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Lyndon LaRouche
Sep 5, 2006

by Azathoth

crepeface posted:

all the official institutions, tech giants and pundits lining up behind the lab leak theory is loving depressing

The west desperately needs a casus belli.

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Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

Nobody was punished for Russiagate, so why should they do anything different?

Grevling
Dec 18, 2016


This would make a great avatar

Antonymous
Apr 4, 2009

agreed. it's a really great & haunting 'shop

Lostconfused
Oct 1, 2008

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/05/28/journalist-or-soldier

So they just moved on to "So what if he might have been in the Azov Battalion, who cares?"

Edit: Their best argument is that he was too much of a dweeb to even do anything.

quote:

On May 27, the independent Belarusian news outlet Nasha Niva spoke to an anonymous Azov soldier who offered a different explanation for the photographs showing an armed Protasevich in uniform:

I remember him in Urzuf [outside Mariupol, where Azov operated a training base]. He was this young guy. Biletsky didn’t trust him because he showed up and started with “So where are the other Belarusians? Let me at ’em.” People figured he was collecting information, so there was never much trust and they didn’t involve him in any operations. He did a bit of basic training, took some selfies with a weapon at the shooting range, and probably realized that he wouldn’t be joining the team, so he left. Did he fight? If so, I don’t think it was with Azov.

Lostconfused has issued a correction as of 22:24 on May 28, 2021

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007


Lmfao

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1398077087605473286

man can you imagine living in a country where a billionaire died every month what a horrible place to live in

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
aw that article's a decade old

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/mta_PH/status/1397886759996850188

the only thing more pathetic than the "Milk Tea Alliance" is Filipino liberals trying to cling to the concept despite not having any kind of protest movement in the country, CIA-backed or otherwise

(Kim Atienza is a local celebrity who apparently has a Taiwanese wife, hence the reaction)

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
did Chinese people demand such an obsequious apology for a simple error or is it just Warner making him do a little dance

Danann
Aug 4, 2013

Crossposing from the Happy News thread:
https://twitter.com/ErikSolheim/status/1395650753289756680

PawParole
Nov 16, 2019

no one outside of western white liberals say Taiwan is an independent country, even the Pan-Greens don’t claim that.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

PawParole posted:

no one outside of western white liberals say Taiwan is an independent country, even the Pan-Greens don’t claim that.

quote:

Because a formal/official separation would mean war with China. People in Taiwan are probably okay with the status quo because it's almost like they're living as an independent country right now anyway..

If there was a guarantee that there would be no conflict triggered by a declaration of independence I'm sure the polling numbers would be much higher.

quote:

Hi, International Relations grad student here. The issue of Taiwan is more complicated than just a numbers game.

The PRC views as Taiwan as its domestic territory and any act of aggression on the island can be legally defined as a domestic security issue owing to the UN's non-recognition of Taiwan as a sovereign state and the fact that both Beijing and Taipei recognize Taiwan as a mere province of whichever the "real" China is. However, this does not exclude any bilateral treaties that Taiwan has with other countries, such as the US with the Taiwan Relations Act which includes defense provisions should the territory be threatened.

The status quo is beneficial/lucrative to both sides of the strait, with both sides having grown more economically interdependent through the years. Taiwan has already toppled the old KMT and elected a new, pro-independent president with younger people overwhelmingly in support of it. In the unlikely event that Beijing suddenly has a massive shift in their Taiwan policy, then there's no reason to see why a two-state resolution is achievable within our lifetimes.

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/lymanstoneky/status/1398276793761730560

i sure do love graphs that obviously dont say what the tweeter says they do is cambodia actually a hardcore ally doing chinas bidding or is it just colored red here to make china seem more scary

i do feel pretty comfortable saying china doesnt have especially close ties to myanmar given that theyre having a civil war and chinas official position appears to be that they dont really give a poo poo

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/genenisperos/status/1398456032938975234?s=19

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1398208874855866368

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
we'll need those to power the earth engines

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

just lol if china invents cold fusion and everyone rejects it and the planet explodes anyway

genericnick
Dec 26, 2012


OK, but you'd have to tell me the pressure for me to decide whether that's good or not.

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010




this is some cyberpunk poo poo

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

crepeface posted:

just lol if china invents cold fusion and everyone rejects it and the planet explodes anyway

It's built by Uyghurs forced labor.

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

stephenthinkpad posted:

It's built by Uyghurs forced labor.

From sheep farmers to cold fusion technicians

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics leads the way!

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

stephenthinkpad posted:

It's built by Uyghurs forced labor.

where uyghur one, we go all.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

crepeface posted:

where uyghur one, we go all.

:pusheen:

genericnick
Dec 26, 2012

crepeface posted:

where uyghur one, we go all.

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

crepeface posted:

where uyghur one, we go all.

Comrade Koba
Jul 2, 2007

crepeface posted:

where uyghur one, we go all.

:emptyquote:

Chamale
Jul 11, 2010

I'm helping!



crepeface posted:

where uyghur one, we go all.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

crepeface posted:

where uyghur one, we go all.

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1398268985326645248?s=20
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1398270598879584257?s=20

millions of lives lost, huh David?

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019

why are there suddenly all these anti asian hate crimes?????

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019
the media: "the chinese are disgusting animals spreading disease where ever they go"

white brain morons: "yes"

the media: "wow, how could you say something like that"

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

David bum

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

crepeface posted:

where uyghur one, we go all.

forward unto dawn

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

yeah lets ignore that our govt's literally chose the worst of all possible options at every turn during this pandemic but ok

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

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

I understand the general point but given with happened with J&J I wouldn’t blame a country too hard for ordering more than it needed in case of hiccups like that with emergency-approved vaccines

crepeface posted:

just lol if china invents cold fusion and everyone rejects it and the planet explodes anyway

120000000 C isn’t cold. that’s quite warm

Cao Ni Ma posted:

this is some cyberpunk poo poo

yeah in the full “depriving laborers of collective power” sense

Charles 2 of Spain
Nov 7, 2017

I like how being unable to be a bully is a cause for concern.

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/activist360_co/status/1398733382314389507

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/RFA_UyghurNews/status/1397384645822476288

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Okuteru
Nov 10, 2007

Choose this life you're on your own
E: Nothing to see here.

Okuteru has issued a correction as of 10:12 on May 31, 2021

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