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Musings from the middle-age. Also known as John Traynor.
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It is noteworthy that there is an increase in the number of pro-war think-tanks and lobby groups in ‘Western’ capitalist countries. Promotion of fear of war is an old tactic to justify arms spending. Opportunities for easy money elsewhere are diminishing meaning profiteering in the arms industry is more necessary.

https://ducksoap.wordpress.com/2026/01/23/council-on-geostrategy/

Council On Geostrategy

Created in UK in 2021 Council On Geostrategy (COG) is blatantly and vehemently imperialist.  Its Mission Statement elucidated yearning for a throwback to European/’Western’ 19th century…

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Peter de Wit won the Dutch 2025 Inkspot Prize for this cartoon. I was reminded of this after seeing Jared Kushner's presentation of the future of Gaza at Davos with high-rise condos and coastal tourism.

Since the start of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023, over 73,600 people have been reported killed, including 2,109 Israelis and over 72,400 Palestinians (most of whom were civilians).

Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.

The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem. More money for more ICE training results in more trained killers.

The problem with fascists isn't that they're poorly trained, it's that they're fascists. You don't train fascists, you abolish them. Abolish ICE.

I mean, I think on some base level I understand why a lot of Americans (who aren't nazis) can't take Trump seriously when he threatens to do unhinged fascist shit. What I don't really understand is how folks then apply that frame to shit like, Noem says, or Miller says, or Bondi says. Like Trump's brainworm might have won because he's almost 80, but when I hear those other people talk it sounds like the literal fucking Nazis and they ain't all pushing 80 with broken brains.
Exporters Aren't Eating the Tariffs, We Are

Donald Trump keeps saying that foreigners are paying his tariffs. He talks as though he thinks China, Japan, and other trading partners are sending the

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Trump has announced that he intends to take Freedonia.
“Why a four-year-old child could understand this report! Run out and find me a four-year-old child, I can’t make head or tail of it.”

They teargassing protestors just for being there, right now outside the federal building in Minneapolis. I'm watching the footage from like an hour ago or w/e - these people ain't doing nothing but yelling and waving signs, it ain't even a threatening number of em, but they deploying chemical weapons (heyo, that's what tear gas is, let's not play pretend here) anyway.

So again, I gotta ask you - if they going to apply maximal force, even when you're peaceful, why you being peaceful?

I mean you want to know the truth? He shot 4 times to make sure he got her. Obviously. Watch the video - there's a distinct pause between shot one and the rest. And they kept the medics back, to make sure she died. They want you to know that if you impede or observe them doing fascist crimes, they will kill you. Full stop.

Again, I ain't for pretend.

Israel bombs Lebanon around 30 times in 24 hours - but MSM is silent

Areas just south of Lebanon, and in southern Lebanon just north of the 'blue line' have suffered as Israel bombs Lebanon again

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NB. All the behaviour (the murder; the denial of medical assistance; the departure from the scene) by ICE agents in Minneapolis copies behaviour of Israeli army and police in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon.
#Minneapolis #ICE