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the Germans issued new and harsher terms on the 23rd. On the 24th the Bolsheviks signaled their acceptance of the new terms.

The lesson here is this: It takes two to end a war.

The Germans, however, thought otherwise and on the 16th announced they would continue the war. Facing little opposition, they quickly and easily advanced. After the Bolsheviks formally announced on February 21 they would accept Germany's terms,

To the best of my knowledge, the last time one side try to unilaterally declare the war at an end didn't work so well for them. On February 10, 1918, Lenin and Trotsky thought they could end the war on the East front simply by refusing to fight; literally, the vanquished quit.

There are more and more stories now of how Trump will unilaterally declare victory and go home. It bears saying that Iran will have a say in whether that will the end of the war as far as they are concerned.

Every single example these people come up with is quite literally extremely bad for their own argument. Yes, Israel is actually rather segregated, it's segregated on purpose, and yes it's more so segregated than most of its neighbors and even more so than all Western states. Sorry this is true.

usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”

It was about protecting Division III high school girls volleyball.

"Who gives a shit about foreign countries targeting American soldiers in the reckless war we started?" is just a hell of a take for a White House press secretary

Just reposting for the facial reactions.

@covie93.bsky.social

Thank you!!

Does he know there is more than one language spoken in Latin America?

Also that recession never happened and there were no mea culpas from those who predicted it

Also disclosing sensitive info to the Saudis. Wild scenes.
Full story link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

There are a lot of posts out there with the close-up visual of Markwayne Mullin on January 6, but this is a better perspective.

He’s not protecting others; he’s protecting himself and hiding. You can see plenty of people at the entry door, ready to take on the insurrectionists, but not Markwayne.

This could get ugly quickly.

Challenge for those who are very confident that my Ford Focus cannot safely jump across the Grand Canyon: Explain how gravity works.

So much online conservatism these days is just "I miss being a kid"

Dear Russia,

Iran's fire is making oil prices spike.

Spiking oil prices makes economic problems for us, so we're making it easier for you to sell more oil.

In sum, Iranian military success against us reduces economic pressure on you.

Just, you know, FYI.

Sincerely,
The geniuses leading America

Imagine being douchey enough to say this at a gathering of nations of the Americas.

Israeli attacks on UNIFIL peace keepers tonight. Irish service men were not directly hit, but they aided their counterparts from Ghana. This will further deteriorate Irish Israel relations.

Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.

Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.

We live in Orwellian times.

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

Can someone check if they used the passive exculpatory voice for that Mamdani college application smear story?

"Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida After the secretary of the Miami-Dade County Republican Party created the chat for college students, it devolved into slurs against Black and Jewish people."

"Slurs filled." "Devolved into." Even their coverage of blatant racism and antisemitism is done in the passive voice.

/4 Also, Parker’s snit that it’s ridiculous to be found guilty of killing someone if you didn’t pull the trigger is the sentiment of someone absolutely unfamiliar with how criminal law has worked for half a century.

Holy shit they’re gonna probably do Cuba.

YouTube video by Channel 4 News How Iran war has fundamentally changed the world

Is it this video?
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Horrific to see, again, the treatment of Lebanon and disgusted to see this reckless use of evacuation orders, this normalization of the abuse and traumatization of civilian populations, and the tolerance for this horror all around