a former direct collaborator of Macron, is publicly taking sides against his country abroad by implicitly calling on speculators to sanction France

Édouard Bolsonareaux

Bearman

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How much of a fascist is this Flavio scumbag compared to his father?

Similar level, different type. Think Bukele vs. Pinochet. Flávio is the new kind, aligned with narcotrafficking organizations and propped up by private capital, whereas his dad was more of the old-school military junta type.

What kind of fascist terror can Brazilians expect in the coming years?

Same boring dystopia as always, honestly, with the distinction that now our government, at the local and national level, is almost entirely dominated by the far-right. We have two Charlie Kirks and they had the most votes out of every candidate for congress yesterday.

I fully expect some kind of Flock camera system to become ubiquitous over the next four years, without any meaningful resistance at all. Police brutality is already seen as a good thing by the majority of the population, so cops will be held even less accountable. I also think the recent online betting ban will be reversed and the door will be open for Polymarket and Kalshi, both of which do not operate in Brazil, yet.

We will fully align with israel and the US. I believe our local narcotrafficking organizations will also be named terrorist threats in order to fast-track US military intervention. I think US bases in Brazilian territory is on the table at this point, especially as a means of protecting US interests in rare earths and oil. I’m sure there will be no pushback, and most Brazilians will probably welcome US intervention, in fact.

Is Lula gonna get arrested?

I don’t think so. He’s been thoroughly defanged at this point, so I don’t expect they’ll even bother. Flávio will probably win the election and, with both congress and the senate entirely in his pocket, as well as the power to name new supreme court justices, he will essentially be able to pull every single lever of power unimpeded. That is to say, if he wants Lula arrested, then yeah, he will be, but the priority will be to release his dad.

At this point I fully expect that Bolsonaro will win and then we will get our own blueanon, but it’s red like PT. Everything we do here is a cheap dumber copy of what people do in the US, so it stands to reason that we’re also doing Trump 2 with all that entails

funny-not-funny that I can say both elected senators from my state are absolute pieces of shit without soft self-doxxing by revealing which Brazilian state I live in

folks, everyone’s paying attention to the presidential race but local elections are an absolute sight to behold, just the worst people you can possibly imagine getting elected to every single level of public administration

what serves a bit of cold comfort is that I said the exact same thing four years ago and yet we carry on… the status quo will at least keep things barely running, as they’ve always been, the good ol’ boring dystopia

Bolsonaro had a bump

probably a couple lines actually

I’m just wondering who the hell the incredibly generous insurer backing all that pre-war level oil flow actually is. That’s a really inspiring level of confidence.

Holy shit, that was JF from YKS? Somehow I had never made the connection lol

Yeah, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that the numbers are fake. It’s just that there are so many seemingly contradictory things all happening at the same time, it feels like I have no way to understand what the hell is actually going on. Amerikanets said it better than I:

I’ve been seeing these flow numbers being quotes everywhere, including here, and honestly I don’t know what to believe right now. These are official numbers, sure, so we’re supposed to take them at face value. But then, what about petroleum reserves? SPR levels keep going down. Crack spread at all times high. Something here doesn’t add up. Also, who’s insuring all these tankers?

Vorcaro really is the Brazilian Epstein, it’s incredible.

“future of warfare”

Makes sense to me, to be honest. If they start using the same exotic smooth material that Gingrich’s wife’s face is made of, I bet you can make fighter jets and cruise missiles glide 10x faster in the atmosphere.

I thought my country had suddenly become tectonically active, but it turns out it was just Ed Zitron going Super Saiyan halfway across the world after reading this

I’ve read the article twice and I still don’t know what the hell that was all about. A bunch of vans all headed in a conspicuous group towards an airbase in a nefarious secret plot, then some bomb disposal people show up but we don’t know if there were explosives in the vans. There’s no information on anything except for “vans headed towards base” and then Trump says this was a plot to do big damage. What is this shit?

Thanks but I’ll choose to believe that it’s an N instead and these shops are betting parlors with a gooning lounge

Unfortunately that is literally impossible. We use Whatsapp for everything. I’m not exaggerating, lots of people depend on Whatsapp to speak with their families and to make money, it’s the default means of communication here. It’s deeply, deeply fucked up that Meta owns the one app where like 90% of all interpersonal communication at a distance actually happens.

OΠΑΠ

Like Onan? As in onanism, like jacking off?

Lula announces a ban on online betting in Brazil.

Until Oct 5, 11:59 PM: Bettors can voluntarily withdraw their balances.

From Oct 6: Betting sites and apps will go offline.

Oct 7–8: Betting companies must report account balances by CPF to operating banks.

Oct 9–14: Full refund of balances processed via banks.

From Oct 14: If issues arise, the state bank Caixa will mediate refunds to bettors.

Operating/running betting platforms: 4 to 6 years in prison, plus a fine (applies even with foreign authorization). Penalties increase by one-third for virtual online casino games.

Advertising and marketing: 2 to 4 years in prison, plus a fine, for promoting betting or recruiting bettors (excludes journalistic, educational, scientific, or critical content).

Misuse of personal data: 2 to 4 years in prison for selling or using personal data to target betting ads, especially involving minors or individuals with diagnosed gambling disorders.

Financial facilitation: 2 to 4 years in prison for institutions or developers knowingly processing payments or building/distributing betting apps.

This still needs congress approval before it becomes law, however, so I’m not too optimistic. Still, great news, although it seems they sure as hell could’ve done this earlier. Are you telling me you had the power to ban betting all along? Come on, man.

“Folks, everyone’s saying it, valar morghulis, some great people, perhaps the best people, the people from Braavos — beautiful banks, they have them over there — I have some great friends in Braavos and they are all saying it”

Just to be clear, folks: Alckmin, from the Socialist Party, is a center-right conservative with alleged ties to the Opus Dei! I love Brazilian politics, where every day is opposites day!