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Feb 22
Πώς θα επηρεαζόταν η #Τουρκια και η #Ελλάδα από ένα φιλοδυτικό #Ιράν; 🧵
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Η Τουρκία ενισχύεται. Αναβαθμίζεται ως κόμβος ενέργειας προς μια ανοιχτή ιρανική οικονομία, κάτι που της προσδίδει ιδιότητα αναντικατάστατου μεσάζοντα και αυξάνει την αντοχή της σε δυτικές πιέσεις σε άλλα ζητήματα. 2/9
Παράλληλα, βελτιώνεται η ενεργειακή της ασφάλεια, αλλά περιορίζεται η μοναδικότητά της, καθώς ένα ισχυρό, φιλοδυτικό Ιράν αναδύεται ως ανταγωνιστής ρόλων σε Ιράκ, Καύκασο και διαδρόμους συνδεσιμότητας, καθιστώντας το συνολικό όφελος σημαντικό, αλλά πεπερασμένο. 3/9
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Feb 22
EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE/PHOTOS: Dashcam Footage Shows Deadly Crash - Richard Holden Held on Just $5,000 Surety Bond!

We have exclusively obtained the full crash report detailing the horrific crash from September in Jefferson County, Missouri. Holden, the driver of a 2022 Freightliner Cascadia, rear-ended a line of vehicles in a construction zone, triggering a chain-reaction collision involving eight vehicles (the semi and seven passenger vehicles). The driver, Richard Holden, was arrested and charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter.

Last year, I was able to obtain the carrier information and write an exclusive report at that time. The report showed 11 insurance cancellations in 10 years. It revealed extreme negligence and misconduct by the truck carrier, with no accountability for consistent violations.

The story today is focused on the lack of accountability for Richard Holden. Documents reveal that, after Holden said, “I think I might have dozed off,” he was approved for a writ of mandamus and had his bond lowered to $5,000. The designation means he was permitted to secure release through a bondsman rather than posting the full amount directly to the court. If $500 is paid to the bondsman, he can walk free.

IF YOU ARE ANGRY, I PROMISE YOU ARE NOT ANGRY ENOUGH. I spent the entire morning going through the photos from the report. Unfortunately, due to their sensitive nature, I cannot share them. Multiple photos were of the victims. I am not going to get those images out of my head very quickly. The fact that this man is going to be able to walk free if an individual pays $500 is beyond my capability of understanding.

I can attach a few photos in the thread. I just want you to imagine what happened to the individuals that were in the vehicles struck by a semi going 70 mph..
A huge thank you to @TheLoneWolfonX for assistance with the open records request
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Feb 22
🧵 1/23. Comme j'en ai assez d'entendre des inepties sur le fascisme avec des 'c'était y a longtemps, ça ne veut plus rien dire, LFI/ Mélenchon c'est eux les vrais fascistes' et les âneries qui s'en suivent ⬇️ Image
2. Toute cette musique qui résonne dans des crânes vides ou remplis de fadaises par des incultes, voilà ce qu'il y a à comprendre une bonne fois pour TOUTE sur le Fascisme et sans doctes ouvrages ⬇️ Image
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3. Et ne venez pas me dire que ça ne s'applique pas à ce que l'on vit sous la Macronie ⬇️ Image
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Feb 22
A Mafia does a lot better in its hometown if it controls the local media. Same for the coroner's office.

The life of Generoso Pope Jr. is instructive. His godfather was Frank Costello, who took over the US Mafia from Lucky Luciano.

By the time that he graduated from MIT in
1946, the connections between the OSS/CIA and the Mafia were well-established. He first signed up with the CIA, and then started running the National Enquirer, purchased for him by his godfather.

So it is no surprise that the MediaMafia is always deflecting for Trump. Trump
is a frontman for the CIAMafia, the hidden network in our society that set up the CIA in 1947.

You cannot know history until you study the history of the Mafias and Intell Agencies. America has been blinded to this for over 80 years.
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Feb 22
Vatanseverlikleri Tartışmaların Üstündedir”

Mustafa Kemal Paşa’nın 6 ay İstanbul’da kaldığı dönemde Mösyö Fru (Rahip Fru – İngiliz Muhipleri Cemiyeti Başkanı) tanıdıkları aracılığıyla Paşa ile görüşmek ister. Image
Mustafa Kemal Paşa niyetini anlamak için başka bir evde görüşmeyi kabul eder. Fransızca yapılan görüşmeye Mösyö Fru başlar:

— Ben çoktan beri Türkiye’de yaşayan bir yabancıyım. Türkleri, İttihat ve Terakki idaresini bizzat gördüm.
Ne fecidir efendim, bilirsiniz. Genel Savaş’ta şahit olduklarımı tekrar etmekten utanırım. Belki de hepsini anlatsam, medeniyet dünyası Türkiye’yi yok eder!
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Feb 22
🔹Mexique 🇲🇽🔹

🚨APRÈS LA MORT DU CHEF DU CARTEL CJNG, LE MEXIQUE PLONGE DANS LE CHAOS 💥

Embuscade contre l’armée et la police, attaques d’aéroports, explosions, incendies de nombreux bâtiments, réaction des États-Unis. On vous explique tout. ⤵️

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Le chef du puissant cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, a été tué dimanche par l’armée mexicaine dans l’État de Jalisco, marquant un tournant dans la lutte contre les cartels. Image
Sa mort a immédiatement déclenché une vague d’attaques et de représailles dans plusieurs États, notamment Jalisco (Guadalajara), Michoacán, Colima, Guanajuato et Tamaulipas : véhicules incendiés, barrages routiers, et zones sous contrôle informel des narcos. Image
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Feb 22
#Ochakouraraka:

The UA third years make bets once the school year starts. It’s just for fun really, just between five or six people, just one friend group.

The terms of the bet? Which one of the second yeas will have the most fans now that the first years are here. +
To no ones surprise Shoto, Katsuki and Izuku are the top contenders.

Two people have bet their after class chores for a month on Izuku, three people have all their money on Shoto and one person has bet his place as the class rep on Katsuki’s “unique charm”.

As things do, it
gets out of hand immediately. As soon as the third years realise how excitable and invested the new first years are in class 2A the bets start to spread until the entire third year hero course is involved.

The pool grows, it becomes about strictly money and suddenly all eyes
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Feb 22
petitionen@citizengo.org
Wir haben Boden gewonnen. Bleiben wir nun wachsam!

Grüß Gott und Guten Tag, Erwin,

als ich vor zwei Wochen die Eröffnungsfeier der Winterolympiade in Mailand-Cortina sah, musste ich unweigerlich an Sie denken.
Diese Feier war ganz anders als 2024 in Paris, nicht wahr?

Sie erinnern sich wahrscheinlich daran. Während der Eröffnungsfeier der Olympischen Spiele in Paris wurde ein Auftritt in die ganze Welt ausgestrahlt, den viele Christen als bewusste Verhöhnung des letzten
Abendmahls und unseres Glaubens empfanden. Was eigentlich ein Fest des Sports hätte sein sollen, wurde zu einem Moment der Verhöhnung und Spaltung. Millionen von Gläubigen fühlten sich beleidigt. Und gemeinsam haben wir uns gewehrt.

Dieses Mal war es anders.
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Feb 22
This observation from Kondratiev's paper in 1927, Long Waves In Economic Life, is one of many that can be attributed to our contemporary experience. The mid-wave crisis peak that announced the recession of the last wave was undoubtedly, for the sake of assigning a single point,
...1980 when gold prices and interest rates hit their highs. It was also the period in which computer and internet technology made its appearance.
I am suggesting, apropos of Kondratiev's comment, that a feature of our place at the start of the new long wave, is the belief that AI will change everything by its adoption at a mass scale.
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Feb 22
Rishi Sunak: At NATO’s Hedgehog 2025 exercise, Ukrainians exposed how ill-prepared western forces are for modern war.

Germany signed a deal with Kyiv for Ukrainians to train its troops. We must change how we plan, procure and practise war - The Times. 1/ Image
Sunak: Ukraine went from 800,000 drones in 2023 to well over 4 million last year, more than all of NATO combined.

Around 10,000 drones a day are now used on the battlefield, and many are obsolete within three months. 2/
Sunak: Ukraine, without a navy, pushed Russia’s Black Sea Fleet back to port using maritime drones.

Kyiv reopened its grain corridor and exports now exceed pre-2022 levels, bringing in cash for the war effort, Zelenskyy told me. 3/
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Feb 22
President Biden largely maintained the Section 301 tariffs on approximately $370 billion of Chinese imports originally established by the Trump administration. Following a mandatory 4 yr review in 2024 the Biden-Harris administration not only kept these existing duties but also
significantly increased or added new tariffs targeting "strategic sectors".
U.S. Department of Commerce (.gov)

Trump Tariffs Maintained by Biden - The Biden administration chose to keep nearly all of the original Trump-era tariffs
on Chinese goods in place,
covering thousands of categories including:
National Taxpayers Union

Consumer Goods: Footwear, luggage & hats.
Industrial Components: Broad categories of machinery & chemicals.
Existing Section 301 duties: Generally ranging from 7.5%
to 25% on various imports.
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Feb 22
Bill Browder: War in Ukraine is now only about Putin’s personal survival.

He needs the war to stay in power, and he needs to stay in power to stay alive. The destruction of Russia is unparalleled, but he cannot stop. If he stops, he loses everything. 1/
Browder: Putin is a historic liar, but he’s honest about one thing.

He believes Ukraine should not exist as a sovereign state. He hasn’t deviated from that for a minute. He doesn’t want compromise. He wants total and absolute victory. 2/
Browder: Peace talks create the appearance of negotiation so Putin can keep fighting and avoid sanctions.

He can tell Trump: you can’t upset delicate negotiations. That is the main intention behind this process. 3/
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Feb 22
CJNG Cartel Members have launched mass attacks across Mexico after their leader was taken out in a special operation. I edited this compilation together so you can see how bad it really is!
🚨 Cartel members have now started targeting shops with molotov cocktails ⚠️
There is so much toxic smoke in the air that it is becoming difficult to breathe 😳
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Feb 22
חיסולו של "אל-מאנצ'ו" ככל שיתאמת רשמית, הוא האירוע הכי משמעותי במלחמות הקרטלים במקסיקו מזה עשור, להוציא נניח את לכידת מאיו-זמבדה בקיץ 2024, אבל כמבצע מקסיקני - זה ארוע דרמטי עם השלכות עמוקות. הנה שרשור מרכז של מה שידוע עד כה, עם פרשנות נלווית מדברים שעולים לי לראש.
האירוע מתחיל לפי הדיווחים בפשיטה של הצבא (מעריך שמארינס) מקסיקני על טלאפה (או טפאלפה, גרסאות סותרות) די איינדה בחליסקו, שם התחבא אל מאנצ'ו.

מאנצ'ו (אדון התרנגולים בכינויו) היה אחד מ-3 בכירי קרטלים שהאמריקאים סימנו לשיינבאום כ"פרס" שהם מעוניינים בו כדי לרכך את "התאווה" שלהם לתקוף בעצמם את הקרטלים. לכן הוא, לצד איוואן ארצ'יבלדו (צ'אפיטוס/סינלואה) ומאיו-פלאקו (זמבדה/סינלואה) היו כבר מזה זמן על כוונת הממשל, השאלה שנותרה - מי מהם?
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דומה שעתה קיבלנו תשובה. היקף האלימות שפרצה במקסיקו, המדינות (סטייטס) שהיא מתרחשת בהן הם שטחים בשליטת CJNG, הקרטל החזק במקסיקו, בפועל קבוצה פרמילטרית חמושה ועוצמתית שמנהלת מלחמת גרילה.
לאחרונה דווח על ברית בין איוון גוזמן וארצ'יבלדו, על רקע החלשות הצ'אפיטוס במלחמה הפנימית שפרצה בסינלואה.

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Feb 22
So does the US have a balance of payments deficit for purposes of section 122 of the trade law (and thus the basis for imposing a 15% tariff).

It is an interesting question

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One meaning of a balance of payments deficit is a current account deficit in excess of financial inflows, and thus a draw on reserves -- something that happens in emerging economies, but not generally in advanced economies with floating exchange rates.

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Another meaning tho is a deficit in the current account that even if covered by financial inflows is leading to an increase in external claims on the economy -- and the US clearly has sizable current account deficit (way bigger than in the Nixon shock of the 70s)

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Feb 22
Janja, a esposa de Lula ganhou um Gin que foi criado pelo próprio Jin que pediu para que fosse entregue a ela como um presente em nome dele. Autografado por Jin e chefe Baek.

Legenda: Muito obrigada Jin e Baek pelo carinho. Esperamos vocês no Brasil. 🇧🇷💙🇰🇷
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Legenda do vídeo:

Janja: oi gente, tudo bem? Eu tô aqui na Coreia e vocês sabem que em outubro, a gente vai ter uma uma visita muito especial. O BTS vai estar aí no Brasil fazendo show. Eu estou com o chefe Beak e ele vai contar pra vocês o que foi que eu ganhei agora.
Chefe Beak: olá, eu sou Baek Jong-Won! Hoje fiquei muito feliz, realmente muito contente por encontrar a senhora especialmente, fiquei profundamente muito impressionado com as atividades que a senhora realiza, e em prol das pessoas mais vulneráveis. Hoje, aqui neste lugar, o Jin -que é muito próximo a mim- pensou em fazermos juntos esta apresentação e então ele assinou este Gin que foi criado pelo próprio Jin e pediu para que eu entregasse à senhora como um presente em nome dele. Por isso, estou entregando este Gin representando-o. No Brasil, muitas pessoas gostam da Coreia e nos apoiam bastante. Especialmente, dizem que apoiam muito o BTS JIN e sou muito grato por isso! Vocês realmente são pessoas maravilhosas, Brasil. Amamos vocês e somos gratos.
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Feb 22
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Feb 22
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas dropped straight TRUTH BOMBS in his dissent on the tariffs

He nailed it.

"NEITHER the statutory text nor the Constitution provide a basis for ruling against the President." :fire:

"Congress authorized the President to “regulate . . .
importation.” Throughout American history, the authority to “regulate importation” has been understood to include the authority to impose duties on imports."

"The meaning of that phrase was beyond doubt by the time that Congress enacted this statute, shortly after
President Nixon’s highly publicized duties on imports were UPHELD based on identical language."

"The statute that the President relied on therefore authorized him to impose the duties on imports at issue in these cases."

"Because the Constitution assigns Congress many
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Feb 22
De Mabel Grosberg en Facebook

CTERA, la confederación sindical que reúne a los gremios docentes de todo el país, anuncia que el lunes 2 de marzo hará un paro nacional.
¿Pero cuál es la noticia? Que por primera vez en el gobierno de Axel Kicillof no empezarán las clases en la 👇
Provincia de Buenos Aires...
Sin remate.
La medida es claramente contra las políticas de Milei, pero se presenta como si lo fuera contra Axel.
Insólito.
Me hace acordar a los años de Néstor, a cuyo gobierno todavía hoy le cargan el paro general de abril de 2007, en repudio al 👇
asesinato en Neuquén del maestro Carlos Fuentealba, por la policía del entonces gobernador Sobisch, enfrentado a Kirchner.
A su dorso, estas operaciones sobre el sentido, verdaderas manipulaciones del discurso, evidencian que para el gobierno el mayor escollo político y el 👇
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Feb 22
Hace dos o tres años, Alcaraz era un tenista muy impulsivo. Quería ganar el punto en 2-3 intercambios.

Desde hace año y medio, Carlitos se ha transformado en un tenista capaz de desnudar el punto débil del rival.

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El Carlitos de 2023 y 2024 jugaba demasiado nervioso. Era como un caballo desbocado. Había que controlar ese impulso y canalizarlo. Le costaba construir los puntos.

Iba en su ADN, se decía. Quería ganar 'a lo Federer' y eso le provocaba cometer más errores de la cuenta y que se le complicasen bastantes partidos.

Desde mediados del año pasado, Carlitos ha madurado en ese aspecto y ahora se mueve un poco más en ese terreno de Nadal y Djokovic.

Es decir: no se olvida de su esencia, pero ahora va a por el punto débil del rival.

De la final de ayer, todos se quedan con el tenis apabullante. Estuvo de 10. Le salió todo...

... pero lo que quizá pasó inadvertido fue la clave secreta que encontró Alcaraz para incidir en el punto más débil del francés y asestarle una paliza descomunal. Le dejó sin respuesta.

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Alcaraz sabía de los peligros de Fils si se colocaba de derecha. El drive del francés es uno de los 5 más poderosos del circuito en potencia y spin.

No le iba a dejar golpear por ahí.

Fils conectó 52 derechas por 65 reveses. Tiró más de revés que de derechas. Alcaraz le privó de usar su mejor arma.

Pero lo más loco es cómo lo hizo desde el resto (la devolución).

Lo normal cuando uno saca es colocarse en posición de ataque, en posición dominante. Lo normal para Fils es golpear su drive después del saque. No ante Alcaraz.

Fils golpeó 21 reveses en el saque+1, por solo 14 derechas. Lo más llamativo fue con su segundo saque. En el 100% de sus segundos saques, el golpe a continuación fue el revés.

Supo meterle el dedo en la llaga. Justo donde más le dolía a Fils. No supo cómo salir de ese movimiento táctico de Carlos.

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Feb 22
Sobre esto los therians y demás, la antropología y sociología urbana tiene algo que decir.

No, no son tribus urbanas.

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1.- Ya no hay tribus urbanas y no las habrá como en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Esto lo confirma cualquiera que haya buscado identidad fuera de las redes.
2.- Las tribus urbanas no eran solo estética: eran música, calle, tiendas, bares, conciertos y tiempo compartido. Hoy casi todo eso ha desaparecido. Había una relación dialéctica entre espacios de encuentro e identidad. Image
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