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dapaterson said:
One critique: Language has meaning. An underage woman is a child. The phrase "underage woman" is a deliberate effort to reframe the conversation.
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Yup ...
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Has the media 'sanitized' the accusations against Jeffrey Epstein?

In Jeffrey Epstein coverage, some media outlets have been slammed by abuse survivors for using terms such as "underage women" and "sex with minors."
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Here is part of the 60 Minutes report the Trump Administration did not want you to see. Bari Weiss, whom I used to have a lot of respect for, had the report pulled at the last minute because the Administration refused to comment, despite the opportunity given to do so. If this is a new editorial standard, then subjects of embarrassing news stories can just refuse to comment, vetoing the publication of embarrassing stories.

Anyways, the story in question was posted on the Global Canada app before it too was deleted. Here is a part of that story, which is horrific.

www.thereset.news

BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See

Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
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I’m having a hard time accepting that the US military will in any way make or take hostile moves against Greenland or Denmark. If an occupation is forced, it will be through the use of a private force likely associated with Russia. And what’s up there that the US simply can’t buy. It’s all very strange.
 
Cloud Cover said:
I’m having a hard time accepting that the US military will in any way make or take hostile moves against Greenland or Denmark. If an occupation is forced, it will be through the use of a private force likely associated with Russia. And what’s up there that the US simply can’t buy. It’s all very strange.
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Greenland could be the price that the US puts on NATO for its continued membership.
 
Harris said:
Anyone taking bets that the first one off the slips is named after Trump (Assuming he hasn't been otherwise taken out of the picture by natural causes). And it will have a "Command" chair all in gold? View attachment 97344
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He said he's going to have a hand in the design because he is "very aesthetic" and previous naval designs were ugly.
 
Czech_pivo said:
Greenland could be the price that the US puts on NATO for its continued membership.
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Even simply putting that ultimatum out there in the first place would confirm the U.S.’ utter unreliability as an alliance partner.

If Putin attacked the Baltics tomorrow, who here still has absolute confidence that the U.S. would actually join the collective defence, rather than finding some BS pretext to sit it out?
 
Greenland could be the price that the US puts on NATO for its continued membership.
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Trump is all for giving up the Ukraine to Putin, thus Putin is all for allowing Trump to take Greenland.
Putin is all in for NATO to disintegrate.
 
brihard said:
Even simply putting that ultimatum out there in the first place would confirm the U.S.’ utter unreliability as an alliance partner.

If Putin attacked the Baltics tomorrow, who here still has absolute confidence that the U.S. would actually join the collective defence, rather than finding some BS pretext to sit it out?
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I agree with your logic and rational, but you and I are playing with a full deck, Trump et al are not. Their rational and logic does not line up with ours.
 
brihard said:
If Putin attacked the Baltics tomorrow, who here still has absolute confidence that the U.S. would actually join the collective defence, rather than finding some BS pretext to sit it out?
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Poland, France and perhaps Germany, would do something. The Poles are just looking for an excuse to pay Russia back for the Katyn forest…

At this point, it’s safe to assume that the US has institutionally forgotten (erased) other NATO nations coming to support its historically unique Article 5 declaration.
 
Good2Golf said:
Poland, France and perhaps Germany, would do something. The Poles are just looking for an excuse to pay Russia back for the Katyn forest…

At this point, it’s safe to assume that the US has institutionally forgotten (erased) other NATO nations coming to support its historically unique Article 5 declaration.
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The Poles would welcome the chance to smack the Russians. If the Russians didn’t have nukes or if Poland did have nukes, they might have already gone this route.
They would love to remove Kaliningrad and Belarus from being issues along their border.
 
RangerRay said:
Here is part of the 60 Minutes report the Trump Administration did not want you to see. Bari Weiss, whom I used to have a lot of respect for, had the report pulled at the last minute because the Administration refused to comment, despite the opportunity given to do so. If this is a new editorial standard, then subjects of embarrassing news stories can just refuse to comment, vetoing the publication of embarrassing stories.

Anyways, the story in question was posted on the Global Canada app before it too was deleted. Here is a part of that story, which is horrific.
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Bari Weiss, who has delayed the story, has plenty of credibility. Sharyn Alfonsi, the reporter, has not very much.

Weiss is doing the stuff that agencies used to do and which earned them their reputations as "trustworthy" (for those which had it). If Trump's overturning of some rules and practices has upset people so much that they no longer want other rules and practices restored, there's nothing to prefer between him or them.
 
brihard said:
Even simply putting that ultimatum out there in the first place would confirm the U.S.’ utter unreliability as an alliance partner.

If Putin attacked the Baltics tomorrow, who here still has absolute confidence that the U.S. would actually join the collective defence, rather than finding some BS pretext to sit it out?
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I am confident the US would join. I have less confidence in some other members of NATO. I have confidence the US contribution would be meaningful, if not immediately decisive. I have less confidence some other members of NATO will provide very much other than political solidarity.
 
Brad Sallows said:
Bari Weiss, who has delayed the story, has plenty of credibility. Sharyn Alfonsi, the reporter, has not very much.

Weiss is doing the stuff that agencies used to do and which earned them their reputations as "trustworthy" (for those which had it). If Trump's overturning of some rules and practices has upset people so much that they no longer want other rules and practices restored, there's nothing to prefer between him or them.
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Why do you say that Sharyn Alfonsi doesn’t have much credibility? That s quite a blanket statement . Care to pull back the blanket and let us see what’s under it?
 
Brad Sallows said:
I am confident the US would join. I have less confidence in some other members of NATO. I have confidence the US contribution would be meaningful, if not immediately decisive. I have less confidence some other members of NATO will provide very much other than political solidarity.
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I agree, I think Luxembourg, Iceland and other such smaller nations would struggle.
 
Czech_pivo said:
I agree, I think Luxembourg, Iceland and other such smaller nations would struggle.
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I think he was referring to more significant NATO partners dragging their heels. I'm looking at Turkey, Greece and Spain... Basically all of Southern Europe minus Italy.
 
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