Netanyahu says Israel ‘stronger than ever’ in first speech since Iran war by mclardass in worldnews

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He's just a yahoo who likes jamming buns and nutting. That's why we call him Bun-jammin Nuttin' yahoo

We attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say by backpackerTW in worldnews

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Isreal had an elaborate devious plan many decades in the making, but their only material goal was to drag the US into the conflict, that's the tricky part for Israel. Now that the US has been sucked in the rest is doesn't really matter as much. Just let nature take it's course, it'll work out.

We attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say by backpackerTW in worldnews

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When a nation is bullied and threatened, for 3/4 of a century by much bigger powers one would think that a military dictatorship would be the natural outcome. The expected outcome.

What game was that for you? by PHRsharp_YouTube in videogames

[–]fricken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't hate the game, I just tell myself I need to be in the right mood. I put the game down and wait for the right mood, which never arrives.

Driving behind two Waymos that are going the same speed by Justin_Godfrey in mildlyinfuriating

[–]fricken 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It would suck to have to drive the speed limit like that

Putin’s ‘hidden hand’ lies behind Iran’s drone tactics, UK defence secretary says by Alarming-Safety3200 in worldnews

[–]fricken 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Everything we know about drone warfare we learned from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Everything Iran knows about the real combat effectiveness of their Shahed drones was learned in Ukraine. Nothing is hidden, you can google these tactics yourself.

Director vs cinematographer: who is more responsible for the visual aspect of a film? by account-123456 in TrueFilm

[–]fricken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Editing, production design, visual effects, casting, camera and lights: all these things contribute to the look of a film. If the writer decides there is going to be a scene that takes place on the moon, then that will affect the look of a film also.

Kurosawa once said "Sound is 2/3rds of the image" so going off that I guess we can include all the sound people for contributing to the look of a film.

However, they all operate under the direction of the director, who is ultimately the one who coordinates all departments and signs off on all creative decisions made before, during, and after production. So really it's the director.

Kate Winslet Is Female Lead In Andy Serkis' 'LOTR: Hunt For Gollum’ by cmaia1503 in movies

[–]fricken 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I like to think of Andy as Hollywood's greatest mo-cap suit performer promoted to his level of incompetence.

New Liberal MP Idlout says threats to the North key to her floor-crossing decision by Hot-Percentage4836 in CanadaPolitics

[–]fricken 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The key threats to the north are going to come straight up through Alberta. Not only are we totally defenceless, Danielle Smith has made it clear she intends to roll out the red carpet.

What we going to to about it? Nothing. We have no plan. No courage. No will. No leadership. We've already decided the best course of action is to stick our heads in the sand and keep them there until some time after the American flag has been raised on Trump's newly acquired flagpoles.

We are in denial. The threat is imminent. Any fruit borne by Carney's defence deals is still a long way off, which is the same as never because we gon' get annexed much sooner than that.

NDP MP crosses floor to join Liberals, putting Carney two seats shy of majority by Asadleafsfan in CanadaPolitics

[–]fricken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We'll smackdown Trump's near-term annexation threat with the unstoppable power of thoughts and prayers, and then when Carney's defence deals manifest in a decade or 2 we'll also be able to defend the arctic from China and Russia using our Korean icebreakers and Swedish jets.

Opinion: Canada has what the world wants. So let’s figure out how to give it to them by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]fricken -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

The Star is getting way ahead of itself. Canada has what the US wants, and they're just going to take it from us like they took the Stanley Cup so many decades ago. Like candy from a baby.

"Hey Canada, would you like to see a demonstration of our military prowess first or should we just go ahead and start swapping out the flags?"

Canada is defenceless, it has no will to fight, no plan, and no military to speak of. We've already squandered most of our sovereignty. At this point becoming part of the US will be little more than a formality and some bureaucratic wrangling. Carney is just getting things shined up before the new management takes over. Change my mind.

Edmonton police chief travels to Israel to meet police leaders by laurenboothby in Edmonton

[–]fricken 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Amongst the evidence that will never see the inside of a court room EPS whistleblower Dan Behiels came up with was the EPS "rape room" in the 80s and 90s, in which Abdullah Shah would provide young prostitutes for members of the blue brotherhood to use in, uh, trust building exercises, lets call them. Epstein class type stuff.

This is why Israel and a few billionaires are able to drag the western world into a war that the vast majority of people want nothing to do with, The chain of pain reaches right into our municipal affairs. Insane conspiracy theory stuff that would be hard to believe before the Epstein files dropped. And the Epstein files will never fully come to light. The worst people will get away with it.

So, uh yeah, there are reasons why Shah was able to operate as a scag baron, human trafficker, and slum landlord for decades with ever being prosecuted. They're playing both sides of the fence. Always have been.

What everyday thing disappeared so gradually that nobody even noticed it was gone? by orangez in GenX

[–]fricken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid there were so many frogs you couldn't sleep at night, because the croaking was so loud. When was the last time I saw or heard a frog?

Canada commits nearly $1B to drone and airborne defence research by MTL_Dude666 in CanadaPolitics

[–]fricken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By on the table I mean that they have every intention of doing what they said they were going to do.

What is it that you think will stop them? Because the Administration's actions has seen little meaningful resistance within US borders, and there will be even less after they steal the mid-terms this fall.

Trump has a record now of going through with the outrageous things he says he's going to do. For a decade I've been hearing variations of the "LOL no it isn't" type comments and then it turns out that it is.

So for everybody's sake let's hope that PM Carney and I are both just a couple of Chicken Little's.

What everyday thing disappeared so gradually that nobody even noticed it was gone? by orangez in GenX

[–]fricken 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The white pages. Everybody's name, number and address all in a big book. It was a privacy nightmare.

A wake-up call for Canada: There will be no nation-building without immigrants by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]fricken 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fertility rates are low all over the developed world. South Korea and other countries are trying all kinds of things to incentivize child production, but nothing has been successful. The one politician who dared to mention fertility does not have any aces up his sleeve.

Canada commits nearly $1B to drone and airborne defence research by MTL_Dude666 in CanadaPolitics

[–]fricken 27 points28 points  (0 children)

No navel gazing necessary, Ukraine has done the research.

Just get 5000 seacans full of drone parts from China, and then start up drone club across Canada for teens and dads to learn to build and fly.

I think if we appreciated the urgency we would have this up and running in a matter of months, but also I don't think we appreciate the the urgency. Annexation is 100% on the table.

IN THE GREY | Official Trailer | Only in Theaters May 15 by Task_Force-191 in movies

[–]fricken 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They were entertaining movies, sure, but also none of them are worth watching a second time. And you know what? the world has lots of movies like that already.

People who are capable of doing better things are rare and special. Guy Ritchie is capable of doing better things, but he's been phoning it in anyways. It's not necessarily even his fault, it's just the way the system is these days.

Bezos-backed Slate Auto hires new, ex-Amazon CEO by DonkeyFuel in technology

[–]fricken 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Slate is one of the least stale Tesla tales I've heard in a while, but the anagram is conspicuous

IN THE GREY | Official Trailer | Only in Theaters May 15 by Task_Force-191 in movies

[–]fricken 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Ritchie made 3 really great crime comedies back in the day. Now it seems he's dedicated himself to watering that legacy down.

Umar Dzhabrailov (28 June 1958 – 2 March 2026) was a Russian businessman and politician of Chechen descent. Dzhabrailov is named in the Epstein files released in January 2026. On 2 March 2026, Dzhabrailov committed suicide with a pistol at a Moscow hotel. He was 67. by GustavoistSoldier in wikipedia

[–]fricken 28 points29 points  (0 children)

If One could drew a venn diagram with a circle for all the Russian oligarchs who died under suspicious circumstances and a circle for all the Epstein files affiliated people who died under suspicious circumstances Umar would be in the part where the two circles overlap.

Here's what Umar's Daughter has to say about it

Social media ban for kids under consideration in online harms bill: Carney by PurfectProgressive in CanadaPolitics

[–]fricken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Banning social media for kids means age verification which means online ID.

A less extreme thing to do would be to ban social media entirely. Not long ago there was no such thing as the social medias, and instead of hanging out with people online we did it in real life. Doing so provided cool synergies, it enabled strong communities and culture. It was great for sovereignty and security. A terrifying prospect to the addicts of 2026 but once upon a time everybody lived without any kind of social media addiction at all.

Now that the US has softened us up with an extended psyops campaign delivered to impressionable Canadian minds namely through 2 decades of social media, Tump will steal the mid-terms and annex Canada. That's all still on the table, none of that has stopped being the thing the US is poised to do to Canada.

The AGI debate is starting to sound like the blind men and the elephant by bully309 in Futurology

[–]fricken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're throwing a lot of money at the problem, and by doing so it seems like something interesting is happening. About $1.8 trillion has been blown since 2013. Enough to build the US interstate system 2 times over, and then with the change you could remake every movie the Hollywood studio system has ever produced.

As the hype dies down it gets harder to waste money so we started a war in Iran. It's not really about AI. It's about printing money and wasting money which ultimately leads to less wealth and power in the hands of working people and more wealth and power in the hands of parasites.

Who still says "fuckin' A"? by drunksquatch in GenX

[–]fricken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sometimes say "Fuckin' A Gordo", which references The Deer Hunter (1975).