Author Topic: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster (Read 1313827 times)

Nintex · « **Reply #8760 on:** March 07, 2020, 06:51:52 AM »

Who would win?

THE ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY
100+ state of the art jets
50+ strategic bombers
1000+ tanks and vehicles
300 000+ men
100+ ICBM's
Sattelites
Navy seals
Battleships
Aircraft carriers
Intelligence services
Drones
Various allied armies

vs.

THE EGYPTIAN PRISON GANG
4 manly beards
4 robes
2 knifes
6 Kalashnikovs
10 pounds of C4
4 planes (hijacked)
3 caves
1 raft
1 saudi freedom fighter
100+ men with hunting rifles

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #8761 on:** March 07, 2020, 09:33:41 AM »

shonda plz

FStop7 · « **Reply #8762 on:** March 07, 2020, 06:13:59 PM »

Quote from: shosta on March 04, 2020, 03:16:04 PM

Btw, Bellingcat is still running with the general story about violence against refugees.

https://twitter.com/N_Waters89/status/1235277565046050816

American made, of course.

Nintex · « **Reply #8763 on:** March 07, 2020, 07:46:41 PM »

Another coup in Saudi land. MBS has arrested his rivals including the brother of the king who is alleged to have tried to stage a coup.
Reports are that the king is dying or gravely ill so MBS is consolidating his power.
https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1236298974472085505

team filler · « **Reply #8764 on:** March 07, 2020, 07:50:31 PM »

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #8765 on:** March 07, 2020, 09:27:52 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on March 07, 2020, 07:46:41 PM

Another coup in Saudi land. MBS has arrested his rivals including the brother of the king who is alleged to have tried to stage a coup.
Reports are that the king is dying or gravely ill so MBS is consolidating his power.
https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1236298974472085505

GoT reboot

Nintex · « **Reply #8766 on:** March 08, 2020, 04:21:08 PM »

https://twitter.com/Ruptly/status/1236727836100132865

The EU is set to wire another 500 million to Ankara.

They should instead arrest this war criminal when he visits Brussels on Monday

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #8767 on:** March 08, 2020, 07:11:18 PM »

"succor for the rich, austerity for the rest in the imperialist core"

https://twitter.com/DrJayDrNo/status/1235034128212357122

https://twitter.com/WhatTheDickens6/status/1234991664533393408

Nintex · « **Reply #8768 on:** March 08, 2020, 07:22:28 PM »

The oil markets are in turmoil. Saudi Arabia will increase production after OPEC talks with Russia collapsed.
Russia didn't budge on cutting their production as they spearheaded an effort to hurt US shale oil.
Now the Suadi's will attempt to flood the market with cheap oil to pressure Moscow who does not have pockets as deep as the Saudi's.
Rumors also swirled that the attempted Saudi coup against MBS might've been American backed. Which would be a reversal of the Kushner policy to prop up MBS.
Oil prices are plunging across the board and could hit $20.
https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/1236775539349901312

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The small Russian flag by Novak’s seat had been knocked over. And Prince Abdulaziz left his counterparts with a grave warning: Trust me, he told them, according to a person in the room. This will be a regrettable day for us all.

team filler · « **Reply #8769 on:** March 08, 2020, 09:04:12 PM »

https://twitter.com/Brasco_Aad/status/1236819372787871744

benjipwns · « **Reply #8770 on:** March 08, 2020, 11:09:42 PM »

The cheese icon for the ones with cheese is very helpful, thank you Bobby Sands.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #8771 on:** March 09, 2020, 09:15:25 AM »

Nintex · « **Reply #8772 on:** March 09, 2020, 04:10:09 PM »

Quote from: filler on March 08, 2020, 09:04:12 PM

https://twitter.com/Brasco_Aad/status/1236819372787871744

Putin: "Russia can take $25 oil!!!"

Trump: "CHEAP GAS WOOOOO"

Putin: "Fuck"

Tripon · « **Reply #8773 on:** March 09, 2020, 10:15:34 PM »

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1237196977827459078

team filler · « **Reply #8774 on:** March 10, 2020, 05:28:29 AM »

https://twitter.com/27khv/status/1237019802020925440

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #8775 on:** March 10, 2020, 04:51:07 PM »

china strong

https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1237453505532776449

Occam · « **Reply #8776 on:** March 10, 2020, 07:18:55 PM »

But surgical masks don't prevent infection.
They let 30% of the viruses pass.

Spoiler: The people who actually need surgical masks are surgeons, for doing surgery.

team filler · « **Reply #8777 on:** March 11, 2020, 01:54:14 AM »

https://twitter.com/bilarakib/status/1237271796895944705

Kunai With Chain · « **Reply #8778 on:** March 11, 2020, 03:42:33 AM »

>hashtagging your own name
Why do Hezbollah watchers by and large turn out to be some of the dumbest people on twitter/the press? Nasrallah must be putting some kinda vibe out there that attracts them.

https://twitter.com/bilarakib/status/1237640655666663425
https://twitter.com/bilarakib/status/1237642131608670208
https://twitter.com/bilarakib/status/1237642919529590785

Totally normal journalist

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #8779 on:** March 11, 2020, 02:58:05 PM »

I'd provide her with health care in a corroded human city.

team filler · « **Reply #8780 on:** March 11, 2020, 07:01:36 PM »

Nintex · « **Reply #8781 on:** March 11, 2020, 07:06:10 PM »

My birthday is on the same day as Soleimani

team filler · « **Reply #8782 on:** March 11, 2020, 07:13:56 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on March 11, 2020, 07:06:10 PM

My birthday is on the same day as Soleimani

team filler · « **Reply #8783 on:** March 11, 2020, 10:19:30 PM »

https://twitter.com/eshaLegal/status/1237923166971932672

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #8784 on:** March 12, 2020, 12:25:32 AM »

Following up on that, it seems like China is expanding its circle of influence gradually.
Like this from last year
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47679760

China commies conquering through the semi-exploited euro periphery would be

spoiler (click to show/hide)

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team filler · « **Reply #8785 on:** March 12, 2020, 03:32:30 AM »

https://twitter.com/27khv/status/1238001098360791040

Tripon · « **Reply #8786 on:** March 12, 2020, 08:26:59 PM »

Quote from: filler on March 11, 2020, 10:19:30 PM

https://twitter.com/eshaLegal/status/1237923166971932672

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1238256884769046528

team filler · « **Reply #8787 on:** March 12, 2020, 08:28:11 PM »

bubbleman lookin' ass biaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch

team filler · « **Reply #8788 on:** March 13, 2020, 01:11:36 AM »

https://twitter.com/jimmy_dore/status/1238225494601949184

VomKriege · « **Reply #8789 on:** March 13, 2020, 04:54:31 AM »

Labor unions call for retiring the pension reform in France over the Corona crisis. The most prominent union for business owners is favorable to suspending talks for the time being.

Macron made an address and waxed lyrical about universal public healthcare is a necessity and not a cost when the rubber meets the road.

team filler · « **Reply #8790 on:** March 13, 2020, 04:17:50 PM »

https://twitter.com/PalestinePR/status/1238552521830006784

Occam · « **Reply #8791 on:** March 13, 2020, 05:57:21 PM »

The article linked to in the tweet doesn't say what the tweet claims ("all 16 of the Dead Sea Scrolls which Israel has long claimed attest the existence of Ancient Israel"). This is not mentioned in the article. The article says that "all 16 of the Museum of the Bible’s Dead Sea Scroll fragments" IN WASHINGTON DC are forgeries.
https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries?

"The new findings don’t cast doubt on the 100,000 real Dead Sea Scroll fragments, most of which lie in the Shrine of the Book, part of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem."

Why do you always fall for such nonsense without checking it first?

team filler · « **Reply #8792 on:** March 13, 2020, 07:01:45 PM »

they're all fake, breh. get over it, the bible stories are fictional and ancient israel never existed. it's always been palestine baby!

Occam · « **Reply #8793 on:** March 13, 2020, 07:08:28 PM »

Of course it's all bullshit. Bullshit is the foundation of all religion.

team filler · « **Reply #8794 on:** March 14, 2020, 07:53:23 PM »

https://twitter.com/BasmanGaza/status/1238950627922915328

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #8795 on:** March 14, 2020, 08:51:43 PM »

That doesn’t sound like something the Officially Approved Good Guys Isreal would do

EchoRin · « **Reply #8796 on:** March 14, 2020, 09:57:04 PM »

Quote from: filler on March 14, 2020, 07:53:23 PM

https://twitter.com/BasmanGaza/status/1238950627922915328

Dogs can't carry it though right? What are they sending? Lizards and spiders?

benjipwns · « **Reply #8797 on:** March 14, 2020, 10:13:06 PM »

humans are animals

shosta · « **Reply #8798 on:** March 15, 2020, 12:50:42 AM »

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In an hour-long conversation in his office in central Buenos Aires, Guzman said Argentina does not have the capacity to service its foreign currency bonds for a "few years"

a few YEARS

team filler · « **Reply #8799 on:** March 15, 2020, 11:38:02 AM »

https://twitter.com/Partisangirl/status/1239185025481863168

VomKriege · « **Reply #8800 on:** March 15, 2020, 12:44:36 PM »

Participation to the mayoral election in France on track to be really low, I guess I don't need to tell you why.

It's not certain the second, final round will be held next week which would render today's ballots null and void.

Tripon · « **Reply #8801 on:** March 15, 2020, 01:11:55 PM »

https://twitter.com/sanglesey/status/1239107393759387648
https://twitter.com/gmjackgm/status/1239124593643851777

----

https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1238950454148595713

VomKriege · « **Reply #8802 on:** March 15, 2020, 03:16:42 PM »

44 to 47% participation in the French mayoral elections, historically low. A lot more politicians and doctors drumming up in favour of canceling the second round so it would all have been for naught.

FStop7 · « **Reply #8803 on:** March 15, 2020, 06:48:42 PM »

Wow, Jeremy wrote a letter. Such power.

Will the popular left EVER stop being a bunch of ineffectual wisps?

Rufus · « **Reply #8804 on:** March 16, 2020, 11:00:28 AM »

The opposition doesn't have any power. What do you expect them to do?

VomKriege · « **Reply #8805 on:** March 16, 2020, 07:11:13 PM »

Since it seems that first round of French mayoral election will hold though second round is TBD, here's the major bit about it :

- Even more massive than usual success for incumbents. This includes the far-right ones.
- Greens did well.
- In Paris which supposedly was to be contested, Socialist incumbent Anne Hidalgo is in the lead with 30%, Conservative Rachida Dati is at 22%. Macronist Agnés Buzyn is at 17% after having a lot of ideas on how to handle the Corona in Paris (that she didn't get through when she was the Minister of Health a few weeks ago). Hidalgo is in a good place though it will depend on alliance talks and merging lists before the second round.

VomKriege · « **Reply #8806 on:** March 17, 2020, 08:59:45 AM »

Algeria is still protesting weekly (since Feb. 2019) against their decadent, impotent government though Algerian medical experts (sympathetic to the protests) are getting worried because of the Covid 19 and suggest halting gatherings.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8807 on:** March 17, 2020, 09:49:01 PM »

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51935991

shosta · « **Reply #8808 on:** March 17, 2020, 11:49:28 PM »

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China to expel New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reporters

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #8809 on:** March 18, 2020, 08:15:15 PM »

meanwhile in brazil

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1240314226188705794

https://twitter.com/amandafaudi/status/1240357618847305728

Nintex · « **Reply #8810 on:** March 18, 2020, 08:20:09 PM »

I'm honestly surprised that between Trump and Boris, Bolsonaro turned out to be the biggest idiot to lead a country in history.

Constantly drunk, falling down stairs and not at all able to deal with any type of crisis

Tripon · « **Reply #8811 on:** March 19, 2020, 11:03:53 AM »

https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/1240651383679959040

BisMarckie · « **Reply #8812 on:** March 19, 2020, 11:06:57 AM »

First Corona-chan topples capitalism and the stock markets, now she is coming for royal failsons

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #8813 on:** March 19, 2020, 11:57:07 AM »

Da queen next pls

Nintex · « **Reply #8814 on:** March 20, 2020, 08:22:30 PM »

Quote from: Esch on March 19, 2020, 09:18:55 AM

https://twitter.com/SamEdwardd/status/1240080109857619968

Send a bunch of COD boys to a war zone with a dog named Quake.

What could possibly go wrong?

team filler · « **Reply #8815 on:** March 21, 2020, 09:30:50 AM »

https://twitter.com/Tom_Fowdy/status/1241350486801952775

shosta · « **Reply #8816 on:** March 21, 2020, 07:06:24 PM »

https://twitter.com/jderpic/status/1241448201338654726

Very convenient!

Tripon · « **Reply #8817 on:** March 22, 2020, 04:45:54 PM »

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1241814549759696896

team filler · « **Reply #8818 on:** March 22, 2020, 08:23:35 PM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1241697736703049729

benjipwns · « **Reply #8819 on:** March 23, 2020, 11:21:09 PM »

https://warontherocks.com/2020/03/china-is-legally-responsible-for-covid-19-damage-and-claims-could-be-in-the-trillions/

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No one expects that China will fulfill its obligations, or take steps required by the law of state responsibility. So, how might the United States and other nations vindicate their rights? The legal consequences of an internationally wrongful act are subject to the procedures of the Charter of the United Nations. Chapter XIV of the charter recognizes that states may bring disputes before the International Court of Justice or other international tribunals. But the principle of state sovereignty means that a state may not be compelled to appear before an international court without its consent. This reflects a general proposition in international law, and its fundamental weakness.

Still, injured states are not without remedy. Barring any prospect for effective litigation, states could resort to self-help. The law of state responsibility permits injured states to take lawful countermeasures against China by suspending their own compliance with obligations owed to China as a means of inducing Beijing to fulfill its responsibilities and debt (Article 49). Countermeasures shall not be disproportionate to the degree of gravity of the wrongful acts and the effects inflicted on injured states (Article 51). The choice of countermeasures that injured states may select is wide open, with only minimal limitations. For example, countermeasures may not involve the threat or use of force or undermine the human rights of China (Article 50). Except for these limitations, however, the United States and other injured states may suspend existing legal obligations or deliberately violate other legal duties owed to China as a means to induce Beijing to fulfill its responsibilities and address the calamitous damages it has inflicted on the world.

The menu for such countermeasures is as limitless as the extent that international law infuses the foreign affairs between China and the world, and such action by injured states may be individual and collective and does not have to be connected explicitly to the kind or type of violations committed by China. Thus, action could include removal of China from leadership positions and memberships, as China now chairs four of 15 organizations of the United Nations system. States could reverse China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, suspend air travel to China for a period of years, broadcast Western media in China, and undermine China’s famous internet firewall that keeps the country’s information ecosystem sealed off from the rest of the world. Remember that countermeasures permit not only acts that are merely unfriendly, but also licenses acts that would normally be a violation of international law. But the limitations still leave considerable room to roam, even if they violate China’s sovereignty and internal affairs, including ensuring that Taiwanese media voices and officials are heard through the Chinese internet firewall, broadcasting the ineptness and corruption of the Chinese Communist Party throughout China, and reporting on Chinese coercion against its neighbors in the South China Sea and East China Sea, and ensuring the people of China understand the responsibility of the Chinese Communist Party in unleashing a global contagion.

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