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Re: American Empire Collapse: It's About To Get Much Worse(?)
DIR By: racist torturers
Date: September 22, 2023, 7:33 pm
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HTML https://globalnews.ca/news/9979556/9-11-defendant-ramzi-bin-al-shibh-psychotic-abuse/
9/11 defendant ruled unfit for trial after CIA abuse left him
psychotic, panel finds
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> A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11
defendants unfit for trial after a military medical panel found
that the man’s sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier has
rendered him lastingly psychotic.
>
> George W. Bush administration to take extraordinary steps in
what it called a war on terror: invading Afghanistan and Iraq,
setting up an extraordinary program of CIA interrogation and
detention, and creating the special prison and military
commission at Guantanamo.
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> A military medical panel last month diagnosed al-Shibh as
having post-traumatic stress disorder with secondary psychosis
and linked it to his torture and solitary confinement during his
four years in CIA custody immediately after his 2002 arrest.
>
> Al-Shibh has complained for years since his transfer to the
U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay that his guards were attacking
him, including by invisible rays, so as to deprive him of sleep
and cause him pain. McCall’s ruling noted that psychological
reports dating back at least to 2004 had documented al-Shibh’s
mental issues.
>
> Defence lawyer David Bruck told McCall in a hearing Tuesday
that al-Shibh’s overwhelming focus on trying to stop the
invisible attacks, and his insistence that his defence lawyers
do the same, rendered him incapable of meaningfully taking part
in his defence.
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> Bruck said al-Shibh believed American guards at CIA black
sites were conspiring to deprive him of sleep. While in solitary
confinement over four years, Bruck said al-Shibh experienced
torture that included being forced to stand sleepless for as
long as three days at a time, wearing only a diaper and being
doused with cold water in air-conditioned rooms.
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> He said the forced sidelining of the U.S. case against the man
would be “an opportunity for the country to come to account on
the harm” done by what he called the CIA’s “program of human
experimentation.”
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> The five 9/11 defendants were variously subjected to repeated
waterboarding, beatings, violent repeated searches of their
rectal cavities, sleep deprivation and other abuse while at
so-called CIA black sites.
>
> The CIA says it stopped its detention and interrogation
program in 2009. A Senate investigation concluded the abuse had
been ineffective in obtaining useful information.
>
> President Joe Biden this month declined to approve post-trauma
care when defence lawyers presented it as a condition in plea
negotiations.
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Re: American Empire Collapse: It's About To Get Much Worse(?)
DIR By: FullFaithAndCredit
Date: September 24, 2023, 3:18 pm
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Possible US Government Shutdown Looms Amid Republican Infighting
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> The U.S. government is less than one week away from a shutdown
if the Republican-controlled House of Representatives can’t
coalesce around a dozen spending bills that have so far divided
the party. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZTu9VFWxxU
Comments:
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> Shut it down! Spending money like crazy ppl.
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> 🤣🤣 They won’t shut anything down- they never
do. They will just agree to keep printing more money and
spending more money - while regular working class Americans can
barely afford to live. 😡
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Re: Texas city declares state of emergency over migrants
DIR By: Migrant
Date: September 30, 2023, 6:59 pm
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NYC to distribute flyers at border to discourage migrant
arrivals | Morning in America
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> New York City is conducting another canvassing campaign aimed
at discouraging migrants and asylum seekers from relocating
there. Officials in New York City dissuade arrival, citing the
city’s high cost and the absence of guaranteed hotel rooms or
shelter placement.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn3I3rmU6gE
A better more truthful sign would read: "Enter at your own risk!
Westerners are barbarians! Just because they looted the rest of
the non-Western world does not mean they will share that loot
with you!"
NYC protest organizer: Migrants are infiltrating middle-class
communities | On Balance
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> Protesters flooded a street on Staten Island, temporarily
blocking a bus carrying asylum seekers after local leaders said
they learned the community was chosen to house the city's latest
migrant shelter. Scott LoBaido, a Staten Island resident and one
of the protest organizers, joins “On Balance With Leland
Vittert” to discuss the protest, saying, "You can’t bring in
millions and millions and millions of young men of military age
who have not been vetted or checked for pedophilia, rape,
murder, viruses, diseases and plant them into this working
community."
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKwRf6uzA0
Good thing Westerners of military age never committed rape,
murder, and brought diseases, to the lands where these migrants
are coming from, or less LoBaido would be contradictory in his
assertions. So much for innocent until proven guilty too aye?
Lastly, rape is rape...
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Re: Re: Texas city declares state of emergency over migrants
DIR By: Migrant
Date: September 30, 2023, 7:11 pm
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Migrants evicted from NYC shelters into a record downpour |
NewsNation Prime
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> As a torrential downpour floods New York City, many migrants
are being kicked out of their shelters and told to either find
housing on their own or return to the Roosevelt Hotel where they
can apply for placement in a different shelter. Correspondent
Dray Clark joins "NewsNation Prime" with the story, saying
single adult men are the ones being evicted as the city tries to
free up space for families with children.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZyXKRqORHg
Wow...
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Re: Views towards America
DIR By: BlackSeaGrain
Date: October 20, 2023, 12:23 am
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Superpower under strain: How many global conflicts can the US
cope with? | To the point
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> The US crisis diplomacy is in full swing. The recently
reignited Middle East conflict is just one of the many crises
and wars that the US is currently having to deal with.
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> President Biden has made a personal visit to Israel and met
Prime Minister Netanyahu - following the earlier deployment of
two U.S. aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean to deter Iran.
At the same time, the U.S. government is also supplying weapons
and financial support in the Russian war of aggression against
Ukraine – a situation that many in the U.S. have started to find
overwhelming. Meanwhile, China - America’s primary geopolitical
rival - is busy expanding its global influence at the Silk Road
Summit. Is the US having too many balls to juggle at once? And
could Xi and Putin ultimately be the ones to reap the benefits?
Today, on “To The Point” we ask: Superpower under strain: How
many global conflicts can the US cope with?
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> Our guests: Nico Lange, (Munich Security Conference); Josef
Braml (US analyst); Sudha David-Wilp (GMF)
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> Channel
> 00:00 Which crisis in the world is the worst for the USA?
> 02:45 Can the USA solve the Middle East crisis?
> 03:20 Europe needs to get more involved
> 05:20 Has America's weakness made dictators strong?
> 05:50 Changing times: The world must wake up and act.
> 07:55 USA: still the strongest nation in the world?
> 08:20 Israel has no choice but to respond to terror.
> 09:20 Middle East crisis can only be solved with Europe's
help.
> 10:45 USA sending strong signals to Hezbollah.
> 11:10 Top priority is to prevent conflagration in the Middle
East.
> 11:50 Learning from 9/11: force of arms alone is no solution.
> 12:35 Israel needs to search for political solutions instead
of revenge.
> 13:11 Biggest challenge for the US is to stabilize the Middle
East.
> 13:30 A Ground offensive in Gaza is a long and dangerous
undertaking.
> 14:30 Israel's goal is to destroy Hamas.
> 15:00 Despite attacks civilians need to be protected in Gaza.
> 17:50 Upset Arab world: are peace talks even possible?
> 19:00 The US can solve the Middle East crises only with strong
partners.
> 21:50 Will domestic political problems in the US lead to less
help for Ukraine?
> 23:45 Republicans are not able to elect a speaker in the U.S.
> 24:30 The war in Ukraine is not a good election campaign
issue.
> 25:20 Will Israel aid mean less money for Ukraine?
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1no-SBIcis
Comments:
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> You have to think about the global West as a total. Almost a
billion people. US, EU, UK, Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada, New
Zealand. Yes, we can manage more than 2 conflicts.
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> Time for Europe to pay their dues!
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Re: War
DIR By: USAmmo
Date: October 24, 2023, 2:17 pm
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Arm Ukraine Or Israel, US Dilemma As Biden Insists He's Not
Prioritising One War Over Another
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> President Joe Biden made it clear that the US was not
prioritising one war over another and would send weapons to both
Israel and Ukraine. However, an Axios report claimed that tens
of thousands of 155-mm artillery shells promised to Ukraine
would be diverted to Israel. Later, a US official pushed back on
the Axios report, saying that the US is not diverting ammunition
formally allocated for Ukraine to Israel. Ukraine is poised to
receive about $61 billion in new military aid that Biden wants
Congress to approve. Israel, whose military is far better
equipped than Ukraine’s, would receive about $14 billion of aid,
the White House announced last week. However, the global
stockpile of shells and other weapons systems has already
thinned out. How will the US manage to provide ammunition to
both Ukraine and Israel? Watch this video to know more.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYSqYydG2w
Comments:
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> A State has the right to seek help and weaponry to defend and
protect themselves from any attack or threats or from outside
forces.
> - UN Charter.
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> This applies to Palistine as well.
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> Putin attacked Ukraine and it was important for him that the
West did not interfere with him in this. In recent years, Putin
has received a lot of support from the West, especially from
Merkel, Macron and Trump, and this despite Russian aggression
in recent years in Moldova, Georgia, Crimea, Donbass, Aleppo and
the "Novichok" poisoning. And now Putin is very hopeful that
the West will reduce assistance to Ukraine and he will get his
way.
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> usa arms industry is booked for the next 10 years straight
absolutely booming
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> Don't arm Ukraine or Israel save the money for the migrants
and their kids
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> Let them fund both wars. Is it not the same USA that was
boasting that it could fight two wars with Russia and China at
the same time. If that was easy then, let them do it now.
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> america is collapsing
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Re: American Empire Collapse: It's About To Get Much Worse(?)
DIR By: Rightist?
Date: October 25, 2023, 10:05 pm
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Another rightist massacre? A rightist in the comments had stated
something along the lines of, "these types of mass shootings did
not happen under Trump". Well, that's because most mass shooters
are rightists, duh!
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/rightist-mass-shootings/
Mass shooting hits multiple locations in Lewiston, Maine
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> More than 16 people are dead and dozens more have been injured
after a bowling alley came under fire in Lewiston, Maine,
Wednesday evening, law enforcement sources confirmed to ABC
News.
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HTML https://news.yahoo.com/gma/active-shooter-situation-lewiston-maine-002004508.html
The suspect is most likely "white":
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Death toll climbing in mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine; suspect
at large
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> At least 10 people were killed as a result of a mass shooting
in Lewiston, Maine, and the suspect is still at large. Some news
outlets were reporting a toll as high as 22.
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HTML https://news.yahoo.com/gma/active-shooter-situation-lewiston-maine-002004508.html
Related?:
‘Trump House’ in Lewiston becoming a big draw
HTML https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/10/15/trump-house-in-lewiston-becoming-a-big-draw/
How a community changed by refugees came to embrace Trump
HTML https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-maine-lewiston-donald-trump-7f2b534b80674596875980b9b6e701c9
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Re: Rightist massacres
DIR By: .
Date: October 28, 2023, 12:43 am
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/28/maine-mass-shooting-suspect-found-dead
Suspect in mass shooting in Maine that killed 18 found dead
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> The suspect in a mass shooting that killed 18 people in the US
state of Maine has been found dead.
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> A manhunt for Robert Card, a sergeant at a US Army Reserve
base, had been under way since 18 people were killed and 13
others wounded in two shootings at a bowling alley and a
restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night.
>
> Card, 40, is believed to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot
wound, multiple media outlets said, citing law enforcement
officials. His body was found in woods close to the nearby town
of Lisbon, where police found his abandoned vehicle shortly
after the shooting.
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> The victims of Wednesday’s rampage, the deadliest episode of
gun violence in the US this year
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Re: American Empire Collapse: It's About To Get Much Worse(?)
DIR By: NarrativeInCrisis
Date: October 28, 2023, 3:37 pm
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Here’s Why U.S. Elites Support Israel No Matter What
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> Why does the US gov’t support Israel no matter what?
>
> Hint: it has to do with imperialism.
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> BT’s Kei Pritsker explains the crucial role Israel plays in US
domination of the Middle East and geopolitics.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH8d7UJNmaA
Well, with the elites and politicians the U.S. has I'm surprised
it's lasted as long as it has. Wealth and status seem to be the
only things these so-called U.S. "elites" have going for them. I
wouldn't waste my time or energy pissing on any of them if they
were on fire. They sound like a right gaggle of ghouls...
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Re: War
DIR By: NarrativeInCrisis
Date: November 10, 2023, 11:42 pm
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Mounting Risk of a New World War | Walter Russell Mead
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> In Episode 334 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with
famed historian of American Foreign policy Walter Russell Mead.
Professor Mead is a Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and
Statesmanship at the Hudson Institute, the Global View Columnist
at The Wall Street Journal, and the James Clarke Chace Professor
of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College in New York.
>
> How have we found ourselves on the cusp of another war in the
Middle East when the Biden administration’s explicit goal coming
into office in 2020 was to get the United States out of this
region so it could focus on China? This is the question that
Mead and Kofinas look to answer in the first hour of their
conversation. They also discuss the historical parallels and
differences between the present moment and previous periods of
immense danger in the international system, the apocalyptic
strain in American politics and foreign policy, and how
political ideology and the culture war inform people’s opinions
about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the escalating war in
Gaza.
>
> In the second hour, Walter Russell Mead speculates about how
international events may evolve, the possibility of outright
collusion among America’s adversaries, as well as further
avenues of escalation that could lead to direct U.S. involvement
in Israel’s war against Hamas. The two also discuss how the war
in Ukraine, as well as Chinese military provocations in the
Pacific factor into American policy in the Middle East, why U.S.
adversaries no longer seem deterred by American power, and what
can be done to change that before it’s too late.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWoLKtjxoqk
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