Political Thread in memory of David Reid. (R.I.P.)

[Supersub6]

From the spokesperson for the UN high commissioner for human rights:

It is clear that the operation undermined a fundamental principle of international law – that states must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.

The US has justified its intervention on the grounds of the Venezuelan government’s longstanding and appalling human rights record, but accountability for human rights violations cannot be achieved by unilateral military intervention in violation of international law. The people of Venezuela deserve accountability through a fair, victim-centred process.

As has been clear in the UN Human Rights Office’s consistent reporting on the continued deterioration of the situation in Venezuela for about a decade, the rights of the Venezuelan people have been violated for too long. We fear that the current instability and further militarisation in the country resulting from the US intervention will only make the situation worse.

Trump is no doubt laughing his bollox off.

No doubt t hat the UN will act ----just as they have done in the Gaza situation. Trump will indeed be laughing.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

No doubt t hat the UN will act ----just as they have done in the Gaza situation. Trump will indeed be laughing.

No-one available to stop the Orange Manchild and his genocidal mate in arms Netanyahu mein freund. The pair of gangsters have realised they can do whatever they want with total impunity.

Our not so Iron Maiden of a Prime Minister is silent. Gob shut. Gone fishing.

[sinkov]

Just read this on Facebook, no way on earth could I better this...
"I?ve been watching an absolutely heroic amount of pearl-clutching lately from people who insist that J.D. Vance would somehow be ?worse? than Trump once Trump?s inevitable political and biological expiration arrives.
Let?s get something straight: it has never been about Trump, not for one second.
Trump is just the mascot. The real story is the people who finally saw themselves in him and felt validated by what they saw.
I actually believe most of them will drift away when the cult collapses, like embarrassed fans of a one-hit wonder. Many of them will swear they were never really into him at all. The MAGA amnesia is going to be epic.
I used to wonder how it was possible that Trump could have won in 2016 and then again in 2024, given how emotionally toxic, morally vacant, and psychologically mangled he is.
I don?t wonder anymore.
I think he won for that exact reason.
He wasn?t a candidate. He was a mirror.
If you were a racist, you found your guy.
If you were a misogynist, you found your guy.
If money was your only religion, you found your guy.
If your heart was armored shut, you found your guy.
If you mocked disabled people, you found your guy.
If you hated intelligent people, you found your guy.
If you were a rapist, you found your guy.
If you enjoyed golden showers with Russian *** workers, you found your guy.
If you?d done absolutely nothing to confront your emotional wreckage, you found your guy.
If you were a serial cheater, you found your guy.
If you were a perpetual bankrupt, you found your guy.
If you stiffed honest workers, you found your guy.
If you were a conman, you found your guy.
If you mocked people?s appearances, you found your guy.
If you longed for a toxic Daddy, you found your guy.
If you were dissociated and disembodied, you found your guy.
If you were unconscionable in every economic dealing, you found your guy.
If you lied as naturally as breathing, you found your guy.
If you?d never eaten a green vegetable, you found your guy.
If you were a white supremacist, you found your guy.
If your ego contained a hole so large not even the presidency could fill it, you found your guy.
If you were a sociopath who cared not one molecule about other humans, you found your guy.
If he had only two of these traits, he never would have won. He won because he had hundreds of them, and millions of people recognized themselves in at least one.
This has never been about Trump. It has always been about the people who finally had their worst instincts validated.
Trump didn?t create the cruelty, he licensed it. He handed out permission slips for hate.
He is merely a symptom of a far deeper disease: collective toxicity.
If there is one sentence that explains Trump?s power, it is this: ?He says the things I?m thinking.?
That?s the part that should chill the spine.
Who knew that tens of millions of Americans were thinking such unconscionable things about their fellow citizens? Who knew how many white men felt so threatened by women and challenged by minorities that they were ready to torch democracy to feel big again? Who knew that after decades of apparent progress on race and gender, so many people were living in seething resentment, waiting for a demagogue to legitimize their worst selves and convert their bitterness into political power?
Perhaps we were living in a fool?s paradise.
We aren?t anymore."

Trump Derangement Syndrome. No known cure.

[sinkov]

From the spokesperson for the UN high commissioner for human rights:

It is clear that the operation undermined a fundamental principle of international law ? that states must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.

The US has justified its intervention on the grounds of the Venezuelan government?s longstanding and appalling human rights record, but accountability for human rights violations cannot be achieved by unilateral military intervention in violation of international law. The people of Venezuela deserve accountability through a fair, victim-centred process.

As has been clear in the UN Human Rights Office?s consistent reporting on the continued deterioration of the situation in Venezuela for about a decade, the rights of the Venezuelan people have been violated for too long. We fear that the current instability and further militarisation in the country resulting from the US intervention will only make the situation worse.

Trump is no doubt laughing his bollox off.

No doubt he is, so am I.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

The only question now mon ami is where and when will the Orange Manchild stop with the US Empire's expansionism?

[sinkov]

The only question now mon ami is where and when will the Orange Manchild stop with the US Empire's expansionism?

Mr Trump has patiently explained that the US will secure and consolidate in their own their own sphere of influence, backyard if you will. That incudes Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba and Greenland. They are the world's number one superpower, and acting like it, what do you expect ? There is nothing secretive about it, why don't you listen ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Mr Trump has patiently explained that the US will secure and consolidate in their own their own sphere of influence, backyard if you will. That incudes Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba and Greenland. They are the world's number one superpower, and acting like it, what do you expect ? There is nothing secretive about it, why don't you listen ?

Your support for a global bullying gangster amazes me mon ami. History is full of these bully boys. The masses always rise to depose the bully. Remember Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot?

Trump's had top change the Venezuelan President's indictment, he's not a "narcoterrorist" after all, just someone Trump despises for having the audacity to copy his stupid "Uncle at at Wedding" dance.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Mr Trump has patiently explained that the US will secure and consolidate in their own their own sphere of influence, backyard if you will. That incudes Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba and Greenland. They are the world's number one superpower, and acting like it, what do you expect ? There is nothing secretive about it, why don't you listen ?

Here we go..!

Donald Trump has said Venezuela will be “turning over” $2bn worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil production cuts.

“This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!” Trump said.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Trump Derangement Syndrome. No known cure.

Just read that the spiteful Orange Manchild's administration will slash $10 billion in funding for social services and childcare in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York - all Democrat-led states. What a W@nker.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Minnesota corruption..? Someone is having a laugh.

https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-donald-trump-pardons-second-term-2077874?social_type=MSQA

[The Bedlington Terrier]

He would not be deemed fit enough financially to run Blackburn Rovers..!

Put the Venkys in the White House.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2025-08-21/heres-where-all-the-legal-cases-against-trump-stand-since-his-return-to-the-white-house

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Whoops a daisy..!

For months, Trump has promoted the claim that Maduro was the leader of a drug cartel called Cartel de los Soles. Now, DOJ prosecutors say the organization does not even exist.

[Supersub6]

Minnesota corruption..? Someone is having a laugh.

https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-d...cial_type=MSQA

COme on, BT, that is almost 8 months old, surely there has been more happening in the world since then.

You need to read up about the whole situation as far as Venezuelan oil is concerned. They have managed to cock up a very profitable business into a far from stable organisation in the last 27 years and seem to be getting further and further in debt to the Chinese who have been pouring money into the Caribbean Islands and parts of South America.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

COme on, BT, that is almost 8 months old, surely there has been more happening in the world since then.

You need to read up about the whole situation as far as Venezuelan oil is concerned. They have managed to cock up a very profitable business into a far from stable organisation in the last 27 years and seem to be getting further and further in debt to the Chinese who have been pouring money into the Caribbean Islands and parts of South America.

To be honest mein freund it's a duck shoot. The Orange Manchild lies every time he opens his mouth. Trump has said the funds from his latest oil raid is going directly into his arse pocket for later distribution (or something along those lines).

I'm amazed the world is putting up with his $hit.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Sorry Supersub6, I only have limited time to educate you lot...

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present