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To me it looks like the convict president is gearing up to declare a national emergency for election security. I mean, wouldn't you do the same if you'd been cheated of a victory and treated very unfairly by the courts? That's all the evidence anybody should need.

I think, as he sees it, in a national emergency the safeguards of the US Constitution become negotiable if not dispensable entirely. Of course that isn't the case but we know he's not a man who balks at blatantly illegal acts. Could be interesting.

#25

Politics / Re: Duke of Bullshit: "The" Do...

Last post by Dark Lightning - July 17, 2026, 11:42:28 PM

The chump has a get out of jail free card issued by a majority of the current Supreme Court. But the remainder of the people committing these crimes are not off the hook.

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Politics / Re: Duke of Bullshit: "The" Do...

Last post by billy rubin - July 17, 2026, 11:03:05 PM

the geneva conventions forbidding destruction of civilian infrastructure only came into effect in 1949.

it appears my country wants to revert to the earlier definitions, which were essentially that nothing was a war crime.

#27

Politics / Re: Duke of Bullshit: "The" Do...

Last post by Recusant - July 17, 2026, 08:17:55 PM

Hegseth embodying his sardonically bestowed title of Secretary of War Crimes.

"Hegseth Gloats Over Illegal US Assault on Iranian Infrastructure" | Common Dreams

QuoteUS Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth late Thursday gloatingly posted a photo of an Iranian tower collapsing due to the Trump administration's massive, illegal assault on the Middle East country's infrastructure, including bridges, railways, and power facilities.

The photo Hegseth posted to social media appeared to show the surveillance tower at Iran's Chabahar Port enveloped in smoke and crumbling to the ground amid US forces' aggressive bombing campaign. Ryan Costello, policy director at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), called Hegseth's post "disgusting online revelry in the bombardment of Iran and its infrastructure."

The Associated Press reported that US strikes on bridges and other infrastructure in southern Iran overnight into Friday killed at least eight people.

"The highway and railway bridge strikes appeared aimed at cutting off Bandar Abbas, Iran's main port, from roads leading into the Islamic Republic's central region onward to Tehran, the capital," AP noted.

US strikes, authorized by President Donald Trump, also targeted Iranian power infrastructure amid extreme heat.

The latest wave of US attacks came days after Trump threatened to "knock out all of [Iran's] power plants" and bridges "unless they get to the table and negotiate."

Deliberately attacking civilian infrastructure is a war crime. Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, said Friday that while "there may be some nominal military use of the bridges," the US attacks "potentially disrupt the movement of goods needed for Iran's 90 million people."

"Trump doesn't care, but military commanders, who could face prosecution, should," Roth added.

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#28

Sports / Re: World Cup - 2026

Last post by Recusant - July 17, 2026, 04:13:43 PM

Quote from: zorkan on July 17, 2026, 12:44:30 PMWhat can I say about England.
Blame it on the manager.
If you are one goal up and then allow a side like Argentina the freedom to attack, what can you expect?
It's not rocket science.

I still have vivid memories of England winning the World Cup in 1966, but they will never win it again.
If it was played in Sunderland in February, they might stand a chance.
But It's played in the summer in a warming world.

Heh, I was hoping for an England-France final.

#29

Politics / Re: Keir Starmer

Last post by Recusant - July 17, 2026, 04:11:50 PM

Quote from: zorkan on July 17, 2026, 12:34:23 PMYou know, when I saw him parading with that creep Peter Mandelson I suspected his time was up.
I wish Burnham well, but the job might be too much for him.

He could retire here:
https://www.burnham-on-sea.com/

I'd agree. Starmer knew Mandelson was toxic and went ahead anyway. Starmer showed remarkably poor judgement; the toxicity existed even aside from Mandelson's Epstein association. His hissy fit about the security clearance/Epstein issue was window dressing, an attempt to cover his arse.

#30

Sports / Re: World Cup - 2026

Last post by zorkan - July 17, 2026, 12:44:30 PM

What can I say about England.
Blame it on the manager.
If you are one goal up and then allow a side like Argentina the freedom to attack, what can you expect?
It's not rocket science.

I still have vivid memories of England winning the World Cup in 1966, but they will never win it again.
If it was played in Sunderland in February, they might stand a chance.
But It's played in the summer in a warming world.

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