"What that headline leaves out is the fact that that very ICE officer nearly had his life ended, dragged by a car six months ago, 33 stitches in his legs," he continued. "So you think maybe he's a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile?"
"People are like, 'It's upcoming, it's in 2029. You've got to prepare now. What would Kobe do? If Kobe was running for mayor of New York City, what would he do?' He'd be preparing right now. He'd be waking up 4:30 in the morning. Did I wake up at 4:30 this morning? F--- no," Rapaport continued. "But we are preparing."
They were military and security personnel (who had every right to be there, cooperating on defensive measures).
«Nuestras condolencias al Pdte. Díaz Canel, al gobierno y al glorioso pueblo de Cuba. ¡Vuelen alto, combatientes! Su ejemplo queda sembrado en la tierra sagrada de Simón Bolívar como ejemplo de valentía y dignidad», expresó la presidenta encargada.
«La República Bolivariana de Venezuela rinde homenaje a los 32 combatientes cubanos que ofrendaron su vida cumpliendo su deber, en el marco de misiones de cooperación y defensa, como consecuencia del ataque criminal e infame perpetrado por el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos contra territorio venezolano en la madrugada del 3 de enero de 2026», expresaba el comunicado oficial emitido por el gobierno venezolano.
El comunicado especificaba que «este personal actuaba en el marco de la cooperación entre Estados soberanos y se encontraban cumpliendo tareas de protección y defensa institucional». Venezuela reconoció la actuación de los cubanos en el ejercicio de su profesión, en los que distingue «la valentía, la disciplina y el compromiso inquebrantable con la paz y la estabilidad regional».
Fortunately by that time, I already fell out of the libertarian pipeline, after realizing it was just fascism with extra steps. The rise of the anti-sjw stuff then pushed me away and made it clear they were never serious about supporting gays with guns growing weed.
Sidenote: It's fucking insane how my early views on American empire were informed by Ron Paul. He was the only person who would bring up CIA coups in Guatemala and Iran, or how the US supported Saddam du8rring the Iran-Iraq war. He talked about the drug war, and how much violence that spread through latin america. He was the only person saying that Al Qaeda had political reasons for terrorism, it wasn't just random anti-western violence. I learned the term "Blowback" from him. I think I even read Manufacturing Consent because of him. But I conveniently ignored all of his christofascist views, since that could be chalked up to "states' rights". Yes, I was dumb
Imagine if Germans only stayed focused on technocratic governance like this. It would be great! But no, they always have to be conquering Europe and supporting genocides instead.
That article is actually good, though. Its just a stupid headline.
Obviously chinas massive engineering projects are going to effect the environment, sometimes in negative and unexpected ways. Their best universities are studying those effects.
Sensitive bitch