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Baubles and Scrooge Discussion from December 25th to December 31st, 2023 - The War on Christmas: Counteroffensive - COTW: Finland

Image: one of our POW camps filled with captured soldiers of the Christmas regime.

Season's greetings, fellow godless communists. I'm here to disseminate orders from our Supreme Communist Dictator as we once again find ourselves fighting against the very concept of Christmas. As a reminder, by the end of our five-year plan, we plan to be in a position to attack and dethrone God, but this intermediate step is required to fulfil this directive. Our forces in the field have made significant, if gradual, progress since you received your mission update last year. It has been difficult, but we have developed a series of defensive lines to prepare for a counteroffensive out of Lapland that will try and reach the Gulf of Bothnia in an attempt to cut the land bridge that we have set up across Scandinavia.

Currently, we foresee a few major threats. General Santa Clauswitz has been developing many tools in his workshop, including artillery-launched snowballs, barbed tinsel, and reinforced gingerbread armor plating for his tanks and infantry carriers. President Frostyy has made the following public statement: "The socialists who wish to destroy us have no idea what their defenses are about to face. Democracy will always defeat autocracy. Christmas will always triumph over X-mas. The leaders of the axis facing us are all on the naughty list and will be tried for crimes against festivity once this war is over."

Delusional as this may be, the next couple days will be the most dangerous as they stage their counteroffensive, and we need everybody to pitch in and get into defensive positions. We expect this to be the last major push that they will make before collapse. Please report any Christmas trees, mistletoe, or general symbology of the Christmas regime to your superiors.

Over and out.

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    lol

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    North Korea is allegedly wanting to be a tourist destination and I fear for the number of sexpats, Evangelical missionaries, and ideologues that will be coming in.

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    Happy USSR foundation day everyone.

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    Ukraine is getting so desperate it’s mobilizing people with Down syndrome to fight in trenches…

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  • https://hexbear.net/comment/4399865

    The US is probably going to do something insanely stupid like strike Yemen on Christmas or New Years with some stealth aircraft. Got to make modern wars like videogames and movies, add in some symbolism.

    Well it wasn't the US bombing Yemen, but rather Israel bombing Bethlehem on Christmas. Got it half right I guess...

    This is just sickening honestly.

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    Flavio: I'm a communist, thank God. I think that's an answer for you...

    Interviewer A: Somewhat incoherent

    Flavio: Not at all. On the contrary. It's in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 4, verse 32, where you'll see...

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    Israel is “abusing its powers” as an occupying force in Gaza to deny visas to certain UN staff, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territories, told Al Jazeera.

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    I'm just kidding. What Blinken actually said was...

    The U.S. strongly condemns Russia's horrific strikes across Ukraine today. As Putin continues his brutal war of aggression, we must support Ukraine in defending itself. Congress needs to act in the new year.

    Nitter

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    https://streamable.com/27peer

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