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Pondering about a 4th culture-concept; Asia = shame-culture, Arab/muslim = honor-culture, West = guilt-culture, Russia = blame-culture. + 'Pathological Altruism' (Barbara Oakley, Oakland University) + Hanlon's Razor driven in Reverse, Biting you in the Ass
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Btw, about that trade balance deficit, between EU & USA, but also between China & USA. What part/percentage is tourism? Mind you, I am *not* saying this the Law of Unintentional Consequences. Because that would require the premiss of Krasnov to be acting on behalf of the USA. (&tourism=collateral)

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Never did a coalmine have this many canaries.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

An Australian man with a US work visa was detained upon reentry, called a “retard” and told, “Trump is back in town; we’re doing things the way we should have always been doing them.” He was held with 100 people including many Canadians. Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.

submitted 1 day ago • 89 comments

"Australia’s Smartraveller website advises visitors to the US that a valid visa 'doesn’t guarantee entry to the United States'." ¯\_🇺🇲_/¯

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Absolutely shameful: Witkoff breaks Russian dictator Putin's diplomatic isolation from the Free World. His handshake with the murderous Kremlin tyrant is like a symbol of Washington's abdication of its position as leader of the West.

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

We stand by our reporting.

submitted 17 hours ago • 252 comments

i think about this photo a lot

submitted 17 hours ago • 974 comments

Remember I told you that the plan is to get the “minerals deal” with Ukraine, then “realize” you can’t get the profits on it (infrastructure isn’t there, and… war), so then Russia could “buy US out” of the deal and hereby own it all? Think who actually needs the pipeline to have EU’s dependence ⬇️

submitted 17 hours ago • 31 comments

Correct. The non-defense economy is in recession with high inflation (stagflation).

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

This is a very instructive oped from Oren Cass. The baked in assumption is that Europe is weak and feckless. A client that will always be in search of a patron. Perhaps. But what’s also telling is there is just zero reckoning of the European project. The idea that Europe has… on.ft.com/44tA5Zg

submitted 22 hours ago • 13 comments

The Estonian navy seized the Kiwala, an oil tanker on the EU sanctions list, for lacking a valid flag while en route to Russia. Listed for irregular practices, the tanker was flagged from Djibouti, which denies registration. www.devdiscourse.com/article/head...

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

Same old story.

submitted 14 hours ago • 5 comments

And, of course, if DMA enforcement against Big Tech in the EU is delayed/blocked because of Trump, I don't see how competition et similia policy can still be enforced against other companies lacking such political support. Rule of law at risk in the EU as well..

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

wapo.st/42oofgw

submitted 15 hours ago • 9 comments

‼️ Russia: “Eight Russians were held in slavery for years to collect scrap metal from landfills” They were freed in Kuzbass (Kemerovo) Slavery is a big and frequent problem in Russia. www.mk.ru/incident/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

‼️ “Russians are not allowed into Ecuador due to security threats” Way to go Ecuador! I hope you were extra petty about it too 😂 🇪🇨: Humpback Fly this! 🇷🇺: 😡 www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Meanwhile in Russia… “Surgut Mayor Maxim Slepov has banned officials from "liking" pornography, publishing nude photos and pictures with expensive cars in the background.” www.mk.ru/politics/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

‼️ Russia: “Prices for basic vegetables hit records and continue to rise” www.mk.ru/economics/20...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Russian Media: “Trump Says Elon Musk Is Useless” 😂 www.mk.ru/politics/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

‼️ Russia: “Roscosmos names number of employees killed or missing in action at SMO” I think some of them were part of “Uranus Battalion” (not a joke) But wait until you see the numbers in this article Note: It doesn’t mean the numbers are accurate www.kommersant.ru/doc/7656432

submitted 12 hours ago • 4 comments

‼️ “Estonia reports 40 violations on detained tanker Kiwala” 🇪🇪: 😈 “The vessel is prohibited from continuing its journey until the deficiencies are corrected” This is the way… www.kommersant.ru/doc/7656438

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV pundits on Vladimir Solovyov's show took turns mocking Trump. They applauded the damage he is doing to the U.S. and the world order and urged him to keep going for as long as possible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCX9...

submitted 14 hours ago • 43 comments

Putin’s meeting with Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, lasted more than four hours. Meanwhile, Reuters reports that about a week ago, Witkoff told Trump that the quickest way to achieve a ceasefire would be to give Russia four regions of Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

submitted 19 hours ago • 39 comments

Mood tonight

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

#17/17 En jaaaa, daar is'ie weer, 'onze correspondent', met taalgebruik en zinsconstructies die als appel op het ei Paul Jansen lijken. Kan mij iemand, enigerlei media-guru, uitleggen wat dit voor ongein is? (ook inhoudelijk slaat'ie de fascisme-genocidale plank weer totaal mis) archive.ph/B21VP

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Sowieso; wie Leon de Winter's gaslighting proza kan hachelen, die slikt ook moeiteloos de bagger van Duk.

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Duk denckt dat files door buitenlanders komen. Hoofdredacteur van de T. Karman Ullah, Barlaeusjongen, moet zich elke dag afvragen: ‘Wie heeft mij in godsnaam met deze proleet opgescheept?’

submitted 7 days ago • 20 comments