The Political Thread

[Comrade Khan]

Something that’s actually important, I’m sure most people will not just go for convenience.

Like staying at home instead of voting?

 

[Switchblake]

That’s more apathy, then convenience, but I would say, though that we have had a slight upswing on turn out the last two election cycles. Still not great, but it’s something.

 

[O-Blaze]

Like staying at home instead of voting?

Anyone who could vote, who didn’t, that’s a problem.

Sadly they are also people like me, who lost a lot of their paperwork and stuff they need, so they sadly can’t be registered because they make it difficult to get the stuff that you need to be able to register, and that’s nothing to do with convenience, and everything to do with the way the system is set up

 

[Switchblake]

Anyone who could vote, who didn’t, that’s a problem.

Sadly they are also people like me, who lost a lot of their paperwork and stuff they need, so they sadly can’t be registered because they make it difficult to get the stuff that you need to be able to register, and that’s nothing to do with convenience, and everything to do with the way the system is set up

That sucks. Up here registration is simple and mostly automatic if you have a legal address and an ID.

 

[O-Blaze]

That sucks. Up here registration is simple and mostly automatic if you have a legal address and an ID.

I don’t know if you saw my post in the mental health thread, where I was upset by the fact at how i wanna get a job, but I don’t know where my SS Card is, and I can’t get it replaced without an ID, which I also don’t currently have, and I can’t get that without the SS Card. So yeah, sadly no ID. I’m doing everything I can, looking all over the house as I know my SS Card is in this house, somewhere

 

[Barry Poppins]

I don’t know about going that far. You guys made me go through a lot of trouble upgrading the server just so the X domain would embed

Nobody likes Twitter anymore, Bluesky is where it's at.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Assad can still stay in power if Mike Pence has the courage

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[Loochblade]

• Syrian president Bashar al-Assad leaves the country on a flight from Damascus International Airport to an unknown destination. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
• Senior Syrian government officials are reportedly in talks with the Syrian opposition and are preparing to defect. (CNN)
• Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali says he is not leaving Syria and will commit to a peaceful transition of power to the Syrian opposition. Al-Jalali also calls on rebel forces not to damage state institutions in Damascus or harm civilians. (Axios)
• The Syrian Army says Bashar al-Assad's rule has ended and orders all of its troops to lay down arms and stop fighting. (Reuters)
• Syrian rebels seize state television and announce to the nation that Bashar al-Assad has been toppled and a new government will be formed. (Xinhua)
• Rebel forces enter the Presidential Palace. (Al Arabiya)

• The rebel Military Operations Command says its forces have entered Damascus and are searching for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, whose whereabouts are unknown. (CNN)
• Heavy gunfire is reported in Barzeh as rebel forces advance towards the city centre. Residents say power is out. (BBC News)
• Rebel forces take control of Sednaya Prison and begin releasing thousands of prisoners, including many political prisoners. (Barrons)
• Anti-government forces say the Assad government has been overthrown as they take full control of Damascus. (NHK)
• Thousands of Damascene residents gather in Umayyad Square to celebrate the collapse of the Assad regime. The Syrian Defence Ministry building is reportedly abandoned. (BBC News)
• A video on X (formerly known as Twitter) shows Syrians tearing down posters of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani at the Iranian embassy in Damascus. (Al Bawaba)

• Israeli tanks and troops enter Syria's Quneitra Governorate to reportedly establish a buffer zone, marking Israel's first crossing of the ceasefire line in 50 years. (The Times of Israel) (Al Jazeera)

All of that from today (Sunday)... more oil for the fire in the middle east...

 

[Loochblade]

In other news. Make sure not to forget to change your settings in your PayPal accounts, people!

camwing (@camw.ing)

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[Tommy Shelby]

The Major Economic fabric that holds the two biggest nations in Europe seems to be failing. France has just lost Michel Barnier the shortest Prime Minister in french history and now Macron has to listen to the left so they don't form a government with Le pens National Front or whatever they're called. Italy already has one.

The German industries are failing badly and it's so sad to see. Gives all Brexiteers a great chance to gloat. Well if we don't pull our heads up from the table . It's why we should have never left in the first place.

I personally think another catastrophic scenario is on its way.

 

[Barry Poppins]

All of that from today (Sunday)... more oil for the fire in the middle east...

All the top news is positive but what the fuck is Israel doing moving troops into Syria where they have no fuckin business.

 

[Loochblade]

All the top news is positive but what the fuck is Israel doing moving troops into Syria where they have no fuckin business.

• Quneitra Governorate clashes
  • Israeli tanks and troops enter Syria's Quneitra Governorate to reportedly establish a buffer zone, marking Israel's first crossing of the ceasefire line in 50 years. (The Times of Israel) (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel captures the Syrian side of Mount Hermon without resistance. (The Times of Israel)
• Syria missile strikes
  • The Israeli Air Force launches targeted airstrikes on ammo and equipment depots at Mezzeh Military Airport and Khalkhalah air base in southern Syria. (Reuters) (Sada El-Balad)
  • An Israeli strike targeted the Scientific Research Center in Damascus's security zone, which oversees chemical weapons and ballistic missile programs. (Al Jazeera)

Taking advantage of the opportunity.

• 2024 Manbij offensive, Operation Dawn of Freedom
  • Turkish security sources claim that 80% of Kurdish-held positions in Manbij have been taken by the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army. (Türkiye Today)
  • Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan threatens "appropriate measures" against Kurdistan Workers' Party-aligned rebel groups, and states that Turkey will never allow them control over any part of Syria or its government. (Türkiye Today)

 

[Barry Poppins]

And you wonder why people want Netenyahu's government dead.

 

[Chris]

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/08/assad-syria-russia-moscow

Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow and has been granted political asylum along with his family, a Kremlin official told the Russian media.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Oh wow, the Russian puppet went crawling back to Daddy Putin, go figure.