Very grateful for the feed column on this site No right turn on the spy agencies' powers, and a handy little loophole https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-significant-loophole.html
From the Spectator , a conservative paper, but I can't really fault this piece https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-nicola-sturgeon-a-transphobe/?
And before anyone cries "Whataboutism!", that old chestnut is a synonym for rank hypocrisy and moral expediency
What an exemplary person you are , gracing me (so alone in the Universe) with your wisdom.
Great word! Never come across that one before
lots of fun all round Smithfield, if thats your thing lol https://www.businessinsider.com/isis-destroying-us-tank-active-protection-2016-11
Abrams tanks in winter lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sExRJIy2edE
Well, thats the story of escalation.Starts with javelins, ends in nukes.
Yes, I think all war zones leak weapons, and attract criminal elements Another reason to avoid war if there are opportunities to do so Northing but further trouble down the line and destruction of life comes from war
Damien O'Connor has been very pro active in promoting the rural area I live in in the SI as a regen agriculture region, known for its progressive ecological approach to farming and food production . We have dairy farmers who have reduced stocking rates, ...
Ukraine was the Eastern European mecca for illegal arms sales long before 2022 https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/sierraleone/context.html And the US has adnitted to the difficulties of tracking and auditing in a war zone https://www.cato.org/...
Kind of stuff that may become more prevalent and more dangerous with truckloads of weapons available ex Ukraine available on the black market https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/five-charged-over-second-far-right-plot-to-overthrow-german-...
A rather sobering article on the industrialisation of food production .While it has helped to end hunger and feed millions, it could very well end up killing us all through degradation of the environment and very poor nutritional qualities in the food thus...
Thanks Sabine That is a valuable rundown on the context of a German military
Educate yourself on the "First Use " policy of nuclear countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_first_use#Countries_pledging_no-first-use
You lost me there Joe, you're so deep into some rabbit hole I can't follow
He knows which side his bread is buttered on , he's a very able propagandist himself
Now living in Vermont, he has certainly carved out a reliable career working for the western press.Easy coin I was interested in this article from the Economist Available online if you have an account If you don't there's a precis from Telegram https://t....
I think it is Statements like "she's just a pretty communist", remarks referring to her teeth, "ding dong the witch is gone"the prevalence of the "C" word referring to Ardern on social media. I have never known such hatred and frightening vitriol against ...
Yes Turkey doesn't mind having Russia's Rosatom build them a nuclear plant https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/11/turkeys-russian-built-nuclear-plant-could-amplify-moscows-regional-influence Like I say complicated https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-...
It's complicated Looks like The Saudis and Iran are making up May not be such good news for Israel , or the US, given Saudi's snubbing of Biden and warming of relations with Russia Opec and all that https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230114-iran-agreement...
I like him too, he's a prime example of an intelligent commentator who has a diverse range of opinions, that often runs counter to the conventional wisdom .You will not agree with everything he has to say., but neither should you https://www.dailymail.co....
Cheers Weston ! I appreciate it
I think we'll let you have the last word Scud.Probably the only one amongst us who's been in the thick of it Respect
Thanks, I did know, I just couldn't believe you thought the US had given up bombing residential areas , urban areas I repeat Mosul, Raqqa
Yes Jenny , its hugely profitable, I've made 3000 roubles a month at least, and have a time share in fabulous dachas in Crimea.There's never any difficulty getting the money sent over either, it comes packed in those Russian dolls Oh the stories I could ...
Yes, Igor Girkin aka Strelkov, a nationalist and a nutter, banned from eastern Ukraine by Putin,and ever since a strident critic of Putin , because he thinks Putin is a softie and appeaser of the west. You're really drifting here
Then you have no understanding of why there is such tension between the eastern provinces (formerly Russian territory which Ukraine expanded into under Lenin in the 20's)mainly orthodox and culturally Russian , and the western parts, where you are more ...
The Western powers learnt not to area bomb?Or do you mean aerial? What planet are you on ? Iraq, Libya,Syria, Somalia,Afghanistan,Vietnam, Laos,Cambodia,Serbia. And from the Progressive https://progressive.org/latest/usa-bombs-drop-benjamin-davies-220112/ ...
No , you're not I've already said it .The war could have been prevented .The Minsk peace agreements signed between the LPR, DPR, and Ukraine was a path to peace, but as Poroshenko boasted, there was never any intention of implementing it , and the plan was...
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