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RandAlThor

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  • Myanmar junta lifts emergency rule, calls for December vote

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  • The military's ambition was always to legitimize their rule through an election system that's rigged in their favor - the constitution was written by them, the electoral system was set up by them. They won the first election in 2011, but to their surprise, lost to the NLD in 2016. They thought they would win in it in 2021 with an ultra-nationalist policy, but again lost to NLD so they staged the coup. This time they've banned most of the opposition parties, disqualified them from running and put them in jails, and made conditions that are almost impossible for others to participate in the election. And on top of that, I am sure they will cheat. This will legitimize their rule. They will seek recognition from other nations on the back of this election. China is pushing for elections too for whatever reason.

  • Trump Administration Considers Rare Earth Deal That Could Reshape the Burma Conflict

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  • In the early days of the coup, Burmese people naively asked for US intervention of the coup, in similar ways we saw the US intervene in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Korea in the decades past that led to a democracy. The cynical and popular answer was that Burma held no oil, i.e. no strategic value for the US. Rare earths may soon change that.

    While all the production from Burma goes to China for processing due to proximity to China, there is a way for the exports to be coursed to Thailand, via the same routes opium and other narcotics have been shipped out of Burma in the decades since CIA encouraged opium farming in Eastern Burma to finance the Chinese Republican army fighting the Red Army.

  • Trump Administration Considers Rare Earth Deal That Could Reshape the Burma Conflict

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  • Or like the Chinese, he will play both sides - the junta and the rebels.

  • Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyer Says She Will Only Testify for Immunity or Clemency

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  • There we go. She's asking for it explicitly what Trump's been dangling in her face.

  • Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia

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  • Honestly, someone hurry up and launch an alternative! Chinese are setting up one but I wouldn't trust them either.

  • UK police hold pro-Palestine protester, 80, for almost 27 hours and search house

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  • So much for "liberal" government.

  • UK police hold pro-Palestine protester, 80, for almost 27 hours and search house

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  • Why has liberal-ruled Britain become attack dogs for Israel?

  • The mathematics of starvation: Why aid can't fix the lethal shortage of food in Gaza

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  • Check the article body.

  • Why did U.S. — not Canadian — fighter jets respond to alleged hijacking of B.C. plane?

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  • My guess is US air bases in Washington were closer to Vancouver so Norad activated their combat aircraft. I think this shows how tightly integrated US and Canadian air defenses are. I think we better draw up some plans in case US becomes the enemy.

  • Why did U.S. — not Canadian — fighter jets respond to alleged hijacking of B.C. plane?

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  • True, though it doesn't base F18s for this kind of mission.

    CFB Comox is the RCAF's primary air defence installation on Canada's Pacific coast and serves as the home base for maritime patrol / anti-submarine aircraft and search and rescue (SAR) aircraft, both fixed-wing and rotary-wing .

  • Why did U.S. — not Canadian — fighter jets respond to alleged hijacking of B.C. plane?

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  • So I wonder why we don't have an air base in BC.

  • Alberta Premier Danielle Smith demands apology from fire-stricken town of Jasper

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  • Didn't she cut funding for fire fighting in the months prior to this fire?

  • ‘A downturn that is really starting to wreak havoc:’ New condo sales in GTHA continue decline as developers cancel more projects

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  • How has this impacted the type of development, and price of housing in BC so far?

  • Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits

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  • Is this the onion?

  • Liberals: But but CHINESE COAL

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  • Chinese don't look at green energy in the same way West does. It is about energy SECURITY. They don't have to IMPORT any gas or oil in order to produce it. The same goes with coal - they have it in abundance, and they will keep using it. It is the main source of their power grid.

  • Alberta's measles outbreaks surpass case counts reported for entire U.S.

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  • lol you're right. that's probably the latter.

  • Canada announces new tariff measures on imported steel to protect domestic industry

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  • Yeah this is not good news for economy nor over-all international trade relations. So far US and Trump has been the only one using tariffs. Once we go this route other nations will employ the same tactics against us - what's going to stop China from imposing tariffs on Canadian exports to China? We are already running a deficit with them.

    And why is Carney using tariffs at a time when there are serious threats to international trade regime?

  • At least 23 dead after airstrike on Buddhist monastery in Myanmar

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  • Your patronizing tone is ironic in light of your ignorance. You don't understand anything. That is the problem and issue. The crusades, the inquisitions, the "residential schools" in Canada etc were conducted BY priests, monks and officials of the church in the name of the religion. None of these militant monks were involved in these heinous crimes. They are absolutely guilty of rhetoric. And again, they are few and far in between in Myanmar. All the articles lead to just a handful of monks and a small group of their followers all of whom are military backed. It IS NOT wide-spread.

    I can read and watch and understand what these militant monks have been saying and doing while you haven't so your ASSUMPTION is again coming from absolute ignorance as are your arguments.

    And it isn't a coincidence that since 2017 when military conducted the Rohingya campaign and the populace knew what they were up to, there has been ZERO incident of racially or religiously motivated riots in Myanmar while these are still a regular occurance in South Asia.

  • At least 23 dead after airstrike on Buddhist monastery in Myanmar

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  • Every religion can be twisted which is MY WORDS. But these monks did NOT cite any Buddhist teaching to the exclusion of others or one that promotes other's death to its benefit. Once again, you are wrong to say that Buddhist teachings were used to justify killings - it is the men in robes who called for it, not the teachings itself. And these monks did not CITE any Buddhist teachings to justify them. Stop spreading falsehoods and hate without knowledge. This is the kind of shit MAGA lives on and you're doing it here.