Welcome to Wokespeak: Its Logic-Defying Rhetoric Is Making Heads Spin
"The white culture conundrum is one of many such paradoxes in today's topsy-turvy woke culture, where colorblindness once represented the ideal of being unprejudiced, but now marks the epitome of racism."

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"They [the Chinese] already have the ... second biggest defence budget, and already the biggest navy, and they are investing heavily in new modern capabilities, including by investing in new disruptive technologies such as autonomous systems, facial recognition and artificial intelligence, and putting them into different weapon systems," he said.

"They are really in the process of changing the nature of warfare," Stoltenberg said.

He rejected the idea that Nato, whose core task was to defend the North-Atlantic region, was overstepping its treaty boundaries.

and SCOTUS asks, "How high?,"

amid controversial SCOTUS packing, SCOTUS leanings, and SCOTUS cert delays, conservative liberals and liberal liberals alternately if inadvertently admit "politicization" of US government is not operating according to their beliefs in American Scripture d/b/a US Constitution (much less the sanctity of private property and, ahem, freedom of association) and surely never has.

So you may be interested in studying this set of libertarian interpretations of seminal American political science, allegedly proffered by A. Hamilton's alter-ego.

US lumber, a leading indicator under the radar, crushing "affordable housing" starts under unaffordable housing inventory.

Any commodity slack trading in EU?

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took up office today at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. He toured the office, met with the employees and inquired after their wellbeing, and wished everyone continued productivity. pic.twitter.com/q3miaKr58q

— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) June 14, 2021

Bennett-Netanyahu handover meeting lasts only 25 minutes, Bennett unfazed

No further meetings are planned between Netanyahu and Bennett. Netanyahu declined to take part in the traditional transition ceremony, and the brief meeting took place behind closed doors, with no statement to the press.

Sources close to Bennett have said Netanyahu did not allow any of his staff to hold transition meetings before the new government was officially authorized on Sunday.

From the meeting with Bennett, Netanyahu rushed to the Knesset to convene all the MKs in his bloc. He urged the MKs of Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism and the Religious Zionist Party to work hard together to bring the new government down.

"The fraudulent government will fall quickly because it is united solely on hatred, exclusion and greed," Netanyahu told the MKs.

Thank you President Vladimir Putin, I look forward to our wide-ranging cooperation, and I appreciate the long-lasting friendship between our two peoples. 🇮🇱 🇷🇺 [_link]

— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) June 14, 2021

Netanyahu's relationship with Vladimir Putin was quite friendly, not so with Joe Biden throughout the last 12 years.

Netanyahu picks fight with Biden in final speech as prime minister | JPost |

Yad Vashem and Holocaust: Putin's Private Party

Guess the London government was a bit more frank on how it viewed the rest of Great Britain when it had a world spanning empire.

Every admissions system is skewed, it's a question of which sort of skewing do you want.

Live update: Joint List rails against decision 'allowing Kahanists to march through Jerusalem' [_link]

— TOI ALERTS (@TOIAlerts) June 14, 2021

Stanley Fischer resigns from Bank Hapoalim board [_link]

— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) June 14, 2021

Globalisation: Katsyv links Moscow - London - NY - Tel Aviv

Israeli Bank Laundered FIFA Bribes, Aided Billions in Tax Evasion | OCCRP |

Resigns after seven months for personal reasons ...

The controversial "March of the Flags" event which parades through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of #Jerusalem has been given the go-ahead for Tuesday. @JeremySharon and @LahavHarkov report. [_link]

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) June 14, 2021

#Israel military braces for possibility of renewed violence with #Hamas as controversial #FlagMarch to take place tomorrow in #Jerusalem's #OldCity. [_link]

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) June 14, 2021

#Jerusalem Flag March to take place Tuesday throughout the Old City, parade expected to pass through #DamascusGate, i24NEWS defense correspondent @DanielTsemach reports: pic.twitter.com/OtFOEtz3cx

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) June 14, 2021

Working with Biden more natural than with Trump: Dutch PM [_link]

— NL Times (@NL_Times) June 14, 2021

Working with U.S. President Joe Biden feels more natural than collaborating with his predecessor, Donald Trump, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said to reporters gathered at the NATO summit on Monday. "Of course that was a bit inconvenient at times."

Rutte said he found Trump's criticism of spending levels to be "justified" and understandable at a summit in December 2019.

"In the end, we were able to work closely together and maintain a good relationship," Rutte said about Trump. But "of course it was a bit embarrassing at times," he admitted.

Rutte once again insisted that the transatlantic alliance is also very much in the interest of the United States. "You will see that today we will reaffirm our joint commitment to NATO," he stated.

Dutch PM Rutte an Advocate of Thatcherism

Gender confusion at the White House:

Per White House: "In the afternoon, the President will meet with His Excellency Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia" Better than mixing up Baltics & Balkans (like Trump) but still suspect Her Excellency the Prime Minister will not be amused.

— David M. Herszenhorn (@herszenhorn) June 14, 2021

Several Scandinavian and Baltic countries have female Prime Ministers.

14 June 1941:

Today in 1941, Soviet authorities initiated the first major wave of ethnic cleansing in the Baltic states. Known as the June Deportation, the campaign targeted so-called "anti-Soviet elements" in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, as well as parts of Poland and Romania. pic.twitter.com/lJ4I3xFqfT

— Great Powers Journal 🌐 (@greatpwrs) June 14, 2021

80 years ago today, the United States denied entry to the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying over 900 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who were seeking asylum. 1/ pic.twitter.com/SqkHaAV4C2

— Yes, You're Racist (@YesYoureRacist) June 4, 2019

In 1939, Canada turned its back on 907 Jewish refugees, deeming them unworthy of a home, and undeserving of our help. Today, I issue an official apology on behalf of the Government of Canada to the passengers of the MS St. Louis and their families. LIVE: https://t.co/KmaqgnyP4a

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) November 7, 2018

Two narratives that lead to different worlds
By geezer in Paris on June 1st, 2008

Transformations to which the left has yet to produce a convincing response: for the right's success is undoubtedly based on the failure of the social democratic model. "Globalization," Corinne Deloy, researcher at the Robert-Schuman Foundation, explains, "has made the social software obsolete. That's especially true now that - with the economic crisis we've entered into - there's nothing left to redistribute. Suddenly, people trust the right more to find solutions to problems that called the left's competence into question, for example, such primary themes as the demographic aging of European societies and retirement financing.

US seeks to cement military foothold in Balkans
By vladimir on May 17th, 2009

With a enduring aggressive pose of NATO vs Russia and China, Stoltenberg plays victim of asymmetric warfare initiated by the Atlantic Alliance. NATO's choice in 2008 at Summit in Bucharest.

Nato must face up to China's rise, alliance chief says [_link]

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 14, 2021

"The West should respect the red lines of Russia." | Opinion Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former SG NATO from 2004-2009 |

My earlier writing ...

Atlantic Council - Former US Amb to NATO Ivo Daalder: "It's our intent to make Russia a pariah state." (2013)

DUP leader Poots sends French President Macron copy of Good Friday Agreement https://t.co/NQVoh2sKOY pic.twitter.com/Xex8L4qGK4

— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) June 13, 2021

Macron may be pondering what to send Poots in return: a copy of the Brexit Agreement (that includes the Northern Ireland Protocol)?
Or maybe a globe?

The chances that Macron said N Ireland was not part of UK are close to zero. The chances that Johnson ordered the No 10 spin machine to make it up on his behalf to get round NI broken promises and tomorrow's humiliation re non-lockdown lifting are closer to 100pc

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) June 13, 2021

Regarding the Northern Ireland issue this morning, French diplomatic source : "I'm certain the Prime Minister knows that Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain".

— Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) June 13, 2021

G7 get together seen by a 18-yr old Swede.

The climate and ecological crisis is rapidly escalating. G7 spends fantasy amounts on fossil fuels as CO2 emissions are forecast for 2nd biggest annual rise ever.

This calls for steak-and-lobster-BBQ-celebration while jet planes perform aerobatics in the sky above the G7 resort! pic.twitter.com/iAKEit9aCB

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) June 13, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court seeks Biden views on Harvard admissions dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden's administration to give its views on whether the justices should hear a challenge to Harvard University's consideration of race in undergraduate student admissions.

who says?

The action by the court signals the interest [?!] of at least some of the nine justices in considering an appeal brought by a group called Students for Fair Admissions

Had US Congress on a leash and the President eating out of his hand ... (Bibi's own words)

Netanyahu easily moved U.S. policy for over a decade, due to the force of his will and the use of the powerful Israel lobby in U.S. politics, especially on the Democratic side. Today one force is gone and the other is in disarray.[_link]

— Mondoweiss (@Mondoweiss) June 14, 2021

The CUNY staff congress that represents 30,000 members across the university system passed a resolution calling out Israel as a settler-colonial and apartheid state, and committing to lead chapter discussions of BDS in Fall 2021. [_link]

— Mondoweiss (@Mondoweiss) June 14, 2021

An international group of Jews is calling on institutions to take down the Israeli flag from communal spaces saying, "The Israeli flag has the status of the Confederate flag. We are appalled at the idea that it represents us. It should be taken down."[_link]

— Mondoweiss (@Mondoweiss) June 14, 2021

Scotland and Wales were always great. It's only England that had problems.

The sheer audacity and breakneck speed of the German advance was completely off the map for the French military. And indeed it could have come unstuck : the Germans could hardly believe their success themselves.

As for the fundamental tactic of co-ordinated infantry, armour and air forces, De Gaulle of course claimed to have written the book on it (Vers l'armée de métier, 1934). He spent all his spare time in the 30s lobbying the army's commanders, and politicians, to modernise the army. He claims in his autobiography that Hitler had his book translated, and that it directly inspired the blitzkrieg doctrine.

Wait, how come he was saying "has made England great"??? I thought it was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Wasn't that just a point of contention between Macron and Johnson yesterday???