|
|
|
- Thread starter Monarch Butterfly
- Start date
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
The Nobel "Peace" Prize...
...if it's not awarded to the most undeserving, it's then passed on to the most undeserving. /sigh
...if it's not awarded to the most undeserving, it's then passed on to the most undeserving. /sigh
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
Walz, Frey to be investigated for allegedly impeding law enforcement: Report
Federal prosecutors are likely to investigate both Gov. Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding law enforcement efforts in the wake of Operation Metro Surge.
Walz, Frey to be investigated for allegedly impeding law enforcement: Report
Federal prosecutors within the Department of Justice (DOJ) are likely to investigate both Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding law enforcement efforts in the wake of Operation Metro Surge, which has increased the presence of immigration enforcement agents throughout the state.
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
They probably did nothing wrong. On the other hand, I am pretty sure 99% immigration enforcement and their enablers are doing is indictable...
...but the federal DOJ doesn't work for the people anymore, I guess. /bleah
...but the federal DOJ doesn't work for the people anymore, I guess. /bleah
lenaitch
Senior Member
Pretty easy way for her to guarantee she doesn't end up in a helicopter in the middle of the night.
I wonder if she kept the money (about $1Mn USD).
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
US citizen sues after feds in Minnesota migrant crackdown threw him in unmarked car
Lawsuit accuses federal officials of using ‘police-state tactics’ and carrying out mass racial profiling of Somalis and Latinos
www.independent.co.uk
Immigration officers around Minneapolis are approaching people and demanding proof that they’re U.S. citizens
U.S. citizens who are out walking or standing in public are not required to provide documentation or provide identification, one legal expert says.
www.nbcnews.com
Full Metal Junkie
Active Member
Look at this happy smile. Look at how excited the manbaby is. We're witnessing the boy get the exact gift he asked Santa for.
Do you honestly think he cares about the $1M pocket change? He's just happy the Nobel prise comes with the golden frame pre-installed.
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
...what a farce.
lenaitch
Senior Member
My rhetorical question was whether she got to keep the money. A million bucks probably means more to her.
EBT
Active Member
Newly released footage from May 10, 2025 shows Trump’s reaction to Zelensky accepting his ceasefire proposal: Macron: Zelensky accepted your proposal for a 30-day ceasefire. Trump: Ohhhh, good! Nobel Prize. You are the greatest.
Source: French national broadcaster France TV
A couple of things I find interesting about this clip posted by the French national broadcaster France TV: First Trump's preoccupation with the Nobel prize "Ohhh good guys, Nobel prize", secondly when Trump asks, "did Putin accept" Macron outright lies and says "yes". As anyone who has been closely following this conflict Vladimar Putin has been very clear from the start. He will not accept any temporary ceasefire only a truce. He learned from the Minsk Accords "fool me once, shame on you fool me twice shame on me".
Source: French national broadcaster France TV
A couple of things I find interesting about this clip posted by the French national broadcaster France TV: First Trump's preoccupation with the Nobel prize "Ohhh good guys, Nobel prize", secondly when Trump asks, "did Putin accept" Macron outright lies and says "yes". As anyone who has been closely following this conflict Vladimar Putin has been very clear from the start. He will not accept any temporary ceasefire only a truce. He learned from the Minsk Accords "fool me once, shame on you fool me twice shame on me".
Last edited:
Lennox970
Active Member
For clarification, your argument on the Homeland defence definition isn't for me. Everything I wrote was derived or deducted from the following.
1. In June 2025, Greenland was moved from the EUCOM to the NORTHCOM AOR. Pentagon Places Greenland Under US Northern Command
2. The preamble to NORTHCOM's Mission Statement:
U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) was established Oct. 1, 2002 to provide command and control of Department of War homeland defense efforts and to coordinate defense support of civil authorities. We defend America's homeland — protecting our people, national power, and freedom of action. Integrated and aligned with North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a bi-national command responsible for aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning, we share a common goal of defending North America.
3. The Biden Administration published the most up-to-date US defence strategy document in June 2024. The Introduction to the 2024 Department of Defense Arctic Strategy by then SECDEF Lloyd Austin states:
The United States is an Arctic nation, and the region is critical to the defense of our homeland, the protection of U.S. national sovereignty, and our defense treaty commitments. I am issuing this 2024 Arctic Strategy to guide the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in a concerted approach to preserve the Arctic as a stable region in which the U.S. homeland remains secure and vital national interests are safeguarded.
The US DoD, not me, made the linking of Greenland to US Homeland Defence (whether you agree or not).
None of the above recommends or endorses Trump’s current policy of seeking direct sovereignty over Greenland.
Both the CBC and Small Wars Journals have written good pieces analyzing recent developments. Both touch upon Greenland, US Homeland Security, US underinvestment, lack of NATO action, Chinese involvement, and natural resources.
The Strategic Importance of Greenland
U.S., NATO have long history of not being serious about Greenland. That's about to change
Lastly, I have already posted this, but good background on the assessed future threat environment, the Danish Defence Intelligence Staff – Intelligence Outlook 2025
Please don’t shoot the messenger.
Lennox970
Active Member
Though I am not convinced their prospects are all that much better, some interesting polling done this week on Venezuelan public opinion.
Venezuelans believe Donald Trump has offered them a better future
An exclusive poll for The Economist also reveals an overwhelming desire for democracy
kEiThZ
Superstar
I'm not asking about their definition. They just make up shit as they go.
I'm asking about your definition. Unless you're outsourcing your thinking to the Pentagon. In which case, let me know. I can Google their view anytime. And have access to non-public info at work.
Again, in his first term this was about some great resource colony purchase. Having been rebuffed several times, it's now become about "national security". And while the strategic location is understandable, they've but articulated any good reason why the US needs sovereignty over it. Especially given that there's no prohibition on the number of bases and they had 19 bases and stations during the Cold War with tens of thousands of personnel. They drew down to one base with 150 personnel of their own volition.
By this logic, they can claim Iceland and the UK tomorrow and say they need it for national security. After all, apparently all it takes is a strategic location.
Do you just take everything the Administration says at face value or do you have any critical thinking of your own? I'd like to know if I'm just wasting time with a sock puppet.
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
...it almost if those two headlines are mutually exclusive.
Full Metal Junkie
Active Member
There @EBT goes... Spreading Putin's narrative he heard on RT and has seen on Xitter slopaganda:
Putin is so reasonable! It's just that the NATO war hawks keep screwing Russia over. NATO keeps tricking him into invading more and more of his neighboring countries, while all Putin wants is peace! Poor Putin-poo, he is so unlucky to be dealing with such unreasonable western counterparts!...
Last edited: