Politics

[spike.t]

So what does that mean for the conservatives with him not keeping his seat?..

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Once again I’m sitting in the only blue seat in a red province.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

So what does that mean for the conservatives with him not keeping his seat?..

Likely a leadership convention, it is very hard to be leader of the opposition without a seat

 

[spike.t]

Likely a leadership convention, it is very hard to be leader of the opposition without a seat

Bit of a ballsup....with how he was doing how the hell did he lose his seat?

 

[spike.t]

Seems they are saying too much reliance on wind and solar contributed to the massive power collapse in Spain and Portugal....

Portugal blames Spain for power cut as transport chaos continues

Holidaymakers are left floundering and some trains are still stranded with passengers aboard after large-scale power cut

www.telegraph.co.uk

And this one saying uk better watch out as with the government same bullshit it will happen there....

The Iberian outage is a warning to the UK

Over-reliance on renewables means a less resilient grid

www.telegraph.co.uk

More on this...

Net zero blamed for Europe’s biggest power cut

Experts say a reliance on solar and wind power left Spain and Portugal vulnerable

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Bit of a ballsup....with how he was doing how the hell did he lose his seat?

Ask me tomorrow spike I’ll write you a book about it, This morning I got a wicked hangover. I’m going to practice my Chinese and take my guns for a nice quiet boat ride.

 

[OxfordTheCat]

Likely a leadership convention, it is very hard to be leader of the opposition without a seat

That, or he'll need to force another Conservative out of a safe seat, and have a by election

 

[spike.t]

That, or he'll need to force another Conservative out of a safe seat, and have a by election

You think someone would sacrifice themselves?

 

[Aaron N]

Final tally

Lib. 168

Con. 144

B.q. 23

Ndp 7

Greens 1

Singh did not win his seat which was not surprising, what was surprising poilievre also failed to take his seat.

When you build a brand based on fighting a single person and that person is removed, you need to learn how to pivot and put forth some constructive ideas. He really didn’t do that

 

[spike.t]

Ask me tomorrow spike I’ll write you a book about it, This morning I got a wicked hangover. I’m going to practice my Chinese and take my guns for a nice quiet boat ride.

Looks like the reason..too many others registered in his area to dilute the vote..

Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre loses seat in Canadian parliament, CBC projects

The Conservative is expected to experience a personal defeat, after his party was bettered nationwide by the Liberals.

www.bbc.com

 

[spike.t]

Canada's Liberals secure comeback victory made possible by Trump

Mark Carney's party pull off an election win that once looked near-impossible, until the US president targeted Canada.

www.bbc.com

 

[Aaron N]

Looks like the reason..too many others registered in his area to dilute the vote..

Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre loses seat in Canadian parliament, CBC projects

The Conservative is expected to experience a personal defeat, after his party was bettered nationwide by the Liberals.

www.bbc.com

Other candidates totalled 1160 votes and PP lost by 5k. Personally, I think he makes a great attack dog, but wouldn’t have a clue what to do if he actually got into power with no villain to go after.

 

[VertigoBE]

Seems they are saying too much reliance on wind and solar contributed to the massive power collapse in Spain and Portugal....

Portugal blames Spain for power cut as transport chaos continues

Holidaymakers are left floundering and some trains are still stranded with passengers aboard after large-scale power cut

www.telegraph.co.uk

And this one saying uk better watch out as with the government same bullshit it will happen there....

The Iberian outage is a warning to the UK

Over-reliance on renewables means a less resilient grid

www.telegraph.co.uk

Yes, the problem of too high solar penetration in a specific grid is the lack of spinning assets (anything with a turbine), as those help to stabilise and maintain the frequency of the electricity grid. Too big of a frequency deviation and the whole grid goes down. Which is what happened in Iberia.

 

[Red Leg]

What destabilization efforts are the Iranian's responsible for in the Muslim regions in Russia? Are they suddenly pro-Salafist, but only in Russia?

Terrorists like Ibn al-Khattab and Abu al Walid didn't get their ideology from Iran, they also didn't learn to fight or build their network with the help of Tehran. They developed these skills fighting Russians, with arms provided by the West, and an ideology that comes from countries we arm.

If anything, blowback and second order effects caused by Western (mostly US) operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East fostered the environment that led to the militant movements in the Caucasus in the post-Soviet era (which I'm sure the West was just aghast at seeing unfold).

What would help from the West to deal with problems with the Muslim population of Russia look like? Would it look like when we supported Al Nusra Front and the current terrorist in charge of Syria? Or when we supported the Albanian criminals of the KLA?

We may not like it, but Kadyrov is probably the person best equipped to deal with Salafists inside Russia. He's a brutal gangster, but he doesn't support this ideology, and the only person he answers to is Putin, who also doesn't support it.

That is a fair point. I should have used the word influence. Persia has a long history of viewing the Caucuses as part of its regional area of influence or control. Yes, it has had limited success among the non-Shia population.

The last open conflict with Russia were the Russo-Persian Wars of the first quarter of the 19th century. Post the Russian revolution, religious leaders in Persia (after 1935, Iran) fervently denounced communism. Following the revolution in Iran in 1978, every known communist, Soviet agent, and sympathizer was arrested and summarily executed with the same fervor as members of the Shah's regime.

Since then and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Iran has exploited "soft power" in the Caucuses - both the Russian north and independent south. The Ukrainian War has been an opportunity to expand those soft power initiatives. Along with the protection of a military support relationship with Moscow, Iran has carefully exploited now regular engagement and attendance at trade and cultural meetings and exchanges across the region like the recent one in Grozny.

Long before the Ukraine invasion, a number of Russian scholars have warned of this insidious effort. Some of the analysis by Radzhab Safarov and Akhmet Yarlykapov has found its way into English. I am sure there are others since I was involved in studying this subject.

I think your point with respect to Kaydrov is correct but with a somewhat different twist. I do not believe anyone would seriously argue that Kaydrov hasn't proven himself the ultimate opportunist. Should the Dutchy of Moscow again find itself falling into Yeats world where "Things fall apart, the center cannot hold," Kaydrov will be center stage to exploit that opportunity. Iran too is in a far better position to do so than it was in 1991 when it was still recovering from its long war with Iraq. A militant pan-Islamic movement led by someone like Kaydrov and sponsored by Iran would hardly be a fantasy in such an environment.

No, my head would not rest easy in the Kremlin.

 

[Brent in Az]

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would decriminalize welfare fraud under $25,000, and attempted fraud under $950.

Democrats and fraud are synonymous

 

[Altitude sickness]

Hopefully they get this passed this time. Making it illegal for congress members to do what would land us in Jail and property confiscated.

‘PELOSI Act’ Returns: GOP Senator Josh Hawley Renews Effort To Ban Congressional Stock Trading

The bill seeks a ban on stock trading by lawmakers and their spouses during their time in office.

stocktwits.com

 

[PARA45]

BTW, the name PELOSI Act is priceless.

"Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act"

 

[Dragan N.]

Perhaps the Russians saved up for a while or got caught up from previous exchanges. I didn’t realize you were there and know the timeframes?

The last body exchange was the one I posted where Ukraine received the bodies of 909 Ukrainian soldiers, while Russia received the bodies of 43 Russian soldiers.

The second last exchange took place in November of 2024:
https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/11/0...illed-soldiers-return-to-ukraine-37-to-russia

Where Ukraine received the bodies of 562 Ukrainian soldiers and Russia received the bodies of 37 Russian soldiers.

These body exchanges are one of the few points of co-operation between the Russian and Ukrainian side and they are held fairly regularly.

Now part of the reason why the Russians are getting so many Ukrainian bodies is that they are advancing all across the front line. So they are getting into the trenches where the Ukrainian dead are. The Ukrainians are being pushed back across the front line so they have less access to the Russian dead. But still these numbers definitely call into question the claimed 5:1 casualty exchange ratio in the Ukrainian favor.

 

[Dragan N.]

What destabilization efforts are the Iranian's responsible for in the Muslim regions in Russia? Are they suddenly pro-Salafist, but only in Russia?

Terrorists like Ibn al-Khattab and Abu al Walid didn't get their ideology from Iran, they also didn't learn to fight or build their network with the help of Tehran. They developed these skills fighting Russians, with arms provided by the West, and an ideology that comes from countries we arm.

If anything, blowback and second order effects caused by Western (mostly US) operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East fostered the environment that led to the militant movements in the Caucasus in the post-Soviet era (which I'm sure the West was just aghast at seeing unfold).

What would help from the West to deal with problems with the Muslim population of Russia look like? Would it look like when we supported Al Nusra Front and the current terrorist in charge of Syria? Or when we supported the Albanian criminals of the KLA?

We may not like it, but Kadyrov is probably the person best equipped to deal with Salafists inside Russia. He's a brutal gangster, but he doesn't support this ideology, and the only person he answers to is Putin, who also doesn't support it.

How can you call Ibn al-Khattab, Abu al Walid, Al Nursa, and the KLA terrorists and criminals? These are brave freedom fighters! haha

I have noticed a trend, most of these Salafist groups tend to get their funding from the Gulf states, particularly Saudi Arabia. Many prominent Salafists are also Saudis. But hey since Saudi Arabia is a key strategic ally of the US I guess they get a pass for polluting the world with this filth...

 

[Scott CWO]

The last body exchange was the one I posted where Ukraine received the bodies of 909 Ukrainian soldiers, while Russia received the bodies of 43 Russian soldiers.

The second last exchange took place in November of 2024:
https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/11/0...illed-soldiers-return-to-ukraine-37-to-russia

Where Ukraine received the bodies of 562 Ukrainian soldiers and Russia received the bodies of 37 Russian soldiers.

These body exchanges are one of the few points of co-operation between the Russian and Ukrainian side and they are held fairly regularly.

Now part of the reason why the Russians are getting so many Ukrainian bodies is that they are advancing all across the front line. So they are getting into the trenches where the Ukrainian dead are. The Ukrainians are being pushed back across the front line so they have less access to the Russian dead. But still these numbers definitely call into question the claimed 5:1 casualty exchange ratio in the Ukrainian favor.

As you said, the Russians have been slowly advancing and therefore finding more Ukrainian bodies. The Ukrainians are not going to find Russian bodies inside their lines. I think the 5:1 casualty rate still holds fast. The Russians are out of armor and using golf carts and dirt bikes.