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Posts by chung van gog

It's silly and wrong to act like Trump was gonna be committed to pacifist foreign policy before the Israelis blackmailed him. And, yes, it is in fact anti-Semitic. For one thing, there's evidently a section of the American military establishment who have been gagging for war with Iran for decades.

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Why? Is there evidence for that? Yes, he is an evil person who has done many evil things. And evil people sometimes stage assassination attempts. But before such a thing can be asserted, surely there needs to be evidence first. Trump being an evil person doesn't count as evidence..

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Quesiton: how exactly should "we" "burn down the patriarchy"? Is there a simple five-step plan on this? 🙂

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i get what you are saying, but domestic violence is also a major problem in other countries that do not have gun problems

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there’s a reason i listen to music for hours each day

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If it weren’t for music, life’d be intolerable

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Seems inconsistent. Surely each person is primarily responsible for their own actions including Mr. Trump? Yes, a lot of people (mostly Republican leaders) are complicit, but that shouldn't exonerate Trump for his decades of gravely evil conduct.

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Or rather, since the last question is loaded, let me offload the question.

Did the US make significant gains in strengthening of the rule of law, of media pluralism, of civil liberties, and of political checks and balances when Biden was president? Why/why not?

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I don't know man. What you are saying sounds pretty extreme to me.

Is there really a need to accuse leftists of being "leftists" and calling them "rat-fuckers"? Will "Democrats winning" really improve the strength of US democracy? Why didn't four years of Biden improve things?

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Should the Democrats be immune from criticism? stargirl918 seems to be just expressing that she would like Democrats to do more as well to impeach or remove POTUS.

One may disagree about the extent to which that is viable. But I don't think your frame is fair..

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i reject hate and division!

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so the exit strat is a return to pinochet?

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Europe has ‘maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,’ energy agency head warns – business live There will be flight cancellations ‘soon’ if oil supplies are not restored in coming weeks, says head of IEA

lol shit will go south quickly

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Europe live: Russia ‘does not deserve’ lifting of sanctions, Zelenskyy says, after deadly overnight strikes in Ukraine Ukrainian president says nearly 700 Russian drones and 19 ballistic missiles mostly targeted Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro

Fair

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woah what an outage

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Of course they are not synonymous. But eg Biden self-identifies as a Zionist.

But ok - how would you name the current influential factions in the US?

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Interesting. I oppose imperialism in general, and thus American imperialism in particular. But should that translate to opposing NATO itself?

For example, both Trump and Putin would rather have NATO disbanded. So I don’t know. I tend to think it needs thorough reform.

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life is short. DNF’ing is the way to go :)

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Whose brand? I’m genuinely not following.

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Here goes: Anglophone rhetoric likes to call some governments “regimes”. I do find this objectionable: it introduces a rhetorical “friends-or-enemies” grading of governments.

We already have words for degrees of autocracy. I do not really see the need for delegitimising terms such as “regime”.

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l think you make sense, and we are substantially in agreement. I guess it was the “nobody” in your OP that tripped me up: civilians are, of course, innocent in the sense that no preventable harm should ever befall them.

There is only one minor remaining nuance I would like to flag. 1/2

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Vaishali Rameshbabu 🇮🇳 wins in the 14th and final round to earn first place in the Candidates!!

She will challenge Ju Wenjun for a chance to become the Women's World Chess Champion 🏆

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Iran is a sovereign nation. This is an illegal war of aggression.

The abysmal human rights record of the Iranian government is entirely besides the point.

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Avoid Gulf stream disruption at all costs, scientists warn How close the world is to a catastrophic collapse of the giant ocean currents is unknown, making halting global warming more critical than ever, scientists say

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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

periodic amoc breakdown warning post

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Inside the Mystery Swirling Around a California 9/11 Cover-Up  - LAmag A landmark civil lawsuit filed by 9/11 victims accuses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of funding a jihadist cell in Southern California.

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interesting

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Don't like folks importing the culture of not posting source links from X. You're not the original source, make it easy for people to find to verify your claims!

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probably

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fuck ai slop. people sharing ai slop need to go to the metaverse prison

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US-Israeli Attacks on Iran Show a Pattern of ‘Double-Tap’ Strikes New Lines verified three cases in Tehran and Karaj where sites were hit multiple times, increasing the harm to civilians and first responders for little military advantage

Analysis by @ntabrizy.bsky.social and myself for @newlinesmag.bsky.social reveals that the U.S.-Israeli coalition has employed so-called double tap strikes, showing a callous disregard for civilians and a pattern of airstrikes seeking to inflict reckless harm on Iranians.

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