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Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

gradenko_2000 posted:

One term of six years. 2016 was the last one, so 2022 is next. Official campaign season starts Q1 next year, polls in May, new President takes office June 30.

Yes, Sara Duterte, the daughter, is almost certainly running.

Aquino, before Duterte, was a liberal. Arroyo, before Aquino, was a conservative (think Bush or Thatcher)

I'd say we have one chance in three of getting a liberal president (Leni Robredo) again after next year's elections. There is a back-and-forth nature to politics, but the liberal party is especially weak - think Biden if Trump didn't gently caress up COVID.

Other potential presidential winners besides Duterte the Younger and Robredo include Ferdinand Marcos Junior, and Manny Pacquiao.

this is purely anecdotal but from asking some filipinos i work with duterte is still massively popular so im guessing duterte younger has a good chance of winning?

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gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Agrajag posted:

this is purely anecdotal but from asking some filipinos i work with duterte is still massively popular so im guessing duterte younger has a good chance of winning?

Yes

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

The dollar will stay the most important global currency until Jeffrey let's people buy accounts with e-RMB

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

gradenko_2000 posted:

....

I'd say we have one chance in three of getting a liberal president (Leni Robredo) again after next year's elections. There is a back-and-forth nature to politics, but the liberal party is especially weak - think Biden if Trump didn't gently caress up COVID.

Other potential presidential winners besides Duterte the Younger and Robredo include Ferdinand Marcos Junior, and Manny Pacquiao.

That's IndiaPakistan level of dynasty politic.

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

stephenthinkpad posted:

That's IndiaPakistan level of dynasty politic.

dont see any difference from bush sr, bush jr, jeb bush, and the whole kennedy family

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

stephenthinkpad posted:

That's IndiaPakistan level of dynasty politic.

The Bhuttos got nothing on the Ghandi dynasty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehru%E2%80%93Gandhi_family

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?

gradenko_2000 posted:

Manny Pacquiao.

for real?

THS
Sep 15, 2017

Agrajag posted:

dont see any difference from bush sr, bush jr, jeb bush, and the whole kennedy family

or the clintons. i love how deeply even leftists go thru the american ideological carwash that it isn’t immediately obvious how much our media labeling poo poo as “banana republics” or heir-apparents or regimes is just projection

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

indigi posted:

for real?

TRMP!

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

Agrajag posted:

dont see any difference from bush sr, bush jr, jeb bush, and the whole kennedy family



I was looking at the recent decade, and at national level. While that failson Gandhi can still become the next PM, I don't think any Bush has a real chance. But yeah, a lot of India's smarter parties are family business.

OhFunny
Jun 26, 2013

EXTREMELY PISSED AT THE DNC

indigi posted:

for real?

For those unaware: Manny Pacquiao is a Senator in the Congress of the Philippines and was a congressman before that.

He's also the Chair of the Senate's Public Works Committee.

Troy Queef
Jan 12, 2013




OhFunny posted:

For those unaware: Manny Pacquiao is a Senator in the Congress of the Philippines and was a congressman before that.

He's also the Chair of the Senate's Public Works Committee.

He’s also an actor, singer, owner of a basketball league, former player/coach of another pro basketball team, and should have won the first Marquez fight.

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

Troy Queef posted:

He’s also an actor, singer, owner of a basketball league, former player/coach of another pro basketball team, and should have won the first Marquez fight.

Was he also kind of a playboy (before turning religious) like Imran Khan?

mila kunis
Jun 10, 2011
lmfao

https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1364398890842210308

mila kunis
Jun 10, 2011
1. Our first investigation found and removed a network of 69 fake accounts that can be reliably tied to Russian state actors. A number of these accounts amplified narratives that were aligned with the Russian government, while another subset of the network focused on undermining faith in the NATO alliance and its stability.

oh no! not our faith in NATO!

Protagorean
May 19, 2013

by Azathoth

mila kunis posted:

1. Our first investigation found and removed a network of 69 fake accounts

nice

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?

Anglo/Euro anarchists are truly worthless in any struggle against imperialism and capitalism. god drat. god loving drat

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

the reasons for taking down the Armenian accounts are incredibly weak

quote:

Under our platform manipulation policy, we investigated and removed 35 accounts that had ties to the Government of Armenia. These accounts were created in order to advance narratives that were targeting Azerbaijan and were geostrategically favorable to the Armenian government. In some cases, the fake accounts purported to represent government and political figures in Azerbaijan, as well as news entities claiming to operate in Azerbaijan. The accounts engaged in spammy activity to gain followers and further amplify this narrative.
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/disclosing-networks-of-state-linked-information-operations-.html

Doesn't every government use its platforms to advance narratives that are geostrategically favorable to it.

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

Yes. Jack got high on his own supply

THS
Sep 15, 2017

Grapplejack posted:

Yes. Jack got high on his own supply

jack probably thinks if he doesnt do this, that the democratic controlled congress will retaliate by threatening to break up tech companies or otherwise increased regulations and hauling their execs infront of committee even more often. and he’s probably right

THS
Sep 15, 2017

zuck and jack are worried that democrats mucking with their poo poo is going to gently caress their share prices

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1364495672112783363

Fleetwood
Mar 26, 2010


biggest hochul head in china
lol badass

Orbis Tertius
Feb 13, 2007


alternating feelings of “dang that’s progressive” and “that’s nowhere near enough money”

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Women hold up half the sky

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

gradenko_2000 posted:

Women hold up half the sky

Bidenist-Maoism

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy

Gorman Thomas posted:

Unironically owns, Biden needs to bring back the dancin and singin armed forces.
"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance." - Confucius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbW8U4VfgTM

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
-- or somersault through flaming hula hoops

Mantis42
Jul 26, 2010

Flint's water was first discovered to be toxic 7 years ago and the government still hasn't fixed it.

Meanwhile, in the same amount of time, China has lifted 100 million people out of poverty.

https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1364845648722370560?s=20

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme
More tall tales out of North Korea

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56178271

BrainDance
May 8, 2007

Disco all night long!

Mantis42 posted:

Flint's water was first discovered to be toxic 7 years ago and the government still hasn't fixed it.

Meanwhile, in the same amount of time, China has lifted 100 million people out of poverty.

https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1364845648722370560?s=20

They say it's fixed actually but tbh no one still wants to drink it. I'm actually from there.

China's water has just been that bad basically forever and everyone accepts it so no one drinks the tap though, so...

ContinuityNewTimes
Dec 30, 2010

Я выдуман напрочь

Mantis42 posted:

Flint's water was first discovered to be toxic 7 years ago and the government still hasn't fixed it.

Meanwhile, in the same amount of time, China has lifted 100 million people out of poverty.

https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1364845648722370560?s=20

100 million people now earning a dollar a day

BrainDance
May 8, 2007

Disco all night long!

Continuity NIP posted:

100 million people now earning a dollar a day

But don't you see the farmer lady? She's smiling!

Nevermind the poo poo I've seen in Henan that puts Detroit to shame.

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

BrainDance posted:

Nevermind the poo poo I've seen in Henan that puts Detroit to shame.

lol

Apoplexy
Mar 9, 2003

by Shine

BrainDance posted:

Nevermind the poo poo I've seen in Henan that puts Detroit to shame.

Just say 'I've seen black-skinned people in both places and, sir, I don't like it.'

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
poo poo's going down in armenia, basically the military is attempting to do a coup:-

https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1364851445456130055?s=20

https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1364855236360359938?s=20

https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1364872500967075840?s=20

BrainDance
May 8, 2007

Disco all night long!

Apoplexy posted:

Just say 'I've seen black-skinned people in both places and, sir, I don't like it.'

Ya but I loving love Detroit

Apoplexy
Mar 9, 2003

by Shine

BrainDance posted:

Ya but I loving love Detroit

At various points, I can totally agree there. Both worker's paradise of unionized manufacturing and comical post-apocalyptic remnants reclaimed by nature. BEAR CITY!

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
The poverty line only amounting to little over 2 bucks a day would be a better own on China if it wasn't for the small detail that the West can't even hurdle that benchmark either

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BrainDance
May 8, 2007

Disco all night long!

gradenko_2000 posted:

The poverty line only amounting to little over 2 bucks a day would be a better own on China if it wasn't for the small detail that the West can't even hurdle that benchmark either

hot take that's cuz both are poo poo

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