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Either the US is tired of its proxy war in Ukraine or it is not.
Only UK and EU propaganda is available via searches here.
There is obviously a split in the US capitalist class playing out here, but the majority don’t appear to want a thaw with Russia, and that’s practically 100% of Democrats and most Republicans. So what’s going on?
Can someone shed some light on this please?
” Spain is also moving toward the right.”
Since capitalism is capitalism, why bother with this? The left wingers are right wingers when they are in power anyway, and over a century of history proves this (over two centuries if we go back to the Jacobins!)
And the right wingers in Europe now are for reversing the liberals’ and left wingers’ march to war. (Of course, that might only be because they’re not yet in power). With the EU now becoming more and more a military bloc, let it collapse. I hope it does.
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Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal announced plans to decommission a 22-kilometer backup gas pipeline running through southeastern Estonia that Russia uses to supply its Kaliningrad exclave.
• The Pipeline: The infrastructure consists of two 70-centimeter-diameter pipes owned by Estonia’s transmission system operator, Elering. It runs from Russia through Estonia and Latvia to Lithuania.
• Backup Route: Russia maintains rights to use the pipeline as a secondary or emergency supply line if its main overland route (via Belarus and Lithuania) or Kaliningrad’s floating LNG terminal face disruptions.
• The Action: Estonia intends to negotiate with Latvia—where the critical shutoff valve is located—to permanently close and decommission the line, or else block transit through unilateral national sanctions.
• Regional Context: Kaliningrad relies heavily on gas transit for local power generation after the Baltic states disconnected from the joint Russian-Soviet electricity grid (BRELL). Russia has previously warned NATO that any move to cut off or isolate the exclave could prompt a severe or nuclear response.I don’t use the word ‘pet’.
And I don’t use the word ‘owner” with regard to the friends I live with, who happen to be felines. They are my friends, and I am theirs. They are free to go where they please. They choose to stay with me.When asked by officials “Do you live alone?” I always say “With two cats”, because I am not alone.
I failed an interview for a job at a pet shop because I wouldn’t say the word “animals” – as if humans were not. I said “fellow animals.”
Yes. I have had to put up with conspiraloony proselytisers here over the past few years, and they never shut up. (Free from them now, at last). Those who are not Christian evangelisers are in fact worse: secular creationists who still hold out from any churches but are even more ridiculous and obnoxious than the Christians are.
They are all internet-made.And they are racist without being honest about it.
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Yes, orangutans trace their deepest ancestral roots back to Africa, even though modern species live exclusively in Southeast Asia.
Evolutionary Timeline
• Origin of Apes: The broader primate group containing all apes (Hominoidea) first evolved in Africa roughly 18 million years ago.
• Out of Africa Migration: Early ape species migrated out of Africa into Eurasia and Asia around 18 to 20 million years ago.
• Divergence in Asia: Once in Asia and Europe, these populations diversified. The lineage that eventually led to modern orangutans split from the great ape family tree roughly 12 to 14 million years ago and evolved entirely within Asia.AI Overview
No, humans did not descend from non-African primates; all humans share a deep ancestral lineage rooted in Africa, alongside some proposed theories of early Eurasian or Mediterranean common ancestors that still trace back within the broader hominine evolution.
Key Evolutionary Facts
• Direct Descent: Humans did not evolve from modern-day monkeys or living apes (like chimpanzees, gorillas, or orangutans). Instead, humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor that lived roughly 6 to 7 million years ago.
• Geographic Origin: The mainstream consensus places the origins of the human lineage (Homo sapiens and early hominins like Australopithecus) in Africa, where the vast majority of early human fossils have been discovered.
• Alternative Hypotheses: Some controversial fossil discoveries—such as Graecopithecus in Europe/Mediterranean or early anthropoid finds in Asia/Eurasia—suggest that much older ancestral splits or common roots may have occasionally touched Europe or Asia before migrating or interacting with Africa. However, these do not represent descent from “non-African primates” in a separate, non-African branch leading to modern humans, and mainstream paleoanthropology continues to anchor human evolution in the African continent.
• Out of Africa: Modern Homo sapiens evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago before later migrating out to colonize the rest of the world, interbreeding with other hominins like Neanderthals and Denisovans along the way.Modern apes, which includes us, are our cousins. The African apes, including us, share a common ancestor.
Tass: Europeans finally realise they are being prepared for war.
