A.V. Deggar
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The fact that we are still holding people's feet to the fire over the fact violent, racist, genocide-supporting hooligans *should have been allowed* to rampage through Britain's second city, speaks volumes about this country.
January 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The fact that we are still holding people's feet to the fire over the fact violent, racist, genocide-supporting hooligans *should have been allowed* to rampage through Britain's second city, speaks volumes about this country.
The wheel spins as it should.
Wes Streeting, part of a govt that won't confirm it'd uphold an ICC arrest warrant, won't meet its obligations under the genocide convention, & won't condemn what the US has done in Venezuela, says he's concerned about the disintegration of the rules based international system
January 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The wheel spins as it should.
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Wes Streeting, part of a govt that won't confirm it'd uphold an ICC arrest warrant, won't meet its obligations under the genocide convention, & won't condemn what the US has done in Venezuela, says he's concerned about the disintegration of the rules based international system
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Wes Streeting, part of a govt that won't confirm it'd uphold an ICC arrest warrant, won't meet its obligations under the genocide convention, & won't condemn what the US has done in Venezuela, says he's concerned about the disintegration of the rules based international system
The mezzo-soprano Nosferatu of Pennsylvania Avenue, Steven Miller, just stated that: "Nobody's going to fight America, militarily, over the future of Greenland."
Damn right, that's cos they're just gonna pay for it in dollars, and the Danes will take the money and kiss their ass for the privilege.
Damn right, that's cos they're just gonna pay for it in dollars, and the Danes will take the money and kiss their ass for the privilege.
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
The mezzo-soprano Nosferatu of Pennsylvania Avenue, Steven Miller, just stated that: "Nobody's going to fight America, militarily, over the future of Greenland."
Damn right, that's cos they're just gonna pay for it in dollars, and the Danes will take the money and kiss their ass for the privilege.
Damn right, that's cos they're just gonna pay for it in dollars, and the Danes will take the money and kiss their ass for the privilege.
FWIW, I'd predict that the most dangerous thing the world has to contend with in 2026 is Trump's health.
His heightened megalomania is that of a despot wanting to secure his legacy & dynasty, & the more obvious his decline gets, the more those around him will try to sideline him.
It'll get messy.
His heightened megalomania is that of a despot wanting to secure his legacy & dynasty, & the more obvious his decline gets, the more those around him will try to sideline him.
It'll get messy.
January 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
FWIW, I'd predict that the most dangerous thing the world has to contend with in 2026 is Trump's health.
His heightened megalomania is that of a despot wanting to secure his legacy & dynasty, & the more obvious his decline gets, the more those around him will try to sideline him.
It'll get messy.
His heightened megalomania is that of a despot wanting to secure his legacy & dynasty, & the more obvious his decline gets, the more those around him will try to sideline him.
It'll get messy.
Be assured that prominent European leaders will be doing their utmost to ensure this doesn't happen, by pressuring the Danes to accept whatever pay-off comes their way, and convincing them to resettle Greenlanders in Denmark if necessary.
NATO is done if Trump invades Greenland, Danish PM warns
“Everything stops” if the U.S. annexes the Arctic island, Mette Frederiksen said.
www.politico.eu
January 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Be assured that prominent European leaders will be doing their utmost to ensure this doesn't happen, by pressuring the Danes to accept whatever pay-off comes their way, and convincing them to resettle Greenlanders in Denmark if necessary.
"Starmer refuses to condemn Venezuela attack."
You're the elected First Lackey of the US's primary vassal state in Eurasia—what else are you gonna do?
"Starmer refuses to say whether the US broke international law."
You were one of the UK's leading legal professionals—you are beyond contempt.
You're the elected First Lackey of the US's primary vassal state in Eurasia—what else are you gonna do?
"Starmer refuses to say whether the US broke international law."
You were one of the UK's leading legal professionals—you are beyond contempt.
January 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"Starmer refuses to condemn Venezuela attack."
You're the elected First Lackey of the US's primary vassal state in Eurasia—what else are you gonna do?
"Starmer refuses to say whether the US broke international law."
You were one of the UK's leading legal professionals—you are beyond contempt.
You're the elected First Lackey of the US's primary vassal state in Eurasia—what else are you gonna do?
"Starmer refuses to say whether the US broke international law."
You were one of the UK's leading legal professionals—you are beyond contempt.
Trump to the press: "We are going in to take the oil."
UN Ambassador Walz at the Security Council: "This is a law enforcement operation to stop drug trafficking."
Zero mentions of the black gold.
Know your audience, eh?
UN Ambassador Walz at the Security Council: "This is a law enforcement operation to stop drug trafficking."
Zero mentions of the black gold.
Know your audience, eh?
January 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Trump to the press: "We are going in to take the oil."
UN Ambassador Walz at the Security Council: "This is a law enforcement operation to stop drug trafficking."
Zero mentions of the black gold.
Know your audience, eh?
UN Ambassador Walz at the Security Council: "This is a law enforcement operation to stop drug trafficking."
Zero mentions of the black gold.
Know your audience, eh?
OMFG he's actually done this for real.
January 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
OMFG he's actually done this for real.
I'd say the goverment is in a tight spot when their fanbase and retainers start obliquely admitting that calling the prime minister "Kid Starver" and "Two-tier Keir" was justified.
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I'd say the goverment is in a tight spot when their fanbase and retainers start obliquely admitting that calling the prime minister "Kid Starver" and "Two-tier Keir" was justified.
The wheel spins as it should.
January 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The wheel spins as it should.
In today's Everything is America Now, on the left we have the Republican Governor of Texas in April 2025, on the right we have the UK Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government yesterday.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
In today's Everything is America Now, on the left we have the Republican Governor of Texas in April 2025, on the right we have the UK Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government yesterday.
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I'd be more than a little perturbed by how easily the apparatus of state is turned on ordinary citizens, especially given a current govt that imprisons pensioners for protesting genocide, and is keeping the seat warm for the fascists awaiting their turn behind the wheel.
Spycops sent thousands of surveillance reports to MI5, inquiry documents reveal
Security Service was able to compile detailed files on members of legitimate protest groups infiltrated by undercover police officers
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I'd be more than a little perturbed by how easily the apparatus of state is turned on ordinary citizens, especially given a current govt that imprisons pensioners for protesting genocide, and is keeping the seat warm for the fascists awaiting their turn behind the wheel.
Just imagine a world where the Axis of Good didn't have to pretend that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
No dossiers needed to be sexed up.
No weapons scientists needed to be suicided.
An easier world. A better world. Our world!
No dossiers needed to be sexed up.
No weapons scientists needed to be suicided.
An easier world. A better world. Our world!
Cheney and Rumsfeld watching from their pool of boiling pitch in the Eighth Circle of Hell, cursing these young whippersnappers who get to play politics on easy mode.
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Just imagine a world where the Axis of Good didn't have to pretend that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
No dossiers needed to be sexed up.
No weapons scientists needed to be suicided.
An easier world. A better world. Our world!
No dossiers needed to be sexed up.
No weapons scientists needed to be suicided.
An easier world. A better world. Our world!
Cheney and Rumsfeld watching from their pool of boiling pitch in the Eighth Circle of Hell, cursing these young whippersnappers who get to play politics on easy mode.
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Cheney and Rumsfeld watching from their pool of boiling pitch in the Eighth Circle of Hell, cursing these young whippersnappers who get to play politics on easy mode.
One thing that's for certain, whatever self-congratulatory media content comes out of Maduro and/or his wife in chains being lead to the hoosegow will be a new low, even for the US.
January 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
One thing that's for certain, whatever self-congratulatory media content comes out of Maduro and/or his wife in chains being lead to the hoosegow will be a new low, even for the US.
Fixed it for you for later on this year, you abject fucking coward and lackey.
January 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Fixed it for you for later on this year, you abject fucking coward and lackey.
Excellent point
Nobel Peace Prize and FIFA Peace Prize currently sitting at equal face value.
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Excellent point
Say what you will, but
Trump does have significant experience engaging with Latin American leaders connected to drug trafficking.
He pardons them.
Trump does have significant experience engaging with Latin American leaders connected to drug trafficking.
He pardons them.
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Say what you will, but
Trump does have significant experience engaging with Latin American leaders connected to drug trafficking.
He pardons them.
Trump does have significant experience engaging with Latin American leaders connected to drug trafficking.
He pardons them.
The wheel spins as it should.
January 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The wheel spins as it should.
Absolutely normal phrase on the chyron here, just any other Saturday.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Absolutely normal phrase on the chyron here, just any other Saturday.
The wheel spins as it should.
January 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The wheel spins as it should.
Speaking on the bombing of a sovereign nation and extraction of its leader for a show trial in the Big Apple, the learnèd Sir Keir declines to condemn the action, and says that he believes international law should always be upheld.
RIGHTO.
RIGHTO.
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Speaking on the bombing of a sovereign nation and extraction of its leader for a show trial in the Big Apple, the learnèd Sir Keir declines to condemn the action, and says that he believes international law should always be upheld.
RIGHTO.
RIGHTO.
A lot of people today saying the US has gone mad.
Incorrect.
They just don't have to pretend to be sane anymore.
Incorrect.
They just don't have to pretend to be sane anymore.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
A lot of people today saying the US has gone mad.
Incorrect.
They just don't have to pretend to be sane anymore.
Incorrect.
They just don't have to pretend to be sane anymore.
Watching the US bomb and extract the leader of another sovereign nation to face trial in New York, and this isn't wrong is it?
Support for the genocide of the people of Palestine is as defining moment in world uncivilization.
Support for the genocide of the people of Palestine is as defining moment in world uncivilization.
The Palestinian genocide is the whole ball game.
It's been the useful catalyst & pretext for govts across the West to quell all manner of dissent at home, & rewrite the laws of war abroad.
Conveniently, it's also coincided with neoliberalism's transition into feudalism, so a total win-win there.
It's been the useful catalyst & pretext for govts across the West to quell all manner of dissent at home, & rewrite the laws of war abroad.
Conveniently, it's also coincided with neoliberalism's transition into feudalism, so a total win-win there.
January 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Watching the US bomb and extract the leader of another sovereign nation to face trial in New York, and this isn't wrong is it?
Support for the genocide of the people of Palestine is as defining moment in world uncivilization.
Support for the genocide of the people of Palestine is as defining moment in world uncivilization.