SANTAN Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 39 minutes ago, Detournement said: Radio Free Europe was exposed as as CIA front 50 years ago. It's had a cosmetic leadership change since then but it's primarily a regime change operation. 38 minutes ago, NotThePars said: I think even Wiki acknowledges they were covertly funded by the CIA lol Okay, that's certainly noteworthy. I'm sure you both know I sincerely didn't know rather than trying to snipe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, BigDoddyKane said: why did you leave the SNP? was there any particular reason I signed up in the hazy days of late 2014 and found by 2017 I was sufficiently confident in my own politics and not sold on the SNP's that I didn't want to be a member. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Does this mean REM are CIA agents also? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Tbf the guy's not even saying what Belarus has done is good, just pointing out it's a pretty pointless thing to say Western governments should step in because they don't really care, and a hypocritical/daft idea to imply that Western governments are much better, when we know they're not 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 24 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Tbf the guy's not even saying what Belarus has done is good, just pointing out it's a pretty pointless thing to say Western governments should step in because they don't really care, and a hypocritical/daft idea to imply that Western governments are much better, when we know they're not Lots of people don't like David Jamieson for a host of reasons and work from there tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I dont see falling or stagnating populations as being a bad thing really, I see a lot of potential positives to it and it should be getting discussed more. It needs real leadership in how a country deals with it but any country/economy that thinks it has to have constant population growth to survive is propping up an economy that is akin to a pyramid scheme that is unsustainable in long term and any political parties or leaders saying otherwise are part of the problem and are completely out of date.I kinda agree with what you're saying, but declining/ageing populations will really turn the economy on its head. It's pretty much running on the principle that spending by the young leads to growth in the savings/investments by the old. It'll be a very different world when that breaks down. Not necessarily a worse one, but I don't think the ride will be particularly pleasant and I guess most of us posting here will be plowing through the turbulence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Tbf the guy's not even saying what Belarus has done is good, just pointing out it's a pretty pointless thing to say Western governments should step in because they don't really care, and a hypocritical/daft idea to imply that Western governments are much better, when we know they're not The EU are already issuing decrees chastising Belarus for not liberalising their economy and offering 3 billion of "investment" if Belarus becomes "democratic" ie neoliberal. It worked out really well for Ukraine. Edited May 25, 2021 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 The EU are actually complaining that the minimum wage in Belarus is too high and the cost of living too low! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Detournement said: The EU are actually complaining that the minimum wage in Belarus is too high and the cost of living too low! The Lobbyists have spoken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I did not see this one coming John Cena has apologised, in Mandarin, to the people of China after committing the heinous crime of referring to Taiwan a country. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57241053 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmc dafc Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: I did not see this one coming John Cena has apologised, in Mandarin, to the people of China after committing the heinous crime of referring to Taiwan a country. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57241053 Should have read this thread a few hours ago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: I did not see this one coming John Cena has apologised, in Mandarin, to the people of China after committing the heinous crime of referring to Taiwan a country. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57241053 So he should. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 The EU are actually complaining that the minimum wage in Belarus is too high and the cost of living too low! So funny. “Irresponsible handouts”! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) . Edited May 26, 2021 by ICTChris 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonapersona Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 On 25/05/2021 at 17:11, Sherrif John Bunnell said: I did not see this one coming John Cena has apologised, in Mandarin, to the people of China after committing the heinous crime of referring to Taiwan a country. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57241053 This reminds me of that time a few years ago when Blizzard had to suck on China's ringpiece over a comment on Hong Kong. Meanwhile China forces more than a million Uighurs into 're-education camps'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 "China’s official stance on John Cena is, according to a press release issued by the Chinese Ministry of Propaganda, that he does not even exist because he cannot be seen. " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 At least the gesture is there. We can't even give the Elgin Marbles back ffs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 The Endless Frontier. The maniacs are psyching themselves up for World War 3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Pato said: It's good they're doing this but the reparation seems pretty low, I mean they really went to town on the Herero at the turn of the century. Just read it's being spent over 30 years. Pretty insulting really. Thomas Pynchon writes about the genocide in Sudwest Afrika in V and Gravity's Rainbow. It's horrific and serves to prove that the Nazis weren't an aberration but the inevitable conclusion of enlightenment imperialist values. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Detournement said: ...and serves to prove that the Nazis weren't an aberration but the inevitable conclusion of enlightenment imperialist values. What do Enlightenment notions like liberté, egalité, fraternité have to do with imperialist values? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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