Author Topic: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster (Read 1663313 times)

Tripon · « **Reply #6300 on:** June 25, 2019, 08:52:26 AM »

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1143426734651564033

Occam · « **Reply #6301 on:** June 25, 2019, 09:53:46 AM »

Quote from: Tripon on June 25, 2019, 08:52:26 AM

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1143426734651564033

When telling the truth is considered "mocking".

(Not a clever thing to do when the person suffering from re tardation has the power to order military strikes, of course.)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6302 on:** June 25, 2019, 09:58:25 AM »

please have patience with our distinguished mentally-challenged fellow president

Occam · « **Reply #6303 on:** June 25, 2019, 10:03:57 AM »

Can't the word filter make an exception for the medical term r e t a r d a t i o n?

Kara · « **Reply #6304 on:** June 25, 2019, 10:23:51 AM »

Yikes, y'all, I think it may be time to cancel the President of Iran.

Nintex · « **Reply #6305 on:** June 25, 2019, 12:48:31 PM »

He's bonking mad.
The interviewer tries to save him by moving on to the next question and he just continues rambling.

Perfect.

Also someone find a bus that Boris painted. I bet it looks really great.

Raist · « **Reply #6306 on:** June 25, 2019, 02:20:05 PM »

I'm surprised he paints passengers enjoying themselves and not "let's give 350 million to the NHS".

Occam · « **Reply #6307 on:** June 26, 2019, 09:24:45 AM »

Newly released, totally not staged promotional images of Boris Johnson and his significant other:

Someone on Twitter did this enhancement.

Raist · « **Reply #6308 on:** June 26, 2019, 09:33:43 AM »

What do you mean. This clearly looks like a spontaneous moment, frozen in time for eternity by a paparazzi from 2 miles away.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #6309 on:** June 26, 2019, 09:39:11 AM »

Mow the lawn you lazy fuck.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6310 on:** June 26, 2019, 09:56:50 AM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on June 26, 2019, 09:39:11 AM

Mow the lawn you lazy fuck.

This.
How can he be expected to lead a country when he can‘t even handle his back yard.

Raist · « **Reply #6311 on:** June 26, 2019, 10:53:59 AM »

He took back control and fired his portuguese gardener, obviously.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6312 on:** June 27, 2019, 07:00:44 AM »

Merkel again had the shakes during an event.
Is this gonna be one of those Mitterrand things of learning she had some sickness once she steps down ?

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6313 on:** June 27, 2019, 07:11:31 AM »

Merkel having to step down would be a disaster for the CDU. That SPD/CDU coalition is hanging on by a thread.

I am not ready for a green chancellor, but people love preachy neolibs apparently.

Rufus · « **Reply #6314 on:** June 27, 2019, 07:26:40 AM »

GreenDU > CDU

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6315 on:** June 27, 2019, 07:40:42 AM »

It‘s about the comfort of the status quo.

team filler · « **Reply #6316 on:** June 27, 2019, 02:34:17 PM »

https://twitter.com/RTUKnews/status/1144186105845051392

team filler · « **Reply #6317 on:** June 27, 2019, 03:01:38 PM »

Nintex · « **Reply #6318 on:** June 27, 2019, 05:57:29 PM »

How's the campaign going Boris?

https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1144349707331919879

Still the front runner

Momo · « **Reply #6319 on:** June 28, 2019, 01:10:21 AM »

bbc should never be censored

Raist · « **Reply #6320 on:** June 28, 2019, 03:45:13 PM »

Quote from: filler on June 27, 2019, 02:34:17 PM

https://twitter.com/RTUKnews/status/1144186105845051392

They're going to need some more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48807161

Quote

The EU and South American economic bloc Mercosur have clinched a huge trade deal after 20 years of negotiations.

The deal aims to cut or remove trade tariffs, making imported products cheaper for consumers while also boosting exports for companies on both sides.

It is set to create a market for goods and services covering nearly 800 million consumers, making it the largest in the world in terms of population.

team filler · « **Reply #6321 on:** June 29, 2019, 12:57:51 AM »

https://twitter.com/madanboukman/status/1144825626886410242

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6322 on:** June 29, 2019, 05:13:19 AM »

Quote from: Nintex on June 27, 2019, 05:57:29 PM

How's the campaign going Boris?

https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1144349707331919879

Still the front runner

Good luck boris with renegotiating the brexit deal

Lolololol

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6323 on:** June 29, 2019, 09:50:08 AM »

BAN DALAI LAMA

DO IT YOU COWARDS

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6324 on:** June 29, 2019, 01:08:58 PM »

The fusion of

and

that we needed.

Raist · « **Reply #6325 on:** June 29, 2019, 01:57:43 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on June 29, 2019, 01:08:58 PM

The fusion of and that we needed.

I'm getting more of a

vibe.

Raist · « **Reply #6326 on:** June 29, 2019, 02:23:40 PM »

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/27/brexit-civil-servant-in-charge-of-no-deal-planning-quits

Another one in charge of sorting some aspects brexit out bails.

Although.

Quote

Tom Shinner, 33, director of policy and delivery coordination at the Department for Exiting the EU, was in charge of coordinating the domestic policy implications of Brexit across government departments to ensure a smooth exit from the EU.

Put a 33yo in charge of something like this, bruvs

Kara · « **Reply #6327 on:** June 29, 2019, 04:46:39 PM »

critical support to Assimilate's fash daddy for icing the neoliberal nepotism case

Nintex · « **Reply #6328 on:** June 30, 2019, 07:46:36 AM »

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1145290422606008321

History

Raist · « **Reply #6329 on:** June 30, 2019, 12:23:24 PM »

Did he really just step over the line and then back?

Kara · « **Reply #6330 on:** July 01, 2019, 12:51:28 PM »

Nazis? In the BRD law enforcement apparatus? It's more likely than you think.

Raist · « **Reply #6331 on:** July 01, 2019, 01:08:27 PM »

Oh so that's why Merkel was shaking rn

Raist · « **Reply #6332 on:** July 01, 2019, 01:31:47 PM »

Things going pretty well in HK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-china-48821664/hong-kong-champagne-and-protests-on-handover-anniversary

Raist · « **Reply #6333 on:** July 01, 2019, 04:02:17 PM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48819260

Quote

Jeremy Hunt has said he would decide by the end of September whether there is a "realistic chance" of reaching a new Brexit deal with the EU.

The Tory leadership contender said he would deliver a provisional "no-deal Brexit budget" in early September and then give the EU three weeks.

He vowed to abandon talks after that if there was no "immediate prospect" of progress and move to a no-deal footing.

His rival Boris Johnson has vowed to leave "come what may" by 31 October.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Mr Johnson said it was important to have a "hard deadline" for leaving, adding that previous no-deal preparations had "sagged back down" after exit dates were not met.

At the same time, he said preparations for no deal would continue in earnest, and all leave for civil servants at government departments would be cancelled unless he received guarantees that no-deal planning was "on time and on track".

The foreign secretary also warned MPs against attempting to block a no-deal Brexit, warning it could make it harder to get a new agreement by giving the EU "misplaced confidence that we'll give ground".

He added that detailed preparation plans for no deal were needed to make it a "credible threat" to the EU, and give the UK "leverage" in the talks.

Nintex · « **Reply #6334 on:** July 01, 2019, 04:10:45 PM »

If anyone is going to stay in the EU in the end it's Boris.

The tories are not as dumb as they look.

Occam · « **Reply #6335 on:** July 01, 2019, 04:35:54 PM »

After 30 years of killing whales and eating them for "research", Japan has officially started whaling again today. No longer for "research".

Edit:
"Due to its low food self-sufficiency rate, around 40%, Japan relies on stockpiling to secure a stable food supply. As of 2009, Japan's 1.2 million ton seafood stockpile included nearly 5000 tons of whale meat. In 2005, the Japanese government began encouraging public schools to serve whale meat in school lunches as part of an initiative to reduce the country's stockpiles. A reported 18 percent of public elementary and junior high schools offering lunches served whale meat at least once during the 2009/2010 fiscal year. However, there has been criticism of serving whale meat to school children due to allegations of toxic methylmercury levels. The World Wildlife Fund has also estimated that the Japanese government has had to invest $12 million into the 2008–09 Antarctic whale hunt alone just to break even, and that subsidies in total have amounted to about $150 million since 1988.

One study found levels of mercury in whale red meat at six times the limit set by the US FDA for food. Whale meat can also be contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls. Critics claim that, because of contamination, it constitutes a health risk. Thus children and pregnant women are advised to refrain from eating whale meat."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_Japan#Commercial_viability

You can't make this up.
"Whaling makes no commercial sense and the meat of which we have stockpiled too much already is poisonous. Solution: Let's kill even more whales and feed them to our children!"

Kara · « **Reply #6336 on:** July 01, 2019, 05:09:32 PM »

Netherlands national rail finally paying restitution for being paid to transport people to Nazi death camps. Better late than never!

Unless most survivors and perpetrators are dead, I guess.

Nintex · « **Reply #6337 on:** July 01, 2019, 05:41:38 PM »

Boris still making moves

https://twitter.com/MsHelicat/status/1145797164754505728

Nintex · « **Reply #6338 on:** July 02, 2019, 05:42:47 PM »

At least the UK still has elections.

The new EUSSR leaders have been appointed by the central committee

https://twitter.com/EUCouncilPress/status/1146110407964352513

None of these people were even candidates or leaders of their political blocks

1. Wrecked Germany's armed forces

2. Wrecked Greece

3. Wrecked Belgium

4. Convicted of fraud and famously said the US only had to kill 4 Indians to form a nation

VomKriege · « **Reply #6339 on:** July 02, 2019, 05:50:36 PM »

Lagarde keeps failing up and up Jesus.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I dunno maybe she's good at what she does. At least she didn't assault a Sofitel maid.

[close]

Rufus · « **Reply #6340 on:** July 02, 2019, 06:00:19 PM »

Von der Leyen failing upward as well. No doubts about incompetence.

Parliament still has to vote, so... All hope is not lost.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6341 on:** July 02, 2019, 06:07:38 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on July 02, 2019, 06:00:19 PM

Von der Leyen failing upward as well. No doubts about incompetence.

Parliament still has to vote, so... All hope is not lost.

Sending failing politicians to Brussels is a proud tradition.
She can say hi to Günther Oettinger.

Maybe the next minister of defence can ensure that more than 1 ship is considered ready for duty.

Kara · « **Reply #6342 on:** July 02, 2019, 06:08:14 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on July 02, 2019, 05:42:47 PM

1. Wrecked Germany's armed forces

This is supposed to make me not like the klanidate [sic]?

Nintex · « **Reply #6343 on:** July 02, 2019, 06:10:16 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on July 02, 2019, 06:00:19 PM

Von der Leyen failing upward as well. No doubts about incompetence.

Parliament still has to vote, so... All hope is not lost.

It's a deal made between the Visegrad countries and the others.

Orban didn't want Weber, so the socialists lobbied for the top job and the others settled on Frans Timmermans but Orban blocked him too.
So as a compromise they've decided on Ursula. With a German as President they can't deliver the head of the ECB as well.
So that's where France comes in and Macron backed Lagarde for the position.

But these are some bottom tier establishment picks for sure and Orban backed these because they're A) horrible and B) easy targets.
No one has to worry about anything changing the EU except the bar tab and maybe Lagarde will put the entire block on some austerity.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6344 on:** July 02, 2019, 06:11:00 PM »

Without the threat of German invasion, Dutch forum users became known as the worst posters per capita.

Kara · « **Reply #6345 on:** July 02, 2019, 06:19:13 PM »

The Dutch seemed quite comfortable being occupied by Germans.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6346 on:** July 02, 2019, 06:32:37 PM »

An italian judge gave back her freedom to Carola Rackete, the captain of the Sea Watch 3 who forced through the refusal from authorities to anchor in Lampedusa with over 40 migrants they picked up in the Med.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6347 on:** July 03, 2019, 12:47:19 AM »

Quote from: Kara on July 01, 2019, 05:09:32 PM

Netherlands national rail finally paying restitution for being paid to transport people to Nazi death camps. Better late than never!

Unless most survivors and perpetrators are dead, I guess.

Its late but better late then never.

Raist · « **Reply #6348 on:** July 03, 2019, 01:44:15 AM »

Quote from: Nintex on July 02, 2019, 05:42:47 PM

At least the UK still has elections.

You mean, like they got Theresa May without voting for her originally? Or how they'll get Bojo without voting for him? Or the House of Lords?

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6349 on:** July 03, 2019, 02:27:24 AM »

The Eu is also a democracy but not a direct one thank god so we dont have to worry about clowns like Boris, Trump, Orban, Duda etc.

Brexit shows how stupid people are.

team filler · « **Reply #6350 on:** July 03, 2019, 02:31:49 AM »

R.B.R
17 hours ago
Great idea. Yasser Arafat, Hugo Chavez were slowly poisoned, by Mosad and the CIA.

Raist · « **Reply #6351 on:** July 03, 2019, 07:39:42 AM »

Today in "Brits behaving like a bunch of 5yo abroad".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48839829

Occam · « **Reply #6352 on:** July 03, 2019, 08:14:41 AM »

Inspired by their role models.

Members the NSDAP in the Reichstag, 1930
Image text:
The Nazi party fraction turns away from the speech of Dr. Loewenthal. In the middle in front Joseph Goebbels writes with his body averted (in light suit).
Photographer:
Scherl
Date: 10.12.1930

Nintex · « **Reply #6353 on:** July 03, 2019, 05:37:31 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on July 03, 2019, 02:27:24 AM

The Eu is also a democracy but not a direct one thank god so we dont have to worry about clowns like Boris, Trump, Orban, Duda etc.

Brexit shows how stupid people are.

You have the chance not to appoint fuck ups and you go with Leyen, Michel, Lagarde and a Spanish convict for the top jobs.
That kinda beats the whole point of appointing the best men/women for the job.

They could've decided on any other establishment picks who aren't complete fuck-ups.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6354 on:** July 03, 2019, 05:39:12 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on July 03, 2019, 05:37:31 PM

They could've decided on any other establishment picks who aren't complete fuck-ups.

They obviously couldn't or we wouldn't be there.

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #6355 on:** July 03, 2019, 07:05:19 PM »

Quote from: Stro on July 03, 2019, 06:50:27 PM

at the US president drinking Diet Coke out of a wine glass at the G20

WAT

Nintex · « **Reply #6356 on:** July 03, 2019, 07:07:25 PM »

Quote from: Stro on July 03, 2019, 06:50:27 PM

at the US president drinking Diet Coke out of a wine glass at the G20

Them: "We will have flying cars in the future"

The actual Future:

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #6357 on:** July 03, 2019, 07:08:48 PM »

Kara · « **Reply #6358 on:** July 03, 2019, 07:08:51 PM »

Quote from: Stro on July 03, 2019, 06:50:27 PM

at the US president drinking Diet Coke out of a wine glass at the G20

Maybe it was kalimotxo, Luis Carrero Blanco.

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #6359 on:** July 03, 2019, 07:10:13 PM »

not gonna lie though the same characteristics for a wine glass that deliver flavor and senses, also deliver carbonation. source: I drank coca cola out of wine glasses till I was 57.

News:

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