Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted July 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark F said: destroyer of science libraries. "Harper has shut down 16 research libraries during his time in government. While the closures have attracted some media attention and news stories, there have been few detailed reports." lethbridge agricultural centre library. "The disposal of the collection took place over a couple of weeks in August. A couple of summer students boxed up journals. The boxes sat outside the basement library on pallets for a few days. But then, over the next week-and-a-half, the students began filling an extra-large dumpster with journals and old reports. When the news story about the trashing of the library’s holdings broke, the dumpster was immediately emptied." the observer. His silencing of the Canadian scientific community was monstrous Bigblue204, Mark F and Tracker 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 Israeli Protests Reignite As Netanyahu Pushes New Justice Bill TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel’s business hub Tel Aviv saw the biggest anti-government protest in weeks on Saturday against a renewed push by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right coalition to overhaul the justice system. Tens of thousands demonstrated across the country, with the rally in Tel Aviv drawing crowds far larger than recent protests, news channels N12 News and Channel 13 reported. Nationwide demonstrations began in January when the government announced a plan to overhaul the judiciary with a legislation package that would roll back some Supreme Court powers and give the coalition decisive sway in picking judges. The protests subsided a little from late March when Netanyahu, under pressure at home and abroad, suspended the plan for compromise talks with opposition parties meant to reach broad agreement over justice reforms. But, deeming the talks pointless last month, Netanyahu re-launched his government’s quest to rein in what it sees as an overreaching, left-leaning and elitist Supreme Court, though he has said the new proposals are more moderate. Parliament is expected next week to hold the first of three votes on the first new bill, which limits some of the Supreme Court’s power to rule against decisions by the government, ministers and elected officials. The opposition says that move is another dangerous step towards curbing judicial independence that would eventually subject the Supreme Court to politicians and open the door to corruption. Protest leaders have said they plan to intensify demonstrations next week. “We have no choice, we have to defend our democracy,” said Sigal Peled-Leviatan, 51, a tech worker demonstrating in Tel Aviv. The government’s drive to overhaul the judiciary has stirred fears for Israel’s democratic health and dented the economy, with the shekel falling more than 5% since it began. Even as he argues his innocence in a long-running corruption trial, Netanyahu has sought to ease concern among Western allies and foreign investors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tracker Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 BREAKING: Traffic over the Kerch Bridge between occupied Crimea and Russia has been stopped. Russian media report the cause may have been a Ukrainian attack. Locals say they heard multiple explosions and at least one bridge span has collapsed. 5am Ukrainian local time. WildPath 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark F Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 (edited) poland invade ukraine 😂 I guess if you can bet on trump and win, any gambit seems reasonable. or, losing it. Edited July 22, 2023 by Mark F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 4 hours ago, Mark F said: poland invade ukraine 😂 I guess if you can bet on trump and win, any gambit seems reasonable. or, losing it. Between Russian war losses, political setbacks and the near-civil war, Putin is the weakest he has ever been and is throwing out as many threats as possible in the hopes that one of them might have traction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Putin continues to kill off any potential opposition: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 Putin's war is going well...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 People of the world need to wake up as leaders are trying to grab power and become authoritarian rulers, democracies are being put to the test JCon and Bigblue204 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, bustamente said: People of the world need to wake up as leaders are trying to grab power and become authoritarian rulers, democracies are being put to the test Well correct me if I am wrong but according to star trek we're getting close to WW3 time... bustamente 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 A group of Nato countries may be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine if member states including the US do not provide tangible security guarantees to Kyiv the former Nato secretary general Anders Rasmussen has said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ukraine has recaptured half of the territory Russia initially seized in the invasion. "It has already recovered about 50 percent of what was initially taken," Blinken said in an interview with CNN today. The commander of the Russian "Leningrad Regiment," Colonel Yevgeny Vashunin has been killed in Ukraine. That was announced by the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Alexander Belsky. Mark F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bluto Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) So now that the Ukraine-NATO offensive has observably failed, which was the obvious outcome since the start of the SMO, and they're now pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel on munitions, tanks and troops... How long till the neoclowns start peace talks? How long till they get rid of Zelensky? Will they then pivot to China and lose two major engagements to keep their streak alive? 1 minute ago, Tracker said: I wonder if Abe Froman will be at his wake. Edited August 2, 2023 by bluto spacing Wanna-B-Fanboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 8 minutes ago, bluto said: So now that the Ukraine-NATO offensive has observably failed, which was the obvious outcome since the start of the SMO, and they're now pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel on munitions, tanks and troops... How long till the neoclowns start peace talks? How long till they get rid of Zelensky? Will they then pivot to China and lose two major engagements to keep their streak alive? I wonder if Abe Froman will be at his wake. Just Oscar Meyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bluto Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 "Fired", will be the least of his troubles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigg jay Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 52 minutes ago, bluto said: "Fired", will be the least of his troubles. I think fired has a different meaning over there... bluto and Tracker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue4ever Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 5 hours ago, bigg jay said: I think fired has a different meaning over there... Was thinking more along these lines…. Wanna-B-Fanboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted August 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, bluto said: So now that the Ukraine-NATO offensive has observably failed, which was the obvious outcome since the start of the SMO, and they're now pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel on munitions, tanks and troops... How long till the neoclowns start peace talks? How long till they get rid of Zelensky? Will they then pivot to China and lose two major engagements to keep their streak alive? Wait.. what? How has the Ukrainian offensive failed? It hasn't even ramped up yet. Who uses "SMO"? other than russians? It's a war. the aggressor is russia. Peace talks might be on the horizon. Who is gettin grid of Zelenski? These are interesting takes and I am interested in hearing more. On the russian war on Ukraine, it's pretty one sided here- very interested in hearing another take. Edited August 2, 2023 by Wanna-B-Fanboy Mark H., WildPath, Wideleft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigg jay Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 7 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said: Was thinking more along these lines…. They've got options... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardCoreBlue Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 39 minutes ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said: Wait.. what? How has the NATO offensive failed? It hasn't even ramped up yet. Who uses "SMO"? other than russians? It's a war. the aggressor is russia. Peace talks might be on the horizon. Who is gettin grid of Zelenski? These are interesting takes and I am interested in hearing more. On the russian war on Ukraine, it's pretty one sided here- very interested in hearing another take. I find some conveniently downplay/ignore who the aggressor was that started this whole thing.The only response I here when directly pressing them on this is oh this war has been going on well before Russia took the offensive here. Okay, and? Wanna-B-Fanboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sard Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 54 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said: I find some conveniently downplay/ignore who the aggressor was that started this whole thing.The only response I here when directly pressing them on this is oh this war has been going on well before Russia took the offensive here. Okay, and? Yeah, the many other times that Russia was the aggressor. Have never heard of any point when Ukraine has done anything in the past to provoke Russia in any way. WildPath 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 23 minutes ago, Sard said: Yeah, the many other times that Russia was the aggressor. Have never heard of any point when Ukraine has done anything in the past to provoke Russia in any way. They existed without a puppet government! How much more aggression do you need to see? JCon, Sard and Tracker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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