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« Reply #12000 on: July 09, 2022, 02:14:30 AM »
aww, rip Abe-chan

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« Reply #12001 on: July 09, 2022, 04:13:17 AM »
https://twitter.com/EndGameWW3/status/1545663305234227200

I have a bad feeling about this attack

https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1545454654506635265
https://twitter.com/EHunterChristie/status/1545679894343974912
https://twitter.com/EHunterChristie/status/1545494018418778116

Most got this all wrong, Moscow doesn't control the conservatives London. They control Berlin through the left and energy supplies. Trump was right when he confronted Stoltenberg with this.
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« Reply #12005 on: July 09, 2022, 09:08:18 AM »
Dang you Kojima :stahp
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« Reply #12006 on: July 09, 2022, 10:17:27 AM »
She was in the first Avengers movie! for 30 seconds, how can people not know here

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« Reply #12009 on: July 09, 2022, 05:48:07 PM »
Another country another protest.

https://twitter.com/steve_hanke/status/1545554826234404864


Germany is preparing winter shelters for the poor and elderly that won't be able to heat their homes this winter.
https://twitter.com/BILD/status/1545880433270865921

The Dutch farmers protests continues
https://twitter.com/RadioGenova/status/1545849959622365185
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« Reply #12011 on: July 10, 2022, 01:33:01 PM »
Uber Files: Massive leak reveals how top politicians secretly helped Uber

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62057321
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They show how ex-EU digital commissioner Neelie Kroes, one of Brussels' top officials, was in talks to join Uber before her term ended - and then secretly lobbied for the firm, in potential breach of EU ethics rules.
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Mr Macron - now president - was on first name terms with Uber's controversial boss Travis Kalanick, and told him he would reform laws in the firm's favour.

Crooks and liars.


Zelensky has ordered the liberation of South Ukraine
https://twitter.com/EndGameWW3/status/1546221443620413440
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« Reply #12012 on: July 10, 2022, 06:13:41 PM »
This entire thread :dead

https://twitter.com/_F_B_G_/status/1546240323264937986

Missing logo from Liz Truss, she's running :rejoice
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« Reply #12013 on: July 11, 2022, 11:37:10 AM »
Apparently the HIMARS rocket launchers the US has been supplying Ukraine have been going on something of a rampage since their arrival.



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« Reply #12014 on: July 11, 2022, 02:01:15 PM »
The biggest move they can make is to push through in the south far enough so the HIMARS can strike the bridge connecting Russia to the Crimea.
That would be a serious blow to the Russian war effort and morale. Enough of a 'cost' to make them think twice about expanding the offensive.

They simply don't have enough missile systems to destroy all the Russian stockpiles.
Russia fires an estimated average of 30k artillery shells per day.
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« Reply #12017 on: July 11, 2022, 05:25:59 PM »
We should not underestimate the implications of the fact that the S-400 (designed to counter these types of missile attacks) is not working, at all  :doge

Belarus
China
India
Russia
Turkey

All have broken air defenses.
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« Reply #12018 on: July 12, 2022, 01:46:56 AM »
We should not underestimate the implications of the fact that the S-400 (designed to counter these types of missile attacks) is not working, at all  :doge

Belarus
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All have broken air defenses.
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« Reply #12019 on: July 12, 2022, 02:51:36 PM »
The resistance has reached my town :rejoice



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« Reply #12020 on: July 12, 2022, 05:05:49 PM »
nintex doxxed at last :bolo
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« Reply #12021 on: July 12, 2022, 10:26:50 PM »
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-13/burnside-council-adopts-recommendations-on-julian-carbone/101232654

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A Burnside councillor who sent an inappropriate message to a teenage girl has rejected calls for him to resign and repay costs from an investigation into his online activity.

Julian Carbone has been subject to a code of conduct complaint investigation after he sent a message from his official Instagram account to a 17-year-old girl which said: "Lots of bikini photos — but it's so damn cold at the moment hey".

The teenager made a complaint to Burnside Council after she received the message request late last year and alleged the councillor's official Instagram account followed a "number of young females".

The investigation, which included engaging a cyber security expert, cost the council $11,585.

During last night's council meeting, Cr Henry Davis said Cr Carbone's conduct had brought the council into disrepute and caused the community to lose confidence in its ability to govern.

"I condemn the actions of Cr Carbone in messaging a 17-year-old girl which in no circumstances would pass the moral standard of any member of the community, let alone, an elected official," he said.

"To add salt to the wound, when Cr Carbone was presented with the complaint his denial unduly cost ratepayers well beyond what would normally be expected of a standard code of conduct."

Cr Davis said Cr Carbone's explanations were "quite frankly ridiculous".

"Simultaneously he claimed to have been hacked, he claims he doesn't remember sending it, he claimed that someone stole his phone at 5:06am as some kind of joke, he says he messaged the wrong the account," he said.

“It is clear that maintaining these conflicting excuses is completely untenable.

"We cannot ask Cr Carbone to resign but I feel strongly that he should resign."

Councillors Jane Davey and Helga Lemon expressed their support for Cr Carbone to resign.

The council unanimously carried a motion supporting that the recommendations from the investigation report into Cr Carbone's conduct be adopted.

The report recommended he issue a written apology, cease using the Instagram account and attend training in relation to the use of social media.

The council also ordered a report into why the code of conduct complaint investigation cost double the usual cost of such an inquiry and into whether council can recoup the costs from Cr Carbone.

Cr Carbone, who was absent from the meeting, told the ABC that he will not be resigning and would stand for re-election later this year.

"I am very passionate about our community, I am very committed to the work that I have done and continue to do. I am going to focus on all of the good that I have done over the last three-and-a-half years leading to the next election," he said.

"I am not going to be deterred by what is a relatively minor thing in the scheme of things."

Cr Carbone said he wanted to resolve the "misunderstanding" by talking to the complainant over a cup of coffee, but she declined.

"That message was not intended for her, it was sent by mistake. I know it, she now knows it and the whole community knows it was a mistake," she said.

Cr Carbone said although he did not remember sending the message — and if he did, it was not meant for the teen — he would take responsibility as the owner of the account.

"I am going to apologise, it is inappropriate, I am old enough and experienced enough to know those sorts of messages are not on, especially from an elected official," he told ABC Radio Adelaide's Stacey Lee.

"So I know it's wrong and that's why I'm going to apologise."

Cr Carbone said the message was inappropriate, but he did not think it was "sleazy or dodgy".

"It was simply making a comment that she was at the beach, and it was cold at the time," he said.

In regard to the report's recommendations, Cr Carbone said he had deleted his Instagram account and would undergo social media training, as well as apologise.

"I am happy to sit down and work out how I can move forward without attracting all of these fake profiles because I was taking everybody on face value, I accepted every request and accepted every follower," he said.

"I was just doing what I thought was the right thing to do but of course I have got myself in hot water because I have been following all of these fake profiles unintentionally."
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« Reply #12024 on: July 14, 2022, 07:00:36 PM »

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« Reply #12029 on: July 17, 2022, 10:12:24 AM »
The last time we tried to defeat the Russkies in a land war with overly complicated weapons it went really well so I can see why they are trying it again instead of sending our vastly superior air forces :idont

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« Reply #12030 on: July 18, 2022, 02:25:44 PM »
https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1549008925806268416

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https://twitter.com/EndGameWW3/status/1549127982857469953
Zelensky fired the prosecutor and the head of the intelligence services (who was also his campaign manager)
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« Reply #12031 on: July 18, 2022, 07:57:00 PM »
https://twitter.com/china_takes/status/1548469046667984897
Why would you leave a small PRC enclave surrounded on all sides after what happened the last time this was tried?

edit: lmao at how many other things got annexed, so much for Finland joining NATO I guess
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« Reply #12033 on: July 19, 2022, 07:47:14 AM »
https://twitter.com/PeterStefanovi2/status/1549354153583034370

 :lol

Tugendhat is out, it's now between Badenoch, Sunak, Truss and Mordaunt.
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« Reply #12034 on: July 19, 2022, 11:44:03 AM »
Badenoch is out, I'd have preferred her (as much as I could ever bring myself to prefer any tory) just because having a relatively young black woman with dreadlocks as tory leader would have broken so many brains. Idk jack shit about her or her policies however, but assume they must be shite if she made it this far.
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« Reply #12035 on: July 19, 2022, 12:58:32 PM »
Badenoch is a pull up your own bootstraps conservative from what I've read but by far the most interesting candidate. Mordaunt is considered too liberal so I doubt that's where Kemi's supporters go.

If Sunak wins, you'll get a good dose of austerity and a half-assed peace deal with Russia. He might also improve relations with the EU. He'll most likely return to Cameron's line.

When Truss wins all bets are off. She'll probably let MI5 and the SAS take out Lavrov out of spite on her first day and moves from there. She channels both Thatcher and Boris it seems.
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« Reply #12036 on: July 19, 2022, 06:14:26 PM »
https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1549484111353503751

Congratulations gentleman, you played yourself
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« Reply #12041 on: July 20, 2022, 06:31:06 PM »
Guessing Liz Truss will be the next PM from what she's offering vs Sunak (low taxes and patriotism and all that shit, basically boris style populism vs highly probable austerity).

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« Reply #12042 on: July 20, 2022, 06:36:12 PM »
fwiw she doesn't have anything close to the "common touch" boris has so will probably/hopefully eat shit at the next election.
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« Reply #12043 on: July 21, 2022, 02:59:46 AM »
Liz Truss is one of the least charismatic politicians I've ever seen. She'd be a great change of pace after Boris.
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« Reply #12044 on: July 21, 2022, 04:05:51 AM »

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« Reply #12045 on: July 21, 2022, 07:25:56 AM »
I think Truss might do an Erdogan/Turkey speedrun and tank the currency and economy

She's clearly not all there and is spouting off crackpot plans and theories in every interview

Shit's gonna be wild, especially if she finds someone equally nutty to be her chancellor

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« Reply #12046 on: July 21, 2022, 01:25:16 PM »
https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1550148604555313159

This is absolute madness.

I think Truss might do an Erdogan/Turkey speedrun and tank the currency and economy

You're forgetting the war mate.

She literally said she will go to Russia and call Putin out like she did Lavrov to make him look bad in front of the swing countries Indonesia and India.
The result of her trip to Lavrov was Russia putting their nuclear forces on high alert.
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« Reply #12047 on: July 21, 2022, 03:06:53 PM »
Italian parliament dissolved

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1550149166323695618

I looked up the polls and leading right now is a party called "Brothers of Italy" headed up by Berlusconi's former minister of youth.
Which is basically a party for people that consider Lega to be too liberal :doge
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« Reply #12048 on: July 21, 2022, 03:08:42 PM »
Doesn't this happen like every six months?
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« Reply #12049 on: July 21, 2022, 03:20:13 PM »
Doesn't this happen like every six months?
They've run the same scam for years

- Elect a populist to block reforms
- Face bankruptcy and blame it on Germany for starting WW2
- Get a bandaid and a caretaker government
- Elect some bureaucrat or banker with promises to reform the economy
- Get EU money to reform

Go back to step 1

Except now most parties running (both on the left and right) want to leave the EU.
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« Reply #12051 on: July 21, 2022, 07:18:00 PM »
Italy losing one of the smartest, most accomplished, and impressive statesment in Europe to the dumbest human beings possible - Meloni and Salvini.    The coalition-based system in Italy doesn't work, the populists are always united and the left isn't. 



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« Reply #12054 on: July 22, 2022, 03:29:11 AM »
The Dutch armed forces proudly present their new vehicles
https://twitter.com/Defensie/status/1550133752017219587
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« Reply #12057 on: July 24, 2022, 07:16:06 AM »
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« Reply #12059 on: July 25, 2022, 10:21:09 AM »
I think we should invade Congo, force a regime change and take care of their resources.

Since this is really expensive, we should let semi-private companies handle the administrative work.