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@jon-nyc

Excellent analysis. Sobering too. Like yourself I was not aware of how Erdogan played into it all. Makes sense though from the Turkish perspective.

Roger that.

Only, it seems, if you have an X account

Thanks in part to friendly uncle Vladimir, Iran is happy to make a deal to placate Trump for now:

A significant factor accelerating Iran’s military recovery is the injection of foreign military hardware. Intelligence sources note that Tehran’s refreshed inventory likely includes Russian-made missiles manufactured within the last 12 months, highlighting an active defense-industrial pipeline between Moscow and Tehran.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/78120

Allegedly the highest levels of the Iranian leadership have promised to play nice so tonight’s planned hard hitting strikes (and presumably occupation of Kharg Island) are called off and a “deal deal” to end all the angst is shortly pending.

At least until the next round of martial unpleasantness.

Can either of you elaborate more on the linguistic nuances of these two Chinese nicknames for Trump?

The Chinese government and state media refer to him as 'telangpu,' though he is also frequently called 'chuanpu,' a slightly alternative transliteration. 'Telangpu' is the most widely used name for the U.S. leader in mainland China. The sardonic nickname used to describe Trump, "Chuan Jianguo," implies that Trump is effectively a "patriotic son" of China, serving Beijing's interests rather than those of his own nation.

Source: https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/donald-trump-china-nickname-translation-37151662.amp

Yeah, 35 years is probably too light a sentence for that two bit thug.

Very happy.

@jon-nyc

Not sure what the upside is of telling them in advance we’re going to occupy Kharg Island..

Just yesterday, he stated he loves the return to higher inflation. Occupying Kharg Island should not only bolster that trend but also put pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates.

Might even damage the global economy some more.

He will then be a very happy and content Toddler and Chief in his presidential high chair.

I thought this video to be an excellent and realistic analysis of the current state of war in Ukraine:

https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-takes-aim-at-st-petersburg-putins-hometown/video-77444434

Same prices as having a heavy duty garage door spring and installation! Insane.

NS, I try to treat all the male posters here with equal disdain and derision. There was one special case though, and he almost never posts here any more.

As far as I’m concerned, regardless of your retirement residence abroad, you have every right and ought to remain concerned about the current state of your country of birth. For me at least, it’s like living next door to a crack house.

I have to supplement my government pension any way I can. Hired gun goon is one.

@Doctor-Phibes said:

I can escalate it higher if you wish.

Israel strikes back at Iran:

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyengg72pgt?post=asset%3Ac527b3f3-b40b-4fd2-8654-5fe3abb0a137#post

@Horace

That tweet is political opportunism, but it makes a point against a problem that millions consider real, and those millions aren't entirely nuts IMO. The cultural self-hatred and "suicidal empathy" of the progressive west has been a problem for a long time.

Indeed it is nothing more than political opportunism.

As far as I concerned it affirms a point I have held for some years which I think I have mentioned here in one or two of TNCR’s incarnations. Namely, our present duality stems from the woke left progressive populists being incapable of coping with the past and the woke reactionary right populists being incapable of coping with the future.

Still someone ought to point out to “Baby Face” Vance that the murderer in the Nowak case was born and raised in the UK to legally landed immigrants. That fact pretty much renders Vance’s statement to be way out of line and should be therefore challenged with open and critical scepticism. One can only hope though that Vance is not so obtuse as to think that the murderer’s Sikh faith motivated the criminal act and subsequent lies that led to the arrest and death of Mr. Nowak

@Horace said:

@Doctor-Phibes said:

Fucking J D Vance is a tool, blaming the murder on immigration FFS. His wife should have a quiet word with him.

His wife probably agrees with the fully contextualized quote.

Is the following the “contextualized quote” to which you refer?

"Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed ⁠by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit," Vance said on X. "Each time a life like ​his is lost, the proper response — the only response — is righteous anger."

Sounds like more like harumpfing indignation to incite the populist rabble.

Nor should they be.

And in some cases remediation and reclamation are in order..