Putin has signed a decree making the sale of Alaska to the US illegal. territory is to be declared occupied

Quote:the Russian President signed an executive order which some say effectively declares Alaska belongs to his country.

An English translation of the Thursday, January 18 order does not mention Alaska directly. It’s loaded with government-speak.

As translated on X (formerly Twitter), It gives the “Enterprise for Property Management Abroad” a subsidy to “search for real estate of the Russian Federation, the former Russian Empire, the former USSR [Soviet Union]…”

The wide-ranging language could be seen as justification for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But some people read the “former Russian Empire” part as expressing interest in reclaiming Alaska.

Other Russian officials have hinted at an interest in returning Alaska to Kremlin control.

“Before Americans seize our property abroad, they should remember: we also have something to reclaim,” essanews.com quoted State Duma chair Vyacheslav Volodin as saying in the summer of 2022.

The topic came up again in December 2023. The Celeb Tattler website noted Russian lawmaker Sergei Mironov suggested Putin should take advantage of a U.S. decline in worldwide influence.

Months earlier, Kremlin adviser Oleg Matveychev reportedly called for the return of Alaska.

A few posters even have been seen in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, declaring: “Alaska is ours!”

After all, Russia sold the Crimean peninsula to Ukraine before invading and seizing it in 2014.

https://knewz.com/putin-order-property-alaska-russia/

(January 21, 2024 at 4:32 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(January 21, 2024 at 3:17 pm)Deesse23 Wrote: About a week ago a meeting was leaked. A meeting of AfD politicians and some well known nazi elements. It was a secret meeting titled "re-migration" and it was about ....well, deporting millions of foreigners, applicants for german citizenship and "people with german passport who didnt assimilate properly". Ironically it was held in Podsdam, right next to Wannsee  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference).

This weekend, protest marches were called for:
Munich: 25.000 people expected, 100.000 showed up, according to police (250.000 according to organizers). Police had to call it off finally. Too many people showed up. Safety could not be guaranteed.
Bremen: 40.000
Frankfurt: 35.000
Cologne: 70.000
Leipzig: 5.000 expected, 60.000 showed up
Berlin: 100.000

These people were protesting the AfD's plans, I assume?

yep
In total about 500.000 people went to the streets, all across German (conservative estimates by the police), from north to south, east to west.

As a ballpark, looking at the total population of each city with protest marches, you can assume that up to 10% of people went to the streets.

More info is in:
Heidelberg: 18:000
Ulm: 10.000
Karlsruhe: 20.000
Nuremberg: 15.000
Hamburg: 50.000
Kassel: 12.000
Giessen: 12.000
Hannover: 35.000
Braunschweig: 15.000
Dortmund: 30.000
Saarbrücken: 13.000
Halle: 16:000
Flensburg: 10.000
Erfurt: 10.000

(January 22, 2024 at 4:06 am)Deesse23 Wrote:

(January 21, 2024 at 4:32 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: These people were protesting the AfD's plans, I assume?

yep
In total about 500.000 people went to the streets, all across German (conservative estimates by the police), from north to south, east to west.

As a ballpark, looking at the total population of each city with protest marches, you can assume that up to 10% of people went to the streets.

More info is in:
Heidelberg: 18:000
Ulm: 10.000
Karlsruhe: 20.000
Nuremberg: 15.000
Hamburg: 50.000
Kassel: 12.000
Giessen: 12.000
Hannover: 35.000
Braunschweig: 15.000
Dortmund: 30.000
Saarbrücken: 13.000
Halle: 16:000
Flensburg: 10.000
Erfurt: 10.000

I find that tremendously encouraging.

Boru

(January 22, 2024 at 6:17 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(January 22, 2024 at 4:06 am)Deesse23 Wrote: yep
In total about 500.000 people went to the streets, all across German (conservative estimates by the police), from north to south, east to west.

As a ballpark, looking at the total population of each city with protest marches, you can assume that up to 10% of people went to the streets.

More info is in:
Heidelberg: 18:000
Ulm: 10.000
Karlsruhe: 20.000
Nuremberg: 15.000
Hamburg: 50.000
Kassel: 12.000
Giessen: 12.000
Hannover: 35.000
Braunschweig: 15.000
Dortmund: 30.000
Saarbrücken: 13.000
Halle: 16:000
Flensburg: 10.000
Erfurt: 10.000

I find that tremendously encouraging.

Boru

Well,
the Afd is currently as popular as it never was before. Polls indicate a 20% voter base on a national level (being the strongest party in some individual states, with up to 40%), which can be prohibitive for future coalitions (...without participation of the AfD). But imho its important that the other 80% go to the streets and make a clear statement. Back in the 20s the NSDAP also had less than 30%....and we know how that turned out, because we didnt have enough democrats in our democracy. It is indeed encouraging to see that this time we may have enough democrats, no matter what flavour, to stop fascism in its track this time..

(January 21, 2024 at 12:02 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(January 21, 2024 at 10:23 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: No, they weren't right. The SCOTUS may decide that those things are not  part of a cop's duties, but each state may further define in law what it demands of police.

If people with guns, badges, and qualified immunity aren’t there to protect the public, then they are there to oppress the public. I don’t see any other options.

Boru

Given that in the US the police are descended from the posse comitatis (a group brought togeter to act as a lynch mob to capture escaped slaves and, after the civil war to murder uppity n*****s) and private armies like the Pinkertons (most of whose income was derived from activities like breaking up legal trade union activities), the role of the police in the US has always been the latter. It is an army occupation, nothing else.

Now that we know that Israel's current plan for all Palestinians is the Madagascar Plan, how long before they start firing up the gas chambers?

More protest marches planned until the weekend. I would not be surprised if up to 1 million people would hit the streets.

State Dept To Putin: You’re Not Getting Alaska Back

The State Department brushed off reports of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his government to look into the nation’s former “real estate” abroad, saying Alaska would be staying in American hands.

Putin signed a new decree last week to allocate funds for the research and registration of Russian property overseas, including that in former territories of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union, Russian state media TASS reported.

“Well, I think I can speak for all of us in the U.S. government to say that certainly he’s not getting it back,” State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said during a press briefing, prompting laughter from his audience.

https://thehill.com/policy/international...ka-russia/

(January 24, 2024 at 8:55 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: State Dept To Putin: You’re Not Getting Alaska Back

The State Department brushed off reports of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his government to look into the nation’s former “real estate” abroad, saying Alaska would be staying in American hands.

Putin signed a new decree last week to allocate funds for the research and registration of Russian property overseas, including that in former territories of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union, Russian state media TASS reported.

“Well, I think I can speak for all of us in the U.S. government to say that certainly he’s not getting it back,” State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said during a press briefing, prompting laughter from his audience.

https://thehill.com/policy/international...ka-russia/

Can we just give him Sarah Palin?

Quote:When Americans are asked to check a box indicating their religious affiliation, 28% now check 'none.'

A new study from Pew Research finds that the religiously unaffiliated – a group comprised of atheists, agnostic and those who say their religion is "nothing in particular" – is now the largest cohort in the U.S. They're more prevalent among American adults than Catholics (23%) or evangelical Protestants (24%).

Back in 2007, Nones made up just 16% of Americans, but Pew's new survey of more than 3,300 U.S. adults shows that number has now risen dramatically.

Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S.