Former US Secretary of State and living legend Henry Kissinger will turn 100 years old this saturday. A few weeks ago he did a long interview for The Economist, whose youtube comment section was flocked with seething commies. I expect lot’s of this Saturday on reddit and Twitter. And it’s already leaking a few days before, lots of “muh war crimes” nonsense. I wish him well, and may he live up to 110.

https://old.reddit.com/r/behindthebastards/comments/13at0i4/i_regret_to_inform_you_that_the_reason_henry/?sort=controversial

There will never be any justice for this man, but I would take some pleasure if he croaks just moments before turning 100. Fingers crossed.

I’m not saying he should be stuffed in a van, flown to Laos, and dumped in a street with a sign that says “we’re down for whatever with this motherlover,” but that would certainly be an appropriate and entertaining conclusion to his story.

If he outlives Betty White, I’m throwing bagels in protest.

Le heckin wholesome Betty white

https://old.reddit.com/r/FunnyandSad/comments/13g9zg8/party_funded_by_94_year_old_murdoch_and_guided_by/?sort=controversial

He should burn in heck along with Cheney.

How are these two buttholes still alive?

Why do these evil fricks live so fricking loooooong?? Is it the premium healthcare they can afford? I'm leaning towards them living purely out of spite, their black hearts keep them alive through will and hate alone.

https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/121ug71/if_trump_is_prosecuted_george_w_bush_cheney_and/?sort=controversial

https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1660596883272679424?cxt=HHwWgIC26aWE0IsuAAAA

https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1660058320005222400

Why does the economist keep pushing this war criminal on us? What’s next? Words of wisdom from Pol Pot?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Reform_and_Control_Act_of_1986

!animalposters come see this smart bird.

Check this r-slur out:

https://old.reddit.com/user/5l339y71m3/

My favorite comment of theirs found while lurking:

https://old.reddit.com/r/highdeas/comments/zz78x4/i_was_supposed_to_be_born_on_420_but_wasnt_born/j2dmno1?sort=controversial

Russia says its actchyually Ukrainians. Ukraine says they dindu nuffin and its actchyually the Freedom of Russia Legion

Legion enters Russia with tanks:

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1660604873426051072

Helicopter response:

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1660606460076736518

Possibly downed helicopter:

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1660644529710546946

Belgorod evacuation:

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1660635180632096768

Is this the great civil war(tm). Probably not. I imagine the attackers will dissipate back across the borders once a big enough response is mounted but it seems like they have got the element of surprise going for them right now.

Confirmed downed helicopter:

https://twitter.com/bilyk_alex/status/1660654555422392325

Looks like shit is getting real chaotic. Whether this police uniform thing is real or just people panicking, it seems like its a confused shitshow.

Free Legion has demo'd a bridge:

Free Legion might be digging in:

⚡️If you’re gonna invade Russia pretending to be some Russian group not cooperating with Ukraine, at least don’t use American MRAP’s and HMMWV's that have been recently transferred to Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/VSHnfCV41V

— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) May 22, 2023

They also shot civilians https://twitter.com/warmonitors/status/1660645533570965506?s=46&t=rp86Br4jFL5QpcMU6p6szw

That kills whole khohols defensive war narrative since they used western tech and entered Russian. Putin needed good reason to declare new mobilization wave.

Funeral scenes like these are now routine in Ukraine as churches have become a refuge for the grieving since the start of the Russian invasion. But many Ukrainians draw a line at paying respect to priests and other church officials, whom they suspect of sympathizing—or worse, colluding—with the enemy.

Many

Ukraine’s government is under pressure to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) since the Security Service of Ukraine uncovered Russian literature and passports from its monasteries and some of its priests were publicly seen blessing the invading army.

Not Russian literature in a Russian speaking region

This war has a “strong religious tone,” said Tetiana Derkach, an authority on religious affairs in Ukraine and the author of Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine: Anatomy of Treason.

Sounds like an unbiased expert on this topic

According to a December poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, 78 percent of Ukrainians believed that the state should intervene in the activities of the UOC-MP to one degree or another, while 54 percent advocated for a complete ban. Another 24 percent favored a somewhat “softer” approach, while only 12 percent said the government should not interfere in the church’s affairs at all and investigate only specific cases.

Seems very reliable

In a more recent case, the former governor of the Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery, one of the most revered shrines of Orthodox Christianity, was charged with inciting religious hatred and glorifying Russia’s aggression. Even though Ukraine’s security services released a phone recording to back their allegations, Metropolitan Pavel defended himself, saying that charges against him were politically motivated.

How was he inciting religious hatred over a phone call?

“I would like Russia to leave us alone,” he is reported to have said to prove his loyalty. The UOC-MP last year formally disavowed the invasion and said it no longer took orders from Moscow, but few believe it.

“I am now in Ukraine,” Pavel said. “This is my land.” He was, nonetheless, placed under house arrest. He claimed he had been asked to switch affiliation to the OCU and that it had been hinted the case against him would be dropped if he obeyed. Many Ukrainians, however, see it as their patriotic duty to leave the UOC-MP.

Compelling people to change their religious sect is valid cause many think its patriotic chud.

According to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, 18 percent of Ukrainians polled in 2021 identified as members of the UOC-MP, but by last July, a few months into the full-scale invasion, that number had fallen steeply to 4 percent. In the same time frame, the numbers of OCU members rose, from 42 to 54 percent. But the UOC-MP is still the biggest church in terms of parishes, with 12,000 across the country compared with the OCU’s 7,600. Experts say practical impediments, as well as spiritual blackmail by priests, make it harder for Ukrainians to easily shift their church affiliation.

Nothing seems wrong here It makes total sense that 18% patronized twice the number of churches that 42% did.

The Ukrainian government faces many challenges in reining in what it sees as fifth columnists. Firstly, each Orthodox parish is a separate legal entity, and it will be difficult if not impossible to ban each one. Secondly, the OCU does not exist abroad, while the UOC-MP does and is offering assistance as well as solace to Ukrainian refugees. Thirdly, an overreaction may be counterproductive. Not everyone doubts the loyalty of every UOC-MP priest or sees them as beholden to Moscow. These followers could follow their spiritual guides to their homes if their license to preach were canceled. Some experts worry about social tensions in Ukraine were those who follow the UOC-MP to revolt against the government.

But its just 4% right. What are they worried about?

As well as publicly breaking its ties with Moscow, the UOC-MP has prayed for Ukraine’s victory and won praise for organizing humanitarian corridors to besieged Mariupol. But what it hasn’t done is criticize Patriarch Kirill. In late March, hundreds of UOC-MP priests demanded that the church’s management release written proof that it has severed ties with the Moscow Patriarchate and that it condemns Kirill. The final fate of the church may be decided internally.

I love how these real events are crammed into the last paragraph all together while what randos think and 'many' believe constitute the body.

another Safrican tard walks into the wrong neighbourhood, gets downsorended

western propaganda

Finally a ping group to call out the foidiness that permeates rdrama!

>isn't this just like thotpatrollers and thotpatrol?

Yes but no one uses them (I assume because no one here can spell patrol from memory)

thank @EEE for giving me the last 750 coins I needed as I kept spaming biofoid pings and couldn't save enough

Hanged out with my boys at my place today and on of boy decided to buy stuff for us using UberEat, bought like stuff from 3 restaurants and then decided to buy new headphones on amazon and he got notification from his bank they blocked his card for suspicious behavior like on those 3 restaurants he spend 90 euro and headphones were 200 euro so neighbor couldn’t even use 300 euros without bank going ape shit crazy. To de block the card he has to call the on paid number that’s also called anti fraud line best part they work like 3 hours a day from 9 to 12. That Europa madafaka where gov make sure nobody scams you expect them self

An organization calling themselves "Freedom of Russia Legion" published a video on their Telegram channel.

"The time has come to put an end to the Kremlin dictatorship! Be brave and have no fear because we are coming home! Russia will be free!" They said after criticizing… pic.twitter.com/9a7p31em82

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 22, 2023