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Introducing OCConnectTube!

Last post by Omar Bongo « Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:07 pm
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by John Q. Public » Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:03 pm » in Welcome and Board Announcements

Well, sort of.

I finally found a plugin that plays videos that we can upload from our own devices. Now we can share all those kewl cat videos our...

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More trouble in Syria..

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Dec 09, 2024 10:31 pm
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by Troglodyte » Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:54 am
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The price for our failing to support the rebels.

Syria activists say jihadis seize missile base
Published OC Register . 12, 2012 10:26 AM ET
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Mon Dec 09, 2024 10:31 pm
War in Ukraine

Last post by John Q. Public « Sat Nov 30, 2024 9:39 am
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by broman » Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:46 pm
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After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he had ordered military action in Ukraine early Thursday, he threatened those who may be tempted to...
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Sat Nov 30, 2024 9:39 am
Pro-Russia candidate wins the first round in Romanian presidential election

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Nov 25, 2024 2:42 am

by John Q. Public » Mon Nov 25, 2024 2:42 am

This isn't good. Romania is the next country, besides tiny Moldova, south of Ukraine and the people are largely pro-Western and at least the older...

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Mon Nov 25, 2024 2:42 am
Attack on Israel

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:18 am
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by John Q. Public » Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:48 am
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Elon Musk recommends following this account for information.

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Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:18 am
What's next for Iran?

Last post by broman « Fri Jul 19, 2024 8:02 pm
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by Parrotpaul » Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:46 am
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Interesting analyses...five possible future scenarios for Iran from five different Iran watchers... thoughts?

Is the Iranian nuclear deal just a...
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Fri Jul 19, 2024 8:02 pm
The reason why your new toaster cost more? TikTok.

Last post by John Q. Public « Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:06 pm

by John Q. Public » Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:06 pm

Apparently enough people in Vietnam (and other poor countries) are discovering they can make more money on TikTok (and other video sites) that it's...

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Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:06 pm
Germany is giving 18 year-olds €200 to spend on cultchah

Last post by John Q. Public « Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:44 pm

by John Q. Public » Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:44 pm

Germany's 18-year-olds have been invited to register on an app called the KulturPass, to receive €200 ($216) from the government. The pass can be...

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Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:44 pm
Top Iran leader killed by US airstrike.

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by Tommy Tar » Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:35 pm
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This is huge. One of the top Iranian leaders killed by airstrike next to Bagdad airport. Why the guy was in Iraq is strange. :hide:

Qasem Soleimani...
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Sat Jan 28, 2023 10:25 pm
Uprising in Brazil

Last post by Omar Bongo « Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:23 pm
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by broman » Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:33 pm

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro breached security barriers set up by the Armed Forces on Sunday and gained access to the...

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Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:23 pm
Right turn ahead.

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Dec 12, 2022 6:30 pm
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by Tommy Tar » Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:51 am
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First it was Sweden and now Italy.
Love it! :cheers:
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Mon Dec 12, 2022 6:30 pm
China repo's Entebbe airport

Last post by John Q. Public « Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:11 am

by John Q. Public » Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:11 am

They also own Zambia's only international airport and Sri Lanka's biggest port. It's called economic colonization. Where Donald saw ****holes, China...

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Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:11 am
Barbados officially cuts ties with the Queen of England

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:48 am

by John Q. Public » Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:48 am

Big story, at least symbolically, since Barbados is the birthplace of African slavery in the Americas and the American plantation system.

LONDON,...

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Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:48 am
Trump really showed China...

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by Vilepagan » Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:22 am

Trump's trade war sure has paid off...for the Chinese...

15 countries just signed the world’s largest trade pact. The U.S. isn’t one of them....

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Mon Nov 16, 2020 3:29 pm
Another terrorist attack in Western Europe.

Last post by Tommy Tar « Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:09 pm
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by Tommy Tar » Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:18 am

Another terrorist attack in Western Europe today. This time in Sweden. Large truck mowing over woman and children shopping then crashing into a...

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Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:09 pm
How you say "Whoopsies!" in Farsi?

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by John Q. Public » Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:23 am

Iran has (had?) a mock-up of a US Nimitz class aircraft carrier that they use (used?) in war games. Well, it looks like somebody landed a shot just...

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Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:27 am
What happened?

Last post by Wabash « Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:17 am
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by Tommy Tar » Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:27 am

CNN, CNBC, MSNBC and PBS told us we were seeing the start of WW3 on Tuesday night and by Thursday all is clear and all major world stock markets are...

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Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:17 am
So how big are the Australian bushfires?

Last post by ShiftyMutt « Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:33 am
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by John Q. Public » Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:20 am

We've been seeing all the pictures of evacuations and people saving koalas but I hadn't seen any maps. So here ya go. Keep in mind that Australia's...

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Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:33 am
Israel's Attorney General hates Israel

Last post by Hanna « Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:05 pm
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by John Q. Public » Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:07 am

Israel’s attorney general has formally charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption scandals.

Attorney General Avichai...

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Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:05 pm
How to reverse Mexico's slide into a failed state

Last post by Hanna « Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:28 am

by Hanna » Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:28 am

Bret Stephens

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The episode has gained major attention in the U.S. largely because the LeBaróns are part of a long-standing American Mormon...

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Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:28 am
The NBA, Chinese Money and American Values

Last post by Omar Bongo « Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:35 pm
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by Omar Bongo » Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:48 pm

Wasn't sure where to stick this. Anybody else following what's been happening in China? The GM of the Houston Rockets caused an uproar with a brief...

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Last post by Omar Bongo
Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:35 pm
Death by gun violence world wide from NPR.

Last post by Vilepagan « Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:52 am
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by Tommy Tar » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:56 pm

The United States has the 28th-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 4.43 deaths per 100,000 people in 2017 — far greater than what...

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Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:52 am
Led by Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, Disrupters Rise Globally - Gerald Seib, WSJ

Last post by Hanna « Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:53 pm

by Hanna » Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:53 pm

We are living in an age of technological disruption, so it figures that the most important trend in international politics is the rise of disrupters...

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Tue Jul 30, 2019 12:53 pm
Many anniversaries in 2019

Last post by ShiftyMutt « Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:56 am
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by Hanna » Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:32 am

Some have already been observed: Tiananmen Square protests in April 1989 and D-Day on June 6, 1944.

Stonewall uprising June 28 1969

On June 28,...

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Sat Jul 20, 2019 10:56 am
Oil Tanker Attacks

Last post by Wabash « Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:38 am
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by Wabash » Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:39 am

Who else doesn't care about these attacks on oil tankers?

Why aren't the navies of the countries where those ships are registered rushing to their...

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Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:38 am
Trump in the U.K. - The Daily Show

Last post by Fordama « Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:15 am
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by Hanna » Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:18 pm

Warning, do not hold a cup of coffee or other drink while watching

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Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:15 am
Kim Jong Un to Meet with Trump!

Last post by broman « Thu May 30, 2019 7:19 pm
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Kim has asked to meet with Trump as soon as possible, and Trump has said he will do so by May. Kim also said N. Korea will stop testing nukes and...
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Thu May 30, 2019 7:19 pm
Can anyone tell me why we're pulling out of the UN Arms Trade Treaty?

Last post by Fordama « Wed May 01, 2019 11:01 am
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by John Q. Public » Sat Apr 27, 2019 11:11 am

Besides the gun manufacturers lobby and Saudi Arabia, of course.

The treaty is meant to block gun sales to drug cartels, war criminals and...

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Last post by Fordama
Wed May 01, 2019 11:01 am
The Revolution will be televised, after all

Last post by broman « Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:00 pm
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by John Q. Public » Tue Apr 30, 2019 8:44 am

While Donald makes **** up about a fake coup, there's a real one going on in Venezuela.

Washington Post

The Sun

EFE's on Twitter en Espanol

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Last post by broman
Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:00 pm
Netanyahu comes clean....

Last post by John Q. Public « Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:46 pm
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by broman » Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:46 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is the homeland “only of the Jewish people,” in a new jab at the country’s Arab minority ahead of...

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Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:46 pm
U.S. Troops Coming Home from Syria

Last post by 18echo « Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:42 pm
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White House declares victory over ISIS in Syria; troops coming home:

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham criticized the move as an Obama-like...
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Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:42 pm

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