Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Voltaire2

Voltaire2's Journal
Voltaire2's Journal
February 27, 2025

Can't do a one day boycott, it is just too much to ask.

Can't go to a demonstration at my state capitol, it is just too much to ask.

Can't call my senators or representative, it is just too much to ask.

Can't quit Twitter, it is just too much to ask.

When your children ask you what you did to stop the fascist coup, just tell them that is too much to ask.

February 17, 2025

Peace or Partition?


Tomorrow in Ukraine, Russian soldiers will attack Ukrainians. Russian drones and bombs and rockets will target Ukrainian homes. A criminal war of aggression will continue.

Tomorrow in Saudi Arabia, Russian officials will discuss the future of Ukraine with an handful of Americans, delegated by a president who sympathizes with the Russian view of the war. The Russians will have the luxury of talking about Ukraine without the presence of Ukrainians.

The headlines are about “peace negotiations.” But what is really going on? How should we think about this unusual encounter in Saudi Arabia?

Here are ten suggestions, drawn from years on working on relations among the three countries, and from some recent personal observations at the Munich Security Conference.

https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/peace-or-partition?r=4e4mle&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
February 13, 2025

NYSD Sassoon resignation revelations on Blue Sky

oof at this footnote in the letter that the (resigning) U.S. Attorney of SDNY sent to Pam Bondi. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T21:56:14.081Z


Summary: Sassoon attended a meeting with Mayor Adam's lawyer Mr. Bove at which it was made explicit that there was what amounts to a quid pro quo regarding the dropping of charges against Mayor Adams. At the end of the meeting Bove became angry that notes were being taken and demanded their confiscation.

EDIT: Bove is AG Bondi's acting Deputy AG, not Adam's lawyer.
February 13, 2025

Venezuela.

First, I’m against US military and economic interventions in the internal affairs of other countries. If there is a manifest ethical crisis, for example a genocide, then intervention should be through international cooperation, not unilateral action.

That said, our policies with respect to Venezuela have been decades of economic sanctions and assorted interventions by our intelligence services in our efforts to destabilize and destroy the socialist government that has controlled that country for that time.

The felonious idiot in chief rescinding refugee status for Venezuelans, and then using these refugees as test cases for the gitmo concentration camps is a huge gift to the authoritarian Maduro regime.

WTAF are they thinking? Is anyone actually thinking? Are they just acting out like toddlers? Are these questions rhetorical?

February 12, 2025

Breaking on Bluesky: SpaceEx awarded 40M contract yesterday during the Big Freeze.


Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.

Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.

Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2025-02-11T21:43:24.558Z


February 10, 2025

I can't make you quit Twitter.

But I sure can trash all threads with a blue square.

Join me. Boycott Twitter on DU.
Nazi not spoken here.

January 4, 2025

A minimal act of resistance to the fascist regime: Get Off Shitter. (aka X, aka Twitter.)

Is this really too much to ask?

Consider why the fascists are good at using boycotts to get results. Perhaps because they actually boycott? Just a thought.

If you need instant news fixes try BlueSky.
What you won't get there is an endless stream of what Elon Musk wants you to see. In fact you are mostly in control of what shows up on your screen.

January 1, 2025

Global MV MCI (motor vehicle mass casualty incidents)



Selection of IMCI Caused by Motor Vehicles from 2000 through 2021, World-Wide.

Abbreviations: IMCI, intentional mass-casualty incident; USA, United States of America; UK, United Kingdom.

Note: * indicates USA (3), Australia (2), France (2), Spain (2), UK (2), Finland, Sweden, Venezuela, West Bank, and Gaza Strip. ** indicates: Canada, France, Germany, Russia, and UK.

source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10882554/
December 28, 2024

Tik Tok Trap.

The tik Tok ban law is a case study for how the Democratic Party leadership shoots itself directly in the foot with the intention of doing just that.

Fearful of appearing insufficiently xenophobic against China, they steered the party’s congressional caucuses to support the supposedly bipartisan ban on the currently most popular social media platform on the planet.

The maga strategists knew exactly what they were doing, and have now positioned their leader as the savior of Tik Tok.

We aren’t playing 3d chess, we are playing checkers at a gun fight.

December 19, 2024

Illegal trans immigrant drones are now shoplifting in the wrong bathroom!

that is all. Everyone panic.

Profile Information

Member since: Mon Mar 27, 2017, 06:57 AM
Number of posts: 15,377
Latest Discussions»Voltaire2's Journal