OTD in 2014 everyone in Crimea who didn't want to be shot by our soldiers at the polling stations voted to join Russia.
You had the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor. And you have war.
Iran's foreign minister has stated that the Strait is open for international shipping, except for the United States and Israel.
βΎοΈ <- knocked out of park.
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
The military industrial complex is cheering right now.
The war reflects the decline of US global hegemony, not its strength. Trumpism is a response to this decline, attempting to reassert dominance through militarism and coercion.
MAGA Evangelicals are the world's most dangerous religious extremists.
They think God wants Trump to destroy the world and then Jesus comes back.
The best way for the Trump Administration to prove to the world that the Strait of Hormuz is safe is to have Jeff Bezos, Musk, Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, and Zuckerberg personally pilot their yachts through.
Why does Trump need allies to help him in a war heβs already won?
He's such a loud mouth clown, I thought Don Cherry was American. He'd fit right in at Mar-a-Lago.
How many ways can you say βWe used ChatGPTβ without actually saying βWe used ChatGPTβ?
I could go on & on ad nauseamβ¦
So fuck off mister paedophile president. You don't get to mock, insult, criticize and bully our country and then demand our help. Canada won't be dragged into your Iran quagmire. You broke it, you bought it.
You don't need Canada for anything, remember?? ππͺπ¨π¦
Trump:
We don't need Canada for anything
We subsidize Canada
Canada is very spoiled
Canada takes advantage of us
Canada's been ripping us off for years
Canada cheated and got caught
We lose with Canada, big league
Canada should be our 51st state
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If we don't have a deal with Canada, it will be fine
great idea, so what's stopping you?
The existence of billionaires is a huge red flag to any society that urgent course correction is required.
π₯ πͺπΈ SPAIN β MAR ESPINAR: βGo lick boots at Mar-A-Lagoβ¦ which Iranian women are thanking Trump? The mothers of the 160 girls murdered at a school?β
We must make people ashamed and fearful of obscene wealth.
DOGE employee, who, in his twenties, made decisions to cut aid based solely on personal judgement, according to him.
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JUST IN: Conservatives and Liberals work together to make Basic Income happen in PEI.
"Poverty is a policy choice. Let's choose a different policy."
GBI can cost 5% of what poverty costs, with virtually 0 work impact. PEI's Progressive Conservative leadership has been for it.
Every worker deserves a living wage. That's a fact and should not be up for debate.
As one high ranking official quoted another former high ranking official who, when asked why there arenβt women at negotiating tables, said: βWomen? Theyβll go to the enemy, make peace and the wars will end!β
That describes it pretty well.
The Pahlavi dynasty would end four years later in the wake of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Pahlavi died of cancer while in exile one year later.
The Shah contends that the West built itself at Iranβs expense and he is now putting things right. Clarkson raises the issues of Iranβs record with political prisoners and torture and his views on torture are unequivocal.
In 1975 for one of the first-ever episodes of the fifth estate, Adrienne Clarkson talked to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Iran about inflation in the West in the face of rising oil prices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-gr...
Polymarket, Kalshi and all the rest of these prediction markets need to be wiped off the face of the earth. They provide absolutely nothing of value and are corrupting everything they touch.
burn baby burn
i donβt know how this is supposed to work in terms of intelligence but whatever these guys do is taking stuff that is not theirs to take and then sell it for the highest possible price
electricity water clean air knowledge
you name it
they should be treated like the common thieves they are