OT: World Politics

[Cal Gal]

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Putin says Russia is winning on battlefield, will not negotiate with 'terrorists'​

Putin says Russia is winning on battlefield, will not negotiate with 'terrorists'

By Dmitry Antonov and Maxim Rodionov MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was winning the war in Ukraine and portrayed the Ukrainian leadership as "

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[Cal Gal]

Trump's Greenland threats cast a shadow on Iceland's vote on whether to trigger EU membership talks​

Trump's Greenland threats cast a shadow on Iceland's vote on whether to trigger EU membership talks

Voters in Iceland went to the polls Saturday to decide whether the country should resume long-stalled negotiations to become a member of the European Union, in the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trum...

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A little update - rural and coastal folks said fuck no. So they keep their sovereignty and their fish.

Iceland Rejects EU Left-Wing Bureaucracy, Anti-Trump Hysteria​

Iceland Rejects EU Left-Wing Bureaucracy, Anti-Trump Hysteria

Iceland Rejects EU Left-Wing Bureaucracy, Anti-Trump Hysteria

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[Cal Gal]

Syria, eyeing role as Middle East hub, offers options to bypass Hormuz​

Syria, eyeing role as Middle East hub, offers options to bypass Hormuz

AL-QARYATAYN, Syria - Day and night, 5,000 hulking trucks carrying oil from the Persian Gulf rumble across this stretch of barren desert as if in a caravan snaking its way toward the Mediterranean Sea...

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[MindzEye]

The fucking gaul. The hilarious gaul of this scumbag

‘We Were Mistaken’: Putin Admits Russia Was Unprepared for Ukrainian Strikes on Oil Refineries

Ukrainian drones have struck Russian oil refineries at least 70 times since the beginning of 2026, pushing Russia’s refining output to its lowest level in two decades.

www.kyivpost.com

 

[Cal Gal]

Norway seizes Russian ship in Svalbard to compensate Ukraine​

Norway seizes Russian ship in Svalbard to compensate Ukraine

Authorities in Norway have seized a Russian ship, the Professor Molchanov, on a court order sought and obtained by Naftogaz in Ukraine. Russia has protested the move, which stems from its refusal to pay Naftogaz damages.

www.dw.com

 

[MindzEye]

Shit like this is what's going to end up collapsing the US economy.

The world’s second-largest economy just decided, with one of its top African partners, to do away with the use of the US dollar

As the world’s second-largest economy by nominal GDP, China has actively sought to conduct international trade with its commercial partners using its own currency rather than the United States dollar

africa.businessinsider.com

a trickle that will eventually become a flood.

 

[PlayerToBeNamedLater]

View: https://bsky.app/profile/pbsnews.org/post/3munukehrlp2h

 

[Cal Gal]

Russia to pause strikes against Kyiv amid Ukraine talks

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have arrived in Moscow to revive Ukraine peace talks. They are also scheduled to visit Kyiv on Sunday,

www.dw.com

 

[Pwner]

Far Right party in power in Germany? Nothing bad can happen from this, right?


View: https://x.com/NewsWire_US/status/2096563039503786241

 

[Aberdeen]

Far Right party in power in Germany? Nothing bad can happen from this, right?


View: https://x.com/NewsWire_US/status/2096563039503786241

There's a good piece in the economist providing some important context. It's not quite as scary as it seems.... hopefully. I'll see if I can find it.

 

[worm]

Far Right party in power in Germany? Nothing bad can happen from this, right?


View: https://x.com/NewsWire_US/status/2096563039503786241

You just have to worry about the socialist party - PP

 

[LeafGm]

Far Right party in power in Germany? Nothing bad can happen from this, right?


View: https://x.com/NewsWire_US/status/2096563039503786241

It’s not good, obviously. But this is for the local government of one particular German state/province, rather than Germany as a whole:




…hopefully Saxony-Anhalt is just Germany’s version of Alberta.

 

[Aberdeen]

It’s not good, obviously. But this is for the local government of one particular German state/province, rather than Germany as a whole:

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…hopefully Saxony-Anhalt is just Germany’s version of Alberta.

They're also quite incompetent policy wise. And there's a lot of law in Germany against what they're proposing.

 

[worm]

Oh sure gif

 

[MindzEye]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2SjWowpynY

TLDW: Exact same lies and bullshit animating their movement that animate other far right fantasies, but this time in lederhosen.

 

[Bleedsblue&white]

They're also quite incompetent policy wise. And there's a lot of law in Germany against what they're proposing.

Also (as in that article) all the other parties have agreed not to work with them on principle.

 

[lecoqsportif]

meh

East Germany

 

[Pwner]

View: https://x.com/academic_la/status/2096713337342246992

 

[Pwner]

View: https://x.com/StefanFSchubert/status/2096668388311413037

 

[LeafGm]

View: https://x.com/StefanFSchubert/status/2096668388311413037

Excellent demonstration of the fact that humans are generally incapable of learning from history, unless they either lived through it themselves or were raised by the generation who lived through it.

After that, any lessons learned vanish into the ether and the whole big dumb cycle starts over again.