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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:i also love the SUCC (shanghai urban construction college) those blue camo pants are sick
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Nov 9, 2021 07:51
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Spergin Morlock posted:how many layers or irony are you on?
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Nov 9, 2021 08:02
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:i also love the SUCC (shanghai urban construction college) 
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Nov 9, 2021 08:31
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i have just the news channel for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCIlhFmVgRg
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Nov 9, 2021 09:22
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lol I hadn't really been paying attention to the COP stuff so from all the talk about xi scorning the event I thought China had given it a miss entirely, e.g. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/4a960b88-39c0-45f0-8c53-9411682e5b24 financial times posted:However, Xi, who has not left China since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, submitted a written statement only, raising questions about his country’s participation when they actually sent a delegation https://www.itv.com/news/2021-11-01/is-cop26-doomed-to-fail-without-chinas-xi-jinping ITV news posted:It is true that Xi has not left China since the beginning of the pandemic. To travel to the UK would be to potentially expose him to Covid-19, and it seems it would be a worse prospect for the President to get the virus, than for him to be painted as the pariah of COP26. and that should be the end of it right, China is attending the meeting it's just that xi won't personally be in the room and is sending a senior representative of the Chinese government in his place ITV news posted:But he will not have the power to act without the President's say so. but are the targets bad? ITV news posted:The country doubled down on renewables targets and its commitments to reach peak emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. hmm genuinely not great but not all that far off what the west is pretending it will do ITV News posted:There is unlikely to be any shift on that 2030 target, despite the country being on track to meet it ahead of schedule. itv news posted:Nor does there appear any willingness to entertain a pact on curbing rising temperatures. A subject the Chinese have been particularly cautious on. the last paragraph is just awful ITV news posted:In 2021, when even Her Majesty the Queen is fed up of leaders saying not doing, there will be many in Glasgow questioning why Xi didn’t deem it important to even turn up. Perhaps he wanted to spare the planet the carbon footprint of his journey. of course, it is the only way as they wouldn't be able to just do a loving teleconference like almost every office worker in the world has managed over the last two years. they wouldn't just like, not do that for no reason out of spite/as an undercurrent of the UK government's war against working at home (because you can't get COVID there, and they like to give people COVID) Financial Times posted:Alok Sharma, the UK’s COP president, confirmed that no country was given the option to join the World Leaders Summit by video link.
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Nov 9, 2021 09:28
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Jose posted:Lmao I definitely see this working listen jack its the bbb for the world the ccc to fight the ccp *sniff*
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Nov 9, 2021 09:32
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XMNN posted:lol I hadn't really been paying attention to the COP stuff so from all the talk about xi scorning the event I thought China had given it a miss entirely, e.g. very challenging! we had to travel on a 20,000 ft column column of coal smoke to get here!
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Nov 9, 2021 09:47
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Pretty funny that the PR stunt flopped, and so the narrative is focused on how rude it is that Xi didnt get suckered into the flop
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Nov 9, 2021 10:40
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Xi can't make any decisions without throwing a coin in the UK air
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Nov 9, 2021 10:42
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Palladium posted:Xi can't make any decisions without throwing a coin in the UK air that was in Italy because nothing says you take climate change seriously more than flying a bunch of world leaders to one country and then another to have meetings they could do on the internet
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Nov 9, 2021 11:04
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Atopian posted:Let's be clear, China's motivations re: foreign development and investment are very unlikely to be altruistic. They explicitly are not altruistic. As in China literally said it is only making mutually beneficial investments. Much better than the US though.
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Nov 9, 2021 11:11
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the criticism of the targets only makes sense if you don't understand that china deliberately sets chronological goals with the intention of delivering ahead of schedule. underpromising and overperforming is the norm, so you can mentally subtract at least a few years off both of those, maybe more since they're so high-profile
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Nov 9, 2021 11:16
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Biden's great global investment plan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGAmPRxV48
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Nov 9, 2021 11:18
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Orange Devil posted:They explicitly are not altruistic. As in China literally said it is only making mutually beneficial investments. i think it was that gyude moore presentation where he was like "if it's not win-win, then at least we don't lose." R. Guyovich posted:the criticism of the targets only makes sense if you don't understand that china deliberately sets chronological goals with the intention of delivering ahead of schedule. underpromising and overperforming is the norm, so you can mentally subtract at least a few years off both of those, maybe more since they're so high-profile yeah seeing the 2015-2020 goals being beat really put it in perspective.
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Nov 9, 2021 11:18
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R. Guyovich posted:the criticism of the targets only makes sense if you don't understand that china deliberately sets chronological goals with the intention of delivering ahead of schedule. underpromising and overperforming is the norm, so you can mentally subtract at least a few years off both of those, maybe more since they're so high-profile This is also excellent advice for your career by the way. Always try to negotiate down what is expected of you so that you can easily deliver ahead of schedule. It’s called expectations management or whatever and will make your job a lot less stressful and also make you much more likely to be noticed for promotion.* *May only apply if you are a white male in a comfortable middle class or better job.
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Nov 9, 2021 11:21
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Lostconfused posted:Some of the comments in the video explain it also, lisica is fox in slav which makes it even funnier because animal stereotypes
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Nov 9, 2021 11:51
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CaptainACAB posted:There is, was and likely always will be zero evidence that Soviet pilots ever flew combat missions over Vietnam. the north vietnamese air force was arguably the best in the world during the vietnam war, they actually had a positive kills to losses ratio despite being vastly outnumbered and using inferior hardware
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Nov 9, 2021 12:24
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Cerebral Bore posted:the north vietnamese air force was arguably the best in the world during the vietnam war, they actually had a positive kills to losses ratio despite being vastly outnumbered and using inferior hardware The Mig 21 could be brutally effective in the right hands.
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Nov 9, 2021 13:01
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Ardennes posted:The Mig 21 could be brutally effective in the right hands. yea, but they also kicked the poo poo out of the usaf and vnaf before they got any of those
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Nov 9, 2021 13:13
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tbh the numbers alone don't always tell the entire story. the same is true for 1945 luftwaffe where they had good kill ratios despite fuel and general supply problems because as long as you managed to get in the air and pull the trigger you'd hit an allied plane, whereas allies had to resort to gigantic recognizable markings on wings and fuselage and there was still friendly fire and general mayhem because it was really hard to find the 5 stupid germans in a sea of allied bombers, escorts, and flak. not to say any still surviving german pilots weren't good, but it really was just a numbers game at that stage, easier to get kills when you aren't competing with 50 other people but no, the vietnamese were really good, and not just the pilots but the ground support too. like, normally you'd think it's impossible to ambush people in the middle of the loving sky, when they have good radar coverage and a big numbers advantage, but in vietnam you'd be just insanely wrong lol. just minding your own business napalming random villages with your buddies when suddenly you're flying through a wall of flak and in front of you is a bunch of migs
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Nov 9, 2021 13:15
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Orange Devil posted:This is also excellent advice for your career by the way. Always try to negotiate down what is expected of you so that you can easily deliver ahead of schedule. It’s called expectations management or whatever and will make your job a lot less stressful and also make you much more likely to be noticed for promotion.* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xRqXYsksFg
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Nov 9, 2021 14:28
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dead gay comedy forums posted:China: hey, I build you rail, roads, ports and an airport, plus we help you out with lots of credit straight to your account, no questions asked, for a symbolic fee. All we ask back is for us to trade, alright? the US deal sounds pretty cool to me, a local elite willing to be bribed to do things bad for my own country
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Nov 9, 2021 14:41
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Nov 9, 2021 17:44
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Please make that the CSPAM background.
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Nov 9, 2021 17:52
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Jose posted:Lmao I definitely see this working As the world flocks to witness the triumphs of America's Infrastructure Week, the Biden admin's recipe for success is ready to go global
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Nov 9, 2021 19:06
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https://twitter.com/getfiscal/status/1457867838727860227
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Nov 9, 2021 19:29
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Going to slam my head against the wall if India is one of the flagship countries.
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Nov 9, 2021 19:32
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Jose posted:Lmao I definitely see this working american capitalism couldnt even build schools after spending 2 decades in afghanistan lmao
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Nov 9, 2021 19:41
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XMNN posted:hmm genuinely not great but not all that far off what the west is pretending it will do Developed nations committed to 2050 but, for instance, india committed to 2070. So china's commitments are not at all out of line with COP participants, even if you assume everybody is going to hit those targets.
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Nov 9, 2021 19:42
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At least in terms of commitments, it isn’t really out of line. The problem is that developed countries beyond some Northern European states don’t seem especially interested in hitting any real benchmark. I mean Biden has now committed to reducing co2 by 50% and methane by 30% (actually no where near enough) but hasn’t really proposed anything beyond Tesla subsidies. I mean we know they don’t care but they really aren’t trying in the slightest. So what is worse; denial and doing nothing or placating the public while also not doing anything of note? Ardennes has issued a correction as of 20:12 on Nov 9, 2021 |
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Nov 9, 2021 20:06
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The ace breakdown for the Vietnam war is 17 North Vietnamese pilots to 5 American pilots.
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Nov 9, 2021 21:08
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https://twitter.com/joshuakeating/status/1458162814762332160?s=20
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Nov 9, 2021 21:08
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Sounds like the bullying is working
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Nov 9, 2021 21:36
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i love this constant stream of articles about how china is so weak and cowardly and craven their economy is going to crash any day from corruption! also china is the most dangerous of foes, equal to nazi germany and they are scheming to take over the world and we need to stop them at all costs
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Nov 9, 2021 21:44
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"Where the word Washington once conjured the image of a confident, rising power, today it represents a frowning, finger-pointing, never-erring crank, its constant stream of vitriol diminishing the effectiveness of American anger" well holy poo poo, projection!
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Nov 9, 2021 21:51
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https://twitter.com/MaitreyaBhakal/status/1457655436463595524 incredible
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Nov 9, 2021 21:52
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Wait so now China is the cranky old man? You read 10 of these propaganda articles and you get 10 different impersonations of what China is
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Nov 9, 2021 22:09
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Feldegast42 posted:Wait so now China is the cranky old man? You read 10 of these propaganda articles and you get 10 different impersonations of what China is see thread title
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Nov 9, 2021 22:10
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dead gay comedy forums posted:"Where the word Washington once conjured the image of a confident, rising power, today it represents a frowning, finger-pointing, never-erring crank, its constant stream of vitriol diminishing the effectiveness of American anger" tbf american anger is probably still very effective because america is still good at loving things up for everybody and getting a lot of people killed
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Nov 9, 2021 22:23
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Ferrinus posted:YOU: pfeh, china is just another capitalist power that has long since discarded its revolutionary ambitions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-05/why-american-cities-lost-their-public-bathrooms quote:The lack of public restrooms in the U.S. hasn’t gone unnoticed. In 2011, a United Nations-appointed special rapporteur who was sent to the U.S. to assess the “human right of clean drinking water and sanitation” was shocked by the lack of public toilets in one of the richest economies in the world. A full accounting of truly public facilities is elusive, says Soifer, but government-funded options are exceedingly rare in the U.S., compared to Europe and Asia; privately owned restrooms in cafes and fast-food outlets are the most common alternatives. According to a “Public Toilet Index” released in August 2021 by the U.K. bathroom supply company QS Supplies and the online toilet-finding tool PeePlace, the U.S. has only eight toilets per 100,000 people overall — tied with Botswana. (Iceland leads their ranking, with 56 per 100,000 residents.)
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