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US sinking of Iranian warship with 180 on board 'appears unlawful', ex-Defence Forces chief says Questions have been raised in recent days over both whether the US and Israeli strikes on Iran are in breach of international law, and whether the Iranian ship sunk over hundreds of miles from its sho...

Vice Admiral (Retd) Mark Mellett DSM, was Chief of Staff of Ireland's Defence Forces 2015-2021. #Ireland

Ukrainians are closely watching operation against Iran. Its 57,000 Shaheds for Russia have formed attitude toward Tehran “Accomplices must answer.” by Olena Mukhina 28/02/2026

A reminder that Iran sent 57,000 suicide drones into Ukraine, and for the majority of that time, Ukraine didn't have reliable air defences to counteract, leading to thousands of deaths. That's an act of war, and the only country with legitimacy to react to it is, in fact, Ukraine.

I noted 25 years ago, Europe, Middle East, Asia have deep history/prehistory of thousands of years.
USA has native Americans who 95% died from Euro-diseases and are despised by nationalists.
The vacuum in US national "deep history" is replaced with Biblical "deep history".
Hence Israel's importance.

@OMGImAutisticAF “Why do you need a label?” Bc there is comfort in knowing you are a normal zebra, not a strange horse. Bc you can’t find community w other zebras if you don’t know you belong. And bc it is impossible for a zebra to be happy or healthy spending its life feeling like a failed horse

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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I saw a German documentary movie by this name "Frischfleisch" about 15 years ago.
Maybe this 2007 one.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1375...
It was about European models going to Milan to advance their modelling careers, but ending up as strippers and in prostitution because of lack of work.
Sounds similar!

WAPO: “.. Since the war began Saturday, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U.S. military assets, including warships and aircraft, said the three officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.”

@washingtonpost.com
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This is just a crass and crude version of Bush's neocons claiming they would make the Middle East (or rather the Arabic and/or Muslim worlds) modern liberal democracies by first destroying them.
Or something like that.
Unquestionably Bush exacerbated the problems of the Middle East.
Slow learners!

Trump thinks he can end the war he started with all-caps tweets.

He has no plan.

Russia helping Iran? Moscow providing real time intelligence to Tehran on American military assets - The Times of India US News: Russia has been providing Iran with real-time intelligence on the locations of American military assets in the Middle East, including warships and air.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/rus...

Trump's most important driving force and pleasure in life is fooling people.
He never tells the truth.
His lies give him an almost sexual delight.

So when he says "far ahead of schedule", he's fooling (many) people into thinking that he had a schedule.
He never misses an opportunity to fool people!

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

Yes, apparently the Iranian ship was unarmed and invited along with the U.S to be part of an Indian Naval exercise. The terrorist US pulled out of the exercise, and instead illegally attacked the Iranian ship killing most and leaving the survivors.
(Not my post)

So it was a cold blooded killing.

Over 160 schoolgirls are dead. Anthropic and Palantir executives must immediately testify and tell the public whether their AI is responsible.

Kristi Noem going out praising herself for her courageous public service when all she did was steal our money and lie to America and brutalize the vulnerable and screw her boyfriend is pretty much the exit from DHS I expected of her

It is very important she eventually go to prison

“We’ll double America’s forest growth, protect every acre, prepare for Anthropocene by ending bigoil’s grip, building a thermal-energy future.” Hart ‘28 Dem Pursuing.com 🇺🇸🙏

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Cartoon from Der Spiegel shows the world as seen by Trump.

The tables are TURNING!🇺🇦

Zelensky announced that the U.S. requested Ukrainian support in the interception of Iranian drones. 🙈

With all due respect, who holds the cards now?

SLAVA UKRAINI.

An amusing thing happened to my stocks of baked beans and other life necessities.
When the Covid panic started here in Australia, I didn't need to go to stores for a couple of months because I had good stocks of everything, all because of fear Trump would start a nuclear war!
He actually helped me!

I got the Aldi brand of baked beans, the kind which doesn't need a can opener.
They filled my largest food cupboard, with plenty more on top of the fridge etc.
I figured if Trump started nuclear war, food supplies would be disrupted.
I just wanted to survive long enough to witness social collapse!

One little problem is that after the city is otherwise flattened, there won't be electricity, food, water, gas stations, internet, phones, etc.
During Trump 1.0, I put a can of baked beans in my kitchen for every stupid thing he said.
But realistically, there's more to life than baked beans.

Watch till the end. You’ll be surprised at how good this looks in the backyard.

But I’ll be honest, if we get nuked, count me out. Even if we survive the blast, what’s left?

Reminder that the US military budget is larger than the military spending of the next nine largest countries combined.

Over half goes to private defense contractors.

This is the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned of — on steroids.

Has GPS destroyed the art of maps? These Enlightenment masters show us how it’s done An exhibition at Tefaf Maastricht presents 18th-century city plans not merely as scientific tools of the age, but great works of art in their own right

Has GPS destroyed the art of maps? These Enlightenment masters show us how it’s done

White House says Trump had a ‘feeling based on fact’ about Iran threat Administration officials under fire for shifting justifications for war

I remember at the beginning of Trump 1.0, he was briefed on US nuclear weapons, and he asked three times why the USA didn't use them.
His invasions have the same mentality.
If we can destroy any country we want, why don't we?
He just does it because he can!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Erstmals seit 2023: Die Ukraine gewinnt mehr Territorium zurück, als sie verliert – doch wird der Trend anhalten? Im ersten Quartal gibt es eine gute Nachricht für die Ukraine: Sie hat unter dem Strich mehr Gebiet vom Aggressor zurückerobert. Allerdings wird ein russischer Gegenschlag erwartet.

Erstmals seit 2023: Die Ukraine gewinnt mehr Territorium zurück, als sie verliert – doch wird der Trend anhalten? Aber ja.
Quelle: Tagesspiegel
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This private school tripled in size in five years — a trend playing out nationwide The latest schools data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows a tinderbox of problems that experts warn could explode with growing pressure on household budgets.

Under a Labor cabinet of majority private school graduates the private school sector is growing faster than ever, with insane levels of public funding for elitist, for profit & religious indoctrination schools.

Labor - for an unfair Australia.

#auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Public ed is good for social cohesion. Public funding for religious private schools divides us.
It's extremely depressing how our system & pol leaders encourage a belief that sending your kids to private, esp "Christian" schools gives them a better future. We need pride & investment in public ed