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randahl, 4 days ago to random

The Danish national tv debate preparing Danish voters for the European Parliamentary election coming up this Sunday, is a shouting match between party leaders — who are not even EU Parliament candidates — accusing each other of wanting to bring more refugees into the EU.

I sincerely hope other EU countries are presenting more inspiring debates to European voters.

randahl, 4 days ago to random

Finally it looks like the new Kharkiv offensive is beginning to fall apart for Putin. According to multiple reports, a large number of Russian soldiers have surrendered to the Ukrainian marines of the 36th brigade in Vovchansk.

Recently, I saw a video of a Russian soldier criticizing his orders in strong terms, because dozens of his comrades had been killed.

This is the problem with Putin’s meat assaults — humans have a way of not wanting to die.

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randahl, 4 days ago to random

On May 6th, Russia threatened to attack “UK military facilities” if Ukraine was allowed to use British weapons against Russian military targets.

It has been a month… so where are the Russian attacks Sergey Lavrov?

Oh, that is right… UK is a member of NATO, and Russia — the second strongest army in Ukraine — is a bit busy at the moment.

— Yet another empty threat from the Kremlin clowns.

https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1948389/?lang=en

randahl, 4 days ago to random

With just 0.11 percent of GDP support for Ukraine, Switzerland is the very least supportive country in all of Europe.

Fortunately, the Swiss parliament finally voted yes to a new aid package worth an impressive EUR 5.6 billion, and I was looking forward to writing about that. But that aid package has now been turned down by the Swiss upper house.

Measured per capita, Switzerland is the 5th richest country in Europe — richer than Norway.

https://kyivindependent.com/swiss-upper-house-rejects-5-58bn-aid-plan-for-ukraine/

randahl, 4 days ago to LGBT

While many reputable companies have pulled out of Russia long ago, American language learning company Duolingo has continued its business in Russia, reveals TASS.

In April, the company was told to censor its app, so Russians can no longer see ANY reference to the existence of #LGBT persons, and instead of ending its business in Russia, the company chose to help the dystopian regime and comply, writes Latvian-based newsmedia Meduza.

Erasing a culture… for rubles.

https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/06/04/duolingo-reportedly-deletes-references-to-lgbt-people-in-app-s-russian-version

randahl, 4 days ago to random

Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz: Using German weapons to bomb Russian military positions inside Russia is not an escalation.

Also Olaf Scholz: Using Taurus missiles to bomb Russian military positions inside Ukraine is an escalation.

It makes no sense at all.

randahl, 5 days ago to random

Elon Musk officially turns his social medium X into a porn site.

I still remember the day when Twitter was an essential tool for many professionals, but does anyone seriously think ANY politician, media person, or CEO will open X on the go and risk being seen viewing pornographic material in public?

Man, this is a desperate move.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170352/x-xxx-porn-adult-content-terms-of-service-policy-update

randahl, 5 days ago to random

This exchange speaks volumes. It is from journalist Bob Woodward’s interview with Trump:

Trump: “I have a reputation for not being willing to apologize. It’s wrong. I will apologize if I am wrong. “

Woodward: “When is the last time you apologized?”

Trump: “Oh, I don’t know. But I think over a period I would apologize. But here’s the thing: I’m never wrong.”

I am impressed the world survived the 2016 election of this man.

randahl, 5 days ago to random

The right wing war against drag performers just took a hard turn:

In 2022, right wing blogger Summer Bushnell edited a video of drag performer Eric Posey’s performance, blurring parts of his outfit to support her completely false claim, that he was exposing his genitals to an audience including children.

That lie just cost her USD 1.1 million.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/idaho-drag-performer-awarded-11-million-defamation-suit-blogger-rcna154287#

Judge Joe Brown GIF

randahl, 5 days ago to random

“I never said lock her up”, says Donald Trump, now that he himself is potentially facing prison time.

Obviously false, and of course MSNBC rolls the tape of all the many times Trump said he would throw both Hillary and Biden in jail.

https://youtu.be/9bzUTDoDS_k?si=jHV90jtjY6eSzSTo

randahl, 6 days ago to random

Every night, Russian state tv sends out more nuclear threats to more countries. This time they claim, they will erase Poland from the map.

The problem for Russia is, they have been threatening the world with nuclear war every night for 830 days, and it is simply laughable at this point.

The reason they will never choose nuclear war is, NATO has 800 intercontinental ballistic missiles pointed at them.

But they are losing in Ukraine, and all Putin can offer is this nightly theater on state tv.

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randahl, 6 days ago to random

For the first time in history, Mexico has elected a female president. Claudia Sheinbaum has been the governor of Mexico City until 2023, she is from a Jewish family but secular, and tough on crime.

Congratulations Mexico! 🇲🇽

randahl, 6 days ago to random

If Trump is sentenced to prison on July 11, I hope Melania leaves him, so we get the divorce speech:

“Crooked Melania has left me, and I did nothing wrong with Stormy Daniels, but the radical left democrats have turned her against me. It was a perfect marriage, but it is a rigged divorce, and all the experts say its rigged. I call it a Bidenvorce — it is not a divorce, it is a Bidenvorce. And I just called Stormy, and it was a perfect phone call, but she hung up on me…”

etc., etc.

randahl, 6 days ago to random

I do not know who these two New York women are, but they are my heroes. ♥️

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randahl, 6 days ago to random

While Biden is still preventing Ukraine’s use of ATACMS missiles inside Russia, Denmark sends a battalion of 800 combat soldiers to Latvia to defend Europe from a potential Russian invasion.

That is how real it is.

Source: Danish paper Berlingske.

randahl, 6 days ago to random

Guilty as charged! 🔥

This new anti-Trump video from The Lincoln Project deserves a thousand boosts. 🙌🏻

https://youtu.be/FwcjDO6JCVQ?si=SQun3oGdi0sjFtfZ

randahl, 6 days ago to random

While Putin is hiding in Moscow, unable to travel, Zelenskyy is talking to investors in Singapore.

Who do you think will have economic success long term?

randahl, 7 days ago to random

Just to get to the courtroom and testify against Trump, a security team had to move Stormy Daniels to the location wearing a bulletproof vest.

Trump is obviously a stochastic terrorist, and he will keep on inspiring lone wolfs to attack, so for Ms. Daniels’ sake, I hope he is put behind bars for a very long time.

https://youtu.be/9SVT5KfK4zY?si=GH7zxqYucxRrgzYR

randahl, 8 days ago to random

I need some help with my slang: What is a stronger British word for an absolute idiot?

randahl, 8 days ago to random

All over social media, I am seeing Republicans calling for Biden to pardon Trump.

They want a pardon for the guy who rallied people to chant “lock her up” about Hillary Clinton. The guy who wants to overrule the US justice system by getting reelected and pardoning violent insurrectionists from January 6. The guy who despises NATO and applauds Putin. They want Biden to pardon the man who threatened Biden and has presented himself with the words “I am your retribution”.

Dream on!

randahl, 8 days ago to random

Very interesting: Canada now has an initiative to get their parliament to support open social media platforms. Good luck to your endeavors @chris et al.!

https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/112537526700611689

randahl, 8 days ago to random

When you meet someone in real life who is on X, who does not understand the value of switching to Mastodon, I recommend telling them that unlike X…

1. Mastodon is both free and ad free for all users

2. Everyone gets the same set of features, so editing typos or writing longer posts is not reserved for the rich kids.

3. There is no algorithm, so everyone's content spreads if we the users decide it is great content.