Are we there yet? Is the world at the tipping point of WWIII?

monkey skipper said:

Are we there yet? Is the world at the tipping point of WWIII?

No.

monkey skipper said:

Are we there yet? Is the world at the tipping point of WWIII?

no.
hold on to your horses.

North Korea has fired seven short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, confirmed by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

The missiles traveled around 400 kilometers (248 miles), and South Korean forces tracked the launch in real-time, sharing data with the US and Japan.

In response, South Korea has stepped up its security measures, saying they’re keeping a close watch for more possible missile activity.

The timing of the launch seems calculated—it comes just after recent joint air drills between South Korea, Japan, and the US.

Zelenskyy: 11,000 North Korean Troops Near Ukrainian Border

Experts suggest that North Korea’s latest launch could be a response to these military exercises.

“These trilateral military exercises are likely seen as a provocation by Pyongyang,” said Han Kwon Hee from the Korean Defense Industry Association.

Possible Link to US Election
Some believe the timing could also be a direct message to Washington, as it coincides with the US election.

“It’s no coincidence,” said North Korea expert Joseph Dempsey, suggesting it may carry a political signal along with being a missile test.

Japan has condemned the launches, saying they threaten its security and stability. As tensions mount, South Korea and the US are closely monitoring for further North Korean moves.

sarahs mum said:

monkey skipper said:

Are we there yet? Is the world at the tipping point of WWIII?

no.
hold on to your horses.

I think a mistake will push it albeit accidentally in that direction.

Witty Rejoinder said:

monkey skipper said:

Are we there yet? Is the world at the tipping point of WWIII?

No.

Yes.

A lot of people don’t seem to understand that Trump is a friend and admirer of Putin and his regime.

If anything, his election is another wake-up call to Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan etc.

We need to form alliances that don’t depend on the USA. We may have to bite the bullet and invest in our own nuclear deterrent.

Bubblecar said:

A lot of people don’t seem to understand that Trump is a friend and admirer of Putin and his regime.

If anything, his election is another wake-up call to Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan etc.

We need to form alliances that don’t depend on the USA. We may have to bite the bullet and invest in our own nuclear deterrent.

The Japanese will perhaps step into that role, to some degree, long before Australia would be able to.

What would happen to the global economy … should this gain momentum?

monkey skipper said:

What would happen to the global economy … should this gain momentum?

Imagine, if you will, a very large toilet…

People living in the European Union should stockpile emergency supplies in the event of war breaking out or another major emergency, a new report has advised.

The report on Europe’s civilian and military preparedness, published on Wednesday, was written by former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in his capacity as Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission.

The report notes that the EU was not prepared for either the COVID-19 pandemic or Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and that it needs to move “from reaction to proactive preparedness.”

As part of this strategy, the EU should advise households to be prepared to be self-sufficient for a minimum of 72 hours in the event of an emergency, the report says.

Bubblecar said:

A lot of people don’t seem to understand that Trump is a friend and admirer of Putin and his regime.

If anything, his election is another wake-up call to Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan etc.

We need to form alliances that don’t depend on the USA. We may have to bite the bullet and invest in our own nuclear deterrent.

Sort of agree, but i see a different mechanism.

This will be a split between the EU and the US. The EU cannot abide an aggressive Russia, they will not abide a weak Putin’s altar boy suckhole as their notional leader. So there will be a split, and soon, on support for the Ukraine war.

The EU’s problem is that their economy is in slow decline without cheap gas from Russia. The EU need to somehow orchestrate the overthrow of Putin and his replacement with a regime more open to the energy trade on EU’s preferred terms. How to overthrow Putin and install a friendly regime without starting a proper hot war??? Anybody’s guess, but that is what the EU need to do to survive. They cannot survive with an aggressive Russia. They have 2 months to come up with a plan to dismantle Russia – on their own without any help from the US.

Ukraine has 2 months to win the war.

Certainly Putin will now be celebrating and planning an expanded campaign in Ukraine with less fear of US-sanctioned and supported resistance.

Let’s hope European leaders remain willing to take on extra responsibility.

Estonia Moves to Ban Russian, Belarusian Residents From Voting in Local Elections
The move aims to safeguard against potential interference from Moscow and Minsk.

by Kyiv Post | November 5, 2024, 9:20 am

Estonia Moves to Ban Russian, Belarusian Residents From Voting in Local Elections

Estonia’s coalition government announced plans on Monday, Nov. 4, to amend the constitution to prevent Russian and Belarusian residents from voting in next year’s municipal elections. The move aims to safeguard against potential interference from Moscow and Minsk.

The decision could affect over 80,000 Russian citizens currently holding residence permits in Estonia, a Baltic nation of 1.3 million people that declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and includes a significant Russian-speaking community.

“We agreed in the coalition council to recommend our parliamentary groups urgently amend the constitution so that citizens of aggressor states will no longer have a say in local elections,” Prime Minister Kristen Michal told state broadcaster ERR

At present, permanent residents of Estonia have the constitutional right to vote in local elections in their districts.

However, since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, various political parties have supported excluding Russians, Belarusians, and stateless individuals from voting due to concerns over potential foreign influence.

Helir-Valdor Seeder, head of the Isamaa (Fatherland) parliamentary faction, stated that the coalition hopes to make the changes swiftly, ensuring citizens of “aggressor states” and stateless persons cannot vote in the municipal elections scheduled for October 2024.

A draft amendment could be ready for consideration as early as Thursday.

monkey skipper said:

What would happen to the global economy … should this gain momentum?

It’ll be fucked.

What matters now is food security, energy security, resources security and technology security.

Very few countries have all 4.

party_pants said:

monkey skipper said:

What would happen to the global economy … should this gain momentum?

It’ll be fucked.

What matters now is food security, energy security, resources security and technology security.

Very few countries have all 4.

Which brings us back to bolstering our own food economy…needs to be a ground swell of supporting local producers

Bubblecar said:

A lot of people don’t seem to understand that Trump is a friend and admirer of Putin and his regime.

If anything, his election is another wake-up call to Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan etc.

We need to form alliances that don’t depend on the USA. We may have to bite the bullet and invest in our own nuclear deterrent.

Shrug did a complex web of alliances prevent the “first” world war, shrug, perhaps what is required is something else, like maybe greater respect for international agreed rules based orders or something shrug.

monkey skipper said:

party_pants said:

monkey skipper said:

What would happen to the global economy … should this gain momentum?

It’ll be fucked.

What matters now is food security, energy security, resources security and technology security.

Very few countries have all 4.

Which brings us back to bolstering our own food economy…needs to be a ground swell of supporting local producers

Australia is, and has long been, self-sufficient in food. Australia is a food exporter.

Some of the things Austrlia needs to import are:

Apparel and textiles: This category accounts for around 28% of Australia’s imports.

Metals and machinery: This category accounts for around 20% of Australia’s imports.

Petroleum and crude oils: A major import for Australia.

Cars: A major import for Australia.

Phone system devices: This includes smartphones.

Computers and optical readers: A major import for Australia.

Pharmaceuticals: A major import for Australia.

Electro-medical equipment: This includes X-ray machines.

Blood fractions: This includes antisera.

We used to have our own manufacturers of some of those things, but it was just so much more efficient to allow them to be sent ‘offshore’.

Yes, i know, we have four oil refineries, but we still import fuels.

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

A lot of people don’t seem to understand that Trump is a friend and admirer of Putin and his regime.

If anything, his election is another wake-up call to Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan etc.

We need to form alliances that don’t depend on the USA. We may have to bite the bullet and invest in our own nuclear deterrent.

Shrug did a complex web of alliances prevent the “first” world war, shrug, perhaps what is required is something else, like maybe greater respect for international agreed rules based orders or something shrug.

Good luck with that.

SCIENCE said:

…maybe greater respect for international agreed rules based orders or something shrug.

I’d sign up for that, like a shot.

What’s the word on it from Moscow, Beijing, and Pyongyang?

captain_spalding said:

monkey skipper said:

party_pants said:

It’ll be fucked.

What matters now is food security, energy security, resources security and technology security.

Very few countries have all 4.

Which brings us back to bolstering our own food economy…needs to be a ground swell of supporting local producers

Australia is, and has long been, self-sufficient in food. Australia is a food exporter.

Some of the things Austrlia needs to import are:

Apparel and textiles: This category accounts for around 28% of Australia’s imports.

Metals and machinery: This category accounts for around 20% of Australia’s imports.

Petroleum and crude oils: A major import for Australia.

Cars: A major import for Australia.

Phone system devices: This includes smartphones.

Computers and optical readers: A major import for Australia.

Pharmaceuticals: A major import for Australia.

Electro-medical equipment: This includes X-ray machines.

Blood fractions: This includes antisera.

We used to have our own manufacturers of some of those things, but it was just so much more efficient to allow them to be sent ‘offshore’.

Yes, i know, we have four oil refineries, but we still import fuels.

We could do some of these, but at higher cost. Textiles and apparel is not technologically difficult, just labour intensive. We could metals, machinery and fuels using coal or NG, but at a higher cost than using crude oil. High tech products we don’t do, we need US, Japan, Suth Korea, Taiwan and/or China. Lucky we have a few things we can trade.

Bubblecar said:

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

A lot of people don’t seem to understand that Trump is a friend and admirer of Putin and his regime.

If anything, his election is another wake-up call to Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan etc.

We need to form alliances that don’t depend on the USA. We may have to bite the bullet and invest in our own nuclear deterrent.

Shrug did a complex web of alliances prevent the “first” world war, shrug, perhaps what is required is something else, like maybe greater respect for international agreed rules based orders or something shrug.

Good luck with that.

Sure but then if the argument is that might makes right, then why would a strong cuntry decide to weaken itself ¿

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

…maybe greater respect for international agreed rules based orders or something shrug.

I’d sign up for that, like a shot.

What’s the word on it from Moscow, Beijing, and Pyongyang?

Which one of them profits from an international agreed rules based orders or something ¿ Strange it is.

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

…maybe greater respect for international agreed rules based orders or something shrug.

I’d sign up for that, like a shot.

What’s the word on it from Moscow, Beijing, and Pyongyang?

Which one of them profits from an international agreed rules based orders or something ¿ Strange it is.

actually we take that all back clearly it’s the rich billionaires taking credit for running technology companies who benefit from it, and have the interests of everyone in the world at heart

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

SCIENCE said:

Shrug did a complex web of alliances prevent the “first” world war, shrug, perhaps what is required is something else, like maybe greater respect for international agreed rules based orders or something shrug.

Good luck with that.

Sure but then if the argument is that might makes right, then why would a strong cuntry decide to weaken itself ¿

Australia won’t weaken itself by strengthening its ties with the opponents of fascism, which for the foreseeable future doesn’t include the USA.

monkey skipper said:

Are we there yet? Is the world at the tipping point of WWIII?

Gee, aren’t you a little ray of fucking sunshine?

kii said:

monkey skipper said:

Are we there yet? Is the world at the tipping point of WWIII?

Gee, aren’t you a little ray of fucking sunshine?

Solar Powered World War Three

captain_spalding said:

monkey skipper said:

party_pants said:

It’ll be fucked.

What matters now is food security, energy security, resources security and technology security.

Very few countries have all 4.

Which brings us back to bolstering our own food economy…needs to be a ground swell of supporting local producers

Australia is, and has long been, self-sufficient in food. Australia is a food exporter.

Some of the things Austrlia needs to import are:

Apparel and textiles: This category accounts for around 28% of Australia’s imports.

Metals and machinery: This category accounts for around 20% of Australia’s imports.

Petroleum and crude oils: A major import for Australia.

Cars: A major import for Australia.

Phone system devices: This includes smartphones.

Computers and optical readers: A major import for Australia.

Pharmaceuticals: A major import for Australia.

Electro-medical equipment: This includes X-ray machines.

Blood fractions: This includes antisera.

We used to have our own manufacturers of some of those things, but it was just so much more efficient to allow them to be sent ‘offshore’.

Yes, i know, we have four oil refineries, but we still import fuels.

Back in the days of Covid it was mentioned somewhere that Australia has the capacity to feed 50 million as of that point in time

Its cool people , I’ve stocked up on pregnant man emojiis on my phone and invested heavily in non fungible tokens – ill be rich and my investments highly sought after. I can make some coin on the side with trump rage videos.

Lest We Forget

SCIENCE said:

Lest We Forget

Dunno about you but the cold war kept me from not forgetting

roughbarked said:

SCIENCE said:

Lest We Forget

Dunno about you but the cold war kept me from not forgetting

That Was Faked Just Like The Moon Landing

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

SCIENCE said:

Lest We Forget

Dunno about you but the cold war kept me from not forgetting

That Was Faked Just Like The Moon Landing

and the earth is stiill flat?

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/putin-unleashes-first-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-on-ukraine-in-message-to-west/ss-AA1uuEim?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=cf80066dd7a74a29bc1dab3177e38010&ei=12

Putin unleashes first intercontinental ballistic missile on Ukraine in message to West
Story by Gergana Krasteva • 1h
Vladimir Putin has allegedly unleashed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) on Ukraine – for the first time during the more than 1,000 days of his war – in a message to the West. This morning’s attack from Russia’s southern Astrakhan region comes 24 hours after Ukraine deployed US and British missiles on targets inside Russia (Picture: EPA)