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Pumpkins and Ooze Discussion for October 30th to November 5th, 2023 - The International Ghouls-Based Order - COTW: Lebanon (hexbear.net)

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Image is from the January 2023 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Over 50 heads of state and 600 CEOs attended.

holding flashlight under face

Imagine a terrifying world where we are all ruled by monsters of every stripe. And not hot ones like werewolves, but instead decaying zombies and mummies who are both insensitive to, and actively benefit from the immense suffering they cause on a daily basis. The top echelon of society, filled with profit-seeking, bloodsucking vampires. And the worst of it is that they repeat on a daily basis that what they are doing is not only just, but there is no other possible way to do it.

Pretty spooky, right? What if I told you that this world... was our own?

Happy Halloween!

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Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

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English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.

The Country of the Week is Lebanon! Feel free to chime in with books, essays, longform articles, even stories and anecdotes or rants. More detail here.

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Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.

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https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.

https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.

https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.

https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.

https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine

Almost every Western media outlet.

https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.

https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For anyone else doomscrolling Twitter, if you do a search or click a trending topic, you can add -filter:images -filter:videos -filter:quote to the search to filter out images and video (like death and gore).

For example, "400 Palestinians" is trending right now, and of course most of the top results include images of death. If you just want the discussion you'd search
"400 Palestinians" -filter:images -filter:videos -filter:quote

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Anyone know where I can watch nasrallah 's speech with english translation? I remember there being somewhere where I watched them during the qana gas field thing but I don't remember the name

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

https://archive.ph/61te7

United States to poison its service members in Japan with radiation to own China

REUTERS Exclusive: US military begins Japan seafood purchases to counter China ban. By John Geddie and Yukiko Toyoda

TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The United States has for the first time begun buying Japanese seafood to supply its military there, a response to China's ban on such products imposed after Tokyo released treated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

Unveiling the initiative in a Reuters interview on Monday, U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said Washington should also look more broadly into how it could help offset China's ban that he said was part of its "economic wars".

China, which had been the biggest buyer of Japanese seafood, says its ban is due to food safety fears.

The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog vouched for the safety of the water release that began in August from the plant wrecked by a 2011 tsunami. G7 trade ministers on Sunday called for the immediate repeal of bans on Japanese food.

"It's going to be a long-term contract between the U.S. armed forces and the fisheries and co-ops here in Japan," Emanuel said.

"The best way we have proven in all the instances to kind of wear out China's economic coercion is come to the aid and assistance of the targeted country or industry," he said.

The first purchase involves just shy of a metric ton of scallops, a tiny fraction of more than 100,000 tons of scallops that Japan exported to mainland China last year.

Emanuel said the purchases - which will feed soldiers in messes and aboard vessels as well as being sold in shops and restaurants on military bases - will increase over time to all types of seafood. The U.S. military had not previously bought local seafood in Japan, he said.

'NOT A CHINA HAWK'

Says a China hawk

Emanuel, who was former U.S. President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, has in recent months made a series of blunt statements on China, taking aim at various issues including its economic policies, opaque decision-making and treatment of foreign firms.

That has come as top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have visited Beijing in an effort to draw a line under strained ties.

Asked if he considered himself hawkish on China, Emanuel rejected the term and said he was a "realist".

"I don't consider it hawkish but just consider it realist and honest. Maybe the honesty is painful, but it's honest," he said.

"I'm all for stability, understanding. That doesn't mean you're not honest. They're not contradictory. One of the ways you establish stability, is that you're able to be honest with each other."

He said China faced major economic challenges exacerbated by a leadership intent on turning their backs on international systems.

"The kind of loser in this is the youth of China. You now have a situation where 30% of the Chinese youth, one out of three, are unemployed. You have major cities with unfinished housing ... you have major municipalities not able to pay city workers. Why? Because China made a political decision to turn their back on a system in which they were benefiting."

The most recent official youth unemployment data from China, published in July before Beijing said it was suspending publication of the numbers, showed it jumping to a record high of 21.3%.

Emanuel said he was also keeping a close watch on how China's leadership responds to the recent death of former Premier Li Keqiang, a reformist who was sidelined by President Xi Jinping.

"What's ... interesting to me, that I think is telltale, is how they will be treating his funeral and how they'll be treating comments about him," he said.

"I do think that there's kind of a section of China that sees what kind of policies he was pursuing as kind of the best of China. But that's up for China to decide."

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago

Please consider donating toward Palestinian aid if you're able. It would make a huge difference to these various groups that are providing aid assistance in Gaza.

https://hexbear.net/post/816379

If anyone has any other Palestinian causes to donate to, please let me know and I'll add them to the list

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

Abbas habibi wake up, money is kill..... shocked-pikachu

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

Zelensky should go on Getting Doug with High to get the spotlight back on Ukraine

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

Al-Qassam Brigades says its fighters ‘blow up’ vehicle

The al-Qassam Brigades – Hamas’s armed wing – says its fighters have been “clashing” with vehicles that have “infiltrated” central Gaza’s Zeitoun neighbourhood.

It said its fighters were able to “blow up one of them” on the eastern side of neighbourhood.

sicko-yes

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (4 children)

South Korea to ban short selling until June 2024

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I'm watching Hasan watch Bassem Yousef on Piers Morgan, and Bassem is doing god's work

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But sure how reliable this dude's info is, but the tl;dr is Western-back separatists in the Sahel are getting owned.

https://nitter.cz/marcus_herve

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Border operations by Hezbollah will expand!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://twitter.com/DougAMacgregor/status/1718795947512094951

This guy is a fucking nitwit. Normally I wouldn't highlight chud bait on fox news but I think it is notable because this guy, MacGregor makes fairly regular appearances with some of the right wing milblogger types such as Scott ritter, alexander mercouris, Andrei martyanov, and Larry Johnson. Worth noting who those people find credible if you choose to read/watch them.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Rybar had two interesting updates today (November 4), both below.

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❗️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli Operation in the Gaza Strip: Results as of November 4

In the past two days, IDF units have continued to advance further into the Gaza Strip as they finalize preparations for a full-fledged ground operation in the northern part of the enclave.

Along the coast, IDF units have focused on expanding their control zone and taking over Al-Mashtal Street in the Al-Shati camp. In the northeast, the Israelis still maintain control of the outskirts of the city of Beit Hanoun.

On the eastern flank, Israeli troops have made progress towards the Al-Rashid coastal highway, which is the last land route connecting the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip. However, the situation in this area is uncertain due to the ongoing conflicts in the Juhr ad-Dik area.

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❗️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone

Latest updates as of November 4, 2023

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) units are continuing their advance into the Gaza Strip. In the northern part of the enclave, Israeli troops are engaged in combat in Beit Hanoun and attempting to gain control of Al-Mashtal Street in the Al-Shati camp. In the south of Gaza, the IDF is working to break through to the Ar-Rashid coastal highway.

Simultaneously, the Israeli command has announced a three-hour period during which traffic will be allowed from Gaza City to the south along the Salah ed-Din highway. Palestinian media immediately portrayed this as an Israeli ambush. However, in the evening, the IDF accused Hamas militants of attacking the units that were deployed to ensure safe passage.

Furthermore, there are ongoing mass attacks on the territory of the enclave, both from the air and sea. Throughout the day, footage of the destruction of Al-Katiba Mosque, Al-Azhar University, and several bakeries has been widely shared, with long queues forming for bread near these locations.

Mutual exchanges of fire continue along the Israeli-Lebanese border. Hezbollah fighters have used a Burkan missile for the first time since the start of the conflict in an attack on Jal al-Alam. The Israeli command has confirmed two missile strikes but noted that the explosive mass did not exceed 100 kg.