One of Dover’s key follows on Twitter is posting about this interview with some Frog clown, who Arnie Bertrand says is one of greatest minds in France.

Arnaud Bertrand

Emmanuel Todd – probably the greatest living French intellectual – absolutely spot on as usual: “Elon Musk is an astonishing character. He’s the richest man in the world and so he has no filter. So he says things that seem absurd to us. I mean, he interferes in German politics, he basically craps on the Germans. He interferes in English politics, he craps on the English. He’s just saying it out loud, but the truth is that when you read American geopolitical experts, this is what Americans think of us! Meaning he talks to Europeans the way Americans think. Americans despise us for our servility. And Musk is just the guy who says it. So we’re shocked.”

The greatest living French intellectual ignores the uncomfortable fact that Europeans loudly express their opinions about America and American politics whenever they feel like it. The fact that Musk is the richest man in the world is irrelevant. It’s his opinions and how he conveys them that ultimately matter. He’s just one guy using social media to expose how disgusting the European ruling class has become. The fact that the UK mainstream media essentially ignored the rape fest is a scandal. The fact that the German media allowed the German government to pull the stunts they’ve pulled is deranged. That’s why Musk is hitting home runs.
The EU, including the UK, has a population of 525 million. There’s plenty of scope for Europe to rival the U.S. economically, but they refuse to because Net-Zero is far more important.

calli
 January 7, 2025 6:33 pm
we can’t have enough of comments on Elbow’s presser du jour.

He was wearing the Akubra too! Makes him look more authentic.

I’ve stopped wearing my old Akubra and can’t bear to look at it since Elbow debased the brand. I may have to donate it to an op shop….

Prince Andrew reported to the POLICE after ‘using fake name’ amid saga around private investments company

No, I said: Those weapons were never under the strategic command of Ukraine. We don’t determine whether a car is someone’s because they can operate it but because it’s registered in their name, and the like.

Dover, in your silly analogy you can’t register the car because central registry has disappeared. It no longer existed. The Soviet union expired and Ukraine was a republic, just like Russia.

It did in fact secede from the Soviet Union. They literaly had a vote and declared their independence.

The Soviet union stopped breathing, vote or no vote ; there was nothing to secede from. LOL

It’s only a non-issue in fantasy land. In the real world, when you make moves that are gravely detrimental to another power, you better prepare for a response.

At one of the peak times of the Cold War, France left and no one gave a rats and they were welcomed back sometime in the first decade of this C,.

Greece withdrew over Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus, and so did Turkey. They both left the command structure.
You’re being overly dramatic.

And compared to Soviet plays after WW2? You have to be kidding. The Soviet Union was only kept whole up to when it expired in ER through thuggery and intimidation. They were hated.

How can you not watch this a dozen times and get tired of it seeing the tension on her face, including the nervous giggle. Heaven.

The Strategic Missile Forces were under the control of the Soviet Union.

Which on Boxing Day, 1991, it expired. No more. Gonsky.

They were never the property or under the authority of the various SSRs. When it ceased to exist they came under the authority of the Russian Federation. There was no gift or sale.

How convenient. Incidentally, the vote you mentioned in Ukraine occurred 25 days prior to the expiry carried by 90% of the vote, including Crimea.

I’m talking about moves between rival powers and you’re talk about jockeying within a bloc.

As an aside, Turkey never left NATO over Cyprus and the US operates multiple key bases therein.

Oh please, you suggested that if any member tried to leave NATO, they would be in for it. I merely gave you three instances. Turkey, like Greece left the command structure.

If any of the republics had tried the same thing in the Soviet Union’s heyday, they would’ve killed off by starvation. Every last capitalist running dog.

Yes, with command of the strategic missiles forces passing to its successor, the Russian Federation.

Russia, like Ukraine was republic in the Soviet Union. It had no more right to the nukes than Ukraine and nothing you can say can change that. In fact, it wasn’t Russian pressure to hand over the nukes, it was actually western countries.

You can ‘oh please’ all you like but this is the series of comments that precedes the above

It wasn’t just a good response, it was a perfect response and as usual you attempt to confuse readers with pedantic sideshows.

Alex Ryvchin in the Daily Telegraph:

The Attorney-General is embarking on a peacekeeping mission to Israel on behalf of the Australian government, though it is difficult to ascertain who he is aiming to pacify.

The Government’s response to the October 7 atrocities has included pushing for the creation of a Palestinian state, refusing to rule out arresting the Israeli Prime Minister at the behest of an international tribunal, and making it difficult for Israeli tourists to visit Australia by drowning their applications in processing delays and additional paperwork.

At the very least, the visit will afford the Government an opportunity to atone for the hurt caused by the Foreign Minister’s refusal to visit the sites of the October 7 invasion and atrocities.

The Attorney-General will be moved by his visit. It is impossible to stand in places where families were tortured and burned alive and feel nothing.

He will have the opportunity to see the beauty of the Nova Festival site and the idyllic agricultural villages forever defiled by rape, slaughter and innocents dragged off like medieval trophies of war.

He will grasp what Israel is fighting for and what it is fighting against.

In the south, he will meet genuine heroes who singlehandedly fought off the terrorists and saved countless lives doing so.

He should meet wounded soldiers, who are humble, steely, the salt of the earth.

All this will help him understand why the removal of Hamas, once and for all, and the liberation of the hostages it still holds, including babies and ailing seniors, is the moral imperative of our time.

He will also field questions from incredulous Israelis along the lines of “what the hell is going on in Australia? They’re burning synagogues and cars there now?”

The question is whether any of this will lead to a policy reset and meaningful action.

Whether Australia will once again treat Israelis like democratic allies fighting the embodiment of evil rather than, at best, a nuisance and, at worst, an enemy. Whether it will compel the Government to abandon its confrontation with Israel at the United Nations and to say clearly and strongly, as it should have along: “Hamas must let the hostages go and lay down its arms and the war ends tomorrow.”

Or will they continue on their current path which will for the first time in Australian history force Jewish Australians to consider on election day, which party will do more to keep our families safe from violent Jew-hatred and which party will treat Israel like a pariah or like a friend?

Alex Ryvchin is the Co-Chief Executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.

I suppose it’s good that Dreyfus is heading over, but what will be actually achieved is anyone’s guess.
Take Albo with him.

Sure, the population of Greenland is about 56,000 people. But if commits or threatens force, how does he then argue against China taking over Taiwan?

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@JesseBWatters

FOX NEWS ALERT: We’re finding out just how much the @FBI and locals officials blew it in the terrorist attack in New Orleans. New video shows Jabbar planting IEDs inside giant coolers around Bourbon Street, which police never noticed. We’re also finding out that New Orleans police had barricades that could’ve stopped the attack, but they didn’t put them up — because the police chief was out to lunch. But the terrorist should never have even made it that far in the first place. He was a walking red flag that the FBI should’ve scooped up a long time ago. He posted crazy things on the internet, ranting about the “end times.” An hour and half before the attack, he posted on Facebook — pledging his allegiance to ISIS. And while Jabbar was radicalizing, Chris Wray was rummaging through Melania’s closet. They also missed the two attempted-assassins who targeted @realDonaldTrump and Brett Kavanaugh. Why are all of these assassins and terrorists slipping through the FBI’s fingers? Because the bureau’s fighting a political war instead of a real one. They’re still focused on January 6th. Today, Merrick Garland called the investigation “one of the most complex, and most resource-intensive investigations in the Justice Department’s history.” Andy McCabe called it “a massive piece of the institution’s work”… so massive that it’s distracting them from noticing cooler bombs and assassins.