International Politics

[Potato]

Fucking funny watching the usual euro numpties twist themselves into pretzels when Trump says stupid things. 

[Nintex]

Trumps break up with NATO is rather messy

[Nintex]

 look you're getting the same powerful NATO guarantees. who knows what could happen in 2 weeks

[Nintex]

This year is crazy. Rumors about a coup in China

[Nintex]

What a legend  

Even the Russians look uncomfortable. Imagine the level you'd have to be to make the russkies nervous these guys hang out with Putin every day.

[Nintex]

I can write the conclusion.

Grok is retarded it's seriously the most retarded AI out there.

[Uncle]

and elon says go fuck your fines or whatever, if you don't want twitter available in your country then ban it, see how your citizens like it

[Nintex]

Congratulations to all the dead hostages

You've done a great job DYING

[who is ted danson?]

Congratulations to all the dead hostages

You've done a great job DYING

Finally, A COMPLETE SET OF YU GI OH CARDS

[benji]

This year is crazy. Rumors about a coup in China

It's hilarious that people in the West still fall for this. Last line of that tweet finally gives the game away:

Western agencies (Reuters, Bloomberg) tend to assess this more as another round of Xi Jinping’s purge of the military elite.

And when you search for it:

China’s investigation into its top general is taking President Xi Jinping’s years-long corruption purge into his innermost circle, underlining that even close personal ties do not offer protection when it comes to loyalty to the party leadership.

China experts said Xi’s move against his long-term ally and Politburo member Gen. Zhang Youxia also concentrates even more power in the president's hands, makes the already secretive command of China’s military more opaque, and suggests that a near-term attack on Taiwan is less likely.

...

In a front-page editorial on Sunday, the PLA Daily described the probe as a major achievement, adding that the two generals had "seriously undermined and violated" the Chairman Responsibility System.

Under the system, Xi, as the CMC chairman, is vested with the "supreme military decision-making." It also serves as the "institutional arrangement for practising the party's absolute leadership over the army," according to China's government, opens new tab.

“To invoke violating the Chairman Responsibility System suggests Zhang had too much power outside of Xi himself,” said Lyle Morris, a senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis.

The PLA Daily article did not offer further details and did not provide any evidence of a power struggle. While some analysts say it suggests disloyalty, others are sceptical Zhang posed a threat to Xi's power.

“For Xi to undertake such a dramatic move suggests two things: Xi has the full support of the Chinese Communist Party, and Xi is confident in his consolidation of power over the military,” Morris said.

Zhang has in the past overseen the PLA’s procurement department which has become the target of a broad corruption crackdown ordered by Xi, but he himself has until now been spared.

James Char, a scholar at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, said that by placing Zhang under the probe, "Xi has also responded to criticisms that his PLA anti-corruption campaign has been a selective process - that his fellow princeling gets a free pass."

"Zhang had got off scot-free after his acolyte, Li Shangfu, got into trouble in the latter half of 2023,” added Char. Former defence minister Li was ousted for suspected corruption in military procurement.

Oh, look, Reuters is appropriately skeptical of any motives, there's no talk of a coup and all the quoted experts place it firmly within traditional CCP methods which has shifted from fake coup accusations like Mao always levied to generic "corruption" decades ago from Deng forward.

But if Nintex didn't read shit accounts that post nonsense as gospel and share them with us no matter how many times they fail I'd never get to see tweets like this that get to the real story:

[killamajig]

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-withdrawing-troops-airport-northeast-syria-sources-say-2026-01-26/

QAMISHLI, Syria, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Russia is withdrawing forces from an airport in northeastern Syria, moving to end its military presence in a corner of the country where the Damascus government is trying to seize control from Kurdish forces, five Syrian sources said.

Russia has stationed forces at Qamishli airport in the northeast since 2019, a relatively small deployment compared to its air base and a naval facility on Syria's Mediterranean coast, both of which it is expected to maintain.

There was no immediate comment from Russia's defence ministry. Russian daily Kommersant reported last week, citing an unnamed Syrian source, that the Syrian government might ask Russian forces to leave the base once it had pushed the Kurds out because "there’s nothing for them (the Russians) to do there".

[Nintex]

 And the Board of Peace award for the most reliable military ally of the year goes to...

   

  

[Nintex]

The new dutch budget



Budget cuts
- Healthcare (5 - 10 billion)
- Social security
- Higher taxes
- Higher government debt

Additional spending
- Aging (7 billion)
- Defense (5 - 10 billion)
- Asylum (3 - 5 billion)
- Nitrogen fund, to buy out the farmers (25 billion)
- Climate and Energy fund (200 billion)

More windmills and somalis 

[DavidCroquet]

bro said "Zorg"

[Nintex]

[Uncle]

oh just set it to midnight already, let's see what happens

[Nintex]

The lunatics at the UN are doing a terrible job to keep the world peaceful and safe. Thank god for Steve Witkoff and Palantir Techologies as well as the Emir of the United Arab Emirates and the highly respected Field Marshall of Pakistan. I'm putting a 300% tariff on bottled water, fertilizer, rice, bread and soy beans with immediate effect. Also we need the straight of Hormuz for national security. 

[Nintex]

Oh great we're bringing in the pajeets, I figure we're not taking a surplus of cute Desi girls?

[Potato]

Be prepared for 100 truck drivers all using the same licence and Uber drivers sleeping in the boot of the car while their mate drives his 12 hour shift.

[Nintex]