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Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

DiscountDildos posted:

https://twitter.com/chenweihua/status/1463255214836879368?s=20

more like hell yeah :dance:

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Global Thunder, which this year put U.S. nuclear-capable B-52 bombers through their paces, is the U.S. Strategic Command's annual nuclear and command exercise designed to test and demonstrate the readiness of U.S. nuclear capabilities.

Shoigu made the comments in a video conference with Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe. He said that U.S. bomber flights close to Russia's eastern borders were also a threat to China.

"Against this backdrop, Russo-Chinese coordination is becoming a stabilising factor in world affairs," said Shoigu.

Russia and China agreed at the meeting to step up cooperation between their armed forces when it came to strategic military exercises and joint patrols, the defence ministry said.

Lostconfused has issued a correction as of 23:14 on Nov 23, 2021

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Flavahbeast: Jul 21, 2001

CaptainACAB posted:

While he's an rear end in a top hat, Putin is objectively cooler than any American politician though. Dude was a KGB colonel in a prestigious posting. He has probably done lots of James bond poo poo.

That's why we gotta get Buttigieg in there

# ? Nov 23, 2021 23:11

Femur: Jan 10, 2004; I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP

Herbert was already our spymaster president. he was uncool

# ? Nov 23, 2021 23:14

mila kunis: Jun 10, 2011

not sure if i subscribe to the chapo theory that obama was an asset but how could you tell the difference really

# ? Nov 23, 2021 23:17

Feldegast42: Oct 29, 2011; COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

mila kunis posted:

not sure if i subscribe to the chapo theory that obama was an asset but how could you tell the difference really

Yeah I disagree on that front, Obama was a true believer already

# ? Nov 24, 2021 00:06

genericnick: Dec 26, 2012

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

lmao

There was that one Gordon that had a name pretty close to this Twitter handle? I judge this parody.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 00:34

Subvisual Haze: Nov 22, 2003; The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault.

Lostconfused posted:

more like hell yeah

edit:

Pretty weak compared to Nixon having armed b-52s in the air 24/7 to intimidate the Soviets and North Vietnamese into doing...something?

# ? Nov 24, 2021 01:05

Orange Devil: Oct 1, 2010; Wullie's reign cannae smother the flames o' equality!

DiscountDildos posted:

In 2004 I was a sophomore in high school in bumfuck USA and one day in my physical science class we had a new kid who our teacher introduced as "Ilya whose family just moved to America from Communist Russia this year." Then he proceeded to ask him to tell us an anecdote about how lovely Russia was. He just said something like "the food is better here" iirc. He was a quiet dude.

That was the first thing I thought about when I heard the word "communism" until I was like 20 lmao

You had a time traveler in your class and this is the story we get?

# ? Nov 24, 2021 01:06

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

mila kunis posted:

practicing what i preach

https://www.ft.com/content/bd3d4c85-bf96-4e7a-94bb-64173f5509de

Modi�s U-turn on farming laws reflects anxiety over looming elections
Indian PM�s rare decision to back down on a landmark policy follows year-long protests

Narendra Modi never admits to missteps, even when Indians have suffered intense hardship owing to his policies. But the Indian prime minister made a rare apology last week when he made a stunning reversal by pledging to repeal contentious farm laws after a year of protests.

Modi maintained that the agricultural reforms � intended to open up the market to greater corporate participation � would have raised farmers� incomes. But he conceded that his Bharatiya Janata party government had failed to build a consensus for changes that would have had consequences for millions.

�I want to say with a pure heart that maybe there was some shortcoming in our efforts that we could not explain to some of our farmer brothers a truth that was as clear as a flame,� Modi said in a special television broadcast.

The prime minister�s abrupt decision to roll back one of the biggest economic reforms of his second term followed a protracted political stand-off with farmers, who have blocked highways into New Delhi for a year in a show of determined force.

Analysts said the climbdown reflected the ruling party�s growing anxiety about its prospects in elections next year in Uttar Pradesh, India�s largest state and current BJP stronghold. Results in that vote will set the tone for nationwide general elections in 2024.

The BJP�s landslide victory in state elections in UP in 2017 helped the party project the image that it was an unstoppable juggernaut bound to win the 2019 general election. Modi�s party hopes to create a similar perception next year, which would help with fundraising and keep disgruntled allies in line.

But Uttar Pradesh�s farmers, especially from the more prosperous western region, have been a driving force for the anti-farm-law protests, raising the prospect they would desert the BJP. That would be a further blow to the party, already stung by a disappointing defeat in state elections in West Bengal in May.

�The election will be framed as a midterm referendum on the Modi government�s second term,� said Milan Vaishnav, director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace�s South Asia programme. �They don�t want to just squeak through � they want to come with a bang and create an aura of invincibility.�
Narendra Modi at a rally in West Bengal earlier this year

Modi�s farm laws sought to open India�s tightly regulated agricultural markets to greater corporate participation, allowing companies to buy directly from farmers, and setting out terms for contract farming. The prime minister argued this would free growers from exploitative middlemen and give them more freedom to do business.

But influential landowning farming families � who have prospered by selling essential grains to the government at guaranteed prices � feared the laws were a prelude to ending the state�s procurement model and would leave them vulnerable to powerful corporate interests.

Modi�s capitulation to the farmers will hit his carefully honed image as a tough leader impermeable to public criticism. But Vaishnav said the benefits of changing course would probably outweigh the costs, given the imminent UP polls and new political opportunities in Punjab, where the ruling Congress party recently split.

�It�s smart politics,� he said. �The BJP is looking at two very important elections next year where the narrative of being anti-farmer, beholden to big business and oppressing the poor was likely to take a toll. This essentially allows them to put those talking points to bed.�

But many are sceptical that Modi�s pre-election about-face will immediately restore his once-high popularity among an influential constituency in the state of 200m. The protesters suffered severe hardships during the sit-ins, which sometimes erupted into violent clashes with police. Modi � and the BJP�s social media operation � demonised the farmers as unpatriotic terrorists and professional protesters who were undermining the country�s progress.

Economists also warn the debacle over the proposed reforms could be a long-term setback to the modernisation of India�s agricultural sector. Many say the industry needs a comprehensive overhaul to improve its economic and ecological sustainability.

�The worst possible outcome will be if people say, �agriculture is too much of a hot potato and you simply can�t touch it�,� said Mekhala Krishnamurthy, a senior fellow at New Delhi�s Centre for Policy Research, a think-tank. �It needs deep reforms.�

The way in which the BJP drove the bills through parliament during the Covid-19 pandemic, with little public consultation or scrutiny, reinforced suspicions and fuelled the backlash. The BJP�s longtime ally in Punjab also broke with Modi over the proposed laws and quit the government.

�The damage done is deep,� said Devesh Kapur, director of Asia Programs at Johns Hopkins University�s School of Advanced International Studies. �This is not flicking a switch. The protests went on for more than a year.�

Having tasted victory, farmers intend to press for further concessions, such as enshrining a system of guaranteed public procurement � at a minimum price � into law, which would lead to a rise in already costly agricultural subsidies that some say are misdirected.

�Farmers have won a victory, but they will not vacate the border until all their demands are met,� the Bharatiya Kisan Union, or Indian Farmers� Union, tweeted on Sunday.

But Kapur said Modi�s tactical retreat was �an olive branch� that would enable the BJP to start rebuilding its support in an influential constituency in a strategically significant region where the political opposition remains fragmented.

�You don�t have to win back all the farmers . . . you have to win back enough of them,� he said. �The BJP is going to drive home the message that �the PM never changes his mind, he sticks to his principles, but because of you, he has done this�. Some farmers will now give him the benefit of the doubt.�

Lol at the FT downplaying the role of the farmers in these protests.

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AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

Me on my way to burn the FT office down in minecraft.

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dead gay comedy forums: Oct 21, 2011

Lostconfused posted:

more like hell yeah

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russo-chinese is the preliminary step here for a 2.0 sino-soviet friendship (praise allah)

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Blarghalt: May 19, 2010

dead gay comedy forums posted:

russo-chinese is the preliminary step here for a 2.0 sino-soviet friendship (praise allah)

To tighten socialist bonds, the PRC and the Second Soviet Union will make gay marriage both encouraged and mandatory

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BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

https://mobile.twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1463312547411423232

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Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

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mila kunis: Jun 10, 2011

isnt that guy a bloomberg columnist or something. online has hosed up his brain

# ? Nov 24, 2021 02:46

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

mila kunis posted:

isnt that guy a bloomberg columnist or something. online has hosed up his brain

Yes, he's also a true believer in neoliberalism. Lmfao

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brugroffil: Nov 30, 2015

He was maybe is an academic economist turned blogger/columnist. He's been around in center left online circles since the early Obama years, always been an insufferable dummy

# ? Nov 24, 2021 02:48

DiscountDildos: Nov 8, 2017

mila kunis posted:

isnt that guy a bloomberg columnist or something. online has hosed up his brain

"Former Bloomberg columnist" lol

https://twitter.com/moghilemear13/status/1463317396035301382?s=20

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AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

Getting drunk and sending Carl Zha 800 dms

# ? Nov 24, 2021 02:51

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

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1463312547411423232

i don't think any of that happened noah

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Atrocious Joe: Sep 2, 2011

In my heart, Carl Zha will always be primarily a Radio War Nerd guest

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AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1462885023544078338

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brugroffil: Nov 30, 2015

Much higher per Capita covid death rates too

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Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

apparently noah smith was provoked because carl zha started needling him after this rather baffling take

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Atrocious Joe: Sep 2, 2011

CaptainACAB posted:

While he's an rear end in a top hat, Putin is objectively cooler than any American politician though. Dude was a KGB colonel in a prestigious posting. He has probably done lots of James bond poo poo.

Compare that to our president, whos accomplishments are Iraq, segregation and making GBS threads his pants.

Putin is a nerd

# ? Nov 24, 2021 03:10

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

Some Guy TT posted:

apparently noah smith was provoked because carl zha started needling him after this rather baffling take

Noah finds schoolgirl hentai to be natural and comfortable

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brugroffil: Nov 30, 2015

Wonder how much is that per capita is concentrated on the very upper end of the distribution curve in WV

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AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/11/23/india-is-planning-to-tighten-crypto-regulation-to-deter-trading-in-a-new-clampdown-sources

It sounds like India is potentially going to ban crypto.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 03:18

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

hey everybody remember when fox news made that graphic saying people in america arent poor because they have refrigerators and we all had a good laugh

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1463308914670272512

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brugroffil: Nov 30, 2015

You can afford bigger houses in rural areas than major metro areas

This proves that

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crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

oh my god the limpness of his response

https://twitter.com/LobsterPosture/status/1463316251791396867?s=20

AnimeIsTrash posted:

https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/11/23/india-is-planning-to-tighten-crypto-regulation-to-deter-trading-in-a-new-clampdown-sources

It sounds like India is potentially going to ban crypto.

nicholson yes nod

# ? Nov 24, 2021 03:27

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

Lmao, that announcement rocked the Indian crypto market.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 03:27

Ailumao: Nov 4, 2004

Blarghalt posted:

To tighten socialist bonds, the PRC and the Second Soviet Union will make gay marriage both encouraged and mandatory

at the propaganda museum in shanghai and you can basically follow these 2 dudes whole story from meeting to raising kids together on the posters over time, there it's p rad.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 03:46

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Ailumao posted:

at the propaganda museum in shanghai and you can basically follow these 2 dudes whole story from meeting to raising kids together on the posters over time, there it's p rad.

hey i went there too!

kinda funny how small the place was, wish i bought that coffee book with all the sweet art.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 04:03

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

i would imagine india would be worried. they're already getting hosed in all sorts of ways and their water is controlled elsewhere.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 04:14

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

so has carl zha actually lost followers recently

like i can believe he had more when he was doing the travel stuff but uhhh that was years ago he has like a kid now

# ? Nov 24, 2021 04:22

strange feelings re Daisy: Aug 2, 2000

Some Guy TT posted:

so has carl zha actually lost followers recently

like i can believe he had more when he was doing the travel stuff but uhhh that was years ago he has like a kid now

It's not even true. Noah is delusional on more levels than one. Carl's follow count has gone up smoothly without any month-to-month drops in its history. 11/22/20 - 48,109 followers 11/23/21 - 77,505 followers.
https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/carlzha/monthly

# ? Nov 24, 2021 04:39

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

loling that noahs chart is by contrast jumping all over the drat place

https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/noahpinion

mysteriously carls posts also tend to have a lot more engagement than noahs despite his only having a third as many followers

# ? Nov 24, 2021 04:51

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

new propaganda just dropped:

quote:

Thousands of Chinese fishing boats turn off their AIS transponders overnight. The massive Chinese fishing fleet is off to plunder protected fisheries around the world again.

https://v.redd.it/l0qo3k9hpe181/DASH_1080.mp4

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Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/DrJBhattacharya/status/1463281708132814852

cant douche the juche

# ? Nov 24, 2021 05:03

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