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cornishon@lemmygrad.mlto
World News@lemmygrad.ml•Ukraine, European Allies Reject Key Parts of US-Russia Plan
21·5 days agoNeither of them really has any power to “reject” anything here.
cornishon@lemmygrad.mlto
World News@lemmygrad.ml•If Japan dares to intervene in Taiwan Straits situation by military means, it would constitute an act of invasion, and will be met with strong fightback from China: FM
12·11 days agoUpdate: China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs now tells all Chinese citizens to “avoid” traveling to Japan. And major Chinese airlines announced they will offer 100% refunds if customers cancel their tickets to Japan. https://twitter.com/XH_Lee23/status/1989605525491708264
cornishon@lemmygrad.mlto
World News@lemmygrad.ml•Saltend: Major UK rare earths refinery scrapped in favour of US
13·1 month agoYep, all those “bring manufacturing/refining back to America” initiatives are effectively just handouts to few well connected capitalists. Everyone will forget about them in a year or two, but the money will stay in their pockets (see the Biden Infrastructure Bill).
cornishon@lemmygrad.mlto
World News@lemmygrad.ml•Sanae Takaichi: Japan is poised for its first-ever female prime minister
17·2 months agoLiberal Democratic Party
Yay, more status quo. But with a female face!
cornishon@lemmygrad.mlto
World News@lemmygrad.ml•Pentagon urges missile makers to double output for potential China conflict, WSJ reports
19·2 months agoThankfully, US government relies on (1) private companies and (2) Chinese components/minerals for missile production. Not the smartest arrangement I’ve ever seen.
cornishon@lemmygrad.mlto
traingang@hexbear.net•Shenzhen, China was the first city to make all cars and buses fully electric in 2018. Almost immediately, air quality and noise pollution levels in the streets of Shenzhen improved.English
5·2 months agoYeah. Cities aren’t loud, (internal combustion engines) cars are.
cornishon@lemmygrad.mlto
United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•TIL: 1/4th of all US presidents were slaveowners
4·2 months agoI mean, do you think Trump, Bush(es), Clinton, Reagan, Kennedy or Nixon wouldn’t own slaves
Clintons technically did. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2017/06/the-clintons-had-slaves
cornishon@lemmygrad.mlto
World News@lemmygrad.ml•Two courageous protesters vandalized Elbit Systems’ booth at a Polish defense expo
4·3 months agoTranscript of the video:
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Elbit Systems is an Israeli company which collaborates in the murder of Palestinians. There is no place in Poland for such things. Israel murders defenseless Palestinian civilians. No place for such cooperation in Poland. It’s like cooperating with Nazi Germany. Warsaw remembers what is genocide; and you come here and represent what?
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And what do you represent?
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I represent people who care about defenseless people.
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Ooh? And what happened of October 7th? Who was kidnapping who? Why don’t they give back those people [the hostages]?
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Israel murders, Elbit Systems collaborates.
[Soldiers “politely” ushering the protestors away]
[Protesters start chanting “Free, free Palestine” in English]
[After a cut]
- Israel murders… [The soldier starts choking the male protester as he drags him away]
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cornishon@lemmygrad.mlto
World News@lemmygrad.ml•Despite the blockade, Venezuela is on the verge of eradicating hunger
12·4 months agoHunger, another victim of “fake socialist” Maduro’s “neoliberal regime”.





He was on house arrest, but the idiot tried to fiddle with his electronic bracelets so now he gets a real arrest