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reminder that the poverty line is bullshitquote:A few weeks ago the World Bank changed the international poverty line from $1.25 to $1.90 per day. Normally, changes to the poverty line slide by without attracting much attention, but for some reason this time people got excited. At first glance, it looks as if the bank has finally admitted that the old line was just too low, and has raised it to a more meaningful standard.
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Mar 20, 2023 03:08
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you can track reduction by other ways like consumption of foodstuffs. As an aside, Tamil Nadu did a survey a year after extending the school lunches program to include both breakfast and lunches and the results are good. https://indianexpress.com/article/education/stalin-introduces-breakfast-scheme-for-govt-school-children-7905380/ Say thank you to uncle Stalin CSPAM!
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Mar 20, 2023 03:16
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In case this has not been posted https://twitter.com/wentisung/status/1637469034341072897?s=20 Pretty big news. My interpretation is the disagreement between the retired KMT members and current party leader (Chu something) is bubbling to the surface. The old schoolers see Zhu is incapable of establishing connection with mainland and decide to do their own networking on their own pace. The timing will also affect the KMT presidential candidate process because Chu whatshisname is surely not popular enough to run for candidate so whoever run for and win the KMT primary will have his own cross-strait plans. This visit probably doesn't aim to influence the DPP policy or their core voters because Beijing pretty much have given up on DPP at this point. stephenthinkpad has issued a correction as of 03:25 on Mar 20, 2023 |
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Mar 20, 2023 03:23
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https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1637271521302544384 submarines: known for protecting maritime trade
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Mar 20, 2023 03:25
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australia should form an alliance with china against america
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Mar 20, 2023 03:43
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stephenthinkpad posted:In case this has not been posted he is an american puppet & spy. taiwanese do not have self rule if you think they are not an american colony you are delusional
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Mar 20, 2023 07:49
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Spy Amongus lmao
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Mar 20, 2023 07:50
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gradenko_2000 posted:Nobel Peace Prize winner Xi Jinping
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Mar 20, 2023 07:56
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Antonymous posted:he is an american puppet & spy. taiwanese do not have self rule if you think they are not an american colony you are delusional this seems kinda aggro out of nowhere dude. i thought stephenthinkpad was just saying that the historic trip is showing a shift in the political environment of taiwan, which i don't think anyone disagrees with?
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Mar 20, 2023 08:37
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sorry I meant it sarcastically and not directed at the OP. I think Ma Yingjeou is an exact a counter example to cspam's simplification of Taiwan to a US colony. when I've posted that Taiwan is not simply a us puppet state in this thread before I've not been treated well. I'm trying to fit in.
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Mar 20, 2023 08:56
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crepeface posted:this seems kinda aggro out of nowhere dude. in classical goon fashion, goon can't talk to people normally  
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Mar 20, 2023 08:58
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true that is my problem
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Mar 20, 2023 08:58
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goon solidarity
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Mar 20, 2023 08:59
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Antonymous posted:sorry I meant it sarcastically and not directed at the OP. I think Ma Yingjeou is an exact a counter example to cspam's simplification of Taiwan to a US colony. oh lol, that didn't come across at all. i imagine the cspammers that say "taiwan is just a US puppet state" are just exaggerating for effect. taiwan definitely comes off as more independent than my home of racism island
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Mar 20, 2023 09:19
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crepeface posted:oh lol, that didn't come across at all. Eh, control is exerted in different ways, especially looking at places with different languages and culture to their imperial overlord.
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Mar 20, 2023 09:24
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the us would like them to be a puppet state, as per the us insistence that everyone else is a puppet state of the soviets, commies, etc.
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Mar 20, 2023 09:35
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How can it be a puppet state when it isn't a state
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Mar 20, 2023 09:45
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Only Tsai follows US's wills to the tee, all previous Taiwanese president had some public disagreements with the US. Tsai is kind of like Abe in that way.
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Mar 20, 2023 10:17
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Thanks this was actually my first question about the "Less than a dollar a day" thing since it's a common refrain of neolibs that Capitalism. Just. Works. Good to know that in addition to some of the problems discussed in the history thread about accounting for subsistence farmers, the capitalists also just declare that the numbers are whatever they want
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Mar 20, 2023 11:10
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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287526.shtmlquote:globaltimes.cn Gold discovered in Shandong. Also coincidentally Adrien Zenz is writing a new report on China's secret genocide occurring in Shandong as we speak.
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Mar 20, 2023 23:37
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Germany preparing to reclaim ancient German soil
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Mar 21, 2023 00:25
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https://twitter.com/KenRoth/status/1638006078607695873
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Mar 21, 2023 05:16
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All this has done is convince me that COVID came from Fort Detrich
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Mar 21, 2023 05:17
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DiscountDildos posted:Mody disagrees it's on, Mody v. Modi
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Mar 21, 2023 05:18
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KomradeX posted:All this has done is convince me that COVID came from Fort Detrich yep
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Mar 21, 2023 05:20
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the graph said the bad thing went away what is it with you tankies and your grotesque hatred of science
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Mar 21, 2023 05:20
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dogs caused COVID?
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Mar 21, 2023 05:22
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covid is stored in these balls
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Mar 21, 2023 05:27
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this dude sucks lol
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Mar 21, 2023 05:41
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gradenko_2000 posted:dogs caused COVID? don't let the covid thread goon with bricks hear about this
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Mar 21, 2023 06:11
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gradenko_2000 posted:dogs caused COVID? The Failing New York Times: What if everyone was wrong about playtime?
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Mar 21, 2023 07:34
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I can't believe the nation on China sold raccoons in Wuhan's meat market.
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Mar 21, 2023 07:39
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Danann posted:don't let the covid thread goon with bricks hear about this Give some goons a chance and they'll blame every COVID death on Pitbulls
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Mar 21, 2023 07:40
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https://twitter.com/RealPepeEscobar/status/1637880213504663564?s=20 does xi have an food pics instagram
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Mar 21, 2023 09:24
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During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence... https://www.theage.com.au/national/...321-p5ctvc.html quote:‘A bloody scandal’: Secret Chinese data that could have changed the course of the pandemic western societies would definitely have changed their covid responses if they had some more data saying that covid came from the wild animals at the market, which everyone considered to be the leading theory all along
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Mar 21, 2023 10:07
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Having a big "friend" which is also a totalitarian dictatorship would not bode well for Australia's long-term future. But you obviously aren't going to agree with that line of thinking if you also believe America is only marginally better than China. I think it’s also useful to not just think about this just in terms of US/China but also the ASEAN countries, India, Japan, Korea etc. Australia isn’t the only country having to balance engagement between the two powers and I think it’s really instructive to see how China may have strategic partners of convenience (eg Russia) but no real other allies or friends globally. For better or for worse more major countries would rather court the US and act in alignment with the US and EU on security issues then with China. For all it’s problems the US still has a leadership role on human rights and solving global problems in a way that China doesn’t. We need major action on climate for example which the EU/US need to lead partially because their aid budgets will be critical for transitioning the developing world away from carbon. China is also about to have a massive demographic challenge over the next few decades with a rapidly ageing workforce and far less ability to use highly skilled immigration to shore up its talent deficits. It’s on a clock in a way most Western countries aren’t. Some people are paranoid this means China may think it has a window that is closing to take Taiwan, especially as Taiwan has been lagging in modernising/keeping pace with China’s capability growth, which could prompt action soon. A lot of people disagree. I don’t know. But I do wish there was more focus in the media on our regional ties, and if we did it would more likely put us in the US camp (vs China, as most countries in Asia have much more severe concerns about their regional ambitions).
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Mar 21, 2023 10:14
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where's the line between "strategic partners of convenience" vs "friends and allies"? how do objectively measure that one? because atm it just looks like "the usa has friends and allies like [checks notes] Saudi Arabia and Israel (not totalitarian!)" while China only has "partners of convenience (dictatorships and totalitarian regimes!)". if those partners of convenience are united because they are threatened by the USA that can be strong enough glue for a formidable alliance given the poo poo the USA has been up to in its last 100 years. double nine has issued a correction as of 10:44 on Mar 21, 2023 |
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Mar 21, 2023 10:33
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double nine posted:where's the line between "strategic partners of convenience" vs "friends and allies"? Friends and allies are something that great, ontologically good Western liberal democracies have. Authoritarian countries are ontologically incapable of having friends, and thus only have partners of convenience. Please don't look into how the great and good West treats its fine allies.
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Mar 21, 2023 10:45
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Ranter posted:For better or for worse more major countries would rather court the US and act in alignment with the US and EU on security issues then with China. "major countries" pictured in green on this map
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Mar 21, 2023 10:52
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Ranter posted:Having a big "friend" which is also a totalitarian dictatorship would not bode well for Australia's long-term future. But you obviously aren't going to agree with that line of thinking if you also believe America is only marginally better than China. shut the gently caress up
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