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Bit idea: try to get NAFOs to agree that the Soviet invasion of Poland was good (which it was) because it restored Ukraine's territorial integrity after Poland illegally invaded and annexed parts of it.

If they try to disagree, ask them if Lviv/Lwów should be given back to Poland. If they say no, ask how Ukraine should have gotten that land back otherwise.

Trump Team Claims New York Court Order Violates Supreme Court Immunity Ruling - Telesur English

https://xcancel.com/mn_storm/status/1876882956096045332

Assad's Presidency was so mid at best when compared to Gaddafi or Najibullah yet he was better than these nutjobs.

Returning the Venezuelan gesture in August 2024, Chile ended its diplomatic mission in Venezuela.

https://balkaninsight.com/2024/03/21/romania-to-host-largest-nato-military-base-in-europe/

Older news,but am I crazy to think this will make my home province of Dobrogea a European Okinawa?

Pic for ref

Anyone listen to the RevLeft episode on Syria? I'm very curious about the position that the 2011-2012 period was a possibly real and meaningful revolution. The speaker said that after this period, it was coopted by the west. But what that period in Syria looked like seems interesting. Any good resources on that specific period?

Los Angeles is facing the worst fires in its history. More than 100,000 people have evacuated the region, while strong winds are making it difficult to fight the flames. Malibu and Hollywood Hills celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Jamie Lee Curtis and Billy Crystal have lost their homes.

Six major active blazes in the city hit landmarks such as Mulholland Drive and the 101 Freeway. The Sunset fire, near Hollywood Boulevard, is consuming luxury and tourist areas, leaving a scene of destruction. More than 6,000 hectares have been devastated so far. Residents seek shelter in community centers, while volunteers help with food and supplies. “War zone” is how witnesses describe the scene, with giant flames and gas explosions. Los Angeles is trying to contain the tragedy that has already left 5 dead.

The fires in Los Angeles have disrupted Hollywood productions, the awards season and local TV programming. In the awards season, the Critics Choice was postponed by two weeks, a BAFTA event was postponed, the announcement of the Oscar nominees was rescheduled for February 19 and the SAG Awards announcement event was canceled (and published online without a ceremony).

Films such as Unstoppable, Better Man and The Last Showgirl had their premieres canceled. So did Emilia Pérez and A Complete Unknown. On TV, Hacks, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS and Ted have been suspended. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! show has been canceled.

President Nicolás Maduro awards decorations to Venezuelan officials and high-ranking government officials who were sanctioned by the US, the EU and Canada after the swearing-in of the Venezuelan president.

I guess it's over for canadian black obama

thinking about what we're seeing about America's disaster response capabilities and remembering that the Pacific Northwest is seventy years overdue on a two hundred and fifty year cycle for a 9.0 megathrust earthquake, where the expected damage is "everything west of highway 5 is gone"

lol Ukrainians are getting coverups done on their nationalist trident tattoos.

It seems like the sunset fire in Runyon canyon is done so that's at least good news. The whole city of LA won't be burned to the ground.

Milei Update: Argentinian cars with paper license plates are seen driving around Brazil and Paraguay.

New Argentinian vehicles have been 'registered' in this way due to a lack of material to manufacture the metal plates. And what may seem like an irregularity is actually the reality of the Argentine country which, due to a lack of raw material to manufacture the metal item, has been issuing license plates with unusual material on a temporary basis.

The authorization for cars from Argentina to circulate in Brazil and Paraguay with paper plates dates back to December 2024, and came about after the Brazilian and Paraguayan Foreign Affairs Ministries decided to issue the plates.

According to the Argentine press, the lack of materials is the result of one of the measures taken by Argentine President Javier Millei to cut costs, which has led to changes at the Mint. Without maintenance, the equipment has become incapable of manufacturing the items. In addition, the press claims that there has been an increase in demand for the manufacture of the item, which is also aggravated by the difficulty of exporting the raw material, a problem Argentina has faced for some years.

Not exactly news but relevant for the news heads here: over the last few months Proles Pod has released a series of episodes called The Stalin Era from Episode 63-71 and going.

I haven’t listened to it and probably won’t have time to listen for quite a while, but I guess the comrades here might be interested to give it a go and let us know if they’re good or not!

More terrible numbers out of Germany

https://archive.is/lU1j3

Demand fell 5.4% in November from the previous month, far worse than the 0.2% decline economists had predicted in a Bloomberg survey.

Coup/Presidential Crisis in Ecuador

The Ecuadorean National Assembly returned decree 500, in which President Daniel Noboa asked for a “few days' leave” to campaign, to the presidency, and put in his place a Vice-President appointed by him, rather than the elected one. The Assembly has asked the president to take an official leave of absence. And they have said that they will only recognize the legitimacy of Veronica Abad, the Vice-President elected in 2023, together with Daniel Noboa.

A coup d'état will take place in Ecuador, says Vice-President Abad. The Vice President of Ecuador, Verónica Abad, said today that “a coup d'état will be carried out” in the next few hours by the government itself, when President Daniel Noboa entrusts the presidency to “his secretary.” Cynthia Gellibert.

At a press conference in the capital, Abad addressed the international community and said that the coup orchestrated by the Executive affects national and regional stability. “The constitutional order has been broken. The president and his improvised cabinet have repeatedly violated the Constitution and are carrying out a coup d'état for the democratic history of Ecuador,” he told journalists.

Abad opposes abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and 4th wave feminism. She says she defends freedom of religion, individual rights, private property, small government and free markets. She has also shown sympathy for politicians including Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, and the far-right Spanish party Vox. The Citizen Revolution party, a democratic socialist Correaista party, has declared its critical support for Veronica Abad. Insisting that she take over the presidency until the 2025 elections.

Meanwhile, Daniel Noboa insists that there is a conspiracy between his party, his ministers and Congress to bring down his government. He also insists that the power outages are not due to cuts in the infrastructure budget, but to a plot by one of his ministers against him because they want to remove him from power.

Surely, they apply the same criteria to everyone

https://www.state.gov/genocide-determination-in-sudan-and-imposing-accountability-measures/

Today’s news and combat footage from the Donbass and Kursk oblast.

Russian forces liberated the Donetsk People’s Republic settlement of Dachenskoye (south of Kiev-occupied Krasnoarmeysk): https://sputnikglobe.com/20250106/russian-army-liberates-settlement-of-dachenskoye-in-donetsk-peoples-republic-1121368368.html

Russian forces continue repelling Kiev regime attacks in Kursk oblast, destroying another ten tanks and seven infantry fighting vehicles there today: https://www.rt.com/russia/610493-kursk-tanks-ten-broken/

Russian drones finished off a Kiev regime T-72 tank in Kursk oblast (video): https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/T72.mp4?_=3

Russian drones striking more Kiev regime tanks in Kursk oblast (video): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/05/957352.html

A long and not super worthwhile article by kagan on ukraine and trump. There's nothing really to learn from this beyond the change to pessimism from once stalwart ukraine dick riders from the US foreign policy blob. The jist of it is that Trump is inclined to bail on project ukraine but doesn't want to look like a loser. In this way, trump's circumstances mirror his rhetoric - he is the same as his predecessors but is gauche about it.

The shift from "bringing the war to an end on day one" to "hoping to wrap it up in 6 months" (paraphrased) suggests a return to A Decent Interval thought, similar to Vietnam in the early 70s and Afghanistan in 2021.

https://archive.is/ghX7v

The big serge year end roundup is more worthwhile https://bigserge.substack.com/p/total-kievan-debellation on war nerd things

Pepe Mujica said that his cancer has spread to his liver: “I am dying”. - La Nacion