International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster

[Nintex]

Lots of flights cancelled, calls to donate blood, military movements, sabre rattling. China is doing their part to make it look real.

Whoever sells aviation fuel in Asia is having a good day.

[james]

Nintex text me if China starts nuking

[Nintex]

Looks like the streets are packed with PLA vehicles in central #Xiamen�

pic.twitter.com/XYtEerHwXc

— The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1554414515017629698
So far China is only invading itself

[Nintex]

There is a thread on Weibo where a guy is genuinely upset its storming because he fears it will prevent Chinese fighter jets from shooting down Pelosi's plane. ?

— The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1554447545945956352

Fujian daily is live streaming #Pelosi's flight and playing cheesy war music over it. Not sure where that webcam feed is from. pic.twitter.com/y6ef8g1weF

— The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1554448814303477761

 

[Nintex]

Here's a Chinese livestream link (one of many) tracking #SPAR19. https://t.co/1gObYyvzcU

— The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1554453274207682560

this link

Literally the flight radar feed with military music in the background.

Imagine if they actually shoot Pelosi down, lmao.

Semiconductor stocks fall globally ahead of Nancy Pelosi's expected visit to Taiwanhttps://t.co/8LK3ZzAPxB pic.twitter.com/scWVdtWDPN

— Gadgets 360 (@Gadgets360) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/Gadgets360/status/1554451675858882561
Ok Nancy, mission accomplished you can turn around now.

Unless she makes a U-turn or this is a decoy Nancy is about 1 hour and 30 minutes out from her destination


The destination is confirmed SPAR19 will land in Taipei.

Japan's NHK is reporting that 8 F-15s with tanker support took off from Okinawa at 8:00 PM (local time). They reportedly headed South.

— Global: Military-Info (@Global_Mil_Info) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/Global_Mil_Info/status/1554460957287804928

Fighter escort just left Japan.

[HaughtyFrank]

This sure is a lot of saber rattling. Though I guess if Pelosi quits at this point the US would also look weak.

Also this summer is so hot I could do with a nuclear winter anyway

[Nintex]

China just closed their air space along the coast, locals report Chinese jets are heading to the Taiwan straight.

JUST IN ? China closes airspace above Taiwan straight to all civilian aircraft ahead of Pelosi�s landing

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1554471264437547010

PLA Air Force's Su-35 fighter jet(s) is crossing the Taiwan Straits, according to social media account Yuyuan Tantian. pic.twitter.com/yEgxlPbNw6

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1554473589050867714

China has quite a few domestic issues so this "crisis" is great for their propaganda.
The question is who blinks first and if the US was right to think that the Chinese were bluffing and grand standing.

She's close to landing now but they could also prevent her from leaving of course.

[Nintex]

Pelosi has landed. A big W for freedom, a big L for the communist losers.

They can't do shit.

Super Power China can't stop a single plane from landing literally next door. 

[Pissy F Benny]

Stupid chi-com bitches

[Nintex]

Smirnoff has landed

thanks to China's grand standing the entire world has seen them take this L in real time.

See Democrats it isn't that hard, just bomb a few terrorists and hand out some L to the communists.

PLA to conduct joint military operations near Taiwan island from Tuesday night, according to People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command https://t.co/GxUVZswcGJ

— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1554488568264830978

RIP fish and seaweed

[Kurt Russell]

We don�t object to Nancy Pelosi going to Taiwan.

We only object to her coming back.

— Libertarian Party (@LPNational) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/LPNational/status/1554475770529079296

[james]

Some footage from the CNN archive of Pelosi unfurling a pro-democracy banner in Tiananmen Square in 1991 (alongside Reps. Ben Jones and John Miller) before Chinese officials interrupt pic.twitter.com/fmbSNry3bX

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) July 29, 2022

https://mobile.twitter.com/Kevinliptakcnn/status/1553096606513258496


Pelosi destroying China

 

[Nintex]

UK's Liz Truss has 34 point lead over Sunak - YouGov/Times poll https://t.co/npYqV7JmWy pic.twitter.com/LQhWZ4gEmO

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1554575392987615233

Sunak is at 26%, Liz Truss is at 60%.

The libs wondered for 4 years, what could be worse than Boris Johnson and Donald Trump leading the free world?
Well Liz Truss and Donald Trump maybe.

[benjipwns]

�Now Liz, you�re storming ahead, just get out there and don�t say anything weird�
�I�m going to ignore Scotland entirely�
�Liz�
�There should be TWO internets� pic.twitter.com/0mlt4zMTbf

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) August 1, 2022

https://twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/1554207214541410312

 

I don't want to look through this thing just to find out, was there no follow up when she proposed age-gating the entire internet?

This is actually part of why I hate "debates" because usually the moderators are too stupid to realize the candidate just said something insane they should be able to immediately ask about and that's the actual service they should provide rather than trying to stir shit claiming that "holds them accountable" about irrelevant shit. Traditionally, the UK media has been slightly better at going "what the fuck did you just say?"

[Raist]

It was a tory husting. Of course there was no follow up.

[james]

Another L for Nintex

The Dutch government declared a national water shortage Wednesday caused by the hot, dry summer that is parching much of Europe, and formed a national team to draw up measures to manage supplies, while asking the public to also chip in with savings.

“The water shortage is already having a negative effect on shipping and agriculture in particular,” said Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harbers.

https://apnews.com/article/health-water-shortages-netherlands-agriculture-67b9e34c5962a5e248889ed5326d7824

[Nintex]

lol that's fucking bullshit. They make up new 'crises' every day to blame on Putin.
If he's making everything so horrible just declare war already and level the Kremlin, even better give me command of NATO for a week and I will mop up China and Russia.

[BIONIC]

lol that's fucking bullshit. They make up new 'crises' every day to blame on Putin.
If he's making everything so horrible just declare war already and level the Kremlin, even better give me command of NATO for a week and I will mop up China and Russia.

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Inspiring words about President Ben Franklin from Nancy Pelosi!

https://streamable.com/8m1gwc

[Nintex]

Inspiring words about President Ben Franklin from Nancy Pelosi!

https://streamable.com/8m1gwc

Is she the new leader of the Taliban or a gang of train robbers.

[Sman]

just declare war already and level the Kremlin, even better give me command of NATO for a week and I will mop up China and Russia.

If you ever wonder why we haven't had a nuclear armageddon in the last 70 years, it's because no Nintex has made it to power.

 

[Nintex]

I would mop them up peacefully though

[HaughtyFrank]

#Putin #Kremlin #Scotland pic.twitter.com/6cTw4gW0hR

— Uri Geller (@theurigeller) August 2, 2022

https://twitter.com/theurigeller/status/1554502442829611008

Putin put on notice

[Kurt Russell]

Can we not just let him nuke Scotland and get it all out of his system?

[Nintex]

Why is no one worried that the UK is about to give control over 225 live nuclear warheads to Liz Truss 



Putin has been sitting on his nukes for 20 years and mostly benefits from ground wars against countries without a strong air force.

[VomKriege]

Why is France, a country of 65+ MILLION able to count millions of hand ballots & return results on election night?

�Mail-in voting was banned in 1975 amid fears of potential fraud.�

Machine voting �has been frozen since 2008 due to security concerns.�https://t.co/oGIziwtJPF https://t.co/IOR6sdTbbd pic.twitter.com/7xuFUZuJya

— Elisa Martinez (@elisa1121) August 3, 2022

https://twitter.com/elisa1121/status/1554900144998400000

Freedom ballots ! 🥖

[Nintex]

In Europe we usually call elections based on exit polls long before the actual vote count is complete

anyhow, the IDF is making gaza great again

The IDF has video of the targeted strike against Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Taysir al-Jabari. pic.twitter.com/LznSgP7eL6

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) August 5, 2022

https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1555576203976683520

The IDF continues its military operation in Gaza striking militant outposts. #Gaza pic.twitter.com/Zx1oftmq2K

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) August 5, 2022

https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1555588339557752833

I guess militant outpost is now literally 1 guy in a watch tower in the middle of nowhere.

US National Security Council spokesman: We are monitoring developments in Gaza and urge all parties to calm down.

[Raist]

She's on a roll.

After her speech is interrupted by protestors, Liz Truss tells the audience she will bring in new legislation to stop "our democracy being disrupted by unfair protests." pic.twitter.com/6HiAZfDnWp

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) August 5, 2022

https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1555624903566663680

[Nintex]

Young protestor confronts Liz Truss on climate change and the cost of living.

Tory supporter: Go back to your own country.

Shocking and disgusting xenophobia at the Conservative hustings. Will they condemn? pic.twitter.com/ZxyuAYDdBm

— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) August 5, 2022

https://twitter.com/AyoCaesar/status/1555642127115247617

Go back to America or where ever you came from
It's official now, the US is a third world country

[Nintex]

Tweet error (does not exist)

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1555701550319898625

[Raist]

She's on a roll.

After her speech is interrupted by protestors, Liz Truss tells the audience she will bring in new legislation to stop "our democracy being disrupted by unfair protests." pic.twitter.com/6HiAZfDnWp

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) August 5, 2022

https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1555624903566663680

The contest for who will be the shittiest UK PM continues.

Rishi strikes back.

A new Brexit delivery unit.

Reviewing every EU law on our statute book.

Starting in my first 100 days.

Let�s keep Brexit safe? #Ready4Rishi https://t.co/3cXn1rFhca pic.twitter.com/BjdRVJSvJz

— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) August 8, 2022

https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1556590394170818560

[Nintex]

Meanwhile in Cuba

NOW - Another explosion at Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas.pic.twitter.com/OChMYLjIEX

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 8, 2022

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1556757152412450817

Meanwhile in Seoul

Parts of Seoul are completely flooded https://t.co/tCqTmA3uGY

— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) August 8, 2022

https://twitter.com/koryodynasty/status/1556625321704955904

[Raist]

Uh, yeah. I think we can confidently say Novofedorivka airbase will be out of action for the foreseeable future... ??pic.twitter.com/GkWcENguww

— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1556997925775020032

[Sman]

Uh, yeah. I think we can confidently say Novofedorivka airbase will be out of action for the foreseeable future... ??pic.twitter.com/GkWcENguww

— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1556997925775020032

 

[Nintex]

Russia says ammunition detonated

Yeah, it sort of did, I guess 

[james]

Looks like a perfectly normal and routine test

[Nintex]

Footage of the massive strike on Saki airfield in Crimea, more than 200km from the front line. Beach-goers panicking as war returns to the peninsula annexed from Ukraine in 2014. pic.twitter.com/Lh73W2PVOE

— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/mjluxmoore/status/1557007927256530945

A series of explosions at the Novofedorovka military airport near Saky, Crimea. More than 200 kilometers to the ground front line. Now.#Ukraine #Crimea pic.twitter.com/S9vIZJo2wI

— Special Kherson Cat ??? (@bayraktar_1love) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1556987921965654016

Estimates have the damage at 37 jets and 6 helicopters destroyed.

[Raist]

Russia says ammunition detonated

Yeah, it sort of did, I guess 

Meanwhile, Ukraine�s Defense Ministry reaction to the Crimean blast: pic.twitter.com/v8rUeTtFLc

— Illia Ponomarenko ?? (@IAPonomarenko) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1557035297019510786

 

[Nintex]

They're literally stealing a nuclear power plant 

RU plans to reconnect Europe's biggest Zaporizhzhya NPP to the RU-controlled system. For this, it must first "switch off" the station. It's not only another blatant violation of UKR sovereignty but also critically dangerous process, the Head of UKR nuclear power stations operator

— UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1557057005256409091

Talking about power

JUST IN - UK plans for potential "organized blackouts" in winter.https://t.co/08TGuudjKD

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1557020018092789764

[Nintex]

Russians fleeing Crimea

??Subscribers report that there is a huge traffic jam on the Kerch bridge from those who want to leave Crimea. pic.twitter.com/vMJlOK6H7J

— BLYSKAVKA (@blyskavka_ua) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/Flash43191300/status/1557094731829727232

[HaughtyFrank]

How and why Russia never managed to establish air superiority will probably be a topic for the various military think tanks for quite a while.

Good for Ukraine though.

[Nintex]

The fact that Russia apparently has no working anti-air or missile defense systems to protect their bases seems to be easily ignored.

But they do have Steven Seagal so it's about even.

"The Russian government now does have a lot of artifacts from the HIMARS" pic.twitter.com/2LY8928IwM

— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1557128628021989379

[Potato]

Russians fleeing Crimea

??Subscribers report that there is a huge traffic jam on the Kerch bridge from those who want to leave Crimea. pic.twitter.com/vMJlOK6H7J

— BLYSKAVKA (@blyskavka_ua) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/Flash43191300/status/1557094731829727232

It'd be a real shame if those people living in an annexed province of another country were caught up in the war started by their president...

[Nintex]

The Russians have beefed up their air defense

Tweet error (does not exist)

https://twitter.com/na_intel/status/1557381938742263808

[who is ted danson?]

pic.twitter.com/8QwbQcHPvY

— DarkFunk (@DarkFunk1988) August 10, 2022

https://twitter.com/DarkMeme1988/status/1557429957571346434

[BIONIC]

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Talking about power

JUST IN - UK plans for potential "organized blackouts" in winter.https://t.co/08TGuudjKD

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1557020018092789764

[Nintex]

NEW:

As Europe�s biggest nuclear power plant continues to be shelled, we�ve spoken to staff who describe being �kept at gunpoint� & their fears of a �nuclear catastrophe� under ?? occupation.

With ?@DariaSipigina? & ?@4nnchor?: https://t.co/froka6QyWC

— James Waterhouse (@JamWaterhouse) August 11, 2022

https://twitter.com/JamWaterhouse/status/1557803084612526081

Can you boys stop fighting at the Nuclear Powerplant please? Ok, thanks

[Nintex]

Meanwhile in Russia: Moscow's mouthpieces pulled out what they see as one of their big guns, Steven Seagal. Here are some highlights from his state TV appearance tonight, where he was spreading Kremlin propaganda like there's no tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/cDCKHfI2Vb

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 12, 2022

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1557933881365610496
 

[Kurt Russell]

Cancel culture isn't rea-

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage

A reporter from the Associated Press news agency witnessed the attack on Salman Rushdie just ahead of a lecture he was due to give in western New York.

The journalist saw a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced, the news agency says.

The author was taken or fell to the floor, and the man was restrained, it reports.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62524833

[Nintex]

Ayatollah Khomeini’s 1989 fatwa that called for Rushdie's execution and offered a $3 million reward for his murder.

But as recently as 2016, Iranian state-run media outlets added $600,000 to the bounty on his head.

Wonder if Iran will cough up the $3.6 million for the attacker.

[Propagandhim]

Tweet error (does not exist)

https://twitter.com/RehanMSabir/status/1558242293270085632

Dude wants a Dutch blowjob.

[Nintex]

Thanks to Vladimir Putin, Germany has woken up. It must reclaim its place as a stronger, bolder, more determined leader of a more united Europe https://t.co/l14rVjBGDy pic.twitter.com/wxrI3gf94f

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 11, 2022

https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1557715481854971904

 

[Nintex]

The Russians claim to have arrested former FSB/GRU operative Strelkov on the Crimea, who back in the day started the seperatists' war in the Donbass and now is mostly famous for talking shit about the Putin regime and being wanted for the M17 attack.

The story of him getting caught by his former bosses while trying to cross into Ukraine (de-moustachioed for cover) i, is being leaked by his former comrades-turned-competitor-turned-enemy Igor Bezler. He says Girkin was detained and sent to Crimea. https://t.co/ClVFeaXuYi pic.twitter.com/4YwrLFelqy

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) August 13, 2022

https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1558527968993054721

In his last post on Telegram he called for the entire Politbureau (aka, decision makers in Moscow) to be shot and the Russian army to dig in around Stalingrad and Moscow.

[Nintex]

The Russians have beefed up their air defense

Tweet error (does not exist)

https://twitter.com/na_intel/status/1557381938742263808

Guess they don't work 

Mais'ke, Russian occupied Crimea pic.twitter.com/L35GF15BWy

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) August 16, 2022

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1559419616799215616

Every Tuesday, a Russian military facility in occupied Crimea suddenly detonates.

I�m starting to like Tuesdays. pic.twitter.com/ZveyiDBmu7

— Oleksiy Sorokin (@mrsorokaa) August 16, 2022

https://twitter.com/mrsorokaa/status/1559445666463727616

[benjipwns]

Salma al-Shehab, 34, a mother of two young children, was initially sentenced to serve three years in prison for the “crime” of using an internet website to “cause public unrest and destabilise civil and national security”. But an appeals court on Monday handed down the new sentence – 34 years in prison followed by a 34-year travel ban – after a public prosecutor asked the court to consider other alleged crimes.

According to a translation of the court records, which were seen by the Guardian, the new charges include the allegation that Shehab was “assisting those who seek to cause public unrest and destabilise civil and national security by following their Twitter accounts” and by re-tweeting their tweets. It is believed that Shehab may still be able to seek a new appeal in the case.

By all accounts, Shehab was not a leading or especially vocal Saudi activist, either inside the kingdom or in the UK. She described herself on Instagram – where she had 159 followers – as a dental hygienist, medical educator, PhD student at Leeds University and lecturer at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, and as a wife and a mother to her sons, Noah and Adam.

Her Twitter profile showed she had 2,597 followers. Among tweets about Covid burnout and pictures of her young children, Shehab sometimes retweeted tweets by Saudi dissidents living in exile, which called for the release of political prisoners in the kingdom. She seemed to support the case of Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent Saudi feminist activist who was previously imprisoned, is alleged to have been tortured for supporting driving rights for women, and is now living under a travel ban.

Talk shit and fuck around, get hit and find out. So-called "freedom of speech" doesn't mean you can undermine democracy.

[Potato]

Salma al-Shehab, 34, a mother of two young children, was initially sentenced to serve three years in prison for the “crime” of using an internet website to “cause public unrest and destabilise civil and national security”. But an appeals court on Monday handed down the new sentence – 34 years in prison followed by a 34-year travel ban – after a public prosecutor asked the court to consider other alleged crimes.

According to a translation of the court records, which were seen by the Guardian, the new charges include the allegation that Shehab was “assisting those who seek to cause public unrest and destabilise civil and national security by following their Twitter accounts” and by re-tweeting their tweets. It is believed that Shehab may still be able to seek a new appeal in the case.

By all accounts, Shehab was not a leading or especially vocal Saudi activist, either inside the kingdom or in the UK. She described herself on Instagram – where she had 159 followers – as a dental hygienist, medical educator, PhD student at Leeds University and lecturer at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, and as a wife and a mother to her sons, Noah and Adam.

Her Twitter profile showed she had 2,597 followers. Among tweets about Covid burnout and pictures of her young children, Shehab sometimes retweeted tweets by Saudi dissidents living in exile, which called for the release of political prisoners in the kingdom. She seemed to support the case of Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent Saudi feminist activist who was previously imprisoned, is alleged to have been tortured for supporting driving rights for women, and is now living under a travel ban.

Talk shit and fuck around, get hit and find out. So-called "freedom of speech" doesn't mean you can undermine democracy.

Headline is a little misleading, but it is The Guardian so not much better can be expected.

[who is ted danson?]

?? Why we would all benefit from feeling the odd hunger pang

Despite it being nothing new, the word �fasting� seems to strike fear into people - Here's why you shouldn't be afraid of it

?https://t.co/FrDaX4H1Ca

— Telegraph Life (@TelegraphLife) August 16, 2022

https://twitter.com/TelegraphLife/status/1559582738973425664

The UK is going to starve.

[Nintex]

Team Sunak is still trying to sink Liz.

In the latest episode, she's caught on a recording saying that not all problems should be blamed on the EU and immigrants but that you know, the brits are a bit lazy.

LEAKED AUDIO: Liz Truss calls Brits lazy and admits that the Brexit referendum was won on lies about immigration and the EU. pic.twitter.com/bEXHVCpfOO

— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) August 16, 2022

https://twitter.com/Femi_Sorry/status/1559672792878129152

[Sman]

Team Sunak is still trying to sink Liz.

In the latest episode, she's caught on a recording saying that not all problems should be blamed on the EU and immigrants but that you know, the brits are a bit lazy.

LEAKED AUDIO: Liz Truss calls Brits lazy and admits that the Brexit referendum was won on lies about immigration and the EU. pic.twitter.com/bEXHVCpfOO

— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) August 16, 2022

https://twitter.com/Femi_Sorry/status/1559672792878129152

She... is not wrong here.

It makes me hate her a little less.