes the movies don't have subtitles or the subtitles are in a foreign language, but for the most part you can watch whatever you are looking for 95% of the time. For live TV, which I don't use much, a channel you are watching may dip in and out. Also used it to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve and it was two minutes behind.

Disney+ puts ads into premium, ad-free tier;, just pirate it all. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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On a side note, I learned a lot from his talking about NYC real estate, why storefronts go empty year after year - 1) because, for example, they're going for $75k a month; and 2) because these buildings are owned by so many people, many of whom don't even know they're part of their investment portfolio, that it would be impossible to get the necessary consensus from investors to lower the rent. Meanwhile, small business owners who could use the retail space can't afford the cost.

Disney+ puts ads into premium, ad-free tier;, just pirate it all. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Second comment as of when I loaded up the page just now:

If it's so bad to pirate, why do they make it so much worse to do things the legal way?

And... well... yeah, shouldn't this be the main question? But of course it isn't.

It's bad to get sick (which is arguable), so why do they make it so much worse to get "safely and effectively immunized" for the rest of your now-healthcare-focused life?

They keep selling harmful non-solutions while criminalizing any attempt at painting outside the lines. But don't think about it too much or you may end up a criminal according to these rules that were just made up.

Disney+ puts ads into premium, ad-free tier;, just pirate it all. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Louis is getting radical it seems because the corporations are screwing their paying customers over. He isn't wrong.

Zelensky fears elections, fears US audit by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Looks like Zelensky is losing his marbles because he knows that he will be held to account for his sins.

@KanekoaTheGreat: USAID funneled $53 million to EcoHealth Alliance, which then used U.S. taxpayer funds to support gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab—research that likely led to the creation of COVID-19. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]kingsmegLiberté, égalité, fraternité 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They never stopped doing this research stateside. They just renamed it. 'Bioweapons' became 'biodefense', and 'gain-of-function' became 'not-gain-of-function'.

@stats_feed: In the United States, 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level, 20% are below 5th-grade level, and 21% are illiterate. Source: The National Literacy Institute by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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You should see their website! Talk about poorly done...

@stats_feed: In the United States, 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level, 20% are below 5th-grade level, and 21% are illiterate. Source: The National Literacy Institute by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Here's real data, and read through the different subset results, mentally keep track of the outlier groups both high and low and what type of literacy.

Now do a comparative to the educational and economic norms of 2012, 17, and 23.

Notice the red flags?

https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/2023/national_results.asp

@stats_feed: In the United States, 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level, 20% are below 5th-grade level, and 21% are illiterate. Source: The National Literacy Institute by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]sdl5 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now ask for the full drill down raw datasets...

Who is represented in those 6th grade and below stats?

But they no longer share that knowledge. It was too educational to the generally literate public.

@KanekoaTheGreat: USAID funneled $53 million to EcoHealth Alliance, which then used U.S. taxpayer funds to support gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab—research that likely led to the creation of COVID-19. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]sdl5 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Truth is, they were using multiple sites in various parts of the world for this "research". And Wuhan was a part of that, dodging US domestic restrictions when people caught wind of what was being done Stateside

@stats_feed: In the United States, 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level, 20% are below 5th-grade level, and 21% are illiterate. Source: The National Literacy Institute by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]kingsmegLiberté, égalité, fraternité 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ironic, I suppose, that a tweet from the "National Literacy Institute" is so poorly worded that you're left unsure if 5% of Americans can read, or 46%.

@KanekoaTheGreat: USAID funneled $53 million to EcoHealth Alliance, which then used U.S. taxpayer funds to support gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab—research that likely led to the creation of COVID-19. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]kingsmegLiberté, égalité, fraternité 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, a $53M grant to EcoHealth Alliance did not result in the creation of covid in the WIV.

Covid was engineered by Ralph Baric at UNC Chapel Hill. No one at WIV has the technical know-how to do this. In any case, USA does not outsource the creation of bioweapons to China or anyone else. And USA has spent $100B on their bioweapons program, $53M isn't even a rounding error.

@KanekoaTheGreat: USAID funneled $53 million to EcoHealth Alliance, which then used U.S. taxpayer funds to support gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab—research that likely led to the creation of COVID-19. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They funneled $25 million into Georgia elections via a single grant.

@KanekoaTheGreat: USAID funneled $53 million to EcoHealth Alliance, which then used U.S. taxpayer funds to support gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab—research that likely led to the creation of COVID-19. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Full tweet, only missing mentions of Fauci:

USAID funneled $53 million to EcoHealth Alliance, which then used U.S. taxpayer funds to support gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab—research that likely led to the creation of COVID-19.

The CIA’s deception regarding COVID-19 origins becomes much clearer when considering USAID's long history of serving as a CIA front organization.

With an annual budget exceeding $50 billion and activities in over 100 countries, USAID has repeatedly been linked to intelligence activities. Former USAID Director John Gilligan once admitted the agency was “infiltrated from top to bottom with CIA people,” explaining that “the idea was to plant operatives in every kind of activity we had overseas: government, volunteer, religious, every kind.”

In 2013, a U.S. cable published by WikiLeaks outlined the U.S. strategy to undermine Venezuela’s government through USAID by "penetrating Chavez’s political base," "dividing Chavismo," and "isolating Chavez internationally."

In 2014, the Associated Press revealed that USAID funded the creation of a Twitter-like platform intended to incite a rebellion in Cuba.

USAID funding has been linked to coups in Haiti, Ukraine, Egypt, and other nations.

From 2009 to 2019, USAID partnered with EcoHealth Alliance on the PREDICT program, which identified 1,200 new viruses, trained 5,000 people globally in disease detection, and enhanced 60 research labs.

This partnership provided the CIA with a direct channel for embedding human assets within biological research facilities worldwide in exchange for funding and technology transfers.

In 2022, Dr. Andrew Huff, a former Vice President at EcoHealth Alliance, publicly revealed Dr. Peter Daszak’s alleged ties to the CIA.

The core issue?

The CIA lied to the American public about COVID-19’s origins because acknowledging the truth would expose its likely role in funneling taxpayer money through USAID to finance gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab.

@jimmy_dore: Tucker: ”To purposely target women & children, I think it’s evil” / Piers: “Is it evil?” / Tucker: “Is it evil to kill civilians on purpose? Yeah I think it is” / Piers: “Really?” [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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So... as a response to Jimmy calling him out for openly supporting genocide during his 'debate' with Tucker Carlson, Piers Morgan dug deeper and posted this:

Try watching the actual interview in proper context then perhaps you wouldn’t post such unutterably stupid garbage….

To which the full tweet of Jimmy's reply is:

Tucker: ”To purposely target women & children, I think it’s evil”

Piers: “Is it evil?”

Tucker: “Is it evil to kill civilians on purpose? Yeah I think it is”

Piers: “Really?”

Tucker: How is it right to kill women & children?”

Piers: “Because I think there’s a moral right behind you”

Tucker: “To kill women & children?!?”

Piers: “If you’re fighting a world war”

This where you admit you said what you said cuz you said it even if you don’t understand how a video record of you saying it works.

With link to this clip of it happening.

@stats_feed: In the United States, 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level, 20% are below 5th-grade level, and 21% are illiterate. Source: The National Literacy Institute by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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And nowadays it's all at this level.

@stats_feed: In the United States, 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level, 20% are below 5th-grade level, and 21% are illiterate. Source: The National Literacy Institute by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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45 yrs ago, my fed agency clients directed me to write public health info pieces to a 7th-8th grade reading level. 35 yrs ago, the directive changed to 5th-grade reading level with lots of bullets, pictures, and white space. The target reading level remained at 5th grade for the next several decades I did that type of work.

@stats_feed: In the United States, 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level, 20% are below 5th-grade level, and 21% are illiterate. Source: The National Literacy Institute by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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So I'm guessing 45% are independent and 1% are oligarchs?

Can France Survive the Mediocrity of Macron? | When Emmanuel Macron came to power in 2017, he was hailed as the savior of French business and an investment genius. Today, the former Rothschild banker has all but ruined France’s economy and status in the world. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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That'd be nice, but taking the US as a model (which is what corporate media consistently does and uses as the source of truth), it's all perfectly normal, nothing to see, move along, any criticism means that you're a Russian puppet.

Can France Survive the Mediocrity of Macron? | When Emmanuel Macron came to power in 2017, he was hailed as the savior of French business and an investment genius. Today, the former Rothschild banker has all but ruined France’s economy and status in the world. by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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If ever there was a world leader more undesirable than Emmanuel Macron, he’d have to be named Tredeau or Biden. Where the French are concerned, Marie Antoinette might give Macron a run in a popularity contest. France’s savior has turned out to be a catastrophe.

At this rate, France is going to need another revolution. The level of greed, corruption, and incompetence has been ridiculous.

Mr. President, When it Comes to Russia, Check Your Assumptions by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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My only hope is that an actual face to face with Putin happens via video conference sooner than later, and some hard home truths are gently but clearly said about the reality of Ukr.

Kyiv left without South Korean shells, Seoul takes Russia's warning seriously by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Yes, that was the exact play.

Kyiv left without South Korean shells, Seoul takes Russia's warning seriously by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Ah, now it suddenly makes sense why NATO has been making all these unsupported accusations that the North Koreans are fighting in the Ukraine.

Kyiv left without South Korean shells, Seoul takes Russia's warning seriously by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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With Yoon, who was a very pro-US South Korean leader, now out, the South Koreans are probably going to lower the escalation of their involvement in Ukraine.

Mr. President, When it Comes to Russia, Check Your Assumptions by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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If Trump thinks he can achieve a similar win over Putin using these methods, he better think twice. While the United States enjoys enormous leverage over Colombia, Russia is a different story. Trump, by virtue of his public statements this past week, is convinced that Russia is suffering enormous casualties and that its economy is faltering. Both assumptions are false.

Russia and China have much more bargaining power than the US does right now. Bluster can't compensate for that.

The Grayzone: New ICJ president plagiarized in the name of Christian Zionism | Julia Sebutinde is a dedicated Christian Zionist who stood alone in rejecting South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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This other hand being most likely the reason for the first.

The Grayzone: New ICJ president plagiarized in the name of Christian Zionism | Julia Sebutinde is a dedicated Christian Zionist who stood alone in rejecting South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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This bit is also interesting:

The ICJ’s President Nawaf Salam resigned on January 14, 2025 to become Prime Minister of Lebanon

I'm hearing from the analysts I follow that the new government of Lebanon is working closely with the US and Israel to push Hizbullah out. On the other hand, Hizbullah appears to be even stronger than before and with even broader support.

Trump Off to a Fast Start, But Stumbles on Russia by RandomCollection in WayOfTheBern

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Either Trump is lying on purpose in a desperate hope to gain leverage where he has none or he is being lied to by the US intelligence community in a desperate bid to keep the war going.

The Grayzone: New ICJ president plagiarized in the name of Christian Zionism | Julia Sebutinde is a dedicated Christian Zionist who stood alone in rejecting South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. [...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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With new countries joining South Africa’s case accusing Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, and a ceasefire potentially enabling war crimes investigators to gather fresh evidence of Israeli atrocities, a leadership shakeup at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) threatens to undermine the campaign for legal accountability.

The ICJ’s President Nawaf Salam resigned on January 14, 2025 to become Prime Minister of Lebanon, and was succeeded by Justice Julia Sebutinde of Uganda. Many observers were stunned when Sebutinde voted “no” on all resolutions introduced by South Africa in January 2024, placing herself in opposition to all ICJ judges, including her Israeli colleague, Aharon Barak.

The Ugandan judge rejected the court’s call for the Israeli military to halt deliberate assaults on civilians, end its policy of forced displacement, and cancel its planned invasion of Rafah. In a previous advisory case on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories, Sebutinde insisted that Palestinians had not been subjected to any military occupation whatsoever. In fact, she concluded that Israel may have the right to maintain a permanent presence in the West Bank and the whole of Jerusalem on the basis of purely biblical claims.

After probing deeper into Sebutinde’s bizarre dissent, a Princeton University graduate student named Zachary Foster discovered that large sections of it had been plagiarized from sources including neoconservative operative Douglas Feith and the Jewish Virtual Library.

Sebutinde’s fanatical adherence to Israel’s agenda does not appear to be the product of manipulation or enticement, however. The views expressed in her dissent on the South African case were much more likely a reflection of the Christian Zionist belief system she developed as a member of Watoto, a Pentecostal megachurch in the Ugandan capital of Kampala.

@MidwesternDoc: To sabotage RFK's nomination @SenSanders held a panel where "experts" (who've made a lot of money off vaccines) repeated the classic vaccine sales lines. Out of 1k comments, only 24 (2%) supported Sanders, while the rest (98%) critiqued all the lies. No one trusts pharma now! by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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The whole lot of them should be thrown out. Preferably in something they can't crawl back out of.

Judge Napolitano w/ Rand Paul: Is Fauci a Felon? by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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If Napolitano could find something different than 'my dear friend' to say to every single guest in every single interview, that'd be different enough for me already :/

@MidwesternDoc: To sabotage RFK's nomination @SenSanders held a panel where "experts" (who've made a lot of money off vaccines) repeated the classic vaccine sales lines. Out of 1k comments, only 24 (2%) supported Sanders, while the rest (98%) critiqued all the lies. No one trusts pharma now! by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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He did support the destruction of Libya so mass destruction was in his past already.

Judge Napolitano w/ Rand Paul: Is Fauci a Felon? by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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You'll get tired of it after two weeks and want something different.

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Has it been less than a week??? Wild ride so far, the switchbacks, slow climbs, sudden bizarre directions taken, hysterical screaming and irrational demands from the passengers... All something to behold from the only semi-safe vantage point of solid ground below. All here has barely touched most! by sdl5 in WayOfTheBern

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Yeah, been crazy in a lot of places.

Watching cultural exchange on Musk's Nazi salute...

Then watching people ban Twitter for various reasons.

Reddit is just becoming more and more irritating...

@Megatron_ron: Trump called the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, and demanded that Denmark hand over Greenland to the United States - Financial Times reports citing five European officials. The conversation was a disaster. [No shit...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Assuming that the European officials weren't lying. Yes, Trump has made stupid comments about Greenland but demanding that Denmark "hand over Greenland" sounds like the typical hysterical utterances made by these morons. After all this time did they suddenly become rational, trustworthy sources?

@Megatron_ron: Trump called the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, and demanded that Denmark hand over Greenland to the United States - Financial Times reports citing five European officials. The conversation was a disaster. [No shit...] by Maniak🥃😾 in WayOfTheBern

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Full tweet, surprising nobody:

Trump called the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, and demanded that Denmark hand over Greenland to the United States - Financial Times reports citing five European officials

The conversation was a disaster. Trump was reportedly aggressive and confrontational, rejecting all offers of cooperation from Denmark and focusing solely on acquiring Greenland.

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