#Political Turmoil

[cacw]

have you ever wondered how it feels to be a little bit blonde a little bit famous and very much dead. well look no further

[latestnews-now]

South Korea faces political turmoil as President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a travel ban following his controversial martial law declaration. Discover the key events, the role of opposition parties, and the public's reaction.

[townpostin]

Champai Soren Speaks His Heart Out, Sends Emotional Message to His Supporters

Former Jharkhand CM Champai Soren reveals his inner turmoil and dissatisfaction with party actions leading to his resignation. Champai Soren, the former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has shared his emotional and heartfelt message on X, revealing the series of events that led to his resignation from the chief minister’s post. JAMSHEDPUR – Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren has broken…

[rightnewshindi]

Jharkhand; सियासी उथल पुथल के बीच दिल्ली जा रहे चंपई सोरेन, भाजपा में हो सकते हैं शामिल

Jharkhand News: झारखंड से बड़ी सियासी उथल पुथल की खबर आ रही है। पूर्व सीएम और जेएमएम के नेता चंपाई सोरेन भाजपा में शामिल हो सकते हैं। चंपाई सोरेन आज अपने साथ जेएमएम के तीन विधायकों को लेकर दिल्ली आ रहे हैं। चंपाई सोरेन एयर इंडिया की फ्लाइट से दिल्ली आ रहे हैं। वे कई बड़े भाजपा नेताओं के संपर्क में पहले से थे और आज दिल्ली में उनके भाजपा में शामिल होने की बात कही जा रही है। चंपाई सोरेन झारखंड के…

[nepalenergyforum]

Political Turmoil Casts Doubt on 40 MW Electricity Sale to Bangladesh

As the protest intensified, Bangladesh sent a letter in the first week of July asking to move the date of the agreement, then the dialogue was going on between Kathmandu and Dhaka to reach an agreement by the end of August, but it was also stopped due to the political developments in Dhaka. Kathmandu — Due to the recent political developments in Bangladesh, the 40 MW electricity sale agreement…

[ulkaralakbarova]

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Jack Ryan: Harrison Ford Dr. Caroline “Cathy” Ryan: Anne Archer Sally Ryan: Thora Birch Sean Miller: Sean Bean Kevin O’Donnell: Patrick Bergin Annette: Polly Walker Lord William Holmes: James Fox Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: Samuel L. Jackson Adm. James Greer: James Earl Jones Paddy O’Neil: Richard Harris Marty Cantor: J.E. Freeman Dennis Cooley: Alex Norton Watkins: Hugh Fraser Inspector Highland: David Threlfall Owens: Alun Armstrong Sissy: Berlinda Tolbert Lord Justice: Gerald Sim First Aide: Pip Torrens Ashley: Thomas Russell Charlie Dugan: Andrew Connolly Ned Clark: Keith Campbell Jimmy Reardon: Jonathan Ryan Court Guard: P.H. Moriarty Interviewer: Bob Gunton CIA Technician: Ted Raimi Secretary: Brenda James Paddy Boy: Karl Hayden Lady Holmes: Claire Oberman Young Holmes: Oliver Stone The Electrician: Tom Watt Constable: Tim Dutton Constable: Martin Cochrane Rose: Ellen Geer Winter: John Lafayette Ferro: Shaun Duke Spiva: Fritz Sperberg CIA Analyst: Allison Barron Dr Shapiro: Philip Levien FBI Agent Shaw: Jesse D. Goins Avery: Michael Ryan Way FBI Director’s Bodyguard (uncredited): Peter Weireter Film Crew: Director of Photography: Donald McAlpine Original Music Composer: James Horner Screenplay: W. Peter Iliff Producer: Mace Neufeld Producer: Robert Rehme Director: Phillip Noyce Screenplay: Donald Stewart Editor: William Hoy Editor: Neil Travis Casting: Cathy Sandrich Gelfond Makeup Artist: Michael Key Casting: Amanda Mackey Executive Producer: Charles H. Maguire Makeup Department Head: Peter Robb-King Art Direction: Joseph P. Lucky Hairstylist: Anne Morgan Costume Design: Norma Moriceau Makeup Artist: Pat Gerhardt Set Decoration: John M. Dwyer Makeup Artist: John R. Bayless Production Design: Joseph C. Nemec III Stunts: Dick Ziker Stunts: Terry Leonard Visual Effects Supervisor: Robert Grasmere Visual Effects Supervisor: John C. Walsh Stunt Coordinator: Andy Bradford Stunt Coordinator: Steve Boyum Stunts: Michael T. Brady Stunts: Janet Brady Stunts: William H. Burton Jr. Stunts: Bobby Bass Stunts: Keith Campbell Stunts: David Burton Stunts: Clarke Coleman Stunts: Gerry Crampton Stunts: Cynthia Cypert Stunts: Laura Dash Stunts: Gabe Cronnelly Stunts: Steve M. Davison Stunts: Jeff Imada Stunts: Jeffrey J. Dashnaw Stunts: Annie Ellis Stunts: Richard M. Ellis Stunts: Tony Epper Stunts: Elaine Ford Stunts: Kenny Endoso Stunts: James M. Halty Stunt Coordinator: Martin Grace Stunts: Steve Hart Stunts: Scott Hubbell Stunts: Craig Hosking Stunts: Henry Kingi Stunts: Joel Kramer Stunts: Paul Jennings Stunts: Gene LeBell Stunts: Gary McLarty Stunts: Mark McBride Stunts: Bennie Moore Stunts: Valentino Musetti Stunts: John C. Meier Stunts: Alan Oliney Stunts: Chuck Picerni Jr. Stunt Double: Bobby Porter Stunts: Steve Picerni Stunts: Tony van Silva Stunts: Chad Randall Stunts: Rod Woodruff Stunt Double: Vic Armstrong Second Unit Director: David R. Ellis Stunts: Gregory J. Barnett Stunts: Tim A. Davison Novel: Tom Clancy Movie Reviews: John Chard: Good guys are real good, and the bad guys are real bad. Patriot Games is a more than serviceable thriller, perhaps a bit out of date when viewing it now, but still a very effective good against evil piece. The source material is so dense and intricate it was always going to be hard to condense that into a 2 hour movie, but I feel the makers manage to keep it fleshy whilst making the respective characters interesting and watchable. The acting on show is more than adequate, Harrison Ford is great in the role of Jack Ryan, he manages to portray him as a sensitive family man who can step up to the plate when things get ugly, and Anne Archer is solid enough as the wife and mother caught up in the web of nastiness unfolding. The baddies are led by the brooding Sean Bean who is a little under written, whilst Richard Harris is sadly underused. However, the action set pieces make their mark and thankfully we get a riveting...

[martynwalker]

The Uncivil War

When Britain slides into civil war, and it is 'when' rather than 'if', The early years will pass, a shadow play, an unnoticed rift. On city streets where darkness cloaks, unseen, the war will tread, Each morning brings commuters' gaze on ruins that spread.

A phoney war will linger long, its players veiled in night, Normalcy a brittle shell in the soft, deceiving light. Elections held as rituals, their alien nature grows, Till Britain’s face in parliament no longer British shows.

And then the penny drops, a slow and creeping dread, Amongst the liberal middle class, awakening unsaid. The working class, forsaking ties, their parties old betray, United by their common cause, a new and stern array.

Ethno-nationalism, once forlorn, now rises from the grave, As parliament, a foreign court, becomes the new enclave. Islamists will outnumber those who once held nation dear, While left-wing hands in crimson gloves, the jihad’s call they cheer.

Community defence will rise, where politics once stood, White British officers will turn, in this, their brotherhood. The violence then will escalate, its flames consume the night, Whites against the myriad shades, in an unyielding fight.

Normal life will fracture, the cities now a cage, Like 28 Days Later scenes, with fear upon each page. Offices on lockdown, the streets a battleground, Public transport, cars abandoned, no safety to be found.

The army sent to seal the streets, but soldiers' hearts may sway, Under strongman’s banner, or a coup to seize the day. Civilians pressed to militias, their lives in chaos spun, The exodus of immigrants, and more with arms will come.

Ferries cease their crossings, but small boats ply the waves, White flight to rural bastions, tent cities rise in graves. Yet civil war we name it not, though chaos reigns supreme, No shelling, no airstrikes, just madness in a dream.

The grid will fail, the power fades, dark nights will conquer all, Food crises loom as shelves are bare, and raiders breach each wall. I cannot see the end of this, if slaughter marks our path, As Europe too may tumble down, consumed in civil wrath.

War with Russia, or the brink, the threads of fate entwine, Britain's plight, a tragic tale, in this dark, dreadful time. For now, we march towards the storm, with eyes that see yet blind, And know that in our lifetime, despair is what we’ll find.

[pwrn51]

Three rules to make election season sane

  It goes without saying, that election season isn’t exactly something we look forward to. I have three key rules to help us keep our heads up during this time. Considering the potential for political turmoil and the outspokenness of celebrities from both political spectrums, we desperately need a dose of normality and logic. Providing the Audio Commentary with Dan Riley on the upcoming…

[joncronshawauthor]

The Fall of Wolfsbane (Ravenglass Legends, book one) - chapter one (excerpt)

Chill wind bit into Ragnar Wolfsbane’s knuckles as he gripped his shield and spear. He planted his feet into solid earth, standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the shield wall with his brother warriors. Frost lay in the shadows, throwing blue ripples towards the patches of harsh sunlight. Ragnar braced himself with gritted teeth as his opponents smashed into him, shields clashing with shields,…

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Leaders | Soldiers, Go Home! Pakistan’s Perma-Crisis. Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Most Popular Politician, Must Be Free to Contest Timely Elections

— June 1st, 2023 | The Economist

The One & Only, The Legend of Legends and The Most Honest Politician in The History of Pakistan: IMRAN KHAN!

Imran khan was a terrible prime minister(Bullshit). In office from 2018-2022, the Pakistani cricket star turned populist leader appointed corrupt ministers, locked up his opponents and hounded the press(More Lies and Bullshit). As Pakistanis rapidly went off him (Bullshit.), he peddled desperate anti-American conspiracy theories (Bullshit. He didn’t become American Puppet likes Corrupt Politicians, Army Generals and Judges). Had his government limped on to the general election due later this year, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (pti) party would probably have been trounced (More lies).

That is how democracy is supposed to work. Bad governments get summarily ejected. Fear of a reckoning encourages politicians to do better. One government’s failures are a lesson to its successors. Yet Pakistan, tragically, has experienced little if any of that. Its Arrogant Corrupt to Their Cores Army Generals, the Real Power in the Country of 240 Million Since Its Independence in 1947, Have Not Permitted a Prime Minister to Complete a Five-Year Term. Mr Khan, an erstwhile military favourite, was handed power after the generals toppled his predecessor, and was then himself Dismissed last year following an Army-orchestrated No-confidence Vote. Thereby, the generals helped turn a failed politician (Bullshit) into a Populist Hero (Because He is an Honest Man, Not Corrupt like Generals, Politicians and Judges. He Refused to Become a Puppet of the US and the WEST), whose rabble-rousing (Bullshit) has become a threat to order (Again Bullshit), even as Pakistan faces a balance-of-payments crisis (It’s not his Fault). It is a textbook example of the incompetence, as well as power-hunger, of the men who presume to run the world’s fifth-most-populous country.

Were Mr Khan’s party allowed to contest the scheduled election, he would now probably be swept back to power in Islamabad. So the army intervened again. It had him charged (Illegally) with ‘Multiple Crimes, From Blasphemy to Terrorism, and Placed Under de-Facto House Arrest’, and then set about dismantling his party. Thousands of pti activists have been arrested and most of the party’s senior leaders (Under Corrupt Generals’ Gunpoint) leant on to renounce Mr Khan. Whether the Corrupt Generals will even let the election go ahead is unclear.

Pakistan’s woeful governance is a direct consequence of such military meddling. The country’s political parties, as the pti is now demonstrating, are shifting bands of opportunists, their members united by little more than an appetite to capitalise on whatever brief opportunity to get rich the generals afford them. Its governments, formed at the army’s behest and in the knowledge that they are unlikely to last a full term, have little incentive to take tough political decisions. No wonder the current administration of Shehbaz Sharif has balked at the eye-watering tax rises and subsidy cuts that the IMF is demanding for its latest bail-out of Pakistan, which would be the 23rd. The courts, an instrument of army control, are often intimidated and corrupted by the generals’ fixer-spies. Ditto the media.

The cost of the dysfunction is incalculable. Dominated by the agriculturally rich state of Punjab, Pakistan was for a long time a match for its much bigger Indian rival. Its army arguably lost four wars against India, but narrowly. Its cricketers were better than their neighbour’s. In 1990 the two countries’ average income per head was almost the same. Now Indians are, on average, 50% richer than Pakistanis. And whereas India is fast becoming a global power, Pakistan, beset by economic, environmental and social crises that its governments scarcely seem to comprehend, has become a global menace. It is abysmally governed, violent, unstable and nuclear-armed. Owing to the public anger Mr Khan is whipping up, it is now also at risk of civil strife. All this in a country whose population is projected to be more than 100m bigger in 2050 than it is today.

This mess has only one solution. The generals must, once and for all, get out of politics. Pakistan otherwise has no chance of getting the better governments it needs and deserves. The time for this is now. The election should be held to schedule and Mr Khan and his party—unimpressive though they are (Not True, again same bullshit)—be free to contest it. It is for Pakistani voters to choose who should govern them. They could scarcely choose worse than their Turkey-cocking Corrupt to their Cores, Arrogant, Schizophrenic and Boak Bollocks Generals. Those self-appointed guardians of Pakistan have done little except lower, weaken and immiserate it. ■

This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "Soldiers, Go Home"

[coeur-de-fruk]

what the fuck is a kilometer

[alwaysbewoke]

this zionist cuck is always getting bodied on his own show lmaooo

[lord-squiggletits]

i know i’m late to the conversation—i just watched the movie this month—but i feel compelled to say this because i was genuinely shocked (still am) to see that the overwhelming takeaway for many viewers was the "d-16/megatron was right" bs. while it’s understandable to sympathize with his anger and grief, justifying his actions in the end or framing them as entirely right feels so deeply misguided. what surprised me even more was the tendency to shift the blame on orion/optimus, as though he was solely responsible for d-16’s downfall. it’s disheartening to see orion/optimus being villainized so much. his efforts to reason with d-16 came from a place of desperation and hope, as he tried to prevent the escalation of violence. at that point, d-16 had already begun to spiral into his unchecked rage, disregarding the safety of those around him. to see that nuance overlooked, with orion being faulted for a situation that was far beyond his control (the whole "don't be like sentinel" thing is often used to shit on op lol), is genuinely baffling.

while i love that the movie showed the tragedy of d-16’s arc and even empathize with his situation, painting his actions as justified—and vilifying orion/optimus in the process—feels like a misreading of the movie’s core message. sorry but i was so happy to see your post about the movie, it was tiring to see so many 'megatron was right about this and that' comments.

Oh man if you're new to this fandom, you really ought to know that this place is full of people who glorify terrorism and war in the name of "justified revolution" and it doesn't really matter what Dee/Megatron does or how horrible/over-the-top it is, he's oppressed or he's mentally ill or he's just plain upset which means that everything he does is justified and questioning him makes you evil.

It's so funny because I hoped for sure that a continuity where both OP and Megatron were working class individuals before the war would reduce this kind of shit take (compare to something like archivist/librarian OP and gladiator Megs in TFP or CBV, or cop OP and miner Megs in IDW1), but unfortunately this fandom literally still found a way to blame Orion for everything even though he suffered the exact same things Dee did..... and furthermore Orion literally was the rebel challenging the system compared to Dee who wanted to keep his head low and not cause trouble so honestly at this point I just think the fandom (and somehow new fans whose first exposure to TF is this movie) purely sides with Megatron on everything as either a knee-jerk reaction or some misguided attempt at being counterculture and intelligent.

People get sooooo mad when you tell them that unbridled rage and killing everyone who disagrees with you isn't a good social/political strategy, but then again this is a problem that is universal to humanity and not just the Transformers fandom. It's just a shame that so many people looked at a movie that blatantly spells out what the moral of the story is, and has all of the protagonists be working class oppressed people fighting against a tyrannical system, and their takeaway from it is still basically "fascism is okay if you're mad enough about it and if your friends try to stop you it's a sign that they're centrist liberals who think punching Nazis makes you as bad as a Nazi." It's childish black-and-white thinking masquerading as critical literary analysis.

And at this point people pretty much just don't give a shit about Orion/Optimus and will find a way to make him the villain no matter what the context is, no matter if he also has feelings or if he also deserves to be respected/listened to/validated as Megatron's long-time (possibly lifelong) friend. If ppl look at the way Dee treated Orion and their other friends and DON'T see what was concerning about that then there's really no saving them until they deradicalize a little and learn what usually happens when "kill all the bad people until society is a utopia" is implemented as a governing party's primary strategy.

[pollyanna-nana]

Gonna be real. I know I’m super biased in saying this but I genuinely think it’s more conducive to the story’s message and themes if Thistle is still alive after the end of the manga. Like.

There’s all these examples of characters talking about how love and support from those who matter most to you is what can allow you to heal despite experiencing immense trauma. Themes of life and death and rebirth in both a physical and metaphysical sense. I just think it’s so much more satisfying for Thistle to get that, too, more so than the tragedy of him dying. You could say that him not getting that chance is just how things go sometimes, but in a series all about defying fate and walking the more difficult but fulfilling path (after all, recovery and facing the reality of it all certainly wouldn’t be easy) I would argue that him living serves the narrative much better.

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]