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by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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.
by Ralin
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
by Ralin
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.
by Ralin
2024-03-12 11:57am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 202
Views: 7382

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

wautd wrote: 2024-03-12 10:01am
I meant, that's just my how I perceived it with this 'loyalty app' but I could be wrong.
That's one hell of a thing to toss out based on vibes.
by Ralin
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'...
by Ralin
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 ...
by Ralin
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!
by Ralin
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 ...
by Ralin
2024-03-12 01:29am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 202
Views: 7382

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Rogue 9 wrote: 2024-03-12 01:17am Do they make you install a black box app on your phone to ensure compliance?
I don't know. Why does that matter?
by Ralin
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?
by Ralin
2024-03-10 07:27pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 202
Views: 7382

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

J wrote: 2024-03-10 12:43pm
The deranged psychopath who said, and I quote, "fuck the EU!" and played a huge part in getting us into this mess in the Ukraine is now gone. Good riddance to a piece of trash.
Fuck that evil bitch for, uh. Saying bad things about Russia!
by Ralin
2024-03-07 01:12pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 202
Views: 7382

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

J wrote: 2024-03-07 12:01pm Nothing. Other than a lot of butt hurt & hysterics.
Haha, imagine being the sort of hysterical butthurt loser who gets all upset about your prime minister being murdered by another country's military!

Goddamn you're a piece of shit, J.
by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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 ...
by Ralin
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 ...
by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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...
by Ralin
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...