Global politics

[Psy-Fi]

Finland and Sweden move to relax strict alcohol laws

[Psy-Fi]

Recreating a jump into Normandy D-Day zone 80 years later, British paratroopers face French customs

[Mindy]

[Psy-Fi]

Russian warships to arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials, as military exercises expected


Maybe some of those "exercises" will include Russian sailors unloading some missiles while they're in town.

[Mindy]

Russian warships to arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials, as military exercises expected


Maybe some of those "exercises" will include Russian sailors unloading some missiles while they're in town.

[Mindy]

[Lisnaholic]

^ That's a very sobering newsclip, Mindy, and a spooky hint  of how history could come back and be played out all over again.

The Cuban Missile Crisis and the D-Day Landings: both take on extra significance when you consider the relationship between NATO and Russia today. Of course the D-Day events are in large part a show, but they also bring into focus how some countries stand. What I notice:-
- Though Russia was our ally at the time, Putin wasn't invited to the international commemoration events this weekend (a first-time snub, I belive ).
- Biden gave a decent speech, linking the fight for democracy in the past to a similar fight today. Here's a short extract:-

- Show or not, Brit Prime Minister Rishi Sunak disgraced his country by leaving before the international events were concluded. So that was the message he sent to the world, "Oh, it's international: nothing to do with Britain, then. I can go home." 

 

[Mindy]

^ That's a very sobering newsclip, Mindy, and a spooky hint  of how history could come back and be played out all over again.

I agree with you

[Mindy]

[jimmy jazz]

Juicy developments in France as Macron has called a snap election due to the rise of the far-right.

Election in 21 days.

[Mindy]

[Psy-Fi]

Speaking of Indian news...


Pakistani man sent to mental hospital after trying to form a gay club

[Mindy]

https://x.com/KareemRifai/status/1800557349171777980

JUNE 11, 2024
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JOHN MCGUIRK
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IRISH NEWS
Clare Daly, the often-controversial left wing MEP for Dublin, formally lost her seat in the European Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.

Daly, who achieved worldwide notoriety for her staunch opposition to NATO and hostility to the funding of the war in Ukraine by western countries, was eliminated after the 17th count in the European constituency that encompasses Ireland's capital. Ireland uses a transferable vote system that allows voters to transfer their votes from one candidate to another, with the weakest candidates eliminated count after count. When the votes were announced, Daly needed to gain over 6,000 votes on her closest rival, but fell short.

Daly's close associate and colleague, Mick Wallace, is also in a dogfight to hold his seat in the Ireland South constituency, where counting is at a much less advanced stage – and where it is much too early to say anything other than that his re-election is far from assured.

Daly and Wallace had operated as a high-profile duo in the European Parliament, courting controversy by often appearing to echo the arguments of Russian President Vladimir Putin in relation to the Ukraine War, and by making high profile visits to China, and pro-Iranian militias operating in Iraq.

However, the two MEPs had also built a substantial following outside of Ireland, where their speeches and statements often went internationally viral, and were regularly featured in Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media.

Following this election however, Daly, at least, will no longer have the platform of the EU parliament from which to make those speeches.

https://gript.ie/daly-out-breaking/

[Mindy]

I'd rather the evil ass israelis focus on assad and syria rather than hamas 

[Saulaac]

Juicy developments in France as Macron has called a snap election due to the rise of the far-right.

Election in 21 days.

Bardella on the far-right did well in the European elections. But he did so with only about 50% voter turnout; in addition the European elections are are little bit far away in Brussels so French voters feel they can vent their spleen because it's not on French soil.
I think what Macron is doing now is trying to motivate the other 50% who didn't bother to get off their arses, and say to them "Is this what you really want? I tell you what, I'll dissolve parliament and fire all MPs, but I really need all of you to get off you arses and vote this time. Okay? Are we on the same page here?"