Iran war accelerates America’s breakup with the world

From the global perspective, a positive impact from the USA-Iran conflict is that many parts of the world may lean more strongly toward renewable energy sources. Per the above article, this will likely increase the world's dependance on China, while limiting the long-term strength of USA oil exports. If Redacted was a rational person, this would surely be a point of concern for his political agenda (given that he's leaning heavilt into oil rather than renewables as energy sources).

I'm looking forward to responsible governance of this country; only 2.5 more years to go.

1 hour ago, rjshae said:

Iran war accelerates America’s breakup with the world

From the global perspective, a positive impact from the USA-Iran conflict is that many parts of the world may lean more strongly toward renewable energy sources. Per the above article, this will likely increase the world's dependance on China, while limiting the long-term strength of USA oil exports. If Redacted was a rational person, this would surely be a point of concern for his political agenda (given that he's leaning heavilt into oil rather than renewables as energy sources).

I'm looking forward to responsible governance of this country; only 2.5 more years to go.

the point of no return for halting global warming past decade ago

switch to renewable now are nice in theory

in reality everyone are still unprepared for the disaster already escalating now

Edited April 21Apr 21 by uuuhhii

Japan Scraps WW2 Arms Ban—and China Isn’t Pleased - Newsweek

occupied war criminal vassal trying so hard to prove themself belong on the big boy table with their war criminal overlord

would be funny and sad if the inevitable reaction are not so dangerous

1 hour ago, Sarex said:

Fake news. In reality, Caine would just point to the ballroom and ask how big it is.

12 hours ago, uuuhhii said:

the point of no return for halting global warming past decade ago

switch to renewable now are nice in theory

in reality everyone are still unprepared for the disaster already escalating now

True, but it can still get a whole lot worse. If we keep trying to lower the emission rate, it might slow the climate change sufficiently to be manageable. Plus, it has already been demonstrated how economically destabilizing it is to depend on oil as an energy source. Renewables will presumably be less subject to foreign instabilities.

Anyway, Europe and N. America have this to look forward to:

'Nations need to prepare now': Key Atlantic ocean current is much closer to collapse than scientists thought

Just wrapping up the current status of the world...

32 minutes ago, Gorth said:

Just wrapping up the current status of the world...

Always very entertaining and funny even if selective

You see they added some positive spin at the end with the Hungarian election which is significant because thats how Democracy works. Its a pity they didn't separate the difference between a Democratically elected " bad " leader like Trump or Netanyahu to Russia, Iran or China

There is an obvious difference when citizens have no way to change leadership through voting. But its just a 3 minute video and they making a different point

This is by far the biggest problem and irritation with the abuse of AI

Someone, who is not even a citizen of a particular country, uses AI to create a " real person " who aligns with a set of particular ideological or political views and raises money from people who believe it

People can laugh at MAGA\Conservatives being duped but many people would fall for this if this type of AI aligned with there views

We already have people who peddle and post fake news on a daily basis as " real and credible "

For example it would be so easy to create an anti-American, pro-Russia\Putin hot US women who just repeats well known anti-Western\US tropes and generalizations and I can guarantee you the majority of Vatniks would be clapping like seals and saying " wow, she is so clever and based "

Of course they wont donate money to her because of the financial reality but they would still believe its true and support it. Confirmation bias should never be a prudent objective to focus on with AI when it comes to fund raising

Its not funny to see AI being abused like this, its very worrying because it could happen to anyone if you not careful

Here is the detailed story about " Emily Hart". I have posted the main part below

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/emily-hart-top-maga-influencer-turned-out-to-be-ai-was-created-by-indian-student-11391474

"A popular MAGA influencer, who built a strong following among conservative users in the US for posting pro-Trump content, has turned out to be an AI-generated persona. A 22-year-old man in India created the account to make money off unsuspecting men online, according to a report in WIRED.

Sam, who requested a pseudonym to avoid jeopardising his medical career, used generative AI tools to design everything - from the woman's face and body to her captions. The influencer, widely known online as "Emily Hart", looked like a typical blonde woman who supported US President Donald Trump and often posted about Christianity.

Sam, an aspiring orthopedic surgeon, showed Hart supporting the US, posing in bikinis, doing activities like ice fishing, drinking beer, and even handling guns. The fake profile claimed she was a nurse and looked like Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence"

There's so few popular actual MAGA influencers, that MAGAs have to create their own fake people. Remember when the Ukraine war got hot again and botnets were taken down? Suddenly the internet was a very quiet place with a lot less stupid and hateful comments under every social media post.

Americans' disapproval rating of Congress matches historic high - Live Updates - POLITICO

5 hours ago, BruceVC said:

The fake profile claimed she was a nurse and looked like Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence"

Suckers born every minute

Virginia voters approve new congressional map favoring Democrats, CBS News projects

The new map could help Democrats pick up as many as four House seats, marking a major blow for Republicans in a nationwide redistricting battle ahead of this year's midterm elections.

To quote Nelson Muntz, "Ha ha!" As expected, the long-term effect of this politically-selfish redistricting battle will be a wash, as the state-side party advantages average out. What it really does is disenfranchise voters in the impacted states, and allow the parties in those states to field more extreme candidates.

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/04/22/germany-unveils-strategy-for-becoming-europes-strongest-military-by-2039/

😂

46 minutes ago, Sarex said:

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/04/22/germany-unveils-strategy-for-becoming-europes-strongest-military-by-2039/

😂

so when will fascist of Italy start some rearmament nonsense too

Ruh-roh....somethingsomething Nazis?

For once, it's not us starting a new world war, though. How exciting!

Edited Wednesday at 04:22 PM5 days by Lexx

Nations that build up a dominant military will always have the temptation to use it to resolve their disputes.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/berlin-still-2036-candidate-despite-concern-over-nazi-games-anniversary-2026-02-21/

🤣

I thought this was interesting

16 hours ago, Sarex said:

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/04/22/germany-unveils-strategy-for-becoming-europes-strongest-military-by-2039/

😂

This is long overdue. Germany should have a much stronger and resourced military

This will boost overall EU military strength

The days of the anxiety of " German NAZI want to take over the world, Germany CANNOT have a strong army" has been over for decades

The EU greatest military threat is Russian warmongering and it needs to be able to counter this without the levels of dependance on the US

1 hour ago, BruceVC said:

This is long overdue. Germany should have a much stronger and resourced military

This will boost overall EU military strength

The days of the anxiety of " German NAZI want to take over the world, Germany CANNOT have a strong army" has been over for decades

The EU greatest military threat is Russian warmongering and it needs to be able to counter this without the levels of dependance on the US

Especially now, when the US is also considered a military threat to Europe...

Didn't Japan discuss some serious considerations about amending/removing the part of the post WWII constitution, that limits the role of the Japanese military? In that part of the world, China is more likely to pose a military threat to the region than Japan, at least for the time being

that is delusional

puppet of usa are the most serious threat to east and south east asia

With Germany and Japan looking to re-arm, it looks like Pax Americana is coming to an end (after a brief 80 years). Even Canada is now holding its nose when dealing with the USA.