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by Gandalf
2024-04-21 07:01pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 558
Views: 38910

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2024-04-21 05:40pm Basically, demand Israel to stage a coup then?
Netanyahu can stop without it being a coup. It would be policy turnaround, but not a coup.
by Gandalf
2024-04-20 09:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

That statement is so generic it could easily have come from George W Bush twenty years ago, or the Sarah Palin mockup on SNL.
by Gandalf
2024-04-20 12:44pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

It's interesting, other than The Sisko , everyone in this thread who is accused of being a "Russia bot" or "Putin puppet" for going against the Western media narrative has been on this board for over 20 years, directly taken part in the most vicious flame wars ever seen here and...
by Gandalf
2024-04-20 01:25am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Really, that is what you are going with? Fuck off Russian bot. Countries don't have universal rights within their own borders though, so I fail to see the issue here. And Russia has no rights within Ukraine's borders. Fuck off, troll. At least aerius actually comes out and admits he's cheering for ...
by Gandalf
2024-04-19 10:40pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Zwinmar wrote: 2024-04-19 01:16pm
Ukraine fucked up is thinking they could do whatever they wanted inside their own borders
Really, that is what you are going with? Fuck off Russian bot.
Countries don't have universal rights within their own borders though, so I fail to see the issue here.
by Gandalf
2024-04-18 11:48pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 558
Views: 38910

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Apparently Israel has just struck Isfahan in Iran.

Iran says the nuclear sites are unharmed.
by Gandalf
2024-04-18 05:16pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

How about not making fake claims. I wager aerius is referring to the conflict in Donbas, where Ukraine fired rockets into heavily civilian areas. Was that before or after the "seperationists" in Donbas fired a missile that took out a civilian airplane? Concurrently. Odd to put separationi...
by Gandalf
2024-04-18 07:33am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

wautd wrote: 2024-04-18 02:54am How about not making fake claims.
I wager aerius is referring to the conflict in Donbas, where Ukraine fired rockets into heavily civilian areas.
by Gandalf
2024-04-17 06:21pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Let me spell this out for you. America doesn't give a fuck about the Ukraine or its people. The only reason they support the Ukraine is because they thought they could use them to cripple Russia, remove them as a rival on the world stage and solidify their own position as the world's only superpowe...
by Gandalf
2024-04-13 10:31pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

With what army? The US Army, hopefully. We certainly spend enough on it. And how exactly is the US army going to get to the Ukraine and support itself there? This is not Desert Storm where there's a safe location for NATO to assemble forces & supplies for months before starting hostilities, not...
by Gandalf
2024-04-11 08:28pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 558
Views: 38910

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Why the fuck does Netanyahu's government think they can attack Iran and NOT have consequences? Oh, right - Israel has a right to defend its interests but no one else does. Motherfuckers. They know that the US will ultimately fall in line behind Israel, even for sheer electoral reasons before anythi...
by Gandalf
2024-04-06 10:27am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 51
Views: 2933

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

A rare good showing from Smith.

Biden has some real shortcomings, and going "But Trump" just doesn't seem to be enough.
by Gandalf
2024-03-22 08:31am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 51
Views: 2933

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

Axios I can't really post the article here, because it has a lot of links, some graphs, and formatting that won't really translate. But the general point is that the Biden campaign has a massive fundraising advantage over the Trump campaign, as they both look to November. Considering Trump's abilit...
by Gandalf
2024-03-15 07:06pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

You can keep repeating that claim all you want, it means nothing because that's not what's happening here . You can waffle on about anti-communist bullshit as much as you like as if it's somehow relevant but it changes nothing. By all means though, keep stuffing that strawman with those red herring...
by Gandalf
2024-03-15 08:45am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 1297

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

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 then just take your pay...
by Gandalf
2024-03-14 10:04pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Here , because although it's common knowledge what the Nazis did I couldn't express it any better myself. If you're going to cite glorious Wikipedia on the subject, scroll down to the part where the page mentions "soft core" denial by likening it to other historical atrocities. I wouldn't...
by Gandalf
2024-03-14 09:34pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

To qualify as "holocaust denial" it has to contain one or more of the following: Nazi Germany's "Final Solution" was aimed only at deporting Jews from the territory of the Third Reich and did not include their extermination. Nazi authorities did not use extermination camps and g...
by Gandalf
2024-03-14 04:45pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 1297

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

Interestingly, Trump is against the Tik Tok ban. So this could help him with younger voters.
by Gandalf
2024-03-14 04:08pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

The Sisko wrote: 2024-03-14 02:04pm So wait, Stalin wasn't a murderous autocrat and the Soviet Union did nothing wrong? I'd love a thread about this.
No, but apparently saying that A isn't as bad as B is the same as saying that they're flawless.
by Gandalf
2024-03-13 10:45pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform
Replies: 29
Views: 1297

Re: US passes bill to ban TikTok unless Chinese owner sells platform

Solauren wrote: 2024-03-13 10:21pmYou'd be surprised how many people I know use VPNS for stuff. And all you have to do is set up a third party company for billing purposes to bypass the ban.
The ease of Tik Tok is that you can open it up for instant content with little effort. Adding a VPN layer is going to slow a lot of people.
by Gandalf
2024-03-12 04:02pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 18191

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? Here in Belgium there is compulsory voting, but voting is done ano...
by Gandalf
2024-03-07 03:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 51
Views: 2933

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

I see three possibilities for 2028: - Trump wins this year. He can't run again - Trump loses this year. I doubt he can delay his trials long enough, so he's going to have to try and run from wherever he's been incarcerated. - Trump dies Either way, I can't see him being a serious candidate in 2028 ...
by Gandalf
2024-03-06 07:56pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 51
Views: 2933

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

So that's I guess the setup to Haley 2028, hoping that by then everyone is burned out on Trump.
by Gandalf
2024-03-04 04:54pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 51
Views: 2933

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

American domestic media coverage of the contest. "Biden has problems, he's so old, the economy is only doing REALLY good not REALLY REALLY good, he didn't instant transmission to the Kremlin and kill Putin on Feb 23, 2022 and he sometimes says things that are old man speak." "Trump i...