I agree. Hubris pure and simple. Seems a lot of that around these days.

I thank The Independent for putting ‘ceasefire’ in quotes.

Wir treffen Jill und Joe und dessen Bruder Hip
Und auch den Rest der coolen Gang
Sie rappen hin, sie rappen her
Dazwischen kratzen’s ab die Wänd’
Dieser Fall ist klar, lieber Herr Kommissar
Auch wenn sie anderer Meinung sind
Den Schnee, auf dem wir alle talwärts fahr’n, kennt heute jedes Kind

Jetzt das Kinderlied

Drah di ned um, oh, oh-oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh, oh-oh
Er hot die Kroft und wia san klan und dumm
Und dieser Frust macht uns stumm
Drah di ned um, oh, oh-oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh, oh-oh
Wenn ea di onspricht und du waßt warum
Sag eam, dein Lem bringt di um

Oh, another coocoo proposal. Anything to get a media mention, and if it happens to go through: yay, another step towards Gilead.

who (legitimately) ask for some defense of their property rights, attacked both by hackers and by the big monopolists of platforms and AI

This does not sound like they’re defending Spotify.

Totally on brand. Feels like the way he treats FB’s fuckups.

☝️

This is important to understand. They don’t care about the fall of society or the planet, as long as the financial system stays intact and their lines go up. They have long prepared themselves for the end they themselves are pushing.

Not sure if I love or hate the name

You’re probably right; I just wonder if they had a (slightly) nicer phase some time before 2016.

Yeah I heard that MAGA-adjacent shit is happening in Canada too, I guess most of it in Alberta? Is it the Texas of Canada? Does it have oil?

GOOD. This is what Thunberg, amidst others, got arrested for in London.

With impunity. They don’t care anymore about the message they’re sending. They think they’re safe in their position as the USA’s largest military base in the Middle East. I hope they (and the USA) get proven wrong rather sooner than later.

Merry fucking Xmas. In some way it makes me happy that the world seems to agree with my hate of the holidays.

Sounds like India is going to hell just like the USA.

Always remember: Faux News is entertainment, and no-one in their right mind would take them seriously, according to their own words.

Unfortunately the government seems to support them.

Had to check that out on a map:

What’s the point?

Some states further South should be considering this.

After concluding a trade agreement with Washington in August, the EU did increase the physical volumes of US liquefied natural gas it purchased. Falling oil and gas prices, however, meant that the total value of imports was lower than over the same period last year.

Jillian Boccara, a senior director at Kpler, said the non-binding nature of the trade agreement has had little impact on additional purchases of US commodities.

She noted that energy supply contracts are concluded on a bilateral basis and driven by economic considerations—including shipping costs and margins—rather than political statements. She also stressed that the announced volume of purchases is “unrealistic”.

Link to 6h youtube video

Good. Not that she got arrested of course, but that she keeps protesting, internationally. So soon after what must have been a pretty harrowing experience in Israel.

It seems they chose their target well, too:

Aspen Insurance, a global speciality insurer and reinsurer were targeted because they provide services to Elbit Systems UK, providing the arms manufacturer with the mandatory Employer Liability insurance without which Elbit could not produce weapons in Britain. Elbit are Israel’s biggest weapons maker, producing over 85% of their killer drone fleet and land-based equipment.

That was fast.

Scary stuff…

The incident on a stretch of the Llangollen Canal in Whitchurch has been blamed by engineers on an “embankment failure”, with its collapse causing water to rush into a nearby field - and the canal bottom to fall away, leaving a trench.

Two narrowboats were said to have sunk into the hole shortly after 04:00 GMT, with one witness estimating it to be 15ft (four metres) deep.