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North Korea?[edit]
@Euromec I question the accuracy of your last WIGO entry. Reasoning; https://www.nknews.org/2024/06/fact-check-north-korea-has-not-announced-plans-to-send-troops-to-ukraine-yet/ . KarmaPolice (talk) 18:43, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
Pope Francis[edit]
Are we gonna have another schism? Over the dumbest shit possible too. Carthage (talk) 12:18, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
- Schisms happen all the time with the Catholic Church, it's just that 95% of the never go anywhere. [qv: Independent Catholicism ] KarmaPolice (talk) 12:33, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Biden[edit]
Shouldn’t we mention his outstanding performance last night? 2A00:23C4:AA1D:4A01:5868:136A:BED9:A1E1 (talk) 06:46, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
Burkina Faso[edit]
You know one of the underappreciated legacies of colonialism in Africa is homophobia. Like, you can trace a direct line between missionary activity and homophobic sentiment in Africa. I think that's context that a lot of people would rather not think about. Carthage (talk) 16:10, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
- dunno if thats an underappreciated legacy. i thought was just an acknowledged fact these days. the draconian laws in uganda mentioned the article were drawn up with the direct involvement ofus evangelicals. this is not merely a throwback from colonialism, this current. AMassiveGay (talk) 18:08, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
Max Boot's wife...[edit]
...is a person too, Sue Mi Terry
. Referring to her solely as someone's wife doesn't seem to be polite, nor very rational.--2A00:102A:4006:73FC:65E5:2010:3202:13D9 (talk) 05:51, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Honestly, this type of shit is par for the course for this God-awful Godless wiki. @Natsuki Marx You've got some explaining to do. MayGodSaveUsAll (talk) 07:52, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think the explanation is the Mediaite headline was almost verbatim copied. Take it up with them. Chillpilled (talk) 08:08, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- There's no rule saying that we have to keep the exact same headline. Fixing the WIGO entry will not magically make sexism disappear, but you're sure as hell not gonna tell me that we can just use the N-word just because the headline uses it. Also, I was asking Natsuki Marx, not you, Chillpilled MayGodSaveUsAll (talk) 08:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think this is a particularly big deal. I didn't actually copy the title purposely, I just typed what I thought an accurate nutshelling of the situation article was. I'm more inclined to mention Max Boot only because I'm immediately familiar with who he is, and not his wife. You're welcome to change the text of the poll if you'd like. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 11:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- How about 'Sue Mi Terry (partner of Max Boot)'? KarmaPolice (talk) 11:58, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- For the record, I believe both of those original commenters are trolls, but I've edited the entry now. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 12:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- How about 'Sue Mi Terry (partner of Max Boot)'? KarmaPolice (talk) 11:58, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- I don't think this is a particularly big deal. I didn't actually copy the title purposely, I just typed what I thought an accurate nutshelling of the situation article was. I'm more inclined to mention Max Boot only because I'm immediately familiar with who he is, and not his wife. You're welcome to change the text of the poll if you'd like. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 11:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- There's no rule saying that we have to keep the exact same headline. Fixing the WIGO entry will not magically make sexism disappear, but you're sure as hell not gonna tell me that we can just use the N-word just because the headline uses it. Also, I was asking Natsuki Marx, not you, Chillpilled MayGodSaveUsAll (talk) 08:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think the explanation is the Mediaite headline was almost verbatim copied. Take it up with them. Chillpilled (talk) 08:08, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for editing for clarification. I'm not a troll, as far as I can know (though my post may sound a bit troll-ish, when I re-read it), I just found it annoying, uninformative & also very 19th century when someone's only referred to by their relationship status. (Also I'm not an American, so I have had no clue who's Max Boot & even less why his wife's indictment can be of interest. I had to search for both. I would've rewritten it myself, but that was not an option as I'm not a registered user.)--2A00:102A:4006:73FC:58E7:F6D1:22BB:E9FD (talk) 15:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- I would like to also thank Natsuki Marx for the edit. I apologize for sounding harsh, which I think lead to a misunderstanding. Natsuki, I don't believe you were deliberately being sexist for adding that WIGO entry. But, I suggest thinking about why it is that you are more familiar with Boot than Terry. MayGodSaveUsAll (talk) 17:51, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for editing for clarification. I'm not a troll, as far as I can know (though my post may sound a bit troll-ish, when I re-read it), I just found it annoying, uninformative & also very 19th century when someone's only referred to by their relationship status. (Also I'm not an American, so I have had no clue who's Max Boot & even less why his wife's indictment can be of interest. I had to search for both. I would've rewritten it myself, but that was not an option as I'm not a registered user.)--2A00:102A:4006:73FC:58E7:F6D1:22BB:E9FD (talk) 15:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Who gives a shit? Being a pundit’s wife is what this person would be most immediately known. It’s a headline, not a damn biography. Get over yourselves.
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Pro-Israel/anti-Ukraine campaign by the Russian influence operation caught by DoJ[edit]
See the full affidavit linked there: https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366261/dl
Exhibit 12A (PDF viewer pages: 255 through 261)
Quote: "At present, the situation in the state of Israel seems very favorable for launching a major project aimed at influencing public opinion. The goal of such influence is to rip Israel out of the general Western anti-Russian agenda and to create a sustainable public opinion which would deem neo-Nazism and dictatorship in Ukraine, rendering aid to neo-Nazis, and, therefore, the escalation of the conflict by the West and helping anti-Russian political emigration unacceptable. … We propose to create a full-fledged three language right-wing information online project in Hebrew, Russian and English. The online project will target Jewish communities across the globe, first and foremost in Israel and the US. The official ideology of the project should be moderately religious Zionism of Soviet Jews (approximately matches the ideology platforms of Likud and Religions Zionism parties which are part of the government coalition." Chillpilled (talk) 11:26, 5 September 2024 (UTC)