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CSM posted:They're probably counting costs associated with EU headquarters or something else dumb and wrong. Belgium is net contributor to the EU, which is pretty logical since it's a rich country (and no, not a failed state). Belgium is not a net contributor, and has almost never been a net contributor to the EU. Similarly to Luxembourg, the reason for that is the running expenses of EU’s bureaucratic apparatus. It’s a perfectly valid EU budget line item, with no coherent reason to pretend that it should be excluded from this consideration.
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CSM posted:They're probably counting costs associated with EU headquarters or something else dumb and wrong. Belgium is net contributor to the EU, which is pretty logical since it's a rich country (and no, not a failed state). It's a morally failed state.
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is this good? lines going up are always good right? 
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fatherboxx posted:is this good? Would it be too dark to say “спасибо деду за победу” here?
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fatherboxx posted:is this good? I'm sure those are accurate figures for India...
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Would it be too dark to say “спасибо деду за победу” here? Totally fair.
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CSM posted:(and no, not a failed state). Belgian spotted!!! It's ok I give Belgium a pass for JCVD Oh definitely, their deaths are off by like an order of magnitude vvvv mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Jul 16, 2021 |
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Torrannor posted:I'm sure those are accurate figures for India...
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steinrokkan posted:It's a morally failed state. Dude, this is a thread about Eastern Europe. I don't think Belgium can compete.
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:Dude, this is a thread about Eastern Europe. I don't think Belgium can compete. I dunno, they got to a pretty strong start with Congo.
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https://twitter.com/realworldrj/status/1416738120507273216quote:Poland’s right-wing nationalist ruling party, Law and Justice, has been steadily losing ground in recent months. Its parliamentary majority has dwindled to one seat amid rising public discontent over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and passage of new restrictions on abortion. Following the return to domestic politics of former prime minister and European Council president Donald Tusk, polls are showing his opposition Civic Platform party could defeat Law and Justice in the next election, which is due by 2023 but could come earlier. That sucks.
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in current russia climate news, western yakutia is extremely on fire https://twitter.com/edgesolar/status/1416736393204744192 https://twitter.com/mashant/status/1414577076473147393 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdZraQ7nWew
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:in current russia climate news, western yakutia is extremely on fire Some local activists pestered Leonardo DiCaprio on instagram about it to get some attention, and when local officials caught a whiff of it, one of the activists had to record a video apologising for making Yakutia look bad.
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Ahh, what the heck, let's put in some non-disaster news: https://twitter.com/LostWeapons/status/1416639008478617601 Edit: official press-release rather claims it was cryptomining: https://ssu.gov.ua/novyny/sbu-vykry...LS5udQNxS77pkQQ OddObserver fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Jul 18, 2021 |
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Running a what? Imagine choosing between investing hundreds of thousand $ in crypto or Neopets, and landing on Neopets
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steinrokkan posted:Running a what? Imagine choosing between investing hundreds of thousand $ in crypto or Neopets, and landing on Neopets FIFA version make way more technical and economical sense than the crypto version, to be honest. Just sell the English jacked accounts where their team can actually defeat Italy’s.
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But is it really illegal? Why the hell would the Security Service be involved in this?
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Paladinus posted:But is it really illegal? Why the hell would the Security Service be involved in this? Stolen accounts and/or credit cards is my guess
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Paladinus posted:But is it really illegal? Why the hell would the Security Service be involved in this? When I read about this in Ukrainian news a few days ago, my understanding was that they were squatting a (possibly abandoned) facility of a regional electricity company, not just stealing the electricity from the regional grid, but also doing something to mask their consumption traces. Factual occupation of this processing farm is irrelevant to the law enforcement action.
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steinrokkan posted:Running a what? Imagine choosing between investing hundreds of thousand $ in crypto or Neopets, and landing on Neopets if i had that much money to invest i'd probably choose neopets too. also how is some lovely virtual tomigachi from when i was in elementary school still a thing..
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cinci zoo sniper posted:When I read about this in Ukrainian news a few days ago, my understanding was that they were squatting a (possibly abandoned) facility of a regional electricity company, not just stealing the electricity from the regional grid, but also doing something to mask their consumption traces. Factual occupation of this processing farm is irrelevant to the law enforcement action. That makes more sense.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:When I read about this in Ukrainian news a few days ago, my understanding was that they were squatting a (possibly abandoned) facility of a regional electricity company, not just stealing the electricity from the regional grid, but also doing something to mask their consumption traces. Factual occupation of this processing farm is irrelevant to the law enforcement action. There was also a suggestion that people from the electrical company were involved because they were very insistent that nothing was happening
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forkboy84 posted:There was also a suggestion that people from the electrical company were involved because they were very insistent that nothing was happening It’s likely easy to overestimate the quality of their infrastructure surveillance, but I would not at all be surprised if it turns out some energy company insider helped them with at least mopping up the footprints.
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As I look towards western Europe with its low crime rate, healthy and happy populations, a modern economy, functioning infrastructure, low curruption and stable political systems, I am filled with dread and despair. If only we could be more like our Russian slavic brothers. Yes, Russia is an oppressive country full of misery and despair, high crime rate, a hyper corrupt state and decaying economy. And sure, life is short and alcoholism is rampant. But there are so few gay people. And that's all that matters in the end
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GABA ghoul posted:As I look towards western Europe with its low crime rate, healthy and happy populations, a modern economy, functioning infrastructure, low curruption and stable political systems, I am filled with dread and despair. If only we could be more like our Russian slavic brothers. Yes, Russia is an oppressive country full of misery and despair, high crime rate, a hyper corrupt state and decaying economy. And sure, life is short and alcoholism is rampant. But there are so few gay people. And that's all that matters in the end I know that you jest, but wait until you learn about Komsomol banyas.
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Neat. Iilya and Aleksi made SA.com. Good for them. :3 Since we're not talking about weird stuff, some color on the SBU crackdown on crypto; the crypto schemes and casinos were under the protection of Interior Ministry. With Avakov likely moving up to deputy PM, depending on how the White House trip goes the schemes are being raided for resale. Kolomoskyi and Firtash (of course) were the two major players in local crypto through the use of the illegal electricity schemes. IMF is terrified that if Ukraine legalizes crypto the flight to offshore havens would collapse the UAH;USD peg, which is only being held up by UkrEXIM and Citibank corporate demand. Also, on a more sunny topic we expect NBU Governor Krill to be sacked sometime in August or September, kicking off a crisis. IMF is desperate to save their program and prevent Ukraine going full Argentina, so expect US$2.5b to be issued before October.
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Meanwhile in Hungary. https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-referendum-hungary-anti-lgbtq-minors-law/
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Imagine the cultural divide where in certain societies this is a "what's the big deal 5 x yes please" poll, while we are basically assuming that in Hungary, Poland, Russia, etc that would come back with a big "human rights? no thanks" stamp.
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We all really care about our children here, so much we want them to suffer in a tightly controlled religious regime so they feel safe from "gender" and "others"
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Anne Frank Funk posted:Imagine the cultural divide where in certain societies this is a "what's the big deal 5 x yes please" poll, while we are basically assuming that in Hungary, Poland, Russia, etc that would come back with a big "human rights? no thanks" stamp.
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My personal issue is with the wording of all those loving questions, especially the second and the fourth. It's very blatant pretend democracy junk as Dwesa describes.
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Obviously the wording is whack. Don't think the results would change much if they were to word it in an impartial manner. Potentially it might skew the results more towards xenophobia due to people seeing the impartial wording and thinking "gender ideology" promoters are trying to force "it" via the referendum.
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Anne Frank Funk posted:Obviously the wording is whack. Don't think the results would change much if they were to word it in an impartial manner. Potentially it might skew the results more towards xenophobia due to people seeing the impartial wording and thinking "gender ideology" promoters are trying to force "it" via the referendum. Well, that's the entire play. Younger people are aware of this topic but don't vote. Older people are much more likely to be unaware or radically conservative. Therefore, this will look like a referendum on Hungary's right to defend itself to them. The second question, for instance, is functionally identical to the fifth, and only exists explicitly as an attempt to validate a mindset which considers trans people to be defects, rather than people, with some external enemy actively attempting to eradicate Hungarian children via SRS.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:My personal issue is with the wording of all those loving questions, especially the second and the fourth. It's very blatant pretend democracy junk as Dwesa describes. Fourth is basically complete censorship, since everything affects children's development, and children's educational programming in particular.
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OddObserver posted:Fourth is basically complete censorship, since everything affects children's development, and children's educational programming in particular. I think the 4th there is used to try to trick people to vote against drug use or gambling or similar and parade that as a vote on LGBT themes, but you’re not wrong on where the textualist interpretation of that can be taken.
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Anne Frank Funk posted:Obviously the wording is whack. Don't think the results would change much if they were to word it in an impartial manner. Potentially it might skew the results more towards xenophobia due to people seeing the impartial wording and thinking "gender ideology" promoters are trying to force "it" via the referendum. I dunno if the translation is accurate, but this looks similar to the Russian laws prohibiting promotion of gay sex. Like yeah I don't think sex change operations should be PROMOTED to children, they're pretty dumb after all. But what these laws usually are in fact prohibiting us any mention or discussion whatsoever.
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In lighter news, here’s a scoop on the royal family of Stavropol’. https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1417429363428151305
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Kuban' in all was always very corrupted and nepotic region
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why do these people always decorate like rich old dowagers in an old timey movie. what a waste of good loot e: In the video he even has cabinets and mantlepieces covered in lovely ceramic animal knickknacks. Zedhe Khoja fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Jul 21, 2021 |
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