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forceOfHabit's avatar

"U.S. Army scrambles to cut training amid $4-6 billion budget shortfall"

Let me get this straight: the US military budget is at an all time high of over $900 billion. The projected budget for next year is $1.5 trillion but somehow there isn't enough money for training?? The corruption is off the scale...

Tom Schwoegler's avatar

If you are never audited, what does the word "budget" even mean?

Tom Schwoegler's avatar

The New York Times should hold a press conference and just say 5 words: "See you in court, suckers!"

If anyone wants to see just how detailed a reporter Nick Kristoff is, Check out "Reporter" which screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It is on Amazon Prime for $3.00. It is absoutely worth it.

forceOfHabit's avatar

"Iran has reportedly begun allowing Chinese vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz based on the two countries’ “deep relations” and “strategic partnership,”"

I'm pretty sure this is because the Iranians and the Chinese expect there is little chance the US will try to intercept these ships while Trump is in China.

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I like that Chinese President Xi Jinping laid it out for Trump right away not to mess with China on Taiwan. That seems to be a ww3 red line for China.

Jon Notabot's avatar

In what fucking world is this not a declaration of war against American sovereignty and our constitutionally "ironclad" rights:

"Israel threatens to sue New York Times over Kristof article documenting sexual violence against Palestinians: Israel threatened to file a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over an article in the Opinion section by columnist Nicholas Kristof documenting widespread and systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees by Israeli forces."

A foreign nation state accessing our sovereign court system to wage economic warfare against our press because they don't find accountability to be in their interest.

**How is this even possible**?

No one needs an "expert" at this point to say that Israel is our **number one enemy**. Believing what our own eyes are seeing is probably the most important thing we can do in this era of well-funded counter narratives.