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JohnLoader6

@JohnLoader6@masto.ai

Old bloke living literally on the border between Wales and England. Centre left politics, member (since age 71) of Liberal Democrat UK party. Life in telecoms and computing

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Sherifazuhur, to sudan
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Why Are The Atrocities In Darfur Being Ignored? @sudan

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2024/05/10/why-are-the-atrocities-in-darfur-being-ignored/

JohnLoader6,
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@Sherifazuhur @sudan because there is nothing anyone can do

Nonilex, to Israel
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#UnitedStates paused shipments of thousands of bombs to #Israel amid #Rafah rift

The #Biden admin paused the shipment of thousands of weapons to #Israel, including controversial 2k-pound bombs, amid mounting concern about the country’s plan to expand a military operation in southern #Gaza that could dramatically increase the conflict’s death toll, U.S. ofcls said Tues.

#POTUS #ForeignPolicy #MiddleEast #NationalSecurity #GlobalSecurity #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/biden-delays-weapons-israel-rafah/

JohnLoader6,
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@Nonilex why not focussed on all the other armaments you send? I forgot US send dollar military aid to Israel for them to spend with US arms makers and this is an election year and those arms companies have loads of cash and their employees loads of votes. Gazans have no cash and no votes and often no lives or limbs.

JohnLoader6,
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@Nonilex I see a bolting horse, where's the open stable door?

helma, to uk
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O, the irony. 😆

"Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID.
New rules requiring photo ID to vote were introduced by Mr Johnson's government in the Elections Act 2022."

#Elections #UK #VoterID

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68947834

JohnLoader6,
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@helma Grant Shapps turned away because he couldn't remember which name he was using

IndyRichard, to random
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Today and probably for weeks the news will be full of an endless queue of politicians and press telling the people of Scotland how we should run our affairs. The vast vast majority of these people will be English and will never have lived or worked in Scotland. Can anyone see why the desire for independence doesn't fall?

JohnLoader6,
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@IndyRichard Michael Gove is a Scot. Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh. Gordon Brown a Scot - all told the whole UK what to do

glynmoody, to random
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Ireland reaps €700m Brexit bonanza from customs duties - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/29/ireland-reaps-700m-brexit-bonanza-from-customs-duties those #brexit benefits just keep on coming, just not for the UK...

JohnLoader6,
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@glynmoody but whilst the government gets it the citizens lose out to higher prices in Ireland. It's really a tax on the Irish for buying British goods

thiesmarsen, to Israel German
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Wie immer sehr empfehlenswert: Erica Zingers Kolumne auf @tazgetroete - diesmal über die antisemitischen Demonstrationen an der Columbia University. Tröstet ein bisserl hinweg, über das, was man in der taz sonst zum Thema manchmal lesen muss…

https://www.taz.de/!6004718

JohnLoader6,
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@jonburr @thiesmarsen @tazgetroete The PM of Israel happens to belong to a particular religion. It is him that we are anti. If he were Christian, Muslim, agnostic etc we'd still hate him

JohnLoader6,
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@thiesmarsen @jonburr @tazgetroete I want a message sent. Israelis are left in ignorance of what most of the world thinks about what they are doing. There a tiny amount of sanctions but pin pricks. I'd like El Al to be treated like Aeroflot and banned. But a loud message needs to be sent

JohnLoader6,
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@msquebanh @GhostOnTheHalfShell @jonburr @tazgetroete A war that was for politics and achieved nothing but death, destruction and long term harm to all. Kept going even when Kissinger knew it couldn't be won. Throw a few more GIs into the death pit. My father suffered what would now be called PTSD after WW2. I had to teach my young grandchildren never to touch his head even he invited them onto his lap as it had bad results

JohnLoader6,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @thiesmarsen @jonburr @tazgetroete And the Russians killed all those officers though they deny it and blame the Germans

rbreich, to random
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I can't believe I even have to say this, but it is not normal that the Supreme Court is taking its sweet time to decide if the president can incite an insurrection to overturn an election and maintain power. This should have been decided already. The answer is no!

JohnLoader6,
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@rbreich If Trump wins Biden could legally have him executed

Miro_Collas, to Palestine
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UN rights chief 'horrified' by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68881325

Nothing will be done - Israel has total immunity, thanks to US support. Disgusting!


@palestine

JohnLoader6,
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@Miro_Collas @palestine UN should demand Secretary General allowed to visit in person

Nonilex, to Law
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: a little scrambly Ramone for your consideration…

(yes, w/an “e” at the end; for the band “Ramones” whose members all took the surname … Ramone. 😢 that needs to be said, I guess I’m old.)

1/3

for more Ramone, follow

I will continue [ coverage ~9AM ET Tues]

Ramone the baby squirrel tumbles from his sock momma but quickly if not coolly recovers

JohnLoader6,
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@Nonilex so Corporal Klinger can't marry

Miro_Collas, to Palestine
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West Bank: Israel investigates after volunteer paramedic killed
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68868954

What about all of the medics murdered in Gaza by Israel?


@palestine

JohnLoader6,
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@Miro_Collas @palestine It was an accident. The soldier responsible has been told he's a naughty naughty boy. It never happened. feel free to use any of these

faab64, to Palestine

While the world is looking the other way, israel have stepped up house demolition in central and northern Gaza.

This is one of the latest videos they proudly shared.

Where on earth "defending themselves" means blowout up a whole block of residential buildings?

Video is available on telegram: t.me/newsvideofa/1922



@palestine @israel

JohnLoader6,
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@faab64 @palestine@israel@a.gup.pe Also speeded up building in East Jerusalem to stop it becoming
Palestine capital.

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Despite hundreds of arrests, Jordanian protesters keep coming out to demonstrate in front of the Israeli embassy in Amman. They are calling for an end to Jordan's 1994 peace treaty with Israel in response to the genocide in Gaza.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/jordanian-protesters-demand-ending-normalization-with-israel-despite-arrests/


@palestine @israel

JohnLoader6,
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@justicesandwich @mondoweiss @palestine @israel What I would like is Israelis to realise that to live harmoniously and in peace with neighbours you yourself have to work at being friendly.

mcc, to random
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It's amazing how much difference a six minute average time to catch a bus vs a sixteen minute average time to catch a bus makes to outright loving vs hating a public transit system

JohnLoader6,
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@mcc we have two a day.

rbreich, to random
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Office Hours: Should parents be criminally responsible for a child who kills? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-responsibility?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

JohnLoader6,
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@rbreich If they happily give the kid the weapon and don't lock it up when not being used for supervised target practice yes. in the UK of course the parents would have been locked up for even getting a gun so this is a moot point here

rbreich, to random
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According to the WaPo: “Donald Trump has privately said he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine by pressuring Ukraine to…cede Crimea and the Donbas border region to Russia.” Did we learn nothing from WWII and the danger of appeasement? Give an inch, he'll take it all.

JohnLoader6,
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@rbreich Texas is Mexican - give it back

rbreich, to random
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In the last week, Trump has compared himself to Jesus and to Nelson Mandela on account of his perceived, alleged persecution by the legal system. Who’s next, the Dalai Lama? Joan of Arc? The man has zero shame.

JohnLoader6,
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@rbreich Ethelred the Unready?

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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The events of recent days suggest we may be seeing the Israeli endgame take shape. Netanyahu's far right government’s goals are not limited to Gaza: it wants to take over all of Palestine and start a war with Hezbollah and Iran as well.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/netanyahus-endgame-and-the-israeli-far-rights-regional-ambitions/


@palestine @israel

JohnLoader6,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel And he wants US military support to do it

Miro_Collas, to Palestine
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McDonald's to buy back all its Israeli restaurants
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68735706

'The US company said the restaurants, operations and employees would be retained "on equivalent terms" and that it remained "committed to the Israeli market".'

OK, so, the boycott should continue, it appears.


@palestine

JohnLoader6,
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@Miro_Collas @palestine I follow their ad and drive through - makes a mess of the car though when I hit the counter

GottaLaff, to Israel
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to open 3 aid corridors following 's call with

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-netanyahu-phone-call-israel-world-central-kitchen-strike-gaza/

JohnLoader6,
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@GottaLaff but nothing will be allowed through them just like the existing ones and there's nobody to distribute aid as Israel has murdered so many aid workers

oatmeal, to BBC
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/ Journalists injured in al-Aqsa hospital air strike

[…] Al-Aqsa is the last hospital functioning in the central Gaza Strip.

[…] The journalists were among hundreds who are sheltering in makeshift tents in the grounds of the hospital.

[…] Hamas and medical staff deny Israeli accusations that militants use hospitals as bases.

[…] A WHO team at the hospital were all accounted for, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on social media.
"We again call for protection of patients, health personnel and humanitarian missions. The ongoing attacks and militarisation of hospitals must stop. International humanitarian law must be respected," he added.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68704280

@israel
@palestine

JohnLoader6,
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@oatmeal @israel @palestine Israel would consider that a failure - they wanted them dead

oatmeal, to random
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References [pinned thread]

JohnLoader6,
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@oatmeal @bookstodon @histodons Italy used poison gas in Ethiopia

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