Links 11/6/2025

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1. The Rev Kev November 6, 2025 at 7:12 am

   “‘It’s foolish’: North Korea strikes off possibility of dialogue after US imposes sanctions on Pyongyang”

   Lots has changed with North Korea since Trump was President the first time around. North Korea has come in from the cold and is firmly linking itself up with both Russia and China and the attempt to impose a starvation blockade on that country is now over. They see the sanctions and attempted sanctioning of ships going between them and China and know that negotiations are pointless. They also see how Trump as acted with other countries since he was elected and probably think that there is nothing that he can offer worth taking up as likely as not he would renege on any agreements within weeks of any agreements made. Actions have consequences? Who knew?

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2. JohnA November 6, 2025 at 7:50 am

   Apropos Belgian minister citing Selena Gomez song to tell Russia to calm down, British comedian Harry Enfield’s long running series of sketches featuring caricature Liverpudlians (scousers) and their cliched perms, leisurewear and propensity to start fights, would be far more irritating, perhaps? A classic example below:

   https://www.tiktok.com/@classic90stv/video/7472313719985376534

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3. Wukchumni November 6, 2025 at 7:51 am

   Supremes shot down the tariff
   But didn’t shoot down the economy, oh no, oh
   Supremes shot down the tariff
   But didn’t shoot down the economy, ooh, ooh, ooh

   Yeah! All around in DC town
   They’re tryin’ to track him down, yeah
   They say they want to bring him in guilty
   For the killing of an economy
   For the life of his party but I say
   Oh, now, now, oh

   Supremes shot down the tariff
   (But swear it was in self-defense) oh no, oh, oh, ooh
   Yeah, I say, they shot down the tariff oh, Lord (and they say it is a legal offence)
   Yeah, yeah! Hear that

   Sheriff Donald John always loved levying fees
   For what, I don’t know
   Every time we plan an economy
   He said kill it before it grow
   He said kill them before they grow, and so-and-so
   Read it in the news!

   oh, Lord!
   But they swear it was in self-defense
   Where was the economy? (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
   I say, they shot down the tariff
   But swear it was in self-defence, yeah! (Ooh)

   but Donald John say but I didn’t shoot no economy
   I didn’t shoot no economy no (ooh, ooh, ooh)
   (Supremes shot down the tariff) I agree
   (But I didn’t shoot no economy) oh
   (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

   Reflexes had got the better of he
   And what is to be must be
   Every day the bucket a-go a-well
   One day the bottom a-go drop out
   One day the bottom a-go drop out

   I say
   I, I, I, Supremes shot down the tariff
   Lord, Donald John didn’t shoot the economy, no
   I, I (Supremes shot down the tariff)
   But he didn’t shoot no economy yeah
   So, yeah

   I Shot the Sheriff, by Bob Marley $ The Wailers

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe2hdbft5-U&list=RDoe2hdbft5-U

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4. LawnDart November 6, 2025 at 7:59 am

   Re; Syraqistan/YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations

   YouTube is Google, right?

   So Google is aiding Israel by disappearing evidence of Israeli wrongdoing? What else is Google trying to hide from us?

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5. The Rev Kev November 6, 2025 at 8:00 am

   “British military announces first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles – eight years late”

   I guess that the UK government sunk so much money into these things, that abandoning the project was not something that they felt that they could do. Perhaps they should have-

   ‘This was delayed due to design and testing problems. Test crews were required to wear noise cancelling headphones and be checked for hearing loss at the end of operations and the vehicles were unable to reverse over obstacles more than 20 centimeters high. As of March 2021, the British Army had taken deliveries of the Ares variant, whilst 12 Ajax variants were going through acceptance testing. In June 2021 it was revealed that trials of Ajax variants were halted from November 2020 to March 2021 due to excessive vibration and noise, leaving crews suffering from nausea, swollen joints and tinnitus. Test crews were then limited to 105 minutes inside and 20 miles per hour (32 km/h). The excessive vibration while moving was also damaging electronic systems and preventing armament from stabilising. Suspension faults on the Ajax variant meant that its turret could not fire while moving. The hulls were of inconsistent lengths and had non-parallel sides, which meant that the vibration problems did not manifest in a uniform manner, making it exceedingly difficult to determine if the vibration arose from a fundamental design problem or from build quality failures. A leaked report doubted whether the Ajax Armoured Vehicle programme would be delivered on time and within budget and suggested that there was a risk that the vehicles’ credibility would be questioned by troops and morale impaired. General Dynamics UK refused to comment on the report.’

   You won’t see any of them deployed to the Ukraine. First encounter and they would be toast.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_Ajax

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   1. Jeff V November 6, 2025 at 8:19 am

      I’m glad the Ajax is not suitable for Ukraine. I’d like the entirety of the British armed forces to receive the same label.

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6. OIFVet November 6, 2025 at 8:16 am

   The free sample of Taibbi’s latest cuts-off just when it gets interesting, but basically gives enough to show that Taibbi’s transformation into a reactionary crank proceeds apace.

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