Starker on 23/1/2021 at 08:44
Alexei Navalny has released a sort of a mini-documentary about the future the United States has been heading towards. It's nearly two hours long and in Russian, but you can switch on English subtitles, if you click on the CC button. It's mainly about the ginormous palace complex of Putin, said to be the richest man in the world, but it also serves as a small biography of Putin starting from his time as a humble KGB agent in the DDR.
[video=youtube;ipAnwilMncI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAnwilMncI[/video]
Nicker on 24/1/2021 at 02:56
Something a little shorter but sweeter, also featuring Vlad.
[video=youtube;dQ_M67xVI9M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_M67xVI9M[/video]
Cipheron on 26/1/2021 at 03:26
Latest presidential scandal: Biden has a nice watch
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https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/joe-bidens-very-expensive-foreignmade-watch-has-upset-some-americans/news-story/98c219f40df67982cd4b821f0fb3acde)
Quote:
“What's the worst presidential scandal,” pondered Vox correspondent Ian Millhiser, “the time when Biden wore a Rolex, the time when Obama ordered Dijon mustard, or the time when Trump encouraged a insurrectionist mob to violently seize the Capitol in a vain attempt to overturn an election that he lost?”
Isn't it good to know we're already back to that stuff?
Another one before that in news.com.au, which is Murdoch-owned btw, was calling Biden a liar on his election promises:
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https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/joe-bidens-covid19-admission-at-odds-with-his-preelection-pledge/news-story/65785cf588de7460bdff6a56f16a8e44)
election promise: “I will spare no effort, none, or any commitment, to turn around this pandemic.”
recent quote: "There is nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months."
Murdoch's reporter questions whether Biden is a liar now, and quoted this insightful twitter reaction as evidence:
"Then why do you want us to wear masks for 100 days?"Wow, you got me. Throw the masks away, Biden admitted they don't do anything. A week ago this news site was mocking Trump, because that was the popular thing, now they're unironically promoting anti-masker opinion because Biden is in.
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In any sensible reality, this is Biden saying that whatever he does *from today* is going to take a couple of months to see the full effects. That's just setting realistic expectations, not breaking any promise.
rachel on 27/1/2021 at 06:08
After yesterday's vote, seems very far fetched to think the impeachment trial will go anywhere. Can't say it's a surprise, but bummer.
Starker on 27/1/2021 at 06:37
Looks like Giuliani will finally get his chance in court to prove that the election was rigged and Sidney Powell will finally get her chance to release the Kraken, once and for all:
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/25/dominion-rudy-giuliani-lawsuit-election)
Dominion Voting Systems, the voting equipment manufacturer at the centre of baseless election fraud conspiracy theories pushed by Donald Trump and his allies, has sued the former president's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani in a $1.3bn defamation lawsuit.
The 107-page complaint, filed in federal court on Monday, accuses the former New York City mayor of having “manufactured and disseminated” a conspiracy theory related to the company's voting machines.
“Dominion's founder and employees have been harassed and received death threats, and Dominion has suffered unprecedented and irreparable harm,” the lawsuit states.
The company point to more than 50 statements by Giuliani about Dominion which it describes as defamatory. This includes remarks made at a 6 January rally in Washington before an insurrection on the US Capitol, appearances on Fox Business as well as social media posts.
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Giuliani is the second Trump loyalist to face litigation from the company after pushing baseless claims of election fraud. The attorney Sidney Powell, who launched a series of failed lawsuits and pushed wild claims about election integrity, has also been sued for $1.3bn by Dominion.
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SubJeff on 28/1/2021 at 16:15
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
Only in America would anti-fascism be something to be ashamed of. People here are so fucking stupid.
It depends on what the anti-fascist movement is really about though, doesn't it? The Soviets were anti-fascists weren't they? Look how dreadfully they mistreated so many non-Russian ex-Soviet subjects.
I don't know a lot about antifa, but in a lot of circles they're talked about like a bunch of anarchist loons.
Jason Moyer on 28/1/2021 at 17:21
Antifa isn't some organized group with an agenda, it's just a bunch of mostly unrelated leftists who hate fascists. Or you could read wikipedia and it would tell you the same thing.
faetal on 28/1/2021 at 17:28
The soviets were anti-fascist among other things. It's only if the anti-fascism is the bad part that we call that out.
Hitler was vegetarian, but that doesn't make vegetarianism bad.
Antifa is just an abbreviation, not an organisation.
Nicker on 29/1/2021 at 06:31
Quote Posted by SubJeff
The Soviets were anti-fascists weren't they?
Which ones? It really depends.
For example, Stalin was
anti-those-fascists because he wanted all of the jack-boots for himself.
SubJeff on 29/1/2021 at 12:04
Yes, same thing though. Aren't antifa very hard-line of you don't share their exact point of view?
