Venezuela Seizes New Shipment of U.S. Military Equipment - Telesur

Do the russians in charge really believe their own nonsense about traditional values compared to the west. Because it seems that they just picked a side in the culture war bs and got entangled into it instead of using those idiots to destabilize the west. Maybe it's a bit of both.

swat robot vs perp CW: link

while surprisingly "non-violent" (in that the robot didn't just ice the guy with a sawed-off) this is fucking terrifying

Honduran People Reject Coup Attempts Against President Xiomara Castro - Telesur

Good talk between Justin Podur and Laith Marouf about Strategic Patience. I encourage anyone who is doubting the resolve or timing of the Axis of Resistance to watch it.

Norwegian citizen linked to the pagers that exploded in Lebanon (Norwegian state media NRK, machine translated)

According to several media, the company is registered in Bulgaria's capital Sofia and is owned by a person with Norwegian citizenship.

The webpage of the company the Norwegian is linked to contained a presentation of various technical and advisory services as late as around 11 o'clock on Thursday. It has since been emptied of content and now only displays a message about missing content.

PST [Norwegian Police Security Service] is aware of the claims from various international media that a Norwegian-owned company is said to have been involved in the sale of pagers. PST cannot confirm this information, nor can we provide further comments on the matter, communications director Trond Hugubakken writes to NRK.

Several Norwegian media outlets have tried to get in contact with him. He's registered on an address in Oslo, and was apparently (and still is I think?) on an oversea business trip when the terror attacks in Lebanon happened. One newspaper (VG) went to his address and knocked on his door. They got no response. When they asked his neighbors, they were told that they haven't seen the man since the summer vacation in July.

It was the man's own employer (in Norway) who reported him to PST:

The man's employer informs VG that he was called by an American journalist sent on Wednesday evening and made allegations about the employee's connection to the company in Bulgaria.

"I checked some links and was able to see the same as he had put. When I receive information that apparently looks serious in such an inflamed case, it was natural for me to notify PST immediately," says the man's employer

edit: from CBS, revealing the name of both the company and the Norwegian owner (Rinson Jose):

Separate records reviewed by CBS News show that Norta Global Ltd. was registered as a company in Bulgaria in April 2022, with its sole owner listed as a Norwegian citizen named Rinson Jose. Global Norta is described on its website — which has since been taken offline — as offering a range of services "from outsourcing, consulting, tech and payment integration, analysis, promotion of techno products and services, as well as the estimation and processing of relevant commercial transactions.

I'm joining the nothing ever happens crowd on Iran's counterattack to the assassination. I don't think it's ever happening.

Wrt to Israel and the Middle East I would love to see a solution where both Jews and Muslims would have equal rights in a non-apartheid non-genocidal country. But the way Israel is the existence of Israel and the existence of the Middle East as a whole (not just Palestine) are now mutually exclusive scenarios. Truly depressing. I dont think in the short term Israel or the US is going anywhere but in the long run I can't see how Israel can exist as it is

Friday prayer for Lebanon is coming. If there is no invasion around these hours it will be safe to assume there won't be any invasion for near future

In the annals of this present era, when Heaven’s favor once bestowed upon the Empress of the European Realms, Ursula von der Leyen, now appears to wane, the signs of discord multiply in alarming fashion. Not since the distant days when rulers were cast from their thrones by the wrath of nature have the rivers of Europe surged so violently. The floods that have swept across the lands, from Austria to Hungary to Poland, have wrought devastation.

These torrents, swollen with the rains of Heaven, have overwhelmed the great rivers—the Danube, the Morava, and beyond—bursting their banks, as if in a dire warning. Villages lay submerged, and cities were brought to their knees by waters that left most of their homes underwater. Bridges, those vital arteries of the realm, have collapsed, and the call for a state of natural disaster echoes across the land.

Surely, this is more than a mere misfortune; it is a sign from the Heavens. The Empress von der Leyen, though resolute in her proclamations of European solidarity, has lost the sacred Mandate of Heaven. Even now, the rulers of the East and the West scramble in panic. The governor of the hungarian province Viktor Orbán, was compelled to abandon his parliamentary duties and the teutonic general Olaf Scholz schemes the downfall by marching his army on the prohibitively expensive city of Brussels the seat of the Empresses power. In these omens, it is clear: Nature herself cries out, demanding a renewal of leadership that may once again align with the will of Heaven

The Empress, once entrusted with the sacred duty to guide her people, now finds herself beset by calamity on all sides, for the favor of Heaven does not waver lightly, and the storms above reflect the discontent below. As the rivers of Europe rage, drowning cities and villages alike, it is not only the Empress von der Leyen who must look to the heavens in fear of her fate. In these times of great upheaval, the court of Europe is rife with whispers of challengers, each seeking to seize the Mandate of Heaven and bring forth a new era of rule.

Reporting from the Red Turban headquarters planning the fall of the EU Sky and the rise of a red one, there will be prosperity under the heavens.

At this point there are two interpretations to the events up until now:

Bloomer: The Axis of Resistance is carrying out an attritional war to bleed Israel dry, and all of Israel's acts of terrorism are done out of desperation due to the fact that they still have not been able to destroy Hamas. Israel is engaging in terrorist attacks mostly just as a way to make themselves feel beter, but it doesn't change how fucked up their economy and society is now.

Doomer: Israel is winning handily, and is on the path to successfully completing their genocide. All of their acts of terrorism are done to show how many cards they have up their sleeve, how they are capable and willing to perform actions at a rapid pace that the resistance cannot keep up with. Iran are paper tigers, and the axis of resistance is so afraid of Israel's power that they are too scared to muster a response. Even worse with the U.S. dedicated to backing Israel no matter what. Israel has effectively already won, and all of their actions up until now have just been them playing with their food. (coincidentally this is a view that smug Zionazis seem to share)

I think this is the issue when it comes to the long-term planning as opposed to short-term actions. Long-term, you're likely not going to see the results of it for a painfully long time, and it feels like nothing's really changed. Meanwhile short-term actions might not end up panning out in the long run, but they sure do make it feel like you're winning by constantly making headlines and being very in-your-face.

Venezuela: National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez thanked former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez for recognizing the will of the popular powers. He showed photos of Gonzalez signing the recognition of the national powers.

President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, showed evidence of the meeting he held, together with the Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, with the former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia.

At that meeting, González Urrutia gave the two officials a letter in which he expressed his recognition and respect for the Public Powers that make up the Venezuelan State, as well as his recognition of results that made President Maduro the winner in the election last July.

Seems like Gonzalez doesn't want to be Guaido 2.0 and betrayed Maria Corina Machado and the US?