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[Jamie]

Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
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🇺🇲⚔️🇨🇳US Navy Chief Unveils Plan to Be Ready for War With China by 2027

Honestly...How Many Wars Does The West Want?

I'll not forget my friends in the army, being told they're being prepared for a possible war with Russia in 2026.
Old quote here from 2022:

Posted by Jamie (here)
Apparently an officer told those training at a base in Yorkshire that the army are increasing training in preparation to fight Russia in 4 years time.
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So is America going to be fighting China, while the UK & allies supposedly fight Russia?! Madness.

Admittedly I hope all this is just talk. Just precaution.
I guess you need to say something to the troops for training, even if it never happens.

[HopSan]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
It's possible that things are really beginning to change in Europe. Is this a new sign of democracy really doing what it's meant to do?

The Austrian Freedom Party, which opposes anti-Russian sanctions, takes first place in the parliamentary elections with 29.2% of the vote.

A new 18-minute video on exactly this from The Duran. I've NOT watched this yet, but I suspect the video title says it all.

Austria election: Freedom Party wins, Globalists rejected

Yes, it's an interesting discussion. The Austrian Freedom Party stands against unrestricted immigration and the continuation of the Ukraine war (no more money or weapons for Zelensky), and stands for resumption of trade with Russia, which for decades has been an Austrian norm.

And of course, they're being branded as 'far-right'.

Alexander Mercouris presents his strong view, which I'm sure is correct, that (of course, again), despite winning the election they have no chance of attaining any meaningful power. Throughout Europe, despite the growing sea change in electoral opinions, the resident political establishments all conspire and manipulate in any and all ways possible to keep the alternative parties out of power. However, this may well not be able to be sustained for too long.

I listened Mercouris-comment, and agree with him.

Austrians (as Finnish) are nice people (I visited Austria years ago, and remember the family, and their charming dog 'Anchen'), and thus react slowly.
Perhaps the same is the case with Germans and AfD.

Every single vote against the globalists there is an active, heavy, considered vote.
My people are even sweeter, end thus even slower, but the reaction shall be very clear.

Extremely hope-inducing!

[Bill Ryan]

Just as a hundred Iranian missiles rain down on Tel Aviv, we now have this.

• https://zerohedge.com/markets/it-beg...y-chain-crisis

It Begins: US Port Strikes Erupt, First Shutdown in 50 Years Sparks Fears of Supply Chain Crisis

[Sirus]

It'll be interesting to see how Israel retaliates on Iran. I hope for the Iranians sake its an extremely targeted response.
Having known Farsi myself, they are not fans of the current regime so this could spark another wave of protests against the Iranian government.

[Abondance]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
Just as a hundred Iranian missiles rain down on Tel Aviv, we now have this.

• https://zerohedge.com/markets/it-beg...y-chain-crisis

It Begins: US Port Strikes Erupt, First Shutdown in 50 Years Sparks Fears of Supply Chain Crisis

With a huge area devastated by the hurricane, and looting beginning, I fear this is the perfect recipe for another catastrophe... Poor people...

[kfm27917]

The Babylon Bee filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of "deepfake" laws that target outlets that publish satire and parody.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and shared exclusively with The Daily Wire, begins by noting that in July of this year, Newsom tweeted that a parody video of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris should be "illegal." "The legislature heard the call and passed two laws that forbid political expression under the label of 'materially deceptive content,'" the lawsuit asserts.

The complaint explains that one of California's new laws will require social media platforms to become "state snitches" and force them "to field reports about user posts with 'materially deceptive content' and then remove or label them."


Comment: The video that got Newsom all salty:




Newsom defended the state's new laws, saying they focus on AI-generated content that could "undermine the public's trust through disinformation." But buried in one of the new laws is a requirement for satire and parody content to either be clearly labeled or removed.


Comment: Guess Daddy Newsom feels his charges can't think for themselves.


In his first public statement on the lawsuit, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon told Daily Wire news podcast Morning Wire that one of the new California laws especially targets satirists, such as the writers at his company, "by requiring them to put disclaimers to let you know that this is parody that you're reading right now - which completely stifles and kills the joke."

"If we're unable to publish satire without putting disclaimers all over it, and we're going to face potential penalties if we don't do that, then that's a very serious issue too," Dillon told Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley in an interview with "Morning Wire" released Monday. "So we're fighting back in every way that we can against laws that clamp down on speech."

The Bee's suit against California is joined by California attorney Kelly Chang Rickert and was filed with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, whose president, Kristen Waggoner, warned that the leftist state's new laws "target core political speech."

"These laws were passed by politicians to protect politicians from speech that they don't like," Waggoner told "Morning Wire."

The lawsuit is filed against California Attorney General Rob Bonta, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, and Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Soto.

The Bee's popularity has skyrocketed under Dillon's leadership after the satire site, which started by mainly writing about Christian topics, began focusing more on politics. The site's content is regularly shared on social media by personalities with massive followings, including X owner Elon Musk.

California's new laws are also being challenged by a conservative social media user, @MrReaganUSA, who recently posted a parody of a Kamala Harris campaign ad. The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, which filed a lawsuit against California on behalf of the social media user, argues that California is "chill[ing] free speech, particularly for political commentators like Mr. Reagan, who use satire to critique public figures and rely on social media viewership for their livelihood."


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The Bee's complaint against California argues that satire and parody are protected speech under the First Amendment "because it trusts the American people to be able to think and decide for themselves in the context of debating political candidates and issues."

The Bee's new lawsuit adds to the growing list of complaints directed at government entities related to the censorship of conservative content. Late last year, The Daily Wire, along with The Federalist and the state of Texas, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration. The suit alleges that the U.S. State Department is funding censorship technology that targets opposing political opinions, especially those expressed in conservative media outlets.

Comment: Tyrants can't bear to be laughed at. It's the surest marker of psychopathy.

https://www.sott.net/article/495180-...-satire-parody

[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/NASASun/status/1841839866612486587

[thepainterdoug]

Please God, have it hit my direct address

with gratitude
pd

[Kryztian]

Posted by thepainterdoug (here)
Please God, have it hit my direct address

with gratitude
pd

Wow, some people want a quick sun tan but that's crazy Doug. Anyone, that flare, if it affected the earth 8 minutes later, around 8:26 am. Better luck next time.

[Ravenlocke]

Another comet will be visible soon.

https://x.com/NASA_Marshall/status/1841508447260471316

[Ravenlocke]

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Annular Solar Eclipse ☀️from Easter Island 🗿🏝️ in the South Pacific. The view was absolutely stunning !!! We were so lucky with the weather, and we managed to see all phases. The sky got slightly darker, but not as dark as it gets during a total eclipse. Amazing experience 😃

https://x.com/YBeletsky/status/1841835060758016321

[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/latestinspace/status/1841668872744706527

[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/NASASun/status/1841917385642549569

[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/amuse/status/1841892287829152188

[Jim_Duyer]

No threat to humans, but you will walk like the "bug" exterminator from Men in Black, while expressing Ack! Ack! like the alien from Mars Attacks. In which case you will probably be ignored as some form of undocumented yuck.