MarmiteLover123

joined 2 years ago
[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ivan you forgot to buy domain, we lose website.

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[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Once your DNS cache flushes it will stop working. Just happened to me.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Also if we lose the domain we could lose some users who will never come back and think that we no longer exist. Some of those users could be relying on us for mutual aid and stuff like that.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

I absolutely hate the King of Jordan. I think there has to be a special category in the @LargePenis@hexbear.net "gigachad-cuck rankings" reserved just for him, it's impossible to be more subservient and pathetic than he is.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Have zero idea how people consider the French accent and language to be the sexiest in the world. If we're talking romance languages, Spanish is a ton better. (No offense to any French users).

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That has to be the one of the most pathetic attempts at a joke I've seen by a politician. Macron has zero charisma in this clip.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The MOP is not your ordinary bunker buster bomb, it's a 30 000lb/14 000kg bomb that's only 20% explosive by weight, consisting of just under 6000lbs of plastic bonded explosives. The casing is made of hardened metals like tungsten, and the bomb only explodes when it stops penetrating, or at a certain depth, depending on the fuse used. Early documents on the bomb's design state that it can penetrate over 200ft/60m of reinforced concrete. And each B-2 Spirit stealth bomber carries two of them. No one really knows how far it can penetrate. Nasrallah's bunker in Beirut was destroyed by 2000lb bunker buster bombs called the BLU-109, between 60-80 were dropped on the bunker and surrounding buildings. These bombs can penetrate up to 12ft/4m of reinforced concrete.

This video shows the impact of a one of these BLU-109 2000lb bunker buster bombs, how it penetrates the earth before exploding. The MOP weighs 15 times more and can penetrate a depth 17 times deeper than the BLU-109.

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Now imagine a crater 17 times deeper, that's the penetration capabilities of the MOP...

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 62 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The president also said from the White House that if Hamas did not release all the remaining Israeli hostages by “12 o’clock on Saturday,” the cease-fire agreement with Israel should be canceled.

“All hell is going to break out,” Mr. Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office, while acknowledging that the choice over ending the cease-fire ultimately fell to Israel.

The first serious challenge to Trump's madman diplomacy, where he threatens the opponent with overwhelming force if they don't provide some concessions. Let's see if this will work with Hamas, Israel, Qatar, Iran, etc. This is all about leverage here, Hamas is not going to give up all the remaining hostages, and thus all the leverage they have, until they get some guarantees with regards to phase 3 of the ceasefire, the rebuilding and governance of Gaza. Hamas wants to remain in a position where they have some leverage, and with Israel withdrawing from the Netzarim Corridor for the start of phase 2 of the ceasefire and giving that up, this is the only opportunity Hamas has to be in this position where they have this much sway, so they will make use of it. I just hope this doesn't end up escalating to where Gaza is getting bombed again...

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Israeli PsyOps are just so pervasive, they even hit all lots of resistance media outlets. I still remember when the news megathread accurately predicted Israel's attack on Iran (in terms of what Israel would hit and the tactics), then Israeli PsyOps started a few hours before their attack, which drove us all into a panic. It's part of why I created this account, to try find the primary sources of information, post them, and analyse them ourselves, instead of relying on journalists and outlets which don't know their arse from their elbow, are days behind on reporting, use AI LLMs for their research getting key information wrong in the process, etc.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The polling data on his approval ratings and his policies seems markedly different this time. IPSOS has deportation of illegal immigrants at 60 - 66% approval, and Trump's anti transgender policies at 70-80% approval. YouGov has Trump's approval rating at 53%, a net 6% positive, pretty much an all time high for Trump, and historically quite high for re-elected presidents. Before the election, IPSOS had Trump beating Harris on almost every issue except abortion. If you time travelled and showed these numbers to someone living in 2017, hell even 2020, they'd be absolutely shocked.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The half of the country that isn't gloating over mass deportations may be at the most mobilizable moment in their entire life.

But the problem is this is just not true. Deportations have between 60-66% approval. So it's not half of the country opposed, it's a third. And of this third, most of them are in a position of defeat and shock, not in a position to fight and mobilise, which is why the resistance to Trump is much more subdued this time round. The very uncomfortable truth is that Trump's policies (and Trump to a certain extent) are just that much more popular than they were eight years ago, and the Democratic party's mandate is not and never has been to stand up for human rights, it's to win elections. When standing up for human rights was popular, the Democratic party was prepared to work with these unions, civil rights groups and NGOs. But this was always a very unhealthy marriage used to launder the Democrat's image. Now that this is unpopular, the Democrats aren't going to waste their political capital on pesky things such as "human rights". These unions, civil rights groups and NGOs sold out for almost nothing in return. Many on the left, as far back as 2008, were warning these groups about the consequences of getting into bed with Democratic party as a shortcut to achieve their goals, but unfortunately not many listened.

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Also want to add the really depressing truth that if there is any future deal for sending a MOAB to Israel (none exists currently and I don't expect any to materialise in future, but in the very rare case it happens), the target will not be Iran. It would be Gaza or southern Lebanon...

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