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Is the U.S. Government discourse back in Paul Ryan era again? It's really sad to see all the hand-wringing about the national debt.

And this time, there is

A little news from occupied Palestine.

Palestinian al-Qassam Brigades forces stabbed to death four Zionist occupation troops (including an officer) in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, seizing their assault weapons. Yesterday, the resistance also killed another five occupation troops in central Jabaliya: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/19/739372/Qassam-Brigades-claims-to-have-killed-4-Israeli-troops-in-northern-Gaza-stabbing-attack

The fascist Tel Aviv regime’s warplanes attacked Yemen’s As-Salif port and Ras Isa oil facility in Hodeidah province; and two power plants in Sana’a. The attacks killed nine civilians. In response, the Yemeni Armed Forces struck Tel Aviv with two Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missiles and a drone: https://sputnikglobe.com/20241219/houthi-missile-lands-direct-hit-in-tel-aviv-amid-tit-for-tat-attacks---photos-1121216865.html

https://tass.com/world/1890607

https://tass.com/world/1889703

Turkey’s Erdogan in Egypt, holds first meeting with Sisi after Assad's fall

ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Thursday to discuss Syria, Gaza and bilateral relations in their first meeting since the fall of the Syrian regime.

During their meeting on the sidelines of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation summit in Cairo, Erdogan pledged continued Turkish support for Syrian unity and the country's reconstruction after 13 years of civil war. Unlike Turkey, the main backer of the Syrian rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad from power on Dec. 8, the Egyptian government has long-favored Assad over the Islamist-leaning opposition. Assad's fall has raised concerns in Cairo about a potential resurgence of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was removed from power in 2013.

On Gaza, Erdogan urged enhanced coordination between the two nations to guarantee the seamless delivery of humanitarian aid, stressing the critical need for an immediate, permanent, and sustainable ceasefire.

After Sisi's ousting of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood-led government, Erdogan declared he would never shake hands with him, labeling him a "brutal killer."

However, the last two years saw a thaw in relations between Cairo and Ankara. The two countries exchanged ambassadors in July 2023, and Sisi paid his first-ever visit to Turkey in September.

U.S. Files Murder Charge Against Mangione That Could Bring Death Penalty

The leader of Yemen's Ansarallah, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: 'Egypt is also under threat. The situation in Egypt may deteriorate quickly and the Zionist regime will seek to destroy all the capabilities and powers of the Egyptian army, like they did in Syria. The Zionist regime is seeking to implement this plan to overthrow the regime in Egypt'

With the imminent resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, many are wondering what would happen in the event of his departure. The Canadian parliament was elected in 2021 and will last until September 2025.

The government is formed on the basis of cabinet agreements. Justin Trudeau has been prime minister for almost 10 years, but only for the first time with a majority. The parliament can be dissolved before the deadline by the Governor General, King Charles' representative in the country.

As Canada is part of the Commonwealth, he is the Canadian head of state. The position is currently held by Mary Simon. Normally, the Governor General dissolves parliament at the request of the Prime Minister, but he or she can also do so at the request of parliament. The last early dissolution was in 2021, at Trudeau's request.

So, if Justin Trudeau resigns, and if parliament does not call for a dissolution, the Liberal party, which holds a plurality of seats, could appoint a new prime minister. It all depends on parliament and the New Democrats, led by Jagmeet Sighn. Because if the New Democrats decide to support the dissolution, the Liberals have no way of stopping it, since the 25 seats of the NDP are decisive in the majority of parliament.

Opinion polls show that the Canadian Conservatives would maintain their lead if the election were held today. Trudeau's announcement is scheduled for this evening, if it is not postponed. If a federal election were held today in Canada, the Canadian Conservatives would be the leading political force. They would go from 120 to 218 MPs. The Liberals would sink, falling from 157 to 50. The NDP would lose 1 seat, according to this projection.

The most recent batch of ATACMS missiles used in Ukraine appear to have been sent by South Korea
Could have fun implications given that Russia and DPRK recently signed that defence treaty

NYPD decided to do a perp walk photo op with Luigi:

This seems to have pretty much backfired on social media, for obvious reasons (this picture objectively goes hard). Lots of people comparing him to pics of Superman in handcuffs or saying they are treating him like a supervillain in Gotham.

Oh, also, that's Eric Adams directly to his right behind him. He might have given a speech about how Rikers is the Blackgate Penetrntiary of New York, I am trying to check.

Feels like a lot of shit has happened and the vibes are completely off, but I think a lot of folks here and elsewhere have kind of forgotten that the American imperial machine is still in a state of rapid unraveling and no "wins" in the Middle East are going to stop it. Compared to 2015, for instance, the world is entirely different. So many more regions can afford to effectively ignore the United States and pursue their own interests, for good or ill. The civil war in Sudan is case and point; the US can't do shit to stop it, and has no real influence there at all. Fucking Ukraine is doing more on the ground to shape Sudan that the United States, let alone actors like the UAE. India has shown complete disregard for the American imperial project to the point of assassinating enemies of the Indian state in Canada of all places. The Sahel has been able to entirely pursue its own interests, and there's nothing the West can do about it. They can't even stop Yemen from closing down the Red Sea. There's a shit ton of dooming here, but I think it's important to not lose sight of the fact that the world has irrevocably changed in the last decade, that the space for maneuver is far wider than its been in decades, and there's virtually nothing the United States or its pawns can do to change this continuing shift.

After losing a vote in the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee over the Dem ranking seat on the House Oversight Committee following Nancy Pelosi and establishment Dems throwing their support behind a 74-year old with cancer, AOC appealed to the general House Democratic Causus, and lost again. Lmao get fucked snake.

The r/politics comments are actually kinda funny. It's hard to tell to what extent reddit shitlibs have changed after the election and the extent to which the DNC isn't paying for astroturfing now that the election is over.

Rest In Piss Leunig you piece of shit.

Asked this elsewhere, but figured the beloved bulletin bears would be better at answering it.

Commentary has been that "the loss of Syria cuts Iran off from the Mediterranean, from Hezbollah and Palestine".

Was this not the case for the periods from 2003-2011 and 2014-2019, when there were hostile occupying powers in Iraq and/or Syria?

NVIDIA's new computer looks legitimately very impressive and can run inference while only pulling a max of 25W. Hopefully hardware and software improvements continue to quickly make AI less power hungry.

edit: to make this post more worthy of the news cavern: This is a low power computer for $250 that is probably powerful enough to run a dog robot that hunts people (if you need a reason to care).