Nate O

We live in a world in which its entirely possible that Iran negotiations failed because people involved bet the under.

Or something to that effect

My husband looked up after I described it and he said, ‘oh you men like capital’s inevitable maximisation of profit?’

Keir Starmer criticised over stance on US-Israel strikes on Iran UK prime minister has adopted a much more ambivalent approach than other western allies

Lord Peter Ricketts, former head of the Foreign Office:

“If you’re going to attack a country you have to show it is in self-defence and that there is some kind of imminent threat. You can’t make that case here…An indifference to international law is dangerous.”

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Three Americans dead and Trump’s UN Ambassador waves it off with some bullshit jingoism. From the people who wailed about Benghazi for a decade. Absolute soulless ghouls.

It's more obvious when they use bombs, but it really should be stressed that this administration had already killed well over 400,000 children and 200,000 adults before they even started using their military.

The scale of death here is difficult to wrap your head around.

A doozy of a doublethink:

Trump's bombing completely eliminated Iran's nuclear program, it's wrong if anyone says otherwise, AND Iran today has such an advanced active nuclear program that Trump had to bomb them a lot more, it's wrong if anyone says otherwise.

Can’t get past the fact that the guy who called dead service member suckers and losers and wondered out loud “what was in it for them”, casually said that there will be casualties as he launches a war in the Middle East

It will eventually come back around. ………. Eventually

Feeble Criticism of War With Iran Echoes the Lead-Up to War With Iraq We need to take a firm stand against this reckless and pointless war, not fixate on whether or not it was done the "right way."

Critics of the war in Iran today echo the exact same mistakes as critics of the war in Iraq did when attempting to prevent it, @joestieb.bsky.social argues today. What is needed is "stalwart opposition to Trump’s goals, not merely his means" www.liberalcurrents.com/feeble-criti...

Sir Keir supports whatever illegal shit the US tells him to

The most unpopular prime minister since records began stands resolutely behind the unprovoked attack on Iran by the two countries that are actively carrying out a genocide in the Middle East.

But please, do elaborate more about "extremism on the Left", Mr Human Rights lawyer KC.

Our baby has been alive for two deadly, illegal campaigns by the U.S. to remove a foreign leader. She’s 7 weeks old.

YouTube video by itsnotkai Huang Chung - Dance Hall Days

Found a copy of the original version of Wang Chung’s Dance Hall Days (1982). Enjoy. Things are rough youtu.be/RTzGmzdt6eA?...

Damn. It’s too fast for me on a first listen

Or at least something very close to it. I think the guitar riff has got a flatted note? On my phone so I can’t hear it so well

Oh my god they do share that riff!

Always love it when you have that Déjà vu feeling with different songs. There’s only so many variations of chords that sound somewhat palatable to our ears, we use so few keys, etc.

YouTube video by WangChungVEVO Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

Back in the 80s, everybody wanted to do their version of Peter Gabriel’s music video, Sledgehammer. Things are looking rough out there in the big wide world youtu.be/BoXu6QmxpJE?...

I will find the original version of Dance Hall Days, which was released on a 7” single under their original name, Huang Chung. They re-recorded it after the name change for their first album. You may know them for the soundtrack for To Live and Die in LA (1985) and Everybody Have Fun Tonight (1986)

YouTube video by WangChungVEVO Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

The world may be falling apart, but at least I can figure out the tablature for Wang Chung’s 1982 classic, Dance Hall Days, in 15 min by ear. Easy to play for 90%: Fsus2 C G cycle into F C G cycle. But turnaround is fast and a Fmaj7b5 to E that’s difficult to hear at first youtu.be/V-xpJRwIA-Q?...

Oh wow thank fuck for that. That will solve everything

Board of Deputies statement

Aside from the loathsome content why are @boardofdeputies.bsky.social issuing a statement about this? It has nothing to do with British Jews. If you can’t bring yourself to condemn such blatant military aggression don’t say anything.

there's nothing this walrus-faced fuck wants to see more in life than dead iranians and even when trump jams him up on bunk charges as payback for criticizing him, he falls all over himself to praise his illegal war

Real classic film. Enjoy!

Kuwait Airport was hit by Iranian missiles. A 100% civilian airport.

Two photos. The first shows Catturd tweeting: Name one US inspired regime change that hasn't ended in absolute disaster The next tweet shows him posting an AI illustration of Khamenei turned into a pile of dust. It says "I'm eliminated."

Two tweets. The first shows Laura Loomer promoting her show, where she says "A message has been sent that we are not interested in going back to the way politics were prior to Donald Trump, prior to 2016. We don't want warhawks. We don't want any more Neocons. We want American First. Period. End of discussion." The next tweet says: Today is a great day. Our military is amazing. @PeteHegseth is an absolute killer. Now you see why the Deep State worked so hard against him. It’s great having a Sec War who has Infidel literally tattooed on his body. He actually gets it. God bless him.

Two tweets. The first shows Will Chamberlain tweeting: The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars. If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position. The next tweet shows him posting "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead." The tweet has a USA flag attached.

Two tweets. The first shows Gunther Eagleman tweeting: "Warmonger Lindsey Graham just rushed to Fox to advocate for U.S. involvement as soon as he could. He is also pushing for a US-backed regime change in Iran. I would like to renominate Graham to get a one-way ticket to the frontlines of every war he wants America involved in." There's an attached video of Graham speaking. The next shows Eagleman tweeting: UST IN! President Trump is HARD AT WORK all weekend after the massive strikes on Iran! He’s already on the phone with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte! Trump is a machine!" There's an attached video of a news segment about the war in Iran.

manufacturing consent through lowly paid influencers

guys i don't think killing the octogenarian head of state of a nation of 90 million and half a trillion GDP is sufficient to topple its sprawling military/police state overnight

They’re saying they’ve killed Khamenei? Fucking hell

Literally the moment the attack line went out I was furious, posting the announcement of his ban. He is responsible for the murder of so many Muslim Indians that the US had their hand forced!

I’d love to learn whether it was a series of WhatsApp conversations or they all arrived at the ‘sectarian’ line by aping each other or a Reform email, if they all agreed to pass over who Modi is and what he’s done or if they’re all that thick