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It's nice to see that someone out there withdrawing legitimacy from this antisemitic kangaroo court.
If only the USA would have the guts to do the same.
Congress passed sanctions on ICC star chamber judges but that's weak.
#4
More likely the very, very rich are busily cutting off funding and scrubbing connections to anything connected to Black Bloc, NN2N1. But still, defunding the vicious creeps is a very, very good first step, in my opinion — starve the beast!
[ZeroHedge] Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a resolution on Friday aimed at halting U.S. military strikes on drug trafficking operations in the Caribbean, saying the actions were launched without congressional approval.
The measure, filed under the War Powers Act, would prohibit use of the military against non-state groups involved in drug trafficking unless Congress authorizes it. War powers resolutions are privileged, meaning the Senate must take up the measure for debate and a vote.
The move follows two recent military strikes in the Southern Caribbean Sea—on Sept. 2 and Sept. 15—that targeted vessels that were carrying narcotics. Democratic lawmakers say they have not received key details about the incidents, including who was on board, the cargo, and the legal basis for lethal force.
President Donald Trump has said the vessels belonged to “extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists” operating out of Venezuela. He said the boats were carrying narcotics bound for the United States, calling them a direct threat to U.S. national security and vital interests.
“If you are transporting drugs that can kill Americans, we are hunting you,” Trump said after the Sept. 15 operation, which killed three people. He added there was “recorded evidence” that drugs were on board, including large bags of cocaine and fentanyl scattered in the water after the strike.
“Congress alone holds the power to declare war,” Schiff said in announcing the resolution. “And while we share with the executive branch the imperative of preventing and deterring drugs from reaching our shores, blowing up boats without any legal justification risks dragging the United States into another war and provoking unjustified hostilities against our own citizens.”
Kaine alleged the Trump administration had failed to explain why standard interdiction methods were not used.
“President Trump has no legal authority to launch strikes or use military force in the Caribbean or elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere,” Kaine said, adding that “Congress simply cannot let itself be stiff-armed as this administration continues to flout the law.”
The White House has said the earlier strike on Sept. 2 targeted the operations of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan transnational gang designated as a foreign terrorist organization, and that it was conducted in defense of U.S. national interests.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the time the mission was part of a broader effort to protect the United States and the Western Hemisphere from drug cartels. “Anyone else trafficking in those waters who we know is a designated narco-terrorist will face the same fate,” Hegseth said.
The Democrat resolution argues that drug trafficking does not constitute an armed attack or an imminent threat justifying military action, and that designating an organization as a foreign terrorist group does not authorize use of force.
It directs the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against such groups unless explicitly authorized by Congress, while clarifying that the United States retains the right to act in self-defense against an armed attack.
Schiff and Kaine said that Congress supports efforts to stop narcotics from reaching the United States, but said intelligence, law enforcement, and diplomatic tools should be prioritized.
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Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a resolution on Friday aimed at halting U.S. military strikes on drug trafficking operations
* I strongly support the interaction and boarding of these vessels.
* Removal of the crew and confiscation of the vessels in the USA territorial waters.
* Then the dumping the cargo in the ocean and putting the vessel up for auction sale to US Citizen to recover part of the cost.
* Placing the crew in prison for a min 10 years with Community Chain Gang services to offset their prison housing costs.
SO with that clearly stated.
Now the WHAT IF.
How long before the Cartel or the Left (LSD's) plants a boat full of people with no drugs, and leaks that it is a drug boat?
With the results of killing a boat full of Illegal immigrants and hell that the Liberal Media will rain down, all the way through the Mid-terms.
Exactly. All that time while Biden left the border wide open and the country was being flooded with fentanyl and other deadly narcotics, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans, these guys said nothing about it. Why not? You have to wonder if they were getting some of the plata from all that. It's gone way beyond wonder though. It's deep, dark suspicion.
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[FoxNews] The U.S. pays about 22% of the U.N. budget, yet critics say it gets little in return, arguing that the body is dominated by non-democracies, hostile to American interests, and fixated on condemning Israel.
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#3
The UN is not just an idiot show in NYC. It's also a multibillion UN agencies that promote anti-Western Civilization activity from Hamas to mass migration.
#10
Germany makes plans to deal with 1,000 wounded troops per day in case of war with Russia after France ordered its hospitals to be prepared amid growing WW3 fears
#11
"As Trump arrived to the UN, the escalator stopped working the moment he stepped on it.
Then the teleprompter stopped working the moment he got up to the podium to speak."
This is the level of petty BS and arrogance by the UN staff and leadership. A clear insult to POTUS and grounds for a massive administrative delay in UN funding followed by a special NYPD program to impound vehicles with unpaid parking tickets regardless of UN diplo plates!
#13
"As Trump arrived to the UN, the escalator stopped working the moment he stepped on it.
Then the teleprompter stopped working the moment he got up to the podium to speak."
That petty ass vindictive gay stuff that nobody likes, tells me all I need to know.
Like going to the same coffee shop for 30 years, but then the new barista make yours with soy instead of cream, writes gross stuff on the cup, and leaves the lid not totally sealed because in my friendly greeting I correctly gendered.
#14
Sophomoric bullshi*. Thankfully the First Lady was using the handrail. Falling on an escalator can be result in serious injuries. Not a stunt the Orange Man will likely soon forget.
#15
A lot of people do not really realize that the U.N. was never a particularly well planned thing. It waa basically thrown together by "idealistic" inexperienced do-gooders (e.g., Eleanor Roosevelt) at the end of WWII.
At the end of WWII, when the U.N. was agreed upon, the U.S. military was dominant, nobody else had nuclear weaponry, and American GDP was greater than all the rest of the world combined.
The world survived for thousands of years before the UN, and the UN Charter that was written in a completely different era.
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Germany makes plans to deal with 1,000 wounded troops per day in case of war with Russia after France ordered its hospitals to be prepared amid growing WW3 fears
That makes no sense. How would their armies get men and supplies to the front? What would Germany do if they had to replace flat tires? Seriously — last I heard, they lacked adequate spare parts to make repairs. Have they since stocked up sich things?
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[Regnum] The United States will consider imposing sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court (ICC) this week. Reuters reported this on September 22, citing sources.
"The US is considering imposing sanctions against the entire ICC as early as this week... Washington has already imposed targeted sanctions against several prosecutors and judges, but adding the court itself to the sanctions list would be a serious escalation," the authors wrote.
However, the exact date for announcing the restrictions has not been announced.
According to the agency, ICC officials have already held a series of meetings with representatives of the organization's member states on the potential consequences of comprehensive sanctions. It is noted that ICC staff have been paid in advance for the remainder of 2025 to mitigate the potential impact of sanctions.
On January 9, the US House of Representatives approved a bill imposing sanctions on ICC officials. The law would subject ICC officials to restrictions if they persecute US citizens and their allies who do not recognize the court's jurisdiction. Furthermore, American citizens are prohibited from funding the ICC's activities.
On February 7, US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the ICC for actions against Washington and Tel Aviv, clarifying in his executive order that the organization has no jurisdiction over the US or Israel, as neither country is a party to the Rome Statute or a member of it.
On June 5, the United States imposed restrictions on four ICC judges. The decision was prompted by accusations of politicization and abuse of power by the organization. According to the US State Department, imposing sanctions on the four sitting judges "was not an easy decision." On August 20, the US imposed sanctions on four more ICC officials from France and Canada.
#1
Congress finally rouses itself to action. Long past time.
Now, withdraw from ICC entirely. It's not legitimate and let's stop pretending that it is.
Next: UN withdrawal.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] So sorry, guys. You have now reached the Find Out stage of the proceedings.
Hamas reportedly sent a letter to President Trump requesting his personal assurance of a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza in return for the immediate release of half the hostages. pic.twitter.com/SkLKjTqxD6
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The negotiation version of Zeno's Paradox of Motion exemplified: you can never reach your goal because you have to travel half the distance, and then half of that distance and so on ad infinitum...
… If the flotilla participants’ genuine wish is to deliver humanitarian aid rather than serve Hamas, Israel calls on the vessels to dock at the Ashkelon Marina and unload the aid there, from where it will be transferred promptly in a coordinated manner to the Gaza Strip.
Israel urges the participants not to break the law and to accept Israel's proposal for a peaceful transfer of any aid they might have.
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[REGNUM] On September 21, Great Britain, Australia, and Canada recognized Palestine's independence and its right to establish its own state. Portugal joined them a few hours later.
The notion that Palestinian independence doesn't actually exist is fading before our eyes. Nevertheless, even under these new circumstances, Tel Aviv still has a chance to turn the situation to its advantage. What a fatuous remark... RENEWED ENTHUSIASM
The campaign to transform Palestine into a full-fledged international player has been ongoing for decades. Official Ramallah positions the fall of 1988, the year the Palestinian Declaration of Independence was issued, proclaiming the creation of a nation-state with Jerusalem as its capital, as the starting point for statehood.
Despite the fact that at the time of the declaration's publication, the Palestinian factions did not control part of the territories they claimed, and Jerusalem had already been declared by Israel as its "undivided capital" for eight years (which, however, was not recognized by other world players), many countries greeted the initiative with enthusiasm.
They considered it a new stage in the implementation of the "two states for two peoples" formula in the Middle East. And by mid-December of that same year, 1988, 75 countries had recognized an independent Palestine.
By 1993, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) was established, assuming control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (WB) and today identified with the independent Palestinian Authority. By this time, Palestine's "club of friends" had grown to include over 90 countries.
True, after the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, which quickly became mired in factional squabbles, the international community's enthusiasm predictably waned. Beginning in the mid-1990s, new recognitions came on average once every five to seven years, and primarily only from small African or Asian states.
And after the PNA lost control of the Gaza Strip to Hamas in 2007, its ranks began to grow even more slowly.
In Europe, the decision to create Palestine was supported only by the countries of the former Socialist bloc—the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland—who voted in favor back in 1988. The rest preferred to focus on Israel's interests.
Only Sweden, which recognized the independence of Ramallah in 2014, has broken out of the mainstream.
However, the escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip in 2023 brought about clear adjustments to the balance of power.
BALANCE CHANGES
The clash between Israel and the Palestinian factions led by Hamas in Gaza, which quickly escalated into a war of annihilation, led to Tel Aviv's attempts to project power into the West Bank, shifting the balance of power from the PNA in its favor under the pretext of preemptive defense.
The disruption of the status quo, in turn, led to a renewed surge of sympathy for the Palestinian movement in Europe. A Palestinian state was officially recognized in 2024 by individual EU members—Spain and Norway.
And by mid-2025, the topic of Palestinian independence had become mainstream in Europe.
France, which had long balanced between Israel and the Palestinian factions, by the beginning of 2025 made a final choice in favor of Ramallah and even became the ideologist of the “pro-Palestinian front” in the EU.
The issue of Palestine becoming a full-fledged regional player is considered by Europeans to have already been resolved.
Remarkably, the "quantitative gap" between Palestine and Israel is rapidly narrowing. Following yesterday's announcement by the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada, Ramallah's statehood is now recognized by 153 of the 193 UN member states (as well as the Vatican, which has observer status in the organization), while Israel is recognized by 164 states.
The gap could narrow even further by September 23: seven more countries, led by France, are threatening to recognize Palestine from the UN in the next 24 hours.
If the diplomatic weight of Ramallah and Tel Aviv becomes equal, Israel will lose one of its trump cards: the argument that the State of Palestine exists only on paper, and Israel has no reason to perceive it as a full-fledged neighbor.
THE HAWKS ARE UNHAPPY
The news of a new "wave of confessions" in Tel Aviv was met with a barrage of criticism.
All key government figures – from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich – have obstructed Europe and refused to acknowledge the new realities, promising “asymmetrical responses.”
Tel Aviv continues to call Ramallah's independence "paper" and "unsupported," and criticizes the EU for "indulging the terrorist underground." Israeli officials effectively equate Hamas and the Palestinian National Authority.
On the other hand, the Israeli side is currently confined exclusively to verbal criticism and is not exerting any influence on either the EU or Palestine.
It is expected that official Tel Aviv will continue to adhere to this tactic for a few more days—until Netanyahu checks in with Donald Trump and receives the green light from the United States to expand the confrontation with Palestine.
And given that the White House has also taken a pause for reflection, limiting itself to dry comments about Europe, Trump's inner circle has not yet decided what exactly the response to the changing balance of power should be.
VULNERABILITIES
However, despite the expansion of Palestine's "club of friends" and the entry of several major European players into it, the European Union still cannot be called "unequivocally pro-Palestinian," as some of its members are slow to make a decision.
For example, Germany—one of Europe's major economies and the EU's driving force—continues to avoid recognizing Palestine, citing "national interests." Finland and Italy are hesitant, having changed their positions several times already.
This gives Israeli officials the opportunity to work selectively, convincing individual players to delay their responses and thereby hinder the development of a pan-European approach to the problem.
Moreover, recognizing Palestine as a full-fledged state is clearly not the same as resolving its current problems. Israel, which is actively advancing its offensive in the Gaza Strip, has openly declared its unwillingness to hand over the recaptured exclave to Palestinian National Authority control.
He's also not prepared to dismantle the "gray" settlements in the ZBRI, which were built by Israeli anarchists in de facto Palestinian territories. This means Ramallah is entering a new stage of development with its national interests already undermined.
At the same time, the Palestinians are unable to exert pressure on Israel—either diplomatically or militarily—due to the deterioration of existing contacts. Official Tel Aviv will simply take note of what it hears, but will not take any real action.
Moreover, the Palestinian Authority lacks a full-fledged army—only security forces responsible for maintaining law and order in the territories under its control. Should Tel Aviv decide to change the balance in the West Bank by force, Ramallah will have no counter-force. Especially considering that the United States is behind it.
Europe is in no hurry to offer the Palestinians a "security umbrella" in the event of such a turn of events, making loud statements about recognizing Palestinian independence more of a symbolic decision.
#4
Yes, Canada is too close. Australia is historically burdened as a destination for convicts. If sent to the UK, please wait until mid-October and my return from Penzance and vicinity.
An Israeli security official told Al Arabiya that Hezbollah is attempting to regroup, and Israel does not rule out another ground incursion into Lebanon if military action isn’t taken against the group.
Hizbullah’s Secretary-General Qassem stated: "I Call on Saudi Arabia to Turn a New Leaf with the Resistance, Freeze Past Disputes, Unite to Confront Israel; Pressure on the Resistance Serves Israeli Interests." pic.twitter.com/ghAnalsXTh
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on talks with Israel:
“Talks with israel on a security agreement have reached advanced stages. The ball is now in Israel’s and the international community’s court to determine the negotiating tracks they want to pursue.” pic.twitter.com/9KmbPARkOs
Hamas leader openly calls for global genocide of Jews:
“We must slaughter and kill them, God willing. What’s a Jew’s throat worth—five shekels? Less? Our people are ready to blow themselves up.” pic.twitter.com/8NV33lKDZW
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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