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Tommy Callahan

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  1. they know their constituents. And Ironic as the same exact voices attacked anyone calling for peace in Ukraine.
  2. probably. and in turn why the usual voices are doing exactly what Hamas wanted. Attacking Israel for its response to terror that want to wipe them from the face of the earth.
  3. But they have memes that show different with no sources. that has to mean something.
  4. LOL. Why does he have nuts on his chin? Blinken looks creepy behind him. I saw a meme on twitter with "the sound of silence" being played while it zoomed in on Blinken . dude is pure mush without whatever he is on when he speaks at public events.
  5. Ugh. Semi Local Cornel/Ithaca is twisted. they pulled the counties support for Israel after the terrorist attacks. Same place the cornel professor said he felt exhilarated by the Hamas murder/terrorism. https://www.weny.com/story/49851701/tompkins-county-legislature-rescinds-resolution-in-support-of-israel Cornell professor seen calling the Hamas attacks exhilarating in - WENY News
  6. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/biden-lifts-sanctions-venezuela-dictator-maduro-exchange-oil Biden courting Dictators. this dude is a failure on levels. Biden Lifts Sanctions On Venezuela Dictator Maduro In Exchange For Oil A panicking Joe Biden has realized that his best friends, now that oil prices are soaring again and the SPR remains largely drained, are tinpot banana-republic "dictators" (in the White House's own previous words) like Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, and on Wednesday the White House suspended sanctions on Venezuelan oil, gas and gold production. But since it would be too corrupt even for Biden to drop sanctions on Maduro in exchange for just a few barrels oil and nothing else, the White House pretended that the deal was in exchange for "promoting democracy", and In return the Nicolas Maduro government promised a deal with the opposition that could see elections held next year. Which likely means 100% mail-in ballots and Dominion machines to "count" them. “The United States welcomes the signing of an electoral roadmap agreement between the Unitary Platform and Maduro representatives,” Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson said in a news release. “Consistent with U.S. sanctions policy, in response to these democratic developments, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued General Licenses authorizing transactions involving Venezuela’s oil and gas sector and gold sector, as well as removing the ban on secondary trading,” he added. The statement cautioned that the Treasury reserves the right to revoke any or all of the newly issued licenses in case the “Maduro representatives” fail to stick to their word regarding a new electoral map for Venezuela. Of course, the Biden admin won't revoke the deal as long as it gets some oil; then once Biden loses the 2024 elections all bets are off. Reports about the deal emerged earlier this month, following a string of signals from Washington it was ready to ease the sanction regime in return for commitments from the Venezuelan government to hold new elections. The U.S. made the biggest move in that direction last year, when it granted Chevron a license to return to Venezuela, and that was without asking for commitments from the Maduro regime because imports of Russian heavy crude had to be replaced urgently with Venezuelan heavy. Now, the new license regime would allow financial transactions involving PDVSA, which could boost Venezuelan oil exports significantly. Crude oil exports from Venezuela last month topped 800,000 barrels daily, which was the second-highest monthly export rate since the start of the year. Most of the exports went to China, Reuters reported in early October. So how much oil is Biden's deal unlocking? According to Bloomberg, Venezuela could be able to raise its crude oil production by 25% from current levels if the temporary U.S. easing of the oil sanctions becomes permanent. Venezuela’s oil production currently stands at a paltry 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to various estimates. The eased sanctions would allow the South American country holding the world’s largest crude oil reserves to boost production by 200,000 bpd, analysts say, although the timing of achieving this increase remains uncertain. Oil stocks will be in focus Thursday as crude fell after US suspended some sanctions on Venezuelan oil. Occidental Petroleum Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Schlumberger N.V. are lower by about 1% in premarket trading. Tyler Durdan
  7. Why hearsay shouldn't be trusted in court as evidence. It's just a story that can't be confirmed or denied. Same with book stories.
  8. Silly spin and strawman. Victimhood mentality is a defective thought process. Your issue with trying to make it binary and partisan.
  9. Comprehension. And again they are the first line in helping the least fortunate. The ones that do that, should be tax exempt. The righty or lefty churches? They both exist
  10. Bet there are PACs/ngo that organize. Then a crap load of propagandized useful idiots.
  11. Do the PACS pay to put the advertising behind him? why is he always speaking in front of Corporate (Military industrial right at the top of that one) PACS. its like they own him or something Corporate Partners - Human Rights Campaign (hrc.org)
  12. If anything, this terrorist attack have enraged the terrorist supporters to openly out themselves. over and over again
  13. Another means to reduce cognitive dissonance is selective exposure. This theory has been discussed since the early days of Festinger's proposal of cognitive dissonance. He noticed that people would selectively expose themselves to some media over others; specifically, they would avoid dissonant messages and prefer consonant messages.[14] Through selective exposure, people actively (and selectively) choose what to watch, view, or read that fit to their current state of mind, mood or beliefs.[15] In other words, consumers select attitude-consistent information and avoid attitude-challenging information.[16] This can be applied to media, news, music, and any other messaging channel. The idea is, choosing something that is in opposition to how you feel or believe in will increase cognitive dissonance. (stress) In fact, recent research has suggested that while a discrepancy between cognitions drives individuals to crave for attitude-consistent information, the experience of negative emotions drives individuals to avoid counter attitudinal information. In other words, it is the psychological discomfort which activates selective exposure as a dissonance-reduction strategy (avoid the stresser) The contradiction of a belief, ideal, or system of values causes cognitive dissonance that can be resolved by changing the challenged belief, yet, instead of effecting change, the resultant mental stress restores psychological consonance to the person by misperception, rejection, or refutation of the contradiction, seeking moral support from people who share the contradicted beliefs or acting to persuade other people that the contradiction is unreal The corporate media/social media companies know and profits from this.
  14. Causing some critical thinking? Cognitive dissonance? second guessing where you read about the 500 people being killed in it?
  15. Didn't Orwell call that "newspeak" it's a fine example of it. They call them militants when they are terrorist that are also terrorizing the Palestinians.
  16. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant is a good movie that touches on the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02PPMPArNEQ
  17. maybe its the fog of war. maybe its the same investors for the military industrial also sit on the boards of corporate media. But same crap played out countless times with Ukraine reporting. Like Danzel said, they rush for first. and in turn, dont worry about details or facts. Denzel Washington Blasts the Media on Dishonesty and 'Fake News' - YouTube
  18. one of those post 9/11 agencies that shouldn't exist. The U.S. immigration enforcement agency hired a former spokeswoman for the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and put her in a position to determine who gets to come into the country as an immigrant or “asylum seeker.” ideological negligence? And where there is oppression, there will be resistance.” -Assata Shakur.?? quoting someone on the FBI most wanted list? Joanne Deborah Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, is the latest addition to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists List. This comes on the 40th anniversary of the murder of one of Chesimard's victims, a New Jersey State Police Trooper. Cant make that up.
  19. As Patton surveys the positive results of the battle in progress between Allied forces and the Nazi army in northern Africa, he proclaims, “Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!”
  20. There is a lot of money to be made with that narrative.
  21. Russia's vast geography is an important determinant of its economic activity, with the country holding a large share of the world's natural resources.[31] It has been widely described as an energy superpower;[32] as it has the world's largest natural gas reserves,[33] 2nd-largest coal reserves,[34] 8th-largest oil reserves,[35] and the largest oil shale reserves in Europe.[36] It is the world's leading natural gas exporter,[37] the 2nd-largest natural gas producer,[38] and the 2nd-largest oil exporter,[39] and producer.[40] Russia's foreign exchange reserves are the world's 4th-largest.[41] It has a labour force of roughly 70 million people, which is the world's 7th-largest.[42] Russia is the world's 3rd-largest exporter of arms.[43] The oil and gas sector accounted up to roughly 40% of Russia's federal budget revenues, and up to 60% of its exports in 2019.[44] Russia has the world's 5th-largest number of billionaires. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia# the fact people think this isn't about energy is strange. Ukraine has immense potential for investment with its vast oil and gas resources, ranking second across Europe for gas reserves. Shown in Figure 3 below, these resources are divided into three major regions: the Dnipro-Donetsk basin, the Carpathian region in western Ukraine, and the Black Sea and Crimea region. The Dnipro-Donetsk basin holds the majority of these resources. In terms of production, natural gas takes up 89%, oil 7.9%, and gas condensate takes up 3.1% in terms of hydrocarbon production (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2021; Renkin, 2019; The Energy Consulting Group, 2015). Consequently, the Ukrainian government considers the oil and gas industry as a strategic sector; with the majority of production belonging to state-owned companies accounting for approximately 74%, domestic private firms accounting for 18% and other private firms accounting for 3% of production. Additionally, Ukraine has numerous pipelines enabling Russian oil and gas to be pumped into Europe via Ukraine as shown in Figure 4. Ukraine receives an approximate US$1.5 billion in transit fees from Russian gas being pumped through these transmission lines (Renkin, 2019; Intelligence Fusion, 2021; Schuler, 2014; Yermolenko and Panchenko, 2021). https://www.intelligencefusion.co.uk/insights/resources/intelligence-reports/russia-ukraine-donbass-conflict-threats-to-oil-and-gas/ This is that part where the strawmen or goal post moves come.
  22. The same voices are still saying there is no evidence. never mind they took the first stories as fact and ran to "protest"
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