So the world’s biggest paedo ring elect yet another peado enabling scumbag to lead them forward.
Disgusting organisation and governments of the world should treat them as such
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Trump has expressed admiration for the Houthis military.
Reportedly, despite the US being the world’s military superpower, losses of military hardware have eaten into highly expensive US stocks. In addition to the loss of two aircraft, there have been estimates of a loss of 10% of around 230 specialised drone fleet
The Houthis have also acquired technology from captured parts of military hardware, as well as adapting parts and ammunition for their arsenal.
The Israelis will now have to go it alone with its war on the Houthis, as well as losing some US military support for attacks on Iran.
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In the top 100 in USA, and about 900 in the world. Beautiful campus surrounded by lots of trees just outside of Philadelphia. Very Roman Catholic but does quality research in many areas, has about 10,000 students and shitloads of money.
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I saw something on US social media dissing one of its sports team, I think US football.
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Apparently it’s famous for its basketball team
I always thought the big Catholic universities were Notre Dame (midwest), Boston College (New England) and Fordham (New York area)
Fordham clearly named after Ted Fordham in honour of his 14-goal final series in 1965 and his ten goals at Vic Park when Collingwood were at the top of the ladder.
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Missed a big opportunity to reach out to the common folk by not naming himself Pope Bob the first.
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Uh… I dunno… good at basketball
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Article by the new pope shredding JD Vance.
And…
And the MAGA reaction
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MAGA think the Pope’s too left and everyone else thinks he’s too conservative.
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Peace President of the USA making it very easy for world war 3 to get its belated act together. Almost like throwing an accelerant on a smouldering bag of shitt
Edit : still, we should just wait and see what happens
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Ominous warning as Pakistan, India conflict death toll rises
One of Pakistan’s highest ranking officials has accused India of “reckless conduct” saying it could lead to “major conflict”.
Heath Parkes-Hupton and AFP
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May 9, 2025 - 9:08PM
One of Pakistan’s top officials has claimed India’s “reckless conduct” has brought the two nuclear states “closer to a major conflict”.
More than 50 people have been killed during India and Pakistan’s biggest armed confrontation in decades, with both sides accusing the other of orchestrating drone attacks.
The escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals follows an attack on tourists in the Indian-run part of disputed Kashmir that killed 26 people on April 22 and Indian air strikes on “terrorist camps” on Wednesday.
In the third day of tit-for-tat exchanges since, the Indian army said that it “repulsed” Pakistani attacks using drones and other munitions overnight and gave a “befitting reply”.
On Friday, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shafqat Ali Khan blamed India for the conflict erupting saying its “reckless conduct has brought the two nuclear-armed states closer to a major conflict”.
“India’s jingoism and war hysteria should be a source of serious concern for the world,” he said during a press briefing in the capital Islamabad.
India accused Pakistani forces on Thursday of targeting three military stations – two in Kashmir and one in the neighbouring state of Punjab.
Indian soldiers guard a market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Picture: AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan
Pakistan’s Information Minister Ataullah Tarar said Pakistan has “not targeted any locations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, or across international border, so far”.
Five civilians were killed including a two-year-old girl by Indian shelling overnight in areas along the heavily militarised Line of Control, Pakistani security and governments officials said.
“In response, the Pakistan Army carried out a strong counter-attack, targeting three Indian posts across the Line of Control (LoC),” police official Adeel Khan, based in Kotli district where four of the deaths occurred, told AFP.
Pakistani military sources said that its military had shot down 77 Indian drones in the last two days, claiming they were Israeli-made.
Children hold candles during a ceremony for victims of an Indian missile strike in Islamabad. Picture: Farooq Naeem/AFP
In Indian-administered Kashmir, a police official said one woman died after heavy overnight shelling in Uri, 100km from the state capital Srinagar, and two men were wounded.
“The youth of Kashmir will never forget this act of brutality by India,” said 15-year-old Muhammad Bilal in Muzaffarabad, the main city in Pakistan-administered Kashmir where a mosque was hit in Wednesday’s strikes.
In Indian-administered Jammu, Piyush Singh, a 21-year-old student, said: “Our (attack) is justified because we are doing it for whatever happened to our civilians.”
Schools closed
India and Pakistan have fought several wars over Kashmir which has been split since 1947 when British colonial rule ended and which both countries claim in full.
Pakistan has rejected claims by India’s government that it was behind last month’s attack, calling for an independent investigation.
Pakistani authorities insist they have the right to retaliate to India’s initial strikes.
In a late Wednesday TV address to the nation, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned they would “avenge” those killed by Indian air strikes.
Indian strikes damaged a wall of the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project. Picture: Sajjad Qayyum/AFP
On Friday schools were closed on both sides of the Pakistan and Indian border in Kashmir and Punjab, affecting tens of millions of children.
India has also closed 24 airports, but according to local media the suspension on civilian flights may be lifted on Saturday morning.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket mega tournament was also suspended for a week, the Indian cricket board announced.
This came after an IPL match was abandoned in Dharamsala, less than 200km from the town of Jammu, where explosions had been reported.
Shrapnel from Pakistani shelling in Uri district, Indian controlled Kashmir. Picture: AP Photo/Dar Yasin
The Pakistan Super League meanwhile was moved to the United Arab Emirates, after an Indian drone struck Rawalpindi stadium on Thursday.
India has ordered X to block more than 8000 accounts, the platform said, adding that it was reluctantly complying with what it described as government-imposed “censorship”.
The move appears to be part of India’s sweeping crackdown targeting social media accounts of Pakistani politicians, celebrities and media organisations.
US Vice President JD Vance has called for calm. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
‘Immediate de-escalation’
American Vice President JD Vance has called for de-escalation, while underlining that Washington was “not going to get involved in the middle of a war that’s fundamentally none of our business”.
Several countries have offered to mediate, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi on Thursday, days after visiting Pakistan.
Diplomats and world leaders have pressured both countries for restraint.
Supporters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan protest in Karachi. Picture: Asif Hassan/AFP
However, the International Crisis Group said “foreign powers appear to have been somewhat indifferent” to the prospect of war, despite warnings of possible escalation.
“A combination of bellicose rhetoric, domestic agitation and the remorseless logic of military one-upmanship have heightened the risks of escalation, particularly because for some time there was no diplomatic communication between the sides,” it said.
Amnesty said the warring sides “must take all necessary measures to protect civilians and minimise any suffering and casualties”.
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Currently the conflict seems to be in calculated tit for tat phase. One side throws some missiles, the other throws some drones. Both sides have lost fighter jets, but nowhere near the claims bouncing around. The information sphere for this conflict is markedly stupid, with ARMA3 video game footage being shared by official channels.
Both sides have zero appreciation of OPSEC, with footage of SAM batteries and artillery systems being shared live. Both sides will lose a lot of equipment to this idiocy before they realise that PR results in their own troops dying.
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Following the ANNOUNCE of an India/Pakistan ceasefire, Rubio claims credit as the US mediator ( with support from JD Vance) arising from his series of talks with Modi and senior Indian and Pakistan players.
Just a coincidence of the timing of the IMF unblocking a loan of $1 billion from its $7 billion Pakistan aid rescue package. India abstained, expressing dissent ( the IMF rules don’t allow for a No or veto vote).
IDK whether US military hardware supply to the two countries was in the mix.
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India has claimed that too much of the IMF aid to Pakistan gets into the military hands,
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Neither of these covers news, but for anyone interested in the background of this conflict, these are good.
And the Indian video released a year ago
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