news

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/europe/north-korea-troops-ukraine-russia.html

Ghost of Pyongyang

I know many leftists oppose non-military foreign aid because it promotes US regime change friendly NGOs. However, not all aid is like that and the right wing opposition to US Foreign aid is because "they are not Americans, why are we helping them?".

But take the condoms example, where do you think those condoms are made? I know US is struggling with manufacturing but I think condoms are one of those things it can still make.

Would Americans buy those condoms if it weren't sent to Mozambique? Wouldn't it likely be thrown in the landfill instead?

And the condom manufacturers make extra profit from Government purchases.

heartwarming news: Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from ECOWAS

https://x.com/ryangrim/status/1885037123222315215

Explosion in Rheinmetall weapons factory in Spain (southeastern Spain, Autonomous Community of Murcia, not to be confused with 'Murica) (archive link from a Spanish news website). Translating from Spanish:

Six workers have been harmed by the explosion, which happened in an ammo storage facility, with one of the workers being gravely wounded. Rheinmetall has a total of 7 factories in Spain. In August 2023 Rheinmetall bought the Spanish weapons firm "Expal Systems" for $1.3bn. The company, now named "Expal Munitions", is specialized in the manufacture of bombs, mortar ammunition, and mid-distance projectiles, as well as rocket propulsion systems and 155mm artillery projectiles, delivered to both other countries in the EU and to Ukraine. AFAIK, the causes of the explosions are still unknown (or at least unpublished).

Unemployment is high and salaries are low in general in southern Spain, so I find it hard to rejoice on the harm to the workers. That said: unlimited explosions in western military industrial factories.

Rationalist (Silicon Valley tech worshiping) adjacent, possibly vegan, possibly trans, death cult kills landlord and (Washington State) border patrol officer. I wish I was editorializing here, but weird things are happening in the tech sphere.

True Anon (intro into rationalism and what is going on) - https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/zizian-murder-cult-1

Newsweek (summary of both murders) - https://www.newsweek.com/death-cult-linked-two-murders-zizians-2023563

AP (Youngblut's arrest) - https://apnews.com/article/vermont-border-patrol-shooting-youngblut-72c1b68aeb3d52cccb05b6b850d83450

Apollo Mojave (I cannot vouch for the integrity of this source) - https://web.archive.org/web/20250130033312/https://zizians.info/

Open Vallejo (Case overview) - https://openvallejo.org/2025/01/27/suspects-in-killings-of-vallejo-witness-vermont-border-patrol-agent-connected-by-marriage-license-extreme-ideology/

SF Gate (Another case overview) - https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-death-cult-zizian-murders-20064333.php

Key Figures:

• Ziz LeSota (née Jack): Leader of the "Zizians"
• Milo Yongblut (né Theresa Yongblut): Alleged killer of Mayland. In custody.
• Ophelia Bauckhol (née Felix Bauckhol): Partner of Milo. Deceased.
• Curtis Lind: Landlord. Deceased.
• David Mayland: Border patrol officer. Deceased.
• Maximillian Snyder: Alleged killer of Lind. In custody.

Note that deadnames of individuals have been included for ease of research. Very few news outlets are using the chosen names of Zizian-related individuals, so their commonly used names have been included.

It is getting late, and I'm going to stop researching this before hallucinations set in, because this is very strange.

A little news from Kursk oblast.

Russian forces eliminated another Nazi (18+): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/28/1011722.html

Russian drone operators destroyed another Kiev regime T-64 tank (video): https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,---Kursk-region,-Destruction-of-enemy-tank:a

~~if anyone's bored I'm showing one of Stalin's favorite movies on hexbear live right now~~

~~the kids movies are on, if I'm still around after they finish I'll probably try to finish my mover~~

I finished my movie. Here's the link if you want to see it yourself. If you're curious about some history behind the film, let me know.

AP - Staffing was ‘not normal’ in the air traffic control tower at Washington’s Reagan National Airport

That’s according to a report by the Federal Aviation Administration that was obtained by The Associated Press.

The report says one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash.

“The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” the report says.

We already knew it, but now it's confirmed.

There has to be some kind of irony to such a terrible crash happening at Reagan National Airport, right? The guy who fired all the air traffic controllers?

Damn, they actually got him:
https://english.almanar.com.lb/2326898

Al-Qassam Brigades Military Spokesman announced on Thursday the martyrdom of Hams military wing’s chief Muhammad Al-Deif in addition to a number of other commanders during the Zionist war on Gaza.

In an interview with Breno Altman for the Brazilian news portal Opera Mundi, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said, "With Brazil, there was no crisis, there is no crisis, and there will be no crisis." "There are simply differences between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, differences with advisors; from there, from here. The duty of President Lula and President Nicolás Maduro is to understand each other for our countries, turn the page."

"The new scenario of world geopolitics, the situation of Our America, and prioritize relations between Brazil and Venezuela, peaceful relations, cooperation, brotherhood, and economic progress."

• Brian Mier Telesur Twitter