Old disinfo never dies, it just gets rolled on into the next campaign.
thatâs a weird graphic. china has more enlisted people than we do, as im sure does india, but thatâs partly because so much of our military is privatized. and also because those countries have so many people period
we spend more than 3 times what china does, have way more planes, missiles, etc. and have bases throughout the entire world. we definitely have the largest military by far - itâs our accepted form of social (un) safety net
im guessing russiaâs military is getting smaller by the day
Iâve only seen 2 or 3 of this guyâs videos but each one makes me think I must seek out more.
His arguments and rationales are so well thought out and so succinctly put, itâs almost poetry.
Thatcher-era policy designed to stop local authorities boycotting south Africa is supposed to be stymieing local govât efforts to divest so I read yesterday.
It was mentioned in this thread.
Errrr, thatâs possibly where I read it, yesâŠ
âbureaucratic hasslesâ
As James OâBrian said in LBC in the video upthread, âworking perfectlyâ. Exactly as intended.
âRussian state media quoted the Russian Constitutional Court justifying its decision to withdraw as saying: âThe Conference of European Constitutional Courts considered it possible to openly, in a form completely unacceptable for the courts, to join the one-sided and biased position taken by the governments of the respective countries regarding the latest events in Ukraine."
Taking their judicial ball and going home.
Eagerly anticipating the Repo Man version of Firefox, with a little bit of Brian Dennehy in Gorky Park for good measure.
Whenever I see garbage like this, I worry that itâs an attempt to make some yet to be taken horrible action seem more palatable to whatever the target audience may be.
Just FTR, I found this piece on German reliance on Russian gas imports quite good:
And FTR, here we have an example of âWell, we prepared ourself, and good riddance: we told you what would happen.â
Those look like they have about the right garlic ratio
They are led by Erik Prince. Tells you everything you need to know
I refer to my earlier comment.
@DukeTrout, I think the PMC Wagner can be worse than Blackwater, and Blackwater already is really, really bad. Scum of the earth bad.
The difference, I think, is the absolute lack of any liability, even of any public oversight by the press, or any (domestic) public pressure.
And, of course, openly idolising the Nazis. Starting with the name, and definitely not ending there.
(Just FTR, if anyone scrolling this topic hasnât heard of âPutinâs cookâ, by the way, I suggest to start having a look. This guy is like to see a real-life equivalent of conspiracy theories, or a movie villain.)