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Streamer 'Troll' Johnny Somali Found Guilty on All Counts, Sentenced to South Korean Prison Labor Camp For Public Nuisance Crimes

I didn't know that this guy kissed the Statue of Peace aka the Comfort Woman Statue in Korea for clicks. That's pretty foul. That statue is dedicated to all of the women who were used as sex slaves by the Japanese in WW2. They have one in the DMZ. The tour guide told us how it depicts women who fought their whole lives for justice for what was done to them. It's a striking piece of art.

Enjoy prison, you clown.

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Tucker Carlson apologizes for 'misleading' people on Trump: 'We're implicated in this for sure'

Carlson also spent last week ranting about how the "civic religion" of elites is Israelism (whatever the hell that means). And he backed up that conclusion with the old "If you want to know who rules over you, just look for who you are not allowed to criticize", which is a quote from a Neo Nazi.

He's a bad actor who launders white nationalist talking points. He goes where he thinks his audience wants him to go. Don't give him credit for finally changing his rhetoric against Trump. It won't last.

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Progressive Democrat Wins Special Election in Huge Rejection of AIPAC

What the article fails to mention is that for many people, the bigger issue is how lobbyist groups can throw dark money behind candidates and get them elected. People want money out of politics.

AIPAC is the most egregious because they are working to funnel tax dollars to a wealthy apartheid state engaging in genocide, but they are just the a part of the problem. People know the Dems are bought and paid for by corporate lobbyists and mega donors and they are sick of it.

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Do you feel a kinship with people who drive the same make/model car as you?

I had an old BMW. I park in the back of retail parking lots because I don't see the point in circling lots to find a space that is 40ft closer and you can pull through the spaces. Lots of times I would come out of the store and another BMW would be parked next to mine, like there was some automotive kinship or something. There would be five open spaces, some guy and my car. It was always weird.

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Ukraine said it captured a Russian position using only ground robots and drones, no infantry, for the first time

Russian soldiers have been recorded surrendering to both aerial drones and ground robots in this war, including by writing messages of surrender that they presented to the operator via the onboard camera and surrendering after notes telling them to do so were dropped by drones.

Surrendering to a machine sounds humiliating but still a better option than going back to the Russian military.

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China Poised to Become Top Tourism Economy as Foreigners Skip US

I'm kind of surprised by this. They gave me a 10yr multiple-entry visa when I applied for a single-entry visa, which made me think they really wanted tourists after COVID. I must have gone off-season, because the sites I visited in Beijing and Xi'an were overwhelmingly populated by domestic tourists.

If you are thinking of going. China is very cool and relatively cheap, especially food and lodging. It's a little challenging to get around because a lot of the travel apps are blocked in China. Like the best map app is in Chinese, so you have to use it with a translator app, but that's part of the fun.