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You are fast backtracking. You implied the article was an outlier for that publication, and it expressed views that there was no evidence the "editorial board" (which is one person) shared. I presented evidence that (1) this particular author, a retired journalist, was a regular contributor (2) the article, whatever Americanese nonsense word you call it (write in English, man, not the language of the kids), was entirely inline with the ethos of that publication. You seem to have gotten very excited about a publicaton with a small circulation, because you chose twice to respond, instead of the normal thing of just moving on. Instead, it seems you decided to spend a few hours of your day frantically Googling to find some hit piece on the publication, a publication by your own admission, as an unpaid footman of the goverment, you admit no one reads. And no one pays for the article. That's why you were able to read it. The publication is owned by a non-profit organisation, not with "subscribers" as you put it, but supporters. The publication also used to be in Yiddish only.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/ Pete Hegseth directed the installation of Signal — the commercially available messaging app — on a desktop computer in his Pentagon office, illustrating the extent to which he has integrated use of unclassified communications into his work. Why does he need a second non-DoD computer installed in his office?

I suspect the "digging into" means spending countless hours watching Youtube.

Another day, another Russian warcrime https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg857d844xo Not a malfunctioning missile, a stray bomb, a mistake by a pilot at 30,000 fet and 500 miles away. A drone, steering by a bloke on his phone, who might as looked into the eyes of the female commuters, as he decided that would be the one. Not a soldier in his dugout. Not a IFV sprinting across a field. Not even an ambulance. But a commuter bus. These FPVs make this a very personal war. Russian drone operators look into the eyes of women and children. Its creating lots of war criminals. The notion of collateral damage doesn't apply. This is genocide.

DHS doxed the wife https://newrepublic.com/post/194289/abrego-garcia-wife-hiding-dhs-address A family hit by two government administrative errors, very unfortunate.

The problem is some of these dyes were already on the list to be phased out. Of the rest, the clinical data is mixed about harm. On the otherhand, advocates say these colorants are of no benefit to consumer, so the barrier to banning them (evidence) should be lower than for other additives. But the problem is the rhetoric. The Health Secretary is exagerrating the importance of these dyes in the health of children, while ignoring others which have much stronger evidence (sugar, HFCS). But the latter has much stronger defenders from industry (farmers). There is extremely strong evidence about nitrites, but that will see Americans deprived of cheap crispy bacon, salamis, slim jims and jerky. Will he ban bacon and pizza? No. The danger is the ban is enacted and then interest in food quality falls away, and a Health Secretary announces he has fixed autism etc, based on some nonsense, and switch his focus to vaccines, fluoride etc. Safety of food will worsen due to cuts at the FDA and HHS that he has overseen. Banning the dyes is easy, but will be a smokescreen to the real harm in health that is likely to occur. Banning dyes sounds like fantastic news to the Little People.

TEFL teacher and tourist guide. Not officially identified as "English". https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/british-man-dead-ecuador-police-playas-del-cuyabeno-b1223693.html There is a name circulating, but it sounds a strange name, if British.

If you look at the history of The Forward Association is NOT contrary to the "editorial board"'s opnion(s). Its evolved from a Yiddish socialist newspaper, and is considered leftwing. You believe that Terrance Petty is someone who writes contrary to the Editorial Board's opinions. He's written similar articles for The Forward before: https://forward.com/opinion/702025/trump-media-assault-hitler-third-reich-goebbels/ This piece from another writer does appear to express the sentiments of the Board (there is no disclaimer) https://forward.com/news/702064/trump-promised-to-protect-jews-and-religious-liberty-his-refugee-ban-is-keeping-out-700-persecuted-iranian-jews/ Its a negative story about the American President. The current Editor in Chief is Jane Eisener. You can judge her view on the current occupant of the White House. Those views are not inconsistant with a views of Mr Petty Further, The Forward did a Jewish rating for all 47 American Presidets https://forward.com/culture/482596/presidents-day-jewish-trump-biden-kennedy-reagan-obama/ The ppaper has published many articles comparing the American to a Nazi or Hitlet. They complained about Voice of America, which was established to fight Nazi propaganda, is facing cuts from the 47th President. They reported on Pritzker making an out and out comparison of the 47th President's policies tom Nazi Germany. Repeated articles about the anti-semitism of the people he is associated with, such as Musk and West. They published an article in the proposed Gaza resettlement plan directly to The Final Solution. They have compared the current Administration's website purging to Nazi book burning. They said Joe Kent has White Supremacist connections. Various articles appearing on "The Forward" comparing the 47th President to Hitler and the Nazis. https://forward.com/opinion/713686/dolchstosslegende-nazi-lie-adolf-hitler-donald-trump/ https://forward.com/opinion/702025/trump-media-assault-hitler-third-reich-goebbels/ https://forward.com/opinion/700261/german-word-forced-into-line-nazis-at-the-watercooler-trump/ https://forward.com/opinion/709612/trump-hitler-target-universities-columbia-tufts-einstein-brecht/ https://forward.com/culture/694570/trans-trump-nazi-magnus-hirschfeld-executive-order/ https://forward.com/fast-forward/615880/donald-trump-hitler-nazi-references/ https://forward.com/opinion/712342/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation-nazi-parallel/ https://forward.com/opinion/674236/trump-hitler-fascism/ https://forward.com/opinion/633381/hitler-1932-trump-nazi-rise/ https://forward.com/opinion/670465/trump-mass-deportation-vichy-france/ https://forward.com/culture/403526/infest-the-ugly-nazi-history-of-trumps-chosen-verb-about-immigrants/ https://forward.com/community/455507/100-year-old-holocaust-survivor-compares-trump-to-hitler/ https://forward.com/opinion/425683/take-it-from-a-civil-liberties-professor-trump-and-hitler-have-a-lot-in/ https://forward.com/opinion/455484/we-were-criticized-for-comparing-trumps-hate-to-the-nazis-then-he-told-the/ https://forward.com/opinion/376307/trump-cnn-tweet-evoked-the-nazis/

Does the American leader not realise that the current Ukraininan President wasn't President in 2014, he wasn't even in politics, and like the 47th Presdent, was in the entertainments industry. Might as well the American leader why didn't he stop Saigon from falling and where was he when the White House was torched. I suspect the American is totally uniformed about the events of February 2014.

More likely he's just a retired officer who's discovered that if he makes outrageous claims, he adds a significant sum to his service pension.

I know this other fella thinks this is all part of a strategy to get war-loving officers into power (I thought he sas a cmedy account, but it seems he is serious), but one of the (many) reasons why the Russian Armed Forces have been so shambolic, pretty much from the first day, is how Putin has promoted officers based on sycophancy, not ability. Ukraine is doing the same, but there is a difference. Ukraine is promoting more and more younger officers who have had significant experience obviously during the conflict, but who have attended, over the years, training events with Western militaries, but have also served in combat zones with Western troops. That's bringing in a change in mindset. One of the complaints from British instructors is the Ukrainian troops are too wasteful. NATO troops have access to precision, but expensive weapons. Soviet troops; not so accurate weapons, but they are cheap. The complaints included using Javelins like they were RPGs, and consequently the Russians have been finding a lot of tossed aside launchers. That seems to be changing. The difference in mentality enabled a US-British-French force, with scarcely any recent relevant combat experience to tear apart a numerically superior, battle hardened Soviet-trained enemy with minimal casualties (Desert Storm, 1991). Superior equipment, superior training. The Iraqis stuck rigidly to Soviet tactics. Russian kit was at a high point 3 years ago. Its now been degraded significantly in quality. They've lost experience, having switched from an army with a significnt professional element to one that is dependant upon convicts and those who were pressganged, The Chinese equipped Chechen "TikTok" warriors seem to have all scarpered; they were the Russian troops swanning around in all the Gucci kit (and yes, they were buying Chinese equipment, such as MRAPs, in preference to Russian). I would want to see the situation not in Orthodox cemetaries, but in the Muslim cemetaries in the Causcus region. Its in that area where there has been most resistance to the call up, with locals burning down recruitment offices. https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-intensifies-raids-to-recruit-more-chechens-for-the-frontlines-following-attack-on-military-convoy-3520 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/officer-killed-assault-police-station-russias-chechnya-along-with-attacker-2025-04-08/ While some of this might be extremists taking advantage of a weakened central government (arguably though, Kadyrov is an extremist who receives Dane Geld tribute from Moscow), there is undoubtedly disquiet among the general population of places like Dagestan and Chechenya.

Potato production is up?

25,000 Belgians joined up in the German army..... And it was Ukrainian and Belarusan soldiers who did most of the dying for the Soviet Union. I expect the Ukrainians will also be marking VE day. For that reason, I doubt they will interfere in Russian parades. Using language such as "Bandaras" is as offensive as reminding little Belgium of the VNV, the Wallonien Legion, Leon Degrelle. Russia, like most of Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, has seen an explosion of hard right political movements, often built around a football hooligan element. There are all kinds of reasons. Putin openly courts some of these.

Would you have said the same if the Germans were men. The women were young enough to be your Great Granddaughters.

https://trumpgolftrack.com/

Harrisfan is one of those who believes Germany only lost because of one Austrian too many. Delusional.

Comparing the Mango Mussolini to Mussolini is unfair to Mussolini. Mussolini was a journalist and an actual intellectual. Some comparisons have been made to Idi Amin Dada. They communicate is similar ways

Apparently (according to her statements) she had planned to give cash as gifts because her "entire family" was in town. The family Easter treat was at a place called Capital Burgerm where you can buy a Cheese burger for $20. This is her entire family from that weekend. $3000 on Easter gifts for 4 adults and 2 toddlers. Hate to think what the Noem Christmas bill is lile. I'm sure its something ordinary voters can relate to. One wonders where the family dog is? Oh, thats right, she shot it. Most normal people in the 21st Century might spend rather less on dinner, or at least pay using a card. There will be some who insist on cash everywhere. In some cases, its because they don't want their actions to be traced. Possible indication of corruption.

Have the good grace to actually read my post. That answers your question. As I stated, I am not going to debate this.

The Telegraph are a bit slow. The Guardian was pointing this out 4 years ago https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/28/good-anti-sinking-capacity-lifejacket-optional-journey-of-a-refugee-boat Or Turkey https://news.sky.com/story/a-people-smuggler-who-sends-migrants-across-the-channel-reveals-how-the-small-boats-trade-works-12806865 https://news.sky.com/story/people-smugglers-how-the-police-exposed-the-dark-world-of-small-boat-channel-crossings-12805980 Or Blighty https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/people-smuggling-gang-tried-to-use-rundown-boats-for-cross-channel-migrant-journeys https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6q6wz765eo Note the footage from the BBC. Mercury Marine is an American make. SO are we now saying American outboard manufacturers are part of the people smuggling gig? Its organised crime. Most of the boats are stolen (because, criminals), or from the black maket (cash only, no questions asked).

A lot of you sozzled old soaks in Thailand probably follow the various youtubers still left online. Kev in thailand is dead. Another one with brain cancer is on his way out. Younger ones might follow that estate agent who set up and sold forums, or mymatenate, or Mark Wiens.

More likely Bessent will be picking up his P45 soon. Sure, ultimately China does need that 15% of GDP that is the value of Chinese exports to the US. But behind all those sales is an Amazon store, a small high street business (strip mall store), a department store, a distributor, all of which are American businesses, who pay taxes, employ staff. All of these, whether they import directly, or get from a distributor, buy for $x, the sell in price, sell for $y, the sell out price, or the retail price. If China is selling $400bn in goods in the US, then the marked up price of those goods could well be $1200-1600bn, and profit $500-800bn. The likes of Walmart, Target, you'd hope would have been talking to their Chinese suppliers a while back, getting that sell-in price reduced. They are already aggressive on pricing, because their warehousing/inventory costs are considerable. You don't want to go to Walmart and see that pair of Chinese hiking boots in your size out of stock until the next container arrives in 3 months time,. Your alternative will be the Target store selling the cheap Indian made boots. But you don't really want to go to that high end outdoors store and pay 5-6x as much for the US made Danners, Because that's why you were looking at the Chinese boots in the first place. Danner meanwhile have positioned themselves as a high end boot maker; you pay top money for a boot that comes with that famous 20 year warranty. But honestly, who keeps walking boots that long (some so). Which is why Danner have their Chinese made range; a lot cheaper, but more money than Walmart's Brahma boots, because Danner (in reality, Danner are making a ton of money importing boots from pretty much the same factory where Walmart get their stuff from). The big chains will be ok. Prices will go up a bit, shareholder dividend cut, but gross revenues maintained. The small stores though can't often ask their suppliers to cut prices. They have to pay the duty on everything they are getting through Alibaba. A whole business was built on the model, that they will sell pretty much the same boot at Walmart, but maybe for a little more, and their customers appreciate the personal service. But they sell $50 boots, and their regular customers are not in the market for $400 boots, so right now, switching to Danner would kill their business. There are about 30 million businesses in the US, out of which 1 million are bricks and morter retail stores. Most of these are not chains; the chains dominate in terms of volumes of goods sold. There are 10,000 Walmarts, 2000 Targets, 600 Costcos. Easily, there are 950,000 independent "Mom and Pop" retail stores, selling goods at non-premium prices. Sure, they could switch suppliers. Maybe one day there will be that US boot factory who can make a pair of boots for $10, that can retail for $40-50. But not this year, and probably not next. There are about 4 million online retailers in the US. I suspect most of those have little to no stock, and are effect drop shipping businesses. Which means they can be a lot cheaper than physical stores, who need to buy and sell stock. They are screwed. So, the tariff war is unsustainable. Ultimately, China has $400bn at stake, which it might make by dumping in other markets (great time for bargains in Europe). But there is a lot more at stake to US businesses. The idea of a small business might be blown away. The big chains will employ big lobbyists, to defend their businesses, but they have the benefit of much more buying power, and more diverse product ranges, with loss leaders.. Small businesses; they can appeal to their local Chamber of Commerces, who will get nowhere. Walmart won't be helping them.

Aren't all these memos written by the Deep State seeking to undermine constitutionally elected governments. Or is it only Democrat governments who can actually get anything done. Someone will probably know when they startled shackling tourists. It might have been done going back years. But something has changed to cause the UK Foreign Office to make significant changes to their advice to visitors to the US. Border Patrol has better kit than they had in Iraq

This post tells me more about you, than them. This is low.

There are two accounts being given. So you can be arrested and put in chains for responding to an email from a client in Japan while sipping a coffee in the US. I expect content on Youtube to take a nose dive. You think Mark Wiens gets a work visa for all the places where he does his restaurant reviews. I bet he doesn't even have a journalist pass. I think I might dob in Kalani Smith, aka the Ghosthunter, and his dad, for all those Youtube videos of them eating Gregg's sausage rolls. Pretty sure they are not getting the correct visas. Obviously Brits on holiday livestreaming their rides in Florida can forget about that.