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Title: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on July 16, 2021, 04:27:41 AM
https://twitter.com/MC_of_A/status/1415441511362318336
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Post by: MakeItRain on July 16, 2021, 01:18:08 PM
That's hilarious
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on July 17, 2021, 12:26:59 AM
Celebrities: they’re just like us!
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on July 20, 2021, 07:56:37 PM
not really news, but an interesting essay (warning, there is no satisfying conclusion drawn).

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1417399061301260291
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Post by: sonofdaxjones on July 20, 2021, 09:25:16 PM
3 Dams collapse in China.  Not sure if they're hydro-electric.

If so, they'll fire up another 5 coal fired power plants.

But they've "promised" to work on that green energy.

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Post by: sys on July 22, 2021, 05:26:40 PM
interesting thread.

https://twitter.com/VerbatimHKG/status/1418315769897578498
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Post by: star seed 7 on July 22, 2021, 08:02:51 PM
Yikes
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Post by: Spracne on July 22, 2021, 08:24:57 PM
interesting thread.

https://twitter.com/VerbatimHKG/status/1418315769897578498

That is a shocking video. Not sure why the guy filming on his phone is cracking jokes like it's a comedy club, tho.
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on July 30, 2021, 01:48:54 PM
https://twitter.com/ReutersScience/status/1421094497207955457
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Post by: sys on July 30, 2021, 06:37:06 PM
yeah, coffee is already mumped apparently.
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Post by: KST8FAN on July 30, 2021, 07:56:15 PM
So is that supposed to mump up alot of crops? I have no idea about growing seasons there.
http://www.soybeansandcorn.com/Brazil-Crop-Cycles

Tom

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Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on August 12, 2021, 01:14:37 PM
not foreign, but suitably random.  good news for americans.

https://twitter.com/CharlesCMann/status/1425855058508386320
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Post by: chum1 on August 12, 2021, 03:27:08 PM
Godspeed, redwoods of the East.
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Post by: sys on August 23, 2021, 04:05:38 PM
just look at that beautiful valley.  tourism is the obvious choice to bring in hard currencies.
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Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on August 23, 2021, 04:33:30 PM
https://twitter.com/AlanMCole/status/1429799225488023559
Good economics lesson in there. Wasn't someone saying that Afghanistan has copper deposits the Chinese are interested in extracting? Seems like this would be a good way to fund the regime. Get cash in exchange for the copper. Like a discount Saudi Arabia with copper instead of oil. The Taliban regime would probably just use the cash to buy weapons (like N Korea).  Only $600M of medical supplies imported per year - that is like $22.50 per Afghan citizen.
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Post by: chum1 on August 26, 2021, 04:30:58 PM
Interesting topic.

https://twitter.com/stacyfmitchell/status/1430149663735402514
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Post by: DaBigTrain on August 26, 2021, 04:58:59 PM
This seems like it belongs in the random domestic new thread
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on July 08, 2022, 04:04:10 AM
some dude killed abe with a homemade gun.

https://twitter.com/CalibreObscura/status/1545287612038090755
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Post by: Spracne on July 08, 2022, 01:55:10 PM
I mean, the assassination of a former head of state is pretty big news. Crickets?
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Post by: Rage Against the McKee on July 08, 2022, 02:46:04 PM
I mean, the assassination of a former head of state is pretty big news. Crickets?

Not really sure what to say about it. People are crazy.
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Post by: catastrophe on July 08, 2022, 02:47:54 PM
Ted Cruz immediately posted his condolences along with a picture of him meeting Abe to make sure people know he’s still relevant.
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Post by: chum1 on July 08, 2022, 02:48:19 PM
I assume everyone is against it. Probably shouldn't given where the GOP is at these days.
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Post by: CNS on July 08, 2022, 03:08:34 PM
I have been waiting for someone to post the comment about if we control guns, crazy ppl will just make them for themselves. 
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Post by: bucket on July 08, 2022, 03:50:40 PM
I have been waiting for someone to post the comment about if we control guns, crazy ppl will just make them for themselves.

I was going to post something similar this morning but refrained
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Post by: Kat Kid on July 09, 2022, 08:03:39 AM
I mean, the assassination of a former head of state is pretty big news. Crickets?
Abe was bad. Japan’s democracy is more of a joke than ours. The Reuters headline was funny. https://twitter.com/Srirachachau/status/1545300311815831552?s=20&t=QYpxZIt3TVxmP0bWQ8FFDA
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Post by: WillieWatanabe on July 09, 2022, 01:04:40 PM
You would think with a name like Abe, there would have been more protections in place.
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on July 09, 2022, 05:53:22 PM
Abe was bad. Japan’s democracy is more of a joke than ours. The Reuters headline was funny. https://twitter.com/Srirachachau/status/1545300311815831552?s=20&t=QYpxZIt3TVxmP0bWQ8FFDA

abe was good, katkid.
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Post by: steve dave on July 09, 2022, 06:30:55 PM
Abe was bad. Japan’s democracy is more of a joke than ours. The Reuters headline was funny. https://twitter.com/Srirachachau/status/1545300311815831552?s=20&t=QYpxZIt3TVxmP0bWQ8FFDA

abe was good, katkid.
Yeah, I’m a big Abe guy. WTF tankiecat
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: Kat Kid on July 10, 2022, 10:09:59 AM
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-shinzo-abe-sought-to-rewrite-japanese-history
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Post by: Spracne on July 10, 2022, 12:59:51 PM
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-shinzo-abe-sought-to-rewrite-japanese-history

I promise to read this later, after I load some fresh tobacco into my pipe and don my smoking jacket.
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on July 10, 2022, 02:43:59 PM
yeah, he was bad on historical accountability.  good at governing.
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: Kat Kid on July 11, 2022, 10:05:12 AM
The assassin was a Moonie

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/mother-suspect-abe-killing-was-member-unification-church-church-says-2022-07-11/ (https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/mother-suspect-abe-killing-was-member-unification-church-church-says-2022-07-11/)
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on September 15, 2022, 11:33:26 PM
https://twitter.com/_elfaro_/status/1570608623331737601
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Post by: sys on September 23, 2022, 09:29:34 PM
persian autumn or naw?

https://twitter.com/ErshadAlijani/status/1573439362427244558
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on October 19, 2022, 09:18:38 PM
https://twitter.com/adamlangleben/status/1582809189105090565
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Post by: Spracne on October 19, 2022, 09:29:25 PM
For those not as tied into U.K. politics as I am, the plight of the Tories is quite a show.
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on October 20, 2022, 09:14:42 AM
https://twitter.com/LouisStaples/status/1583077007138906113
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Post by: chum1 on October 20, 2022, 09:31:30 AM
Lol
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Post by: mocat on October 20, 2022, 09:32:50 AM
... and into the black
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Post by: michigancat on October 20, 2022, 01:58:19 PM
persian autumn or naw?

https://twitter.com/ErshadAlijani/status/1573439362427244558

I have an Iranian coworker and she is very fired up

also what's going on with Haiti?
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Post by: nicname on October 20, 2022, 04:33:09 PM
A head of lettuce with a blonde wig and googly eyes lasted longer than Truss.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/20/iceberg-lettuce-in-blonde-wig-outlasts-liz-truss
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on October 20, 2022, 04:38:18 PM
what's going on with Haiti?

my very fuzzy understanding is that the government is both illegitimate and ineffectual and power is somewhat devolved to gangs (maybe warlords would be a better term?).
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on October 20, 2022, 06:03:19 PM
seems to me more likely than not that they'll go back to bojo, which would be so funny.

https://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1583203501710069760
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Post by: Spracne on October 20, 2022, 06:05:41 PM
I'd go with Penny, solely because she's a woman. The world would benefit from more female leaders.
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on October 24, 2022, 08:59:18 AM
https://twitter.com/ParikPatelCFA/status/1584537281553059840?s=20&t=jK_gaUUw3hVBTSmkCE7aFQ
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Post by: MakeItRain on October 24, 2022, 11:29:58 AM
I'd go with Penny, solely because she's a woman. The world would benefit from more female leaders.

Pretty hilarious given the reason they're in this current situation.
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Post by: Spracne on October 24, 2022, 03:16:48 PM
What can I say? In for a Penny, in for a pound.
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Post by: Dugout DickStone on October 24, 2022, 03:22:39 PM
What can I say? In for a Penny, in for a pound.

It’s better to be Penny wise than pound foolish
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on October 24, 2022, 08:57:56 PM
i'm sad we won't get boris 2.0. 
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Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on October 31, 2022, 01:13:00 PM
https://twitter.com/ksadjadpour/status/1586865152988790787?s=20&t=_78GPf2yDaGOf4hb8HACJQ
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Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on December 02, 2022, 12:38:21 PM
orwellian hellscape:

Quote
“There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always— do not forget this, Winston— always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever. ”

https://twitter.com/NasimiShabnam/status/1598324324225662978?s=20&t=DZ4BvpRvZUgBFtJCw10egg
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on December 07, 2022, 05:27:18 PM
https://twitter.com/hyperplanes/status/1600567976951955461
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on January 05, 2023, 09:10:29 PM
a very, very extended family member was mildly caught up in this (their vehicle was carjacked by some narcos who apparently needed a way to get to someplace else).

https://twitter.com/LostWeapons/status/1611165804330094593
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Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 06, 2023, 08:28:57 AM
your definition of "mildly" is different than mine.
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Post by: steve dave on January 06, 2023, 08:35:37 AM
I mildly get carjacked at gunpoint by narcos all the time
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Post by: Trim on January 16, 2023, 03:42:38 PM
:love:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/mexico-imposes-worlds-strictest-anti-smoking-laws/story?id=96457353
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on March 10, 2023, 09:53:19 AM
The Country of Georgia most certainly avoided Maiden Coup 2.0 by repealing the NGO legislation . . . Russia immediately blamed, of course.  French born Georgian Pres most certainly got a talking to while she visits the United States.

Arab/Persian Spring Part (insert number here) Alert for Saudi Arabia and Iran.



Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on March 10, 2023, 12:31:11 PM
Please note, Saudi's are now accepting Chinese Yuan for oil . . . someone please move the Saudi Arab Spring clock to 15 seconds before midnight.

Thank You

Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: Dugout DickStone on March 10, 2023, 12:48:17 PM
Please note, Saudi's are now accepting Chinese Yuan for oil . . . someone please move the Saudi Arab Spring clock to 15 seconds before midnight.

Thank You

That would be awesome
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on March 26, 2023, 05:15:43 PM
https://twitter.com/dana916/status/1640033660144427008?s=46&t=8LFi4v4wWdQ943OQeWeVww

https://twitter.com/gvozdenac71/status/1640048410723237888?s=46&t=8LFi4v4wWdQ943OQeWeVww

https://tacticalsolutionsgroup.com/executive-team/
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on March 27, 2023, 05:55:46 PM
https://twitter.com/Amena__Bakr/status/1640285243801214976?s=20
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Post by: Cire on March 27, 2023, 06:07:23 PM
https://twitter.com/Amena__Bakr/status/1640285243801214976?s=20
What does Rupert Murdoch want us to think about that Dax ?


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Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on March 27, 2023, 06:16:49 PM
https://twitter.com/Amena__Bakr/status/1640285243801214976?s=20
What does Rupert Murdoch want us to think about that Dax ?


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Who GAF, and I'm still laughing at the giant derps who think Murdoch still owns National Geographic after they dumped their Geography competition . . . because apparently too many smart Asians were winning it.

What does Rachel  :jeffy: Maddow have to say about this cire?

#blueanongE - Even basic news reporting triggers us


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Post by: star seed 7 on March 27, 2023, 06:36:21 PM

Who GAF, and I'm still laughing at the giant derps who think Murdoch still owns National Geographic after they dumped their Geography competition . . . because apparently too many smart Asians were winning it.

LMFAO
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: MakeItRain on March 28, 2023, 11:14:27 AM
https://twitter.com/Amena__Bakr/status/1640285243801214976?s=20
What does Rupert Murdoch want us to think about that Dax ?


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Who GAF, and I'm still laughing at the giant derps who think Murdoch still owns National Geographic after they dumped their Geography competition . . . because apparently too many smart Asians were winning it.

What does Rachel  :jeffy: Maddow have to say about this cire?

#blueanongE - Even basic news reporting triggers us

 :ROFL:
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on April 06, 2023, 07:47:00 AM
They’re gonna have to answer to the Black Rock Institutional Trust Company for this


https://twitter.com/berniespofforth/status/1643942146569904128?s=46&t=8LFi4v4wWdQ943OQeWeVww

Mac . . . seems like a good time go visit Xi, learn how to crush a rebellion from the best
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on April 11, 2023, 05:23:10 AM
Move the Erdo coup clock forward another 30 seconds

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gas-found-in-black-sea-worth-over-500-bln-minister-182233
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Post by: Katpappy on April 11, 2023, 08:18:16 PM
Sounds like Turkey is going to be sitting pretty in a few years.  Since they hate Russia this will get the dependence on gas from Russia down to zero and they'll be flipping off Puton in the near future if he's still alive.
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Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 10, 2023, 09:32:07 AM
Imran Khan . . . doesn't play well enough with U.S., U.S. influence wanes, starts talking a lot more with China and Russia, gets coup'd.

Starts to gain traction again in country, gets charged with corruption (speeding tickets - Indy 500 quote here).

The story of our modern times

Always great to see domestic upheaval in a country that has nukes  :thumbsup:

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Post by: sonofdaxjones on June 13, 2023, 07:32:04 AM
Lotta work going in trying to keep this one in the box

https://www.politico.eu/article/qatargate-corruption-scandal-13-key-players-six-months-on-european-parliament/amp/
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Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on August 06, 2023, 12:30:48 PM
Fascinating podcast about the Israel Supreme Court situation:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dispatch-podcast/id1493229344?i=1000623563623
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on August 09, 2023, 10:38:36 PM
 :frown:

https://twitter.com/JoaquinCastrotx/status/1689454949640368130
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on August 14, 2023, 07:19:49 PM
it'd be great if peta mumped off sometime soon.

https://twitter.com/Daniel_A_Villar/status/1690838561551970305
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on September 21, 2023, 05:44:23 PM
the two most popular (i think) presidents in latin america are amlo who declared an detente with the cartels and has seen them assume a larger role in mexican life and this guy, who seemingly has brought organized crime to record lows in el salvador by ignoring inconvenient stuff like due process and whatnot.

https://twitter.com/_Reaganite_/status/1704973074318184639
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on November 19, 2023, 07:09:00 PM
to be absolutely clear.  argentina's new president has strongly denied rough ridin' his sister.

https://twitter.com/theBAtimes/status/1724026320085250289
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Post by: CNS on November 19, 2023, 08:18:09 PM
Is this the guy who talks political strategy with his dead dog’s ghost?
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on November 19, 2023, 10:34:18 PM
i kinda like the way he talks.

https://twitter.com/SwannMarcus89/status/1726444355383402764
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Post by: nicname on November 19, 2023, 10:49:32 PM
i kinda like the way he talks.

https://twitter.com/SwannMarcus89/status/1726444355383402764

zeal
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: Spracne on November 19, 2023, 10:51:34 PM
I'm less than enthused about this.
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Post by: star seed 7 on November 19, 2023, 11:21:41 PM
It seems selling children is just another incentive to breeders
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Post by: Pete on November 20, 2023, 06:44:38 AM
The BBC alleged that he has supported the legalization of selling human organs. 
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Post by: wetwillie on November 20, 2023, 06:56:15 AM
Time to get that lithium pipeline going
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Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on November 20, 2023, 10:15:53 AM
The BBC alleged that he has supported the legalization of selling human organs.
The Economist (known bastion of shitlibs) is also reporting this.
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Post by: Kat Kid on November 20, 2023, 01:04:37 PM
Lot of “warm up the helicopters” Pinochet right fans lining up behind this fascist.
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on November 20, 2023, 10:18:09 PM
https://twitter.com/Teh_Snowflake/status/1726806704459772253
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Post by: Dugout DickStone on November 21, 2023, 02:22:02 PM
If I have to ask, is this guy maga?
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Post by: Rage Against the McKee on November 21, 2023, 02:42:32 PM
If I have to ask, is this guy maga?

He married his sister, so you don't have to ask.
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: wetwillie on November 21, 2023, 04:57:53 PM
The British papers refer to him as "The Sex Lion" so that's interesting.
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on November 22, 2023, 01:46:53 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_j9CbSXAAAWUeP?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on November 26, 2023, 05:31:07 PM
https://twitter.com/_Reaganite_/status/1728834665501651078
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sys on November 28, 2023, 10:07:02 PM
big get for the jews.  when sheinbaum wins in mexico, two of the largest four countries in latin american will have jewish presidents.

https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1729455305275159028
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on December 01, 2023, 06:59:00 AM
The Jews . . . sys
Title: Re: random foreign news thread
Post by: sonofdaxjones on December 01, 2023, 07:00:19 AM
When your so beat down by an alleged ally, that you just don’t matter anymore

https://twitter.com/olgabazova/status/1730257415298306354?s=46&t=-jwPwnR3rKHM9sk9hA7h8g