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- 2024-03-17 09:37pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1013
Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
So coming back around on this thread let me just asking the question, how exactly is the House Bill any more legal than the last three attempts to Ban Tiktok? Before they just had Sinophobia and racism. Now they have Sinophobia, racism and old politicians who can't understand why the young people a...
- 2024-03-17 05:57am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1013
Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
BUT, along your vein, the safer thing for the US government to do would be to declare 'any company working with TIKTOK, in any capacity, will be investigated for being an US Security threat'. (I can also see them 'any individual workng with Tiktok....) Now, instead of those nice legal protections e...
- 2024-03-15 01:45pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Well, yes - if a Russian invasion is perceived to be a large and immediate existential threat then it makes a lot of sense that people who might otherwise be at each other's throats could team up to tackle that threat. Doesn't mean they like each other. Doesn't mean they won't go back to fighting e...
- 2024-03-15 10:43am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
The Ukrainian far-right has never been 'at war' with Zelensky because the factions Zelensky represents have never been at war with them. This focus on the President personally is infantile and ignorant. Of course far right forces are going to leap at the opportunity to further aggrandise themselves...
- 2024-03-15 07:42am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
No one is buying you shit when you say "Ukraine has a pretty obvious Nazi problem" when you can't actually point to any of the nazis calling for genocide since the jewish person was elected in the country. Being a Nazi is calling for genocide. That's very much the point of Nazism. Barring...
- 2024-03-14 11:30pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1013
Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Wow, you're a moron. That's how you get around government bans and blocks in the US and Canada (probably most of Europe too). Example - Contractor that owes the government money and they are garnishing your wages? Set up a corporation, and have that corporation bill people for your services, and th...
- 2024-03-13 11:57pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1013
Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
And all you have to do is set up a third party company for billing purposes to bypass the ban. Guys it's fine, just set up a third party company now that the United States Congress has gone through the trouble of banning you specifically from operating in the US on national security grounds. It's e...
- 2024-03-13 10:11pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1013
Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Banning a website doesn't mean making it physically impossible to access. Most people won't be willing to bother with a VPN, and obviously it affects their ability to do business in the country in question.
- 2024-03-13 08:51pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1013
Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Word of mouth, but I heard a disproportionate amount of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian content is making the rounds on TikTok. Wouldn't be surprised if that gives the usual Sinophobia behind this more wings than the last time they tried to ban it
- 2024-03-12 11:29pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
It's great to hear that Russians opposed to the war are taking up arms against Putin.
Just checking, they aren't Nazis or something, are they? It would be better if they weren't Nazis.
Just checking, they aren't Nazis or something, are they? It would be better if they weren't Nazis.
- 2024-03-12 11:57am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
- 2024-03-12 08:51am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Here in Belgium there is compulsory voting, but voting is done anonymous. In Russia that doesn't seems to be the case. Wow I've never heard that. Do you have a source handy? It seems like a pretty big deal. Since Putin has disqualified or allegedly murdered almost all his opponents in the race, it'...
- 2024-03-12 06:36am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
When the political party in power and who expect to remain in power start strongly encouraging state employees specifically to vote, the implied threat is that state employees who do not vote (correctly) will be fired and their positions filled by said political party's supporters. Also called the ...
- 2024-03-12 02:51am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
- Replies: 473
- Views: 113193
Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Today I learned that North Korea has compulsory voting like Australia. 99 percent turnout rate too. No wonder they have 'Democratic' in the name of the country!
- 2024-03-12 02:31am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Do they make you install a black box app on your phone to ensure compliance? I don't know. Why does that matter? So, background, I am an election worker in the United States. I know whereof I speak when I say that an election clerk can find out whether or not any given person in their jurisdiction ...
- 2024-03-12 01:29am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
- 2024-03-11 11:33pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_voting
Why are people acting like being required to vote is some special Russian tyranny move instead of something also done by noted fascist dictatorships Australia, Singapore and Belgium?
Why are people acting like being required to vote is some special Russian tyranny move instead of something also done by noted fascist dictatorships Australia, Singapore and Belgium?
- 2024-03-10 07:27pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
- 2024-03-07 01:12pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
- 2024-03-07 06:45am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
I don't think there's ever going to be actual peace , as opposed to the sort of peace you get where everyone's busy rearming, until and unless Putin is removed from office in favour of someone who might plausibly come to the negotiating table in good faith. Why would the Ukrainians sue for peace wh...
- 2024-03-07 04:22am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: AAP new study on school shootings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 544
Re: AAP new study on school shootings
Did you see the source? AAP isn't interested in the criminal prospects of this. Their intent is to treat children and mitigate the harm from school shootings, both mentally and physically. Well he is interested as are a bunch of other people and last I checked the AAP doesn't run the country so if ...
- 2024-03-06 12:44pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
This is interesting because to me because this is already the most likely conclusion. Not suing for peace is just going to lead to Russia getting ALL of Ukraine. They could and should have negotiated from a position of relative strength when they had the chance. Either way, there's more harm to be ...
- 2024-03-06 10:19am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
I mean, sure, keep talking, I don't see where talking is going to cause harm here. I just don't expect it to accomplish much. The harm would be encouraging Putin and company personally by giving them evidence that if they stay the course Ukraine will fold and give them what they want. I'm not convi...
- 2024-03-06 07:28am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
No one is pretending otherwise, but there's a world of difference between what Putin (even thru other people) says for Russians and what they're willing to accept as part of a peace treaty. Yes Putin wants Ukraine but he wants to stay in power more and Putin will ultimately accept a treaty that all...
- 2024-03-06 06:33am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
- Replies: 202
- Views: 7382
Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Medvedev again showed that serious peace talks with Russia's current regime are a waste of time, as Russia's goal is the capitulation and near complete annexation of Ukraine. Dude. Why are you pretending you don't understand the idea that what leaders say when mouthing off for internal propaganda i...