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Breaking News / Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 3/12
« Last post by SVPete on March 12, 2026, 07:47:20 AM »
BBC Beatdown: The Shocking Shaming of Iran's Ambassador

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/03/11/bbc-beatdown-the-shockingly-good-shaming-of-iranian-ambassador-n3812732

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And by "shocking," I mean in a good way. It's been so long since we've seen real journalism and the actual speaking of truth to power that it's almost difficult to process.

BBC presenter Laura Kuenssberg sat down with Iran's ambassador to the UK to discuss the war as well as what preceded it, as Ali Mousavi learned to his surprise and displeasure. Kuenssberg started off by noting that "your country is under attack," but almost immediately pressed Mousavi to explain the massacre of civilian protesters. Mousavi seemed initially stunned by the question, attempted to deflect the blame to economic sanctions and "foreign aggressors," but Kuenssberg was having none of that (transcript mine):

Other than some of their fictional content that IS presented as fiction, I'm not a fan of the Beeb, but this presenter (a rather honest job title, BTW) showed greater moral courage than PM Starmer (IMO, those B-1 crews should "bomb" 10 Downing Street. With the contents of their planes' toilet tanks).
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The DUmpster / Re: Awful storms: but now so many rural folk love "big government."
« Last post by SVPete on March 12, 2026, 07:36:39 AM »
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Chasstev365 (7,628 posts)

Awful storms: but now so many rural folk love "big government."

It takes a DUmmie to hate on the people who feed them.
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The DUmpster / Awful storms: but now so many rural folk love "big government."
« Last post by CC27 on March 12, 2026, 07:10:35 AM »
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Chasstev365 (7,628 posts)

Awful storms: but now so many rural folk love "big government."

Also, has any preacher claimed the storms were, "God's wrath because of the hatred and injustice shown to the poorest migrants?"

Yeah; I didn't think so...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221091383

Man you are miserable POS
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General Discussion / Re: Dems Condemn Hegseth For Using Money To Feed Soldiers Instead of Somali Daycare
« Last post by RonE on March 11, 2026, 10:09:11 PM »
It used to be easy to spot satire.
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Political Ammunition / Don’t buy the ‘green China’ hype — here’s Beijing’s REAL energy agenda
« Last post by Ptarmigan on March 11, 2026, 09:54:46 PM »
Don’t buy the ‘green China’ hype — here’s Beijing’s REAL energy agenda
https://nypost.com/2026/03/11/opinion/dont-buy-green-china-hype-heres-beijings-real-energy-agenda/

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Many in the West gaze in awe at China’s apparent dominance in green energy.

 “China is becoming a green superpower,” read a BBC headline last month.

“China’s Green Triumph,” trumpeted The New York Times.

China is indeed churning out solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and batteries that flood global markets — proof, advocates say, of an inevitable green transition.

Yet these supposed marvels are forged amid overwhelming and surging use of fossil fuels, particularly coal.

China's green energy is all smoke and mirrors. They use fossil fuels and in this case, coal. Manufacturing green energy pollutes the environment.
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 3/11
« Last post by SVPete on March 11, 2026, 05:01:54 PM »
Kash Patel Reviewing Investigations Into Trump and Allies, Assembling a Criminal Case.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/03/10/kash-patel-reviewing-investigations-into-trump-and-allies-assembling-a-criminal-case/

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel is leading an internal review of federal investigations targeting President Donald J. Trump and his allies. The review covers nearly a decade of counterintelligence activity, including operations Crossfire Hurricane, Round River, Plasmic Echo, and Arctic Frost. Some of these investigations relied on controversial surveillance methods and weak or disputed justifications.

According to whistleblowers and current or former FBI officials assisting the review, Patel’s team has examined internal communications, investigative files, and intelligence records that point to investigations being politically motivated. Some probes reportedly focused on Trump campaign advisers as well as journalists and members of Congress, with investigators accused of using authorities typically reserved for counterterrorism cases.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said criminal liability could arise if federal officials intentionally violated constitutional rights. “The Department of Justice is at the heart of considering these issues right now,” she said.

“I would say all of those things are on the table for lawyers and DOJ officials and others who conspired with them at the state level, state prosecutors, state police and so forth, who conspired to violate civil rights, and it could also include executive branch officials from the first administration who knowingly conspired and orchestrated a violation of federal civil rights,” Dhillon added.
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Politics / Senate Bill Forces Investors to Sell Rental Homes in 7 Years
« Last post by SVPete on March 11, 2026, 05:00:58 PM »
Senate Bill Forces Investors to Sell Rental Homes in 7 Years

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/senate-housing-bill/2026/03/10/id/1248952/

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A new provision in the Senate’s housing legislation would force large investors that build single-family rental homes to sell those properties within seven years — a move lawmakers say could help make homeownership more accessible but that industry groups warn could disrupt housing supply, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The measure, added to a bipartisan housing bill now moving through the Senate, would require large investors to dispose of newly built homes that were originally constructed to be rented out.

The requirement would apply to large real-estate investment firms and institutional landlords that have expanded rapidly in the single-family housing market in recent years.

This proposal is patently unconstitutional.
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The DUmpster / Re: People are getting angrier and angrier
« Last post by Ralph Wiggum on March 11, 2026, 04:47:21 PM »
Quote from: BannedFromDU on March 11, 2026, 12:21:33 PM

    Here we have Quik Trip and the food there is actually pretty good. It's not nutritious, but it's as good as fast food and cheaper.

Grew up loving QT as my market was one of the earliest major metro areas to have stores outside of its home in Tulsa and elsewhere in Oklahoma. Now, they're all over country, while the Quik Trip's here are mostly in the inner city. A couple of other chains bought almost all their suburban stores (where I reside and work), and their food/fountain drinks/selection pale in comparison to QT.
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General Discussion / Dems Condemn Hegseth For Using Money To Feed Soldiers Instead of Somali Daycare
« Last post by Ralph Wiggum on March 11, 2026, 04:29:37 PM »


WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats criticized Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for giving frontline U.S. soldiers a nice meal when that money could have gone to fund Somali daycare centers in Minnesota.

"I condemn these expenditures in the strongest of terms," Senator Chuck Schumer told members of the press. "There are literally millions of children in Minneapolis who need this money to be able to attend Somali daycare. It is absolutely disgusting to instead use it to give our soldiers a steak."

New financial records reveal Hegseth spent millions on food for troops serving in combat zones, and yet did not send a single penny from the Department of War to fund any "Learing Centers".

"Yeah, we're the Department of War. We don't fund daycare centers. It's really not our thing" explained Hegseth. "I just wanted to do something nice for the soldiers."

Democrats, however, were unimpressed with Hegseth's defense. "This is classic fascism," said Schumer. "Giving soldiers things to eat is fascism 101. I will never rest until I bring down this corrupt administration that is wasting taxpayer money that could have gone to the Minneapolis 'Chilrens Scool Hous".

At publishing time, Democrats had uncovered a devastating new report that Secretary Hegseth had also provided frontline soldiers with a small dessert.

Hegseth BEE feeding the troops too much good food
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 3/11
« Last post by enslaved1 on March 11, 2026, 04:04:55 PM »
Two protesters charged on first day of Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ ban

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Two pro-Palestinian protesters have been charged with violating contentious new Queensland hate-speech laws, with one of them allegedly saying the banned phrase “from the river to the sea”.

The arrests occurred at a small protest march which started outside the state parliament building on Wednesday, just hours after the new laws, passed by parliament last week, went into effect.

Under the act, a person can be jailed for up to two years for saying a banned phrase – including “from the river to the sea” and “globalise the intifada” – if doing so would cause “menace, harassment, or offence”.



Disagree with what is said, but support the right to say it.  Especially in these cases because getting arrested just feeds their self-righteousness. 
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