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#31
Quote from: K-Dog on Apr 10, 2026, 10:20 PMBBC.COM • 2025-01-12
LA fires death toll rises to 24 as high winds expected
Weather forecasters in California are warning fierce winds which fuelled the infernos around Los Angeles are expected to pick up again this week, as fire crews on the ground race to make progress controlling three wildfires.
The now annnual LA Fire Festival! They shoul move the Burning Man Festival to LA. Kill 2 Birds with 1 Stone.
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#32
Indonesians raise white flags as anger grows over slow flood aid
For weeks now, angry and distressed residents in Indonesia's westernmost province have been raising white flags over the state's slow response to a series of deadly floods.
#33
LA fires death toll rises to 24 as high winds expected
Weather forecasters in California are warning fierce winds which fuelled the infernos around Los Angeles are expected to pick up again this week, as fire crews on the ground race to make progress controlling three wildfires.
#34
Floods Affect 73,000 People Across Afghanistan, Over 90 Die
According to OCHA, nine thousand houses and more than 15,500 jeribs of agricultural land have been destroyed.
In Afghanistan a jerib is standardized at 2,000 square meters (0.49 acres). I work it out to 12 square miles.
#35
Peak oil / Oil supply
Last post by K-Dog - Apr 10, 2026, 08:40 PM
Iran Has Good Will, but Distrusts US
Twice within less than a year, in the middle of negotiations, and despite the Iranian side’s good faith, they attacked us and committed numerous war crimes.
Going through the motions, because hey whacha-gonna-do. But as these men walk the red carpet they already know that Israel is not going to let Trump make peace. These men are doing what they have to do, but they went to bed and woke up knowing that Trump wears a dog collar.
#36
Crazy times / Dope as Pope
Last post by K-Dog - Apr 10, 2026, 08:17 PM
I can understand Pope Leo XIV having the Jones for some Mickey-Ds 🍔🍟. But remembering that Trump made this picture a while back, and considering that Trump is a demented fool. Keeping one's ass in Rome is the wiser choice. I agree.
What was the Avignon papacy?
Today, we view the papacy as a pastoral, not a princely role. Yet questions about boundaries between ecclesial and temporal power remain.
Pope Leo XIV has been speaking forcefully and persistently against the United States' military actions in Iran, addressing not just war in the abstract, but the specific actions of the Donald Trump administration. And now a report from The Free Press has revealed that in January, Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby summoned Cardinal Christophe Pierre, then the Vatican's ambassador to the United States, to the Pentagon. Behind closed doors, Colby threatened the ambassador, reminding him of the power of the U.S. army, and telling him that the church "had better take it's side." As part of his threat, he invoked the Avignon papacy.
Holy shit!
#37
War / Trump "Board of Peace": Genoci...
Last post by K-Dog - Apr 10, 2026, 07:56 PMQuote from: RE on Apr 10, 2026, 06:45 PMCount on Trumpolini to make a profit out of human suffering. All those guys shaking his hand look like real humanitarians, don't they? Like a morbidly obese Ghandi and Mother Theresa with an orange bobblehead.
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Indeed, and in a brazen theft of allocated funds, we are paying for this new Trump venture!
State Department sends $1.25B from other programs to Board of Peace
The State Department has drawn on funds for international disasters and peacekeeping to transfer $1.25 billion to President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, a person familiar with the funding said.
Now you know why they are all smiling.
#38
War / Trump "Board of Peace": Genoci...
Last post by RE - Apr 10, 2026, 06:45 PM
Is Board of Peace handing Gaza over to private contractors?
As President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" gears up to launch its ambitious initiatives in Gaza, a worrying pattern is reemerging: the recruitment of U.S. private security contractors to manage humanitarian operations.
Count on Trumpolini to make a profit out of human suffering. All those guys shaking his hand look like real humanitarians, don't they? Like a morbidly obese Ghandi and Mother Theresa with an orange bobblehead.
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#39
Peak oil / Oil supply
Last post by K-Dog - Apr 10, 2026, 06:25 PM
Trump Reportedly Agreed to Include Lebanon in Ceasefire But Lied About It Anyway
The death toll from Israel’s massive, 10-minute blitz on Lebanon on Wednesday has surpassed 300 people.
"Vice President J.D. Vance stated that Iran had a "legitimate misunderstanding" about Lebanon's inclusion in the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, saying, "I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't."
Never have I read a more mealy-mouth admission of 'We Lied To Them,' it was all part of the performance. If you meet a Buddha on the road who suggests Vance should be president, you know what to do. We do not need this shape-shifting smokey-eyed actor who only plays the part of being a man.
#40
Peak oil / Oil supply
Last post by K-Dog - Apr 09, 2026, 06:37 PM
'Shehbaaz had clearly said...', even after the ceasefire, the attack on Lebanon, Bifra Iran
In the midst of a rapidly changing situation in the Middle East, Iran has made it clear that Lebanon cannot be excluded from any ceasefire agreement with the US. Iran has clearly indicated that any long-term peace deal in the region will be possible only if Lebanon is included in it.
Trump says Israel will be 'scaling back' attacks on Lebanon after appeal to Netanyahu
'I spoke with Bibi and he’s going to low-key it. I just think we have to be sort of a little more low-key,' he says
Low-key means continue and carry-on Donald. You just told the world how evil you are again.