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Breaking: After Taking Control of New York, Russia Marches on Hoboken. Resistance Forces Being Lead by the Cake Boss.

Please indulge me in doing some washingtonology: What parts of the US bourgeoisie are behind the two competing factions in the US election? I know that Trump's VP pick is a puppet of Peter Thiel's far right tech clique but what about the other people? Did the coup against genocide Joe change the power dynamics of the factions behind the democrat party?

PIJ captured IOF spy drones. They also show footage last saved in the drones which include footage of the drone operators and other goons:
https://xcancel.com/TVFreePalestine/status/1822415378523271291

The new Bangladesh interim gov 'advisory council' is super sus

Advisory council members

1. Professor Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser

Chief neoliberal parasite, western puppet.

2. Syeda Rizwana Hasan, chief executive of BELA;

NGO Affiliated

3. Farida Akhtar, women's rights activist

NGO Affiliated

4. Adilur Rahman Khan, founder of Odhikar

NGO Affiliated

5. AFM Khalid Hossain, Hefazat-e-Islam nayeb-e-ameer and Islami Andolan Bangladesh adviser

Hefazat-e-Islam is a far right Islamist group

6. Nurjahan Begum, Grameen Telecom trustee

Grameen Telecom was created by Yunus

7. Sharmeen Murshid, freedom fighter

NGO Affiliated

8. Bir Pratik Faruk-e-Azam

Who?

9. Nahid Islam, DU student and key organiser of the Anti-Discrimination Students' Movement

10. Asif Mahmud, DU student and key organiser of the Anti-Discrimination Students' Movement

11. Salehuddin Ahmed, former governor of Bangladesh Bank

In 2020, Ahmed was appointed an independent director of ASA International.[11] He is one of the founders of the Centre for Advanced Research and Social Action, non-profit.[12] He is a member of the general committee of the NGO Forum.[13] He is an independent director of GrameenPhone.

12. Prof Asif Nazrul, Dhaka University law professor

13. Hasan Arif, former attorney general and adviser of Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government

Mr. Ariff was a resource person at the Continuing Legal Education Program and Human Rights Training Program of the Bangladesh Bar Council. He is a leading member of the International Business Forum of Bangladesh, a business community platform for advocating policy formulation at the government level.

14. Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hossain

Hossain was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1966 from PMA, Kakul. He joined the Bangladesh Army in 1972 upon that country's independence.

15. Supradip Chakma, chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (CHTDB)

16. Prof Bidhan Ranjan Roy, director of the National Institute of Mental Health & Hospital's Department of Psychiatry

17. Touhid Hossain, former foreign secretary

In September 2021, Hossain was a guest presented at a seminar on disinformation and reporting for Bangladeshi journalists organized by the United States Agency for International Development. USAID

Russian commentators: the present state of affairs is unacceptable! nuclear-tipped grand offensive now! mobilise all men to the front and women into the factories! assassinate every leading NATO head of state with hypersonic weaponry!

Putin: we are aware of a concerning situation in the Kursk oblast. we must remember Stalin's great and courageous leadership in these times and take heed. i have made funding available to the Bereznetzhov thermal optics factory to expand production by up to 30% by 2028 in light of this. we will not be intimidated by terrorists and the time of empty threats is over.

launched either the early stages of an offensive (reconnaissance in force) or a feint from Sumy across the border into the Russian Federation, into Kursk oblast.

• The fighting is ongoing, and Ukrainian losses appear substantial.
• Misinformation and conflicting accounts are in abundance, with some accounts reporting that the NATO regime in Kyiv has amassed a full brigade in this direction while others suggest this is little more than another PR stunt.
• The attack has also generated a few "victories" for Kyiv, including footage of a Ka-52 shot down and a small group of captured Russian soldiers. Some vehicles apparently made it a few km in before they were destroyed.
• There is a degree of frustration among some ostensibly pro-UA sources over opening a new front at a time when military resources and personnel are stretched thin.

It's still early, so there aren't many reliable sources. Here is the report from Rybar (CW: Twitter---every kind of reactionary, pro-imperialist comment)

Carl Zha on Twitter: So much for Israel's Iron Dome, Hezbollah rocket just hit a main road. More to come...

Rise up Swifties, Taylor cancelled 3 shows in Vienna due to a terror threat:

Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Vienna Shows Cancelled Due to Government Officials Confirmation of Planned Terrorist Attack

With confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack at Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone's safety.

All tickets will be automatically refunded within the next 10 business days.

Update: the US predicts that the sun will rise in the next 24 hours. Everybody should be on alert with suncream and a nice hat

oh, and also Iran will uh, do a missile attack in that time frame too. probably. yeah.

In case you weren't frustrated enough by Iran edging us, is once again vaguely hinting at the possibility of taking military action against Ukraine.

Belarus, due to the flight of a drone from Ukraine, is initiating consultations with allies and partners, as well as through international organizations, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Kiev is provoking Minsk at the instigation of well-known external players. The incident involving the flight of a drone from Ukraine radically escalates the situation and is a dangerous attempt to expand the conflict in the region.

Belarus will fully exercise its right to self-defense and will respond to any provocations or hostile actions, the ministry stated.

Alexander Lukashenko has ordered the reinforcement of troop groups in the Gomel and Mozyr tactical directions, said Belarusian Defense Minister Khrenin.

Lukashenko said he intends to personally deal with the "unsettled situation" on the border with Ukraine on the spot

The Director of the Supply Department of the Civil Defense in Gaza, Mohammed Al-Mughair, confirmed that the Israeli forces used three lethal American missiles of the Mark 84 (MK-84) type, which weigh more than 2,000 pounds and reach temperatures of 7,000 degrees, in the bombing that targeted the Al-Tabi'een School and Mosque in the Al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza.

https://english.almasirah.net.ye/post/41756/American-Fingerprints-in-the-Al-Daraj-Massacre-in-Gaza

5AM in Tehran now, nothing ever happens

So the loser "succdem" (useless liberal) expresident from Argentina got accused (with a lot of public proof) of domestic violence, so that's the peak comedy here right now

You can’t understand the genius of bidenomics, until you imagine debt increasing by 8 percent of gdp and economy by 3 as a recipe for success

How Conflict in the Middle East Could Send Oil Prices Soaring

From the energy sector’s perspective, Iran could threaten to further disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, through which around 30 percent of all the world’s oil has historically transited. Similar threats in the past have caused big spikes in the oil price. A less direct threat would be using its Yemeni Houthi proxy forces to step up the level of attacks on oil shipping elsewhere around the Red Sea region, which would also put upward pressure on oil prices. The Houthis could also be used to launch direct attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, as the group threatened to do recently if Saudi Arabia continued to allow U.S. warplanes to use its territory for military strikes against the Yemeni rebel group.

Alternatively, Iran could widen out its previously called-for embargo by Islamic members of OPEC on oil exports to Israel’s allies as well as to Israel itself. This would mirror exactly what Saudi Arabia did in 1973/74 to countries that supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War with Egypt and Syria. As global oil supplies fell, the price increased dramatically, exacerbated by incremental cuts to oil production by OPEC members over the period. Gas prices also rose, as historically around 70 percent of them are comprised of the price of oil. By the end of the embargo in March 1974, the price of oil had risen around 267 percent, from about US$3 per barrel (pb) to nearly US$11 pb. This, in turn, stoked the fire of a global economic slowdown, especially felt in the net oil-importing countries of the West.

AI tech bubble bursting is just a feint to make an opening for the left hook of oil price shocks to take down the great Satan.

I foresee a very sudden shift towards restoring dialog with Russia in the Tarot cards.

Edit: although for the US gdp overall it would probably be a good thing since the US is currently a massive oil producer so the “the economy isn’t crashing” team would still claim victory I am sure, this would still simply wreck manufacturing & logistics & everything that is not directly related to causing earthquakes in Texas and Alberta.

It unequivocally sucks to be Europe, as it should be.

Some more combat footage videos from Russia's Kursk oblast.

Some "Ukrainian" invaders actually speak the US variety of English (i.e. 'Merican mercs): https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--Ukie-fascists-speak-English,-with-an-American-accent!!:f

Russian defenders captured a group of invaders: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--%F0%9F%94%9ERussian-soldiers-capture-Ukrainian-militants-in-Kursk%F0%9F%94%9E:d

Russian Lancets destroy a tank, an armored personnel carrier, and a Polish-supplied "Krab" self-propelled howitzer: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,-DBL,--AFU-tank---armoured-vehicle-destroyed-in-border-area-Kursk:5

Russian Su-34 conducts airstrike on enemy positions: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--RF-Su-34-multi-role-supersonic-fighter-bombers-eliminate-AFU!!:d

Who was the person in the last thread that said that China needs to switch to a more *consumer economy fast? Sounds like they listened.

https://www.semafor.com/article/08/05/2024/china-rolls-out-42-billion-stimulus-package-to-boost-domestic-demand

The Workers and Resources Biomes DLC rules but is also funny. I'm playing a freegame on "Asian map" and the clue really is in the name-according to what all the cities are called, this really is Asia: the Map. My main city is called something like Matsumatuo, then you cross the river to the coal mining town of Shihua, then head down the road a bit to scenic Haecho. I don't remember the names exactly but that is the exact language combo throughout city names: something vaguely Japanese, something vaguely Chinese, and something vaguely Korean, with an occasional fusion. Also there is not currently a second pool of names for people, so all the lumberjacks in the jungle and truck drivers hauling cloth and fish to market in 1940s Indiana Jones trucks are named things like Grigori Petrovich.

10/10 I should never have started on realistic mode

All of these flights in Iran are all United Arab Emirates flights as others have stopped flying.

EDIT: I tell a lie, I found one single Kuwait airliner in there too.

RT - Japanese PM makes no mention of US on Hiroshima anniversary [06/08/24]

During his address during a ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Tuesday, Kishida told attendees “79 years ago today, an atomic bomb deprived people said to number well more than 100,000 of their precious lives. It reduced the city to ashes and mercilessly deprived people of their dreams and bright futures. Even those who escaped death suffered hardships beyond description.”

However, the prime minister didn’t directly say which country was responsible for attacking the city with nuclear weapons and causing such “devastation and human suffering.”

“The widening division within the international community over approaches to nuclear disarmament, Russia’s nuclear threat, and other concerns make the situation surrounding nuclear disarmament all the more challenging,” he said.

The whole speech bore a lot of similarities to the address delivered by the Japanese prime minister a year ago, in which the US was also not mentioned.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also ignored the role of the US in the bombing of Hiroshima in his message dedicated to the anniversary. “We must not forget the lessons of August 6, 1945,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter), adding that nuclear weapons “represent a real and present danger.”

Latest Bhadrakumar piece, on Bangladesh. My summary:

Now ex-president Hasina has written a piece in the Economic Times, perhaps most notably commenting on how the US would have allowed her to remain in power if she had given up sovereignty of the Bay of Bengal, but she refused.

The man behind the colour revolution was Donald Lu, a veritable grim reaper stalking his way through Asia with all sorts of connections to the US. He was responsible for regime changes in Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Pakistan (the ouster of Imran Khan, in that case) He visited Bangladesh in May and met with senior government officials, and his visit was quickly followed by sanctions on the Bangladesh army chief. Russia had warned Bangladesh about the gathering storm of US officials and interest, but their warnings were either unheeded, or the internal rot was already too deep and too many in the government hated Hasina and wanted her gone. Regardless, in the current situation, Russia is maintaining a policy of non-interference, merely hoping that whoever is elected will be nice to Russia (China's actions have been much the same).

Both India and China will be affected if Bangladesh collapses and becomes a failed state under neoliberal plundering. India must - or, at least, should - realize that the US is not their friend here. They have surrounded India with an unfriendly, US-backed Pakistan and an unfriendly, US-backed Bangladesh, as punishment for having too much of an independent foreign policy and goals (that is, they aren't totally subservient and kowtowing to Biden). India thinks they are equal partners to the US, and that the Americans will let them exercise their regional interests without interference. They are sorely mistaken.

A recent commentary in the Global Times has called for an easing of tensions given this new reality in order to jointly construct a more stable region, while the US seeks to heighten India-China tensions instead in order to try and achieve their own regional hegemony. Will India realize the situation they're in and give China a chance? Or will Modi's delusions of grandeur continue?

Rumours that Iranian militants near the Euphrates have sieged the Al-Omar oil fields and entered the base.

Completely impossible to confirm and will be denied by the US even if it is true, the base houses both SDF and US forces. If true it would be a continuation of rumours of attacks on Dhiban across the Euphrates by Iranian backed militants yesterday.

EDIT: The fed accounts are reporting it's false while reporting US airstrikes currently ongoing in the area.

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On his social media, Trump said, in a way that was completely disconnected from reality, that the audience at Kamala Harris' rally in an airport hangar in Detroit was actually the work of AI.

(EN) Yemeni army shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper plane with a home-made surface-to-air missile, while it was carrying out hostile actions in the Saada governorate. #Palestine #Gaza
Dated: 04/08/2024.

https://xcancel.com/TVFreePalestine/status/1820524800697311600