According to Telegram resistance may have just drone striked Bibi’s house, tons of cops there and media has been shut out, it’s not clear if he was home tho

This is the 1488th comment in this thread ugh

According to israhell pm office he wasn’t home :( But it doesn’t matter. We only have to be lucky once.

Looks like Russia about to be discarded by China like a used toy. I have already warned of this since earlier in the year when signs begin to emerge, and recent indications are all pointing toward the same direction.

Let’s see what this article from a Chinese academic in Australia has to say:

Why China now wants to put some limits on its ‘no limits’ friendship with Russia

Quoting a few banger paragraphs here:

In sharp contrast to 2022, China’s growing wariness is increasingly being discussed in the open, even among those who were previously censored. In early 2022, for instance, a joint letter by six Chinese emeritus historians opposing Russia’s invasion was censored by the government. The scholars were also warned.

Now, however, it appears the government is seeking to balance its relationships with both Russia and the West. Beijing may not want to be seen as a “decisive enabler” of the war.

For example, the once-prominent “no-limits” friendship language quietly vanished from a Sino-Russian joint statement in May.

And Beijing’s response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit that month was notably subdued. Putin ingratiated himself with Xi, saying they were “as close as brothers”. Xi’s response was more perfunctory – he called Putin a “good friend and a good neighbour”.

lol Putin must be sad.

Scholars are also articulating their concerns about China’s political and economic investments in Russia, both publicly and privately.

Shen Dingli, a leading scholar of Chinese security strategy at Fudan University in Shanghai, said China doesn’t want to be seen as collaborating with Russia against Ukraine or any other country.

He also quoted Fu Cong, China’s former ambassador to the European Union, who said last year the “no-limits” [friendship] is “nothing but rhetoric”.

And in August, after Putin referred to China as an “ally” during a visit to far-eastern Russia, Chinese scholars promptly sought to clarify this statement to prevent any misunderstanding China wants a formal alliance with Russia.

Putin, after being rejected by Europe, sought to pursue a relationship with China only to be rejected again.

As Feng Yujun, director of Fudan University’s Russia and Central Asia Study Centre, argued, the Wagner rebellion was a reflection of Russia’s internal conflicts and domestic security challenges. He noted every time Russia has faced both internal and external crises in history, its regimes have become less stable.

More recently, Feng has been even bolder, predicting Russian defeat in Ukraine. He argued China should keep its distance from Moscow and resume a policy of “non-alignment, non-confrontation and non-partisanship”.

lmao

While Russia-China trade reached a record US$240 billion (A$360 billion) in 2023, it has slowed so far this year, as Chinese financial institutions have sought to limit connections with Russia.

The relationship still heavily favours Beijing. Russia accounts for only 4% of China’s trade, while China accounts for nearly 22% of Russia’s trade.

Many Chinese experts are now warning against an over-dependence on Russia, instead calling for more cooperation with neighbouring countries. This echoes a recent concern Russia has been using its natural resources as a bargaining chip to extract greater benefits from China.

It is absurd to think that Russia could ever replace the West as the main economic partner for China without any kind of ideological commitment. As long as China wants to remain a global net exporter country instead of a domestic consumption oriented economy, it is never going to give up the American and European consumer markets. That means Russia will have to be sacrificed at some point.

Zhao Long, deputy director of the Shanghai Institute of International Relations, says there is an important difference in how they view the world:

Russia wants to destroy the current international system to build a new one. China wants to transform the current system by taking a more prominent place in it.

Yes, you heard that right. Russia wants to destroy the current system and build a new one. China wants to transform the current neoliberal system by taking a more prominent place in it lol.

Recently, Feng Yujun warned China risks being led by the nose by Russia, despite being the stronger economic partner. He says every time China has attempted an alliance with Russia in history, it has had negative consequences for China.

Consequently, it is crucial for China to maintain its long-term partnership with Russia without undermining its constructive relationship with the West.

lol yes it is the relationship with the West that is constructive. Russia is just a spare tire.

Russia has arguably benefited from the current competition between the US and China, as it has sought to exploit the rivalry for its own benefit. But this has also led to uncertainty in the China-Russia relationship.

As another analyst, Ji Zhiye, argues, relying too heavily on Russia will leave China isolated and vulnerable. And this is not a position China wants to be in.

I guess relying on the West is a much safer option for China then.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the coup against liberals over the past two years has failed. They really have made a come back. Chinese banks succumbing to US secondary sanctions on Russia was alarming. The recent monetary easing policy that closely followed the US Federal Reserve rate cut has all but confirmed this.

The same Shanghai libs who screwed up Zero Covid so bad that the entire country had to give up on the policy that had worked so well for nearly 3 years, are now begging the central leadership to save the stock and property markets and mend relationships with Western capital.

Just like Ukraine is about to be discarded by the US, Russia too will soon experience the same fate of being discarded by China. Going to be interesting to see how the BRICS summit goes next week.

“Israel invented cherry tomatoes”

Wrong response: that is not true. Here is some proofs…

Right response: Idgaf. Fuck tomatoes and fuck israhell

Palestinians blast German FM for claiming “Israel” has ‘right to kill civilians’ | The Cradle

me frantically waiting for that one street in Johannesburg to officially be renamed to Leila Khaled Drive so as to socialist fraternal kiss under the Leila Khaled signpost, haha jk, unless…

Also yesterday (15 October) was apparently the anniversary of Stepan Bandera getting no-scoped by the KGB

Incredible, even the US Congress now admits that Australia will probably not get the AUKUS submarines. And they propose an alternative that achieves the feat of being even far worse than AUKUS (which was already a terrible deal).

In a new report (which you can find here: crsreports.congress.gov/prod…) the US Congressional Research Service admits that the country’s industrial base is very far from achieving the target of building 2.33 submarines per year needed to build replacement submarines for those sold to Australia: in fact the rate is currently only “1.2 to 1.4”.

Given this, they actually propose to just forgo the sale of submarines entirely (!) and go for an alternative approach where the US deploys US submarines manned by the US Navy to Australia instead: “up to eight additional Virginia-class SSNs would be built, and instead of three to five of them being sold to Australia, these additional boats would instead be retained in U.S. Navy service and operated out of Australia.”

But since they don’t want to miss out on the Australian money meant for the subs, they conveniently propose that Australia instead spends it on other US military products: “Australia, instead of using funds to purchase, build, operate, and maintain its own SSNs, would instead invest those funds in other military capabilities—such as, for example, long-range anti-ship missiles, drones, loitering munitions, B-21 long-range bombers, or other long-range strike aircraft”.

All this for the purpose of “performing military missions for both Australia and the United States”.

So essentially, from Australia’s standpoint, the new deal would mean:

• Zero control over the submarines operated on its territory since it’d all be manned by the U.S. Navy
• Australia still spends a similar eyewatering amount of money ($368 billion) on US military equipment that is mostly “long-range”: “long-range anti-ship missiles”, “B-21 long-range bombers”, “long-range strike aircraft”. Meaning by definition not used for the defense of Australia but undoubtedly to attack China. Which is pretty clear: China is mentioned 44 times in the document…
• This US military equipment is to be used, as per the document, to “perform military missions for both Australia and the United States” which is extremely unusual: militaries normally don’t perform missions FOR another military. Allied countries might perform missions alongside each other or in support of each other, but not explicitly “for” each other.

How could Australia possibly justify such a deal to its public? AUKUS was already, according to former Australian PM Paul Keating the “worst deal in all history” because it’d “turn Australia into the 51st state of the United States”, but this new proposal would strip away even the illusion of Australian sovereignty.

https://nitter.poast.org/RnaudBertrand/status/1847162340829262239

uh is the korean war happening again

I’m just one episode away from finishing listening to Blowback Season 5, about Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge. I encourage newsheads to listen to it, like all their seasons it’s very well put together and detailed. Every so often in the newsmega there are posts about ‘why don’t the vietnamese like the chinese very much?’ Without being vietnamese myself or having any special insight into vietnamese public opinion, I can’t help but think that China’s actions actively supporting the viciously murderous Khmer Rouge regime in the late 70s has something to do with this. It’s pretty wild to me that there was a time within living memory where China and the US were working together to support the Khmer Rouge against their shared foes of Vietnam/USSR. Bizarre and ugly history.

blowback season 5 is paywalled but the hosts appeared on free episodes of radio war nerd and chapo earlier this month if you want to get the jist.

Democrats suspect Netanyahu attempting to tilt Trump-Harris race.

Democrats increasingly suspect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to interfere in U.S. domestic politics by ignoring President Biden’s calls to negotiate a peace deal in Gaza and by confronting Hezbollah and Iran weeks before the U.S. election.

The fate of the free world lies in the hands of the these fucking people. Most important election of our lifetime. Not impressed? Well guess who else is on board: Dick Cheney!

This had to be kayfabe, right? How could they not know this from the start? Can they actually be this guillible?

Israel is barring entire aid organizations after their doctors were featured in a NYT article about the conditions they saw in Gaza

Biden:

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead.

This is a good day for Israel, for the United States, and for the world.

Here’s my full statement.

spoiler

spoiler

https://xcancel.com/POTUS/status/1846984629573542269

RIP Yahya Sinwar. Palestine will be free

https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/vo-dosegashnite-voeni-sudiri-ukraina-zagubi-90-otsto-od-termoenergetskite-kapaciteti/ Ukraine lost 90 percent of its thermal energy capacity. This is not good

Interesting take here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1847318553495470362.html

He reckons Britain has fully dropped involvement in Ukraine after the operation to expand the war failed.