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They left out the part where the merchants of death are at the bottom of the hole, with industrial sized vacuum cleaners.

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Those vacuum cleaners are the one technology that never fails ...

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They source them from China now because the Boeing ones failed to suck.

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Jun 8Liked by Bill Astore

They did mention the Soldier Hole, so that's pretty close. That line made this video true satire.

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Jun 9Liked by Bill Astore

... not having to ask for more, given even more than they request... and w/o being required to explain where it's all going, what a great scam

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Accountability: Obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).

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'The New ISIS Occupies Most of Palestine, and Netanyahu Does Not Care about Israel.'

At the beginning of the war on Gaza, after October 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the "Hamas" movement is equal to ISIS and must be eliminated, destroyed, and dealt with just as Israel dealt with the "Amaleks" in the Bible. After the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that it included Israel on the blacklist for killing children and civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, it joined Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS. This placed Netanyahu, his army, and his entity on an equal footing with ISIS. Israelis around the world and travellers have reached the point of concealing their Israeli identity in many cases due to their fear of reactions to the crimes and murders that Israel has committed against the Palestinian people. Israeli soldiers did not hesitate to film themselves committing these acts and publish them on social media to show the world the unprecedented level of brutality they were committing without hesitation or fear, thanks to the American protection and umbrella that gave them international cover to escape punishment.

The results of eight months of comprehensive war on Gaza and the beginning of the ninth month—which is the longest war known to the Zionist entity since its establishment—revealed that Israel has become a rogue state and a criminal entity. It failed militarily because one of the most powerful armies in the world could not eliminate a small, besieged organisation with very modest military capabilities compared to other organisations. Israel possesses the latest aircraft, armoured vehicles, tanks, artillery, drones, electronic military devices, and large precision munitions. Despite this, the leader of the "Beytenu" party and former Israeli minister, Avigdor Lieberman, stated that Israel "obtained absolute shame instead of absolute victory after eight months of war," contradicting Netanyahu's slogan of a war aimed at absolute victory.

Israel failed to recover most of the prisoners—freeing with the help of US forces only four and killing at least 3 of his own captives while 120 remained behind—and killed 210 Palestinian civilians in the operation. Despite imposing complete military control over the Gaza Strip, Israel found itself increasingly isolated on the global stage, with 148 countries recognising Palestine as a state. Furthermore, the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) have called for a ceasefire in Gaza. The ICC has placed Netanyahu and his Defense Minister, Yoav Galant, on the wanted list, and the International Court of Justice is investigating accusations of genocide committed by Israel..............

https://ejmagnier.com/2024/06/08/the-new-isis-occupies-most-of-palestine-and-netanyahu-does-not-care-about-israel/

Israel killed 212 Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, wounding over 400 more, to rescue 4 Jewish hostages.

What more proof do you need to recognize the Israeli Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians from their homes in Gaza, the 2nd Nakba.

The 212 Palestinians killed to get 4 Jews will never be reunited with their Families!

Biden and the US are totally COMPLICIT in the Genocide!

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Jun 8·edited Jun 8

Even more good news. We may be facing a Nuke Gap. Apparently 1550 is not enough. (sarc) Why do you think they call it MAD? As in MADness. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-could-deploy-more-nuclear-weapons-amid-china-russia-threats-official-5664826

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It's difficult to dig a pentagonal hole and once you've dug it you don't want to lose it. (sarc)

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'Are you ready for WWIII? The Russians are'

The Armavir Incident – the destruction on 23 May of a key part of Russia’s nuclear defence – means the Doomsday clock is ticking closer to midnight. Most people don’t even know that a long-distance Ukrainian/NATO drone attack on the Armavir radar station north of Georgia knocked out a Voronezh-DM radar which is designed to detect incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles from as far as 6,000 kilometres away. It is one of three similar attacks in recent weeks.

The strike, trumpeted by Newsweek as a great success, may have robbed the Russians of a couple of minutes of warning time, in the event of a strike coming up from the south.

“Map Shows Ukraine’s Record-Breaking Hits on Russian Nuclear Warning Sites” Newsweek reports. The article, triumphalist in tone, fails to address the central issue: how crazy do you have to be to compress Russia’s decision-making window before it must decide whether to launch nuclear weapons at you? And who thought this was a good idea at the very time that nuclear-capable F16s are about to arrive in Ukraine and the US, along with a clutch of client states, has announced their missiles will strike mainland Russia in the coming days or weeks? Never in history has a nuclear power been attacked in this way. Even at the height of the Cold War neither side was brainless enough to do what the Western countries are doing now: attack detection facilities and launch missile strikes on a nuclear power.

We actually need the Russians to have really good missile detection systems; it keeps us safe.............

https://johnmenadue.com/are-you-ready-for-wwiii-the-russians-are/

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And most, if not all, that money is borrowed - so future generations will have to pay for it.

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And the current result of all that Pentagonal and Other US Government Holes effort is:

1. A Sovereign. National Debt of $34.806 TRILLION and counting; and

2. Total Unfunded Federal Government Liabilities ~ principal and Interest on the publicly-held Debt, Social Security, Medicare Parts A, B, and D, and Federal Employee and Veterans Benefits ~ of

$216,210 TRILLION, and also counting.

Source: https://www.usdebtclock.org/# .

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That "Pentagonal Hole" is not the only Hole in Swampland. And in both Discretionary and Non-Discretionary federal spending.

And not to worry, folks: All that money that gets thrown into all those Various Holes in DC is replaced by the Federal Reserve/Treasury Department printing presses.

And they all lived happily ever after. At least until the printing presses stopped working. And the bills started coming due.

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And “The Beat Goes On,” as Sonny and Cher once put it... :

RUSSIAN WARSHIPS WILL ARRIVE IN HAVANA NEXT WEEK, SAY CUBAN OFFICIALS CITING ‘FRIENDLY RELATIONS’ by Associated Press 6 Jun 24

HAVANA (AP) — Four Russian ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday, citing “historically friendly relations” between both nations and as tensions escalate over Western military support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Cuba’s foreign ministry said in a news release that the ships will be in Havana between June 12 and June 17, noting that none of them will carry any nuclear weapons and assuring their presence “does not represent a threat to the region.”

The announcement came a day after U.S. officials said that Washington had been tracking Russian warships and aircraft that were expected to arrive in the Caribbean for a military exercise. They said the exercise would be part of a broader Russian response to the U.S. support for Ukraine.

The officials said that the Russian military presence was notable but not concerning. However, it’s taking place as Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that Moscow could take “asymmetrical steps” elsewhere in the world in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-provided weapons to strike inside Russia to protect Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.

Cuba’s Foreign Ministry said that the four Russian ships are the frigate “Gorshkov,” the nuclear-powered submarine “Kazan,” the fleet oil tanker “Pashin” and the salvage tug “Nikolai Chiker.”

Source: https://apnews.com/article/cuba-russia-warships-caribbean-ukraine-97905c0a6072e39e2869a18e28b0aeef .

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Certainly a good satire. On a more serious note. Good historians are very adverse to draw parallels to past events. But it might be worthwhile to look at what destroyed the Roman Republic (not the Empire) in the first century BC. It was ambition and financial corruption. It started with the problem of political polarization between the Optimates and the Populares and the generals from Marius to Octavian (later known as Augustus) who exploited the tensions that had evolved by the late second century BC when the Gracchi brothers Tiberius and Gaius who as popular tribunes tried to bring about financial reforms. It resulted in their assassination by the reactionary elite. The political system of the Republic was virtually destroyed, though the facade remained. The true power rested with the “imperator” - emperor - and a very small group of very rich senators.

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