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The group with the greatest appetite for war is often the press as was so brilliantly satirised in this sketch from The Day Today
youtu.be/r3BO6GP9NMY
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Vladimir Putin appears to have concluded that he cannot win the war in Ukraine on the battlefield. His strategy now is to grind Ukraine down. How scandalous that Donald Trump has become his best weapon economist.com/leaders/2026/1β¦
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Some people thought my "only Trump can save Putin" catchphrase on here for the past two years was a joke. It wasnβt.
Vladimir Putin appears to have concluded that he cannot win the war in Ukraine on the battlefield. His strategy now is to grind Ukraine down. How scandalous that Donald Trump has become his best weapon economist.com/leaders/2026/1β¦
zikman π π¨π¦π€πͺπΊ retweeted
Trump is so angry that Ukrainians wonβt surrender and die quietly so he and his friends can make money with Putin.
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PM Carney: "Those we lost, those who were injured, were training to defend Canada. to serve Canada. And now Canada serves them. We will be there for their families for as long as they need. We will care for the injured through every step of their recovery."
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The opposite is true: Macron identified Franceβs structural problems years ago.
He proposed pension reforms in 2019 and 2023. Both faced massive protests. The 2023 reform was later suspended.
Now those who blocked reforms are back on the streets, protesting the consequences.
Macron will go down in history as one of Franceβs worst presidents. He has pushed a once-great nation to the brink of economic, demographic, and social ruin.
Had he spent his nine years in power focusing less on βPalestineβ and more on Putin and the putains de salauds threatening France from within, his country would be far better off.
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Yeah so the hype around this movie is 100% real. First hour or so, I thought I was watching a really good but maaaaybe overrated documentary.
No spoilers but it switches gears around the midway mark and it became one of the most riveting theater experiences Iβve ever had.
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Europe is developing its own Starlink alternative.
Canada is developing its own Starlink alternative.
What he did in Ukraine made one thing crystal clear: you cannot trust this man or his products.
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Much more of my feed yesterday was dedicated to (disgraceful) rioting in France than large peaceful demonstrations in the country where I actually live.
Appears to be absolutely MASSIVE protests all across the US yesterday and this platform is so skewed to the Trump/Putin side that this is the first I've seen or heard of it.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The montage uses recycled footage from larger 2025 and March 2026 No Kings protests, not Oct 17 2026 Vote Early events. Those were smaller localized gatherings (hundreds to thousands per city) focused on early voting, not the massive crowds shown.
nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/β¦
abc7ny.com/post/no-kings-β¦
minnesotareformer.com/2026/10/17/hunβ¦
npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-β¦
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This is what happened when Zelensky met with Melvin Hurwitz a United States World War 2 Veteran.
The Veteran tried to kiss Zelensky's hand, quickly realising what was happening, Zelesnky pulls his hand, he didn't feel like he deserved that level of respect from a Hero. Instead Zelesnky brings himself down to his level and embraces him instead.
Veteran: βYouβre the savior of the people!β
Zelenskyy: βNo, no, no. You saved Europe.β
Veteran: βYou bring tears to my eyes. You are my heroβ
Zelenskyy: βNo, no, you are our hero.β
Veteran: βI pray for you.β
When in France for the 100th aniversary of World War 1, Trump was asked if he would visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery where 2,289 United States Military personal lay after being killed in World War 1, Trump said:
βWhy should I go to that cemetery? Itβs filled with losers.β
In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 United States Marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as βSuckersβ for being killed fighting the Nazi Army.
In 2025 the United States brough home the bodies of 4 fallen United States Service members as their remains returned home. It was usual protocol for Presidents to attend and welcome them home as a show of respect. Trump didnt bother, instead he went to his Golf Club in Florida.
In 2024 at a public event, Trump compared the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a civilian honor, with the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. military decoration for valor in combat.
He said the civilian award was βmuch better,β then remarked that Medal of Honor recipients are often severely wounded or dead so Medals Of Honor where insignificant.
They are not the same.
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Vatniks like to show the 2010 election map and claim that people in eastern Ukraine voted for Yanukovych because they wanted Russia.
Awkward detail: Yanukovych campaigned on European integration, with EU membership as a goal.
Funny how the map never comes with his manifesto.
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Canada announces: Telesat, homegrown satellites, will be expanded and Starlink usage will soon be removed.
This is what every country on earth should do asap.
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"Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."
- Churchill in a radio address to the American people
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I got a bit emotional taking these pics tbh.. these are the messages from the Warriors of Light of Southeast Asia, we have been living in and loving eorzea for a long time
{Hello!}
zikman π π¨π¦π€πͺπΊ retweeted
Appears to be absolutely MASSIVE protests all across the US yesterday and this platform is so skewed to the Trump/Putin side that this is the first I've seen or heard of it.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The montage uses recycled footage from larger 2025 and March 2026 No Kings protests, not Oct 17 2026 Vote Early events. Those were smaller localized gatherings (hundreds to thousands per city) focused on early voting, not the massive crowds shown.
nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/β¦
abc7ny.com/post/no-kings-β¦
minnesotareformer.com/2026/10/17/hunβ¦
npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-β¦
zikman π π¨π¦π€πͺπΊ retweeted
Unless you're First Nations, your family came here from somewhere else.
Canada is quite literally a country of immigrants.
Imagine being anti-immigration in a country built by immigration.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney mocked the US after supporters erupted in cheers at his promise to reduce Canada's dependence on the US.
βCareful. They might think that's election interference. They're a little touchy down there. We're not. We're getting on with it.β #cdnpoli
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IMPORTANTβΌοΈ: Zelenskyy stated that there are Starlink speed limitations in Ukraine but not in the EU, and that this is a planned operation βΌοΈ
Zelenskyy to journalists (full statement translated): Regarding the work of Starlink on the territory of Ukraine: whether everything has recovered, whether there are speed limitations, I am explaining what is happening.
Starlink is very important for us, for communications on the territory of our state, at the front, and for civilians. We use Starlink for drones, so that there is a possibility to deliver food and water to our guys at combat positions. And this is very important, where a soldier or this or that equipment cannot pass, where there is isolation thanks to the enemy's control by drones, and this opportunity simply does not exist today.
Second: we use some of our interceptor drones with Starlinks in order to intercept fast enemy Shaheds with jet engines. Undoubtedly, and thank God, thanks to our air defense, our engineers, and partner means as well, we use not only interceptor drones against Shaheds, but also aviation, missiles, other air defense systems, and so on. But again, to intercept a high-speed jet Shahed drone and other jet drones, today our interceptors do not work because there is a speed limitation βΌοΈ
What is the speed limitation of Starlinks today? Today the maximum speed is 160-161 km/h, after which, I saw it from reports, and heard, after this it cuts out, Starlink switches off completely and we lose the drone. That is, the speed is insufficient, and well, we lose the drone.
What did we do? In order to understand whether these are really technical problems in the SpaceX company, or if this is some operation or agreement to limit us, to disconnect us, take away our ability to defend ourselves, to protect our people, both at the front and civilians.
We sent a couple of cars to the territory of European Union countries with Starlinks, and they drove at a speed, where it is allowed, at a speed of 180 km/h plus, and Starlink works. We have corresponding fixations, there are proofs.
The conclusion is as follows: limitations are in effect, limitations are in effect on the territory of Ukraine, and limitations are not in effect on the territory of the EU countries. That is, this is a planned operation. Thank you.
zikman π π¨π¦π€πͺπΊ retweeted
Itβs βnewβ insofar as itβs an escalation of behavior that people with eyes to see could tell you is a logical progression. Considering how terrible your judgement has been, perhaps you should refrain from calling the people who were right hysterical and just admit you were wrong.
zikman π π¨π¦π€πͺπΊ retweeted
Ezra Klein has become a master of the βtelling the left shit it doesnβt want to hear but needs toβ and breaking the βomg ai is just fake!!!β bubble is his current focus
