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Two Iran Supreme Court judges killed in Tehran shooting attack

I've been saying it for years: warlordism is the slimmest form of government

However, the most disturbing aspect of just how poorly the U.S. Army and Congress maintained our artillery shell supply chain was revealed by an internal U.S. Army document from 2021 detailing “foreign dependencies” on at least a dozen chemicals critical to manufacturing artillery shells that sourced from China and India

I wonder if some folks in China pondered whether they should be selling artillery materials to the americans and made th call that they'd never get within range of Chinese units.

You'd've thought that a Military-Industrial Complex would at least be good at doing the things that are in its name. Fancy that!

Do NOT let him cook

Nuts like a truck (truck, truck)

Shaft like what (what, what)

he thinks he's sooooo funny

Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins comes out against the Garrick club's men-only policy while revealing that he himself is a member of it. For those keeping score, the Guardian is the magazine that broke the story about the club's membership list leaking, but declined to mention that one of their most published opinion authors is also on the list.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/27/garrick-club-member-women-ban

What's wild to me is that he's one of their better political opinion guys lately. Certainly head and shoulders above Tisdall.

China suspends $6.5Bln currency swap with dollar-strapped Argentina

China has reportedly halted a $6.5 billion currency swap deal with Argentina, and the suspension will persist until President Javier Milei demonstrates a clear commitment to engaging with Beijing, as per Argentine media reports.

The move comes only 10 days into the tenure of the new president, who campaigned on severing connections with China. This emphasizes the challenge that Milei will encounter in attempting to fulfill those campaign promises.

Asked to confirm the reports, Zhicheng Xie, the spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Argentina, refused to do so.

Likewise in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin declined to either confirm or deny the reports. He stated that China remains dedicated "to cooperation with Argentina on the basis of equality and mutual benefit."

putin is the most powerful warlock ever to walk the earth. his dream-invading hypnotism jutsu has the democratic world in its thrall

At least around 156 school buildings in the UK are being evaluated for collapse risk due to use of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in their construction from the 1950s until the mid 1990s, with some being closed entirely just as the term starts.

More English schools could close due to crumbling concrete, minister warns

he's going to fall up every flight of stairs in the Winchester house and eventually tumble up through the atmosphere into space