the debate was a media gameshow -- it was not a debate; it was not people running for a serious office making serious points -- it was an embarrassment to all involved
I couldn't watch past the first few minutes as I realized just what a farce it was
#Ukraine Situation Report: North Korea May Send Forces To #Occupied Territories Even sending hordes of laborers, let alone troops, to Ukraine would mark a new phase in #NorthKorea's mutual aid relationship with #Russia. HOWARD ALTMAN POSTED ON JUN 26, 2024
..."The agreement calls for Pyongyang to send construction and engineering forces to Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine for rebuilding work. The ."...
#Putin to visit #NorthKorea for first time in 24 years By Guy Faulconbridge and Josh Smith
..."MOSCOW/SEOUL, June 17 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday for the first time in 24 years, the two countries said, underscoring Moscow's burgeoning partnership with the nuclear-armed state since the invasion of Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended an invitation to Putin during a visit to Russia's Far East ...
..."His comments come as Russia shows no sign of easing its war against Ukraine.
A peace summit held in Switzerland at the weekend saw dozens of nations commit to supporting Kyiv, but Russia called it a waste of time and said it would only agree to peace t....
So easy, entertaining, to complain. Far too lazy to take on the menial work day by day, responsibilities of real leadership. We don’t really want to be free, to be decent, to be realistic, to be what we claim to want to be. So easy to play our habitual games, ride neurochemical highs, believe flattering lies. Letting our lives, your lives, all life unravel, run out of disguises, numbed from marination in pain.
Every wave of immigrants to the US gets castigated, put down as dirty evil job stealers. (Well, maybe except for that first wave back in the creation of the colonies where the immigrants did attempt to annihilate the natives – maybe that’s why we have this deep psychological fear of immigrants?)
Fighting to survive, responding to threats with aggressive action, does not jump to wars of convenience or war at all. Of course the living will violently DEFEND themselves from perceived attack. We think through enough to build weapons, strategies, armies. We could, with a better will, strategize for peace. Thinking, communicating beings can develop more useful strategies for dispute negotiations. That is once we get over this silly notion that armed conflict is honorable, or inevitable.
It can be argued that more equitable distribution of access to resources is both more democratic as the majority of people can vote with their dollars for the kinds of goods and services we want, and better for economic growth and the optimal functioning of market economy.
#Putin Is Running Out of Time to Achieve Breakthrough in #Ukraine
..."For months, Russia’s army has made only limited gains on the battlefield against Ukrainian troops starved of weapons and ammunition. That’s a growing challenge for President Vladimir Putin as his milit..."
Why do we assume that it is the height of virtue to be "hard-working"? Certainly it is good to uphold one's responsibilities. But does extra labor make one more deserving , give ready excuse for activities that not accommodated due to the extra given to that hard work? Whatever that work may consist of? Hard work trumps loving kindness or easy-going goodwill or all or the kinds of play that leads to discovery or artistic imaginings or camaraderie or taking joy in life?
GZERO WORLD WITH IAN BREMMER | EPISODE |#video If #Ukraine Loses the #War When #Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, much of the world rallied to Kyiv’s cause. But today, Western aid is not getting to the front lines fast enough and Ukraine is closer than ever to defeat. What happens if Russia wins the war? Then, we'll take you inside one of Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camps, as a prominent relief organization struggles to find funding amid controversy.