While I’m no fan of Maduro, I’m starting to get an inkling that all of this animus Trump has against the Venezuelan people *from the very start of his administration* has everything to do with oil and his “donors”.

This smacks of George Bush Sr. snatching up Noriega from Panama because he refused to give back the Panama Canal.

Operation Just Cause used the same excuses that Trump is using today: “Drugs”

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#uspol #knowyourhistory #trump #venezuela

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Call of Duty Warzone is planning "frequent meta shake ups" with weapon balancing up to four times a season

Raven Software explains its philosophy for balancing Call of Duty Warzone Season 1, with limited weapon attachments and Overkill for all

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A new model of mp3 player that's Rockbox compatible? And it has real buttons, no shitty touchscreen? And it has a headphone jack, no bluetooth required? And it's under 100 bucks? I might get one of these and finally replace my multiple Sansa Clip Zips.

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Thousands of patients await leaving Gaza for medical treatment plenglish.com/news/2025/11/29/…

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Sooo my roommate who cooked a turkey, apparently did a thing called "brining" it, although it sounds like this doesn't actually involve salty water per se, but just covering the turkey in a thick layer of rock salt. And I guess at some point that salt is supposed to come OFF of it-- before it's cooked? Certainly, I'm assuming, before it is eaten...

Anyway, the green bean casserole is sadly bland with what tastes like next to no salt. So I put some turkey in it, and all is fine!

She was actually about to throw the entire thing away, when me and other roomie were like, "Dude. Soup!"

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Tunisia police arrrest opposition figure Chaima Issa during protest
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/29/tunisia-police-arrrest-opposition-figure-chaima-issa-during-protest?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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[The Pete Quiñones Show] *Throwback* Reading Paul Gottfried's 'Liberalism vs Democracy' w/ C.Jay Engel 🅴 #thePeteQuinonesShow
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Iceland declares ocean-current instability a national security risk

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Amnesty International: The genocide in Gaza continues, and the ceasefire has not stopped the occupation’s crimes dailyyemen.net/2025/11/29/amne…

Donald #Trump says #airspace above and around #Venezuela is closed

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President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’

Descubren a #Guardiasciviles a sueldo del narco, ¿#México? no, el reino borbónico

– Insurgente. Tu diario de contrainformación
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“[…] the ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal … Israel’s genocide is not over.’”

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“Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts”:

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#israel #palestine #genocide

A huge amount of my adult life has been spent finding widely believed "facts" and investigating them to see if they hold up to scrutiny. There are lots of examples where they do I'm sure, but I don't spend a ton of time on those. The interesting cases are the ones where it doesn't hold up, and then the most interesting cases are the ones where whole giant stacks of what "everyone knows" fall down because the basis of all of it is bullshit.