Post AX1l8pZbbeKf4vySH2 by chaoddity@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AX1l2APjiq2ZgjBF3I by iotar@mastodon.online
2023-06-24T16:36:24Z
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Please note that when the US employ armed thugs, they're "contractors", while they are described as "mercenaries" when anyone else does it.This was yr vocab lesson for today.#prigozhin #wagner
(DIR) Post #AX1l8ld0H4foqJX70y by chaoddity@mastodon.social
2023-06-24T17:01:15Z
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@iotar yup armed scumbags are armed scumbags. this kind of thing shouldnt be legal in any country because it allows governments to push blame and accountability for some of their worst actions off on dubious third parties.
(DIR) Post #AX1l8ngccakxE7F1vs by iotar@mastodon.online
2023-06-24T17:04:59Z
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@chaoddity Totally. And it's such hypocrisy that journalists are enabling by deploying this language with bias.I even noticed the Guardian briefly call the Wagner group "rebels" rather than "mercenaries". Presumably Moscow now calls them "terrorists" or the equivalent in Russian.
(DIR) Post #AX1l8pZbbeKf4vySH2 by chaoddity@mastodon.social
2023-06-24T17:54:57Z
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@iotar this is literally THE reason that the habit of governments to attempt to bend and break accountability by putting hired guns above the law… is extremely dangerous. Not just to the soul of a nation, but to it’s very existence. Your example, Blackwater, is a great example. Theyre directly analogous. These days Erik Prince is attempting to gain control over US politics through different means (espionage within the country’s own borders)
(DIR) Post #AX1l8rGtICYCLTEXNg by pairko@mastodon.cloud
2023-06-24T19:28:13Z
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@chaoddity @iotar My old boss described how it had been his job to hire (foreign) #mercenaries during the war in #Vietnam. His three takeaways:1. They're the scum of the earth. 2. They pick and change sides according to who pays better, week to week.3. After smoking enough dope, they'll forget who's paying them and shoot at the wrong airplane.I don't figure that's changed much. Better such folk not have a US passport.
(DIR) Post #AX1qFccYf224hnPeEK by stux@mstdn.social
2023-06-24T21:22:12Z
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@iotar Is that the reaper from the tv show Sons Of Anarchy?
(DIR) Post #AX1qSINVEb17giPit6 by JonnyFever@freespeechextremist.com
2023-06-24T21:24:36.074958Z
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@pairko @chaoddity @iotar Mercs have gotta be the worst, after jews
(DIR) Post #AX1yskj7Fz46lveMiG by currentbias@open-source-eschaton.net
2023-06-24T22:58:17Z
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@stux @iotar yes, with the scythe and anarchy logo replaced
(DIR) Post #AX1yslo7Eseu7izs92 by stux@mstdn.social
2023-06-24T22:58:49Z
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@currentbias @iotar Indeed.. 😮 But does it comes from the show or is this a 'symbol' or something?
(DIR) Post #AX1z0wKXzxG14q3uwi by stux@mstdn.social
2023-06-24T23:00:23Z
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@currentbias @iotarEven the blood on the sythe
(DIR) Post #AX1z9rvXjsQw1iclt2 by currentbias@open-source-eschaton.net
2023-06-24T23:01:59Z
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@stux @iotar from the show, it's the exact same reaper
(DIR) Post #AX1zCDNYx60F8bqhBw by stux@mstdn.social
2023-06-24T23:02:25Z
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@currentbias @iotar lol! they just ripped it and replaced a little button :nkoFacepalm:
(DIR) Post #AX20amIUsVvcL5kvvE by womble@infosec.exchange
2023-06-24T23:18:02Z
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@stux @currentbias @iotar so we can add "intellectual property theft" to the list of their crimes...
(DIR) Post #AX20e9x9NpdCZhNqnw by stux@mstdn.social
2023-06-24T23:18:39Z
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@womble @currentbias @iotar I guess! Not sure the publisher likes gangs going around with that stuff