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A poll published by Israel’s Public Broadcaster (KAN) on 28 April found that a majority of Israelis believe the state has failed to secure victory in any war since October 2023.

According to the survey, 57 percent of respondents said no victory had been achieved, while 28 percent believed success had been reached in at least one arena, and a further 15 percent said they were unsure.

The findings come after more than two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza – which Israel threatens to reignite – during which Tel Aviv waged multiple offensive military campaigns against Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, alongside attacks in Yemen and Syria and a campaign of destruction and displacement in the occupied West Bank.

Confidence levels across all the fronts remain low, with only 17 percent viewing operations in Syria as successful and 16 percent saying the same for Gaza and Iran.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46571903

So I'm on my way to the store to pick up a voltage tester b/c our showers have been noticeably room temperature today. We own our place so I'm attempting some basic DIY troubleshooting steps before I call a plumber. Found this 4-minute video guide to resetting an electric water heater. At 2:30 into the video, right after the plumber removes the cover plate and insulation, the white plastic cover in the video has two holes, and the top hole supposedly has a bright red button to reset it.

I've already flipped off the circuit breaker and removed the metal cover plate. The problem is, my white plastic cover thingy only has one hole. I don't see a big red reset button on mine. Any tips on where else to look for the big red reset button? If it makes any difference, I am located in the US, and I believe the brand of my water heater is State Select, model number ES652DORT 210.

Side question - should I take steps to protect myself against the outer insulation wrapped around the overall water heater? I kinda just went in there guns blazing and didn't think about gloves, masks, etc.

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Thanks in advance for everyone's help!

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting the Opec and Opec+ groups of major oil producing nations next month after nearly 60 years of membership.

Opec was formed in 1960 by five countries - Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela - to defend the interests of major oil exporters by coordinating production to ensure steady revenue for its members.

Methods of mind manipulation, often based on logical fallacies

cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/44923340

The bowl goes to my wife. The scraps go to the chickens. Chickens are why I don't compost.

This article by Luis Hernández Navarro originally appeared in the April 28, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

A specter is haunting national politics. Following the deaths of two of its unaccredited agents in a car accident in Chihuahua, the role and presence of the CIA has stirred enormous controversy. The role of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the fight against drug trafficking, in alliance with local governments (such as that of Chihuahua), operating independently of the federal government, is now under debate.

Journalist Manuel Buendía, he exposed CIA operations in Mexico and state collusion and was murdered on May 30, 1984.

The intelligence agency was created at the initiative of US President Harry Truman, in the midst of the Cold War, at the end of World War II, following the signing of the National Security Act on July 26, 1947. The CIA began operating in September of that year. It has also been called the Company, the Farm, and the Invisible Government.

Mexican journalist Manuel Buendía, murdered in May 1984, dedicated himself to investigating and exposing the CIA’s men and actions in Mexico. He considered it one of the most important tasks of his professional life. As a result of this work, he published a groundbreaking book in 1983, an essential reference work, compiling the columns he wrote for El Día, El Sol, El Universal, and Excélsior about the Company’s espionage network in Mexico: The CIA in Mexico.

The book presents the results of his research into the links between Mexican officials and U.S. agents who financed the Nicaraguan Contras, created to fight the Sandinista government. Some believe Buendía’s murder was related to the disclosure of these connections.

Philip Agee was a CIA officer from 1957 and carried out espionage work in Mexico between 1960 and 1963. In 1975, his groundbreaking book on the agency’s dirty work, Inside the Company: A CIA Diary, was published. In it, he revealed the agency’s operations in Latin America and Mexico. According to him, local politicians, such as former presidents Gustavo Díaz Ordaz and Luis Echeverría Álvarez (known as Litempo-14), and the Federal Security Directorate were key allies of the CIA’s secret service, La Granja.

Persecuted by the U.S. government, he found refuge in Havana. Upon his death in 2008, an obituary appeared in Granma describing him as: “a loyal friend of Cuba and a fervent defender of the people’s struggle for a better world.”

Philip Agee (left)

The Company, as depicted in books such as The CIA and the Cult of Espionage by former agent Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks; The CIA as Organized Crime by Douglas Valentine; CIA: History of the Company by Eric Frattini; and The CIA and the Cultural Cold War by Frances Stonors Saunders, is the empire’s primary instrument of espionage and counter-espionage, propaganda apparatus, and disseminator of toxic information. It is allied with the worst dictatorships on the planet and has a long history of destabilizing progressive governments through illegal methods and without any ethical considerations.

As Valentine shows, the Invisible Government financed and armed death squads in El Salvador, Guatemala, Somoza’s Nicaragua, South Korea, Iran, Chile, and Uruguay. It carried out covert operations to overthrow the democratic government of Salvador Allende and collaborated with the Chilean military to compile a list of 20,000 people to be eliminated on the morning of the coup.

The CIA plays a fundamental role in the war on drugs in Mexico, even surpassing the DEA. The designation of drug cartels as terrorist organizations, and therefore as a matter of national security for Washington, strengthened the agency’s presence within the country.

According to a Reuters special report on the CIA’s secret war against drug cartels, dated September 10, 2025, the agency has been conducting covert operations for years in collaboration with special counter-narcotics units within the Mexican Army. With the authorization of the Mexican government, it provides training and equipment to these units, as well as financial support for activities such as travel.

“Units of the Mexican Army and Navy, investigated by the CIA, have played a key role in planning and executing most of the high-profile drug trafficker captures in recent years. The Army is composed of hundreds of CIA-trained special forces and is considered the most capable military force in Mexico for capturing heavily armed drug traffickers entrenched in fortified mountain hideouts, according to security sources,” the report stated.

On September 12, 2025, President Claudia Sheinbaum emphatically denied the report. “What Reuters says is false. That report claims that there are CIA agents working with the Mexican Army in these operations. That is absolutely false, it is not true,” she stated at her morning press conference.

The tragic accident in Chihuahua is just adding insult to injury. According to the Los Angeles Times, the CIA has participated in three anti-drug operations in the state this year. If true, Governor Maru Campos would be committing a very serious offense. After offering different versions of what happened and meeting with Secretary Omar García Harfuch, the governor thanked the President for her openness and willingness to cooperate.

The events have been used by both the PAN and Morena parties to position themselves for the upcoming state elections. The PAN is portraying its governor as a great stateswoman committed to the fight against drugs. Morena is using it to accuse her of treason. What happened doesn’t appear to be an “exception.” The matter goes beyond an electoral issue. What’s at stake is a question of sovereignty and the difficult relationship with the United States. With the governor remaining silent, many questions remain unanswered.

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  News Briefs

  CIA Agents Killed in Chihuahua Were Carrying Weapons & Wearing Uniforms

  April 28, 2026April 28, 2026

  A new photo contradicts the Chihuahua Prosecutor’s story about the two CIA agents, operating illegally in Mexico, who died in Chihuahua last week.

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  Analysis

  The Company & National Policy

  April 28, 2026April 28, 2026

  What happened doesn’t appear to be an “exception.” What’s at stake is a question of sovereignty & the difficult relationship with the US. With Chihuahua’s governor remaining silent, many questions remain unanswered.

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  News Briefs

  Mexico’s Current Minimum Wage Buys 1.94 Basic Basket of Goods; in 2018, it was 0.78

  April 27, 2026April 27, 2026

  The National Minimum Wage Commission says that last year’s wage increase still outpaced even the sharp inflation which hit the basic basket of goods.

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