Author Topic: International Politics Thread - Disease and Disaster (Read 1660886 times)

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6600 on:** August 12, 2019, 10:52:08 PM »

Quote from: shosta on August 12, 2019, 10:27:14 PM

Holy shit, countries in the Arabian peninsula spent 100 BILLION USD on arms and military equipment last year.

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/08/zarif-arms-sales-gulf-tinderbox-ready-blow-190812101726183.html

Nintex · « **Reply #6601 on:** August 13, 2019, 05:06:43 AM »

Puppet ruler

https://twitter.com/TheAPJournalist/status/1161102935922810880

So it's all going downhill fast
https://twitter.com/JournoDannyAero/status/1161200664908726272

Nintex · « **Reply #6602 on:** August 13, 2019, 07:15:06 AM »

https://twitter.com/AmbJohnBolton/status/1161229951049375744

Nintex · « **Reply #6603 on:** August 13, 2019, 04:33:30 PM »

https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1161305213841682439

Convinced that the Matrix is broken yet

It's crazy to see all the Chinese bots go up in real time
https://twitter.com/IceXuvida/status/1161355252127244288

https://twitter.com/sbzsa/status/1161356615343398913

Pay close attention and you can learn how information warfare works.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6604 on:** August 13, 2019, 04:47:25 PM »

Russian's new missile killed 5 of their own guys, how many of our guys have our missiles been able to kill?

Nintex · « **Reply #6605 on:** August 13, 2019, 05:09:59 PM »

The Chinese information warfare tactics are disgusting.
They used the bots before to sow discontent about the Paris terror attacks.

One thing their Hong Kong signal boosting does is showing us just how far and wide these Chinese bot networks have spread across Twitter and elsewhere.
It's time we took them all down and made people aware of their existence.

Transhuman · « **Reply #6606 on:** August 14, 2019, 01:35:02 AM »

Quote from: shosta on August 13, 2019, 08:41:14 AM

On the bright side, Turkey shot down a Chinese drone with a laser cannon. You read that correctly.

(Image removed from quote.)

It's a fuckin laser cannon.

I imagine most of that damage is from the crash not the laser

naff · « **Reply #6607 on:** August 14, 2019, 02:01:20 AM »

Quote from: Transhuman on August 14, 2019, 01:35:02 AM

I imagine most of that damage is from the crash not the laser

pfft. v obvious this is the effect of the immense heat generated as the pilot de-synchronised and the A.T. Field disintegrated.

Raist · « **Reply #6608 on:** August 14, 2019, 09:46:19 AM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49348072

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Speaking during a Facebook event hosted at Downing Street, Mr Johnson said he wanted to leave with a deal but "we need our European friends to compromise".

"There's a terrible kind of collaboration as it were, going on between people who think they can block Brexit in Parliament and our European friends," he added.

"The more they think there's a chance that Brexit can be blocked in Parliament, the more adamant they are in sticking to their position."

Raist · « **Reply #6609 on:** August 14, 2019, 10:47:14 AM »

How lovely.

https://twitter.com/oliver_wright/status/1161573881863376896

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6610 on:** August 14, 2019, 10:57:42 AM »

Only 3 million? Confirmed, USA still the best at having healthcare no one can afford.

Nintex · « **Reply #6611 on:** August 14, 2019, 11:06:20 AM »

Maybe you can also ask Boris your questions Raist.

Raist · « **Reply #6612 on:** August 14, 2019, 12:25:13 PM »

Yeah, I'm sure these aren't curated to hell and back, or written by his own staff.

Actually scratch that, he probably makes them up as he goes along, that iPad just has a picture of Thatcher in kinky lingerie.

Also, while answering a question from Scotland:

Nice

Nintex · « **Reply #6613 on:** August 14, 2019, 12:38:37 PM »

Quote from: Raist on August 14, 2019, 12:25:13 PM

Yeah, I'm sure these aren't curated to hell and back, or written by his own staff.

Actually scratch that, he probably makes them up as he goes along, that iPad just has a picture of Thatcher in kinky lingerie.

Also, while answering a question from Scotland:

(Image removed from quote.)

Nice

I'm also thinking the mental health question was a troll they didn't catch

Raist · « **Reply #6614 on:** August 14, 2019, 12:55:15 PM »

These questions just so happen to all follow the main points he discussed during his first speech outside Downing St. How bizarre.

who is ted danson? · « **Reply #6615 on:** August 14, 2019, 12:56:57 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on August 14, 2019, 11:06:20 AM

Maybe you can also ask Boris your questions Raist.

fuckin hell he looks rough

Occam · « **Reply #6616 on:** August 14, 2019, 12:58:50 PM »

Was thinking the same thing, he looks like someone punched his nose.

Nintex · « **Reply #6617 on:** August 14, 2019, 01:08:27 PM »

Quote from: Occam on August 14, 2019, 12:58:50 PM

Was thinking the same thing, he looks like someone punched his nose.

Get drunk and fight with your wife at the pub like everyone else does and suddenly the good people of Britain can relate to you Mr. Prime Minister!

Raist · « **Reply #6618 on:** August 15, 2019, 07:56:57 AM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49352250

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Jeremy Corbyn has urged the leaders of the other opposition parties and Tory rebels to install him as caretaker PM in order to stop a no-deal Brexit.

Green MP Caroline Lucas welcomed Mr Corbyn's call for a vote of no confidence but insisted a referendum must be held before any general election

Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader Liz Saville Roberts said she welcomed any attempt to stop no-deal but said it was "disappointing" that he would not commit to calling a referendum before an election

The SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford said his party would support the principle of a no-confidence vote, but "there is no mechanism for a caretaker government at the moment"

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson said she would not support making Mr Corbyn prime minister.
She called him "divisive" and said he would not command MPs' support.

Change UK leader Anna Soubry, who was not sent the letter, said Mr Corbyn "doesn't even command respect and support from his own party never mind across the political divide".

Never forget.

Nintex · « **Reply #6619 on:** August 15, 2019, 08:41:03 AM »

https://twitter.com/Brexit/status/1161717487425261568

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6620 on:** August 15, 2019, 12:49:16 PM »

Can't get kicked out as PM over trying to do a no-deal Brexit if you already did the no-deal Brexit.

Nintex · « **Reply #6621 on:** August 15, 2019, 05:51:58 PM »

https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1162046321483747329

Jeremy vs Boris really is the special olympics of politics

VomKriege · « **Reply #6622 on:** August 16, 2019, 05:57:11 AM »

Bojo's Jezza Adventure

Nintex · « **Reply #6623 on:** August 16, 2019, 05:50:55 PM »

https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/1162395844777304068

Next up, a caretaker PM contest for a position that may never exist

Nintex · « **Reply #6624 on:** August 17, 2019, 12:34:05 PM »

https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1162462598203367425

"Please do not waste this precious time"

benjipwns · « **Reply #6625 on:** August 17, 2019, 08:59:19 PM »

They should just e-mail the EU embassy with "We quit." and do literally nothing else and see what happens at this point.

Raist · « **Reply #6626 on:** August 18, 2019, 02:48:40 AM »

"We're going to leave!"

- OK

"For realsies!"

- Fine

"If you don't ask us to not leave like that we'll cut our own hands!"

- Sure

"We're really really really gonna do it!"

- Go ahead.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6627 on:** August 18, 2019, 04:48:15 AM »

Don't forget the footage of him returning to his favourite shitposting site with a dump of Ana Valens tweets.

Nintex · « **Reply #6628 on:** August 18, 2019, 06:46:00 AM »

https://twitter.com/thesundaytimes/status/1162852858565472256

VomKriege · « **Reply #6629 on:** August 18, 2019, 07:20:14 AM »

It's 2019 and a First World nuclear power is planning on dealing with self inflicted food and medecine shortages.

Nintex · « **Reply #6630 on:** August 19, 2019, 06:28:57 AM »

https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1163039609586180097

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The Government has signed into law legislation to repeal the Act of Parliament which set in stone Britain’s EU (EEC) membership in 1972.

https://twitter.com/MirrorPolitics/status/1163392751360192517

team filler · « **Reply #6631 on:** August 19, 2019, 02:17:48 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6632 on:** August 19, 2019, 03:02:58 PM »

Quote from: VomKriege on August 18, 2019, 07:20:14 AM

It's 2019 and a First World nuclear power is planning on dealing with self inflicted food and medecine shortages.

The situation seems bad, but let's not exaggerate too much.

Second World.

team filler · « **Reply #6633 on:** August 19, 2019, 04:17:55 PM »

https://twitter.com/AbbyMartin/status/1162077181729579009

team filler · « **Reply #6634 on:** August 19, 2019, 04:29:27 PM »

Quote from: filler on August 19, 2019, 02:17:48 PM

https://twitter.com/JafariPeyman/status/1163356499063836672

https://twitter.com/KhalilAitblal/status/1163383390516797440

Tripon · « **Reply #6635 on:** August 20, 2019, 12:37:24 AM »

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49402840

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Boris Johnson has told the EU the backstop plan for the Irish border must be scrapped because it is "unviable" and "anti-democratic".

In a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, the PM said the backstop - which aims to avoid a hard border - risked undermining the Northern Irish peace process.

If the plan was removed, Mr Johnson claimed a Brexit deal would be passed by parliament.

Brussels has not yet responded.

However, the EU has consistently insisted the backstop must remain part of the withdrawal agreement and cannot be changed.

In a phone conversation with Mr Johnson on Monday evening, Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar reiterated that the agreement could not be reopened and the backstop could not change.

lol at the 'technology' trying to replace a border. Boris really is trying to do Brexit without figuring out how to avoid a return to the IRA bombing shit left and right.

Raist · « **Reply #6636 on:** August 20, 2019, 02:26:49 AM »

I love that they keep simultaneously arguing that the backstop is problematic, yet those mysterious "technological solutions" would be very easy to implement

And they wonder why the EU isn't taking them seriously.

Nintex · « **Reply #6637 on:** August 20, 2019, 05:45:08 AM »

https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1163718431239221249

VomKriege · « **Reply #6638 on:** August 20, 2019, 07:28:12 AM »

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6639 on:** August 20, 2019, 07:31:32 AM »

Ok marine

VomKriege · « **Reply #6640 on:** August 20, 2019, 09:53:05 AM »

Rocket Man is at it again !

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49405499

Occam · « **Reply #6641 on:** August 20, 2019, 11:41:05 AM »

Tusk tells Johnson to get fucked.

https://twitter.com/eucopresident/status/1163757521582116864?

Nintex · « **Reply #6642 on:** August 20, 2019, 05:02:26 PM »

Quote from: Occam on August 20, 2019, 11:41:05 AM

Tusk tells Johnson to get fucked.

https://twitter.com/eucopresident/status/1163757521582116864?

The cheeky bastard has already responded

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1163860120419196928

a lot of oomph and optimism

Nintex · « **Reply #6643 on:** August 20, 2019, 05:19:08 PM »

His haircut somehow got worse than it has ever been, just what the fuck is he doing in No10.
But at least it seems like he wasn't punched on the nose this weekend. That is progress I guess?

https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/1163869656454770688

https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1163872079688720384

Boris strategy
- Bluff
- Tell your opponent you are bluffing
-

- Brexit

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6644 on:** August 21, 2019, 12:45:52 AM »

So drump cancelled his visit to Denmark because we don't want to talk about selling Greenland

Trump is legit mentally challenged

Occam · « **Reply #6645 on:** August 21, 2019, 03:22:26 AM »

We've known this for years. Aside from several serious psychological disorders, there is something neurologically wrong with his brain. It's nearing expiration.

I wonder if years from now the morons who voted for him will ever feel a modicum of shame for having supported this man.
Probably not, it's easier to continue lying to yourself than admitting you are a moron.

Nintex · « **Reply #6646 on:** August 21, 2019, 06:04:44 AM »

https://twitter.com/wirereporter/status/1164113947877920768

The Germans are so done with this shit

Occam · « **Reply #6647 on:** August 21, 2019, 10:58:23 AM »

Hilarious. Trump should wait until November, though. It's about to get much cheaper.

Nintex · « **Reply #6648 on:** August 21, 2019, 11:17:41 AM »

They actually worked out an offer for this totally not serious thing he was just looking at and a meeting that had nothing to do with it.

https://twitter.com/feliciasonmez/status/1163998499681263616

No wonder Trump is pissed at everything and everyone today. His deal to catch everyone off guard fell through.

Nintex · « **Reply #6649 on:** August 21, 2019, 01:00:04 PM »

Boris throws "Wir Schaffen Das" back at Merkel. The phrase that pretty much haunted her ever since she said it

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1164215437028204544

Raist · « **Reply #6650 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:40:28 AM »

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dwp-u-turns-after-telling-18978226.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Nintex · « **Reply #6651 on:** August 22, 2019, 10:54:43 AM »

So Boris went to Merkel and has been given 30 days by the Germans to come up with a serious solution for the backstop.
According to some Boris actually has a plan that involves getting Ireland to adopt a different set of customs rules that match the UK for a short while.
Of course Ireland has no interest whatsoever in doing this. The French and Germans are basically planning for a no-deal Brexit at this point.

Today he meets with Macron but Macron has already said 'non' and said yesterday that the UK would be nothing more than a 'vassal state of the US' if it continued down this path.

Meanwhile the Tories are exploring options for an election because Boris is eating the votes of the Brexit party and Labour is going down in the polls because Jeremy Corbyn.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6652 on:** August 22, 2019, 04:58:33 PM »

Quote from: Raist on August 22, 2019, 10:40:28 AM

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dwp-u-turns-after-telling-18978226.amp?__twitter_impression=true

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Other job suggestions on the same page included becoming a fortune-teller

Arguably worse than stripper job offers.

Nintex · « **Reply #6653 on:** August 22, 2019, 05:43:25 PM »

Macron is also open to working with Boris to change the Brexit deal.

Another one in the "everyone hates Jeremy Corbyn" column

Rufus · « **Reply #6654 on:** August 22, 2019, 08:23:18 PM »

Why would they be negotiationg with Corbyn?

Nintex · « **Reply #6655 on:** August 23, 2019, 08:22:42 AM »

Quote from: Rufus on August 22, 2019, 08:23:18 PM

Why would they be negotiationg with Corbyn?

Corbyn's entire gamble is that Boris can't get a better deal and there will be a vote of no confidence. In that case he (as leader of the opposition) would be appointed caretaker PM to organize a 2nd referendum on Brexit and a general election.

If Merkel and Macron give Boris enough signals that the deal can be altered there won't be a vote of no confidence against him before the UK leaves on October 31st.
The expectation was that Merkel and especially Macron disliked Boris so much that they'd show him the door but that didn't happen.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6656 on:** August 23, 2019, 09:08:18 AM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #6657 on:** August 23, 2019, 09:44:28 AM »

Quote from: VomKriege on August 22, 2019, 04:58:33 PM

Quote from: Raist on August 22, 2019, 10:40:28 AM
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dwp-u-turns-after-telling-18978226.amp?__twitter_impression=true

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Other job suggestions on the same page included becoming a fortune-teller

Arguably worse than stripper job offers.

But still better than British PM.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6658 on:** August 23, 2019, 09:52:31 AM »

Why not both like the late Lord Palmerston?

Nintex · « **Reply #6659 on:** August 23, 2019, 10:18:32 AM »

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1164636081750532096

News:

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