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Jesus. F*cking. Christ.

They’ve learned the lessons of the Iraq War, alright: primarily “don’t give anyone the impression they have any choice in the matter, it just makes them more upset”.

New York Times Thomas Friedman headline: How to Think About Trump's War With Iran

Oh, we've arrived at the point where all of our depressingly pathetic public "intellectuals" debase themselves in a way they'll pretend never happened years from now as they continue cashing paychecks and publishing the most embarrassing shit you've ever read.

Theo Bertram @theobertram • 34m When a Prime Minister makes a decision on military intervention, it is the most important & difficult call they can make. It's not a decision made on the basis of opinion polls. And one lesson from Iraq is that public support, even if it is high initially, can evaporate quickly.

Although in practice, the actually existing process appears to be “The US government presents its instructions; the PM says ‘Yes, sir’ and the public can get fucked whether they like it or not.” The end.

Honestly the collective national level of disdain for Brits living in Dubai on all my social media platforms today really is bringing the UK together as one in a way that's hard to achieve in the modern era.

If any of you have a GymNation membership, maybe its time to move to somewhere that isn’t run by people like this*

Fuck me sideways, this made me laugh a lot. Which other US President has managed to weave such comedy magic with a too-short ribbon?

Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignore, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Here's the latest attempt to erase Palestine from history.

The free speech warriors are silent.

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Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

Always the first to flee while everyone else suffers the consequences.

Important Update: Pentagon Admits Iran was Not Planning to Strike United States as Narrative Justifying War Begins to Fall Apart Good morning everyone.

Important: Pentagon admits that Iran was not planning on striking the United States, undermining Trump claims

Hegseth says regime change is not the goal, undermining Trump

Trump admits the U.S. killed individuals he expected to take over

Pentagon officials grow paranoid over stockpile issues

Exclusive: Ridley Road market traders forced out by tax haven registered landlord Hackney’s iconic street market is under threat again, seven years after its last fight for survival

Larochette’s first attempt to evict Ridley Road traders was in 2018. Larochette is registered in the offshore tax haven of the Virgin Islands, & its listed director is Guy Rafael Ziser - a London real estate developer and landlord. www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-ri...

We dont have money for social care but we have hundreds of millions to protect the people who just started a war killing a schools worth of kids on day one. And the Greens are extremists

Ah yes the British national interest of going to war with Iran, far more important than some Middle Eastern conflict

A lot of scorpion and frog action, recently ...

I saw this earlier and it's shocking - truly shocking that someone can come on free view tv and express these in your face racist views

GB NEWS should be taken off the air until they get their house in order.

Reform win a seat: The true Volk have spoken and we all must listen.

Greens win a seat: Early reports that Muslims may have ‘voted’ (an ancient Islamic practice designed to steal elections). How severely should the franchise be limited in response?

Just throwing it out there: telling people that they have legitimate grievances about immigration will never reduce the sense of grievance. This isn't how anything works and a government that paid even the merest attention to social science research would know their approach helps the far-right.

Julia Macfarlane @juliamacfarla... • 1h Oil infrastructure was supposed to be a threat in reserve, allowing Iran to escalate. If reports that Aramco has been hit and deliberately - it's already decided to cross its reddest line. Iran is going all out, and making its problem global for everyone, not just the region

Unfortunately, if we say “LOL we’ve killed your leaders, this is the end for you, submit or die” then the other side are going to conclude that there’s no point in showing any restraint and they might as well inflict as much damage as possible.

"What are the objectives of the war, Mr President?"

"Unbelievable statue. Just look at it."

Jack Kirby Collages — Paul Tobin One thing that impresses me about Jack Kirby is that he was constantly pushing, always wanting to test new techniques, never satisfied with just coasting. His collages—love them or leave them—are one ...

Another old favorite. A smaller gallery, but fun. Jack Kirby's collage pages.
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No mention from the BBC that Israel and the US committed the supreme crime in launching a war of aggression on Iran. Instead Clive Myrie tells us only that they "seek to transform Iran".

I guess that means Putin's 2022 invasion was just his way of "seeking to transform Ukraine".

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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Americans rise up against your government.

Dive in!

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“There was no imminent threat from Iran to 🇺🇸 that would warrant sending our sons and daughters into another war in the Middle East.”

Senator Kaine debunks Smug Scott Jennings 🤥

(H/T @bluegeorgia.bsky.social )

Trump thinks they are suckers and losers.

227. The Moon’s a Balloon - David Niven — Backlisted Rupert Everett joins us to discuss David Niven's memoir  The Moon’s A Balloon . This show represents the fulfilment of a long cherished ambition: to dedicate a whole Backlisted to a book ...

Here’s the David Niven episode of Backlisted with Rupert Everett in all its glory:
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Sadly both the US and Israel seem well aware that there are no consequences for murdering whoever they like (and, I can only assume, have militaries that are keen on doing exactly that) so they're cheerfully comfortable to kill children then shrug. It's absolutely grim