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[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I'm deciding hockey news is news until I'm told otherwise, my team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl beat Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3-2 in the KHL season opener! I'm hoping this bodes well for Lokomotiv since they last faced Metallurg in the Gagarin Cup finals where Locomotiv were swept 4-0

train-shining Lokomotiv will win the cup this year! train-shining

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Chile Hosts Military Exercises of the U.S. Southern Command - Telesur

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They are authorized by the government of Gabriel Boric and has the organization of the minister of defense, Maya Fernández Allende.

The UNITAS 2024 multinational naval exercise, organized by the United States Southern Command and the Chilean Navy, began on Monday in the city of Valparaíso, in the Andean country.

The operations of the year are carried out between 2 and 12 September, with the participation of 24 countries, 17 ships, 2 submarines and 23 aircraft on the coasts of the regions of Coquimbo, Valparaiso and Magallanes.

Chilean Vice-Admiral Claudio Maldonado, expressed that “we are very happy to be able to participate in this exercise» because «it also allows us to show the capabilities and preparation for planning and conducting operations that the Chilean Navy has”.

He went further and celebrated that “We also have the great opportunity to share with NATO countries and with countries that possess the latest technologies, so as to be able to share all the procedures and ways of operating that allow us to grow as a Navy and as a country”.

His counterpart, the Second Commander of the US Fourth Fleet, Rear Admiral Richard S. Lofgren, expressed great confidence that this encounter would be a great success, commenting that it is about “a beautiful experience, it is a real honor to be able to participate in this exercise that has been taking place for 65 years and to work together with allies and friends to continue strengthening our vision of international cooperation”.

This is the second time in less than a month that the government of Gabriel Boric, whose Defense Minister is Amaya Fernández Allende, has participated in military games with the U.S. in the Pacific Ocean. In the past, he took part in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC 2024) war games, also coordinated by Washington.

U.S. military activity in the Pacific region is continuing in its particular push against China.

Although Boric has publicly distanced himself from the Zionist regime in the wake of the brutal aggression that this country is committing in the Gaza Strip, Chile was twinned with Israel in these exercises which were invited by the US.

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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

"A Sexist Clown Car", Toxic Work Environment in Danish Centrist Party

A toxic atmosphere of creepy comments, a "tyrannical culture" and harassment of women is pervasive in Denmark's liberal centrist Moderate party. So reveals a complaint made by current and former employees to the Danish Working Environment Authority.

Read more (CW: sexism, sexual harassment, CSA)

The party makes up a third of the nation's ruling Social Democrat-controlled right-wing government and controls several key ministries. It was astroturfed from nothing in 2021 as a vehicle for the continued political career of former prime minister and current foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

The employees filed a complaint after repeated appels to party leadership to address the issues was unsuccessful.

Misogynistic Bullying

Many of the complaints stem from issues related to a particular senior employee especially towards younger women in the party. The complaints mention several high-ranking employees including Caroline Stage, a former tobacco lobbyist who was employed as party secretary from the founding of the party and until July this year ago when Lars Løkke Rasmussen hired her as his spin doctor. Last week Rasmussen appointed her as minister of digitalisation despite her not being an elected MP.

The complaint describes senior employees talking behind the back of employees, disparaging comments on female employees' appearances and qualifications as well as harassment of a pregnant employee.

The complaint describes how one male employee had sexual relations to several party employees prior to being promoted to a senior role. This has later caused issues as the employee commented on female employees' appearances after being promoted.

Examples of his comments includes "you can't take her serious in that skirt" and "imagine going to work looking like that". When employees told him to stop he would give replies like "you're just jealous we're not talking like this about you" and "I just need to fuck you and [other party employee]"

Employees afraid of tyrannical leadership

The complaint describes how employees are afraid to stand up as "party leadership is so tyrannical" and describes how employees feel easily replaceable by the "powerful people" in the workplace.

Party leadership has been aware of the harassment but has not acted as documented by an audio file in the possession of the tabloid BT who broke the story.

Following a crisis meeting today, party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen have a press conference in which he deflected on questions about how long he has known about the harassment. He did however reveal that the party will now hire an occupational psychologist to deal with the toxic workplace.

In official messaging the Moderate party's current party secretary denies knowledge of the harassment and refers to their "code of conduct".

Moderate MP Jeppe Søe is more brash in his public statements where he has stated that the future existence of the party is at stake if they continue their "history of being a sexist clown car".

Cocaine, Fraud and Ebebophilia

The Moderate party enjoys posing as "the adults in he room", the responsible centrist liberals who are above the populism of the extreme wings of the right and the left but this is far from the first time bizarre scandals has struck the party, leading to them being described as a "clown car" by observers.

In 2018 then Liberal Party MP and current minister of culture and Moderate Party second in command Jacob Engell-Schmidt was caught speeding through Copenhagen while high on cocaine. After falling to cover up the story he went on paid sick leave from parliament.

Most of the Moderate candidates for the 2022 general election lacked political experience and seems to have been picked by party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen to avoid having an internal opposition. Several scandals have emerged.

Shortly after claiming his seat in 2022 newly elected moderate MP Kristian Klarskov had to resign after it was discovered that his public image as a successful entrepreneur was a complete fabrication. Instead he had several bankruptcies behind him and was living off his wealthy spouse's money.

MP Jon Stephensen was forced out of the party after a string of allegations. As managing director of a theater he had pressured performers to go on stage despite being sick. He was also revealed to have forged the signature on a rental contract. It was then discovered that he had been sending creepy text messages to a 19-year old female party member. He was then expelled from the party and went on paid sick leave where "therapists, psychologists and priests" helped him find out why he had sent the messages. Four months later he returned to parliament as a non-inscrit.

The most grave example of misconduct was MP Mike Fonseca who was expelling from the party after telling the parliamentary group the he was in a public "relationship" to a 15 year old girl who he called his "girlfriend". Although the relationship was technically legal, serious concerns was raised over what had transpired over the years as Fonseca had been a friend of the girl's parent for several years. When the girl was one year old the then 19 year old Fonseca worked in the same nursery she went to.

Fonseca was reported to the police for grooming a minor but the police closed the investigation due to a lack of evidence.

Party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen himself is no stranger to scandal. Ever since he scammed a pop artist out of her payment for a concert as a teenager, an air of dishonesty and grift has followed the powerful politician. He has been caught trying to get public coffers to pay for his beer and cigarettes, getting the Liberal Party to pay for his underwear and has accepted gifts from businessmen who would later benefit from his policies. The latest public example is the story of how he intervened and made sure an offshore wind power project got approved despite this having nothing to with his responsibilities as foreign minister. The consortium behind the project happened to be a major client of the law firm where Rasmussen worked as a "consultant" prior to becoming foreign minister.

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More combat footage from the front.

Russian missile strikes destroyed three US-built “HIMARS” launchers in Sumy oblast (near the Kursk border): https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/strike-on-himars:1

Russian drones continue annihilating Kiev regime military equipment and troops in Kursk oblast: https://lostarmour.info/media/videos/news/21878.mp4

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[–] Babs@hexbear.net 40 points 2 months ago

Explosions in Gomel, Belarus. Some (not sure how credible, mostly .ua domains) reporting that it mighta been the Belarusian air force taking out a Russian drone?

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 40 points 2 months ago

https://archive.ph/Mi6h2

Continued degradation of the German industrial base and disciplining of German labour. Project ukraine continues to pay dividends nato-cool

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 39 points 2 months ago (29 children)

Alright news mega I need a crash course on Democratic Republic of congo because there's a push in some UK circles going on regarding this:

I have absolutely no idea what to make of it, I know nothing about the place. I read something about a failed coup attempt recently but don't know enough really.

My main concern is whether it's a place to support, what's going on there, and whether these efforts are legitimate concerns or whether there's a psyop brewing.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 39 points 2 months ago

West Belfast, Ireland

[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 2 months ago

Algerian national television: Spy ring caught and dismantled in Tlemcen (the article is in Arabic)

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On Sunday, the investigating judge at the Tlemcen Court issued an order to place seven people, including four Moroccans, in temporary detention following the recent dismantling of a spy and intelligence network for the purpose of undermining state security, according to what the Public Prosecutor at the Tlemcen Court, Mustapha Loubar, said.

Mr. Loubar stated during a press conference at the headquarters of the Tlemcen Court that on August 24 last, in the context of combating illegal immigration, and after information was received by the relevant security services about the movements of a suspicious person of Moroccan nationality in the center of the city of Tlemcen, a notification was made.The Republic Prosecution ordered the opening of a preliminary investigation.

On the same day, the so-called “Z.M.,” of Moroccan nationality, was arrested. It was found that he had entered the national territory illegally, and after exploiting the concerned cell phone with permission from the prosecution, and after interrogating him, it was revealed that he was working within an espionage and intelligence network working for a foreign party in the company of Moroccan nationals. And Algerians, according to the same official.

He pointed out that on August 28, six people were arrested, three of whom were of Moroccan nationality (“T.A.,” “M.Kh,” and “M.H.”) and three Algerians (“R.M.A.” and “T.Z.” “S.A” and “B.R”).

The investigations found that all members of this network were receiving instructions from the so-called “B.S.,” who is of Moroccan nationality. The results of the preliminary investigation also revealed that “this network recruited Moroccan and Algerian nationals in order to harm Algerian security and administrative institutions,” according to the same source.

Today, Sunday, the arrested persons were brought before the Republic Prosecution, and when the suspects were interrogated, a judicial investigation was opened against them and against everyone revealed by the investigation on felony charges of communicating with a foreign country or one of its agents against the accused, R.M.A. And T.Z.S.A and B. R and the felony of espionage against the defendants Z.M., T.A., and M. H.

In addition to the misdemeanor of illegally entering Algerian territory against the defendants Z. M and M.Kh, which are the acts stipulated and punished by Articles 62 and 64 of the Penal Code and Articles 4, 44 and 46 of Law 08-11 relating to the conditions for the entry of foreigners into the country.

The prosecution asked the investigating judge to issue a detention order against all the defendants and everyone revealed by the investigation, and after questioning the defendants by the investigating judge, he issued an order to place them in temporary detention, and the case is currently under judicial investigation, as was indicated.

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