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thatfatkid
Feb 20, 2011

by Azathoth

Raskolnikov38 posted:

hmm I wonder who this guy is



:thunk:

Lol shocking.

Anyone have a non paywall link to that Atlantic article? I'm keen for a good laugh.

thatfatkid has issued a correction as of 23:02 on Jul 18, 2021

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comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

ship of theseus for me but not for thee

Palladium
May 8, 2012

Very Good
✔️✔️✔️✔️
I watched a vlog of Chinese tourist lamenting about opening a bank account in developed Italy would take 7 days, when the same thing would be done within 5 mins on the spot in backwards China

Corky Romanovsky
Oct 1, 2006

Soiled Meat

Palladium posted:

I watched a vlog of Chinese tourist lamenting about opening a bank account in developed Italy would take 7 days, when the same thing would be done within 5 mins on the spot in backwards China

Have you considered that banking is a form of corruption, and that the ease of banking in China means it is more corrupt than Italy?

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
if there's anything italians are good at it, it's corruption

Mantis42
Jul 26, 2010

Banking in Italy takes longer because they have find a hole too small for Wario to fit in for the floating gold coins.

Noosphere
Aug 31, 2008

[[[error]]] Damn not found.

thatfatkid posted:

Lol shocking.

Anyone have a non paywall link to that Atlantic article? I'm keen for a good laugh.

https://file.io/1gKifgn8TNuT

Here's a rip of the article.

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!
https://twitter.com/nytimesworld/status/1416962021090791424

dox
Mar 4, 2006
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1417078236756987904

quote:

But a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has previously deflected blame for the Microsoft Exchange hack, saying that China “firmly opposes and combats cyber attacks and cyber theft in all forms” and cautioned that attribution of cyberattacks should be based on evidence and not “groundless accusations.”

ded redd
Aug 1, 2010

by Fluffdaddy

quote:

Unlike in April, when public finger-pointing of Russian hacking was paired with a raft of sanctions against Moscow, the Biden administration did not announce any actions against Beijing.

just seeing what sticks, i see

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!


Lol

ded redd
Aug 1, 2010

by Fluffdaddy
ANY DAY NOW

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

Hmm i wonder which western nation propped this military dictatorship up for years after the korean war? :thunk:

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

Office Pig posted:

just seeing what sticks, i see

literally throwing genocide accusations, pollution accusations, IMF style debt traps schemes, cyber poo poo, hilarious accusations of china invasions, and other stuff i probably missed at a board

edit: oh yeah and china 1 child policy is bad but now that they've lifted that policy its still also bad because reasons

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1417216421696720896?s=20

cmon, Falun Gong? Could they not find a less weird group?

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!
https://mobile.twitter.com/IlariaMariaSala/status/1416335317322276865

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 21 days!)

Atrocious Joe posted:

https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1417216421696720896?s=20

cmon, Falun Gong? Could they not find a less weird group?

No.

There's at least a dozen christian cults being repressed in China that should garner more attention from Westerners, yet none of them have the sheer numbers and wealth of Falun Gong - so the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

lobster shirt
Jun 14, 2021

the cia should consider reviving the god worshipping society, with a name like that, americans would hav to support it

Maximo Roboto
Feb 4, 2012

Eastern Lightning is probably the biggest Christian cult offshoot, right. Not including more orthodox Christian dissenters like the underground churches or house churches.

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth
is Falun Gong's guy the one who claimed he can live forever and then vanished for the past like ten years don't look into that he can't die so he's just ya know relaxing at home somewhere, or is it the one with the dude who says he can fly but only if nobody looks at him?

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 21 days!)

sexpig by night posted:

is Falun Gong's guy the one who claimed he can live forever and then vanished for the past like ten years don't look into that he can't die so he's just ya know relaxing at home somewhere, or is it the one with the dude who says he can fly but only if nobody looks at him?

It's the latter, but Li Hongzhi has withdrawn from public life over the last 20 years. He only makes rare appearances and is usually seen only through digital mediums - so maybe he is dead already.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/inside-falun-gong-master-li-hongzhi-the-mountain-dragon-springs/12442518?nw=0

This year old ABC expose about Falun Gong activities in the US is a pretty decent rundown. It's pretty funny that they've convinced liberals to make a cause celebre of this homophobic, racist, spiritual nazi cult.

quote:

“The leader of Falun Gong claims that race mixing in humans is part of an alien plot to drive humanity further from the gods,” says Anna. “He says that when a child is born from an interracial marriage, that child does not have a heavenly kingdom to go to.”

quote:

“Part of the practice is this notion that Master Li first of all can read everyone’s mind and that he has heavenly bodies out there in the world doing this for him as well. So I grew up with this notion that my thoughts were always being monitored. And my mother said that at Dragon Springs, you were in a greater presence of spirits and the gods.”

Pener Kropoopkin has issued a correction as of 23:40 on Jul 19, 2021

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
subtle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhBnW7bZHEE&t=253s

Low Desert Punk
Jul 4, 2012

i have absolutely no fucking money

lol

Zedhe Khoja
Nov 10, 2017

sürgünden selamlar
yıkıcılar ulusuna
the best part is how he clearly does not give a poo poo or know anything about what hes saying.
just reading the lines on the screen.

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



Atrocious Joe posted:

https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1417216421696720896?s=20

cmon, Falun Gong? Could they not find a less weird group?

lol striking newer lows

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

Atrocious Joe posted:

https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1417216421696720896?s=20

cmon, Falun Gong? Could they not find a less weird group?

lmao come the gently caress on

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1417294988652781569?s=20
https://twitter.com/UnderSecStateP/status/1417295198342762500?s=20

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1461760/duterte-accuses-del-rosario-of-treason-ibuhos-ko-yang-kape-sa-mukha-mo

quote:

MANILA, Philippines — Without citing any proof, President Rodrigo Duterte accused former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario of treason for claiming that Chinese officials had been bragging about shaping the outcome of the 2016 Philippine elections.

Duterte lambasted Del Rosario during the taped weekly briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the country Monday night.

Last week, Del Rosario said he received information from a “most reliable international entity” that “high officials from China are bragging that they had been able to influence the 2016 Philippine elections so that Duterte would be president.”

“You, Alberto, if I see what you have, I will sue you for many things. I have not, for the life of me, sued anybody — libel or anything — during my 23 years [in public office]. But you, I will go after you because it was you who transmitted the message,” Duterte said, speaking partly in Filipino.

It was at this point that Duterte accused Del Rosario of treason and proceeded to question his nationality, without citing any evidence.

“If we are in olden times, if we are only at war, you are guilty of treason. And the reason is you are not a Filipino. You were picked up from somewhere. Why do you look that way? You are not really a Filipino, in fact,” Duterte said.

“What weighs heavily against you is that it was you who transmitted that. And I said that is treason,” he added.

You can see the problem here where Duterte accusing del Rosario of treason is portrayed as an unfounded claim with no evidence.

And yet del Rosario's original statement, that China had interfered in our elections to make Duterte the President, is accepted as being basically true.

Antonymous
Apr 4, 2009


it's literally so subtle I have no idea what you're pointing out

Red and Black
Sep 5, 2011

https://twitter.com/LunaOi_VN/status/1417269886120730653?s=20

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
here's another example of "Russiagate" in the Philippines:

Kaspersky releases a report about how a "Chinese-speaking" hacker group that used to be targeting government entities in Myanmar, has since shifted to allegedly targeting the Philippine government, via USB sticks carrying malware and phishing emails.

One of our Senators (from the Soc Dem party, even!) immediately seizes on this and shifts it to fearmongering about the possibility of Chinese interference in the 2022 elections.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
https://twitter.com/LunaOi_VN/status/1417280407578451980

lobster shirt
Jun 14, 2021


that first v in "zhvvye belarus" should be a y, a. blinken needs to proofread his freakin tweets!

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!
https://mobile.twitter.com/balajis/status/1416918945093742595

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
how do I get digital yuans

mcclay
Jul 8, 2013

Oh dear oh gosh oh darn
Soiled Meat
excited that nuyen from shadowrun is gonna be real

OhFunny
Jun 26, 2013

EXTREMELY PISSED AT THE DNC
https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1417525982253228038?s=19

This was Aung San Suu Kyi's personal attorney.

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

https://twitter.com/billbirtles/status/1417486267139362837

bad account, fun video

Zedhe Khoja
Nov 10, 2017

sürgünden selamlar
yıkıcılar ulusuna
hmm forbidden chocolate milk...

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stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
I heard social media chattering a lot of people got drown in Henan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yceub4O3gDQ

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